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8,855,705 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a base; a membrane coupled to and spaced from the base; an actuator disposed between the base and the membrane, and spaced from the membrane when the actuator is not actuated; a controller configured to control actuation of the actuator to cause the actuator to contact the membrane by moving the actuator from a first state in which the actuator is out of contact with the membrane, to a second state in which the actuator is in contact with the membrane, a processor connected to the controller; and a short-range communication device connected to the processor to communicate with a handheld electronic communication device; wherein the electronic device is configured to be worn one of at a wrist and near a wrist, wherein the membrane is disposed through an opening in a back of the electronic device such that, when the electronic device is worn, the membrane contacts the skin of the user when the actuator is actuated for tactile output, and wherein the membrane comprises an elastically deformable sheet of plastic. | 38,719 |
8,839,784 | 1. A solar energy concentrator, comprising: a frame; at least one edge solar receiver supported by the frame; and at least one connection device connecting the at least one edge solar receiver to the frame, the connection device comprising at least one tool-less connection connecting the edge solar receiver to the frame when the tool-less connection is in an engaged state, wherein the tool-less connection is configured to move from a disengaged state to the engaged state at least by pivoting the at least one edge solar receiver relative to a portion of the frame, wherein the tool-less connection comprises first and second engagement portions, the first engagement portion comprising a pivoting connection. | 30,689 |
9,763,189 | 1. A method of wireless communication operable at a wireless communication device, comprising: while a first receiver is in a sleep state: if a timing drift is not predicted to be below a predetermined threshold: waking a second receiver for a synchronization period to listen for a synchronization signal from a wireless network, wherein the second receiver is configured to utilize less power to receive than the first receiver; receiving the synchronization signal with the second receiver; establishing synchronism with the wireless network in accordance with the synchronization signal; and waking the first receiver from the sleep state to communicate with the wireless network; if the timing drift is predicted to be below the predetermined threshold: waking the first receiver to listen for the synchronization signal: receiving the synchronization signal with the first receiver: and establishing synchronism with the wireless network in accordance with the synchronization signal. | 35,478 |
9,005,839 | 1. A method of laminating a composite sheet to MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly) comprising the steps of: providing a membrane electrode assembly (MEA); providing a composite sheet comprising functional powder and polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE); providing a release film; superimposing the composite sheet on the release film and pressing them at a temperature of about 20° C.±15° C.; superimposing the composite sheet having the release film pressed at normal temperature thereto on MEA and hot-pressing them; and separating the release film from the composite sheet. | 32,495 |
8,846,681 | 1. A method of inhibiting the activity of AKT in a mammal, said method comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a compound of the Formula: and enantiomers and salts thereof, wherein: R R R A is wherein G is phenyl optionally substituted with one to four R R or R R or R R R R or R each R m, n and p are independently 0 or 1. | 23,800 |
9,355,609 | 1. A malfunction prevention circuit for a chip-on-glass-form source driver integrated circuit with a power sequence in which a low voltage is applied after a high voltage is applied, the malfunction prevention circuit comprising: a level shifter configured to process an input signal using the low voltage and output a control signal using the high voltage; and an initialization circuit configured to initialize the control signal outputted from the level shifter to a constant voltage while the low voltage is applied at an initial stage of the power sequence and an initialization signal is enabled, wherein the initialization signal is enabled during a predetermined time from the time at which the low voltage starts to be applied at the initial stage of the power sequence. | 29,566 |
8,422,448 | 1. A method for group call admissions control in an LTE wireless communication network, comprising: receiving at a network base station a call setup request requesting that a bearer be set up from a UE to a PDN-GW; determining whether the call setup request contains a group ID; determining, if the call setup request contains a group ID, whether base station resources are already allocated to the identified group; determining, if resources have already been allocated to the group, whether additional resources are required to set up the call; admitting the call if no additional resources are required, wherein admitting the call comprises establishing a bearer for communications between the UE and a PDN-GW; and, determining whether losing audio is to be supported by the group, wherein the determination of whether losing audio is to be supported is a function of the group ID of the call setup request. | 11,775 |
9,276,824 | 1. A method for controlling access from a virtual machine executed in a server device to a storage device, the method comprising: acquiring a service level corresponding to a virtual machine identifier, that identifies a virtual machine and is output from the virtual machine together with an input/output command, by using a correspondence relationship between the acquired virtual machine identifier and the service level; acquiring an allowable number corresponding to the acquired service level, the allowable number indicating an upper limit value of input/output commands executable at once in the virtual machine and being determined based on a maximum input/output number that is a maximum value of the number of input/output commands executable at once in an interface connecting between the server device and the storage device; executing the input/output command from the virtual machine within the acquired allowable number in at least either the server device or the storage device, in the storage device, | 2,420 |
9,266,255 | 1. An apparatus for the pretreatment and subsequent conveying, plastification or agglomeration of plastics for recycling purposes, with a container ( 1 ) for the material to be processed, where an arrangement has, in the container ( 1 ), at least one mixing and/or comminution implement ( 3 ) which rotates around an axis ( 10 ) of rotation and which is intended for the mixing, heating and comminution of the plastics material, where an aperture ( where at least one conveyor ( wherein the imaginary continuation of the central longitudinal axis ( wherein, for a conveyor ( and wherein the smallest possible distance (ms) between the mixing and/or comminution implement ( where d is the diameter of the screw ( K is a factor in the range from 20 to 100, k is a factor in the range from 0.03 to 0.4, the distance (ms) being measured between the radially outermost point of the lowest mixing and/or comminution implement ( | 18,778 |
8,719,437 | 1. A method for enabling streaming to a media player without native streaming support, comprising the steps of: parsing video data representative of a scene from a content signal into a video queue; (A) authoring at least one media file based on said content signal, (i) said media file having an indexed format compatible with said media player and (ii) said content signal (a) is received from a remote server through a network, (b) uses a first transfer protocol and a first format at least one of which is incompatible with said media player and (c) conveys said video data, wherein authoring comprises the sub-steps of: (B) generating a local signal carrying said media file, said local signal having a second transfer protocol compatible with said media player; and (C) transferring said local signal to said media player while said content signal is being received, wherein said media player recreates said video data as a visual depiction on a display based on said local signal. | 25,263 |
9,463,175 | 1. A method for treating malaria in a subject without performing light irradiation comprising the steps of: identifying a subject suspected of having malaria; and administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, without the inclusion of a metal-containing compound: wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group. | 14,019 |
8,450,516 | 1. A method for preparing a N-substituted carbamate, comprising (1) reacting thereby forming the N-substituted carbamate wherein the catalyst support component comprising a metal oxide or a metalloid oxide is selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, silicon oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, tin oxide, barium oxide, cerium oxide, lanthanum oxide, vanadium pentoxide, aluminium oxide and mixtures thereof. | 20,472 |
8,933,580 | 1. An on-board electrical system for a vehicle, comprising: a system load having at least one power consumer; a first energy store providing current for said system load; a second energy store providing current for said system load, said second energy store being rechargeable; a first, controllable switch, producing a first, closed circuit from said first energy store to said system load in a closed switching state; a second, controllable switch, producing a second closed circuit from said first energy store via said second energy store to said system load in a closed switching state; a monitoring device for detecting a voltage value at said second energy store and for comparing a detected voltage value with a predetermined voltage threshold value; and a control device for producing a third, closed circuit from said second energy store via said first switch and said second switch, to an electrical ground, by closing said first switch and said second switch and therefore for discharging said second energy store when the detected voltage value exceeds the predetermined voltage threshold value. | 27,904 |
9,694,696 | 1. A power supply device of a vehicle, said power supply device comprising: a power storage device; an electric motor; a boost converter connected to said power storage device and said electric motor, boosting a voltage of said power storage device, and supplying the boosted voltage to said electric motor; and a control device controlling said boost converter to be operated in one of a continuous voltage-boosting mode in which said boost converter is continuously operated and an intermittent voltage-boosting mode in which said boost converter is intermittently operated, said control device permitting said boost converter to be controlled in said intermittent voltage-boosting mode when an atmospheric pressure P is equal to or greater than a first prescribed value P assuming that a maximum value of an output voltage of said boost converter at which said electric motor is not broken under an environment of atmospheric pressure P is defined as V | 33,259 |
9,052,114 | 1. A method of mixing combustion reactants for combustion for a gas turbine engine consisting of the steps of: providing a combustor, the combustor includes: concurrently: injecting a first pre-mixed fuel-air mixture into the annular volume through all of the circumferentially spaced first nozzles residing in the first plane, the circumferentially spaced first nozzles each applying the first pre-mixed fuel-air mixture into the annular volume in a direction that is angularly offset from a tangent line relative to the outer shell forming a flow field through the annular volume rotating about the centerline of the combustor, the flow field flowing through the annular volume in a direction from the perforated front wall to the annular discharge opening; injecting a second pre-mixed fuel-air mixture into the flow field through the annular volume through all of the circumferentially spaced second nozzles residing in the second plane, the circumferentially spaced second nozzles each applying the second pre-mixed fuel-air mixture into the annular volume in the direction that is angularly offset from the tangent line relative to the outer shell; and injecting compressor discharge air through the perforated front wall into the flow field through the annular volume; the concurrent steps of injecting a first pre-mixed fuel-air mixture into the annular volume through all of the circumferentially spaced first nozzles residing in the first plane, injecting a second pre-mixed fuel-air mixture into the flow field through the annular volume through all of the circumferentially spaced second nozzles residing in the second plane, and injecting compressor discharge air through the perforated front wall into the flow field through the annular volume creating fuel-air staging for enhancing combustion and reducing NOx and CO emissions. | 31,253 |
