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9,261,235 | 1. A method for controlling the pressure in a transportable cryogenic tank, wherein the tank is mounted on a transportable platform capable of being moved by a truck, the tank material is steel and the tank containing pressurized liquid hydrogen, the method comprising: continuously or periodically measuring the temperature in the tank and, when the measured temperature exceeds a set upper temperature threshold, the set upper temperature threshold being between minus 140° C. and minus 160° C., the pressure in the tank is limited to a value less than or equal to a set pressure threshold, the set pressure threshold being between 1.5 and 3 bar. | 37,860 |
9,385,247 | 1. A method of forming an oxide layer on an exposed surface of a semiconductor device which contains a p-n junction, the method comprising: (i) immersing the exposed surface of the semiconductor device in an electrolyte; (ii) producing an electric field in the semiconductor device while the exposed surface of the semiconductor device is immersed in the electrolyte, such that the p-n junction is forward-biased and the exposed surface is anodic; and (iii) electrochemically oxidising the exposed surface of the semiconductor device while the exposed surface of the semiconductor device is immersed in the electrolyte and the p-n junction is forward biased, to form an oxide layer. | 24,031 |
8,958,121 | 1. An input device, comprising: a function input unit to receive a request for scanning; a scanning unit to acquire a scan image of a target object through a scan area; a communication interface unit to transmit the scan image to a display device; and a control unit to provide information on a movement of the input device to the display device, wherein a color of a scan box corresponding to the scan area is changed based on the information on the movement of the input device. | 20,515 |
9,573,367 | 1. A liquid discharging apparatus comprising: an integrated circuit device; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal based on an amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied; a cavity in which the inside is filled with liquid and the internal volume changes due to the displacement of the piezoelectric element; and a nozzle which communicates with the cavity, and discharges the liquid inside the cavity as liquid droplets in accordance with the change in the internal volume of the cavity, wherein the integrated circuit device includes a modulation portion which generates the modulation signal; a gate driver which generates the amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; and a charge pump circuit which supplies power to the gate driver, and is included in a package which has a first side and a second side that are adjacent to each other in a plan view, wherein the package includes a first package terminal, a second package terminal, a third package terminal, and a fourth package terminal, which are electrically connected to the charge pump circuit, wherein the first package terminal and the second package terminal are provided along the first side, wherein at least one of the third package terminal and the fourth package terminal is provided along the second side, wherein the first package terminal is electrically connected to a first terminal of a first capacitor, wherein the second package terminal is electrically connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor, wherein the third package terminal is electrically connected to a third terminal of a second capacitor, and wherein the fourth package terminal is electrically connected to a fourth terminal of the second capacitor. | 45,002 |
8,486,749 | 1. A method for fabricating a micro/nanostructure PN junction diode array thin-film solar cell comprising steps: providing a source-material wafer having a semiconductor micro/nanostructure array; coating a thin-film N-type semiconductor on a first transparent substrate; making said semiconductor micro/nanostructure array contact said thin-film N-type semiconductor of said first transparent substrate; fusing together said thin-film N-type semiconductor and one side of said semiconductor micro/nanostructure array; detaching said semiconductor micro/nanostructure array from said source-material wafer and transferring said semiconductor micro/nanostructure array to said thin-film N-type semiconductor of said first transparent substrate; coating a thin-film P-type semiconductor on a second transparent substrate; making said semiconductor micro/nanostructure array contact said thin-film P-type semiconductor of said second transparent substrate; and fusing together said thin-film P-type semiconductor and another side of said semiconductor micro/nanostructure array to form said micro/nanostructure PN junction diode array thin-film solar cell. | 42,114 |
9,586,287 | 1. Method of welding a nuclear fuel rod including two end plugs, a cladding tube and a pile of fuel pellets in the interior of the cladding tube, the method comprising the steps of: bringing one of the end plugs and the cladding tube together to abut each other at an interface; and welding the end plug and the cladding tube by means of a welding equipment by applying a laser beam of a laser source of the welding equipment, the laser beam having a wavelength and being directed along an optical path of the welding equipment to a welding zone at the interface to melt material of the end plug and the cladding tube at the interface; wherein the welding takes place in a closed enclosure containing an atmosphere of helium at a pressure above the atmospheric pressure, wherein the closed enclosure encloses the end plug and end section of the cladding tube, and wherein the method comprises the steps of: evacuating the interior of the cladding tube and the closed enclosure to a certain vacuum level during a predetermined time period, then filling the closed enclosure and the interior of the cladding tube with helium to a predetermined pressure, pre-positioning the end plug on the cladding tube at a determined distance from the cladding tube before the evacuating step, thereby permitting a free flow of gas from and to the interior of the cladding tube, and final positioning of the end plug on the cladding tube after the filling step and before the welding step, and wherein the method comprises the further steps of: sensing the welding by sensing radiation from the welding zone comprising: monitoring the welding and melting of material by monitoring the sensed radiations. | 18,374 |
8,462,168 | 1. A decompression system for DCT-base compressed graphic data with transparent attribute, comprising: a memory, for storing a compressed graphic data and a compressed mask data corresponding to the compressed graphic data, wherein the compressed mask data indicates a transparent mask information, and the special color signal corresponds to a transparent attribute; a memory controller, connected to the memory, for accessing the memory; a controller, connected to the memory controller, for reading the compressed graphic data and the compressed mask data out of the memory; a first decompressor, connected to the controller, for decompressing the compressed graphic data to generate a first color space image signal; a color space transformation device, connected to the first decompressor, for transforming the first color space image signal into a second color space image signal; a special color signal storage, for storing a plurality of special color signals to indicate different levels of transparent attributes respectively; a second decompressor, connected to the controller, for decompressing the compressed mask data to generate a select signal; and a first multiplexer, connected to the controller, the color space transformation device, the special color signal storage and the second decompressor, for selecting the second color space image signal and a special color signal for output based on the select signal. | 42,853 |
9,388,108 | 1. A crystalline form of 2:1 vanillin/ethylvanillin, characterized by: a melting point of 60° C.±2° C.; and an X-ray diffraction spectrum with several characteristic lines at angles 2θ (in°)=20.7-25.6-27.5-28.0 (measured relative to the line of copper K-Alpha1=1.54060 Å); said lines not being present in the X-ray diffraction spectrum of pure vanillin and of pure ethylvanillin. | 16,818 |
8,967,967 | 1. A propfan engine comprising: one or more rotor stages comprising a plurality of rotors; and an outer wall comprising an outer profile, at least a portion of the outer profile comprising a substantially circular cross-section, wherein the diameter of the substantially circular cross-section increases in the direction of flow over the outer wall and downstream of a leading edge of the rotors, and the diameter increases at substantially all points defining the circumference of the substantially circular cross-section, wherein the diameter increases at an increasing rate in a first part of the portion of the outer profile, and the diameter increases at a decreasing rate in a second part of the portion of the outer profile. | 44,976 |
9,768,701 | 1. A synchronous rectifier comprising: at least one rectification switch, and a control circuit for controlling the at least one rectification switch to allow unidirectional current flow only, wherein the control circuit comprises: at least one current sensor for sensing an alternating component of current of the at least one rectification switch so that a direction of only the alternating component of the current of the at least one rectification switch is sensed, the alternating component being free from a direct current component, and at least one driver circuit for controlling the at least one rectification switch on the basis of the sensed direction. | 25,392 |
9,028,229 | 1. A pump system for pumping fluid, the fluid containing solids the pump system comprising a pump section with a fluid pump having a movable pump plunger for pumping fluid, the fluid with solids therein, a discharge section with a discharge pump for receiving fluid pumped by the fluid pump, the discharge pump for pumping the fluid out from the pump system, the discharge pump having a pump barrel with an interior surface, the discharge pump having a pumping piston with a sealing system, the pumping piston movable in the pump barrel, the pumping piston having a top, and a diffuser for facilitating fluid flow past the sealing system of the pumping piston, the diffuser comprising a disc, the disc having a disc top, the disc top having a disc top surface, the disc top surface being convex to facilitate flushing of solids from the disc top of the disc. | 1,683 |
9,455,070 | 1. An audio cable, comprising: a first conductor having a first diameter; a non-conductive thread spirally wrapped around the first conductor having a second diameter; a first jacket surrounding the first conductor and thread, having an inner diameter approximately equal to the first diameter plus twice the second diameter; and a second conductor contacting the first jacket; and a channel formed by an inner surface of the first jacket; wherein a sum of the cross-sectional areas of the first conductor and thread is equal to less than 30% of a cross-sectional area of the channel. | 19,693 |
9,391,480 | 1. A. rotating electric machine comprising: a rotor; a stator including a stator core and a stator coil mounted on the stator core, the stator core having a plurality of slots formed therein, the stator coil being partially received in the slots of the stator core so as to have a pair of coil end parts protruding outside of the slots respectively on opposite axial sides of the stator core, the stator coil being formed of a plurality of electric wire segments that are connected to one other, each of the electric wire segments including an electric conductor and an insulating coat that covers an outer surface of the electric conductor, and an insulating resin that is applied to the coil end parts of the stator coil so as to cover outer surfaces of the insulating coats of the electric wire segments forming the stator coil, wherein a tensile strength of the insulating coats of the electric wire segments is higher than an adhesion strength between the insulating resin and the insulating coats, each of the insulating coats of the electric wire segments is configured to include a plurality of layers each having a particular tensile strength, at least one of the tensile strengths of the layers is higher than the adhesion strength between the insulating resin and the insulating coats, and for each adjacent pair of the layers of the insulating coats of the electric wire segments, the tensile strength of that one of the two layers of the pair which is formed inside of the other layer is higher than an adhesion strength between the two layers of the pair. | 45,673 |
