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9,256,961 | 1. A method comprising: receiving data indicative of a point on a two-dimensional perspective image, wherein the point is associated with a desired object; accessing, using a processor, a three-dimensional location computed from a depth map, wherein the depth map includes depth values for pixels of the two-dimensional perspective image; selecting, using the processor, an image bubble from a plurality of image bubbles based on the three-dimensional location computed from the depth map, wherein the plurality of image bubbles are panoramic images; and incorporating, using the processor, a window inset including at least a portion of the image bubble with the two-dimensional perspective image based on the depth map, wherein the at least the portion of the image bubble represents the desired object, wherein the at least the portion of the image bubble represents a different view angle than the two-dimensional perspective image. | 31,364 |
8,819,018 | 1. A process comprising: generating an electric power consumption signature database by: after the generation of the electric power consumption signature database: wherein the combining comprises: | 21,852 |
9,844,873 | 1. A method of operating a robot comprising: determining a first control signal associated with an environmental context of the robot; causing, based at least in part on the determined first control signal, the robot to perform a task characterized by a target trajectory; and responsive to observing a discrepancy between an actual trajectory and the target trajectory, adjusting the actual trajectory based at least in part on a physical contact by an operator with the robot, wherein adjusting of the actual trajectory comprises determining a second control signal configured to cooperate with the first control signal to cause the robot to transition the actual trajectory towards the target trajectory in a subsequent performance of the task in the environmental context. | 6,707 |
9,463,813 | 1. A rail vehicle, comprising: a roof; a first shading plate disposed at a distance from said roof, said first shading plate having first openings formed therein for a passage of air; a second shading plate disposed between said first shading plate and said roof, said second shading plate having second openings formed therein for a passage of air; said second shading plate being disposed at a location between said first shading plate and said roof causing a projection of said first and second shading plates on said roof at least perpendicular to said roof to be free of openings; and said second shading plate being disposed at a location between said first shading plate and said roof causing each straight line, extending through said first and second openings and intersecting said roof, to intersect said roof at an angle less than 30°. | 32,603 |
8,359,021 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a server, a request to initiate a content share service, the request being indicative of being provided by a first device; determining, by the server, if a second device is powered on; in response to determining, by the server, that the second device is not powered on, remotely powering on the second device; in response to determining, by the server, that the second device is powered on: | 9,914 |
8,393,890 | 1. An injection molding machine comprising: a fixed stationary platen; a mold attached to the stationary platen; an injection mechanism capable of moving in a direction toward or away from the stationary platen; a nozzle disposed on the injection mechanism; a moving mechanism for moving the injection mechanism in the direction toward or away from the stationary platen; a drive mechanism, connected to a first end of the moving mechanism, for moving the injection mechanism via the moving mechanism to thereby apply pressure relative to the mold from the nozzle; a first connection mechanism connected to a second end of the moving mechanism; an object supported on the first connection mechanism; and a second connection mechanism supported on the first connection mechanism via the object and supported on the stationary platen, wherein a supporting point, at which the first connection mechanism supports the object, is in a position disposed upwardly of a center of the nozzle. | 39,532 |
8,927,339 | 1. A method of making a thermally enhanced semiconductor assembly, comprising: providing a bump, a flange, an adhesive and a conductive layer with an aperture, wherein the bump defines a cavity that faces in a first vertical direction, covers the cavity in a second vertical direction opposite the first vertical direction, is adjacent to and integral with the flange and extends from the flange in the second vertical direction, and the flange extends laterally from the bump in lateral directions orthogonal to the vertical directions; then attaching the flange and the bump to the conductive layer via the adhesive between the flange and the conductive layer and between the bump and the conductive layer, including aligning the bump with the aperture; then mounting a semiconductor device that includes a contact pad on the bump at the cavity; and providing a build-up circuitry and a base, wherein the build-up circuitry extends from the semiconductor device and the flange in the first vertical direction and is electrically connected to the semiconductor device and the base covers the bump in the second vertical direction, is adjacent to the bump, extends laterally from the bump and includes a portion of the conductive layer that is adjacent to the aperture and spaced from the bump. | 48,844 |
9,139,441 | 1. A porous silicon based material comprising particulate porous crystalline elemental silicon having an x-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra, using a Cu Kα a source, with a crystalline silicon peak at a value of 2θ of 28 to 30 degrees at least twice the peak intensity as a broad amorphous peak from 2θ of 15 to 25 degrees, and an average pore sizes in the range of 5 nm to 500 nm in diameter, wherein the porous silicon is substantially free of carbon embedded within the silicon structure, reducing metal and reducing metal oxides. | 19,381 |
9,586,685 | 1. A modular potable water distribution manifold for an aircraft water supply and drainage system, comprising: a tubular member; a first manifold quick connector adapted to mate with a flexible hose connector and having a first flow control poppet; a second manifold quick connector having a second flow control poppet, the second manifold quick connector adapted to mate with a terminating self-venting/self-draining device, the self-venting/self-draining device including an air vent cap, air vent holes, and a service cap; and a rotating ferrule that mates the second manifold quick connector with the self-venting/self-draining device; wherein the first and second manifold quick connector flow control poppets favor the primary water flow direction; and wherein the presence of said first and second manifold quick connectors in the manifold positions first and second the flow control poppets to allow flow to pass through the first and second manifold quick connectors. | 41 |
9,091,057 | 1. A deck component comprising: a body comprised of a cellulosic composite, said body comprising a first end and a second end opposite said first end; at least one passageway extending completely within and through said cellulosic composite all the way from said first end to said second end of said body; and a material layer lining said at least one passageway such that said material layer is integral with said body, said material layer comprised of a material that is different than said cellulosic composite and substantially impervious to water such that said material layer is adapted to prevent water from coming into contact with said cellulosic composite in said at least one passageway. | 32,506 |
9,641,188 | 1. A power router apparatus comprising: a power divider that divides predetermined power into a plurality of divided powers including first divided power and second divided power; a first code modulator that code-modulates the first divided power with a first modulation code to generate first code-modulated power, which is alternating-current power; and a second code modulator that code-modulates the second divided power with a second modulation code to generate second code-modulated power, which is alternating-current power. | 43,766 |
9,217,206 | 1. A method for forming a porous layer on a silicon substrate, the method comprising: placing a first silicon substrate in a solution, wherein a first electrode is within a threshold distance of a first edge of the first silicon substrate; and conducting a first current through the first silicon substrate, wherein the first electrode's position being within the threshold distance of the first edge allows for substantially uniform porosification along the first edge of the first silicon substrate, wherein said conducting results in the first electrode drawing current away from the first edge of the first silicon substrate. | 49,607 |
9,616,378 | 1. A system for removing carbon dioxide from carbon dioxide laden air, the system comprising a pair of carbon dioxide removal structures, each structure comprising a sorbent that is capable of absorbing or binding to carbon dioxide, to remove carbon dioxide from the air, and a porous solid mass substrate upon the surfaces of which the sorbent is supported, and a movable structural support for the substrate; the structural support supporting the sorbent in a position to be exposed to a flow of carbon dioxide laden air so as to allow for the removal of CO a pair of sealable CO apparatus for moving a carbon dioxide removal structure into and out of a carbon dioxide capture chamber. | 42,466 |
9,028,163 | 1. A connector assembly comprising: a first connector having a first connector housing; a lever pivotally mounted to the first connector for movement about a pivot axis between a first lever position and a second lever position; a second connector having a second connector housing and a first lug extending from the second connector housing; a link that is pivotally coupled to the lever at a location that is spaced apart from the pivot axis, the link having a coupling member with a slotted interior aperture and an engagement tab; and a link guide attached to the first connector housing and configured to orient the coupling member such that the slotted interior aperture receives the first lug when the lever is in the first lever position and the first and second connectors are pushed together, the engagement tab engaging the first lug to inhibit relative movement of the second connector away from the coupling member when the lever is moved from the first lever position to the second lever position, wherein the lever is rotatable about the pivot axis in a first direction to rotate the coupling member about a perimeter surface of the first lug in a second direction that is opposite from the first direction and to axially translate the coupling member. | 1,251 |
