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8,537,263 | 1. An imaging device having a width and an optical path passing therethrough, the imaging device comprising: a sensor; an imaging surface configured to be illuminated and reflect at least some of the illumination along the optical path to the sensor to detect an image; and an optical element in the optical path configured to compensate for perspective distortion exhibited by the optical path by generating a magnification profile across a tangential plane of the imaging device at the sensor; wherein the sensor, the imaging surface and the optical element are formed as a unitary element. | 5,448 |
9,242,219 | 1. A fluidized bed biogasifier for gasifying biosolids obtained from sewage sludge, comprising: a reactor vessel; a freeboard section having a diameter of at least 57 inches and a height of at least 10 feet; a feeder for feeding biosolids into said reactor vessel, said feeder being configured to feed said biosolids into said reactor vessel at a biosolids fuel feed rate during steady-state operation of the biogasifier; and a fluidized bed in a base of said reactor vessel, said fluidized bed having a diameter of at least 45 inches; wherein the freeboard section has a greater diameter than the fluidized bed such that a superficial velocity range of gas inside the freeboard section during steady state operation is between 0.1 m/s (0.33ft/s) and 3 m/s (9.84ft/s), and further wherein a ratio of a height of the bed section of the reactor vessel to a depth of the fluidized bed is 1.5. | 39,273 |
9,145,470 | 1. A process of preparing a polyalkylene terephthalate comprising reacting an alkylene diol and a dicarboxy aromatic compound selected from the group consisting of aromatic dicarboxylic acids, aromatic dicarboxylic (C 1 -C 3 )alkyl esters, and combinations thereof, wherein the process comprises: forming a catalyst that consists of the reaction product of tetra(C obtaining ester interchange by combining the catalyst with the alkylene diol and the aromatic dicarboxy compound; and polymerizing the product of ester interchange, in the continued presence of the catalyst, yielding polyalkylene terephthalate; wherein the polyalkylene terephthalate excludes adipic acid groups. | 4,997 |
9,760,995 | 1. A system for detecting at least one chemical species released into an environment, comprising: a lens; a first beam splitter configured to receive a beam of electromagnetic radiation from the lens and separate the beam into a first electromagnetic radiation beam and a second electromagnetic radiation beam; a first bandpass filter configured to receive the first electromagnetic radiation beam and transmit a filtered first electromagnetic radiation beam in a mid-infrared spectral range, the first bandpass filter is configured to transmit at least 50% of the first electromagnetic radiation beam passing through a first transmittance window, the first transmittance window having a first width including a first electromagnetic radiation wavelength range corresponding to at least a portion of a wavelength range of absorption or emission by the at least one chemical species to be detected; a first electromagnetic radiation detector configured to receive at least a portion of the filtered first electromagnetic radiation beam from the first bandpass filter and detect the at least one chemical species; a second bandpass filter configured to receive the second electromagnetic radiation beam and transmit a filtered second electromagnetic radiation beam in the mid-infrared spectral range, the second bandpass filter including a second transmittance window having a second width within a second electromagnetic radiation wavelength, the second width in the range of from 50 nm to 500 nm, the second transmittance window having an upper limit wavelength value that is greater than an upper limit wavelength value of the first transmittance window, the second bandpass filter configured to transmit a lesser percentage of the second electromagnetic radiation beam passing through the second transmittance window than the first bandpass filter transmits of the first electromagnetic radiation beam passing through the first transmittance window; and a second electromagnetic radiation detector configured to receive at least a portion of the filtered second electromagnetic radiation beam from the second bandpass filter and provide a reference background. | 27,643 |
9,511,130 | 1. An immunogenic composition comprising a combination of (i) an immunologically effective amount of an isolated bacterial Ig-like domain protein fragment (orf405B) comprising wherein concentration of the isolated protein recited in (i) is at least 0.2 μg per unit dose, and (ii) an immunologically effective amount of an isolated putative Lipoprotein (orf3526) comprising wherein concentration of the isolated protein recited in (ii) is at least 0.2 μg per unit dose. | 39,009 |
9,305,800 | 1. A method for fabricating an integrated circuit comprising: forming assisting etch resistant fill topographical features that overlie a semiconductor substrate and that define an assisting etch resistant fill confinement well using a photomask that defines an assisting lithographically-printable mask feature; depositing a block copolymer into the assisting etch resistant fill confinement well; and phase separating the block copolymer into an etchable phase and an etch resistant phase defining a phase separated block copolymer, wherein the assisting etch resistant fill topographical features direct the etch resistant phase to form an etch resistant plug in the assisting etch resistant fill confinement well, and wherein the method further comprises etching the phase separated block copolymer to remove at least a portion of the etchable phase and the etch resistant plug obstructs etching continuously through the phase separated block copolymer such that an opening does not extend fully through the phase separated block copolymer that is in the assisting etch resistant fill confinement well. | 15,187 |
8,765,321 | 1. A separator for fuel cells, comprising: a base material comprising a transition metal or an alloy of the transition metal; wherein the base material comprises an austenitic stainless steel containing transition metal elements selected from among Fe, Cr, Ni, and Mo, having Fe as a principal component, meeting formulas (8) to (10) below: and a nitrided layer of a transition metal nitride formed over a whole areas of a surface of the base material and continuously in a depth direction from the surface, the transition metal nitride obtained by a nitriding treatment of a surface of the base material, with the transition metal nitride having a crystal structure of an M4N type and a crystal structure of an ε-M2˜3N type. | 49,067 |
9,755,311 | 1. For use in a wireless network, an apparatus comprising: an antenna comprising: (i) a first host patch element with two opposite corners truncated, (ii) a first microstrip line connected to a first side of the first host patch element and configured to feed the first host patch element, (iii) a second microstrip line having a first end directly connected to a second side of the first host patch element opposite the first side of the first host patch element, and (iv) a second host patch element with two opposite corners truncated, the second host patch element having shape in an orientation that is not flipped in an X plane or a Y plane compared to the first host patch element, a side of the second host patch element directly connected to a second end of the second microstrip line, (v) a third microstrip line having a first end directly connected to a third side of the first host patch element adjacent to the first side of the first host patch element and (vi) a first parasitic patch element with two opposite corners truncated, the first parasitic patch element having a shape in an orientation that is flipped in one of an X plane or a Y plane compared to the first and second host patch elements, a side of the first parasitic patch element directly connected to a second end of the third microstrip line. | 12,980 |
