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9,724,965 | 1. A vehicle axle body comprising: a first axle body piece defining at least a portion of a lower surface of the vehicle axle body and at least a portion of a rear surface of the vehicle axle body; and a second axle body piece secured to the first axle body piece and defining at least a portion of an upper surface of the vehicle axle body and at least a portion of a front surface of the vehicle axle body, wherein the first axle body piece further comprises a lower suspension component support integrally formed therewith and extending beyond the front surface and/or the second axle body piece further comprises an upper suspension component support integrally formed therewith and extending beyond the rear surface. | 17,212 |
9,781,875 | 1. An outlet module for use in discharging a stream of air and seeds from a distribution head of a seed distribution tower, said outlet module comprising: a tubular body through which a stream is configured to pass when the outlet module is installed on the seed distribution tower, with said tubular body having a lower portion receivable within a seat opening on the seed distribution tower and an upper portion configured against reception in said seat opening; and a selectively-releasable latch on the lower portion of the tubular body for releasably securing the outlet module on the seed distribution tower, said selectively-releasable latch comprising a resilient barb configured to permit insertion of said lower portion of the tubular body into said seat opening in one direction but preclude withdrawal of the lower portion of the tubular body from said seat opening in the opposite direction, said resilient barb being yieldably flexible to a releasing position permitting the lower portion of the tubular body to be withdrawn from said seat opening in said opposite direction. | 7,864 |
8,727,053 | 1. A vehicle comprising: two electric motors configured to output driving forces to right and left drive shafts independently, respectively; two planetary gear reducers disposed on a power transmission paths path between the right drive shafts shaft and a first electric motors motor of the two electric motors and on a power transmission path between the left drive shaft and a second electric motor of the two electric motors, respectively, wherein a first rotation element of one of the planetary gear reducers and a first rotation element of the other planetary gear reducer are connected to each other; a one-way power transmitting device disposed between first rotation elements connected to each other of the planetary gear reducers and a reducer case that accommodates the planetary gear reducers therein so as to transmit one-way rotational power; a brake that connects/disconnects the first rotation elements connected to each other and the reducer case, and configured to transmit two-way rotational powers of the electric motors to the drive shafts in a connection state; a running state estimator which estimates a running state of the vehicle; a torque calculator which calculates torques of the two electric motors; and a controller which controls the brake based on the running state of the vehicle estimated by the running state estimator, and wherein: when the vehicle runs forward and both the two electric motors power the vehicle, the controller releases the brake, when the vehicle runs forward and both the two electric motors perform regenerative braking, the controller actuates the brake, when the vehicle runs forward and one of the two electric motors powers the vehicle while the other motor performs regenerative braking, the controller releases or actuates the brake based on a power driving torque of said one of the two electric motors that powers the vehicle and a regenerative braking torque of the other motor that performs regenerative braking, and when one of the two electric motors powers the vehicle and the other motor performs regenerative braking and the regenerative braking torque is larger than the power driving torque, the controller actuates the brake. | 12,513 |
9,599,974 | 1. A path affinity apparatus for facilitating connected messaging between distributed control components comprising: an electronic computer executing a program stored in non-transient memory to (a) communicate on a network connecting industrial control components storing control level data associated with tag names to provide a directory of tag names linked to route data of industrial control components holding the control level data associated with the tag name; (b) receive a request from a first industrial control component providing a tag name for control level data, wherein upon receiving the request, the program executes to: (c) open a connection between the path affinity apparatus and a second industrial, control component using route data linked to the tag name from the directory and provide the first industrial control component with a pointer to the connection; and (d) receive the pointer from the first industrial control component to exchange control level data between the first industrial control component and the second industrial control component associated with the tag name using the connection. | 20,627 |
9,038,333 | 1. A common window frame comprising: a sill; a sill lock, the sill lock further comprising a front face and a rear face the rear face having a longitudinally extending groove, and a sill tower, the sill tower extending upwardly from a back surface of the sill; a header disposed atop the window frame; at least one jamb running vertically between the header and sill; at least one combination fixed-operating window frame; and at least one fully fixed window frame with a sill cover, the sill cover further comprising an upper surface, a lower surface and a longitudinally extending slot in the lower surface wherein the slot is configured with a forward wall and a rear wall for receiving the sill lock, the sill cover disposed atop the sill, the sill cover engaged with the sill lock and the sill tower. | 834 |
9,025,382 | 1. A hierarchical bit line structure for a non-volatile memory device, the structure comprising: at least one local circuit configured to read currents from a first local bit line and a second local bit line of local bit lines during a read operation; at least one global circuit configured to read currents from global bit lines during the read operation; and at least one page buffer configured to store and digitize data read by the global circuit; wherein the at least one local circuit comprises a sensing unit connected to the first local bit line and a passing unit connected to the second local bit line, wherein the sensing unit comprises a local sensing transistor and a local read control transistor, and wherein the passing unit comprises a local pass transistor. | 33,200 |
9,748,008 | 1. A control method of a control system of a nuclear power plant including M detection units that detect a phenomenon occurring in a nuclear power plant for each of M systems and a start unit that starts processing corresponding to the phenomenon in a case where a signal that indicates an occurrence of the phenomenon is input from a predetermined number or more of signal lines out of L signal lines, for controlling a transmission of a signal between the M detection units and the start unit, the method comprising: providing a plurality of majority circuits as many as the L signal lines such that each of the plurality of majority circuits is connected to each of the signal lines one by one and all outputs from the M detection units are inputted to each of the plurality of majority circuits; receiving, by the majority circuit provided for each of the L signal lines, a signal that indicates whether the phenomenon is detected from all of the M systems, and outputting, by the majority circuit, a signal that indicates an occurrence of the phenomenon to a corresponding signal line in a case where a signal indicating that the phenomenon is detected is received from N or more systems out of the M systems, wherein L is an integer greater than or equal to 1, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2 being larger than L, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. | 25,584 |
9,054,252 | 1. A solar concentrator system comprising: a) a six-sided solar concentrator enclosure having a Fresnel lens with four edges, with at least two of the edges having an approximately equal width W, the Fresnel lens having an optical center point OC located at an optical center length L from the Fresnel lens along an optical center line, an offset distance D between the optical center point OC and a focal point F with a focal length f of the Fresnel lens equal to L+D, with the Fresnel lens oriented as to concentrate sunlight passing through the Fresnel lens into the six-sided solar concentrator enclosure; b) a flat reflector side in the shape of a trapezoid having a long parallel edge attached to the Fresnel lens, with a short parallel edge attached to a base side, with a first converging edge and a second converging edge equal in measurement and attached to the Fresnel lens at the long parallel edge and terminating at the short parallel edge, with the flat reflector side having a flat reflector face oriented at an angle (θ) to receive concentrated but unfocused sunlight passing though the Fresnel lens and to reflect the sunlight towards a sunlight window side, with the short parallel edge smaller in measurement than the long parallel edge and equal in measurement to an adjacent edge of the base side; c) a sunlight window side facing the flat reflector side, the sunlight window side in the shape of a trapezoid having a long parallel edge attached to the Fresnel lens, with a short parallel edge attached to the base side, with a first converging edge and a second converging edge equal in measurement and attached to the Fresnel lens at the long parallel edge and terminating at the short parallel edge, with the sunlight window side oriented at an angle of approximately 90-degrees to the Fresnel lens, with the sunlight window side having a sunlight window with a center of a diameter, with the center of the diameter located along an optical center line such that reflected sunlight from the flat reflector side passes through the sunlight window to the focal point F of the Fresnel lens, with the short parallel edge smaller in measurement than the long parallel edge and equal in measurement to an adjacent edge of the base side; d) a first reflector side and a second reflector side in the shape of a trapezoid, the first reflector side and the second reflector side comprising opposite sides of the six-sided solar concentrator enclosure, with the first reflector side and the second reflector side connected between the flat reflector side and the sunlight window side, with the first reflector side having a long parallel edge attached to the Fresnel lens and a short parallel edge attached to the base side, with the second reflector side having a long parallel edge attached to the Fresnel lens and a short parallel edge attached to the base side, with the first reflector side having a first converging edge and a second converging edge attached to the Fresnel lens at the long parallel edge and terminating at the short parallel edge, with the second reflector side having a first converging edge and a second converging edge attached to the Fresnel lens at the long parallel edge and terminating at the short parallel edge, with the first reflector side having a flat reflector face oriented towards the second reflector side and the second reflector side having a flat reflector face oriented towards the first reflector side, and the short parallel edges of the first reflector side and the second reflector side equal in measurement to and attached to opposite edges of the base side; e) a base side with a first base edge attached to the short parallel edge of the flat reflector side, a second base edge attached to the short parallel edge of the sunlight window side, a third base edge attached to the short parallel edge of the first reflector side and a fourth base edge attached to the short parallel edge of the second reflector side, with a reflector inner face facing towards the Fresnel lens and a base outer face facing away from the six-sided solar concentrator enclosure; f) an elevation tracking rotation axis frame attached to the six-sided solar concentrator enclosure and having an elevation tracking rotation pin with a center that is aligned on the optical center line with the optical center point of the Fresnel lens, the center of the diameter of the sunlight window and with the focal point F of the Fresnel lens; g) an azimuth tracking rotation axis frame rotationally attached to the elevation tracking rotation axis frame, the azimuth tracking rotation axis frame having a azimuth tracking rotation pin located near the base outer face of the base side, such that the elevation tracking rotation axis frame and six-sided solar concentrator enclosure may rotate independent of the azimuth tracking rotation axis frame to track the sunlight; and h) a sunlight conversion device attached to the azimuth tracking rotation axis frame, and having a sunlight aperture for receiving concentrated sunlight from the six-sided solar concentrator enclosure at the focal point F of the fresnel lens. | 44,308 |