9,175,730 | 1. A mounting assembly, comprising: a nut housing having has a continuous opening and an internal space; an insert nut having a continuous internal thread, the insert nut being configured to be arranged in the internal space of the nut housing; a nut having a continuous internal thread; and at least one securing element configured to interact with the nut housing and the nut to constrain relative axial movement between the nut housing and the nut, wherein | 6,509 |
9,806,706 | 1. A switching unit comprising: a first switching element of normally-on type; a second switching element of normally-off type haying a non-reference potential side conductive terminal connected to a reference potential side conductive terminal of the first switching element; a series capacitor connected between a conduction control terminal of the first switching element and a conduction control terminal of the second switching element; and a first diode having an anode directly connected to the conduction control terminal of the first switching element and a cathode directly connected to a common junction of the first switching element and the second switching element. | 4,949 |
9,725,332 | 1. A method of forming a transition metal dichalcogenide aerogel, the method comprising: adding a cleaving agent to a transition metal dichalcogenide mixture to form one or more two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide sheets; adding at least one solvent to the one or more two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide sheets to form a transition metal dichalcogenide solution; freeze drying the transition metal dichalcogenide solution to form a frozen transition metal dichalcogenide; and heating the frozen transition metal dichalcogenide to form the transition metal dichalcogenide aerogel. | 44,462 |
9,592,459 | 1. An oil filter comprising: a casing including a cylinder portion with an opening in one end of the casing, a threaded portion disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder portion; and a cap threadably engaging with the threaded portion and containing a filter element between the casing and the cap, wherein the cap includes: a flange abutted on an open end surface of the cylinder portion of the casing and allowing the cap to be positioned by the casing; and a recess fittably receiving a sealing member in a normal mounting position for obstructing oil flow between the cap and the casing, and the cap includes at least one facilitating portion that allows at least a part of the sealing member to move onto a radial end surface of the flange when the sealing member is mounted erroneously on an outer peripheral surface of the cap at a place between the flange and the recess and the cap is positioned by the casing; wherein the at least one facilitating portion is at least a part of the flange that is set in a radial length along which the movement of the sealing member is facilitated, and the at least one facilitating portion comprises a projection having a smooth curved surface, the projection connects, via the smooth curved surface, an outer peripheral surface of the cap to a side surface of the flange that adjoins the recess. | 10,727 |
8,445,247 | 1. A process to stabilize the perhydrolysis activity of an enzyme when present in a formulation comprised of said enzyme and a carboxylic acid ester, the process comprising: (a) providing an aqueous formulation comprising: (b) spray-drying the aqueous formulation of (a) to produce an enzyme powder which substantially retains the perhydrolysis activity of the at least one enzyme when present in a formulation comprised of a carboxylic acid ester and the enzyme powder. | 25,121 |
8,566,756 | 1. A processing condition determining method comprising: a determination process of determining, using an information processor, a processing condition for a pattern of a layer to be formed on an object during a lithography exposure process; a measurement process of measuring at least one of occurrence frequency of overlay error and linewidth error between a target linewidth and a measured linewidth of a pattern that has been formed on the object according to the processing condition determined in the determination process; and a process of obtaining frequency at which the determination process and the measurement process are performed, in accordance with the at least one of occurrence frequency of overlay error and linewidth error between a target linewidth and a measured linewidth of the pattern measured in the measurement process; wherein the processing condition is determined based on information on a forming state of a pattern previously formed on at least one of a plurality of layers that have already been formed on another object. | 30,585 |
8,575,847 | 1. A control circuit of a light-emitting element, comprising: a rectifying unit which full-wave rectifies an alternating current power supply; a switching element; a feedback voltage generating unit comprising a transformer having a first winding which generates a magnetic field using a current controlled by switching of the switching element, a second winding which is magnetically coupled to the first winding and which generates a current flowing to the light-emitting element, and a third winding which is magnetically coupled to the first winding and which generates a feedback voltage; a reference voltage generating unit which divides a voltage rectified by the rectifying unit and generates a reference voltage; a comparator which compares a comparative voltage corresponding to a current flowing to the first winding and the reference voltage and outputs a control signal which controls the switching of the switching element according to a comparison result; and an averaging capacitor which averages a voltage derived by superposing the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit and the feedback voltage, wherein a voltage averaged by the averaging capacitor is applied to the first winding, so that light is emitted from the light-emitting element. | 23,894 |
9,379,876 | 1. A mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the mobile station apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive downlink data on a physical downlink shared channel and information indicating radio resources for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel associated with contention based procedure; and a transmission unit configured to transmit Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) information in response to the downlink data and transmit uplink data on the physical uplink shared channel associated with contention based procedure, the HARQ information consisting of an acknowledgement or a negative acknowledgement for the downlink data; wherein in accordance with setting used in a case that the HARQ information and the uplink data collide with each other in a single subframe and made by the base station apparatus for determining whether the HARQ information and the uplink data are simultaneously transmitted or one of the HARQ information and the uplink data is transmitted, the transmission unit is configured to transmit, in a case that transmissions of the HARQ information and the uplink data happen in the single subframe, either both of the HARQ information and the uplink data or the uplink data without the HARQ information in the single subframe. | 31,433 |
9,392,017 | 1. A system for inhibiting attacks on embedded devices, the system comprising a processor configured to: identify an embedded device that is configured to provide one or more services to one or more digital processing devices within a communications network; receive a first firmware associated with the embedded device; generate a second firmware that is functionally equivalent to the first firmware by: inject the second firmware into the embedded device, wherein the second firmware is configured to: | 25,313 |
9,827,369 | 1. A medical delivery device for delivering a medicinal substance into a user's body, comprising: an upper assembly including a housing having a cavity, and a needle disposed in said upper assembly; a lower assembly including a biasing member disposed in said receptacle member and engaging said housing for biasing said housing away from said base member; and a locking mechanism configured for releasably securing said housing in said lower position, said locking mechanism including at least one lower locking tab disposed on the receptacle member, and at least one corresponding upper locking tab disposed on the housing, such that when the tabs are in engagement, the housing is held in said lower position; wherein the lower assembly is attached to a skin of the user using the base pad, and as the upper assembly is urged by a pressing force by the user from an upper position to a lower position relative to the lower assembly and overcoming force exerted by the biasing member, in the lower position, the needle disposed in the upper assembly travels downwardly to penetrate the skin for facilitating administration of the medicinal substance. | 45,196 |
9,722,101 | 1. A solar cell comprising a photoelectric conversion section, wherein the photoelectric conversion section has a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a respective electrode is provided on each of the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the photoelectric conversion section, and the electrode on the first principal surface is a metal collecting electrode with a pattern shape, the first principal surface extending in a first direction and having a width in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular and coplanar to each other, an outermost surface layer of the photoelectric conversion section on the first principal surface is a semiconductor layer of a conductivity type or a transparent electrode layer, the solar cell has, on the first principal surface, the second principal surface, or a side surface of the photoelectric conversion section, an exposed region which is freed of components that form the outermost surface layer on the first principal surface and components that form an outermost surface layer on the second principal surface, the metal collecting electrode includes a first electroconductive layer and a second electroconductive layer in this order from a photoelectric conversion section side, and further includes an insulating layer between the first electroconductive layer and the second electroconductive layer, each of the first electroconductive layer and the second electroconductive layer includes a metallic material and is patterned to have a shape matching the pattern shape of the metal collecting electrode in a plan view from a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, an entire width of the first electroconductive layer is covered from above in the third direction by the second electroconductive layer in the second direction, a lower surface of the insulating layer is in direct contact with an upper surface of the first electroconductive layer and an upper surface of the insulating layer is in direct contact with a lower surface of the second electroconductive layer, wherein the upper surface of the first electroconductive layer is a light incident surface, the insulating layer on the first electroconductive layer is provided with an opening, and the first electroconductive layer and the second electroconductive layer are in conduction with each other via the opening provided in the insulating layer, and the insulating layer is also formed on a first electroconductive layer non-formed region where the first electroconductive layer is absent, thereby a surface of the exposed region is at least partially overlaid with the insulating layer. | 9,110 |