8,920,633 | 1. A method for oxidatively increasing the cetane number of a liquid hydrocarbon, comprising: providing a liquid hydrocarbon feedstock having an initial cetane number, the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of: diesel; liquid hydrocarbons having a boiling range of about 150° C. to about 380° C. selected from refinery streams, straight petroleum runs, thermally cracked hydrocarbons, catalytically cracked hydrocarbons, hydrocracked hydrocarbons, biodiesels, vegetable oils, and animal fats; and materials produced by visbreaking at least one of bright stock, used lubricating oil, and gas oil with a boiling point in a range of about 200° C. to about 500° C.; providing a separate stream comprising an oxidation source and acid; introducing the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock and the separate stream comprising the oxidation source and the acid, and optionally a catalyst, into a first cavitation reactor; and mixing together and promoting cetane-increasing oxidation reactions between the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock, oxidation source, and optional catalyst in the first cavitation reactor and operating the cavitation reactor with a cooling or heat exchange apparatus in order to control the temperature inside the cavitation reactor and in order to oxygenate the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock, minimize oxidation of sulfur-containing compounds, and avoid transformation of sulfur-containing compounds into oxygenated compounds that are more water rather than oil soluble to thereby yield a liquid hydrocarbon product comprising oxidized hydrocarbons and having a final cetane number that is at least about 15% higher than the initial cetane number of the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock. | 25,736 |
8,534,983 | 1. A door breaching robotic manipulator configured to be attached to a manipulator arm of a robot, the door breaching robotic manipulator comprising: two fingers, each finger comprising a gripper surface at a distal end thereof, the gripper surfaces being spaced from each other by a predetermined distance and comprising rubber blocks; a selectively compliant wrist comprising a magnetic coupling having a predetermined magnetic force, and an adjacent stepped member having a first end to which the magnetic coupling is attracted; and a restoring spring in contact with the magnetic coupling and configured to bias the magnetic coupling toward the stepped member, wherein, when a force acting on the compliant wrist does not over the predetermined magnetic force strength of the magnetic coupling, the magnetic coupling does not separate from the stepped member and no compliance is created in the wrist, wherein, when the force acting on the compliant wrist overcomes the predetermined magnetic force strength of the magnetic coupling, the magnetic coupling separates from the stepped member, creating compliance in the wrist, and wherein, when the force acting on the compliant wrist no longer overcomes the predetermined magnetic force strength of the magnetic coupling, the restoring spring biases the magnetic coupling toward the stepped member to remove compliance created in the wrist by separation of the magnetic coupling from the stepped member. | 10,820 |
9,015,149 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, information relating to content of a message at least partially composed by a user; identifying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of entities referenced in the content of the message, selecting, by the one or more processors, a particular entity, of the plurality of entities, based on a user profile, generating, by the one or more processors, a search query that includes information identifying the particular entity; receiving, by the one or more processors, a set of search results; providing, by the one or more processors, the set of search results for display, receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection of the search result, identifying the document, using the graphical selection object; identifying, by the one or more processors and without user action, a portion of text included in the document based on one or more terms included in the search query; and incorporating, by the one or more processors, based on the selection of the search result, and without user action, information associated with the search result into the message, | 26,073 |
9,362,431 | 1. A compound semiconductor single crystal ingot of cadmium telluride or cadmium zinc telluride for a photoelectric conversion device containing at least one group 1A impurity element and having a hole concentration in the range of 4×10 15 cm −3 to 1×10 18 cm −3 . | 29,219 |
9,385,522 | 1. For use in an electric power distribution network, apparatus for coupling an electric meter to an electric meter socket either in a first in-service position or in a second out-of-service status position, wherein said electric meter is rotationally displaced relative to said electric meter socket between said first and second positions, said electric meter having plural contact blades and said electric meter socket having plural terminals coupled to a source of electric power, said apparatus comprising: a non-conductive housing having a generally planar base with a first side in facing relation with the electric meter and a second opposing side in facing relation with the electric meter socket, said planar base having plural spaced first apertures therein; plural spaced conductive flanges disposed on the first surface of the housing's planar base, wherein each of said conductive flanges is inserted through a respective aperture in said planar base and is adapted to receive a respective electric meter contact blade in a removable manner; plural conductive tabs disposed on the second opposed surface of the housing's planar base each electrically coupled to a respective one of said conductive flanges through a respective aperture in said planar base, wherein each of said conductive tabs is adapted for insertion in a respective conductive flange for electrical coupling to a respective terminal in the electric meter socket, and wherein each electric meter contact blade is electrically coupled to a respective one of the electric meter socket's terminals via the combination of a conductive flange and an associated conductive tab with the electric meter in said first in-service position; plural spaced, non-conductive receiving means disposed on the first surface of said planar base, wherein each receiving means is adapted to receive and securely retain a respective electric meter contact blade in a tight-fitting manner with the electric meter rotationally displaced relative to the electric meter socket so as to assume said second out-of-service position; and first and second conductors disposed on the second opposed surface of said planar base and adjacent a respective aperture therein and electrically coupled to a respective one of said conductive tabs, wherein each of said first and second conductors includes respective projections each extending through a respective first aperture in said planer base and engaging a respective one of said non-conductive receiving means for establishing electrical contact with an electric meter contact blade disposed in said non-conductive receiving means, wherein with the electric meter in said second position the electric meter is removed from the electric power distribution network in an out-of-service status, with an AC voltage provided to the electric meter to allow the electric meter to continue to receive and transmit RF information. | 6,435 |