9,309,467 | 1. An improved combined method of hydrotreating and catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon oil, comprising: contacting residual oil, catalytic cracking cycle oil, and optional distillate oil with a hydrotreating catalyst under hydrotreating conditions in the presence of hydrogen followed by separation of the reaction products to obtain gas, hydrogenated naphtha, hydrogenated diesel oil, and hydrogenated tail oil; contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and an optional normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with a catalytic cracking catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions followed by separation of the reaction products to obtain dry gas, liquefied petroleum gas, catalytically cracked gasoline, catalytically cracked diesel oil, and catalytic cracking cycle oil; wherein the catalytic cracking cycle oil comprises less than 30 wtppm of solid particles, and the size of the solid particles being less than 10 μm; the contact reaction with the cracking catalyst is carried out in a reactor having at least two reaction zones I and II along the flow direction of reactants; prior to contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and the optional normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with the cracking catalyst, at least a portion of the hydrogenated tail oil is separated into at least two fractions, the light and the heavy fractions of the hydrogenated tail oil, and the optional normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil is optionally separated into normal catalytic cracking heavy feedstock oil and normal catalytic cracking light feedstock oil, wherein the separated heavy fraction is a hydrocarbon oil with a boiling point above 500° C., and the separated light fraction is a hydrocarbon oil with a distillation range of 350˜500° C., the contact reaction with the cracking catalyst comprises: charging the reaction zone I with one of the light fraction and the heavy fraction of the hydrogenated tail oil, and optionally with at least one feed chosen from unseparated hydrogenated tail oil, unseparated normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil, normal catalytic cracking heavy feedstock oil, and normal catalytic cracking light feedstock oil; whereas charging the reaction zone II with the other of the light fraction and the heavy fraction of the hydrogenated tail oil, and optionally with at least one feed chosen from unseparated hydrogenated tail oil, unseparated normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil, normal catalytic cracking heavy feedstock oil, and normal catalytic cracking light feedstock oil. | 37,379 |
8,919,096 | 1. A control system for controlling a plurality of distinct functions of a turbojet engine that are not to be operated simultaneously, each function being associated with a respective actuation device, the system comprising: an electric motor adapted to supply mechanical energy to each of the actuation devices; at least one switching device interposed between the motor and the actuation devices; and an electronic control unit for the at least one switching device and the electric motor wherein the electronic control unit controls the at least one switching device to selectively distribute the mechanical energy supplied by the electric motor to one of the actuation devices based on the function to be operated by the one of the actuation devices, and controls the at least one switching device such that the other actuation devices that are not operated simultaneously with the one of the operating devices are not supplied in mechanical energy by the electric motor. | 13,775 |
9,373,803 | 1. An electronic device package, comprising: a gas barrier substrate; a base layer, disposed on the gas barrier substrate and made of a light curing material; an electronic device, disposed on the base layer; and a barrier film, disposed on the gas barrier substrate, wherein the barrier film and the gas barrier substrate clad the electronic device and sidewall of the base layer. | 21,042 |
9,337,747 | 1. An inverter apparatus comprising: a power conversion unit which converts input power that is one of DC power and AC power into AC output power; a wireless communication unit which wirelessly receives a first synchronization signal; a control unit which controls a phase of the output power based on the first synchronization signal; and a clock unit which obtains a measured time; wherein: the first synchronization signal contains time information, the wireless communication unit generates a time correction signal based on the time information, the clock unit corrects the measured time based on the time correction signal, and the control unit matches the phase of the output power with a phase dependent on the measured time. | 27,125 |
8,983,321 | 1. A fluid delivery system usable with a liquid electrophotography printing apparatus, the system comprising: a fluid chamber configured to store fluid having at least charge directors and a carrier liquid; a charge reducing unit in communication with the fluid chamber, the charge reducing unit configured to decrease a charge level of the fluid of the fluid chamber, and the charge reducing unit configured to reduce a concentration of an amount of the charge directors in the fluid of the fluid chamber by removing the charge directors from the fluid; and a charge control unit in communication with the fluid chamber and the charge reducing unit, the charge control unit configured to control the charge level of the fluid based on a detection of at least one fluid parameter corresponding to the charge level of the fluid of the fluid chamber. | 20,644 |
9,708,956 | 1. An emission control system for an engine comprising: a reductant injector extending into an exhaust conduit upstream of a catalyst, the reductant injector including: | 2,322 |
9,265,043 | 1. A method of facilitating wireless data exchange between a first portable client device and a fixed location proximity reader, comprising: determining a first specified time slot based on synchronization information wirelessly received by the first portable client device and priority level data associated with a first class, wherein the first class is associated with one or more of the first portable client device and a user of the first portable client device; assigning the first specific time slot for the first portable client device to wirelessly communicate with a fixed location proximity-based reader device; determining a change in network traffic; unassigning, responsive to the change in the network traffic, the first specific time slot to which the first portable client device is assigned to wirelessly communicate with a fixed location proximity reader based on the priority level data associated with the first class associated with one or more of the first portable client device and the user of the first portable client device. | 29,533 |
9,217,812 | 1. A photochromic polymer of formula I: wherein: Z is from 2 to 8; PC are independently selected photochromic moieties; L are independently selected from a bond and linkers; R are independently selected polymer chains selected from the group consisting of C n is an integer from 1 to 50; X is a hydrocarbon comprising from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a hydrocarbon ether or polyether of 2, 3 or 4 hydrocarbon units each of 3 to 6 carbon atoms joined through ether linkages and together providing covalent bonds to from 2 to 8 (PC-L-(RO) wherein the photochromic polymer does not comprise silicon. | 2,637 |
9,469,512 | 1. A lifting device to assemble and disassemble turbine components of a wind turbine generator having a nacelle, the lifting device comprising: a platform adapted to rest proximate a base of a wind turbine tower; and a plurality of telescoping modules joined to the platform, the plurality of telescoping modules having an extended configuration and a non-extended configuration, the plurality of telescoping modules being adapted to extend upward proximate to a surface of the wind turbine tower, the plurality of telescoping modules including a plurality of first telescoping modules, and a second telescoping module adapted to telescopically extend from the plurality of first modules, the second telescoping module being a highest telescoping module when the plurality of telescoping modules are in the extended configuration, each of the first modules comprising a respective plurality of fixing elements adapted to fix the respective first module in a respective first position relative to the wind turbine tower, the second module comprising a plurality of arms, each arm having one or more wheels, each arm being adapted to extend to a respective second position proximate the wind turbine tower and to dynamically adjust the respective second position of the respective arm relative to the wind turbine tower; wherein the plurality of telescoping modules are adapted to extend or retract to a vertical position associated with a selected turbine component that needs to be changed or repaired; wherein the second telescoping module further comprises one or more clamps to hold the selected turbine component during a movement of the second telescoping module. | 49,522 |
8,936,514 | 1. A golf club comprising: a shaft; a head attached to a distal end of the shaft; a shaft case is secured to the distal end of the shaft; the shaft case is inserted into a hosel hole in the head; and the shaft case is fixed to the head by a bolt which is inserted from a sole side of the head, wherein: a stopper member is attached to an outer circumference of the shaft case so that an attaching position can be changed; the stopper member is in abutment with an upper end portion of a hosel; and an inserting depth of the shaft case into the hosel hole can be changed by changing the attaching position of the stopper member. | 17,025 |
9,726,022 | 1. An axially-split radial turbine, comprising: a forward turbine rotor, comprising: an aft turbine rotor; a plurality of hub flow paths extending from the forward turbine rotor to the aft turbine rotor, the plurality of hub low paths each comprising: wherein the forward turbine rotor and the aft turbine rotor are disposed in an axially-abutting, rotationally-fixed relationship. | 1,109 |
9,575,101 | 1. A system for monitoring power, comprising: a polyphase distribution transformer monitoring (PDTM) device comprising a control box having at least four electrical connectors, each electrical connector coupled to a satellite current sensor via at least four cables and further coupled to each electrical connector is at least four voltage cables, respectively, the PDTM device configured to interface with at least four electrical conductors electrically connected to a transformer, the PDTM device further configured to measure a current and a voltage of each of the four electrical conductors via the satellite current sensors; and logic configured to calculate values indicative of power corresponding to the transformer based upon the currents and the voltages measured and transmit data indicative of the calculated values wherein each satellite current sensor comprises arched sections coupled via a hinge and a connector forming an opening through which a respective cable may be received and wherein each voltage cable is coupled to a conductor, a bus bar, or other type of node around which their respective satellite current sensor is installed. | 34,443 |