8,736,514 | 1. An antenna comprising: a first ground plate; a first dielectric substrate formed on the first ground plate; a transmission line made of a conductive material formed on the first dielectric substrate; and a plurality of antenna elements electromagnetically coupled to the transmission line; wherein the transmission line is constituted of at least one first line serving as a resonator having a resonator length equal to (2n−1)/2 times (n being a positive integer) a guide wavelength of the transmission line and a plurality of second lines each having an electrical length longer than half the guide wavelength, the first and second lines being disposed alternately at predetermined intervals, and each of the antenna elements is electromagnetically coupled to a corresponding one of the second lines. | 18,583 |
9,353,434 | 1. A method for decreasing or preventing fouling on an interior surface of a pipe or tube of a fluid processing or transport system, comprising: applying at least one metal compound composition to the surface with a pig train, wherein the at least one metal compound composition consists of exposing the surface with the applied at least one metal compound composition to an environment that will convert at least some of the zirconium 2-ethylhexanoate, at least some of the chromium 2-ethylhexanoate, and at least some of the silicon 2-ethylhexanoate to at least one metal oxide; wherein the at least one metal oxide is resistant to fouling. | 41,536 |
9,431,670 | 1. A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane which comprises a polymer that comprises bound anionic functional groups, wherein said polymer further comprises at least one cerium salt where the at least one cerium salt includes cerium cations selected from the group consisting of Ce 3+ cations, Ce 4+ cations, and combinations thereof, wherein the total amount of cerium cations present is between 0.0025 and 0.1667 mole equivalent based on the molar amount of anionic functional groups present in the polymer, wherein the distribution of the cerium cations across the thickness of said polymer electrolyte membrane is uniform, and wherein the polymer contains fluorine in an amount of at least 40 wt %. | 24,876 |
9,173,976 | 1. A medical device comprising coated and non-coated bone filler particles at a ratio of between about 1:3-10:1, wherein the coated bone filler particles comprise between about 80-90% (w/w) of bone filler and between about 10-20% (w/w) of a matrix composition which comprises: (a) 15-25% (w/w) PLGA; (b) 5-15% (w/w) of cholesterol; (c) 50-70% (w/w) of a mixture of DPPC and DSPC, wherein the ratio of DPPC to DSPC is between 5:1 and 2:1 and (d) 7-12% (w/w) of doxycycline or doxycycline hyclate. | 46,042 |
8,962,886 | 1. A process for the dimerisation of 5-acetamido-N,N′-bis (2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalamide (Compound A) in a temperature range of about 10 to about 20° C. using methanol as solvent in a concentration of about 0.8 to 2.0 ml solvent per g Compound A in the presence of about 0.30 to 0.36 mole equivalents of epichlorohydrin relative to Compound A, and wherein the reaction solution has a pH value of about 11.5 to about 12.2, whereby the pH is varied throughout the dimerisation having a higher value at the start of the dimerisation than at the end thereof, and wherein the amount of backpeaks does not exceed 2% at 55-60% conversion of Compound A to iodixanol. | 43,189 |
9,398,759 | 1. An in ovo injection apparatus capable of injecting a plurality of avian eggs carried by an egg carrier having a leading end and a trailing end, the apparatus comprising: an injection assembly having a plurality of injection devices, each injection device being configured to inject a respective avian egg when in alignment therewith; and an indexing system configured to provide a manual positioning scheme for an egg carrier carrying a plurality of avian eggs to the injection assembly for injection thereof, the indexing system comprising: | 23,871 |
8,478,559 | 1. A semiconductor chip comprising: a semiconductor body; and a power semiconductor component integrated therein, wherein the power semiconductor component comprises: a load electrode zone arranged on a first surface of the semiconductor body; a control electrode zone arranged on the first surface, the control electrode zone being electrically insulated from the load electrode zone; a resistance track arranged on the load electrode zone and the control electrode zone, the resistance track ensuring an electrical connection between the load electrode zone and the control electrode zone; a component electrode zone arranged on the first surface, the component electrode zone being electrically insulated from the load electrode zone and from the control electrode zone; a bonding connection that connects the control electrode zone to the component electrode zone or the load electrode zone to the component electrode zone with resistance, wherein the resistance track connects the component electrode zone to the load electrode zone or the component electrode zone to the control electrode zone; and an edge termination surrounding the electrode zones, wherein the resistance track is arranged along the edge termination. | 11,520 |
9,702,940 | 1. A method to determine a state of charge of a battery and charge the battery, wherein the battery includes at least two terminals, the method comprising: selecting a first relationship of an open circuit voltage to an amount of charge in the battery based on or using a state of health of the battery during a first charge cycle; measuring a voltage at the terminals of the battery to generate a first measured voltage; calculating an open circuit voltage of the battery to generate a calculated open circuit voltage using the first measured voltage; determining a first state of charge of the battery based on or using (i) the calculated open circuit voltage and (ii) the first relationship of the open circuit voltage to the amount of charge in the battery; and using the determined state of charge to adjust a charge signal and apply the adjusted charge signal to charge the battery. | 3,542 |
9,832,454 | 1. A method of matching stereo images, the method comprising: calculating a data cost value for each of a plurality of images, the plurality of images being acquired by photographing an identical scene from different points of view, the data cost value being indicative of an amount of computational energy for finding a color difference between the plurality of images; calculating a smoothness cost value for each of the plurality of images, the smoothness cost value being indicative of an amount of computational energy for smoothing the plurality of images; and matching pixels among the plurality of images based on the data cost value and the smoothness cost value, wherein the data cost value is calculated based on a geometric relationship among the pixels, the geometric relationship being determined based on binocular disparity information of the plurality of images, an initial cost value is assigned to a pixel having an impossible structure based on the geometric relationship when calculating the data cost value, and the smoothness cost value is calculated based on a similarity of binocular disparities between a selected pixel in a first image of the plurality of images and neighboring pixels of the selected pixel in the first image. | 30,625 |
8,557,614 | 1. A method for manufacturing a lighting device, comprising the steps of: forming a first electrode and a second electrode over a substrate; forming a light-emitting layer over the second electrode; forming a third electrode over the light-emitting layer and the first electrode; specifying a short-circuited portion between the second electrode and the third electrode by applying a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; forming a region where the short-circuited portion is removed by irradiation with a laser beam; filling the region with an insulating resin; and curing the insulating resin, wherein the third electrode is in contact with the first electrode, and wherein the insulating resin is in contact with the substrate, the second electrode, and the third electrode. | 5,786 |
9,320,663 | 1. A gap filler assembly for filling a gap between adjacent sections of a bed adjacent a main mattress of the bed, the gap filler assembly comprising: a first supplemental mattress connected and proximate to a first section of the bed adjacent a first longitudinal side of the main mattress, the first supplemental mattress having a patient support surface generally planar with a patient support surface of the main mattress so as to increase an overall width of the patient support surface of the bed beyond a width defined by the main mattress; second supplemental mattress connected and proximate to a second section of the bed adjacent the first longitudinal side of the main mattress, the second supplemental mattress having a patient support surface generally planar with the patient support surface of the main mattress so as to increase the overall width of the patient support surface of the bed beyond the width defined by the main mattress; the first and second supplemental mattresses being proximate each other with a gap formed therebetween, each of the first and second supplemental mattresses having an angled extension at one end thereof that extends into the gap, the angled extensions being in direct contact so as to form an interference fit with one another. | 11,686 |
9,516,896 | 1. A filter rod used in manufacture of a smoking article, comprising: (a) a rod of filter material having a longitudinal axis, and (b) a plug wrap surrounding the rod of filter material with overlapping side edges of the plug wrap being secured together with a plug wrap adhesive, wherein the plug wrap comprises only a single row of perforations with about 30 to about 120 holes per inch, the single row of perforations extending longitudinally along the axis of the rod of filter material. | 2,325 |
8,572,943 | 1. A fan drive gear system for a gas turbine engine comprising: a gear system configured to provide a speed reduction between a fan drive turbine and a fan; a mount flexibly supporting portions of the gear system radially extending from a static structure of the gas turbine engine with respect to a central axis to accommodate radial movement between the gear system and the static structure; and a lubrication system configured to provide lubricant to the gear system and remove thermal energy produced by the gear system, wherein the lubrication system includes a maximum capacity for removing thermal energy from the gear system greater than zero and less than about 2% of power input into the gear system during operation of the engine. | 18,292 |
9,246,443 | 1. A power amplifier module comprising: a power amplifier including a set of transistor stages and a plurality of bias circuits, at least one transistor stage from the set of transistor stages in electrical communication with a first bias circuit and a second bias circuit from the plurality of bias circuits, the first bias circuit configured to apply a first bias voltage to the at least one transistor stage and the second bias circuit configured to apply a second bias voltage to the at least one transistor stage, the plurality of bias circuits further including a third bias circuit and a fourth bias circuit, the third bias circuit configured to apply a different bias voltage than the first bias circuit and the fourth bias circuit configured to apply a different bias voltage than the second bias circuit, the third bias circuit and the fourth bias circuit in electrical communication with a different transistor stage from the set of transistor stages than the first bias circuit and the second bias circuit; and a controller configured to activate one of the first bias circuit and the second bias circuit. | 8,093 |
9,179,120 | 1. A method for displaying stereoscopic images, comprising: producing, by a controller, the stereoscopic image having a depth map with a first depth level value based on a left eye image and a right eye image, the stereoscopic image including at least first and second objects; adjusting, by the controller, the first depth level value of the produced depth map by adjusting a depth level in any one of a plurality of depth level adjustment modes; and displaying, by a display, the stereoscopic image having the adjusted first depth level value on a screen, wherein the plurality of depth level adjustment modes include a forward 3D depth adjustment mode, a backward 3D depth adjustment mode and a bi-directional 3D depth adjustment mode, wherein in the forward 3D depth adjustment mode, both the first and second objects included in the stereoscopic image increase from the first depth level value to a second depth level value such that both the first and second objects have a perspective in a direction that exits the outside of the screen, wherein in the backward 3D depth adjustment mode, both the first and second objects included in the stereoscopic image decreases from the first depth level value to a third depth level value such that both the first and second objects have a perspective in a direction that enters the inside of the screen, and wherein in the bi-directional 3D depth adjustment mode, the first object included in the stereoscopic image increase from the first depth level value to a fourth depth level value such that the first object has a perspective in a direction that exits the outside of the screen and, at the same time, the second object included in the stereoscopic image decreases from the first depth level value to a fifth depth level value such that the second objects has a perspective in a direction that enters the inside of the screen. | 41,690 |