9,833,438 | 1. A method of treating an atopic dermatitis, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising a solid extract of Indigo Naturalis and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the solid extract comprises, relative to the total weight of the extract: | 42,589 |
8,821,603 | 1. A rapid omni-directional compaction process for producing a hard composite body comprising the steps of: providing a pre-compaction composite comprising a substrate comprising a partially dense green body containing a cavity opening at one surface of the green body, and the pre-compaction composite further comprising a superhard member within the cavity, and wherein the superhard member comprises one selected from the group consisting of cobalt-leached TSP diamond or silicon carbide-bonded TSP diamond or silicon compound-bonded TSP diamond or nickel-coated cobalt-leached TSP diamond or coated cobalt-leached TSP diamond; placing the pre-compaction composite in a bed of flowable particles; and effecting pressurization of said bed to cause pressure transmission equal to or greater than about 60,000 psi via said particles to said pre-compaction composite, thereby to consolidate the pre-compaction composite into the hard composite body wherein the hard composite body comprises the superhard member mechanically retained within the cavity due to the shrinkage in volume of the partially dense green body upon consolidation of the pre-compaction composite. | 48,371 |
9,760,960 | 1. A method for allowing a second signatory of an electronic agreement to modify the electronic agreement without contacting a first signatory of the electronic agreement or an agent of the first signatory, the method comprising: providing, by an electronic signature service executed by a computing system and to the second signatory, electronic access to the electronic agreement; receiving, by the electronic signature service, a first electronic communication from the second signatory indicating that the second signatory has rejected the electronic agreement; identifying, by the electronic signature service and responsive to receiving the first electronic communication, a proposed change to an attribute of the electronic agreement, the proposed change to the attribute changing a task that at least one of the first signatory and the second signatory will legally be obligated to perform upon execution of the electronic agreement by the second signatory, wherein identifying the proposed change comprises: updating, by the electronic signature service, the electronic agreement with the proposed change based on verifying that the proposed change is acceptable; transmitting, by the electronic signature service, the proposed change to the second signatory; determining, by the electronic signature service, that the second signatory has accepted the electronic agreement based on the electronic signature service receiving a second electronic communication from the second signatory indicating an acceptance of the proposed change by the second signatory; and determining, by the electronic signature service, that the updated electronic agreement is legally binding on the first signatory and the second signatory based on the electronic signature service receiving, from the second signatory, an indication of the electronic agreement being executed by the second signatory. | 37,975 |
8,344,933 | 1. A weather radar system having a transceiver and an antenna, comprising: electronics configured to facilitate communication using the transceiver and the antenna, the electronics configured to extract communications data from a received communication radar signal received by the antenna and provided by the transceiver to the electronics, the electronics further configured to provide the communications data for an outgoing radar signal for data transmission via the transceiver and the antenna, wherein the weather radar system actively detects in an area weather by providing outgoing radar pulses from the transceiver to the antenna and receiving radar returns using the transceiver and the antenna, wherein the weather radar system steers the antenna to perform a weather radar scan including the outgoing radar pulses and the outgoing radar signal, wherein during the weather radar scan, the antenna is steered towards a communication region for communication in the area; wherein the outing radar signal uses differential coding, the differential coding comparing phase between two consecutively received signals to verify integrity of the communications data. | 17,012 |
8,986,895 | 1. A garnet-type lithium ion-conducting oxide that is represented by the formula Li 5+X La 3 (Zr X , A 2−X )O 12 , wherein A is Nb or Ta, and X satisfies the inequality 1.4≦X<2. | 48,313 |
9,030,986 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a network, by a mobile device, signaling comprising a DRX control parameter that indicates a first DRX awake period, the signaling configuring the mobile device to operate in a DRX control mode that includes DRX sleep periods and DRX awake periods; and during each of a plurality of DRX awake periods, monitoring for a dynamically-allocated resource, a plurality of downlink layer 1 control channel elements (CCE's) in each of a plurality of consecutive sub-frames of that DRX awake period. | 43,016 |
9,838,896 | 1. A coverage assessment system, comprising: a processing system that includes a processor; a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of first operations comprising: wherein the application data, when executed by a processor of the first user device in conjunction with an application stored in a memory of the first user device, facilitates performance of second operations comprising: wherein the first coverage parameter data includes location data and accelerometer data of the first user device, and wherein the coverage prediction data is calculated based on the first location data, a location of the base station, a height of the base station, and a tilt angle indicated by the accelerometer data. | 8,827 |
9,599,373 | 1. A hydrogen storage heat pump, comprising: a hydrogen storage unit in which hydrogen gas is stored in a compressed state; a hydrogen flow tube through which the hydrogen gas, which is supplied from the hydrogen storage unit, flows; a plurality of hydrogen absorbing materials that are provided at the hydrogen flow tube, that each have a different absorption pressure at which hydrogen is absorbed, and that are arranged in an order such that the absorption pressure decreases in a hydrogen gas flow direction from the hydrogen storage unit; and a switching valve that is disposed between the hydrogen absorbing materials in the hydrogen flow tube and that switches a flow rate of the hydrogen gas. | 557 |
8,662,437 | 1. A wire bobbin holder of a bobbin cassette in a wiring apparatus, which is mounted on the bobbin cassette in the wiring apparatus and holds a wire bobbin round which a current collecting wire is wound when the current collecting wire is laid in parallel on a solar cell on which a photosensitive film is formed, comprising: a bobbin holder shaft pivotally held on a holder fixed to a frame of the bobbin cassette, the wire bobbin being detachably attached to the bobbin holder shaft; and a wire tension adjusting mechanism for adjusting tension of the current collecting wire to be drawn out from the wire bobbin, the wire tension adjusting mechanism including: | 38,250 |