9,306,301 | 1. A wire-to-board connector comprising: a first terminal that is attached to a wire; and a second terminal that is mounted on a connector mounting surface of a board, the first terminal and the second terminal being each formed of metal, the first terminal being mated with the second terminal to thereby connect the wire to the board, wherein when the first terminal is mated with the second terminal, a wire direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of the wire in the vicinity of the first terminal is parallel to the connector mounting surface of the board, a mating direction in which the first terminal is mated with the second terminal is a direction approaching the connector mounting surface of the board, the second terminal includes a guide rod portion extending so as to be away from the connector mounting surface of the board, and the first terminal has a guide hole portion into which the guide rod portion is inserted. | 28,785 |
8,702,147 | 1. A mine blast and slam down protective vehicle safety seat system comprising: (a) a vehicle seat; (b) a support surface supporting the vehicle seat, the vehicle seat and support surface being movable with respect to each other between a rest position, wherein the vehicle seat is located a first distance from a bottom surface of the vehicle, and an attenuated position, wherein the vehicle seat is located a second distance from the bottom surface of the vehicle, the first distance being greater than the second distance; (c) a deformable bladder operatively coupled between the vehicle seat and the support surface, the deformable bladder containing a gas therein; and (d) a valve with a gas release setting in fluid communication with the gas in the bladder, the vehicle seat being configured to, during a blast phase where the vehicle seat and the support surface move with respect to each other toward the attenuated position, deform the bladder against the support surface such that a predetermined volume of gas is released through the valve according to the gas release setting to resist the respective motion of the vehicle seat and the support surface until the vehicle seat and support surface reach the attenuated position. | 44,397 |
9,271,354 | 1. A lighting source comprising: an elongated board; a first light-emitting unit including a plurality of first light-emitting elements aligned on the elongated board in a longitudinal direction thereof and electrically connected in series; a second light-emitting unit including a plurality of second light-emitting elements aligned on the elongated board in the longitudinal direction, electrically connected in series, and emitting light having an emission color different from an emission color of the first light-emitting unit; a first switch element provided in a second current path among a first current path and the second current path, the first current path being a path through which current flows to the first light-emitting unit, and the second current path being a path through which current flows to the second light-emitting unit; and a constant power output circuit that outputs power to the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit without changing a total value of the power supplied to the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit between before and after conduction and non-conduction of the first switch element are switched, wherein the number of the plurality of first light-emitting elements connected in series is greater than the number of the plurality of second light-emitting elements connected in series, a first total forward voltage is greater than a second total forward voltage, the first total forward voltage being a voltage value obtained by adding a forward voltage of each and every one of the plurality of first light-emitting elements connected in series, and the second total forward voltage being a voltage value obtained by adding a forward voltage of each and every one of the plurality of second light-emitting elements, and the plurality of first light-emitting elements are in alignment with the plurality of second light-emitting elements. | 40,572 |
9,151,179 | 1. A system, comprising: a shroud segment configured to at least partially surround a turbine blade of a turbine engine, wherein the shroud segment comprises: | 45,013 |
9,185,029 | 1. An apparatus for processing a path management packet, the apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a path management packet; a determination unit configured to determine whether a router for processing the path management packet is a storing node or a non-storing node; a control unit configured to a transmission unit configured to transmit the path management packet to the subsequent node. | 49,836 |
8,771,824 | 1. An ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet adapted to be discharged by an inkjet method comprising: a polymerized compound; a metal powder; and a dispersant, wherein the metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane compound and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester as a surface preparation agent, and the dispersant has a polymeric structure in a basic. | 21,209 |
9,555,918 | 1. A plastic corrugated container comprising: a sheet of corrugated plastic material having a first outer layer, a second outer layer and a plurality of flutes between the first outer layer and the second outer layer configured to include: a first plastic corrugated end panel having a first side and a second side, a first plastic corrugated side panel connected on a first side to the second side of the first plastic corrugated end panel; a second plastic corrugated end panel connected on a first side to a second side of the first plastic corrugated side panel, and a second plastic corrugated side panel connected at a first side to a second side of the second plastic corrugated end panel, wherein each of the first end panel, the first side panel, the second end panel and the second side panel have a first thickness; a plastic corrugated tab extending from a second side of the second side panel, the first outer layer of the plastic corrugated tab welded to the second outer layer of the plastic corrugated tab to a thickness less than the first thickness, and a plastic corrugated edge portion at the first side of the first end panel, the first outer layer of the plastic corrugated edge portion welded to the second outer layer of the plastic corrugated edge portion to a thickness less than the first thickness, the plastic corrugated tab and plastic corrugated edge portion fastened together and collectively forming a joint having a second thickness that is not greater than the first thickness. | 9,185 |
9,739,174 | 1. A panel connection assembly for connecting a panel to a casing, the panel connection assembly comprising: a hanger plate; a first locating plate; and a second locating plate; whereby the hanger plate comprises an elongate body portion, a first end portion, and an opposite second end portion, each of the first end portion and second end portion having a circular profile, the hanger plate thereby having a dumbbell shape, and the first locating plate comprises a first circular locating aperture, the first locating aperture being dimensioned to accommodate the first end portion, the second locating plate comprises a second circular locating aperture, the second locating aperture being dimensioned to accommodate the second end portion, wherein, in use, the first locating plate is secured to the casing, the second locating plate is secured to the panel, the first end portion is accommodated within the first locating aperture with the elongate body portion extending therefrom, and the second end portion is accommodated within the second locating aperture with the elongate body portion extending therefrom, to connect the panel to the casing, and wherein the hanger plate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, first and second retaining plates being positioned over the first and second surfaces respectively of each of the first and second end portions, each of the first and second retaining plates having a dimension greater than the diameter of the corresponding first or second locating aperture, each of the first end portion and the second end portion comprising a securing aperture positioned at a center of the respective circular profile, corresponding ones of the first and second retaining plates being connected together by a fastener, the fastener extending through the respective securing aperture. | 18,094 |
9,674,785 | 1. A terminal management apparatus comprising: a communication section for receiving reporting information notifying the presence of a notification utilizing a first communication function directed to a terminal; and a control section for, when the communication section has received the reporting information, transmitting a message indicating the presence of the notification to the terminal by using a second communication function that is different from the first communication function; wherein the control section is operable to judge whether the terminal is executing a stop function of stopping the first communication function; wherein the control section is operable, when the terminal is executing the stop function, to transmit the message; wherein the control section is operable to transmit a test signal to the terminal for testing whether the terminal is executing the stop function; and wherein, on the basis of a response to the test signal, the control section is operable to judge whether the terminal is executing the stop function. | 9,907 |
8,701,018 | 1. A computer-implemented method of managing information objects (IOs), in which at least one computer initiates execution of software instructions to perform the steps of: providing a plurality of IOs; receiving a selection of an IO; associating the IO type of the selected IO with IO metadata; displaying an indication of the IO metadata in an list view; sharing the selected IO with at least one participant in response to one of: a user dragging the at least one participant icon onto the selected IO icon; and copying the selected shared IO to the at least one participant; synchronizing the copied selected shared IO; and displaying an indication of sharing including | 48,126 |
9,827,856 | 1. A vehicle control device for a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine and an electric motor to generate power to wheels of the hybrid vehicle, the vehicle control device having an intermittent driving mode in which the vehicle control device operates an electric generator by the internal combustion engine and intermittently drives at least the electric motor, comprising: an electric storage unit configured to supply electric power to the electric motor and be charged by regenerative electric power from the electric generator; and a control unit configured, in a case where the electric motor is intermittently driven, to stop the intermittent driving mode if a stop of the vehicle is predicted by a vehicle stop prediction unit and a status amount corresponding to an electric storage state of the electric storage unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the predetermined value being higher than a value such that it is necessary to charge the electric storage unit by starting the internal combustion engine after a stop of the vehicle, the control unit to charge the electric storage by the regenerative electric power at a time of braking of the vehicle in a mode other than the intermittent driving mode and not to charge the electric storage by the regenerative electric power at a time of braking of the vehicle in the intermittent driving mode. | 24,835 |
8,764,595 | 1. A vehicle power transmission apparatus comprising: a planetary gear mechanism on a power transmission path, a power from a power source being transmitted to the power transmission path, the planetary gear mechanism including rotational elements, the rotational elements including a rotational element configured to transmit a power to an output shaft, wherein a meshing change operation of a meshing mechanism switches the rotational element configured to transmit the power to the output shaft so as to change a gear ratio on the power transmission path; and an electric machine configured to transmit a power to a planetary carrier of the planetary gear mechanism, the planetary carrier being one of the rotational elements, wherein when the meshing change operation of the meshing mechanism switches the rotational element configured to transmit the power to the output shaft, the apparatus performs a synchronous operation where the power from the electric machine rotates the planetary carrier to set a rotational speed at an input shaft side close to a rotational speed at an output shaft side. | 40,447 |