9,026,665 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a proxy server, requests for network connections with remote servers from multiple gaming applications running on a computing device, the network connections being requested for accessing gaming content available through the remote servers, wherein the gaming content is utilized by at least one of the multiple gaming applications to enable a user of the computing device to play a game on the computing device; establishing, by the proxy server, proxy network connections with the remote servers in response to the requests for network connections from the computing device, wherein the proxy server is configured to maintain a network connection with the computing device; receiving, at the proxy server, network messages generated by the remote servers, wherein a given network message includes a given gaming content utilized by a given gaming application to enable the user of the computing device to play a given game on the computing device; and sending, by the proxy server, the received network messages in a single batch for the multiple gaming applications through the network connection with the computing device, wherein the proxy server aggregates network messages received in a time period into the single batch, a time length of the time period being determined based on one or more game events of each game being played using a corresponding gaming application from the multiple gaming applications, a given game event representing a point of play within the given game which requires the given gaming content included within the given network message, wherein the determined time length is set to reduce any delay in the execution of the given gaming application that requires the given network message, wherein the network messages are aggregated such that the computing device stays at a high power consumption state for a second time period shorter than an overall time period for which the computing device would stay at the high power consumption if the network messages were sent individually without batching, wherein the given game event includes a starting of the given game by a user of the computing device, a entering of a new stage in the given game by the user, a entering of a new place in the given game by the user, a completing of a mission in the given game by the user, an obtaining of a game item in the given game by the user, a meeting of another character in the given game by the user, a talking with another character in the given game by the user, an occurrence of a scene change in the given game, any predefined game-related events, any predefined game-related milestones, or a suspension of the given game at a point of play intended to avoid disrupting an experience for the user, wherein the time length of the time period is further determined by one or more factors including a battery life of the computing device, a current battery level of the computing device, a usage pattern of the computing device, a workload of the computing device, or a frequency of receiving network messages for the computing device. | 34,226 |
8,597,876 | 1. A method of treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in an antiretroviral treatment-experienced mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug, or an ester thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition of said compound, said salt, said prodrug, or said ester thereof, wherein: | 4,156 |
9,026,827 | 1. A control device comprising: a processor that executes processing; a first storage as a volatile storage; a second storage as a non-volatile storage; and a power supply controller that controls to supply and stop supply of electric power to each of the processor, the first storage, and the second storage, wherein when the control device is shifted the power supply controller starts supply of electric power to each of the processor and the first storage; if electric power has been supplied to the processor and the processor has been made to be in an operable first state, the processor creates second control information that is different from the first control information and stores the second control information in the first storage, and the power supply controller stops supply of electric power to the processor after the second control information created by the processor has been stored in the first storage. | 9,487 |
8,360,733 | 1. A rotor blade for a wind turbine, the rotor blade comprising: a body formed at least partially from a core material, the body defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge; a plurality of shear members extending between the pressure and suction sides, each of the plurality of shear members including a first end and a second end a plurality of stiffening members spaced apart around the pressure and suction sides, each of the plurality of stiffening members being disposed at the first end or the second end of one of the plurality of shear members; a skin extending around an outer perimeter of the body; and a plurality of cross-members extending between at least two adjacent stiffening members of the plurality of stiffening members, each of the plurality of cross members being disposed adjacent to the skin. | 27,484 |
8,807,715 | 1. A method of printing using a continuous inkjet printer in which continuous jets of ink are emitted from an array of regularly spaced nozzles, the printer being initially configured to print pixels on a receiver in a first regularly spaced pixel grid, the first regularly spaced pixel grid having a first spatial density, the receiver having a travel path through the printer, the first spatial density extending in a direction perpendicular to the travel path of the receiver, the method comprising: providing a source of pressurized ink communicating with the array of regularly spaced nozzle bores through which the streams of ink are emitted; providing a jet control element associated with each nozzle bore of the array of nozzle bores which is selectively actuated to at least one of form and steer print drops from the ink stream emitted from the associated nozzle; providing a memory element associated with the inkjet printer; selectively loading the memory element during a printing operation with data that modifies the subsequent actuation of each of the jet control elements to at least one of form and steer print drops that print pixels on a receiver in a second regularly spaced pixel grid, the second regularly spaced pixel grid having a second spatial density of pixels extending in a direction perpendicular to the travel path of the receiver that is different when compared to the first spatial density of the first regularly spaced pixel grid; printing pixels on a receiver in the second regularly spaced pixel grid; and catching drops that are formed but not used to print pixels on a receiver in a first regularly spaced pixel grid or used to print pixels on a receiver in the second regularly spaced pixel grid. | 26,356 |
8,865,696 | 1. A method for inducing nitric oxide release from cells in a mammal, said method comprising administering, to said mammal, a composition in an amount, at a frequency more frequent than once a week, and for a duration longer than one month, wherein said composition comprises one or more agents selected from the group consisting of reticuline, norlaudanosoline, and salutaridine, and wherein said amount of said composition results in less than 1 mg of said one or more agents being administered to said mammal per kg of body weight of said mammal per day. | 22,819 |
9,814,073 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: transmitting, from a serving base station, a signal to a mobile device in communication with the serving base station, wherein the signal triggers the mobile device to transmit periodic transmissions on a physical random access channel (PRACH) during a time period, wherein the mobile device remains in communication with the serving base station and continues decoding data received from the serving base station during the time period; transmitting, by the serving base station, downlink data to the mobile device for decoding during the time period; and receiving, by the serving base station, uplink data from the mobile device during the time period, wherein the signal includes one or more of: | 67 |
9,006,437 | 1. A compound of Formula Ia or Ib: wherein: X is O, S, or —C(CH A is —OR B is ═O or ═N C is —OR R R R R L is a bond or (Q) each Q is independently NR each X′ is independently NR n is 1-20; each R provided that the compound comprises at least one reactive sulfonamide of Formula IIa: wherein: | 22,201 |
9,288,563 | 1. A loudspeaker monitor mounting bracket system, comprising: a loudspeaker monitor; a first mounting bracket extending from a rear portion of the loudspeaker monitor; a first indent formed in the first mounting bracket and configured to engage a microphone stand; a second mounting bracket extending from the rear portion of the loudspeaker monitor; and a second indent formed in the second mounting bracket and configured to engage the microphone stand; wherein the first mounting bracket is disposed above the second mounting bracket, the first indent is configured to face generally toward the rear portion of the loudspeaker monitor, and the second indent is configured to face generally away from 15 the rear portion of the loudspeaker monitor; wherein the indents are configured to exert frictional forces against the microphone stand sufficient to balance the weight of the loudspeaker monitor. | 46,158 |
9,726,675 | 1. A method for diagnosing and/or stratifying risk of a disease in a patient, comprising determining C-terminal fragment of preproADM (CT-proADM) (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a partial peptide or fragment thereof, in a sample of body fluid or tissue from said patient, wherein the presence in said sample of an elevated level of CT-proADM in comparison with healthy controls, corresponds with the presence in said patient of said disease, wherein said disease is selected from the group consisting of high blood pressure, infections of the lungs and respiratory tract caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites, deep respiratory infections, bronchitis, sarcoidosis, bronchiectasias, non-cardiac pulmonary edema, and bronchial carcinoma. | 23,856 |
8,520,525 | 1. A method of transmitting data comprising selecting a transmission mode from at least a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode, wherein according to the first transmission mode data is transmitted in at least two first time periods using first communication resources wherein the at least two first time periods are separated by a first time interval, wherein according to the second transmission mode data is transmitted in at least two second time periods using second communication resources wherein the at least two second time periods are separated by a second time interval, and wherein the first time interval is longer than the second time interval and the first communication resources allow the transmission of a higher amount of data in one of the first time periods than the second communication resources in one of the second time periods; and transmitting data according to the selected transmission mode, wherein the data is to be transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device and wherein the method comprises determining a parameter value describing the transmission delay between the first communication device and the second communication device when transmitting data according to the first transmission mode or the second transmission mode or describing the transmission delay between the first communication device and a communication network component involved in the data transmission between the first communication device and the second communication device and selecting the transmission mode based on the parameter value. | 26,454 |
9,438,406 | 1. A method for implementing an inter-frequency measurement procedure, the method comprising: selecting a group of wireless devices based on a selection criteria and receiving from the selected group of wireless devices a first parameter value associated with a first access node; estimating proximity of a second access node to the first access node based on the received first parameter value; receiving from a non-selected wireless device a second parameter value associated with the first access node that is within a level of the first parameter value and monitoring quality indicators for the non-selected wireless device; determining a relationship between the received first parameter value and the quality indicators; and initiating an inter-frequency measurement procedure based on the determined relationship. | 37,210 |