9,278,750 | 1. An aircraft aerodynamic structure assembly, said assembly comprising: a spar member having an interior facing side and an exterior facing side, and a first unitary flange, a first rib attached to and extending from the exterior facing side of the spar member, and a first stiffener positioned on the interior facing side of the spar member and connected to the first rib through the spar member, said first stiffener comprising a first panel surface at least partially in abutment with said interior facing side of said spar member, and a second panel surface unitary with the first panel surface and extending from a first end of the first panel surface, wherein the second panel surface abuts the first unitary flange, wherein said first rib and said first stiffener are directly connected through said spar member via at least one mechanical fastener passing through the spar member. | 20,643 |
8,620,312 | 1. A method of scanning and communicating with a wireless network by a station, the method comprising: determining a multi-channel combined scan interval value as a smaller of a first multi-channel scan interval value and a second multi-channel scan interval value by the station, wherein the second multi-channel scan interval value is based on detected data traffic of the wireless network. | 32,556 |
9,708,382 | 1. A peptide library comprising a plurality of randomly mutated peptides, wherein each mutant peptide has the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing, wherein each amino acid at the 1 st Xaa to the 11 th Xaa of SEQ ID NO: 1 counting from the amino terminus is one of the following amino acids in approximately equal frequencies within the library: Ala, Glu, Gln, Asp, Asn, His, Trp, Arg, Lys, Val, Leu, Ile, Phe, Tyr, Ser, Met, Gly, and Thr, but is not cysteine or proline, and wherein the peptide library comprises at least one mutated peptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a peptide which binds to EphA2 (ephrin type-A receptor 2) and has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, 3, or 4; (b) a peptide which binds to EGFR-Fc (epidermal growth factor receptor-Fc receptor) and has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, 6, or 7; (c) a peptide which binds VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) and has the sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13; and (d) a peptide which binds TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor alpha) and has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14, 15, or 16. | 39,526 |
8,629,674 | 1. A current and voltage detection printed board, comprising: a board formed with a penetration hole; a first pattern wire formed at a periphery of the penetration hole; a second pattern wire formed at the periphery of the penetration hole; a plurality of first through holes that penetrate the board between the first and second pattern wires; a third pattern wire formed at the periphery of the penetration hole; a fourth pattern wire formed at the periphery of the penetration hole; and a plurality of second through holes that penetrate the board between the third and fourth pattern wires, wherein, when a conductor in which an AC voltage is generated and an AC current flows is disposed so as to pass through the penetration hole, the first and second pattern wires and the first through holes are formed so as to function as an electrode of a capacitor to detect the AC voltage generated in the conductor, and the third and fourth pattern wires and the second through holes are formed in a coiled shape so as to function as a current transformer to detect the AC current flowing in the conductor. | 15,287 |
9,240,123 | 1. A method comprising: dividing a candidate road into road segments by perpendicular bisectors; receiving probe data from mobile devices in probe vehicles or on travelers on the candidate road, wherein the probe data includes geographic location probe data; performing, using a processor, a first map-matching process, wherein the geographic location probe data is aligned to the candidate road or a specific lane on the candidate road, forming aligned probe data; and performing, using the processor, a second map-matching process, wherein the aligned probe data is shifted to and grouped at a closest perpendicular bisector in a direction of travel for each mobile device, forming double map-matched probe data configured to be analyzed and compared with real time probe data aligned and shifted to a same geographic location. | 30,779 |
8,758,643 | 1. A method of producing MgH 2 in which a material including magnesium is combined with hydrogen, comprising: making a compressed matter by accumulating and compressing a plurality of flakes including magnesium; and producing MgH wherein each of said flakes has a thickness of 150 μm or smaller; and wherein said compressed matter has a density of a value between 0.4 g/cm | 3,912 |
9,054,354 | 1. A fuel cell powered vehicle comprising: a fuel cell disposed on the vehicle to produce usable electrical energy and water; a fuel tank disposed on the vehicle to contain a supply of fuel for the fuel cell; a holding tank disposed on the vehicle to hold the water produced by the fuel cell; a holding tank drain valve in fluid communication with the holding tank; a fueling fitting disposed on the vehicle that seals with a mating fueling nozzle; a sensing system including a sensor to sense the fueling nozzle coupled to the fueling fitting and to open the holding tank drain valve to allow the water to drain when the fueling nozzle coupled to the fueling fitting is sensed; and a pressure sensor for sensing a pressure of incoming fuel. | 943 |
9,268,897 | 1. In a method for manufacturing integrated circuit devices using a double patterning router having a processing engine including the steps of providing original same mask color rules associated with a plurality of values, and providing a set of integrated circuit (IC) test designs defining a design space; the improvement comprising increasing the robustness of the double patterning router by: perturbing said original same mask color rules to define perturbed same mask color rules associated with a plurality of expanded values, wherein the plurality of expanded values are expanded from the plurality of values associated with the original same mask color rules, and wherein the perturbed same mask color rules define a perturbed color rule space; applying said perturbed color rule space and said design space to said router processing engine; and processing said perturbed color rule space and said design space to expose double pattern routing odd cycle decomposition errors. | 7,436 |
8,826,667 | 1. A system, comprising: a gas turbine combustor, comprising: a combustion liner disposed about a combustion region; a flow sleeve disposed about the combustion liner; an air passage between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve; a structure extending completely between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve in the air passage, wherein the structure obstructs an airflow path through the air passage; and an aerodynamic wake reducer in the air passage, wherein the aerodynamic wake reducer is configured to redirect an airflow around the structure to reduce a wake region associated with and downstream of the structure, the aerodynamic wake reducer comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge faces toward the airflow path, the trailing edges faces away from the airflow path, and a trailing edge angle of the aerodynamic wake reducer is less than a leading edge angle of the aerodynamic wake reducer. | 7,310 |
9,278,298 | 1. An oil compound used for defoaming comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of a substantially hydrophobic organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of 10 to 100,000 mm (B) 1 to 20 parts by weight of finely divided silica that has undergone surface hydrophobization treatment, wherein when an insoluble matter is collected from the oil compound by using hexane and the spectra of the insoluble matter are measured by | 27,207 |
9,071,056 | 1. An energy storage system, configured to be connected to at least one of a power generating system, a grid, and a load, the energy storage system comprising: a battery system configured to store power received from at least one of the grid and the power generating system and/or to provide power to at least one of the grid and the load, the battery system comprising: | 31,182 |
9,074,834 | 1. A target shooting gun muffler comprising an elongated housing, said housing having a front wall and a back wall and an interior wall, said interior wall having a sound suppressing lining, an entry hole extending through said front wall, an exit hole extending through said back wall, entry hole cross hairs extending outwardly from said entry hole, the continuation of said entry hole cross hairs intersecting in said entry hole, exit hole cross hairs extending outwardly from said exit hole, the continuation of said exit hole cross hairs intersecting in said exit hole, and each of said front wall and said back wall in at least the area of said entry hole cross hairs and said exit hole cross hairs being made of a non-opaque material whereby a shooter may align said entry hole cross hairs and said entry hole cross hairs with each other and with a target to facilitate shooting accuracy. | 30,649 |
9,799,211 | 1. An equipment control device comprising: a control signal receiver for receiving a control signal for controlling indoor equipment from a remote control terminal, via a network, the control signal including an authorized person identification; an authorization receiver for receiving an authorized instruction or a non-authorized instruction from a resident, for control indicated by the control signal received; an authorized person determiner for determining whether or not a received instruction is from an authorized person who is a resident and for whom control is authorized in advance; an equipment controller for controlling the indoor equipment based on the control signal received, only when the received instruction is the authorized instruction and is from the authorized person; an authorization result transmitter for transmitting to the remote control terminal authorization result information indicating content of the received instruction; an unauthorized person notifier for notifying the remote control terminal that the received instruction is from a resident other than the authorized person when the authorized person determiner determines that the received instruction is from the resident other than the authorized person; an authorization necessity information memory for storing authorization necessity information indicating, for each type of control of the equipment, whether or not the control requires authorization from the authorized person; and an authorization necessity determiner for determining whether or not authorization from the authorized person is necessary for control indicated by the control signal received, with reference to the authorization necessity information; wherein when the authorization necessity determiner determines that authorization is unnecessary, the equipment controller controls the equipment based on the received control signal, without waiting for the received instruction from the authorized person, and wherein when the authorization necessity determiner determines that authorization is necessary, the equipment controller controls the equipment based on the received control signal only when the received instruction is from the authorized person. | 18,811 |