9,523,099 | 1. An expression vector comprising a nucleic acid construct comprising: a nucleic acid molecule that is up-regulated by nitrogen in corn; a 5′ DNA promoter sequence, wherein the DNA promoter sequence is a nitrogen inducible plant promoter; and and a 3′ terminator sequence, wherein the nucleic acid molecule, the DNA promoter sequence, and the terminator sequence are operatively coupled to permit transcription of the nucleic acid molecule, wherein the DNA promoter sequence is heterologous to the nucleic acid molecule, and wherein the nucleic acid molecule either: (a) encodes a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:45; or (b) comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:44; or (c) comprises the coding portion of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:44. | 36,173 |
9,528,861 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a mobile computing device, a user input via an input component of the mobile computing device, the user input associated with a request by a user to monitor an output of a first sensor device; activating, by the mobile computing device, at least one of a digital camera, scanner, or barcode reader in response to the user input, to capture sensor identifier data at the mobile computing device; transmitting, by the mobile computing device, a sensor data request to a computer server, the sensor data request associated with the captured sensor identifier data; receiving, by the mobile computing device and from the computer server, in response to the sensor data request, first sensor data collected by the first sensor device; and displaying, by the mobile computing device, at least a portion of the first sensor data on a display screen of the mobile computing device. | 20,919 |
9,110,228 | 1. A film mirror comprising a resin substrate and a silver reflection layer provided on at least one side of the resin substrate, wherein the film mirror comprises an outermost layer on a light incident side and a surface of the outermost layer exhibits an electric surface resistivity value of 1.0×10 | 45,628 |
9,707,932 | 1. A wiper blade comprising: a wiper strip which wipes a wiping surface; at least one pair of yoke levers which supports the wiper strip; a pair of auxiliary levers which is relatively rotatably coupled to the at least one pair of the yoke levers respectively; and a main lever which is relatively rotatably coupled to the pair of the auxiliary levers and is connected to a wiper arm, wherein each of the pair of the auxiliary levers comprises a spoiler and an extension part which is received within a lower portion of the main lever, wherein the extension part comprises a hinge protrusion which protrudes outwardly therefrom in a width direction thereof and a hinge shaft which protrudes inwardly, wherein the main lever comprises a protrusion fitting portion, a first hinge recess, a second hinge recess, a guide part and an inclined surface, wherein the protrusion fitting portion is formed to protrude downwardly from an inner ceiling, wherein the first hinge recess is formed on an inner side wall of an end of the main lever and wherein the hinge protrusion is coupled to the first hinge recess, wherein the second hinge recess is formed in the protrusion fitting portion and is formed in a center in a width direction of the main lever and wherein the hinge shaft is coupled to the second hinge recess, wherein the guide part is formed on the inner side wall of the main lever, and is formed under the first hinge recess and is inclined toward the end of the main lever, wherein the inclined surface is formed in the lower portion of the protrusion fitting portion and is formed under the second hinge recess and is inclined toward the end of the main lever, wherein the lower portion of the end of the main lever is formed to have a convex shape toward the end of the wiper blade, wherein the lower portion of the end of the spoiler of the auxiliary lever, which is closer to the main lever, is formed to have a concave shape toward the end of the wiper blade, wherein the hinge protrusion is guided by the guided part and is coupled in an oblique up and down direction in a sliding manner to the first hinge recess, and wherein the hinge shaft is guided by the inclined surface and is coupled in an oblique up and down direction in a sliding manner to the second hinge recess. | 45,042 |
9,030,238 | 1. A tunable buffer circuit, comprising: a first transistor including first and second conduction terminals and a control terminal coupled for receiving an input signal; a second transistor including first and second conduction terminals and a control terminal coupled for receiving the input signal; an inductor coupled between the first conduction terminal of the first transistor and the first conduction terminal of the second transistor; and a tunable capacitor coupled between the first conduction terminal of the first transistor and the first conduction terminal of the second transistor. | 16,495 |
8,991,466 | 1. A method for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire wheel assembly, comprising the steps of: arranging the tire relative to a tire support member of the apparatus, wherin a tire-engaging device is rotably-supported upon the tire support member, wherein; a first portion of a sidewall surface of the tire is arranged adjacent an upper surface of the tire support member, and wherein, a second portion of the sidewall surface of the tire is arranged adjacent a first portion of the tire-engaging device, and wherein, a third portion of the sidewall surface of the tire is arranged adjacent a second portion of the tire-engaging device; partially arranging the wheel within a passage of the tire such that one or both of an upper bead of the tire and a lower bead of the tire is/are not entirely arranged about a circumference of the wheel; moving the wheel through a gap formed by a first tire engaging post and a second tire engaging post of the apparatus; utilizing the movement of the wheel to impart corresponding movement of the tire through the gap for contacting the tire with the tire engaging posts, causing one or both of a substantially circular, upper tire opening and a substantially circular, lower tire opening that form the passage of the tire to be manipulated to have a substantially non-circular form to permit both of the upper bead of the tire and the lower bead of the tire to be arranged about the circumference of the wheel. | 4,852 |
8,937,540 | 1. A method of processing signals from an analyte sensor, comprising: coupling a first amplifier to a second amplifier, the first amplifier operatively coupled to a signal source; operatively coupling an analog to digital (A/D) converter to the second amplifier; comparing signals at an output terminal of the second amplifier to a predetermined threshold value; and processing a signal associated with the signals at the second amplifier output terminal when another signal at the second amplifier output terminal exceeds the predetermined threshold value. | 45,242 |
8,658,223 | 1. An insecticidal composition consisting essentially of (i) insecticidal amounts of a component selected from the group consisting of synthetic prallethrin, synthetic sumithrin, and a combination thereof, and one or more of R-carvone and S-carvone, wherein the R-carvone and S-carvone are isolated, synthetic, or a combination thereof, and (ii) a compound selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, capric caprylic triglyceride, glycerol, polyethylene glycol, wintergreen oil, D-limonene, and a combination thereof. | 30,828 |