9,243,418 | 1. A tower for supporting a nacelle and a rotor of a wind power plant, the tower comprising: a foot section; a lower tubular tower section made of concrete and disposed on the foot section; an upper tubular tower section made of steel configured to support the nacelle and the rotor of the wind power plant; and a prefabricated adapter piece for connecting the lower tubular tower section and the upper tubular tower section, the adapter piece comprising an annular concrete element that defines an aperture therethrough and includes an upper surface and a steel element including at least one annular flange that covers the upper surface of the concrete element when in an installation position, and the steel element being directly cast with the concrete element so that the annular flange is grouted with concrete that forms at least a portion of the concrete element and the concrete element directly abuts the steel element to form the adapter piece before using the adapter piece to connect the lower tubular tower section and the upper tubular tower section; the annular concrete element of the adapter piece comprises an inner annular concrete element and the steel element of the adapter piece comprises an outer annular steel element that has an inverted U-shaped cross-section and encompasses and protects an upper area of the concrete element with the annular flange extending inwardly in an upper end of the outer annular steel element when the outer annular steel element is in the installation position. | 5,400 |
9,185,747 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising the steps of: a) generating a communication status signal in a predetermined period of time which is set to a first value while a first wireless communication is operating and set to a second value while the first wireless communication is not operating in the predetermined period of time; b) analyzing the communication status signal; c) enabling a second wireless communication that is different from the first wireless communication when the communication status signal is not set to the first value in the predetermined period of time; d) suspending the second wireless communication when a total time of the communication status signal set to the first value reaches or exceeds a predetermined value in the predetermined period of time; e) when the communication status signal does not reach the predetermined value in the predetermined period of time and the communication status signal is cyclic, enabling a second wireless communication while the level of the communication status signal is the second value. | 4,338 |
8,573,279 | 1. A coating film transfer tool comprising: a refill; and a case main body, the refill being incorporated in the coating film transfer tool, having a feed spool around which an unused transfer tape is wound, a transfer head from which the transfer tape is suspended and which presses a coating film on the transfer tape against a transfer target so as to pressure-sensitively transfer the coating film on to the transfer target, and a take-up spool which takes up the transfer tape from which the coating film has been transferred, and being able to be replaced, the case main body accommodating therein the refill and comprising a front case in which an opening from which the transfer head is allowed to project is formed at a front end thereof, and a rear case having a push mechanism which causes the transfer head to appear from and disappear into the opening, wherein the rear case is detachably attached to the front case, wherein the push mechanism has an elastic member and an engagement portion which extends to the front from the push mechanism and moves in a front-to-back direction in the case main body according to the operation of the push mechanism, wherein the engagement portion is detachably attached to the vicinity of a rear end of the refill to support the refill, wherein the engagement portion and the refill are connected together by a pair of engagement claw portions, each of the pair of engagement claw portions provided in the vicinity of the rear end of the refill and at respective sides of the refill, and the pair of engagement claw portions being brought into engagement with each of a pair of engagement openings provided in the vicinity of a front end of the engagement portion and at respective sides of the engagement portion, wherein a connection release member which releases the connection of the engagement portion with the refill is secured to the rear case, and the connection release member is a pair of elastically deformable plate-shaped members which extend in the front-to-rear direction from respective sides of the rear case and each of the plate-shaped members has a pressing portion, an engaging attachment projection, and an operating portion, wherein each operating portion is formed so as to project outwards from its respective plate-shaped member, thereby projecting from a respective outer surface of the rear case, wherein by each of the operating portions of the connecting release member being simultaneously pressed from outside, each of the pressing portions presses against a respective one of the pair of engagement claw portions so that the pair of engagement claw portions are disengaged from their respective engagement opening to thereby release a connection of the engagement portion and the refill, and wherein by each of the operating portions of the connecting release member being simultaneously pressed further inwards, each of the engaging attachment projections are disengaged from their respective engaging attachment opening in the front case to thereby release a connection of the front case and the rear case. | 37,900 |
9,216,376 | 1. A process for removal of sulphur oxides from exhaust gas comprising the steps of: (a) providing a seawater; (b) enhancing a SO (c) contacting an exhaust gas with the alkaline seawater as a scrubbing agent, to produce an exhaust with reduced content of sulphur oxides and a used scrubbing agent; wherein a pH of the used scrubbing agent is adjusted to a range of 6.5 to 9 by neutralization with alkaline additive substance, and/or the alkaline water from the cathode side of the electrochemical cell, and dilution with natural sea water; and wherein the alkaline additive substance used in step (b) is chosen from an alkaline metal compound or an alkaline earth metal compound, where the compound is one of hydroxides, carbonates, bicarbonates, oxides, sulphites and silicates. | 15,108 |
9,247,326 | 1. A computer network comprising: a first lower level switch having a first port and a second port; a second lower level switch having a first port and a second port; an upper level switch having a first port directly coupled to the first port of the first lower level switch and a second port directly coupled to the first port of the second lower level switch; a first passive optical splitter having a first port coupled to a third port of the upper level switch, a second port coupled to the second port of the first lower level switch, and a third port coupled to the second port of the second lower level switch, the first passive optical splitter configured to transmit signals received at its first port as output signals on both of its second and third ports; and a controller coupled to the first lower level switch, the second lower level switch, and the upper level switch, the controller configured to control transmission of data by the first lower level switch, the second lower level switch, and the upper level switch. | 24,411 |
9,617,868 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a gas turbine engine component having a plurality of fixed airfoil members distributed circumferentially about a reference axis; at least one movable airfoil extension structured for use in a flow path of a gas turbine engine and positioned intermediate a first one of the plurality of fixed airfoil members and a second one of the plurality of fixed airfoil members, the at least one movable airfoil extension configured to be moved between a first operating position adjacent the first one of the plurality of fixed airfoil members and a second operating position adjacent the second fixed airfoil member, wherein at transition positions intermediate the first operating position and the second operating position the at least one movable airfoil extension is free of interfacing contact with the first and second one of the plurality of airfoil members; and wherein movement of the at least one movable airfoil extension between the first operating position and the second operating position alters a flow path characteristic of both the first one of the plurality of fixed airfoil members and the second one of the plurality of fixed airfoil members; wherein the flow path characteristic is at least one of inlet incidence, exit swirl, effective throat area, and camber; wherein the at least one movable airfoil extension is a leading edge addition, which further includes another airfoil extension located at a trailing edge, and wherein the plurality of fixed airfoil members includes cooling apertures that are exposed in the first operating position and covered in the second operating position. | 35,177 |
9,771,404 | 1. A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, wherein cells of said cancer express IL-13Rα2, comprising administering said subject a compound comprising, in combination: an IL-13Rα2 binding ligand, wherein said IL-13Rα2 binding ligand is IL-13, a mutant of IL-13, or an IL-13Rα2 binding fragment thereof; at least one effector molecule; a cytosol localization element covalently coupled between said binding ligand and said at least one effector molecule; and a subcellular compartment localization signal element covalently coupled between said binding ligand and said at least one effector molecule, wherein said compound is a fusion protein or a covalent conjugate, in a treatment effective amount. | 36,146 |
9,237,842 | 1. A method for determining a corrective lenses prescription for a patient comprising, separately, for each eye of the patient: determining an astigmatism prescription for the patient via a computerized screen and without the use of a refractor lens assembly, wherein determining the astigmatism prescription for the patient comprises testing for a cylinder component by sequentially presenting at least two cylinder diagrams to the patient via the computerized screen and enabling the patient to select at least one input per cylinder diagram, wherein the at least one input per cylinder diagram corresponds to a cylinder measurement used to determine the corrective lenses prescription for the patient. | 11,427 |
8,839,260 | 1. A method, comprising: identifying, via a computing device associated with a cloud computing environment, a first worker cloud computing device from a plurality of worker cloud computing devices with available resources sufficient to meet required resources for a highest-priority task associated with a computing job comprising a plurality of prioritized tasks; determining, based upon ownership information associated with the computing job and ownership information associated with at least one other task assigned to the first worker cloud computing device, whether an ownership conflict would result from an assignment of the highest-priority task to the first worker cloud computing device; and assigning the highest-priority task to the first worker cloud computing device in response to determining that the ownership conflict would not result from the assignment of the highest-priority task to the first worker cloud computing device. | 6,578 |
8,655,338 | 1. A method for operating a portable terminal to reduce power consumption during support of a communication service, the method comprising: activating a Radio Frequency (RF) communication unit; downloading a part of data of predetermined content through the RF communication unit; buffering the downloaded part of the data in a buffer so as to output the buffered downloaded part of the data; and executing an idle time for terminating or reducing a power supply of the RF communication unit in a power reduction mode when the downloading of the part of the data of the predetermined contents during an activation time is completed, wherein respective durations of the activation time and the idle time are adjusted according to an amount of data remaining in the buffer. | 19,550 |