8,492,987 | 1. An LED driver for controlling the intensity of an LED light source, the LED driver comprising: a power converter circuit operable to receive a rectified AC voltage and to generate a DC bus voltage; a LED drive circuit operable to receive the bus voltage and to control the magnitude of a load current conducted through the LED light source, so as to control the intensity of the LED light source, the LED drive circuit comprising a controllable-impedance circuit adapted to be coupled in series with the LED light source, the controllable-impedance circuit comprising a linear regulator including a regulation transistor adapted to be coupled in series with the LED light source; and a control circuit operatively coupled to the power converter circuit for adjusting the magnitude of the bus voltage, and to the LED drive circuit for controlling the controllable-impedance circuit to thus adjust the magnitude of the load current through the LED light source; wherein the control circuit determines the magnitude of a voltage generated across the controllable-impedance circuit and adjusts the magnitude of the bus voltage in response to the magnitude of the voltage generated across the controllable-impedance circuit to reduce the total power dissipation in the power converter circuit and the LED drive circuit, the control circuit operable to control the regulation transistor to operate in the linear region to control the magnitude of the load current conducted through the LED light source, the control circuit operable to control the LED drive circuit to adjust the DC magnitude of a control voltage at a control electrode of the regulation transistor to control the regulation transistor in the linear region; and wherein the LED drive circuit further comprises a feedback circuit coupled in series with the regulation transistor and operable to generate a load current feedback signal representative of the magnitude of the load current, the control circuit operable to control the regulation transistor to operate in the linear region in response to the magnitude of the load current. | 23,044 |
9,193,966 | 1. A modified Rhodococcus bacterial or Nocardia bacterial nitrile hydratase, comprising at positions 44 to 52 from the N-terminus of the β subunit, an amino-acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 50: wherein | 24,859 |
8,968,798 | 1. A method for treating, inhibiting or reducing the incidence of the development of a plant pathogenic disease, wherein said method comprises applying a composition in the vicinity of a host plant, said composition comprising: three or more compounds, wherein the first of said three or more compounds is isobutyric anhydride; and the second of said three or more compounds is selected from the group consisting of one or more of isobutyric acid, methyl isobutyrate, ethyl isobutyrate, propyl isobutyrate, isobutyric acid-allyl ester, and naphthalene, and the third of said three or more compounds is selected from the group consisting of one or more of: caryophyllene and a plant essential oil. | 2,446 |
8,772,076 | 1. A method of manufacturing a Cu(In,Ga) Se 2 thin-film solar cell, comprising: forming an intermediate layer on a surface of a flexible conductive substrate, the flexible conductive substrate including iron (Fe) species, the step of forming the intermediate layer comprising: depositing an absorber precursor including Cu species, In species, Ga species and Se species over the nucleation layer; applying heat to the absorber precursor to form therefrom an absorber layer including a Cu(In,Ga) Se disposing a transparent conductive layer on the absorber layer, the transparent conductive layer including a buffer layer deposited on the absorber layer and a transparent conductive oxide layer formed on the buffer layer; forming a top terminal on the transparent conductive layer, thereby resulting in the Cu(In,Ga) Se wherein after the step of forming, the conductive barrier stack continues to inhibit diffusion of both the iron (Fe) species and the Se species across the conductive barrier stack. | 40,542 |
9,481,707 | 1. A compound of formula (I): wherein X is —O— or —N(R | 33,211 |
9,166,168 | 1. An organic semiconductor polymer, comprising a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a heteroaromatic moiety having at least one of sulfur (S) and selenium (Se): wherein, in the Chemical Formula 1, each of R each of R each of a 1 and a2 are independently integers ranging from 1 to 5, and each of b1 and b2 are independently integers ranging from 1 to 10. | 45,207 |
9,550,006 | 1. A cabin disinfection system, comprising: one or more UV OLED disinfection lights positioned in the cabin, the one or more UV OLED disinfection lights positioned on a panel that rotates, such that a first side of the panel comprises the one or more UV OLED disinfection lights and a second side of the panel comprises a cabin surface material; and a safety system for activating the one or more UV OLED disinfection lights only when the cabin is empty of passengers and personnel, wherein during disinfection, the first side of the panel is caused to face the cabin, and when disinfection is complete, the panel is rotated so that the second side of the rotating structure faces the cabin. | 17,801 |
9,614,520 | 1. A semiconductor switch, comprising: a first pad connected to a first node; and a plurality of metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) connected in series between the first node and a second node, a first MOSFET in the plurality of MOSFETs being connected between the first node and a second MOSFET in the plurality of MOSFETs, the first pad being disposed above the first MOSFET, wherein a first off state capacitance of the first MOSFET that is determined without consideration of any parasitic capacitance between the first MOSFET and the first pad is less than a second off state capacitance of the second MOSFET that is determined without consideration of any parasitic capacitance between the second MOSFET and the first pad. | 14,367 |
9,314,350 | 1. A method for implantation of an orthopedic assembly within a disc space positioned between a superior vertebral bone and an inferior vertebral bone, comprising: approaching a first lateral side surface of said disc space, said disc space further comprising an anterior surface, a posterior surface and an opposing second lateral side surface; advancing a first implantable spacer of said assembly through said first lateral side surface of said disc space, across a mid-sagittal plane, and onto a contralateral side of a superior apophyseal surface of said inferior vertebral bone; and advancing a second implantable spacer of said assembly through said first lateral side surface of said disc space, and onto an ipsilateral side of said superior apophyseal surface of said inferior vertebral bone, said first and said second implantable spacers being non-integrally formed; wherein said assembly is coupled to a non-implantable placement instrument which extends along a longitudinal axis from a proximal handle to a distal segment and comprises an intermediate segment therebetween, said coupling comprising: said first implantable spacer being coupled to said distal segment thereof; said second implantable spacer being coupled to said intermediate segment; and a first side of said first implantable spacer being aligned to face a first side of said second implantable spacer. | 38,512 |
8,388,728 | 1. A process for leaching an ore containing sulfidic copper-containing minerals that includes the steps of: (a) carrying out an aerated oxidising leach of a part of the ore and producing an acidic leach liquor containing ferrous ions, ferric ions, and copper ions in solution; (b) carrying out a leach of another part of the ore using the leach liquor produced in step (a) under conditions that minimize reactions with a source of iron in the ore and producing a leach liquor containing copper ions in solution; and (c) recovering copper from the leach liquor. | 27,035 |
9,640,242 | 1. A method for harmonic refresh of a multi-bank memory component in a system on a chip (“SoC”), the method comprising: monitoring temperature associated with the multi-bank memory component; determining that the temperature has changed over a period of time; based on the temperature, determining temperature scaling factors for each of the banks in the multi-bank memory component; based on a fastest temperature scaling factor of the determined temperature scaling factors, setting a refresh power supply delivery rate to the multi-bank memory component from the SoC; and providing a refresh power supply to each of the banks according to the determined temperature scaling factors, wherein one or more of the determined temperature scaling factors differs from the fastest temperature scaling factor used to set the refresh power supply delivery rate. | 33,366 |
9,405,291 | 1. A method comprising: monitoring an equipment parameter associated with an asset in an operating process unit; calculating an equipment health value associated with the equipment parameter, the equipment health value based on a relationship of a value of the equipment parameter to a range between baseline data and a corresponding limit; monitoring a process parameter associated with the asset; calculating an alarm health value when a value of the process parameter triggers an associated alarm, the alarm health value corresponding to a fixed value based on an assigned weight of the alarm relative to different alarms associated with different process parameters; and determining an asset health value corresponding to the asset based on the equipment health value and the alarm health value, the asset health value indicative of an overall health of the asset; and implementing a remedial action associated with the asset to improve the overall health of the asset when the asset health value fails to satisfy a threshold. | 41,746 |
9,421,198 | 1. A method comprising: treating (i) skin surface appearance, | 9,638 |
8,608,867 | 1. A method for the individualization of a metallic material by means of a carbon-containing basic material of organic origin, comprising the following steps: a. conversion of a carbon-containing organic basic material, which originates from at least one specific identifiable person or at least one identifiable specific group of persons, into a carbon-enriched initial material, and b. physical and chemical incorporation of at least a fraction of the carbon-enriched initial material into the metallic material to provide an individualized metallic material wherein wherein the metallic material is an alloy of a first material and a second material, the first material being selected from the group consisting of: silicon, titanium, vanadium, chrome, iron, niobium, molybdenum, tantalum, tungsten and alloys thereof, and the second material being selected from the group consisting of: gold, silver, copper, and alloys thereof, and wherein the carbon-enriched initial material is incorporated predominantly into the first material. | 22,211 |
9,587,297 | 1. A ferritic stainless steel having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less, Si: 0.001% or more and 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.001% or more and 1.0% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.5% or less, N: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less, Cr: 17% or more and 23% or less, Mo: 0.08% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, the ferritic stainless steel comprising a passivation film on a surface of the stainless steel, | 37,940 |
9,789,777 | 1. A wireless power transfer system, comprising: a send unit configured to transfer power using inductive power transfer, wherein the send unit includes: an inverter configured to receive a DC input signal and convert the DC input signal to an AC output signal at a desired resonant frequency, wherein the inverter is further defined as a full bridge converter circuit comprised of four switches; a send coil configured to receive the AC output signal from the inverter and generate an alternating electromagnetic field; and a send side compensation circuit interconnecting the inverter with the send coil, wherein the compensation circuit is comprised of a send side inductor and a send side series capacitor serially coupled together at a node and to a positive terminal of the send coil, and a send side parallel capacitor coupled at the node and in parallel with the send coil; a receive unit configured to receive power via inductive power transfer from the send coil of the send unit, wherein the receive unit includes a receive coil configured to receive the alternating electromagnetic field from the send coil of the send unit and output an AC charging signal; a receive side converter configured to receive the AC charging signal from the receive coil and convert the AC charging signal to a DC charging signal; and a receive side compensation circuit interconnecting the receive coil with the receive side converter, wherein the receive side compensation circuit is comprised of a receive side inductor and a receive side series capacitor serially coupled together at a node and to a positive terminal of the receive coil, and a receive side parallel capacitor coupled at the node and in parallel with the receive coil; and a controller electrically coupled to the four switches of the inverter and operates to turn all of the four switches on and off at a zero voltage switching condition, wherein the turn off current delivered by the controller is computed in accordance with where U | 20,393 |