9,767,290 | 1. A method of vulnerability analysis of a deployed program, the method comprising: receiving a binary program under analysis (BPUA) derived from the deployed program; analyzing input/output (I/O) behavior of the deployed program; discovering inputs to the deployed program based on application of two or more exploration techniques to the BPUA and analysis of the I/O behavior, the inputs including a first set of inputs discovered during a symbolic execution process, a second set of inputs discovered during a side-channel input generation, and a third set of inputs from an I/O state machine module (stateful model) generation process; determining which of the inputs are negative inputs, the negative inputs including a portion of the inputs that trigger a response that includes a vulnerability of the deployed program; based on the negative inputs and triggered responses, developing a patch for the deployed program that modifies the deployed program to process at least some of the negative inputs without triggering a response that includes the vulnerability; and automatically dispatching the patch to the deployed program. | 11,543 |
8,840,096 | 1. Device for alternately holding and releasing a metallic sample holder, in particular a metallic cap closing a sample containing vial, the device comprising: a support member, a pin fastened to the support member and provided at its free end with a magnet for holding the sample holder, and an outer fixed tubular body which is mounted on said support member around and substantially along said pin, characterized in that the device further comprises: an inner tubular guide which is movably mounted along an axis inside said body and is able to occupy an axially outer releasing position of the sample holder where its axially outer end surrounds said magnet, and an axially inner holding position of the sample holder where the guide is retracted axially inwards said body so that said magnet may hold the sample holder, at least one cam having a curved track being formed on said guide and cooperating with a follower which is included in the device and which is movably mounted through said body and able to follow said track upon movement of the guide, and elastic means which surround said pin and which bear against said support member and against an axially inner end of the guide to bias the latter towards its releasing position, said at least one cam cooperating with said elastic means to reversibly lock said or each follower in said holding position when the guide is moved inwards said body, and to retrieve said initial releasing position after further moving the guide inwards to unlock the follower and then releasing this inward movement. | 30,962 |
9,174,524 | 1. A control device equipped with a programmable controller configured to execute control for an electric motor vehicle comprising: a drive motor that generates a drive torque to be transmitted to drive wheels; and a power supply source including at least a generator having an electric motor and providing power to the drive motor, wherein the programmable controller is programmed to | 49,065 |
8,994,203 | 1. A linear hydrokinetic energy conversion apparatus, comprising: a) an essentially non-circular closed-loop track comprising a substantially linear segment situated normal to the direction of a water flow in a waterway, wherein the track comprises at least one rail; b) at least one blade assembly adapted to move on the entire length of the track, where said at least one blade assembly comprises at least one rail system connection adapted to securely connect the at least one blade assembly to the track, and at least one airfoil blade, where a portion of the at least one airfoil blade is at least partially submerged in the water flow and adapted to move linearly in response to the water flow; c) the at least one airfoil blade having an airfoil cross sectional contour and pitch angle such that the force from the difference of tangential components of lift and drag acting on the airfoil is in the direction of motion of the at least one airfoil blade, where the lift component is greater than the drag component, resulting in the force propelling the at least one blade assembly along the track in response to the flow of water in the waterway; and d) power production means operatively associated with the force of the motion of said at least one airfoil blade on the track, wherein the power produced is selected from rotary power and production of electricity. | 40,550 |
9,379,402 | 1. A method of manufacturing an anion conducting electrolyte membrane comprising: graftpolymerizing a vinyl monomer which contains halogenated alkyl groups attached on a polymeric material which consists of fluorine polymer, olefinic polymer or aromatic polymer using radiation; quaternizing at least one part of the grafts attached on the polymeric material introduced by the radiation graftpolymerization with a plurality of strong organic bases, including controlling the basicity of a quaternary salt resulting from the quaternizing with the plurality of strong organic bases; and substituting halogen anions of the quaternized grafts with hydroxide ions. | 29,163 |
9,720,706 | 1. A method for generating task flows for an application, the method comprising: receiving user input via at least one input device of a data processing system; monitoring the user input via a listener component of the data processing system to identify a plurality of actions taken by a user within an application; comparing each of the plurality of actions to a plurality of predetermined key actions within a key action list stored within the data processing system, wherein the plurality of predetermined key actions represents specific actions taken within the application that include at least one of: changes that affect an operation of the data processing system for the user; and changes to a project configuration within the application; determining, based on the comparing of each of the plurality of actions to the plurality of predetermined key actions, at least one key action from among the plurality of actions taken by the user within the application that matches at least one of the plurality of predetermined key actions; logging the at least one key action within the data processing system; determining whether the at least one key action is associated with at least one previous key action taken that is logged within the data processing system; in response to determining the at least one key action is associated with at least one previous key action, linking the at least one key action to the at least one previous key action to form a task flow; and storing, in a data store, a representation of the task flow for access by other users of the application. | 41,953 |
8,376,139 | 1. A packing for bicycle pedals, comprising: first and second pedals having recesses, a pedestal for supporting the first pedal thereon, the shape of the pedestal being adapted to the outer contours of the first pedal, a fixing means for fixing the first pedal on the pedestal, and a receiving cavity for the second pedal, wherein the pedestal comprises two domes, the shapes and dimensions of said domes being in agreement with said recesses formed in the first pedal, said two domes comprising, at their tip, an elastically deformable rear-engagement portion for engagement behind an undercut of the first pedal, wherein the two domes of the pedestal are arranged at a mutual distance, thereby forming an intermediate space, in a direction transverse to the axis of the first pedal so that the axis of the first pedal can be received in the intermediate space. | 48,988 |
8,959,023 | 1. A method comprising: providing, by a computing device, an audio signal indicative of at least one notification in a plurality of notifications and automatically activating a listening mode on the computing device, wherein the plurality of notifications relate to a plurality of incoming communications and a plurality of different applications on the computing device, such that each notification in the plurality of notifications indicates that a respective incoming communication in the plurality of incoming communications can be accessed using a respective application in the plurality of different applications; receiving a voice input during the listening mode; obtaining an input text based on speech recognition performed upon the voice input; detecting a command in the input text; generating an output text in response to detecting the command in the input text, wherein the output text is based on the plurality of notifications; and providing, by the computing device, a voice output that identifies each of the different applications prior to receiving a selection of an application in the plurality of different applications. | 29,175 |
8,950,957 | 1. Configurable printer for different paper sizes and types, comprising: a print mechanism; a cutter mechanism for cutting paper from a paper roll; a controller for controlling the print mechanism and the cutter; a paper bucket for receiving a first sized paper roll to be printed; a divider for the paper bucket for reducing a width of the paper bucket to accept a second sized paper roll which is smaller than the first sized paper roll; one or more protrusions extending from the divider such that at least one of the one or more protrusions fix the divider in the paper bucket in a removable manner; and a bucket sensor adapted to sense at least one of insertion of the divider into the paper bucket and removal of the divider from the paper bucket and to provide a paper size signal to the controller; a flag for triggering the bucket sensor upon insertion of the divider into the paper bucket such that at least one of the one or more protrusions extending from the divider depresses the flag; wherein: | 4,184 |
9,397,606 | 1. A photovoltaic module mounting system, comprising: a rail, wherein the rail includes an elongated body with opposing shoulders and opposing sides, wherein a first track is defined by a one of the opposing shoulders, and wherein a second track is defined by a one of the opposing sides; a clamp, wherein, in an operative configuration, the clamp is engaged with the first track and a photovoltaic module is mountable on the rail by the clamp; a threaded fastener, wherein in an operative configuration, the threaded fastener is disposed through a hole defined by a base of the clamp and is disposed in the first track; a keeper, wherein, in an operative configuration, the keeper is engaged with the second track; wherein in the operative configuration, a bottom-most portion of the clamp is positioned in contact with a top surface of the rail and an entirety of a remaining portion of the clamp extends above the top surface of the rail. | 47,270 |
8,920,985 | 1. A method of generating electrical power, the method comprising: flowing hydrogen across an anode; splitting the hydrogen into protons and electrons using an anode catalyst attached to the anode; directing the electrons to a circuit to produce electrical power; flowing oxygen molecules across a cathode; splitting the oxygen molecules into oxygen atoms using a cathode catalyst the cathode catalyst including a plurality of nanoparticles having terraces formed of platinum, and corner regions and edge regions formed of a second metal; passing the protons through an electrolyte to the cathode; and combining the protons with the oxygen atoms to form water. | 9,710 |
9,494,731 | 1. A light bar, comprising light emitters, a substrate and a connector, wherein the light emitters and the connector are provided on the substrate, the connector comprises an input port configured to be connected to a driving circuit and an output port connected to the light emitters, a through hole penetrating through the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate is provided in the substrate, the connector is inserted into the through hole so that a first end of the connector protrudes from a first side of the substrate and a second end of the connector protrudes from a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side, wherein the input port and the output port are arranged at an end of the connector which is on the same side as the light emitters. | 9,285 |