8,728,142 | 1. An apparatus for release and deployment of a therapeutic device within the vasculature of a patient, comprising: an elongated, flexible pusher member having an interior lumen and a distal portion; a tubular collar detachably mounting a therapeutic device to the pusher member for placement of the therapeutic device within the vasculature, the tubular collar being expandable when heated and having a crimped closed configuration engaging a proximal portion of the therapeutic device and a radially outwardly expanded open configuration releasing the therapeutic device; an electrical resistance heater coil disposed in the tubular collar of the pusher member for heating the tubular collar to cause the tubular collar to expand and release the therapeutic device for detaching and deploying the therapeutic device from the flexible pusher member when a desired placement of the therapeutic device within the vasculature is achieved, said electrical resistance heater coil being connected to a power supply by electrical connectors extending through said interior lumen of said elongated pusher member, and said interior lumen of said elongated, flexible pusher member and said tubular collar being configured to provide an insulative space and wall thickness to contain heating of said tubular collar in said closed and open configurations of said tubular collar to avoid thermal damage to surrounding tissues of the vasculature of the patient. | 35,259 |
9,195,247 | 1. A DC-DC converter, comprising: a first circuit supplied with a first internal reference voltage and a first power supply voltage and configured to supply current to a first terminal of an inductor; a first regulator configured to generate the first internal reference voltage; a second regulator configured to generate a second internal reference voltage; wherein the first regulator and the second regulator each comprise: a differential circuit configured to generate a comparison signal corresponding to a voltage difference between a prescribed reference voltage and a control voltage correlated to one of the first internal reference voltage and the second internal reference voltage; a first current source supplying current to the differential circuit; a first current mirror circuit connected to first and second differential output lines, each connected to the differential circuit; a first transistor that controls the one of the first internal reference voltage and the second internal reference voltage based on the comparison signal; a first capacitor; a second transistor configured to control current flowing between the first differential output line and the first capacitor; and a second current source supplying current to the second transistor. | 47,505 |
9,190,371 | 1. A chip package comprising: a first chip comprising: a second chip comprising: | 37,863 |
9,288,223 | 1. A computerized apparatus having a processor, the processor being adapted to perform the steps of: analyzing an activity, wherein the activity is performed in response to a message, wherein the message is transmitted by a first application that is executed by a computing device, wherein the computing device is connected to a computerized network, wherein the first application is configured to transmit the message in order to induce a potential attacker to perform a malicious activity, wherein said analyzing comprises comparing the activity to a predetermined expected activity in response to the message, wherein the message transmitted by the first application simulates network traffic of a second application, wherein the activity comprises a reply message that is transmitted in response to the message, wherein a content of the reply message is indicative to the potential attack; and determining, based on the analysis of the activity, that the second application is under a potential attack; whereby an operation of the first application is capable of exposing potential attacks on the second application without monitoring network traffic of the second application. | 44,124 |
9,552,953 | 1. A field emission cathode, comprising: a microchannel plate, wherein the microchannel plate is an insulative plate and comprises a first surface and a second surface, opposite to the first surface; and the microchannel plate defines a plurality of holes extending through the microchannel plate the from the first surface to the second surface; and the microchannel plate is a free-standing structure; a cathode electrode located on the first surface; and a plurality of cathode emitters, wherein the plurality of cathode emitters are filled in the plurality of holes and electrically connected with the cathode electrode. | 20,051 |
8,841,809 | 1. A synchronous brushless multipolar machine comprising: a shaft serving also as a field yoke; a rotor mounted to the shaft via first and second bearings and including a first rotor main body and a second rotor main body mutually connected by means of a nonmagnetic fixing ring; a power unit carrying disc made of a ferromagnetic material and fixed on the shaft by means of a first screw; a field coil fixed on the power unit carrying disc via a holding cylinder; a stator armature having a magnetic core, fixed on the power unit carrying disc via a nonmagnetic carrying ring; and armature windings wound on the stator armature; wherein the stator armature, the armature windings and the field coil form a compact unit attached on the power unit carrying disc by means of a second screw. | 29,395 |
9,692,483 | 1. A power line communication device for a first system adapted to be coupled to a second system via a power cable comprising a pilot line having a first impedance, which encounters at least second and third impedances and through which flows a first analog signal in a first frequency band; wherein the device is arranged i) to generate from a local digital signal a second analog power line communication signal having frequencies comprised in a second frequency band overlapping as little as possible said first frequency band, ii) to feed said pilot line with said second analog signal via capacitive means, and iii) to extract analog signals passing through said pilot line each second analog signal to convert it into a digital signal to be processed by said first system; and wherein the device comprises i) conversion means adapted to convert an analog signal into a digital signal and vice-versa, ii) a first generation means adapted to generate each second analog signal from a local analog signal provided by said conversion means and to feed said capacitive means with each second analog signal generated, (iii) a first filtering means adapted to extract each second analog signal from the analog signal passing through said pilot line, and (iv) a second generation means adapted to generate from each second extracted analog signal an analog signal to be converted into a digital signal by said conversion means for its processing by said first system. | 44,147 |
9,112,032 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a fin in a semiconductor substrate; forming a fin protection layer around said fin; forming a sacrificial gate electrode above a section of said fin protection layer; forming at least one sidewall spacer adjacent said sacrificial gate electrode; removing said sacrificial gate electrode to define a gate cavity that exposes a portion of said fin protection layer; oxidizing at least said exposed portion of said fin protection layer to thereby form an oxidized portion of said fin protection layer; and removing said oxidized portion of said fin protection layer so as to thereby expose a surface of said fin within said gate cavity. | 49,525 |
8,435,844 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a resist mask covering both end faces of the gate electrode in a gate width direction intersecting a gate length direction; forming a low-concentration impurity layer in the surface of the semiconductor substrate so as to overlap with the gate electrode at both sides of the gate electrode by implanting impurity ions into the semiconductor substrate in an implantation direction having a gate length direction component and a gate width direction component; forming a sidewall covering a side surface of the gate electrode; and forming a high-concentration impurity layer in the surface of the semiconductor substrate so as to be apart from the gate electrode at both sides of the gate electrode by implanting impurity ions using the gate electrode and the side wall as a mask, wherein the resist mask has a covering thickness sufficient to prevent a penetration into a region immediately under the gate electrode of impurity ions implanted in an implantation direction having the gate width direction component at the step of forming the low-concentration impurity layer. | 595 |