9,742,037 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises, as a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode material comprising a lithium nickel complex oxide represented by the following formula (I) with a high nickel content and an other lithium complex oxide comprising a cobalt based lithium complex oxide containing a metal element other than cobalt disposed in place of at least a part of cobalt in lithium cobaltate; the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a halogenated carbonate represented by the following formulae (2) and an alkylbenzene represented by the following formula (3); a content of the halogenated carbonate is 1% by mass or more and not more than 20% by mass relative to the nonaqueous electrolyte; and a content of the alkylbenzene is 0.1% by mass or more and not more than 1% by mass relative to the nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein each of M1 and M2 represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of elements of the groups 2 to 15 other than nickel (Ni); X represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of elements of the groups 16 and 17 other than oxygen (O); p, q, r, y and z are values falling within the ranges of (0≦p≦1.5), (0≦q≦1.0), (0≦r≦1.0), (−0.10≦y≦0.20) and (0≦z≦0.2), respectively; and (q+r) is less than 1, wherein each of R27 to R30 independently represents a hydrogen group, a halogen group, an alkyl group or a halogenated alkyl group, provided that at least one of R27 to R30 is a halogen group or a halogenated alkyl group, wherein each of R1 to R3 independently represents an alkyl group; and a part of hydrogen in each of R1 to R3 may be substituted with a halogen, wherein a mass ratio of the halogenated carbonate to the alkylbenzene (halogenated carbonate/alkylbenzene) is 1 or more and not more than 12.5, and wherein the alkylbenzene is 2,2-diphenylpropane. | 35,758 |
8,970,332 | 1. A connector comprising: a first contact; an electromagnet positioned on the connector; and a motion sensor coupled to the electromagnet to control energization of the electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet is energizable to produce magnetic attraction with a magnetic element in a second connector and substantially maintain contact between the first contact and a second contact of the second connector in an electrically conductive relationship, and wherein when the connector and the second connector are being mated, the motion sensor detects movement of the connector and allows the electromagnet to be energized, and a signal is passed via the first contact and the second contact to the motion detector causing the motion sensor to continue to allow the electromagnet to be energized. | 45,556 |
8,558,234 | 1. A photodetector comprising: a photocathode formed of a non-cesiated, semiconductor material, said photocathode having an activation layer that has one of either a piezoelectrically induced polarization field or a delta-doped surface, such that where at least one photon within a selected wavelength range impinges on said photocathode at least one electron is emitted from the surface of said photocathode; a thinned delta-doped imager array, said imager array being disposed across an accelerating gap from said photocathode; an electric field generator for generating an electric field across said accelerating gap, said electrical field generator being disposed in relation to said imager array and said photocathode such that the electric field accelerates said at least one electron across said accelerating gap to impinge on said imager array; and wherein the accelerating gap is sufficiently small such that the electrons produced from said photocathode are proximity focused onto said imager array such that a plurality of electrons are generated from each of the accelerated electrons that impinge thereon, and wherein only a single electron is generated for photons that impinge directly thereon. | 34,059 |
9,315,787 | 1. A DNA polymerase whose amino acid sequence is at least 95% identical to that of SEQ ID NO:38, but differs from SEQ ID NO:38 at a position corresponding to F749 of SEQ ID NO:38 and furthermore differs from SEQ ID NO:38 by at least two additional amino acids at positions corresponding to at least two of A61, K346, 5357, E507 or I707 of SEQ ID NO:38. | 4,959 |
9,797,319 | 1. A portable hand-guided work apparatus comprising: a tool; a combustion engine for driving said tool; and, said combustion engine including a combustion chamber and a piston delimiting said combustion chamber; a spark plug projecting into said combustion chamber; a crankshaft rotatably driven by said piston; a centrifugal clutch; said crankshaft being configured to drive said tool via said centrifugal clutch; an ignition device for controlling the ignition time point of said spark plug; a supply unit for supplying fuel; and, a control unit; said control unit being configured to initiate measures to limit the rotational speed (n) of said combustion engine upon reaching an engagement rotational speed (n said engagement rotational speed (n said engagement rotational speed (n said combustion engine having an engine characteristic line having an upper branch and said engine characteristic line defining the power of said combustion engine in dependence upon the rotational speed thereof; and, wherein the shift of said engagement rotational speed (n | 38,521 |
9,741,922 | 1. A method of controlling a self-latching piezocomposite actuator having a layer of shape memory ceramic fibers and first and second layers including conductive patterns disposed on opposite sides of the layer of shape memory ceramic fibers, the method comprising: causing the layer of shape memory ceramic fibers to have a first strain state by at least partially poling the layer of shape memory ceramic fibers utilizing a first electric field that is induced by causing a voltage difference in the conductive patterns of the first and second layers; followed by removing the voltage difference whereby the shape memory ceramic fibers remain in the first strain state; followed by at least partially depoling the shape memory ceramic fibers utilizing a second electric field having a polarity that is substantially opposite a polarity of the first electric field to thereby cause the shape memory ceramic fibers to have a second strain state that is not equal to the first strain state; and wherein the shape memory ceramic fibers remain in the second strain state after the electric field is removed. | 4,304 |
9,217,588 | 1. A magnetic cooling apparatus comprising: a plurality of magnets forming a magnetic field; a magnetic regeneration unit, provided with a magnetocaloric material and coils, the magnetic regeneration unit configured to move by using an electromagnetic force as kinetic energy, wherein the electromagnetic force is generated by interaction between the magnetic field and currents flowing on the coils when the magnetic regeneration unit passes through the magnetic field formed by the magnet; and a controller controlling current supply to the coils of the magnetic regeneration unit so that the magnetic regeneration unit is magnetized while passing through the magnetic field and demagnetized while exiting the magnetic field, and thus controlling movement of the magnetic regeneration unit to achieve cooling by temperature lowering generated by demagnetization of the magnetic regeneration unit. | 17,569 |
8,385,631 | 1. A calculation processing apparatus comprising: a calculation unit configured to execute calculation processing of a plurality of processing nodes that are hierarchically structured; a memory controller configured to assign a partial area of a memory to each processing node of the plurality of processing nodes, respectively, and to store a calculation result of each processing node of the plurality of processing nodes in a storable area of the partial area assigned to that processing node; a designation unit configured to designate one of the plurality of processing nodes as a a processing node that is to execute calculation processing; a determination unit configured to determine, based on storage states of calculation results in the partial areas of the memory, whether or not to execute a calculation corresponding to the designated processing node; and an execution controller configured to control the designated processing node to execute calculation processing, when the determination unit determines that the calculation is to be executed. | 44,068 |
8,529,721 | 1. A method for wrapping an elongate insert for a stringer with a release system, the method comprising: moving the elongate insert having a number layers for the release system in a channel in a tray through a folding section, wherein the folding section folds the number of layers around the elongate insert; moving the elongate insert in the channel with the number of layers folded over the elongate insert through a force generation system, wherein the force generation system further forces excess material towards a center line of the channel such that the number of layers are flattened; and moving the elongate insert in the channel with the number of layers flattened by the force generation system through a securing system configured to secure the number of layers covering the elongate insert to form the release system. | 7,467 |
8,388,589 | 1. A pet sheet comprising: a backsheet; a liquid-permeable topsheet; a liquid absorbent layer which is smaller than the backsheet and disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet, the backsheet extending beyond the liquid absorbent layer to provide side regions outside the liquid absorbent layer; a first hydrophilic sheet that is different from the topsheet provided above the entire liquid absorbent layer and above the backsheet in the side regions; and a second hydrophilic sheet provided below the liquid absorbent layer and in direct contact with the backsheet, said second hydrophilic sheet being folded back against a top surface of the liquid absorbent layer to cover side portions of the liquid absorbent, the folded back portion of the second hydrophilic sheet being in direct contact with said first hydrophilic sheet, wherein the topsheet is provided above the first hydrophilic sheet and the entire liquid absorbent layer, and wherein said pet sheet is configured to permit passage of fluid through said first hydrophilic sheet to the liquid absorbent layer. | 13,146 |