9,703,360 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a home button; at least one sensor; at least one processor coupled to the sensor and the home button; and a storage device storing one or more programs executable by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to: detect data from the sensor in event the home button is pressed; record a duration of pressing the home button in event the detected data is within a predetermined value; detect a current state of the electronic device; and change the current state of the electronic device according to the recorded duration, wherein the current state of the electronic device is changed by: | 2,570 |
9,718,001 | 1. A method for fractionating biomass, the method comprising: pretreating a biomass to produce a fluidized biomass; and subjecting the fluidized biomass to shear forces and pulses within a processing chamber to produce a first fraction and a fractionated biomass, wherein the processing chamber includes a cylindrical rotor having a plurality of elongated blades extending radially outwardly therefrom in circumferentially spaced-apart relationship, and a bed plate movably positioned within the processing chamber adjacent to the rotor, wherein the bed plate includes a plurality of elongated fins extending outwardly therefrom in substantially parallel space-apart relationship, and wherein the rotor is rotated in a manner to accelerate the biomass against the fins of the bed plate and to cause the bed plate to pulsate against the rotor with the biomass there between while avoiding attrition of the biomass to cause the cellular structure of the biomass to release its components without denaturing or altering the chemistry of the biomass components. | 36,704 |
9,202,885 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a plurality of Schottky diodes, the method comprising: providing a P-type semiconductor substrate; defining a diode array region having the plurality of Schottky diodes and a peripheral device region on the P-type semiconductor substrate; forming an N+ buried layer in the diode array region; forming a semiconductor epitaxial layer on a portion of the peripheral device region and on the N+ buried layer; forming a plurality of deep trench isolations through at least the epitaxial layer and the N+ buried layer along a first direction; forming a plurality of shallow trench isolations within the diode array region and within the peripheral device region along a second direction, the shallow trench isolations having a depth equal to or greater than a thickness of the epitaxial layer; wherein forming a plurality of shallow trench isolations comprises: wherein performing an ion implantation comprises implanting dopants at an energy in a range between 5 KeV and 40 KeV, a dose in a range between 1.0×10 forming an N− doped region within a region of the epitaxial layer disposed between the deep trench isolations and the shallow trench isolations of the diode array region; and forming a metal silicide on the N− doped region. | 37,685 |
9,574,114 | 1. A process for binding polymeric fibers comprising: forming an intermediate comprising an amine salt of an inorganic acid; adding an aldehyde or ketone to the intermediate; forming a binder including the aldehyde or ketone and the intermediate; applying the binder to fibers of a non-woven web of polymeric fibers; and curing the binder while present on the fibers. | 24,524 |
8,802,653 | 1. A deodorant composition consisting essentially of 0.01% to 5% of β-cyclodextrin, 3.5% to 4.5% of hydroxyethylcellulose, 0.1% to 0.50% of 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, 0.1% to 0.50% of a mixture of methylisothiazolinone, phenethyl alcohol, and PPG-2-methyl ether, 0.2% to 0.8% of propylene glycol, 0.1% to 0.5% of polysorbate 20, 0.03% to 0.08% of EDTA, a solvent, optionally a fragrance, optionally a pH adjusting agent, optionally a salt, and optionally a moisturizer wherein the composition is not translucent and is not opaque. | 28,198 |
8,883,639 | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor device over a substrate, comprising: forming a first conductive layer over the substrate; forming a first dielectric layer over the first conductive layer; forming a first opening in the first dielectric layer; depositing a seed layer over the first dielectric layer and in the first opening; forming a layer of conductive nanotubes from the seed layer over the first dielectric layer and over the first opening; forming a second dielectric over the layer of conductive nanotubes; forming a second opening in the second dielectric layer over the first opening; and depositing conductive material in the second opening, wherein a first portion of the conductive nanotubes extends from the first dielectric layer to the second dielectric layer and a second portion of the conductive nanotubes extends from the first conductive layer to the conductive material. | 45,131 |
9,825,228 | 1. A hyperbranched polymer comprising at least one unit of formula (I) wherein the lines are connections to further units of the polymer; and at least one unit of formula (II) wherein the line is a connection to another unit of the polymer, wherein at least one unit of formula (II) is selected from a solubility-promoting unit of formula (IIId2): wherein | 29,424 |
8,857,787 | 1. An electro-pneumatic device, comprising a sensor portion, including a sensor, receiving and transmitting electronic control signals of a plurality of frequencies via a power and control bus, the sensor portion being, powered by a first of the frequencies of the control signals received by the sensor portion during a first time period; and a valve portion electrically communicating with the sensor via the power and control bus, the valve portion including a valve being, alternately set to an open state and a closed state based on a second of the plurality of frequencies of the received control signals, the sensor sensing a delivery pressure of the valve and transmitting electronic data signals representing the delivery pressure at a third of the plurality of frequencies, the first frequency being faster than the second frequency, the third frequency being faster than the first frequency, the third frequency being superimposed with the first frequency in the control signals received by the sensor portion during a second time period, which is after the first time period, and the third frequency being superimposed with the first frequency and the second frequency in the control signals received by the sensor portion during a third time period which is after the second time period. | 39,040 |
8,911,532 | 1. A method of leaching copper from a copper sulfide ore by a process of leaching a layer of stacked ores, wherein a leaching solution containing Fe (III) ion and other leaching solution containing iodide ion are fed through routes independent of each other to a layer of stacked ores containing a copper sulfide ore. | 19,746 |
9,276,518 | 1. A device for securing a panel comprising: a support structure comprising a first side, a second side, and a base in between the first side and second side, wherein the first side and the second side each comprises a top end opposite a bottom end, wherein the first side and the second side each connect to the base at the bottom end and extend vertically relative to the base, wherein a channel is formed at the to end of the first side and is sized to receive an edge of the panel within, wherein the channel is formed in between a first portion formed by a first bend in a first direction away from the second side, a second portion formed by a second bend in the first direction, and a third portion formed by a third bend in a second direction, opposite that of the first direction, wherein an entrance of the channel is substantially facing away from the second side, wherein a support flange is formed at the top end of the second side. | 30,069 |
9,739,262 | 1. A static testing and calibrating method for PID link of control system of wind turbine, the method comprising: testing a PID control link, wherein the testing the PID control link comprises: testing a PID regulator response characteristics, wherein the testing the PID regulator response characteristics comprises: calibrating the PID link of control system by applying test results of the PID control link and the PID regulation response characteristics. | 1,795 |
9,583,804 | 1. An energy store comprising: at least one stack, each stack comprising at least one storage cell, each cell comprising an air electrode and a storage electrode, the storage electrode being adjacent to ducts which contain a storage medium and steam, wherein the ducts have a larger cross sectional area than a cross sectional area of the storage medium. | 47,891 |
8,808,372 | 1. A breast implant spacer comprising a cement and an antibiotic, antifungal, bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal agent, or a combination thereof, wherein the spacer comprises a plurality of segments that are connected by at least a first pivot pin, a wire, or a spring. | 7,489 |
8,436,590 | 1. A discharge circuit for a DC power supply smoothing capacitor that is used in a power conversion device that is supplied with electrical power from a DC power supply via a switch comprising: a resistor that discharges charge in the capacitor; a switch connected in series with the resistor, that either passes or intercepts discharge current flowing from the capacitor to the resistor; a measurement circuit that measures a terminal voltage of the capacitor; and a control circuit that controls continuity and discontinuity of the switch; wherein the control circuit, after having made the switch continuous and starting discharge of the capacitor by the resistor, if a terminal voltage of the capacitor as measured by the measurement circuit exceeds a voltage decrease characteristic set in advance, makes the switch discontinuous and stops discharge by the resistor, and does not restart discharge until a first predetermined time period elapses during which a temperature of the resistor decreases. | 19,472 |
9,797,640 | 1. A refrigerating apparatus comprising: a centrifugal compressor; a capacity control mechanism configured to control the capacity of the compressor by changing an opening degree of the capacity control mechanism; an expansion mechanism configured to reduce a pressure of a refrigerant; and a controller configured to calculate an opening degree of the expansion mechanism using compressor capacity as one of a plurality of indices of change in load, with the compressor capacity being obtained from a current rotation number of the compressor, an opening degree of the capacity control mechanism, and a divergence rate of a current operation head from a surge region. | 5,326 |
9,604,326 | 1. A device employed in a system for facilitating assembly of a product, the assembly being carried out by following at least one assembly sequence, an assembly sequence comprising several successive assembly steps graded by execution ranks, the device being associated with a single parts storage bin employed for one or more assembly steps for the product, the device comprising: a presence sensor; at least one signalling member; a sequencer connected to the presence sensor and to the signalling member, the sequencer comprising a microcontroller configured to manage the assembly sequence; a communication interface configured to exchange messages on a communication line; and a detector configured to detect passage to a learning phase, wherein the sequencer is configured to manage one or more of the assembly steps associated with the sequencer, without managing other assembly steps that are not associated with the sequencer, by storing and marking a rank of an assembly step associated with the sequencer, the sequencer is configured to dispatch a control signal to the signalling member when the marked rank is reached, the sequencer is configured to receive a detection signal originating from the presence sensor, the sequencer is configured to dispatch a message on the communication line, representative of an end of the assembly step corresponding to the marked rank, and the sequencer is configured to dispatch, during the learning phase, a message on the communication line to an other device of the system indicating that the other device is not relevant to the one or more assembly steps associated with the sequencer. | 21,009 |