8,956,382 | 1. An apparatus for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a vessel, the apparatus comprising: a guidewire having a distal region and a stop fixed on the distal region, the guidewire including a proximal portion extending proximally of the stop and a distal portion extending distally of the stop, a diameter of the proximal portion being equal to a diameter of the distal portion; a filter element having a proximal coupling slidably coupled to the guidewire proximal of the stop and a distal coupling slidably coupled to the guidewire distal of the stop; wherein the stop restricts translation of the filter element along the guidewire; and wherein translation of the filter element is restricted on the guidewire proximally by the distal coupling abutting against the stop, and distally by the proximal coupling abutting against the stop. | 16,914 |
9,568,009 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a gas turbine engine flow path structure structured for use to define a flow path in a turbomachinery component, the flow path structure having a flow surface that extends along an upstream portion and a downstream portion and where the upstream portion and the downstream portion are coincident with a bladed turbomachinery component such that the upstream portion and the downstream portion are immediately radially outside of the bladed turbomachinery component, the upstream portion having a cylindrical shape that extends aft from a first axial location to a second axial location, the downstream portion having a conical shape with linear slope extending from the second axial location to a third axial location such as to form a flat cone, the conical shape having a larger radius at the second axial location than a radius at the third axial location, wherein the second axial location is coincident with a vibratory modal axis of the bladed turbomachinery component. | 15,499 |
8,402,653 | 1. A method of forming a solar energy converter assembly, comprising: providing a solar energy converter configured to convert light incident on a light-receiving surface thereof into another form of energy; providing support beams adjacent to the light-receiving surface; and providing louver elements on corresponding ones of the support beams adjacent to the light-receiving surface such that light is transmittable between the louver elements to the light-receiving surface along a plurality of directions, the louver elements having display surfaces visible along a predetermined direction different from the plurality of directions and such that non-display surfaces of the louver elements reflect light to the light-receiving surface. | 26,929 |
8,576,596 | 1. A voltage converter, the voltage converter comprising: a transformer, wherein the transformer includes a first winding and a second winding, and wherein a voltage is periodically applied to the first winding through control of four transistors; a first of the four transistors has a first leg electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage, a second leg electrically coupled to a first end of the first winding, and a gate electrically coupled to a first duty cycle controlled clock; a second of the four transistors has a first leg electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage, a second leg electrically coupled to a second end of the first winding, and a gate electrically coupled to a second duty cycle controlled clock; a third of the four transistors has a first leg electrically coupled to a second pole of the voltage, a second leg electrically coupled to the first end of the first winding, and a gate electrically coupled to a third duty cycle controlled clock; a fourth of the four transistors has a first leg electrically coupled to a second pole of the voltage, a second leg electrically coupled to the second end of the first winding, and a gate electrically coupled to a fourth duty cycle controlled clock; and a clock generator, wherein the clock generator is operable to assure that there is no overlap between assertion of the first duty cycle controlled clock and the third duty cycle controlled clock, no overlap between assertion of the second duty cycle controlled clock and the fourth duty cycle controlled clock, and overlap between the third duty cycle controlled clock and the fourth duty cycle controlled clock, wherein at least one duty cycle clock is implemented by varying an OFF time of the clock where a maximum OFF time occurs when a load coupled to the transformer is substantially zero and a minimum OFF time occurs once the load exceeds a predetermined threshold, and wherein the overlap adjusts as a function of the OFF time. | 49,116 |
8,460,631 | 1. A process for hydrometallurgical processing of manganese sulphate and manganese dithionate containing liquors and recovery of water therefrom, comprising the steps of: deriving sodium sulphate and/or sodium dithionate containing liquors from manganese sulphate and manganese dithionate containing liquors; crystallizing sodium sulphate decahydrate and sodium dithionate dehydrate by cooling sodium sulphate/sodium dithionate containing liquors with or without a vacuum; heating the sodium sulphate decahydrate and sodium dithionate dehydrate crystals to a temperature sufficient to decompose the sodium sulphate decahydrate crystals to form anhydrous sodium sulphate crystals, sodium dithionate hydrate crystals and water; removing water from the sodium sulphate and sodium dithionate hydrate crystals; heating the sodium sulphate and sodium dithionate dehydrate crystals to form anhydrous sodium sulphate, sulfur dioxide and water or steam; and separating the anhydrous sodium sulphate from the sulfur dioxide and water. | 47,843 |
8,726,897 | 1. A collapsible rack assembly for supporting a solar module on a support surface, the assembly movable from a collapsed position to an assembled position, the assembly comprising: a plurality of collapsible frames, each frame comprising: | 17,085 |
9,440,625 | 1. A parking lock arrangement for a motor vehicle transmission, having a blocking arrangement, which can be actuated between a release position and a blocking position, wherein the blocking arrangement is designed to immobilise a motor vehicle in the blocking position, and having an actuating arrangement for actuating the blocking arrangement, wherein the actuating arrangement comprises: a housing, a cam disc, which is supported on the housing and is driveable around an axis of rotation and which has an actuating cam portion that extends over a first circumferential region of the cam disc that is greater than 5° and less than 180°, and a lever, which is supported pivotably on the housing and is coupled to the blocking arrangement, wherein the lever is connected to a driving feature that is coupled to the cam disc, such that, when the cam disc is rotated, the driving feature is taken along by the actuating cam portion in such a way that the lever is pivoted in order to actuate the blocking arrangement, wherein the actuating cam portion is designed as a slotted link portion with a link slot, within which the driving feature is guided on two sides, thus allowing the lever to be pivoted positively in two directions. | 19,152 |