8,909,359 | 1. A system for operating a process, comprising: a processing circuit that uses a self-optimizing control strategy to learn a steady state relationship between a manipulated variable and an output variable, wherein the self-optimizing control strategy adjusts the manipulated variable to achieve an extremum for the output variable and is executed by a first controller; wherein the processing circuit is configured to automatically switch from using the self-optimizing control strategy to using a second control strategy that adjusts the manipulated variable using the learned steady state relationship, wherein the second control strategy is a model-based control strategy and is executed by a second controller different from the first controller. | 30,240 |
9,739,299 | 1. A coupling member, comprising: a metal rod-shaped main body portion to be embedded and held in a wooden member; and an inner rod portion protruding from an end face of the main body portion and to be coupled to a mating member, the mating member to be joined to the wooden member or the inner rod portion to be coupled to a joint device secured to the mating member, wherein the inner rod portion axially extends from a portion protruding from the end face of the main body portion to a predetermined depth in a hole axially extending in the main body portion from a first open end to an opposing second end that is a deepest part of the hole, has a periphery separated from the main body portion so as to form an annular gap between the inner rod portion and the main body portion to allow axial deformation of the inner rod portion relative to the main body portion, and is integrally connected to the main body portion at the deepest part of the hole extending in the main body portion. | 25,125 |
8,550,337 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a remote control device interface; a network interface configured to receive codes from a network element, wherein the codes are received in response to data associated with an image captured by an image capture device; and a memory storing the codes, wherein the codes are usable by a remote control device to remotely control at least one function of the electronic device. | 32,965 |
8,674,246 | 1. An appliance control switch assembly for a cooking range, comprising: a control switch body; a rotating shaft extending outwardly from the body; and a mounting plate secured to the body, the mounting plate being configured to mount the control switch to a control panel of a cooking range, wherein the mounting plate comprises: (i) a resilient tongue having a catch formed therein to engage with and extend through a cutout of the control panel, and (ii) a keyed tab shaped to match the profile of the catch. | 12,792 |
9,285,890 | 1. A touch sensor, comprising: a touch panel comprising a touch region; touch electrodes disposed in the touch region and configured to sense a touch, the touch electrodes each comprising an electrostatic discharge pattern configured to discharge static electricity accumulated in the touch electrode; and connection wires respectively connected to the touch electrodes, wherein: a width of each of the connection wires is less than a width of each of the touch electrodes; and the electrostatic discharge pattern is disposed on the touch electrode and adjacent to the connection wire connected to the touch electrode. | 14,510 |
8,359,715 | 1. A trim clip for securing a panel to a structural part, the trim clip comprising: a captivating part having an anchor; a body part having a cavity for receiving the anchor; and means for locking the captivating part to the body part via the anchor; wherein the body part is engageable with the structural part and has a first flange for seating against the structural part; wherein the captivating part has a second flange for seating against the panel; wherein the captivating part and the body part in an unlocked state are separate pieces and have a lateral float, an axial float, and an angular tilt float therebetween; and wherein the captivating part and the body part in a locked state have substantially no lateral float, no axial float, and no angular tilt float therebetween; wherein the body part is configured to be coupled to the structural part by movement of the body part in a first direction toward the structural part, and the captivating part is coupled to the body part in such a manner as to allow movement of the captivating part toward the body part in the first direction for securing the panel to the structural part; wherein the captivating part, relative to the body part, is positionable in a first position and a second position, the first position corresponding to the unlocked state and the second position corresponding to the locked state; wherein the body part further comprises a seal integrally formed with the body part and disposed to engage with the anchor to seal off the cavity in response to the captivating part being disposed in the first position. | 27,756 |
8,910,419 | 1. An industrial growing chamber, comprising: a door and insulated walls forming a chamber; an electrical plug coupled to the chamber, via an electrical cord, and configured for a standard size; a racking system coupled to the insulated walls; a plurality of trays, including drainage, configured to be received by the racking system; a controller coupled to the chamber; a temperature control system, which is coupled to the chamber, configured to be controlled by the controller; an irrigation system, coupled to the chamber, configured to be controlled by the controller; a lighting system, coupled to the chamber, configured to be controlled by the controller; a timer coupled to the controller; and at least one of electronics or logic in the controller configured to ensure that the chamber does not overload an electrical connection for 20 amperes and at least one of 120 volts or 240 volts by executing a schedule for at least one subsystem chosen from a group consisting of the temperature control system, the irrigation system, and the lighting system, in conjunction with the timer, wherein the schedule is based on a power consumption of at least one of the chamber or a different subsystem. | 13,813 |
9,000,548 | 1. A reflective and/or refractive secondary lens system for focusing sunlight onto semiconductor elements, comprising a reflector having an entrance aperture orientated towards the sunlight and an exit aperture orientated towards the semiconductor component, the reflector having a projection surrounding the reflector, and wherein the reflector has an inner surface which has at least one protective coating which consists of or comprises aluminum oxide, silicon nitride or silicon oxide, and wherein the reflector has an outer surface, wherein the outer surface of the reflector and/or the surface of the projection orientated towards the exit aperture has at least one coating which has a total emission degree ε n between 0.5 and 0.95 in the wavelength range of 2,000 to 10,000 nm. | 4,414 |
9,592,487 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least two furnaces, each comprising at least one bayonet reforming tube, each furnace being adapted to: a single common heat recovery section operably connected to each of the at least two furnaces, wherein the flue gas effluent streams of each of the at least two furnaces are in thermal communication with a heat load within the common heat recovery section, wherein the process gas of each of the at least two furnaces bypasses the single common heat recovery section before being received by a respective bayonet reforming tube of each of the at least two furnaces. | 3,815 |
9,070,317 | 1. An automatic display brightness control device, the device comprising: a display; a carbon dioxide sensor for detecting an environmental carbon dioxide concentration [CO an electrocardiographic electrode for measuring an electrocardiography of a user; and a calculating device for receiving the carbon dioxide concentration [CO | 4,046 |
9,063,776 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: exposing, by an operating system, an application activation component to provide a common pathway for application activation across different applications and runtime platforms of a computing device; registering, via the application activation component, applications to support extension points provided as integrated functionality of the operating system that are serviceable by the applications through contracts created between the applications and the operating system; invoking, via the application activation component, an application selected from among the registered applications to perform a particular contract for one said extension point, wherein the application activation component controls window creation by the applications to service the extension points by passing an object to the application that designates at least a type of window to create and a location for the window. | 34,959 |
9,158,367 | 1. A method for driving a display in a computer, comprising: switching from using a first graphics process unit (GPU) to drive the display to using a second GPU to drive the display; transitioning the first GPU into a low-power state subsequent to the switching, wherein transitioning the first GPU into the low-power state comprises powering off the first GPU and an interface with the first GPU, and maintaining power to a video memory of the first GPU; prior to transitioning the first GPU into the low-power state, saving a GPU configuration state of the first GPU in the video memory in the first GPU; detecting that the first GPU is to drive the display subsequent to transitioning the first GPU to the low-power state; powering on the first GPU responsive to the detecting; restoring the GPU configuration state from the video memory subsequent to the powering on; and driving the display with the first GPU subsequent to the restoring. | 39,073 |
9,738,265 | 1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising: an engine; a transmission having gearing defining multiple torque flow paths; a motor disposed between the engine and the transmission, the engine being selectively coupled to the motor and the transmission by a disconnect clutch; and a controller configured to control motor torque during engine start with the motor based on a clutch torque estimated from a variance between a measured motor speed and a predicted motor speed. | 27,724 |
8,398,372 | 1. A method for reducing vibration levels capable of occurring, in a turbine engine including at least one propeller and one coupling structure, because of turbulence of aerodynamic origin generated by the coupling structure on the propeller, the coupling structure coupling the engine to an aircraft, said method comprising the following steps: a step A of defining an initial configuration of aerodynamic profiles as a function of an expected performance of the turbine engine, with individual aerodynamic profiles of p sections (c a step B of calculating, using a computer, a synchronous forced response y(ω) on the propeller as a function of a harmonic excitation pressure force f(ω) generated by the coupling structure based on a relation y(ω)=F( a step C of defining a coefficient (α<1) of reduction of the synchronous forced response y(ω); a step D of determining, using the computer, a tangential geometric offset value θ of the individual aerodynamic profile for each of said p stacked sections (c a step E of calculating, using the computer, a synchronous forced response y′(ω) on the propeller; a step F of repeating, if |y′(ω)|>α*|y(ω)|, the step D using new tangential geometric offset values; a step G of applying, if |y′(ω)|<α*|y(ω)|, the new configuration to at least one portion of the aerodynamic profiles of said propeller or coupling structure. | 17,129 |