9,637,327 | 1. Apparatus for loading shipping containers on over-the-road trailers at a rail siding including a pair of spaced apart rails configured for movement of rail cars thereon, said apparatus comprising: a rail car, said rail car comprising | 23,823 |
9,522,716 | 1. An offshore wind turbine, comprising: a buoyancy structure intended to provide a buoyancy force to support the wind turbine, wherein the buoyancy structure comprises: a floater tank; and a damping structure extending radially outward from the floater tank, the damping structure comprising a plurality of damping braces and a plurality of damping sheets, wherein a proximal end of each the plurality of damping braces is hinged to the floater tank, each of the damping sheets having a first side and a second side attached to a first and a second adjacent damping brace, respectively, and each of the damping sheets having a solid cross-section substantially covering an annular area defined by the floater tank and the two adjacent braces. | 36,527 |
8,606,617 | 1. A computer-implemented method to acquire advertising-related data, comprising: receiving a population value and Cume values related to individual media stations based on predetermined rating parameters of the media stations, by executing program instructions in a computer system; identifying a set of multiple media stations that includes two or more of the individual media stations, by executing program instructions in the computer system; and computing a value, C, indicating a probability that a listener is listening to at least one media station in the set of multiple media stations for the set of multiple media stations according to the formula where i denotes an individual media station, Π represents a product of a sequence of terms, n is the number of media stations in the set, P is the population value, and C | 42,659 |
8,667,205 | 1. A system for deadlock resolution in end-to-end credit protocol, comprising a plurality of source controllers configured to receive data frames on an incoming link, wherein each source controller includes a plurality of credit counters; and a plurality of end controllers configured to receive data frames from the plurality of source controllers, wherein each end controller includes a buffer credit counter, a plurality of request counters, and an output buffer; wherein each of the plurality of credit counters corresponds to one of the plurality of end controllers and stores a number of credits received from that end controller; wherein the buffer credit counter of each end controller stores a number of available credits of the end controllers; wherein each of the request counters corresponds to one of the plurality of source controllers and stores a number of credit requests received from that source controller. | 34,088 |
8,415,936 | 1. A multiphase DC-DC converter for converting an input DC voltage to an output DC voltage, comprising: an input node for receiving the input DC voltage and an output node for providing the output DC voltage, each relative to a reference voltage on a reference node; at least one conversion path coupled between said input and output nodes, each said conversion path comprising: at least one first switch capacitance network, each comprising an electronic switch coupled in parallel with a capacitance, and each coupled between a corresponding first intermediate node and said reference node; a plurality of second switch capacitance networks, each comprising an electronic switch coupled in parallel with a capacitance, and each coupled between a corresponding second intermediate node and said reference node; and a multiphase switch controller which controls each of said at least one first switch capacitance network and said plurality of second capacitance networks based on zero voltage switching relative to voltages of said at least one first intermediate node and said at least one second intermediate node. | 33,274 |
8,419,540 | 1. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a game program which causes a computer, in a game apparatus comprising a pointing device indicating a position on a display screen on which a game image is displayed, to execute: a coordinate detection step which detects, at regular time intervals and based on output signals from the pointing device, a series of coordinate values each of which is inputted through the pointing device and indicates a position on the display screen; a second object designation step which designates, when a first object displayed on the display screen is being controlled through the pointing device based on the series of coordinate values detected at the coordinate detection step and when a plurality of second objects displayed on the display screen are selected based on the series of coordinate values detected at the coordinate detection step, at least one second object among the plurality of second objects based on a predetermined priority order, and an action control step which controls one of the first object and the at least one second object designated at the second object designation step to perform a predetermined action on the other of the first object and the at least one second object. | 35,800 |
8,993,191 | 1. A method of testing a fuel cell stack, comprising: moving at least one voltage probe along the fuel cell stack; and sequentially measuring a voltage of fuel cell stack elements, wherein the at least voltage probe includes at least one contact voltage probe, and wherein moving at least one voltage probe along the fuel cell stack comprises actuating a screw mechanism to impart a vertical linear motion to a carriage to vertically move the carriage along at least one guide rail parallel to the fuel cell stack, such that the at least one voltage probe supported by at least one probe support from the carriage including at least one swing arm freely swings below the carriage to contact the fuel cell stack elements. | 8,837 |
9,541,336 | 1. An evaporation heat transfer tube with a hollow cavity comprises a tube main body; outer fins are arranged at intervals on the outer surface of said tube main body and inter-fin grooves are formed between two adjacent outer fins, wherein said evaporation heat transfer tube with a hollow cavity further comprises at least one hollow frustum structure; said hollow frustum structure is arranged at the bottom of said inter-fin grooves and the said hollow frustum structure is surrounded by side walls; the top of the said hollow frustum structure is provided with an opening; said side walls extend inwards and upwards from the bottom of said inter-fin grooves and thus the area of said opening is less than the area of the bottom of said hollow frustum structure; the inner surface of said side walls and the outer surface of said side walls are intersected at said opening to form a flange. | 21,124 |
9,660,517 | 1. A DC-AC conversion device, comprising: a DC-DC conversion circuit having a full bridge circuit for bidirectionally performing AC-DC conversion on alternating current and direct current by switching control and converting DC voltage applied to a DC terminal pair of the full bridge circuit to output the converted DC voltage; a DC-AC conversion circuit converting DC voltage output from the DC-DC conversion circuit into AC voltage and outputting the converted AC voltage; a coil with one end connected to one terminal of the DC terminal pair; a capacitor connected between another end of the coil and another terminal of the DC terminal pair; a short-circuit control part controlling switching of the full bridge circuit so that a leg of the full bridge circuit is temporarily short-circuited; a phase reverse control part controlling switching of the full bridge circuit so that a phase of AC voltage output from the full bridge circuit is reversed, after the short-circuit control part temporarily short-circuits the leg of the full bridge circuit; and a short-circuit duration variation part varying a duration for which the leg of the full bridge circuit is short-circuited at a specific cycle according to a cycle of AC voltage output from the DC-AC conversion circuit. | 29,425 |
9,127,851 | 1. A heating and cooling system comprising: a heat storage tank; an outdoor coil; an indoor coil; a water-to-water heat pump; an outdoor fan; an indoor fan; a three-way valve; a first three-directional water pump wherein the three directional water pump comprises a first water pump, a second three-way valve, and a third three-way valve; a second three-directional water pump wherein the second three directional water pump comprises a second water pump, a fourth three-way valve, and a fifth three-way valve; the heat storage tank connecting to the three-way valve by a connecting tube; the heat storage tank connecting to the first three-directional water pump by a connecting tube; the heat storage tank connecting to the second three-directional water pump by a connecting tube; a first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor coil via the first three-directional water pump; a second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor coil via the three-way valve; the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor side of water-to-water heat pump via the first three-directional water pump; the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor side of water-to-water heat pump via the three-way valve; the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the second three-directional water pump by a connecting tube; the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor coil via the second three-directional water pump; the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to an indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump via the second three directional water pump; the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor coil via the three-way valve; the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump via the three-way valve; the outdoor coil, the first three-directional water pump, and the outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump being connected to form a loop; and the indoor coil, the second three-directional water pump, and the indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump being connected to form a loop. | 15,563 |
9,675,928 | 1. A method of inhibiting nitrosation of an aqueous amine solution used in a process of removing carbon dioxide from a flue gas, comprising: adding an effective amount of an antioxidant to the aqueous amine solution being circulated between an absorber and a stripper of a carbon dioxide capture system whereby carbon dioxide is removed from flue gas and formation of undesirable nitrosamines and nitramines is inhibited, wherein the antioxidant is selected from the group consisting of vanillin, vitamin D, erythorbic acid, triphenylmethylmercaptan, 2-mercapto 1-methyl benzimidazole and 2,5-dimercapto 1,3,5-thiodiazole. | 24,154 |
9,396,831 | 1. A polymer compound comprising a constituent unit represented by the formula (1), the formula (2), the formula (3) or the formula (4): wherein in the formulae (1) to (4), Ar | 7,448 |
9,023,551 | 1. A membrane electrode assembly, comprising: an anode; a cathode; a membrane between the anode and the cathode; and a protective layer between the membrane and at least one electrode of the anode and the cathode, the protective layer comprising a layer of ionomer material containing a catalyst, the layer having a porosity of between 0 and 10%, an ionomer content of between 50 and 80% vol., a catalyst content of between 10 and 50% vol., and an electrical connectivity between catalyst particles of between 35 and 75%, and further wherein the layer has a thickness of less than or equal to about 5 μm, and wherein the catalyst is supported on carbon having a surface area of less than 250 m2/g and has an active metal catalyst surface area of less than 10 m2/g. | 615 |
9,276,418 | 1. A battery cartridge and kiosk system, configured to receive and retain one or more standard sizes of rechargeable consumer batteries and to facilitate receipt, recharging, and dispensing of the batteries, the cartridge comprising: plural adjoining sidewalls defining an enclosure having an internal cavity configured to receive and retain one or more rechargeable consumer batteries in a predetermined arrangement and predetermined orientation; a cover portion that closes the cavity when disposed in a secured position, and that allows insertion and removal of batteries from the cavity when disposed in an unsecured position; a battery viewing window formed through a sidewall of the plural sidewalls and configured to expose to external view a portion of a battery disposed therein; and a keying structure asymmetrically presented at an exterior of the cartridge. | 22,871 |