9,169,751 | 1. A method for operating an engine, comprising: operating an engine; transferring engine exhaust gas heat energy from the engine to a thermal energy storage device via an engine exhaust gas heat exchanger; and transferring heat energy from the thermal energy storage device to a passenger cabin heater core while the engine has stopped rotating. | 47,720 |
8,501,760 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition, in the form of a capsule comprising: a granule comprising a therapeutic compound in an intimate mixture with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein said therapeutic compound is a monohydrochloride salt of 4-Methyl-3-[[4-(3-pyridinyl)-2-pyrimidinyl]amino]-N-[5-(4-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]benzamide of formula: as a monohydrate, wherein said granule further comprises a surfactant and a lubricant, said surfactant is in a concentration from 0 to 1% by weight of said pharmaceutical composition and the concentration of said lubricant does not exceed 1% by weight of the pharmaceutical composition. | 11,434 |
9,505,657 | 1. A method of making a cement-based object or structure having a compressive strength greater than about 1,000 psi, the method comprising: placing a plastic cementitious-based material in an insulated concrete form, wherein the insulated concrete form has an R-value of at least 1.5 whereby at least a portion of the initial heat of hydration of the cementitious-based material is retained in the insulated concrete form or mold; wherein the cementitious-based material comprises: | 41,017 |
9,493,753 | 1. A modified α-glucosidase which (a) consists of an amino acid sequence which is identical to SEQ ID NO: 2 except for a substitution at a position corresponding to position 343 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or (b) comprises an amino acid sequence which has 95% or more identity with SEQ ID NO: 2 and comprises a substitution corresponding to position 343 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the amino acid at position 343 is substituted by a cysteine, aspartic acid, methionine, histidine, alanine, phenylalanine, glycine, threonine, glutamic acid, valine, glutamine, asparagine or isoleucine, and wherein the modified α-glucosidase has at least one of: improved transglycosylation activity compared to the α-glucosidase of SEQ ID NO: 2, and decreased hydrolysis activity compared to the α-glucosidase of SEQ ID NO: 2. | 38,041 |
9,036,528 | 1. A method for paging by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a terminal, a local counter value for synchronization with a base station and a local identifier (ID) allocated to the terminal from the base station; synchronizing, by the terminal, with the base station using the local counter value; entering an idle state; and receiving, by the terminal, a paging request message in a subframe corresponding to the local counter value and the local ID. | 22,899 |
9,234,447 | 1. A control system for a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, comprising: a dosing control module that controls a dosing system to inject a desired amount of ammonia into exhaust gas at a first location in an exhaust stream; a comparison module that compares a measured amount of ammonia in the exhaust gas to the desired amount of ammonia, wherein the measured amount of ammonia is measured at a second location downstream from the first location and upstream from or within an SCR catalyst; and a status determination module that determines a pass/fail status of a component of the dosing system based on the comparison between the measured amount of ammonia and the desired amount of ammonia, wherein the dosing system includes a plurality of components, the plurality of components including a dosing agent injector, a dosing agent line, a dosing agent supply pump, a dosing agent supply, the SCR catalyst, and nitrogen oxide (NOx) sensors, and wherein the status determination module is configured to generate a first fail status when the measured amount of ammonia is less than the desired amount of ammonia, and generate a second fail status when the measured amount of ammonia is greater than the desired amount of ammonia. | 12,149 |
9,172,182 | 1. A power supply connector for electric automobiles, comprising: a connector body; a case for accommodating the connector body; a grasping member that is attached to the case and includes a handle, at least part of the handle being arranged on a line extending from the central axis of the connector body; and a locking portion for maintaining connection with a power reception-side connector; wherein the connector body and the grasping member are slidable in a direction of nearly the same axis line with respect to the case, by moving the grasping member forward with respect to the case, the connector body is movable toward a forward position with respect to the case, along with the movement of the grasping member, and the grasping member includes a release mechanism for releasing the locking portion. | 2,768 |
9,362,480 | 1. An energy harvester device comprising an elongate resonator beam extending between first and second ends; a base connected to said elongate resonator beam at the first end with the second end being freely extending from said base as a cantilever; and a mass attached to the second end of said elongate resonator beam, wherein said elongate resonator beam comprises either: (1) a first oxide layer on a first piezoelectric stack layer over a cantilever layer on a second oxide layer over a second piezoelectric stack layer on a third oxide layer or (2) a first oxide layer on a first piezoelectric stack layer over a second oxide layer on a cantilever layer over a third oxide layer on a second piezoelectric stack over a fourth oxide layer. | 47,986 |
8,487,747 | 1. A system, comprising: a first motion sensor configured to sense a movement of a first object on a first side of a portal, the portal comprising the first side and a second side, the first object including a first radio frequency identification tag; a first radio frequency identification reader configured to be activated by the first motion sensor when the first motion sensor senses the movement of the first object on the first side of the portal, the first radio frequency identification reader further configured to read the first radio frequency identification tag; a second motion sensor configured to sense a movement of a second object on the second side of the portal, the second object including a second radio frequency identification tag; and a second radio frequency identification reader configured to be activated by the second motion sensor when the second motion sensor senses the movement of the second object on the second side of the portal, the second radio frequency identification reader further configured to read the second radio frequency identification tag, wherein the first motion sensor is further configured to deactivate the second motion sensor for a predetermined period of time when the first motion sensor senses the movement of the first object on the first side of the portal. | 31,612 |
9,130,414 | 1. A system generating electromotive force from the earth's magnetic field to power electric vehicles, hereinafter referred to as EcoCharge system, comprising: a. An environmentally sealed insulator cover with two environmentally sealed electrical vias, two environmentally sealed end caps around a drive shaft, two commutator brush arm mounts, and a graphene chamber to encapsulate layered graphene sheets, a bearing, and a two section commutator; b. An electrical insulator with insulator ridge firmly mounted to the drive shaft of a vehicle within said sealed insulator cover; c. 4,059 layered, graphene sheets, 4.9 ft (feet) wide, mounted on said insulator and around the drive shaft with a designated plus (+) side abutting one side of said insulator ridge and a designated minus (−) side abutting the other side of said insulator ridge wherein said plus (+) and minus (−) sides do not make contact; d. Plus (+) interface tabs, 1 inch wide, protruding .5 inch from said plus (+) side of said layered graphene sheets; e. Minus (−) interface tabs, 1 inch wide, protruding .5 inch from said minus (−) side of said layered graphene sheets; f. Said two section commutator mounted to the drive shaft within said insulator cover containing tab connectors for mating with said plus (+) and minus (−) interface tabs, two brushes .75 inch wide made from said 4,059 layered sheets of graphene, and two brush arms attached to said insulator cover on one end and said brushes on the other end applying tension to said brushes on said commutator; g. Two AWG 0000 copper wires, one from each said commutator brush arm mount through said vias providing EcoCharge generated power to the vehicle electrical system. | 47,944 |
8,401,706 | 1. A method of controlling a group of power generating stations, each of the power generating stations comprising a DC power source supplying power to an inverter, the method comprising: connecting a plurality of inverters to a communications network; transmitting maximum power point (MPP) data over the network; determining, from the MPP data, whether to operate any of the inverters as a slave inverter, and upon assigning an inverter to operate as a slave inverter, setting or changing an operating point of the slave inverter responsive to the MPP data transmitted on the network. | 27,002 |
8,702,418 | 1. A method for generating heat energy, comprising: injecting an O mixing solid fuel with the enriched primary gas stream, thereby forming a fuel stream; injecting the fuel stream into a combustion chamber of a boiler; and combusting the fuel stream inside the combustion chamber, thereby forming a flue gas stream. | 22,989 |
9,178,562 | 1. A method of communications, comprising: obtaining, by a user equipment (UE), one or more channel impulse response (CIR) estimates; generating a delay spread metric value that characterizes a multipath delay spread of a channel based on the obtained one or more (CIR) estimates; ordering a plurality of receiver options with different optimal power consumption values in increasing order of performance that is based on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at an output of a receiver; selecting a receiver option with a first power consumption value, for use by the UE, from the plurality of receiver options based on a comparison of the generated delay spread metric value with a set of thresholds related to the plurality of receiver options; and maintaining the UE at the selected receiver option for a number of time slots prior to determining whether to select a different receiver option from a first set of receiver options based on a comparison of the delay spread metric value with a set of thresholds related to the first set of receiver options, wherein the first set of receiver options is limited to receiver options from the plurality of receiver options that are adjacent to the selected receiver option within the order of performance. | 34,930 |
9,407,333 | 1. A mobile device comprising: a housing; an antenna contained and/or supported by the housing and including a plurality of loops; a power-receiving circuit contained by the housing, said power-receiving circuit selectively connectable to the antenna; a power-transmitting circuit contained in the housing, said power-transmitting circuit selectively connectable to the antenna; a short-range communications circuit contained in the housing and selectively connectable to the antenna, the short-range communications circuit for sending and/or receiving data communications signals via the antenna; and switching circuitry coupled to the antenna, the power-receiving circuit, the power-transmitting circuit and the short-range communications circuit such that: | 45,699 |
9,691,921 | 1. A method for forming a gallium arsenide cell, comprising: depositing a p-type gallium arsenide stack above an n-type gallium arsenide stack; depositing a dielectric layer on the p-type gallium arsenide stack; depositing a metallic layer on the dielectric layer; forming an array of metallic islands from the metallic layer during an annealing process; removing, between the metallic islands, portions of the dielectric layer and portions of the p-type gallium arsenide stack to form a plurality of apertures that extend through the dielectric layer and into the p-type gallium arsenide stack; and depositing a metallic reflector layer of a textured metallic back reflector on the dielectric layer and over the array of metallic islands, the textured metallic back reflector including a plurality of reflector protrusions extending from the metallic reflector layer, between the metallic islands, into respective apertures from the plurality of apertures to fill the respective aperture, wherein the metallic islands comprise a metal selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, nickel, copper, platinum, palladium, alloys thereof, derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. | 45,466 |