9,399,179 | 1. A process to separate a multi-component hydrocarbon stream which includes ethylene, at least one polymer and other components, the process comprising: in a first flash stage, flashing the multi-component hydrocarbon stream, from an elevated pressure of more than 30 bar(a) and an elevated temperature in the range of 150° C. to 185° C. to a flash pressure in the range of 10 bar(a) to 30 bar(a), producing a first ethylene-containing vapour overheads product at a pressure in the range of 10 bar(a) to 30 bar(a) and a first flash stage bottoms product which includes some ethylene, said at least one polymer and some of said other components, the flash pressure and the elevated temperature of the multi-component hydrocarbon stream being selected such that the first flash stage bottoms product has a concentration of said at least one polymer of less than 5% by mass to render the viscosity of the first flash stage bottoms product at the temperature of the first flash stage bottoms product in the first flash stage at less than 1000 cP at a shear of 1 per second; heating at least a portion of the first flash stage bottoms product to a temperature in excess of 150° C. to form a heated first flash stage bottoms product; combining a recycle portion of said heated first flash stage bottoms product with the multi-component hydrocarbon stream, which is at a temperature less than 150° C. before combination with said recycle portion, thereby to heat the multi-component hydrocarbon stream to said elevated temperature in the range of 150° C. to 185° C.; withdrawing at least a portion of the first flash stage bottoms product which includes some ethylene, said at least one polymer and some of said other components, from the first flash stage; and removing the first ethylene-containing vapour overheads product from the first flash stage. | 16,907 |
8,904,107 | 1. A storage apparatus comprising a disk unit composed of a plurality of first drives configured to store first firmware of a same type, a controller configured to control data during operation of the first firmware, a relay device configured to connect the controller and the disk unit, and a second drive configured to store a plurality of programs; wherein the plurality of first drives are further configured to store a first microprogram corresponding to the first firmware capable of operating on the storage apparatus; wherein the second drive is a drive that is newly mounted into the disk unit and configured to store second firmware of the same type as that of the first firmware and third firmware of a type different from that of the first firmware; wherein the second drive is further configured to store a second microprogram of the same type as that of the first microprogram and a third microprogram of a type different from that of the first microprogram; and wherein the controller includes: a firmware comparison unit configured to compare the first firmware with the second firmware; a firmware decision unit configured to decide firmware between the first firmware and the second firmware to operate on the storage apparatus based on the storage apparatus type and on the comparison result by the firmware comparison unit; a firmware update unit configured to update the firmware operating on the first drive or the firmware operating on the second drive with the firmware decided by the firmware decision unit; a microprogram comparison unit configured to compare the first microprogram with the second microprogram; a microprogram decision unit configured to decide a microprogram between the first microprogram and the second microprogram to operate on the storage apparatus based on the comparison result by the microprogram comparison unit; and a microprogram update unit configured to, based on settings made by a user, | 47,907 |
9,140,042 | 1. A mechanical device, comprising: a long, narrow beam made of a rigid, elastic material; a rigid frame configured to anchor at least one end of the beam, wherein the beam is attached to the frame and comprises a hinge so as to rotate about a longitudinal axis thereof relative to the frame, the frame defining a gap running longitudinally along the beam between the beam and the frame, so that the beam is free to move within the gap; and a solid filler material, softer than the rigid, elastic material, which fills at least a part of the gap between the beam and the frame so as to permit a first mode of movement of the beam within the gap while inhibiting a different, second mode of movement. | 39,744 |
9,191,270 | 1. A telecommunications network, comprising: plural nodes connected by plural spans and arranged to form a mesh network; at least one pre-configured cycle of spare capacity being established in the mesh network, the pre-configured cycle including plural nodes of the mesh network and being pre-configured prior to a span or node failure; and the plural nodes of the pre-configured cycle being configured to protect at least one path segment, where the path segment includes at least a first intersecting node and a second intersecting node within the pre-configured cycle and at least one intermediate node in a path that includes the first intersecting node and second intersecting node and straddles the pre-configured cycle, the intermediate node not being a part of the pre-configured cycle, and the pre-configured cycle being configured to protect the path segment by the first intersecting node and the second intersecting node being pre-configured to reroute a working signal from the path segment to the pre-configured cycle in response to a signal indicating the failure of a span of the path segment, the span of the path segment being non-adjacent to at least one of the first intersecting node and the second intersecting node. | 34,205 |
9,438,957 | 1. A method for serving targeted advertising via a user device, said method comprising: receiving content at said user device; rendering said received content; receiving a first commercial at said user device, wherein said first commercial was spliced into said content based on a default commercial selection algorithm at a commercial break within said received content, said default commercial selection algorithm being based on at least one of demographics and program content; determining, at said user device, if the received content is exempt from a ratings function; upon determining said content is not exempt from the ratings function, determining if a user profile exists and if feedback rating said first commercial is received; accepting the feedback rating said first commercial; communicating said feedback rating said first commercial to a content provider; receiving additional content; rendering said received additional content; and receiving a second commercial at said user device, wherein said second commercial was spliced into said additional content at a commercial break within said received additional content, said second commercial being selected based on a user specific commercial selection algorithm particular for said user device, wherein, if said user profile is determined to exist, said user specific commercial selection algorithm is obtained by modifying said default commercial selection algorithm by said user profile and said received feedback rating said first commercial, and if it is determined said user profile does not exist, said user specific selection algorithm is obtained by modifying said default commercial selection algorithm by said received feedback rating said first commercial; and upon determining said received content is exempt from the ratings function, disabling at least one of the ratings function and said user specific commercial selection algorithm. | 19,230 |
9,617,915 | 1. A method of operating a combined cycle power generating system comprising: combusting a fuel in a gas turbine to generate electricity and a stream of flue gas; producing a stream of steam in a heat recovery steam generator using the stream of flue gas; directing the stream of steam to a steam turbine; forwarding a first portion of the stream of steam exiting the steam turbine to a solvent regeneration unit to transfer heat therein and forwarding a second portion of the stream of steam exiting the steam turbine to a thermal storage unit; operating the thermal storage unit, for a first predefined time period, in a heat storing mode, in which the second portion of the stream of steam exiting the steam turbine is condensed and transfers heat energy to heat storing means in the thermal storage unit; and operating the thermal storage unit, for a second predefined time period, in a heat releasing mode, in which the heat energy stored in the thermal storage unit is transferred to the solvent regeneration unit. | 8,311 |
8,835,656 | 1. A linker for nucleic acid solid phase synthesis, comprising a compound represented by the following formula wherein X L R R | 40,858 |
9,141,160 | 1. A method comprising: identifying a powered device (PD) receiving inline power from and coupled to power sourcing equipment (PSE) in a wired data telecommunications network; sending a request for priority from the PD to the PSE by interrupting, at the PD, a flow of inline power between the PSE and the PD in response to a security alert input; initiating an inline power discovery cycle in response to the interrupting; and presenting at the PD, in response to the security alert input, an identification network corresponding to the request for priority. | 44,143 |
9,013,189 | 1. An electrical joint monitoring device for an electrical joint including a first conductive member and a second conductive member, said device comprising: a mounting assembly including a first conductive contact structured to electrically contact the first conductive member of said electrical joint and a second conductive contact structured to electrically contact the second conductive member of said electrical joint; and a wireless transponder unit including a control unit electrically connected to said first and second conductive contacts and an antenna electrically connected to said control unit, the wireless transponder unit being configured to sense a voltage difference between said first and second conductive contacts, to generate information based on said voltage difference, and to output said information to a wireless reader unit via said antenna, wherein the first conductive member includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the second conductive member includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface of the first conductive member is structured to abut against and form an electrical connection with the first surface of the second conductive member, and wherein the first conductive contact is structured to contact the second surface of the first conductive member and the second conductive contact is structured to contact the second surface of the second conductive member. | 26,676 |
9,098,998 | 1. A method of operating a flight navigation system in a wind energy plant, comprising: providing a flight navigation device, the lighting means of which have VIS-LEDs, being switched on and the VIS-LEDs radiating with a maximum intensity in the range of visible light, characterized in that at least one NIR-LED is switched on with the flight navigation device, and the at least one NIR-LED radiates with a maximum intensity in the NIR range and that the VIS-LEDs and NIR-LEDs are arranged in a plurality of annular rows arranged one above the other in the vertical direction, and that at least two rows have VIS-LEDs and at least two further rows have NIR-LEDs. | 9,967 |