9,190,675 | 1. An ice-resistant valve for use in a fuel cell system, said valve comprising: a fluid inlet configured to receive a fuel cell reactant; a fluid outlet disposed fluidly downstream of said fluid inlet; and a body defining a fluid reactant passageway therethrough that is cooperative with said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet, at least one of said fluid reactant passageway, said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet defining an orifice therein that is configured with at least one edge such that at least a portion of moisture contained within said fuel cell reactant that deposits on said edge is conveyed from said orifice in environmental conditions where said deposited moisture may be prone to freezing in order to have such freezing take place away from said orifice to prevent ice blockage thereto, said orifice defining a gutter formed outwardly adjacent said at least one edge and a corner formed outwardly adjacent said gutter such that at least a portion of said deposited moisture that forms on said at least one edge is conveyed toward said gutter and said corner. | 1,990 |
9,554,807 | 1. A saw including a saw blade penetration measuring system for determining, with respect to a reference point, a depth of penetration of a cutting edge of a saw blade in a cut, the saw comprising: a chuck for engagement with a shank of a saw blade, wherein the chuck is operable to constrain a saw blade engaged by the chuck to limit relative axial movement relative to a cutting direction of the saw blade; a displacement sensing arm extending from the saw, wherein the displacement sensing arm is engageable with a bushing member that is constrainedly moveable relative to the saw blade along the cutting direction of the saw blade when the saw blade is engaged by the chuck; and a displacement sensor disposed in a fixed relative position with respect to a saw blade engaged by the chuck at least in a direction corresponding to the length of the saw blade, the displacement sensing arm being adapted for relative movement with respect to the displacement sensor, wherein the displacement sensor is operative to output a first signal representative of the displacement of the displacement sensing arm relative to the displacement sensor; wherein the movement of the displacement sensing arm relative to the saw corresponds to displacement of the bushing relative to a saw blade engaged by the chuck. | 42,298 |
9,611,642 | 1. A wall unit, comprising an exterior facing plate, a frame member, a structural agent securing said exterior facing plate to the exterior of said frame member, a structural panel secured to said frame member by a glazing bead and a glazing material, wherein said exterior facing plate conceals said structural panel from view on an exterior side of said wall unit, an air seal sealing air on an interior side of said wall unit from air in an air space between said frame member and said structural panel, wherein said air space between said frame member and said structural panel is connected with an air space between said structural panel and said facing plate, and wherein said air space between said frame member and said structural panel is connected and pressure equalized with air on the exterior side of said wall unit. | 22,074 |
9,795,837 | 1. A golf ball consisting essentially of: an inner core layer formed from a thermoplastic composition and having a diameter of 1.2 inches or greater, a center hardness (H an intermediate core layer formed from a thermoplastic composition having a material hardness (H an outer core layer formed from a highly neutralized polymer composition having a material hardness (H an inner cover layer formed from a thermoplastic composition having a material hardness (R an outer cover layer formed from a composition selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, polyureas, and copolymers and blends thereof; wherein a core structure consisting of the inner core layer, the intermediate core layer, and the outer core layer has a diameter of from 1.40 inches to 1.55 inches. | 5,266 |
9,252,417 | 1. A low-floor electric bus comprising: a floor made of a composite material, wherein a bottom surface of the floor includes one or more cavities; and a battery power source mounted under the floor of the low-floor electric bus such that the floor inside the bus in an area that extends substantially an entire width of the bus between a front axle and a rear axle of the bus is substantially flat, wherein the battery power source includes a plurality of battery packs mounted in the one or more cavities such that one or more of the plurality of battery packs form exposed surfaces of an underside of the low-floor electric bus. | 25,300 |
9,662,986 | 1. A switch circuit comprising: a power unit comprising a first battery and a second battery, wherein the first battery is configured to supply electrical energy, and the second battery is configured to store electrical energy; a voltage dividing unit electrically coupled to the power unit, the voltage dividing unit configured to divide voltages corresponding to the electrical energy stored by the first battery and the second battery to generate a first corresponding voltage and a second corresponding voltage; a processing unit electrically coupled to the voltage dividing unit, the processing unit configured to generate a switch signal according to the first corresponding voltage and the second corresponding voltage; and a switch module configured to switch the first battery to store electrical energy and configured to switch the second battery to supply electrical energy, according to the switch signal, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine that an electrical quantity of the second battery is greater than an electrical quantity of the first battery by a specific range, according to the first corresponding voltage and the second corresponding voltage, to generate the switch signal. | 23,377 |
9,757,748 | 1. A fluid injector for a selective catalytic reduction dosing system comprising: a coil arranged to drive a pump from a first state to a second state when energized, so as to pump and inject a fluid; a PN junction electrically arranged across the coil to breakdown and discharge energy stored in the coil when an external drive voltage is removed from the coil, and when a voltage across the coil is above a breakdown voltage of the PN junction, and wherein the PN junction and the coil share a cooling system. | 36,616 |
9,421,833 | 1. A device for admitting and releasing gases into a tire on a wheel rim, the rim having a hole for admitting the device and the rim having an inside facing the tire and an opposite outside facing a hub, said device preventing leakage of gases while allowing for rotation of said device in the hole, said device comprising: a threaded inlet, generally round in cross section and having a diameter, a biased axial valve stem within said threaded inlet, said valve stem adapted to admit air into said device; a neck axially inward from said inlet, generally round in cross section and having a diameter greater than that of said inlet; a shoulder axially inward from said neck and having a width greater than the diameter of said neck, said shoulder adapted to transition the flow of gases through said device perpendicular to the orientation of said inlet; a hip beneath said shoulder and said neck, said hip having a diameter proportional to the width of said shoulder, said hip having an orientation perpendicular to said neck; a heel beneath said hip and said neck, said heel having a generally truncated conical shape and round cross section widening outwardly from a first diameter to a second diameter, said second diameter being greater than said first diameter, said heel is adapted to abut the rim proximate the hole; a tube beneath said heel, said tube being hollow for passage of gases therethrough, said tube being centered upon said heel and in communication with said inlet through said shoulder; a wedge spaced below said heel and centered upon said tube, said wedge having a generally inverted truncated conical shape and round cross section narrowing axially from a first diameter to a second diameter, said second diameter being smaller than said first diameter, said wedge is adapted to enter the hole of the wheel; a threaded outlet, generally round in cross section, extending from said wedge and in communication with said tube, said threaded outlet is adapted to enter the hole of the wheel, and wherein said threaded outlet is generally perpendicular to said threaded inlet; an umbrella nut cooperatively engaging said threaded outlet and compressing said wedge axially upon turning said umbrella nut; wherein said wedge is adapted to insert into the hole of the rim, said heel is adapted to abut said rim and said device is adapted to insert from the outside of said rim to the inside of said rim. | 11,992 |
8,520,816 | 1. A method for providing an end-to-end call completion status for a call in a packet network, comprising: collecting call detail record data from a plurality of network components in the packet network; and consolidating, by a processor, the call detail record data associated with the call to obtain the end-to-end call completion status for the call, and to extract a handling code from the call detail record data, wherein the handling code is a code that indicates a call completion status, wherein the call completion status is determined from a plurality of possible statuses comprising of: the call has been completed successfully, the call has been blocked and the call has been cut off. | 22,630 |
8,442,756 | 1. A navigation apparatus comprising: a base unit that is fastenable to a dashboard at a driver's seat of a vehicle; a front panel unit that is attachable to and detachable from the base unit and is equipped with a display displaying map data; and a microcomputer that performs a navigation function to indicate a determined location of the vehicle on the map data, wherein a front surface of the front panel unit is made same size as a mating face of the base unit; a top part of the front panel unit projects from a surface of the dashboard, as viewed from a side, when the front panel unit is attached to the base unit; the base unit is accommodated in a recess formed in the dashboard to be fastenable to the dashboard; and a bottommost part of the front panel unit is located inside the recess, as viewed from the side, such as to be sunken totally into the recess, when the front panel unit is moved from an attached position to a detached position in response to operation of a detach button of an attach/detach mechanism by the user. | 18,535 |
9,727,110 | 1. A power distribution system, comprising: a manager provided on a network controller; and an agent provided on a line module, wherein at least one of the manager and the agent are configured to: receive a configuration for a port on the line module; detect a connection to the port when the port has been continuously disabled from providing power in response to a system initialization and determine, while the port is continuously disabled from providing power subsequent to the system initialization, that the connection is for a powered device that is configured to receive power and data through the port; classify, while the port is continuously disabled from providing power subsequent to the system initialization, the powered device; and determine, while the port is continuously disabled from providing power subsequent to the system Initialization, whether the classification of the powered device corresponds to the configuration of the port; wherein, in response to the classification of the powered device corresponding to the configuration of the port, the port is enabled to provide power for a first time subsequent to the system initialization and power is provided to the powered device through the port according to an allocation for the powered device from a global power budget; and wherein, in response to the classification of the powered device not corresponding to the configuration of the port, the port remains disabled from providing power subsequent to the system Initialization. | 18,036 |
9,191,179 | 1. A method of reducing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system supporting multiple component carriers, performed in the terminal, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a first message for configuring a second component carrier (CC) through a first CC; configuring the second CC based on the first message; receiving, from the base station, a second message for activating the second CC; activating the second CC based on the second message; receiving discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters including a first DRX cycle from the base station; performing a DRX operation for the first CC and the second CC according to the first DRX cycle; receiving a third message including a second DRX cycle from the base station; and switching the DRX operation for the first CC and the second CC from the first DRX cycle to the second DRX cycle, wherein the second DRX cycle is longer than the first DRX cycle, wherein a same DRX cycle is applied to all component carriers configured in the terminal, wherein an operation of receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is performed for all configured component carriers of the terminal according to the same DRX cycle, and wherein, when a carrier indicator (CI) is included in the received PDCCH, a data channel is received through a carrier which is indicated by the CI and which is not the carrier through which the received PDCCH is transmitted. | 8,006 |