9,041,150 | 1. An integrated circuit system, comprising: an active layer fabricated on a front side of a semiconductor die; an electrical component layer integrated with the semiconductor die; a fluid holding layer disposed on a back side of the semiconductor die, the fluid holding layer including a channel for a fluid to flow; at least one conductive path configured to electrically connect the active layer and the electrical component layer; and at least one non-conductive path configured to connect pass the fluid between different layers in the integrated circuit system. | 36,873 |
8,683,979 | 1. An engine comprising: an engine housing defining a plurality of cylinders a dual fuel system including a plurality of fuel injectors, each including an injector body with a tip component defining a plurality of gas nozzle outlets and a plurality of liquid nozzle outlets positioned for direct injection into one of the plurality of cylinders; the dual fuel system including a plurality of outer tubes, each extending into the engine housing between a quill and one of the fuel injectors; the dual fuel system including a plurality of inner tubes, each extending into the engine housing through one of the outer tubes and being compressed between a conical seat on the quill and a conical seat on the one of the fuel injectors; the dual fuel system including a gaseous fuel common rail fluidly connected to each of the fuel injectors through the quill and an outer passage defined between the inner tube and the outer tube; and the dual fuel system including a liquid fuel common rail fluidly connected to each of the fuel injectors through the quill and an inner passage defined by the inner tube. | 16,760 |
9,194,322 | 1. A control device of an engine, the control device comprising: a fuel injector that supplies fuel to a combustion chamber of the engine; an air flow meter configured to output a signal corresponding to an amount of air supplied to the combustion chamber; an air-fuel ratio sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to an air-fuel ratio of a mixture gas formed in the combustion chamber; and a concentration sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to a concentration of a specified component of exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber; and an electronic control unit having control logic configured to cause the electronic control device to perform the following: | 1,557 |
9,164,365 | 1. An optical system, comprising: a light source for illuminating a pixel panel; a relay lens in an image path of the pixel panel and light source configured to relay an intermediate image of the pixel panel; and at least one projection lens for projecting the intermediate image received from the relay lens onto a screen, wherein at least a portion of the relay lens or the projection lens is translatable substantially orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system in-time to shift a position of the projected imagery on the screen. | 22,598 |
9,842,736 | 1. A semiconductor photo-receiving device comprising: a substrate; a light propagation layer provided on the substrate; a semiconductor layer provided on the light propagation layer, the semiconductor layer including a lowest layer and upper layers, the upper layers including an optical absorption layer; and an electrode which applies a voltage to the optical absorption layer, wherein the light propagation layer comprises a first light input layer, a first annular layer provided around the first light input layer at a desired distance from the first light input layer, and a first optical waveguide connecting the first light input layer to the first annular layer; the lowest layer of the semiconductor layer comprises a second light input layer, a second annular layer provided around the second light input layer at a desired distance from the second light input layer, and a second optical waveguide connecting the second light input layer to the second annular layer; the first and second light input layers oppose each other, the first and second annular layers oppose each other, and the first and second optical waveguides oppose each other; the first light input layer includes a diffraction grating; and the upper layers of the semiconductor layer are formed annular. | 48,480 |
9,696,789 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a processing sub-system, including: a plurality of processor circuits; a shared circuit; and an interrupt control circuit configured to, in response to a first peripheral interrupt, initiate performance of a task indicated by the peripheral interrupt by at least one of the plurality of processor circuits, wherein the processing sub-system is configured to generate a power-down control signal in response to suspension of the plurality of processor circuits; a proxy interrupt control circuit configured and arranged to generate a power-up control signal in response to receiving a second peripheral interrupt and power to the processing sub-system being disabled; and a power management circuit configured and arranged to: disable power to the processing sub-system, including the interrupt control circuit, in response to the power-down control signal and the shared circuit being unused by another processing sub-system; enable power to the processing sub-system in response to the power-up control signal; and disable the proxy interrupt control circuit after enabling power to the processing sub-system. | 2,493 |
8,637,151 | 1. An interlayer dielectric film with a carrier material, comprising: a carrier material including a metal foil or a resin film and having a surface; and an interlayer dielectric film provided on the surface of said carrier material, comprising: | 44,765 |
9,655,054 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: measuring a channel condition parameter for a wireless channel; adjusting a beacon miss sleep timer based at least in part on the channel condition parameter, wherein the beacon miss timer is associated with a first receive window of an expected delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) beacon transmission; adjusting a content after beacon (CAB) sleep timer based at least in part on the first receive window, wherein the CAB sleep timer is associated with a second receive window of an expected CAB transmission; and entering a single sleep state based at least in part on the adjusted beacon miss sleep timer, the adjusted CAB sleep timer, and an absence of one of the expected DTIM beacon transmission during the first receive window or the expected CAB transmission during the second receive window. | 35,765 |
9,360,920 | 1. A processor comprising: a core including a plurality of execution units to execute instructions, the plurality of execution units including a fused multiply-add (FMA) unit to perform FMA instructions and add-like instructions, the FMA unit including a multiplier and an adder coupled to an output of the multiplier, the adder of a width having a plurality of segments each independently controllable to be powered on or off, and a tracker coupled to the adder to cause all segments of the adder to be powered on during execution of a first instruction in the FMA unit following a FMA instruction, wherein the first instruction is not to use the all segments of the adder, and otherwise to cause a corresponding segment to be powered on only if the segment is to be used during execution of an instruction. | 26,617 |
8,975,437 | 1. A continuous process for selective formation of a vinyl ester from its corresponding carboxylic acid, the process comprising: (a) providing a carboxylic acid, vinyl acetate, and a homogeneous transvinylation catalyst comprising palladium to a reaction mixture; (b) reacting the carboxylic acid and vinyl acetate in the presence of the homogeneous transvinylation catalyst comprising palladium in the reaction mixture to form a vinyl ester product and acetic acid; (c) continuously removing acetic acid and vinyl acetate from the reaction mixture wherein vinyl acetate and acetic acid are continuously removed from the reaction mixture and the vinyl acetate:acetic acid molar ratio is from about 5:1 to about 25:1; (d) separating at least a portion of the removed vinyl acetate from the removed acetic acid and recycling the separated vinyl acetate to the reaction mixture; (e) continuously withdrawing reaction mixture as a crude vinyl ester product mixture which includes residual carboxylic acid, residual vinyl acetate, residual acetic acid, and homogeneous transvinylation catalyst; and (f) separating residual carboxylic acid, residual vinyl acetate, residual acetic acid, and homogeneous transvinylation catalyst from the crude vinyl ester product mixture to form a purified vinyl ester product; wherein the reaction conditions, feed to the reaction mixture, removal of acetic acid from the reaction mixture, and the separation and recycling of vinyl acetate to the reaction mixture are controlled and the catalyst is selected such that carboxylic acid is converted to vinyl ester product with a selectivity of at least 80 mole %, and there is less than 15 weight % acetic acid in the crude product mixture as well as a molar ratio of vinyl acetate:carboxylic acid of from more than 2:1 to 10:1 maintained in the reaction mixture. | 46,338 |
9,308,176 | 1. A dosage form having reduced abuse potential comprising: (a) a first population of granules, beads or minitablets comprising a psychoactive drug, and (b) a second population of drug-free granules, beads or minitablets comprising: wherein the deterrent substance does not interact with the drug when properly administered. | 33,526 |
8,404,203 | 1. A process for the reduction of oxides of nitrogen contained in a gas stream in the presence of oxygen wherein said process comprises contacting the gas stream with a catalyst comprising a zeolite having the CHA crystal structure and a mole ratio of silica to alumina from about 15 to about 100 and an atomic ratio of copper to aluminum from about 0.25 to about 0.50. | 45,194 |
9,634,179 | 1. A method of patterning a metal film pattern over a substrate of a solar cell, comprising: forming a metal film pattern over the substrate of the solar cell; depositing a coating over the substrate surface and the metal film pattern; and removing the coating over the metal film pattern by laser irradiation of an exposure area comprising the coating over the metal film pattern and the coating over the substrate offset from the metal film pattern, the removing comprising utilizing laser irradiation parameters for the laser irradiation that allow the laser irradiation to interact with metal of the metal film pattern within the exposure area to cause partial ablation of the metal in the metal film pattern and removal or disruption of the coating over the partially ablated metal film pattern, without causing ablation of the substrate or the coating over the substrate within the exposure area, thereby leaving the coating over the substrate within the exposure area offset from the metal film pattern. | 28,515 |
9,527,754 | 1. A method, comprising: dissolving an 8 carbon to 18 carbon quaternary ammonium surfactant in about 150 mL of 4:1 (v:v) water/absolute ethanol; adding drop wise a stoichiometric amount of a titanium alkoxide to form a reaction mixture; stirring the reaction mixture for approximately 18 to approximately 24 hours, during which time a precipitate forms; collecting the precipitate; washing the precipitate several times with 95% ethanol; heating the precipitate at about 75° C. to about 125° C. for about 0.5 to about 2 hours; and calcinating the precipitate at about 250° C. to about 550° C. for about 4 to about 7 hours. | 23,747 |