9,282,819 | 1. A table suitable for stacking whether or not its legs are in position, comprising: a. several legs each having a base end and an attachment end; b. a table top having several mating locations on its top and several corresponding mating locations on its bottom; c. said table top also having several attachment locations each allowing at least one orientation for the attachment end of one of said legs to position it with its base end mating with corresponding mating locations on the top of an identical table top, who when all of said several legs are so positioned, an identical table stacked is laterally stable as referenced to said table top; and d. said table top is also adapted so that two of such tops, without legs in position, would interlock to substantially inhibit lateral movement between the two tops when the top of one is next to the bottom of another so as to prevent horizontal movement between them when interlocked. | 8,978 |
9,788,224 | 1. A method of wireless communication in a wireless sensor network (WSN) of sensor nodes, comprising: selecting an amount of measurement sample transmission from a sensor node in the WSN utilizing a transmission parameter, wherein battery energy savings of the sensor node decrease as the transmission parameter increases, and the transmission parameter comprises a phase shift for discarding certain measurement samples in a measurement space matrix from a transmission of measurement samples; discarding measurement samples from sensed measurement samples based on the transmission parameter; and transmitting the measurement samples from the sensor node without discarded measurement samples based on the transmission parameter. | 36,178 |
8,982,795 | 1. A node for transmitting a packet using a directional antenna, the node comprising: a determining unit configured to determine whether or not there is an actor node present in a region traversed by a packet forwarding direction, wherein the packet forwarding direction is determined from relative-location information of a destination node with respect to a source node, the region is one of a plurality of regions divided by particular angles, and the plurality of regions have multiple beam patterns of the node formed therein; and a forwarding unit configured to transmit the packet to an actor node present in the region traversed by the packet forwarding direction or transmit the packet to a neighbor node present in the region traversed by the packet forwarding direction, wherein the neighbor node is a first node located in a region traversed by the packet forwarding direction from among multiple nodes each configured to receive a location information request message transmitted from the node to each of the plurality of regions, calculate its relative position with respect to the node, and transmit a reply message including the calculated relative-location information to the node, and the neighbor node is a second node located closest to the packet forwarding direction from among the multiple nodes other than the first node, if the first node is in a state incapable of transmitting the reply message. | 219 |
9,246,711 | 1. A method of controlling wireless transmissions of a first device into a wireless medium, the method comprising: obtaining a first wireless medium parameter that characterizes a communications path between the first device and a second device; determining a range indicator for the first wireless parameter, the range indicator being: obtaining a second wireless medium parameter that characterizes a communications path between the first device and a third device; and selectively controlling, by the first device, the wireless transmission of the first device into the wireless medium based on the determined range indicator and on the second wireless parameter. | 8,901 |
9,845,611 | 1. A device for securing a structural object, the device comprising: a container having an open top portion and a closed bottom portion; a bottom tray having an opening portion, and a bottom wall configured to support thereon the container, the bottom tray having a short vertical wall relative to a height of the container attached to the bottom wall, and configured to support the container around a part of the circumference thereof, wherein the opening portion of the bottom tray has a central axis that is concentric with a central axis of the container, and an aperture defined by the bottom and vertical walls corresponding to the part of the circumference of the container; a pole shaped structural object having a base; and a slot having an opening portion integrated into an end of the bottom tray and the bottom and vertical walls, and configured to fit around the pole shaped structural object received within the opening portion of the slot, a bottom wall of the slot is continuous with the bottom wall of the tray and configured to rest upon a top of the base of the pole shaped structural object; and wherein the opening portion of the slot has a central axis that is concentric with a central axis of the pole, and an aperture defined by the opening portion of the slot corresponding to a part of the circumference of the pole shaped structural object; and wherein the central axis of the opening portion of bottom tray, and the central axis of the opening portion of the slot are adjacent to each other such that the vertical wall of the bottom tray is configured to support the container so that container is adjacent to the pole shaped structural object, and such that the opening portion of the slot and the opening portion of the bottom tray face a same direction. | 49,904 |
9,046,666 | 1. An optical module comprising: a silicon substrate; a sub-substrate which includes a support layer, an active layer, a BOX layer interposed between said support layer and said active layer, and a height adjusting layer; an optical fiber; and an optical device which is fixed to said silicon substrate, wherein said sub-substrate includes a fixing groove formed by said active layer and said BOX layer, said optical fiber is fixed to said fixing groove, and said optical fiber is optically coupled to said optical device by positioning said sub-substrate via said height adjusting layer with respect to said silicon substrate. | 14,220 |
8,949,053 | 1. A method for monitoring current and voltage of devices mounted in an equipment rack, comprising: installing a plurality of cables in the equipment rack, each of the cables having a current and voltage monitoring module; coupling each of the plurality of cables to a computing device in the equipment rack; sending current and voltage data from a transceiver in each of the plurality of cables to a server; and monitoring, at the server, the current and voltage data from each of the plurality of cables. | 44,893 |
8,476,255 | 1. A compound of formula (I): or the tautomeric form, stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition or prodrug thereof; wherein R R represents H, or substituted or unsubstituted groups selected from linear or branched alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl and heterocyclyl; X represents a group selected from —CONR R Ar represents substituted or unsubstituted groups selected from aryl and heteroaryl; R R wherein n=0 or 1, o=0-1, p=1, q=0-3; with the proviso that if X=—OCONH—, then n and p=1; and when the groups R, R | 47,572 |
8,822,567 | 1. A method of preparing soil cement slurry, said method comprising the steps of: preparing blast-furnace slag cement by mixing blast-furnace slag fine particles with fineness 3500-6500 cm preparing a slurry composition for ground improvement by mixing said blast-furnace slag cement, water and an admixture to obtain said soil cement slurry, said admixture including a hardening accelerator comprising an alkali metal carbonate salt, a defoamer comprising polyalkylene glycol monoalkenyl ether, and a fluidizer selected from an alkali metal salt of water soluble vinyl copolymer obtained by alkali hydrolysis of copolymer of isobutylene and anhydrous maleic acid and having mass averaged molecular weight of 2000-70000 and an alkali metal salt of polyacrylic acid having mass averaged molecular weight of 1500-50000, such that the mass ratio between said water and said blast-furnace slag cement is adjusted to 45-230% and that 0.1-5 mass parts of said admixture are contained in 100 mass parts of said blast-furnace slag cement. | 31,207 |
8,934,273 | 1. A switching power supply comprising: an input section connected to an AC power line; a power factor correction section which rectifies AC voltage inputted to the input section, outputs DC voltage to a load and in addition, corrects a power factor; an input voltage detecting section which outputs L (live) pole detected voltage corresponding to L pole voltage of the input section and N (neutral) pole detected voltage corresponding to N pole voltage of the input section; and a switching controller which controls, based on the L pole detected voltage and the N pole detected voltage, an operation of the power factor correction section, wherein the switching controller includes an AC waveform generating section which generates an AC waveform based on the L pole detected voltage and the N pole detected voltage and outputs the AC waveform as AC waveform data, and wherein the switching controller generates a drive pulse having a frequency and a duty ratio varying depending on the AC waveform data and uses the drive pulse to drive one or more switching devices included in the power factor correction section, whereby a predetermined level of the DC output of the power factor correction section is maintained and in addition, the power factor is corrected, and wherein the AC waveform generating section: compares an amplitude of the L pole detected voltage with an amplitude of the N pole detected voltage; determines, based on the comparison result, positive half cycle and negative half cycle of the AC voltage; generates, based on the determination, a voltage waveform from the L pole detected voltage and the N pole detected voltage; and outputs as the AC waveform data, an AC waveform generated from the voltage waveform. | 24,664 |
8,886,132 | 1. A method comprising: determining access information defining usage of a radio by an application for use by radio control logic to determine an operational mode of the radio, said access information indicating a data transmission schedule for the application determined based on data transmission scheduling information received from the application as part of a notification that identifies at least one scheduled switch between an active data transmission state and an inactive data transmission state of the application; and providing the access information for receipt by the radio control logic. | 14,179 |
9,838,305 | 1. A network device, comprising: one or more ingress physical ports; one or more egress physical ports; a first non-OpenFlow forwarding plane configured to receive ingress packets via the one or more ingress physical ports, the control plane configured to process the control plane protocol packets received from the first non-OpenFlow forwarding plane, generate the packet processing information as a result of processing the control plane protocol packets, and transmit the packet processing information to the first non-OpenFlow forwarding plane via the first interface and to the second non-OpenFlow forwarding plane via the second interface; the OpenFlow forwarding plane configured to receive the packets with the metadata via the first logical port, the OpenFlow forwarding plane including a pipeline having a plurality of processing stages, each of the plurality of processing stages performing packet processing in accordance with a respective flow table that includes a plurality of flow entries, each of the plurality of flow entries being configured to match and process the packets with the metadata in accordance with a set of match fields, the OpenFlow forwarding plane being connected to an external controller that enables configuration of the flow tables in the plurality of processing stages; and the second non-OpenFlow forwarding plane configured to receive the processed packets with the metadata from the OpenFlow forwarding plane via the second logical port and to receive from the control plane the processed control plane protocol packets and the packet processing information via the second interface, the second non-OpenFlow forwarding plane further configured to transmit egress packets via the one or more egress physical ports. | 10,628 |