8,641,568 | 1. Electric axle for a motor vehicle, having two electric machine arrangements which are arranged in an minor-inverted fashion with respect to one another, each of the electric machine arrangements, comprising: an electric machine having a stator and a rotor, the rotor having two axial ends, wherein a first rotor bearing section is connected to one axial end of the rotor, and wherein a second rotor bearing section is connected to the other axial end of the rotor; a machine housing; a gearbox having an input element; and at least one driveshaft which can be connected to a driven wheel of the motor vehicle; wherein the electric machine is connected via the gearbox to the at least one drive shaft; wherein the stator of the electric machine is fixed to the machine housing; wherein the rotor of the electric machine is connected to the input element of the gearbox, wherein the rotor is rotatably mounted on the machine housing by means of a first and a second bearing which engage the first and the second rotor bearing section, respectively, wherein the first rotor bearing section is connected to a machine output shaft which is connected to the input element of the gearbox, wherein the machine output shaft is guided through the second rotor bearing section such that the machine output shaft is adjacent to the second rotor bearing section but does not contact the second rotor bearing section, and wherein the machine housings of the machine arrangements each have a first bearing cover which are directly connected to one another, and wherein the first bearing covers of the machine arrangements include axial cutouts that define a sensor space in which respective sensor arrangements of the machine arrangements are accommodated. | 10,320 |
9,551,417 | 1. A gearbox for a motor vehicle including: a plurality of forward gear ratios and a reverse gear ratio; a control device configured for controlling the selection and the engagement of said forward gear ratios and of said reverse gear ratio; a plurality of engagement devices that can be controlled by means of said control device for engaging the forward gear ratios or reverse gear ratio of the gearbox that are operatively associated to said devices; a locking device, which is electrically controlled and configured for preventing actuation of the engagement device associated to a predetermined forward gear ratio, said locking device being configured for being actuated above a threshold speed of a motor vehicle on which said gearbox is installed; wherein said control device includes a case fixed to a casing of said gearbox and a control shaft rotatably mounted and axially movable within said case, wherein said control shaft includes a first radial engagement finger and a second radial engagement finger for controlling corresponding devices for engagement of the forward gear ratios and of the reverse gear ratio; and wherein said locking device includes a further bushing connected in rotation to said control shaft and axially movable with respect thereto, said further bushing being countered in the axial movement of the control shaft by an elastic element, said locking device including two electromagnetic actuators fixed to said case. | 27,375 |
9,140,627 | 1. A method for a vehicle fuel system, comprising: during an engine-off condition, including an ambient temperature within a threshold range, operating a cooling fan to increase a fuel tank vacuum including operating the cooling fan for a first test duration, the first test duration based on an amount of stored battery charge; and indicating leaks in the vehicle fuel system based on the increased vacuum. | 5,063 |
8,348,602 | 1. A turbine ring sector comprising: a wall bounding an aerodynamic flowpath in which gases flow from an upstream region toward a downstream region, the wall including an inner surface which bounds the flowpath, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, and upstream and downstream tenons disposed at upstream and downstream ends of the ring sector, respectively, the inner and outer surfaces of the wall being substantially parallel to an axis of the turbine ring sector; and a multiperforated plate, situated on the opposite side of the aerodynamic flowpath with respect to the wall, said multiperforated plate comprising first and second axial members, upstream and downstream transverse members which connect the first and second axial members at an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the first and second axial members, a first side wall that extends radially inward from the upstream transverse member, a second side wall that extends radially inward from the downstream transverse member, and a bottom wall that connects the first side wall and the second side wall, the bottom wall including a plurality of orifices, wherein a first bath is defined by radial walls of the upstream and downstream tenons and the outer surface of the wall and a second bath is defined by the first and second side walls and the bottom wall of the plate, such that the second bath is housed in the first bath and a bottom surface of an upstream end of the plate abuts an upper surface of the upstream tenon and a bottom surface of a downstream end of the plate abuts an upper surface of the downstream tenon, wherein the first side wall extends more radially inward than the second side wall such that a first end of the bottom wall at the first side wall is lower than a second end of the bottom wall at the second side wall, wherein a distance between the outer surface of the wall of the ring sector and the bottom wall of the multiperforated plate defines a gap which is progressive in an axial direction, from the upstream region toward the downstream region, and wherein a value of the gap situated at the upstream region is below a value of the gap situated at the downstream region. | 24,245 |
8,363,455 | 1. A storage cell configuration comprising: first and second core storage nodes configured to store complementary voltages; and first and second outer storage nodes configured to store complementary voltages; and said first and second outer storage nodes capable of limiting feedback between said first and second core storage nodes and restoring the original value on said first or second core storage nodes in the case of a soft error; and said first and second core storage nodes capable of limiting feedback between said first and second outer storage nodes and restoring the original value on said first or second outer storage nodes in the case of a soft error; and first and second core drive transistors; and said first core drive transistor configured to selectively couple said first core storage node to said first outer storage node; and said second core drive transistor configured to selectively couple said second core storage node to said second outer storage node; and said first core load transistor configured to selectively couple said first core storage node to said first outer storage node; and said second core load transistor configured to selectively couple said second core storage node to said second outer storage node; and said first outer drive transistor configured to selectively couple said first outer storage node to ground; and said second outer drive transistor configured to selectively couple said second outer storage node to ground; and said first outer load transistor configured to selectively couple said first outer storage node to a power supply; and said second outer load transistor configured to selectively couple said second outer storage node to a power supply. | 6,101 |
8,860,800 | 1. A boresight alignment system comprising: a mount for the boresight alignment system that is configured to facilitate attachment of a bezel thereto, the bezel having a plurality of cameras; a plurality of targets within the boresight alignment system, each of the targets configured to provide light for at least two of the cameras, each of the two cameras operating within a range of wavelengths including a long wavelength infrared range of wavelengths; and at least one baffle of the boresight alignment system that is disposed optically between the mount and the targets to inhibit stray light from being incident upon the cameras. | 45,991 |
9,074,883 | 1. A device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, comprising: a laser scanner having a light emitter that emits an emission light beam, having a collimator that collimates the emission light beam, having a light receiver that receives a reception light beam which is reflected by an object in the surroundings of the laser scanner or scattered otherwise, and having a mirror with a reflective surface that both deflects the emission light beam into the environment and deflects the reception light beam onto the light receiver; wherein the laser scanner has a control and evaluation unit that determines a distance to, and color and brightness information of, the object for a multitude of measuring points, and wherein the emission light beam is a superposition of three laser beams having different wavelengths which define a three-dimensional color space, wherein, among the three laser beams, one of the laser beams has a higher intensity than the two other laser beams and is modulated; wherein the laser scanner further has a measuring head that rotates around a vertical axis, and wherein the mirror rotates around a horizontal axis, wherein an intersection point of the vertical axis of rotation and the horizontal axis of rotation defines a stationary reference frame of the laser scanner proximate to which both the emission light beam is deflected into the environment and the reception light beam is deflected onto the light receiver; wherein all three laser beams together serve for determining the color and brightness information for the measuring points; and wherein only the one laser beam having the higher intensity and being modulated is sufficient by itself for determining the distance to the object by determination and evaluation of a phase shift between the emission light beam and the reception light beam of the one laser beam having the higher intensity and being modulated. | 14,601 |
9,650,281 | 1. A method of producing an optical fiber comprising: providing a preform having a consolidated glass core and a first porous glass cladding layer; exposing the preform to a first gas atmosphere at a first temperature, the first gas atmosphere comprising a chlorine source material, the chlorine source material providing chlorine for doping the first porous glass cladding layer; exposing the preform to a second gas atmosphere at a second temperature; the second gas atmosphere comprising a reducing agent, the second gas atmosphere not containing chlorine; and heating the preform in the presence of the second gas atmosphere at a third temperature; the heating causing sintering of the first porous glass cladding layer, the sintered first porous glass cladding layer having a chlorine dopant concentration of at least 500 ppm by weight. | 1,177 |
9,674,098 | 1. A network controller to communicate with a link partner, the network controller comprising: data frame circuitry to generate a data frame, the data frame including a user priority field to represent at least one traffic class; media access control (MAC) circuitry to generate a MAC credit flow control frame to be exchanged with the link partner to monitor and track available credit, wherein the MAC credit flow control frame includes: transmit scheduler circuitry to send data packets to the link partner based on the credit, the data packets associated with the at least one traffic class; and credit management circuitry to: | 41,114 |
8,738,120 | 1. An implantable medical device for delivering cardiac therapy to a heart of a subject comprising: an electrode connector electrically connectable to multiple electrodes of which at least one is arranged on a cardiac lead electrically connected to said electrode connector; a signal generator connected to said electrode connector and configured to generate an electric signal applicable over two electrodes of said multiple electrodes; a signal sensing unit connected to the electrode connector and configured to sense a resulting electric signal over two electrodes of said multiple electrodes; an impedance processor configured to determine a cardiogenic impedance signal for at least a portion of a cardiac cycle based on said electric signal generated by said signal generator and said resulting electric signal sensed by said signal sensing unit; a moment processor configured to calculate, based on said cardiogenic impedance signal determined by said impedance processor, a moment parameter value representative of a weighed sum of impedance amplitudes within a time window encompassed by said at least a portion of said cardiac cycle and centered at a defined time instance within said at least a portion of said cardiac cycle, wherein each respective weight is dependent on a length in time between said defined time instance and the point in time for the impedance amplitude associated with said each respective weight; and an arrhythmia classifier configured to classify an arrhythmia of said heart based on said moment parameter value calculated by said moment processor. | 18,423 |