9,189,221 | 1. One or more computer storage hardware memory having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for deploying an updated image to one or more nodes propagated throughout a distributed computing platform, the method comprising: receiving an indication to install a patch to an operating system residing on the one or more nodes of a data center, wherein an existing image of the operating system is stored at a staging service remotely located from the operating system; employing the staging service to generate the updated image by applying the patch to the existing image having a variant state and an invariant state of the operating system wherein generating comprises: (a) separating the existing image into the variant state of the operating system and the invariant state of the operating system, wherein the invariant state includes a pristine model of the operating system while the variant state includes data written to the pristine model when running on the one or more nodes; (b) performing an installation of the patch on the invariant state; and (c) recombining the variant state and the invariant state to form the updated image, wherein the updated image comprises the patch installed on the invariant state; replicating the updated image, wherein the updated image being replicated includes the patch installed on the invariant state; pushing the replicated updated image having the patch installed at the staging service from the staging service to the one or more nodes of the data center, wherein the one or more nodes are configured to utilize the updated image as the operating system without performing an installation of the patch locally at the one or more nodes before utilizing the updated image based on: removing the one or more nodes to an offline condition; loading the updated image to the one or more offline nodes; and booting the one or more offline nodes, wherein the process of booting does not reinstall the operating system carried in the updated image, wherein the patch in the updated image is not locally installed such that varied computing environments inherent in the one or more nodes are excluded. | 25,934 |
9,273,873 | 1. A hollow draft inducer having an inlet and an outlet adapted for connecting to a flue stack, comprising: an upper cylindrical casing; a lower cylindrical casing; an impeller cylindrical casing, wherein each of the upper, lower and impeller cylindrical casings are formed of a refractive material; the upper cylindrical casing having the outlet with a female connection and a first top bearing cover; the upper cylindrical casing including an anchoring for an external motor with a drive shaft having a drive gear, the drive gear communicating with an impeller gear connected to an outside perimeter surface of the impeller cylindrical casing; an inner circumference surface of the impeller cylindrical casing having a plurality of impeller elements arranged around an inside perimeter of the inner circumference surface; wherein the impeller cylindrical casing is rotatably mounted between the upper and lower cylindrical casings and is driven by the drive shaft of the external motor; the impeller cylindrical casing having a first lower bearing cover with ball bearings in communication with the first to bearing cover of the upper cylindrical casing, and the impeller cylindrical casing having a second to bearing cover in communication with ball bearings in a second lower bearing cover of the lower cylindrical casing; the lower cylindrical casing having the inlet with a male connection and the second lower bearing cover with ball bearings in communication with the second to bearing cover of the impeller cylindrical casing. | 15,667 |
8,853,173 | 1. A compound represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein R | 30,316 |
9,740,242 | 1. A method for reducing a drain on a battery of a battery-powered motion control assembly when used with a mobile computing device, the battery-powered motion control assembly comprising a motion control device and a battery pack, the motion control device being capable of being powered by the battery pack, the motion control device comprising an illumination source and a sensor, the method comprising: determining sensed input power information including an input power level; and determining from the sensed input power information whether a low power required condition exists, and whenever the low power required condition exists: | 24,650 |
9,190,661 | 1. A secondary battery including a negative electrode sheet having a negative active material layer containing negative active material particles, wherein the negative active material layer contains, as the negative active material particles, graphite particles made of graphite and amorphous carbon particles made of amorphous carbon, and a specific surface area Sb of the amorphous carbon particles and a specific surface area Sa of the graphite particles are determined so that a difference ΔS(=Sb−Sa) between the specific surface areas is 0 to 2.1 m | 48,303 |
9,786,901 | 1. A method for manufacturing an electrode, the method comprising: (a) providing a layer having an active material; (b) providing one-sided electrochemical deposition of a metallic material on the layer having the active material by using a solid matrix that absorbs an electrolyte, so as to form a current collector layer having the metallic material and having a thickness in a range from greater than or equal to 1 μm to less than 7 μm; (c) joining a product obtained in (b) to another layer having an active material and to a contact element so that the current collector layer having the deposited metallic material is situated between the layer having an active material and the another layer having an active material, and that the contact element for establishing contact is at least partially exposed and is in contact with the current collector layer having the deposited metallic material. | 15,229 |
9,806,535 | 1. A power-receiving device comprising: a secondary-side coil capable of receiving first alternating current power in a contactless manner from a power-sending device having a primary-side coil to which the first alternating current power is input; a connecting portion to which a cable used to transmit second alternating current power is connected; a load; a first power transmission path that connects the secondary-side coil and the load to each other; a second power transmission path that connects the connecting portion and the load to each other; a common path provided in common in the first and second power transmission paths; and a voltage regulator arranged on the common path, wherein the voltage regulator rectifies the first alternating current power received by the secondary-side coil or the second alternating current power provided from the connecting portion, and wherein the voltage regulator converts the rectified power into a predetermined specific voltage value and outputs the power, wherein the voltage regulator includes a switching element, the voltage regulator rectifies the first alternating current power or the second alternating current power into the predetermined specific voltage value and outputs the power due to that the switching element switches periodically, the power-receiving device includes a control section that controls the switching element to change a switching frequency of the switching element, a frequency of the second alternating current power is lower than a frequency of the first alternating current power, and the control section controls the switching element such that the switching frequency of the switching element in a state in which the voltage regulator is receiving the second alternating current power is lower than the switching frequency of the switching element in a state in which the voltage regulator is receiving the first alternating current power. | 47,877 |
8,676,487 | 1. A movement region prediction apparatus comprising: a mobile body detection device that detects a mobile body around a host vehicle; a prediction device that predicts a movement region of the detected mobile body after a prediction time, wherein the prediction device has a plurality of movement prediction models that have different prediction times for predicting the movement region of the mobile body, and performs prediction using the plurality of movement prediction models to predict the movement region of the mobile body; and a degree of normality acquisition device that acquires a degree of normality of a situation of movement of the detected mobile body, wherein the prediction device selects a movement prediction model from the plurality of movement prediction models based on the acquired degree of normality, and predicts the movement region of the mobile body using the selected movement prediction model, wherein, in the case where the movement prediction of the mobile body around the host vehicle that is normal in the situation of movement is performed, the prediction in conjunction with short prediction times are performed using movement prediction models prepared for a mobile body that is abnormal in the situation of movement, and the prediction in conjunction with long prediction times are performed using movement prediction models prepared for a mobile body that is normal in the situation of movement, and wherein the movement prediction model prepared for the mobile body that is normal in the situation of movement predicts a smaller range of existence in which the movable body is to exist after a predetermined time, as compared with the movement prediction model prepared for the mobile body that is abnormal in the situation of movement. | 6,414 |
8,867,993 | 1. A system utilizing near-field communications, the system comprising: a plurality of sensors located in a facility for real-time location tracking of objects and users in the facility, each of the plurality of sensors communicating utilizing a medium range wireless communication format, wherein each of the plurality of sensors operates in a geo-spatially fixed physical location in the facility; a plurality of near-field communication devices, each of the plurality of near-field communication devices operating on a low power short-range wireless communication format and a medium range wireless communication format which is different than the low-power short-range wireless communication format, each of the plurality of near-field communication devices comprising a transceiver for transferring interaction data from one near-field communication device to another near-field communication device when the near-field communication devices are within a predetermined distance of each other, and a transceiver for transmitting a signal to at least one of the plurality of sensors, the signal comprising the interaction data; and an information engine in communication with the plurality of sensors, the information engine processing the interaction data. | 40,998 |
8,998,106 | 1. A boom mounting assembly for attachment to an agricultural application machine, the assembly comprising a boom support frame which is suspended from a primary frame mounted to a chassis, the boom support frame comprising a transverse beam for supporting an intermediate section of a fluid application boom and being suspended so as to allow yaw and pitch of the boom support frame relative to the primary frame, the assembly further comprising a first and a second damper each connected between the primary frame and the boom support frame at a position spaced from the transverse center of the assembly, wherein damping of pitch and asymmetrical yaw movement of the transverse beam away from a neutral position is controlled by the first and second dampers; the boom mounting assembly further comprising a fifth and sixth damper to damp symmetrical yaw movement of the fluid application boom relative to the support frame, wherein said fifth and sixth damper are each connected between the boom support frame and a respective symmetrical yaw linkage which is connected to a respective half of the boom; and wherein each of the first and second dampers is connected between the primary frame and a respective elbow bracket which is pivotally attached to the primary frame, and wherein each bracket is connected to a respective end of the transverse beam by a strut so that fore and aft movement of the beam is translated into at least partial vertical force upon the first and second dampers. | 36,871 |