9,090,988 | 1. A method of producing a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element in a melt by flux method, the method comprising the step of: heating a composition comprising a material for said group 13 element, a material for at least one of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal and a liquid material for germanium to generate said melt, wherein said liquid material for germanium is liquid at 25° C. under atmospheric pressure. | 47,565 |
9,641,802 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a session manager, a request from a first endpoint to establish a communications session with a second endpoint, wherein the communications session in the request has a first host; examining, by the session manager, one or more attributes of the communications session that the first endpoint is attempting to establish; determining, by the session manager, whether the attempted communications session requires changes to the one or more attributes thereof to be viable; changing, by the session manager, a first attribute in the one or more attributes in response to determining that changes are required, wherein the changing of the first attribute includes: connecting, by the session manager, the first and second endpoints to the communications session after the first attribute has been changed. | 7,189 |
8,897,381 | 1. An apparatus for determining an effective channel, comprising: a first selector for selecting more than one basic column vectors for determining a precoding matrix; a first calculator for calculating products of channel row vectors and the basic column vectors; and a first processor for determining the effective channel or a Hermitian matrix of the effective channel by using the products; wherein, if there is a common computational factor in the multiplication operation of the channel row vectors and the basic column vectors, the first calculator comprises: a second calculator for calculating the common computational factor; and a third calculator for calculating the products of the channel row vectors and the basic column vectors by using the common computational factor. | 32,429 |
8,947,039 | 1. A method for operating a solar powered hybrid power system comprising: collecting solar charge; providing said solar charge to a first charge storage device at a predetermined voltage level to accumulate a first predetermined stored charge level in said first charge storage device; and, selectively providing said stored charge from said first charge storage device to a second charge storage device at a selectable voltage level upon determining that the first charge storage device has accumulated said first predetermined charge level, said second charge storage device at a higher operating voltage level than said first charge storage device. | 30,523 |
8,628,770 | 1. A slimming cosmetic composition comprising three components: 1) a neuropeptide Y (NPY) antagonist component purified from an extract obtained by fermentation by the 2) an α 3) a component inducing production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) by adipocytes that is purified from an extract obtained by fermentation by the said components in a mixture along with an excipient for cosmetic preparations. | 11,059 |
9,630,594 | 1. A materials removal assembly for clearing materials from a vehicle, the assembly comprising: a beam; a first coupling connected to a first end of the beam; a second coupling connected to the first coupling; and a materials removal sub-assembly connected to the second coupling, the materials removal sub-assembly for removing materials from a surface of the vehicle; wherein the first coupling is configured to permit rotation of the second coupling and the materials removal sub-assembly above and below a longitudinal axis of the beam; and wherein the second coupling is configured to permit pivoting of the materials removal sub-assembly about a first vertical axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beam. | 46,863 |
8,347,069 | 1. An information processing device comprising: a storage part that stores correspondence information on incorporation or change in processing sequence of processing elements of each set, the set including processing elements which can be incorporated or changed in processing sequence out of a plurality of processing elements; an acquiring part that acquires a target processing element group including a plurality of processing elements; an extracting part that extracts the correspondence information, stored in the storage part, on the processing elements included in the target processing element group acquired by the acquiring part; an incorporation determining part that determines a set of processing elements to be incorporated from the processing elements included in the target processing element group on the basis of the information on the incorporation of the correspondence information extracted by the extracting part; an updating part that updates the processing elements included in the target processing element group and the correspondence information of the processing elements included in the target processing element group on the basis of the set of processing elements determined by the incorporated processing element determining part; and a processing sequence determining part that determines the processing sequence of the processing elements included in the target processing element group updated by the updating part on the basis of the information on the change in processing sequence in the correspondence information updated by the updating part. | 25,471 |
9,552,035 | 1. A method in a client node in a communications system for resetting of timer units, the client node comprising at least two timer units, the method comprising: for each of the timer units: the method further comprising: | 23,069 |
8,545,127 | 1. A rig mat system comprising: a plurality of rig mat panels interconnected by connecting edges in an edge-to-edge arrangement by connectors located at the connecting edge of each panel, the connectors comprising: | 22,477 |
8,615,212 | 1. An RF module, adapted to operate with a baseband integrated circuit, the baseband integrated circuit comprising a digital variable gain amplifier amplifying according to a second gain control value, an automatic gain control loop operative to provide a first gain control value and the second gain control value, the first and second gain control values determined in accordance with a desired signal amplitude, the RF module comprising: an analog variable gain amplifier having a signal input, a gain input, and a signal output, the signal input receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and the gain input adapted to receive the first gain control value; and a downconverter having an input coupled to the signal output of the variable gain amplifier, a digital offset control input, and an analog offset control input independent of the digital offset control input, directly downconverting the downconverter input from RF to baseband to produce a downconverted output, the first gain control value, a digital offset control signal, and an analog offset control signal are derived at least in part from a determined value of a DC offset of the baseband and are separately applied in different stages during downconverting. | 24,717 |
9,145,518 | 1. A method for extending the preservation of a foodstuff or beverage treated with pyrocarbonates, the method comprising: contacting the foodstuff or beverage with: a) one or more dialkyl pyrocarbonates selected from the group consisting of dimethyl pyrocarbonate, diethyl pyrocarbonate, and mixtures thereof; and b) boron trioxide in an amount of 0.01 to 100,000 ppm, based on the one or more dialkyl pyrocarbonates, wherein the boron trioxide has a particle size of ≦32 μm, to reduce chemical and/or thermal degradation reactions of the dialkyl pyrocarbonates and extend the preservative ability of the dialkyl pyrocarbonates. | 37,377 |