8,661,236 | 1. A method comprising: executing first initialization code of a first divided-type application program during booting of said computer, and shifting said first initialization code of said first divided-type application program to an idle state before a boot completion of said computer; in response to first activation event after said boot completion, executing second initialization code of said first divided-type application program; and in response to a second activation event after said boot completion, executing first and second initialization code of a second divided-type application program. | 5,582 |
9,824,444 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an input section configured to receive fluorescence image information obtained by picking up an image of fluorescence based on application of excitation light to a subject provided with a fluorescent substance with a specific effect on a living tissue and therapeutic light position image information including an application position of therapeutic light for causing the fluorescent substance to make an effect on a living body; a specification section configured to specify an application region of the therapeutic light in the fluorescence image information based on the therapeutic light position image information inputted to the input section; an extraction section configured to extract a luminance value corresponding to the application region of the therapeutic light specified by the specification section in the fluorescence image information inputted to the input section and a luminance value corresponding to a region other than the application region of the therapeutic light in the fluorescence image information; and a calculation section configured to calculate and output a ratio of the luminance value corresponding to the application region extracted by the extraction section to the luminance value corresponding to the region other than the application region. | 3,494 |
8,746,315 | 1. An apparatus for the production of a fuselage shell for an aircraft consisting of a fiber composite, which is to be equipped with a plurality of stringers disposed spaced apart for reinforcement, comprising: a main frame forming a supporting sub-structure having an outwardly curved mounting surface for positive mounting having a plurality of longitudinal mounting grooves for receiving of a plurality of formed parts in a form-fit manner for deformably positioning the stringers relative to the mounting surface, wherein a plurality of short formed parts are disposed spaced apart from each other in each mounting groove; wherein the stringers are adjustable by an adjuster relative to the corresponding mounting groove in the transverse direction (Y) defined from a first side of the groove to a second side of the groove, and configured to be moved in the vertical direction (Z) in or out of the groove by at least first and second lifters for guiding the stringers in the direction of a laminating adhesive bonding unit brought over the mounting surface. | 8,128 |
8,860,746 | 1. A video display device with a wide color gamut display having an expanded color reproduction range as a color reproduction range wider than the color reproduction range of the sRGB standard, and correcting an input video signal conforming to a standard having a color reproduction range narrower than the expanded color reproduction range and inputting the input video signal to the wide color gamut display, the video display device comprising: a correcting portion configured to correct a signal value of the input video signal showing a color in a predetermined correction target color range, partly including a red hue reference range as a saturation portion of a center point in a color range of an equal hue ranging from achromatic colors having the lowest saturation to red having the highest saturation in the expanded color reproduction range, but not including red having the highest saturation in the expanded color reproduction range, so that the hue of the signal value changes to a hue between yellow and red in the expanded color reproduction range, wherein, in doing so, the correcting portion corrects the signal value, without correcting red having the highest saturation in the expanded color reproduction range, so that the hue of the red hue reference range is changed into a hue within a range ranging from achromatic colors having the lowest saturation in the color reproduction range of a standard to which the input video signal conforms to the red hue having the highest saturation, and so that the hue change into the changed hue between yellow and red is smaller for an input color which is a longer distance from the red hue reference range in the expanded color reproduction range than an input color which is closer to the red hue reference range. | 27,409 |
9,200,280 | 1. An oligonucleotide comprising a modified human STAT3 sense strand comprising an oligonucleotide having the nucleotides set forth in SEQ ID NO:17, wherein nucleotides at positions 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12-4, 16-19 and 23 are modified and wherein the modifications are independently selected from the group consisting of a 2′-alkyl pyrimidine, 2′F, 2′OMe, amino, a deoxynucleotide, an abasic sugar, a 2-O-alkyl modified pyrimidine, 4-thiouracil, 5-bromouracil, 5-iodouracil, 5-(3-aminoallyl)-uracil and LNA. | 20,501 |
8,600,556 | 1. A computerized building management system comprising: a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid; a processing circuit; non-transient computer-readable media in communication with the processing circuit; an integrated control layer configured to receive inputs from and to provide outputs to a plurality of building subsystems, the integrated control layer including a plurality of control algorithm modules configured to process the inputs and to determine the outputs; a fault detection and diagnostics layer configured to use the inputs received from the integrated control layer to detect and diagnose faults; a demand response layer configured to process the information received from the smart energy grid to determine adjustments to the plurality of control algorithms of the integrated control layer; wherein the integrated control layer, the fault detection and diagnostics layer, and the demand response layer are each computer code modules stored in the non-transient computer-readable media, wherein the computer code modules configure the processing circuit, when the modules are executed by the processing circuit, to provide the actions of the integrated control layer, the fault detection and diagnostics layer, and the demand response layer; wherein the smart energy grid comprises at least one of: (a) a smart meter configured to receive time-of-use pricing information and wherein the information received by the communications interface is the time-of-use pricing information, and (b) energy providers and purchasers configured to provide daily or hourly time-of-use pricing information to the communications interface; wherein the demand response layer is configured to curtail energy use of the plurality of building subsystems based on the time-of-use pricing information; wherein processing the information by the demand response layer and received from the smart energy grid comprises comparing pricing information to threshold information associated with adjustments for the plurality of control algorithms. | 30,883 |
8,632,614 | 1. An autothermal method of continuous gasification of carbon rich substances, comprising the steps of: using a vertical process chamber having a calcination zone and an oxidation zone, calcinating the carbon rich substances in the calcination zone, oxidizing calcinated carbon rich substances by an oxygen containing gas, drawing off the gaseous reaction products at the top of the vertical process chamber, the vertical process chamber being a vertical shaft kiln, flowing a bulk material which is not oxidized continuously in a cycle from the top to the bottom of the vertical shaft kiln, adding carbon rich substances to the bulk material prior to entrance of the bulk material into the kiln, supplying the oxygen containing gas at least in part below the oxidation zone which causes the rising gas to be conveyed upwardly, cooling down the bulk material and the ash products to 450° C. in a waste heat zone by the rising gases, introducing the oxygen containing gas at least partially at the lower end of the vertical shaft kiln, recovering energy by cooling down the bulk material to below 100° C. in a post cooling zone below the waste heat zone in a counterflow, and removing the bulk material from the kiln. | 49,665 |
8,792,604 | 1. A xenon oscillation prediction method comprising: describing, by relational expressions between a trigonometric function and an exponential function using an angular frequency of xenon oscillation, a parameter DAOpx(=AOp−AOx) and a parameter DAOix(=AOi−AOx), in which AOp is an axial offset of a power distribution of a reactor, AOx is an axial offset of a power distribution casued by xenon distribution, and AOi is an axial offset of a power distribution caused by iodine distribution, as where coefficients ω, φρ, a, b and λ are determined from parameters expressing nuclear characteristics of the reactor or from operation data; obtaining a phase with respect to initial values of the parameter DAOpx and the parameter DAOix; obtaining the coefficients of the relational expressions with respect to the initial values of the parameter DAOpx and the parameter DAOix; and predicting a state of xenon oscillation after the initial values, information of a locus obtained by plotting the parameter DAOpx and the parameter DAOix expressed, respectively on an X coordinate and a Y coordinate, by the relational expressions described by the obtained phase and coefficients. | 20,440 |
8,452,116 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: de-noising an image to generate a de-noised image from the image; determining a noise signature of the image, wherein said determining the noise signature is based on differences between the image and the de-noised image; and automatically determining an estimate of sensor sensitivity associated with the image based on the determined noise signature, wherein the sensor sensitivity is of a sensor used to capture the image. | 2,958 |
9,845,866 | 1. A system for a vehicle operable in a user-controlled driving mode and an automatic driving mode, the system comprising: a control element other than a steering wheel, the control element having a contact sensor, the contact sensor configured to detect whether a driver of the vehicle is holding the control element; a controller in communication with the contact sensor and configured to switch operation of the vehicle from the user-controlled driving mode to the automatic driving mode upon the driver holding the control element after having not held the control element and to switch operation of the vehicle from the automatic driving mode to the user-controlled driving mode upon the driver releasing the control element after having held the control element; wherein: the control element is a drive stick; the system further including a steering wheel sensor configured to detect whether the driver is holding a steering wheel of the vehicle; and the controller is in communication with the steering wheel sensor and is further configured to switch operation of the vehicle between the user-controlled driving mode and the automatic driving mode depending on whether the driver is holding the drive stick and on whether the driver is holding the steering wheel. | 9,158 |
9,396,882 | 1. An electrolyte for a dye-sensitized solar cell, said electrolyte comprising iodine (I a composed ionic liquid in liquid form at room temperature (25° C.) comprising three or more component salts being ionic liquids, wherein at least one of said component salts has a melting point above room temperature, at least three of said component salts comprise a cation independently selected from organic compounds comprising at least one charged atom selected from the group of N two or more of said component salts of said composed ionic liquid comprise the same anion or the same cation. | 47,566 |