8,355,176 | 1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: an image determination unit for determining an image attribute of each pixel of an inputted image; and a screen processor for determining each pixel value of a screen processing application unit region composed of a plurality of pixels to which a threshold matrix is applied in the inputted image, wherein the screen processor carries out a screen processing by applying one threshold matrix among a plurality of threshold matrices in which applied positions of threshold values are different from each other to the plurality of pixels in the screen processing application unit region based on the determined attribute and each determined pixel value, wherein the screen processor compares each determined pixel value with each threshold value of the threshold matrix, and selects one threshold matrix from among the plurality of threshold matrices based on a comparison result to apply the selected threshold matrix to the screen processing, and wherein the screen processor selects a threshold matrix in which each threshold value is applied in an ascending order of the threshold values to the pixels in a descending order of the determined pixel values, based on the comparison result. | 47,155 |
9,480,080 | 1. A Long Term Evolution (LTE) base station, comprising: a transceiver, being wirelessly connected to a plurality of Machine Type Communication (MTC) apparatuses and configured to receive a transmission period, a tolerable time shift, a start transmission time instant, and a required resource amount from each of the MTC apparatuses; and a processor, being electrically connected to the transceiver and configured to decide a first scheduling interval length according to the transmission periods, decide a first scheduling interval according to a start scheduling time instant and the first scheduling interval length, decide a first resource allocation result of the first scheduling interval for the MTC apparatuses according to the transmission periods, the tolerable time shifts, the start transmission time instants, and the required resource amounts, and decide a second resource allocation result of one of the first scheduling interval and a second scheduling interval for the MTC apparatuses according to the first resource allocation result, wherein the first resource allocation result comprises at least one first transmission time instant, each of the at least one first transmission time instant corresponds to one of the MTC apparatuses, the second resource allocation result comprises at least one second transmission time instant, each of the at least one second transmission time instant corresponds to one of the MTC apparatuses, wherein the transceiver further transmits each of the at least one first transmission time instant to the corresponding MTC apparatus and transmits each of the at least one second transmission time instant to the corresponding MTC apparatus. | 38,459 |
9,251,987 | 1. An electron emitter comprising: a surface comprising a round emission area which is a circle capable of emitting electrons when heated, wherein the round emission area comprises slots that separate segments from one another and define a radial electrical path; and at least one of a gap, a channel, or a combination thereof that separates a first portion of the round emission area from a second portion of the round emission area and permits thermal expansion of the first portion and the second portion within the at least one gap or channel without permitting the first portion and the second portion to touch one another wherein the radial electrical path begins at an outer diameter of the circle at the first portion and follows a pathway through the first portion to the center of the circle before entering the second portion, further comprising at least a second gap or channel orthogonal to the at least one gap or channel and divides the first portion and the second portion into equal portions that form at least four quadrants; two electrically conductive legs coupled to the surface at respective locations outside the round emission area and that are capable of supplying current to the round emission area; and at least one leg not electrically conductive and couple to the electron emitter to provide structural support and hold the electron emitter in-plane within at least two planes. | 29,355 |
9,145,842 | 1. A NOx sensor diagnosis apparatus that diagnoses a NOx sensor provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine and configured to detect the concentration of NOx in exhaust gas, the apparatus comprising: a calculation value operating unit configured to acquire the calculation value of the concentration of NOx in the exhaust gas based on the actuation state of the engine; an error determining unit configured to determine that the NOx sensor is erroneous when a difference between the calculation value of the concentration of NOx acquired by the calculation value operating unit and the detection value of the concentration of NOx detected by the NOx sensor is larger than a determination threshold value; and a determination threshold value setting unit configured to set the determination threshold value based on the temperature of the cooling water for cooling the engine, an atmospheric pressure, and an outdoor temperature. | 8,405 |
9,260,103 | 1. A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine and an electric heater, comprising: estimating an actual energy consumption, using a controller, of the electric heater in response to receipt of a heat request, the actual energy consumption being based on an actual power consumption of the electric heater over a predetermined period of time, wherein the actual power consumption is based on a measured total vehicle power consumption adjusted by subtracting power consumed by all vehicle components using electrical power other than the electric heater; comparing the actual energy consumption of the electric heater with a corresponding threshold using the controller; and starting the engine, using the controller, when the actual energy consumption is below the corresponding threshold. | 17,147 |
8,846,263 | 1. A housing assembly for at least two fuel cells, comprising: a hollow profile-like body extending in an axial direction and being configured to laterally encompass at least two fuel cells stacked on one another in the axial direction; a first end plate and a second end plate respectively arranged at opposite end sections of the body, the first end plate being entirely inserted in the body and the body being configured to transfer axially directed tension force between the end plates; and a fastening mechanism to interconnect the body with the second end plate configured to support the at least two fuel cells; wherein the first end plate entirely inserted in the body comprises a laterally outwardly extending bearing structure configured to mate with a correspondingly shaped laterally inwardly extending counter-bearing structure of a first axial end of the body, the first one of the end plates thus resting on the counter-bearing structure at the first axial end of the body, so that forces from inside the body acting axially on the first one of the end plates are transferred to the body; wherein the fastening mechanism comprises a closed frame element arranged to surround a second axial end of the body, said frame element comprising a laterally inwardly extending bearing structure configured to mate with a correspondingly shaped laterally outwardly extending counter-bearing structure of the second end of the body, the frame element comprising at least two laterally outwardly protruding portions substantially overlapping with corresponding fastening sections of the second end plate in an axial projection; and wherein a protruding portion of the frame element comprises a screw hole to receive an axially extending screw extending through a hole of the corresponding fastening section. | 13,873 |
8,803,076 | 1. A downhole measurement assembly to facilitate the reliable downhole measurement of radiation given off by geological formations adjacent a wellbore, the downhole measurement assembly comprising: a plurality of gamma probes configured within a single well zone to sense radiation given off by downhole formations and to provide output pulses representative of the radiation, one or more microcontrollers, at least one of which is configured to receive the output pulses from the plurality of gamma probes, at least one microcontroller configured to detect when one of the plurality of gamma probes is providing output pulses that may indicate one or more probes has malfunctioned, and one or more memory elements to store gamma controller assembly executable code and gamma probe data. | 13,608 |
9,766,747 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a capacitive sense array comprising a plurality of rows and columns of electrodes, wherein the capacitive sense array is configured to detect a presence of a stylus; and a processing device coupled to the capacitive sense array, the processing device configured to: wherein the capacitive sense array is further configured to detect a presence of a passive touch object and the processing device is further configured to: | 7,032 |
8,370,644 | 1. A system that facilitates securing data associated with a memory component, comprising: at least one memory that stores computer executable components; and at least one processor that executes the following computer executable components stored in the at least one memory: | 26,605 |
8,634,842 | 1. A method of allocating radio resources of a wireless communication system having a network node, a relay associated with the network node, and a terminal accessing the communication system via respective communication links including a terminal-to-network-node communication link, a terminal-to-relay communication link of the relay and a relay-to-network-node communication link, the method comprising: receiving status parameters of each of the communication links; determining from the status parameters, a performance of the terminal-to-network-node communication link, the terminal-to-relay communication link and the relay-to-network-node communication link; determining a first radio resource allocation by balancing the performance of the relay-to-network-node communication link with a performance of the terminal-to-relay communication link; determining a second radio resource allocation by balancing the performance of the rely-to-network-node communication link with a performance of the terminal-to-network-node communication link; calculating an average of the first and second radio resource allocations; and allocating radio resources to the terminal-to-network-node communication link, the terminal-to-relay communication link, and the relay-to-network-node communication link based on the average of the first and second radio resource allocations; wherein when the radio resources of the relay-to-network-node communication link comprise time-frequency blocks having a corresponding time-frequency block size for the relay, the method further comprises: receiving the status parameters from the relay, the status parameters comprising at least information regarding a number of terminals served by the relay, information regarding a throughput of the terminal-to-relay communication link, information regarding at least one of a traffic type and a quality of service requirement of the terminal served by the relay and information regarding a spectrum efficiency of the relay-to-network-node communication link; determining for the relay, a first time-frequency block size based at least on the information regarding the throughput of the terminal-to-relay communication link and the spectrum efficiency of the relay-to-network-node communication link; determining for the relay, a second time-frequency block size based at least on the number of terminals served by the relay, a number of terminals served by the network node, the spectrum efficiency of the relay-to-network-node communication link of the relay, and a spectrum efficiency of a terminal-to-network-node communication link; calculating a weighted average value of the first and second time-frequency block sizes for the relay based at least on the information regarding the traffic type and the quality of service requirement of the terminal served by the relay; allocating radio resources to the relay-to-network-node communication link of the relay in accordance with the corresponding calculated weighted average value; and transmitting an indication of the corresponding allocated radio resources to the relay. | 10,359 |
8,716,002 | 1. A recombinant Escherichia coli ( E.coli ) bacterium which comprises a full complement of heterologous ethanol production genes integrated into a ribosomal RNA operon, wherein the heterologous ethanol production genes are pdc, adhA and adhB. | 9,859 |