9,577,086 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a drift layer of a first conductivity type located on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type; a plurality of first well regions of a second conductivity type provided at an interval in a surface layer of said drift layer; a second well region of the second conductivity type located in the surface layer of said drift layer while sandwiching the entirety of said plurality of first well regions therein in plan view, said second well region having a formation area larger than that of each of said first well regions; a first separation region of the first conductivity type located to penetrate each of said first well regions from a surface layer of each of said first well regions in a depth direction; a source region of the first conductivity type located in the surface layer of each of said first well regions while sandwiching said first separation region therein in plan view; a first Schottky electrode provided on said first separation region; a first ohmic electrode provided over each of said first well regions while sandwiching said first Schottky electrode therein in plan view; a second separation region of the first conductivity type being a region for separating said first well regions from each other; a third separation region of the first conductivity type located to penetrate said second well region from a surface layer of said second well region in the depth direction; a second Schottky electrode provided on said third separation region; a gate electrode provided, through a first insulating film, over said first and second well regions except for positions in which said first and second Schottky electrodes and said first ohmic electrode are provided; a second insulating film located to cover said gate electrode; and a first source electrode provided to cover said first and second Schottky electrodes, said first ohmic electrode, and said second insulating film. | 19,205 |
9,834,447 | 1. A method of extracting a diatom frustule portion, the method comprising: providing a plurality of diatom frustule portions; removing at least one of an organic contaminant and an inorganic contaminant from the plurality of diatom frustule portions; dispersing the plurality of diatom frustule portions in a surfactant to provide a dispersion comprising the plurality of diatom frustule portions, the surfactant reducing an agglomeration of the plurality of diatom frustule portions; and extracting from the dispersion diatom frustule portions having at least one common characteristic using a disc stack centrifuge. | 11,079 |
9,299,970 | 1. A battery unit comprising: a first electrode plate having a first electrode current collector with a first electrode tab, and a first electrode active material layer coated on at least one surface of the first electrode current collector; a second electrode plate having a second electrode current collector with a second electrode tab, and a second electrode active material layer coated on at least one surface of the second electrode current collector; a separator that is interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; and an insulating tape adhered to inner and outer surfaces of the first electrode tab, wherein, the first electrode tab is formed by folding a cut portion of an uncoated area of the first electrode current collector toward an upper edge thereof, the cut portion is defined by a portion of a lower edge of the first electrode current collector, a portion of a side edge of the first electrode current collector that extends from the lower edge, a cut that begins at the lower edge and extends along more than half of a width of the first electrode current collector, and a fold extending from the side edge to the cut, the insulating tape comprises a cut tape portion and a straight tape portion, the cut tape portion is between the first electrode tab and the first electrode current collector and is folded with the cut portion, and the first electrode tab extends past the upper edge of the first electrode current collector, is disposed at substantially the center of the battery unit, at an innermost layer of the battery unit, and partially overlaps and faces the second electrode tab. | 27,215 |
8,377,484 | 1. A composition for impeding cancerous cells invasion, said composition comprising: a) means for enabling cell basement membrane competency, and b) one or more structural basement membrane protein wherein the amount of said means for enabling cell basement membrane competency and the amount of said structural basement membrane protein(s) are effective in synergistically promoting basement membrane assembly, strengthening or de-novo formation by tissue cells wherein said synergistic promotion from the amount of said means and said structural basement membrane protein is greater than the theoretical additive effect of combined said means and said structural basement membrane protein. | 44,162 |
8,640,810 | 1. A control device of an electric motorcycle having a swing arm that pivotally supports a rear wheel of the electric motorcycle and that is freely swingably attached to a vehicle body of the electric motorcycle, wherein a battery and an electric motor for driving the rear wheel are equipped inside of the swing arm, the swing arm being a cantilever swing arm that pivotally supports the rear wheel by a single arm portion of the swing arm, the battery being disposed in the swing arm at a position closer to a front of the vehicle body and close to a through-hole of a swing shaft that pivotally supports the swing arm on the vehicle body so as to be freely swingable, the electric motor being disposed in the swing arm at a position closer to a rear of the vehicle body and close to an axle of the rear wheel, the control device of the electric motorcycle including a board serving as the control device that is disposed such that a planar portion of the board is oriented in a vehicle width direction of the electric motorcycle, wherein the board includes a control board which has a control element having a small calorific value and a drive circuit for controlling the electric motor disposed on the control element, and a heating element board which has a heating element having a large calorific value and a charging circuit for charging the battery disposed on the heating element, wherein the control board is disposed at a position outside of the battery in the vehicle width direction, and wherein the heating element board is disposed at a position rearward of the control board with respect to the vehicle body and forward of the electric motor with respect to the vehicle body. | 9,417 |
8,404,666 | 1. A compound having the formula I: wherein X | 45,727 |
8,762,002 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a frame; a wheel; a steering system that operatively connects the wheel to the frame, and that is configured to selectively toe the wheel and to laterally displace the wheel with respect to the frame, the steering system including a mechanism configured to receive an input motion and to transform the input motion into an output motion that includes both toe of the wheel and lateral displacement of the wheel; an actuator configured to selectively reconfigure the mechanism such that the relative amounts of toe and lateral displacement in the output motion are selectively variable; a controller operatively connected to the actuator and configured to selectively cause the actuator to reconfigure the mechanism; a sensor configured to measure the speed of the vehicle and operatively connected to the controller to communicate the measured speed of the vehicle to the controller; wherein the controller is configured to cause the actuator to reconfigure the mechanism based on the speed of the vehicle; and wherein the controller is configured to cause the reconfiguration of the mechanism such that the amount of toe decreases relative to the amount of lateral displacement with increasing speed of the vehicle. | 2,655 |
9,090,845 | 1. A process for producing high-yield biodiesel applying high acidity triglycerides with generation of glycerin 90% free of salts, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing an esterified material with an acidity index of about 30 mgKOH/g; (b) adding methanol at a ratio of from 20% to 40% mass/mass and a catalyst MW at a ratio of from 0.1% to 0.5% mass/mass to the esterified material at a temperature ranging from 45° C to 65° C, providing a mixture of esterified material and methanol; stirring the mixture of esterified material and methanol until the acidity index reaches a value less than 2 mgKOH/g; for a period of time from 60 minutes to 240 minutes; (c) stopping the stirring for 30 minutes, allowing for the mixture of esterified material and methanol to separate, wherein a first upper layer is dark and is predominantly composed of methanol, water and coloring agents; and a first lower layer is light brown and primarily esterified fatty material and solubilized methanol; (d) transesterificating the first lower layer, wherein methanol is added to the mixture of esterified fatty material and methanol, providing a mixture of esterified fatty material and methanol with added methanol to correct the esterified methanol ratio to 15% mass/mass; heating the mixture of esterified material and methanol with added methanol to a temperature of from 50° C. to 60° C.; adding sodium methylate; providing a mixture of esterified material and methanol with added methanol and sodium methylate; and containing the mixture of esterified material and methanol with added methanol and sodium methylate in a stirring and heating container until a mixed glycerin reaches a value lower than 0.25% mass/mass; (e) stopping the stirring for 30 minutes, allowing for the mixture of esterified material and methanol with added methanol and sodium methylate to separate, wherein a second upper layer is of biodiesel with 98% conversion and a second lower layer is of crude glycerin, from 50% to 65% glycerol, containing free methanol, fatty material selected from the group consisting of: soaps, esters, glycerides, moisture and mixtures thereof; distilling the second lower layer to remove the free methanol; (f) treating the crude glycerin originating from steps (b) to (e); (g) adding fatty acid to the second upper layer mixture of esterified material and methanol with added methanol and sodium methylate, with an acidity index ranging from 80 mgKOH/g to 210 mgKOH/g, at a temperature ranging from of 60° C. to 95° C. already being stirred; and adding the crude glycerin, stirring and maintaining the same reaction conditions for 30 minutes; (h) stopping the stirring for 30 minutes, allowing for the second upper layer mixture of esterified material and methanol with added methanol and sodium methylate and fatty acid and crude glycerin to separate, wherein a third upper layer of the second upper layer mixture of terified material and methanol with added methanol and sodium methylate and fatty acid and crude glycerin is fatty material containing soap, ester, glycerides, and residual glycerol; and a third lower layer is glycerin about 95% glycerol, containing residue soap and moisture, the glycerol content depending on the water content and residue free methanol in the crude glycerin; (i) the third upper layer undergoing a split of soap so that all the fatty acid is recovered, by using an a first additive solution to reduce the effect of sulfuric acid on the formation of sulfonates and other agents that confers color to the recovered fatty layer; (j) adding the third upper layer to a stirring and heating container at a temperature ranging from 50° C. to at 80° C.; and then adding a second additive solution containing a non-ionic surfactant at 1% and at room temperature; and slowly adding sulfuric acid 98%, hydrolyzing the soap, and (k) stopping the stirring for 30 minutes at a temperature of 80° C., allowing for the third upper layer of the mixture of esterified material and methanol with added methanol and sodium methylate and fatty acid and crude glycerin to separate, wherein a fourth upper layer is fatty acid and ester with a moisture of about 1% mass/mass; and a fourth lower layer is water, additive, glycerin, sulfates and sulfonate compounds which are sent to effluent treatment. | 38,218 |
9,327,213 | 1. A chromatography column comprising: a rigid column shell, a bottom plate secured to said rigid column shell and comprising a layer of porous material covering a rigid and liquid-impermeable bottom plate base wherein said rigid and liquid-impermeable bottom plate base has a bottom plate port therein for passage of liquid, a piston comprising a filter covering a rigid and liquid-impermeable piston base and said rigid and liquid-impermeable piston base having a piston port for passage of liquid, said piston fitting within a tube within said rigid column shell, and said tube being of flexible, water-impermeable material containing and in contact with a separation medium, said tube being open at a first end such that the tube is in full contact with the rigid column shell, closed at a second end with said bottom plate, and encircling said piston. | 15,533 |