9,481,906 | 1. An automatic response/light measurement device comprising: a container group in which two or more reaction containers are arranged; a measurement mount provided with two or more coupling ends that are directly or indirectly joinable with apertures of said reaction containers, and have light guide portions that optically connect with the interior of the joined reaction containers via the apertures; a mount transfer mechanism that simultaneously directly or indirectly loins said coupling ends with the apertures of said two or more reaction containers of the container group; an optical measuring device having a measuring end provided on said mount and having at least one light guide portion that is optically connectable to said light guide portions of said coupling ends, so that said optical measuring device is able to receive light, via said measuring end, based on an optical state within said reaction containers; an on-mount measuring end transfer mechanism that makes said measuring end movable on said mount along a movement path that passes by each of the two or more coupling ends, so that the light guide portion of the measuring end is sequentially optically connected to the light guide portions of the coupling ends; and a measurement control portion programmed to control each of: said mount transfer mechanism such that said coupling ends are simultaneously directly or indirectly joined with the apertures of said two or more reaction containers; said on-mount measuring end transfer mechanism such that, after said coupling ends are simultaneously directly or indirectly joined with the apertures of said two or more reaction containers, the light guide portion of said measuring end is sequentially optically connected to the light guide portions of said coupling ends; and said optical measuring device such that, during the sequential optical connection of the light guide portion of said measuring end to the light guide portions of said coupling ends, the optical measuring device measures the optical states within said reaction containers via said measuring end. | 21,345 |
9,625,056 | 1. An apparatus for laying a plurality of pipes in series, comprising: a vehicle including a bed for carrying said plurality of pipes; a plurality of tilted gravity members located in said bed, said tilted gravity members directing said plurality of pipes to exit said bed; a plurality of gate arms spaced apart within said bed; an opening defined beneath said plurality of gate arms; said plurality of gate arms being adjustable to vary a size of said opening which moves independent of an actuator mechanism to allow one of said pipes to pass toward a conveyor. | 32,397 |
8,605,320 | 1. A printing apparatus which is connected to an external apparatus and which performs printing of an image on a recording medium, the printing apparatus comprising: a receiving section which receives a print data from the external apparatus; a storage section in which the print data received by the receiving section is stored; an input section which receives a print instruction from a user for printing based on the print data stored in the storage section; a print section which performs the printing of the image on the recording medium based on the print data stored in the storage section in a case that the input section receives the print instruction from the user; and a controller which controls the storage section and which calculates and sets for the print data stored in the storage section a storage time-period within which the print data is storable in the storage section; wherein: under the condition that the receiving section receives the print data, the controller calculates a free capacity of the storage section; in a case that the free capacity of the storage section is less than a predetermined reference value, the controller calculates and sets the storage time-period for first print data which is stored in the storage section and for which the storage time-period has not been set; and in a case that the storage time-period set for the first print data has elapsed, the controller controls the storage section to delete the first print data stored in the storage section from the storage section. | 3,991 |
9,169,732 | 1. A wind turbine blade comprising a plurality of longitudinal composite members comprising wherein the plurality of longitudinal composite members are assembled to form an interior structure assembly of the wind turbine blade such that the outer surfaces of the composite members form a majority of an airfoil surface of the wind turbine blade. | 40,314 |
9,476,429 | 1. A feed diffuser for supplying a flow of coolant to a surface of a liner, comprising: a base disposed orthogonal to a the flow of coolant; a body extending from the base toward the flow; an apex provided at a termination of the body in a direction toward the flow, the body directing the flow of coolant radially outwardly along the surface of the liner, relative to a central axis of the body; and a plurality of spacers extending from the base, the spacers configured to mount the base to the liner at a distance from the liner, the liner having effusion holes. | 43,777 |
9,338,095 | 1. A method for managing communication over a network with a traffic management device (TMD) that includes a plurality of components and is operative to perform actions, comprising: employing at least one data flow segment (DFS) component to provide packet level flow handling for a portion of a plurality of connection flows; employing at least one control segment (CS) component to perform actions, including: | 37,349 |
8,461,706 | 1. A flow development chamber comprising: an exterior housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening; an inner body within the exterior housing; an inlet tube at the inlet opening; and a generator comprising a rotatable portion within the exterior housing and downstream from the inner body for generating electrical power; wherein the flow development chamber is configured to organize a flow from the inlet tube into a least one of a spiraling vortex flow that circulates between the exterior housing and the inner body towards the outlet opening, and wherein the generator is configured to harness the spiraling or vortex flow to rotatable portion for generating the electrical power. | 1,975 |
8,774,867 | 1. An image display system comprising: an image transmission terminal; a camera to capture an expression of a user during a telephone conversation; wherein an image identifier is specified by using said captured expression, and an image receiving terminal with a display unit and a memory storing images, wherein said image transmission terminal detects an input for specifying an image identifier during the telephone conversation with said image receiving terminal and sends said specified image identifier by using electronic mail, wherein said image receiving terminal confirms an address of a sender of said electronic mail upon receiving said electronic mail, wherein said image receiving terminal extracts an image corresponding to said received image identifier from said memory and displays said extracted image to said display unit upon confirming that the sender of said electronic mail is said image transmission terminal, and wherein said image transmission terminal sends said specified image identifier by using a multi-call function. | 28,839 |
9,179,970 | 1. A method of ablating tissue in an alimentary tract comprising: advancing an ablation structure through a channel of an endoscope and into the alimentary tract, wherein the ablation structure is disposed on an arcuate frame and includes an arcuate bipolar electrode array configured to selectively ablate a portion of the alimentary tract less than a full circumferential section of the alimentary tract, and wherein the arcuate frame is configured to expand from a dimensionally compacted configuration upon exiting the endoscope channel; supporting the ablation structure with the endoscope within the alimentary tract; moving at least part of the ablation structure toward a tissue surface; and activating the ablation structure to ablate the tissue surface less than the full circumferential section of the alimentary tract. | 12,630 |
9,737,106 | 1. A method of placing a plurality of self-engaging straps having opposing free ends about a helmet possessing a hard outer shell without extending beyond the bottom peripheral edge of the hard outer shell to contact the head or neck of the wearer with an elongated rectangular side cushion having overlapping tapered ends that completely wraps around the side of the hard outer shell that are fastened together by hook and loop material in combination with elongated rectangular top cushions that are positioned substantially along the middle of the hard outer shell and ends of the top cushions are anchored at rear and front of the hard outer shell and held in position relative to the helmet by the plurality of self-engaging straps. | 19,943 |
8,955,804 | 1. An aircraft structure for an aircraft, comprising: an aircraft fuselage formed at least partially from hollow and load-bearing structural elements, each hollow and load-bearing structural element including a cavity defined within each of the hollow and load-bearing structural elements, each cavity configured as an air duct for an air conditioning system of the aircraft; and an air supply system provided by the hollow and load-bearing structural elements crossing each other such that a network is formed that at least partially spans the aircraft structure, wherein the air ducts in the cavities are joined together at intersecting points where the hollow and load-bearing structural elements cross each other, and at least one of the intersecting points defined by two of the hollow and load-bearing structural elements crossing each other includes an actuator movable to divert air flow from one of the two hollow and load-bearing structural elements into another of the two hollow and load-bearing structural elements, and wherein the hollow and load-bearing structural elements include a longitudinal frame and a transverse frame of the aircraft fuselage. | 14,759 |
9,025,717 | 1. A plasma compression apparatus comprising a plasma compressor constructed from an electrically conductive material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, steel, copper, silicon, magnesium, carbon-carbon composites, molybdenum, niobium and rhenium, said plasma compressor having an inlet, an outlet, a centrally located burn chamber and a spiral passageway interconnecting said inlet with said burn chamber, said spiral passageway being of progressively decreasing diameter and having a continuous wall coated with a low atomic number, electrically conductive material; a plasma source subsystem connected to said inlet of said plasma compressor, said plasma source subsystem including dipole loop antenna coils powered by a radio frequency generator; a vacuum pump subsystem connected to said outlet of said plasma compressor; a wall-cleaning subsystem operably associated with said plasma compressor for cleaning said continuous wall of said spiral passageway; and a heat exchanger operably associated with said plasma compressor for converting products of the plasma compression to electrical energy. | 19,972 |
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