8,932,416 | 1. A die-quenched part comprising: A high-strength steel sheet consisting of 0.1 to 0.4 mass % of C, 0.2 to 3 mass % of Si, 0.1 to 5 mass % of Cr, 0.1 to 0.5 mass % of Mo, optional adding 0.0005 to 0.005 mass % of B, and the remainder of substantially Fe and unavoidable impurities, the high-strength steel sheet having a range of Ac3 transformation temperature from 858 to 980° C., wherein the prior-austenite grain size of the high-strength steel sheet is 10 μm or smaller, wherein the die-quenched part has a microstructure of martensite wherein carbide particles are finely dispersed over an entire region including prior-austenite grain boundaries, and a dispersion coefficient of carbide particles is 0.02 or more, the dispersion coefficient of carbide particles being expressed by the following formula (1): where d is a mean diameter in nm of the finely dispersed carbide particles and L is a mean spacing of particles in nm, wherein the die-quenched part is formed by heating a high-strength steel sheet up to an austenite region and then hot stamping and cooling inside a mold so that the dispersion coefficient of carbide particles of the die-quenched part becomes 0.02 or more. | 38,354 |
8,923,196 | 1. A method performed in user equipment (UE) of a wireless communications network, the method comprising: detecting, by the UE, a resource collision between uplink channels for acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signaling of a first component carrier and ACK/NACK signaling of a second component carrier; generating a single indicator including aggregating ACK/NACK signals from each of the first component carrier and the second component carrier into a single signal, wherein aggregating ACK/NACK signals from each of the first component carrier and the second component carrier into a single signal comprises at least taking the logical AND of an ACK/NACK bit of the first component carrier and an ACK/NACK bit of the second component carrier; and transmitting, to a base station, the single indicator representative of the ACK/NACK signaling of the first component carrier and the ACK/NACK signaling of the second component carrier. | 6,394 |
9,221,562 | 1. A container filler-inspecting apparatus, for inspecting a filler with which a container is filled by a fixed amount, the container filler-inspecting apparatus comprising: a weight-measuring unit that measures a weight of the container filled with the filler; a sample-extracting unit that extracts a fixed amount of filler from a tip opening of the container; and a sampling unit that performs a sampling operation by wiping off the filler extracted by the sample-extracting unit with a sampling paper sheet, wherein the sampling unit includes a wiping unit that forms a folded portion in the sampling paper sheet by folding the sampling paper sheet, and wipes off the filler with the sampling paper sheet by causing the container to move relative to the wiping unit. | 43,617 |
9,089,054 | 1. A chip-component structure, comprising: a multilayer capacitor including a laminated body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked on each other, and outer electrodes provided on opposite longitudinal component end surfaces of the laminated body and electrically connected to respective ones of the plurality of internal electrodes; and an interposer including a substrate including a through-hole opened between both principal surfaces thereof, a component connecting electrode provided on a component mount surface defining one of the principal surfaces of the substrate and joined to the outer electrodes, an external connection electrode provided on a substrate mount surface defining the other principal surface of the substrate opposite to the component mount surface, and in-hole electrodes provided in the through-hole to connect the component connecting electrode and the external connection electrode; wherein the in-hole electrodes connected to the different outer electrodes of the multilayer capacitor are provided in the same through-hole. | 32,403 |
9,481,556 | 1. An industrial vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; and a battery pack, which is placed in the vehicle body, wherein the battery pack has a counterweight and a plurality of battery cells, each of the plurality of battery cells contact the counterweight at a contact portion of the counterweight, the contact portion of the counterweight is exposed to an outside environment surrounding the industrial vehicle such that the contact portion exchanges heat with relative wind by a greater amount than non-contact portions of the plurality of battery cells that have no contact with the counterweight, the contact portion extends along a vertical direction of the industrial vehicle, and each of the plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked in the vehicle body and contact the counterweight at the contact portion along the vertical direction of the industrial vehicle. | 40,562 |
9,150,904 | 1. A method of detecting the coincidence of two biomolecular structures in a solid phase sample, said method comprising (i) providing a first and a second fusion protein, each fusion protein comprising (a) a detection domain, said detection domain comprising a DNA binding domain; said detection domain capable of binding a cognate specific nucleotide sequence in co-operation with a further detection domain; (b) a recognition domain, said recognition domain capable of binding a target biomolecular structure; and (c) a connector domain; said connector domain being fused at one end to the detection domain and being fused at the other end to the recognition domain; wherein at least two of (a), (b) and (c) are heterologous to one another; wherein the recognition domains of said first and said second fusion proteins are capable of binding to first and second biomolecular structures; (ii) contacting the sample with said first and second fusion proteins (iii) incubating to allow binding (iv) removing unbound fusion protein (v) contacting the sample with nucleic acid comprising said cognate specific nucleotide sequence (vi) incubating to allow heterotrimeric binding of the nucleic acid (vii) detecting nucleic acid bound to the sample wherein detection of nucleic acid in step (vii) indicates that the two biomolecular structures are present coincidentally in said sample. | 47,908 |
9,604,224 | 1. A system for processing objects containing flammable particles, comprising: a shredder unit having: a particle removal unit having: | 6,255 |
8,471,767 | 1. A radio frequency multilayer substrate, comprising: a plurality of laminated dielectric layers; a 1st central conductor provided between said plurality of dielectric layers and having a 1st principal surface and a 2nd principal surface, said 1st principal surface facing a surface of said plurality of laminated dielectric layers; a 1st ground conductor facing said 1st principal surface of said 1st central conductor via said dielectric layer; a 2nd ground conductor facing said 2nd principal surface of said 1st central conductor via said dielectric layer; a 2nd central conductor formed on said surface of said plurality of laminated dielectric layers; a 3rd ground conductor facing said 2nd central conductor formed among said plurality of dielectric layers; a through-hole penetrating said dielectric layer between said 1st central conductor and said 2nd central conductor and having a conductor electrically connecting said 1st central conductor and said 2nd central conductor; and an insulating hole connected with said through-hole and formed in said laminated dielectric layer, and an end face of said insulating hole being a plane; wherein said insulating hole is formed by cutting said conductor of said through-hole, an inside diameter of said insulation hole is larger than the diameter of said through-hole, said through-hole has a plurality of through-holes, and said insulating hole includes all said plurality of through-holes. | 16,392 |
9,361,052 | 1. A remote server to manage network connections for a plurality of network connectable printers, the remote server comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory resource storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the remote server to: | 43,916 |
9,850,831 | 1. A method for an engine, comprising: during an engine run-up to idle speed: | 31,125 |
9,837,606 | 1. A method of forming a resistance variable memory element, the method comprising: forming a first dielectric layer over a conductive structure of a substrate, the first dielectric layer having a first top surface, the first dielectric layer having an opening exposing an exposed portion of the conductive structure, the first dielectric layer being substantially oxygen-free; forming a first electrode layer over a bottom and sidewalls of the opening, the first electrode layer extending over the first top surface of the first dielectric layer; forming a resistance variable material layer over the first electrode layer, the resistance variable material layer extending above the first top surface of the first dielectric layer; forming a second electrode layer over the resistance variable material layer; forming a second dielectric layer over the resistance variable material layer, the second dielectric layer extending into the opening; and planarizing the first electrode layer, the resistance variable material layer, and the second electrode layer, thereby forming a first electrode, a resistance variable layer and a second electrode. | 49,156 |
9,157,577 | 1. An apparatus for locking and unlocking a door that is arranged between a stationary part and a rotating part of a wind power installation, the apparatus comprising: arresting means for fixing or arresting the rotating part; and locking means located between the rotating part and the stationary part of the wind power installation for locking and unlocking the door, the door being configured to unlock when the arresting means has fixed or stopped the rotating part of the wind power installation. | 47,509 |
8,783,760 | 1. A vehicle suspension strut tower bracing system comprising: a first suspension strut tower; a second suspension strut tower spaced apart from the first strut tower; at least one wall interconnecting the first strut tower to the second strut tower; at least one strut tower brace having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first and second ends fixedly attached to the at least one wall, wherein the entire at least one strut tower brace overlays the at least one wall and is spaced from the first and second strut towers; wherein the strut tower brace comprises: a first support member including the first end and the opposite second end; and a second support member having a first end fixedly attached to the first support member at location spaced inward from the first and second ends of the first support member, and a second end opposite the first end fixedly attached to the at least one wall. | 48,784 |
8,373,155 | 1. An infrared photodetector comprising a layer structure of an intermediate layer, and a quantum dot layer having a narrower band gap than the intermediate layer and including a plurality of quantum dots alternately stacked, and detecting photocurrent generated when infrared radiation is applied to the layer structure to thereby detect the infrared radiation, the infrared photodetector further comprising: a first barrier layer provided on one side of the quantum dot layer and having a larger band gap than the intermediate layer; and a second barrier layer provided on the other side of the quantum dot layer and having a larger band gap than the intermediate layer, wherein the first barrier layer is provided in contact with bottom surfaces of the quantum dots of the quantum dot layer, the second barrier layer covers the quantum dots, a thickness of the first barrier layer is smaller than a thickness of the second barrier layer, and a band gap of the first barrier layer is equal to or larger than a band gap of the second barrier layer. | 24,274 |