8,372,774 | 1. A photocatalyst-coated body comprising a substrate and a photocatalyst layer provided on the substrate, the photocatalyst layer comprising: photocatalyst particles of 1 part or more by mass and less than 20 parts by mass; inorganic oxide particles of 70 parts or more by mass and less than 99 parts by mass; and the dried substance of a hydrolyzable silicone in terms of silica of zero parts or more by mass and less than 10 parts by mass, provided that a total amount of the photocatalyst particles, the inorganic oxide particles and the hydrolysable silicone in terms of silica is 100 parts by mass, wherein the inorganic oxide particles have a number average particle diameter ranging from 10 nm or more to less than 40 nm calculated by measuring lengths of 100 particles randomly selected from particles located within a visible field magnified 200,000 times by a scanning electron microscope. | 29,521 |
9,474,766 | 1. A method of reducing an infant's risk of developing obesity later in life, the method comprising administering to an infant an infant formula in the first year of life, wherein the infant formula has an energy content of less than 650 Kcal/L and comprises a nucleotide and a carotenoid as active ingredients to reduce the infant's risk of developing obesity later in life, wherein the infant formula comprises from 42 mg/L to 102 mg/L of nucleotide. | 12,685 |
9,255,531 | 1. A method for mapping transient events for a machine operating at a worksite, comprising: determining at an electronic control module associated with the machine a transmission gear shift schedule for the machine based on a shift control logic strategy for the machine and worksite map information for the worksite in which the machine will operate; storing gear shift transient event coordinates for gear shift transient events identified in the transmission gear shift schedule in a memory associated with the machine; retrieving from the memory a first fuel substitution strategy for providing a mixture of available fuels to a multi fuel engine of the machine; comparing the gear shift transient events to the first fuel substitution strategy; for each gear shift transient event, determining whether a gear shift fuel substitution adjustment to the first fuel substitution strategy is required based on the comparison of the gear shift transient event to the first fuel substitution strategy; storing the fuel substitution adjustments in the memory; operating the machine at the worksite under control of the electronic control module according to the first fuel substitution strategy; determining at the electronic control module whether the machine is approaching the gear shift transient event coordinates for one of the gear shift transient events; determining at the electronic control module whether the one of the gear shift transient events will occur when the machine arrives at the gear shift transient event coordinates for one of the gear shift transient events based on current machine operating conditions; and executing the gear shift fuel substitution adjustment corresponding to the one of the gear shift transient events when the machine arrives at the gear shift transient event coordinates for the one of the gear shift transient events in response to determining that the one of the gear shift transient events will occur. | 20,238 |
8,810,138 | 1. A method of operating an illumination system, the method comprising: processing by at least one control subsystem information indicative of a number of levels of illumination in an environment sensed by at least one sensor at respective ones of a plurality of times during each of a plurality of daily cycles; the processing by the at least one control subsystem including: | 14,093 |
8,681,558 | 1. A non-volatile memory device, comprising: a parallel bitline semiconductor architecture comprising a plurality of wordlines, and a plurality of transistors, each of the plurality of transistors having a gate that is electrically connected to respective ones of the plurality of wordlines a source node that is electrically connected directly to a local source line and a drain node that is electrically connected directly to a local bitline, wherein the local source line is connected to a common source line via a select transistor and the local bitline is connected to a common bit line by a second select transistor; and a channel-based processing component configured to ground the local source line and the local bitline to program one transistor of the plurality of transistors, wherein the channel-based processing component inhibits programming of a non-program transistor sharing a common wordline with the one transistor by floating a second local source line and a second local bitline connected to the non-program transistor. | 5,146 |
9,361,925 | 1. A data storage device comprising: a housing member for a 3½ inch form factor storage device; a rotatable data recording disc supported by the housing member on which a plurality of tracks are formed, at least one track of the plurality of tracks having an average radius of greater than 47.5 mm from a center of rotation of the rotatable data recording disc; and a data read/write transducer configured to be controllably advanced across a recording surface of the data recording disc and to record data to the plurality of tracks. | 23,435 |
8,960,023 | 1. A wind turbine blade tester comprising a pair of linearly reciprocable actuators each arranged to deliver a stroke to a wind turbine blade being tested and arranged to be connected to the ground, the stroke delivered by each of the actuators providing a controlled force in both the edgewise and flapwise directions. | 24,012 |
8,838,306 | 1. A method for operating a drive unit of a motor vehicle, comprising: using a controller, adiusting an actual value of a first output variable of the drive unit toward a setpoint value for the first output variable; and restricting the actual value of the first output variable of the drive unit as a function of a specified comparison process, wherein the specified comparison process includes: | 12,457 |
9,456,542 | 1. A debris assembly for an agricultural row unit having a furrow opener, comprising: a bracket attached to the agricultural row unit; a debris member having a base; a boss extending from the bracket such that the boss is operable to be removably and adjustably engaged with an opposing element for selective positioning of the debris member relative to the furrow opener and the boss is operable to be slidably received in the opposing element, wherein the base of the debris member includes a positioning element that slidably bears against a portion of the bracket such that the boss is operable to adjust the debris member via the bracket in a first direction along a first plane and the base is operable to adjust the debris member on the bracket in a second direction along a second plane. | 2,561 |
9,222,872 | 1. A flow cytometer system comprising: a nozzle assembly for producing a fluid stream with particles, the nozzle assembly comprising an orienting nozzle tip formed from a cylindrical body defining a longitudinal axis and a frustoconical body adjoining the cylindrical body on the longitudinal axis which is in fluid communication with the cylindrical body, wherein the frustoconical body ends in a flat surface transverse to the longitudinal axis which has a nozzle exit orifice, and wherein the frustoconical body further comprises a cutout at the edge of the flat surface and the frustoconical body, the frustoconical body further comprising an exterior surface having a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the proximal portion of the frustoconical body has a first angle of taper and wherein the distal portion of the frustoconical body has a second angle of taper, and wherein the second angle of taper is greater than the first angle of taper; a source of electromagnetic radiation for producing a beam incident upon the fluid stream and the particles; and a detector for detecting light emitted or reflected from the particles within the fluid stream in response to the beam. | 28,498 |
8,998,957 | 1. A rod connector for connecting a first spinal rod and a second spinal rod, comprising: a housing comprising: a top housing component defining a top portion of a first bore hole for receiving a portion of the first spinal rod and defining a top portion of a second bore hole for receiving the second spinal rod, the first spinal rod having a first outer diameter, the second spinal rod having a second diameter, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter, the first bore hole having a third diameter, the second bore hole having a fourth diameter, the third diameter being greater than the fourth diameter; a bottom housing component defining a bottom portion of the first bore hole for receiving a portion of the first spinal rod and defining a bottom portion of the second bore hole for receiving the second spinal rod, the bottom housing component disposed along the top housing component such that the top portion of the first bore hole is generally aligned with the bottom portion of the first bore hole and cooperate to define the first bore hole, the top portion of the second bore hole is generally aligned with the bottom portion of the second bore hole and cooperate to define the second bore hole; wherein the first bore hole extends along a first longitudinal axis and the second bore hole extends along a second longitudinal axis; a bushing disposed in the first bore hole, the bushing defining a first rod bore for receiving the first spinal rod to allow angular movement of first spinal rod and the bushing relative to the first longitudinal axis, and no bushing disposed in the second bore hole. | 43,975 |
8,361,835 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a transparent conductive oxide layer over a substrate; etching the formed transparent conductive oxide layer to form a roughened surface, the etching comprising exposing the formed transparent conductive oxide layer to a wet etchant composition selected from the group consisting of: quenching the etched transparent conductive oxide layer by exposing the transparent conductive oxide layer to a basic solution having a pH of greater than about 10; and annealing the etched transparent conductive oxide layer. | 12,740 |
9,523,329 | 1. A stream diverter for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a first fan for communicating air through said gas turbine engine; a first air duct; a second air duct; a third air duct receiving an airflow from the first fan; a second fan for communicating an airflow to said second air duct; said pressure of said airflow in said second air duct being greater than the airflow in said third air duct; a door operatively associated with the second and third air ducts of the gas turbine engine, the door having at least an open position allowing air from the second air duct to flow into the third air duct and a closed position preventing air from flowing between the ducts; an actuator for moving said door from said open and closed position; a processor in communication with said actuator for manipulating the position of said door enabling high pressure airflow from said second duct to flow into said third air duct; a fan map of the first fan being a plot of air pressure ratio in said third duct to air throughput in said third duct where said pressure ratio is the ratio of the air pressure of incoming air from the fan into the third duct versus the air pressure of outgoing air; said door being manipulated by said processor according to said fan map; and wherein the gas turbine engine is a reverse core engine, the second duct being a middle duct of the reverse core engine, and the third duct being an outer duct of the reverse core engine. | 8,175 |
9,345,267 | 1. An oral pouch product comprising: a porous single-layer, fibrous flavored wrapper including at least one embedded flavorant and at least one sealed edge forming a pouch; and a inner filling material including non-tobacco, plant material fibers enclosed in said pouch, the inner filling material having a moisture content of less than about 15% by weight of the inner filling material, wherein said fibrous flavored wrapper includes a browning inhibitor so as to inhibit discoloration of the wrapper, and wherein said browning inhibitor is sodium hexametaphosphate. | 5,974 |
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