9,069,351 | 1. A system for controlling the movements of an industrial robot during a work cycle, wherein the robot visits and performs work on a plurality of workstations in a work cell during the work cycle, the system comprising: hardware configured to store a library of predefined workstations, wherein each of said predefined workstations comprises: a user interface configured to provide information about the predefined workstations and to permit an operator to select a set of workstations from the predefined workstations and to specify, before execution of the work cycle, a desired part flow between the selected workstations, and a scheduling unit that carries out during execution of the work cycle: | 32,115 |
9,303,411 | 1. A surface covering system intended for covering a floor, a roof or a substantially flat, delimited surface, wherein the system comprises at least two separate substantially rectangular, triangular, quadrangular or polygonal plates with a substantially flat lower surface and an upper surface, wherein said plates are intended to be arranged side by side, and of which one plate has a mark showing a drainage point and wherein the at least two plates have an upper surface with a first common circular decline with a radial slope directed towards the mark from every point on the at least two plates, when the plates are arranged side by side, so that the decline creates a cavity in the at least two plates, which has the shape of at least a part of a blunt virtual cone with the apex of the cone directed towards the mark. | 49,936 |
8,619,825 | 1. A light-emitting device comprising: a light-emitting element arranged on a first supporting base; a package (i) covering the first supporting base and the light-emitting element, and (ii) supporting the first supporting base; and a thermal conductive member having a side obliquely bonded to surfaces of (i) the light-emitting element and (ii) the package, respectively, wherein, the thermal conductive member is operable to supply power to the light-emitting element. | 47,260 |
8,405,660 | 1. A method for streaming a vector image to a client computer, comprising: accessing a pre-processed vector image including a plurality of local rectangular regions and a plurality of local vector objects, each local vector object being associated with one of the local rectangular regions, and each local vector object having associated therewith a range of display resolutions, each range being a set of one or more display resolutions between a respective first resolution and a respective last resolution, the ranges not all comprising the same number of display resolutions; receiving a request from a client computer for a desired portion of the vector image, for display at a desired display resolution; identifying at least one local rectangular region from among the plurality of local rectangular regions of the pre-processed vector image, which is appropriate for generating the desired portion of the vector image; and transmitting to the client computer those of the local vector objects associated with the identified at least one local rectangular region whose ranges of display resolutions include the desired display resolution. | 24,593 |
8,835,060 | 1. A battery comprising an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte and an electric conduit that allows electric current flow between said cathode and said anode, said anode comprising silicon as fuel, and said cathode comprising oxygen as an oxidant, wherein said silicon is in a form of a single crystal wafer. | 15,748 |
9,677,422 | 1. A jet engine comprising: a wall area forming a flow cross-section; an outlet area movable relative to the wall area; a spraying device for injecting a spray of oil into an air-oil volume flow guided inside the flow cross-section, a separate oil supply separate from the air-oil volume flow for supplying oil to the spraying device; an oil separator; the air-oil volume flow being guided through the oil separator to separate the oil from the air-oil volume, the spraying device being positioned to inject a spray of oil from the separate oil supply into the air-oil volume flow in an area of the spraying device via the outlet area movable relative to the wall area. | 2,450 |
9,567,530 | 1. A process for reducing coke formation during hydrocarbon upgrading reactions using a double-wall reactor, the process comprising the steps of: feeding a heated feed water to a shell-side volume of the double-wall reactor to produce a heat transfer stream, the double-wall reactor comprising: feeding the hot water return exiting the shell-side volume of the double-wall reactor through a filter, the filter is configured to remove particulates to form a filtered water stream; mixing the filtered water stream with a heated hydrocarbon feedstock in a mixer to produce a mixed stream, wherein the heated hydrocarbon feedstock is at a pressure greater than the critical pressure of water and at a temperature greater than 50° C.; feeding the mixed stream to the reaction section volume of the double-wall reactor in a flow configuration counter-current to the heat transfer stream to create a reaction flow stream; reacting the reaction flow stream at a reaction temperature in the reaction section volume to produce a reactor effluent, wherein the heat transferred to the reaction section volume from the heat transfer stream is operable to maintain the reaction temperature above the critical temperature of water; cooling the reactor effluent in a reactor cooler to produce a cooled effluent; de-pressurizing the cooled effluent in a pressure reducer to produce a depressurized effluent; separating the depressurized effluent in a phase separator to produce a gas phase product and a liquid phase product; and separating the liquid phase product in a product separator to produce a separated water stream and an upgraded hydrocarbon stream. | 40,258 |
9,194,144 | 1. A seating system comprising: a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another between a retracted position and a deployed position, each of said plurality of seating risers including a respective deck supporting a seat, wherein each deck includes a nose at a forward-most portion thereof, said seats supported such that the entirety of each seat is located forward of a respective one of said noses in both the retracted position and the deployed position, wherein support brackets connect said seats to said noses, wherein said support brackets, each of said support brackets including a number of brackets and arms, such that each bracket abuts a portion of the nose and a portion of an uppermost surface of the deck, and an arm connecting said each bracket to the seat extend upward and forward from said noses, and wherein said seats are rigidly connected to said support brackets. | 10,142 |
8,613,791 | 1. A process for obtaining metal values from a feed material, the process including the steps in sequence: 1) obtaining a feed material in the form of a pulp with a particle size of d 2) passing the pulp through an oxygenating device in ten or more passes, wherein oxygen is introduced into the oxygenating device in the form of bubbles; and 3) passing the oxygenated pulp through a leach step. | 5,298 |
9,028,801 | 1. A method comprising: providing a blood, serum, or plasma sample from a human subject; subjecting the sample to two dimensional gel electrophoresis to yield a stained gel; and quantifying an increased or decreased concentration of each of a plurality of proteins in the sample, compared with a sample of a control, normal human subject, the plurality of proteins having an increased concentration being selected from the group consisting of: beta-actin (SwissProt Acc. No. P60709); apolipoprotein A-IV precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P06727); haptoglobin beta-chain consisting of residues 162-406 (SwissProt Acc. No. P00738); hemoglobin beta chain (SwissProt Acc. No. P02023); and alpha-1-antitrypsin (SwissProt Acc. No. P01009); and the plurality proteins having a decreased concentration being selected from the group consisting of: plasma protease (C1) inhibitor precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P05155); complement component 1, s sub-component (SwissProt Acc. No. P09871); butyrylcholinesterase precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P06276); complement component C4B (SwissProt Acc. No. P01028); lumican (SwissProt Acc. No. P51884); alpha-fibrinogen precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P02671); IGHG4 protein (Swiss Prot Acc. No. Q8TC63); and immunoglobulin lambda heavy chain, wherein the increased or decreased concentration of each of the plurality of proteins is detected by an increased or decreased intensity of a protein-containing spot on the stained gel, compared with a corresponding control gel. | 48,754 |
9,420,082 | 1. A wearable wireless receiver, comprising: a curved frame shaped to be wearable around a neck of a user, the frame having a receiving portion; a speaker sized to be storable at the receiving portion, the speaker positioned at a first position when the speaker is stored at the receiving portion and the speaker positioned at a second position when the speaker is withdrawn from the receiving portion; a short-range communication unit configured to communicate with a mobile terminal; and a controller configured to: | 44,555 |
8,563,791 | 1. A process for solubilizing an organic solid, the process comprising reacting an organic solid with an oxidant in superheated water to form at least one solubilized organic solute, wherein reacting the organic solid with the oxidant occurs in a reactor having no head space above the superheated water. | 24,431 |
9,470,507 | 1. A method for determining a vehicle's wheel alignment, comprising: placing at least two angular sensors on sensors' mounting sites located on a reference plane (with a known mutual orientation of sensors' mounting sites), each angular sensor measuring an angle change in at least two of three, X, Y and Z, orthogonal coordinate axes; recording values of at least two (in X,Y or X, Z or Y,Z) reference angles of each sensor, the at least two reference angles showing a relative position of each sensor to a known common plane of the reference plane; based on the relative position of the sensors to the known common plane, calculating relative angles between the sensors in at least two orthogonal coordinate axes (in X,Y or X, Z or Y,Z); removing the sensors from the reference plane, the reference plane being disconnected from the vehicle, and placing the sensors on the wheels of the vehicle, wherein one sensor is located on each measured wheel; and based on the sensors' measured angles change, calculating a relative angular position of the sensors, thus determining the vehicle's wheel alignment. | 37,953 |
9,701,957 | 1. A unitized reagent holder and reagent system, comprising: a strip, to which is attached: a single process tube; at least three reagent tubes; a sample lysis reagent in a first said reagent tube; a PCR reagent for a first analyte in a second said reagent tube; one or more liquid reagents in a third said reagent tube; and two or more sockets holding two or more pipette tips, wherein the ratio of sockets holding pipette tips to process tubes is at least two. | 1,358 |
8,557,895 | 1. A method for making an aqueous dispersion of polymer-enclosed particles comprising subjecting an aqueous medium to pulverizing conditions, wherein the aqueous medium comprises a mixture comprising: wherein the polymer-enclosed particles are formed by polymerizing at least a portion of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer with the water-dispersible ethylenically unsaturated polymer during the pulverizing conditions. | 35,218 |
9,216,268 | 1. A method of impregnating a substrate with a drug compound, comprising: preconditioning the substrate with an organic liquid solvent penetrating agent to provide a conditioned substrate; positioning the conditioned substrate in a reactor; introducing the drug compound into the reactor; and introducing densified carbon dioxide into the reactor, the densified carbon dioxide introduced into the reactor under conditions such that the drug compound is initially dispersed in the densified carbon dioxide, and thereafter transfers from the fluid and impregnates a matrix of the substrate. | 19,398 |
8,502,473 | 1. A method of controlling a light for a component of an electronic device, comprising: defining a plurality of brightness evaluation zones within a scale of brightness levels for the device; defining an activation status for the light for each brightness evaluation zone of the plurality of brightness evaluation zones; and evaluating detected ambient light around the device against a progression of zones in the plurality of brightness evaluation zones until the detected ambient light is in within one zone of the progression of zones, then | 23,307 |
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