9,577,274 | 1. An apparatus for managing a vehicle fuel cell system, comprising: a connection unit which is detachably connected to a control unit of a vehicle fuel cell system; a collection unit which is connected to the connection unit to receive data of the vehicle fuel cell system; a calculation unit which is connected to the collection unit to determine a mode for controlling the vehicle fuel cell system based on the received data; and a control unit which is connected to the calculation unit and the connection unit to control the vehicle fuel cell system on the basis of the control mode determined by the calculation unit, wherein the connection unit is directly connected to the control unit of the vehicle fuel cell system, and the collection unit and the control unit are connected to each other by a cable. | 36,951 |
9,001,783 | 1. A mobile station comprising: a controller to determine a first base station to associate with for transmitting data, wherein the first base station is selected based at least in part on a minimum uplink transmit power metric, and to determine a second different base station to associate with for receiving data, wherein the second base station is selected based at least in part on a maximum downlink SINR metric; and a transceiver to transmit data to the first base station for uplink transmissions while associated with the first base station and the second base station and while an uplink power metric is lower for the first base station than for the second base station, and to receive data from the second base station for downlink transmissions while associated with the first base station and the second base station and while a downlink capacity metric is higher for the second base station than for the first base station; wherein the mobile station is capable to be associated simultaneously with the first base station for uplink transmissions but not downlink transmissions and the second base station for downlink transmissions but not uplink transmissions. | 35,651 |
8,349,281 | 1. A process for sequestrating carbon in the atmosphere, comprising: a) concentrating atmospheric CO b) electro-reduction of resultant liquified CO c) optionally extracting said oxalic acid or formic acid in an aqueous phase; and d) mineralization by reacting said oxalic acid or formic acid with a carbonate of an element M, producing a mineral in which the atomic ratio C/M is about 2/1, wherein M is any metallic element with an oxidation number of +2, and C is carbon, and wherein the oxalic acid and formic acid are in an acid or salt form. | 4,208 |
9,748,474 | 1. A nano-scale electrical contact, comprising: a conductive material having a uniform rectangular cross-section along a length thereof, the uniform rectangular cross-section comprising a first width in a first direction and a second width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each of the first width and the second width is less than about 10 nm; a first dielectric material adjacent to and in contact with the conductive material; and a second dielectric material adjacent to and in contact with the conductive material, the second dielectric material different from the first dielectric material. | 30,379 |
8,444,738 | 1. A filter device for reducing automobile exhaust fume, the filter device comprising: a case including an inlet port, a porous tube and an exhaust port, a combusted exhaust gas flowing into the porous tube having a pipe shape from an engine, the porous tube being formed with a plurality of vent holes through which the exhaust gas is discharged after passing through a metallic foam filter in such a way as to obtain a maximum flow area and simultaneously minimize vibration and deformation by an external force, the exhaust gas being discharged through the exhaust port after passing through the porous tube and a flow passageway; a front flange mounted inside the case, the front flange being vertically fixed to the metallic foam filter wrapping around the porous tube to hold the porous tube and prevent the metallic foam filter from being pushed towards the front end, the front flange being welded with the porous tube at the side of the inlet port such that the front flange and the porous tube at the side of the inlet port are in parallel to each other, thereby propagating the welding heat in the lengthwise of the porous tube at the side of the inlet port, the deformation due to heat transfer being limited to the direction vertical to the flange plane to thereby minimize thermal deformation of the flange plane; a rear flange mounted inside the case, the rear flange being vertically fixed to the rear end of the metallic foam filter wrapping around the porous tube to thereby hold the porous tube and prevent the metallic foam filter from being pushed toward the rear end, the rear flange being formed with small and large grooves protruding on the surface of the rear flange in order to easily position the position of the porous tube by the protruded grooves when fastened with the porous tube at the side of the inlet port, the rear flange being formed with a serrated groove in such a way as to reduce deformation due to a high temperature heat generated when the rear flange is welded to the porous tube at the side of the inlet port, thereby maintaining the evenness of the surface of the rear flange; and a filter member including a laminated-type or rolled-up type metallic foam filter mounted between the front and rear flanges, and a jacket wrapped around the metallic foam filter, the exhaust gas that flows inside the porous tube passing through the metallic foam filter, the jacket wrapping around the metallic foam filter being formed in a network form to maintain the shape of the metallic foam filter and provide durability thereto, the jacket being formed with a rectangular vent hole and wrapping around and holding the metallic foam filter such that the shape, construction and position of the metallic foam filter can be maintained against an expanding force of the foam filter while securing a flow area, wherein the jacket is perforated in a square shape using a press die, and thereafter wrapped around the filter in such a way as to cover it, the remaining area except for the hole is bent and a curring and folding are performed to fix it, or a welding is performed to fix it, thereby obtaining a maximum flow area. | 26,451 |
8,445,770 | 1. A programmable switch for configuring user selected combinations of pickup coils in user selected pickup topology configurations in electronic musical instruments, comprising: A) a passive, asynchronous, m-throw switch having m-switch settings; B) a passive, asynchronous, programmable switch-setting program; C) a superset of all possible program settings available in the single programmable switch, D) a user selected subset of the superset of pickup and topology switch settings; E) the programmable switch programmed with the user subset of pickup and topology switch settings; F) only the m-throw switch is manipulated while the electronic instrument is played; and G) after the electronic instrument is played, the programmable switch can be reprogrammed with a new subset of coils and pickup topologies from the superset of all possible program settings. | 26,380 |
8,993,488 | 1. A method for removing hydrogen sulfide from a hydrocarbon containing fluid comprises: (A) contacting a methylmorpholine-N-oxide solution with the hydrocarbon containing fluid; and (B) allowing the methylmorpholine-N-oxide to react with the hydrogen sulfide to remove the hydrogen sulfide, wherein the hydrogen sulfide is removed by oxidation, and wherein the oxidation of the hydrogen sulfide produces elemental sulfur. | 38,845 |
8,780,826 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: determining information regarding use of a code division multiplexing and frequency division multiplexing structure for multiplexing data comprising at least one transport block on a data channel for uplink for at least four consecutive subframes; multiplexing the data on the data channel for uplink in each of the at least four consecutive subframes using the code division multiplexing and frequency division multiplexing structure based on the determined information; and transmitting the at least one transport block in each of the at least four consecutive subframes. | 262 |
9,844,145 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a device component; a conductive stretchable interconnect electrically coupled with the device component at a junction region; a first buffer structure including a first buffer structure main body, a first projection portion, and a second projection portion, the first projection portion extending outwardly from the first buffer structure main body and being disposed along a first side of the conductive stretchable interconnect, the second projection portion extending outwardly from the first buffer structure main body and being disposed along a second opposing side of the conductive stretchable interconnect; a second buffer structure including a second buffer structure main body, a third projection portion, and a fourth projection portion, the third projection portion extending outwardly from the second buffer structure main body and being disposed along the first side of the conductive stretchable interconnect, the fourth projection portion extending outwardly from the second buffer structure main body and being disposed along the second opposing side of the conductive stretchable interconnect; and an encapsulant encapsulating the device component, the junction region, and the buffer structure. | 35,710 |
9,567,101 | 1. A fuel delivery system for an aircraft engine, the system comprising: a fuel delivery regulator arranged to receive fuels from a plurality of fuel sources for supply to the aircraft engine, each of the fuels comprising a different fuel composition; an engine operating condition sensor; and a control unit arranged to control operation of the fuel delivery regulator, wherein: the control unit actuates the fuel delivery regulator based on a received signal from the engine operating condition sensor in order to vary volumes of the fuels from the plurality of fuel sources supplied to the aircraft engine, and during at least a portion of a landing-and-takeoff (LTO) cycle of aircraft flight, the volumes of the fuels from the plurality of fuel sources are selected for supply to the aircraft engine to reduce, relative to another portion of the aircraft flight, particulate matter emissions created by combustion of the fuels. | 22,234 |
8,552,718 | 1. A method for the nondestructive testing of pipes of ferromagnetic steel for flaws by means of stray flux, comprising the steps of: magnetizing the pipe with a constant magnetic field having a direction, detecting with probes of a test unit for longitudinal and/or transversal flaw testing, amplitudes or frequencies or both of magnetic stray fluxes caused by a test flaw oriented perpendicular relative to the magnetic field direction; determining a correction factor as a function of the amplitudes or frequencies or both of the magnetic stray fluxes caused by the test flaw; determining an angular orientation of another flaw relative to the magnetic field direction; determining amplitudes or frequencies, or both, of magnetic stray fluxes caused by the other flaw, correcting the amplitudes or frequencies, or both, of the magnetic stray fluxes caused by the other flaw with the determined correction factor, and associating the corrected amplitudes or frequencies, or both of the magnetic stray fluxes with an external or internal flaw based on an amplitude height or a frequency spectrum, or both, via defined flaw thresholds. | 32,973 |
8,511,075 | 1. A method of heating an exhaust flow, comprising: injecting fuel towards an exhaust flow in an exhaust conduit having a central longitudinal axis; igniting the injected fuel in a canister to create a flame jet emitted out of an opening in an end of the canister; and redirecting the flame jet at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the canister towards the central longitudinal axis of the exhaust conduit with an end cap including a deflector plate located on the end of the canister, wherein the flame emitted from the canister passes through the opening in the canister and an opening in the end cap and is redirected with the deflector plate from the longitudinal axis of the canister toward the central longitudinal axis of the exhaust conduit, and wherein the opening in the end cap is larger than the opening of the canister. | 40,277 |
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