9,387,525 | 1. A near-surface collection manifold for extracting, venting, or both extracting and venting sub-surface gas from beneath a geomembrane having an aperture formed therein, the collection manifold comprising: a plenum for drawing in or receiving the sub-surface gas, the plenum comprising an enclosure defining an interior volume, wherein the enclosure includes a substantially flat upper portion, a lower portion, and a peripheral sidewall extending therebetween, wherein the peripheral sidewall includes an upper sidewall section extending downward from the enclosure upper portion, a lower sidewall section extending upward from the enclosure lower portion, and an intermediate section extending between the upper and lower sidewall sections, wherein the intermediate sidewall section has at least a portion that is inwardly-recessed from the upper and lower sidewall sections, wherein the inwardly-recessed intermediate sidewall section defines a smaller lateral dimension than the upper and lower sidewall sections and defines a recess that extends inwardly relative to the upper and lower sidewall sections, wherein the enclosure further comprises plural apertures for drawing in or receiving the sub-surface gas, and wherein the apertures are positioned in the inwardly-recessed intermediate sidewall section so that the apertures are laterally offset inwardly from the upper and lower sidewall sections and shrouded within the recess with the upper and lower sidewall sections positioned laterally outward relative to the apertures, wherein in use the geomembrane is spaced outwardly from the inwardly-recessed, apertured, intermediate sidewall section by interference with the non-recessed upper and lower sidewall sections and not blocking flow through the apertures of the sub-surface gas; a conduit rigidly connected to and extending upwardly from the plenum, the conduit communicating with the interior volume of the plenum and having external threads, the conduit being adapted and provided for extending through the aperture in the geomembrane for communicating the sub-surface gas from within the interior volume of the plenum and through the geomembrane; a substantially flat gasket having an opening formed therein and slipped over the conduit and above the geomembrane so that the geomembrane is sandwiched between the gasket and the substantially flat upper portion of the plenum; and a threaded nut fitted over the external threads of the conduit and above the flat gasket for securing the gasket against the geomembrane to seal the geomembrane to the substantially flat upper portion of the plenum. | 21,672 |
9,482,372 | 1. A flexible unbonded pipe for sub sea fluid transfer, the pipe comprises an inner sealing sheath defining a bore and a centre axis, inside the inner sealing sheath the pipe comprises a carcass, the pipe further comprises a pair of reinforcement layers consisting essentially of helically wound elongate armoring elements of fiber reinforced polymer material, wherein the elongate armoring elements of the innermost of the pair of reinforcement layers are wound in a first winding direction with an angle α to the centre axis, the elongate armoring elements of the outermost of the pair of reinforcement layers are wound in a second winding direction with an angle β to the centre axis, wherein α≧β*π/2, α is about 65° or less, and the pair of reinforcement layers are placed directly upon the inner sealing sheath or with at least one of an anti-wear layer and an anti-creep layer in between the innermost of the pair of reinforcement layers and the inner sealing sheath, wherein the pipe is free of metal on the outer side of the inner sealing sheath. | 32,842 |
8,684,962 | 1. A robotic catheter and sheath device cartridge assembly comprising: a first catheter element of a catheter cartridge configured to be linearly driven by a second catheter element of a catheter manipulation base, wherein the first catheter element and the second catheter element are not rigidly connected and are configured for engagement with and disengagement from each other, at least one of the first and second catheter elements slidably engageable with at least one of the catheter manipulation base and the catheter cartridge, respectively, the catheter manipulation base configured for releasable connection to the catheter cartridge and configured to be linearly movable along a longitudinal axis of the catheter manipulation base, at least one of the first and second catheter elements being a first driven element and being linearly driveable in a first predetermined direction for operating the catheter cartridge, the first catheter element of the catheter cartridge being operably engaged with a first tensionable deflection member for laterally deflecting a distal end of a catheter component of the catheter cartridge having the first tensionable deflection member engaged thereto when the first driven element is linearly driven in the first predetermined direction; and a first sheath element of a sheath cartridge configured to be linearly driven by a second sheath element of a sheath manipulation base, wherein the first sheath element and the second sheath element are not rigidly connected and are configured for engagement with and disengagement from each other, at least one of the first and second sheath elements slidably engageable with at least one of the sheath manipulation base and the sheath cartridge, respectively, the sheath manipulation base configured for releasable connection to the sheath cartridge and configured to be linearly movable along a longitudinal axis of the sheath manipulation base, at least one of the first and second sheath elements being a second driven element and being linearly driveable in a second predetermined direction for operating the sheath cartridge, the first sheath element of the sheath cartridge being operably engaged with a second tensionable deflection member for laterally deflecting a distal end of a sheath component of the sheath cartridge having the second tensionable deflection member engaged thereto when the second driven element is linearly driven in the second predetermined direction. | 27,103 |
8,813,832 | 1. A heat sink which is mounted in a movable body and is to be exposed to a traveling air stream generated while the movable body moves, comprising: a base which has an attachment surface and a heat dissipation surface and to which at least one heating element is attached at the attachment surface; and a heat dissipating portion including a plurality of fins each vertically arranged on the heat dissipation surface of the base, wherein each of the plurality of fins extends from a base end contacting the heat dissipation surface to an upstanding end so as to protrude from the heat dissipation surface, and extends in a longitudinal direction from a front end corresponding to an upstream end in a flow direction of the traveling air stream to a rear end corresponding to a downstream end, in the heat dissipating portion, the plurality of fins are arranged so as to be apart from each other at a predetermined interval in an arrangement direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of slit-shaped flow paths opening at the front end, the rear end, and the upstanding end of the plurality of fins are formed so that each of the plurality of slit-shaped flow paths extends in the longitudinal direction between adjacent ones of the plurality of fins, the heat dissipating portion further includes a rectifying portion which is provided so as to extend across a predetermined area in the longitudinal direction in front portions of the plurality of fins at the upstanding end, and the rectifying portion is a flat plate-shaped protruding portion protruding straight from the front portions of the plurality of fins at the upstanding end toward a front in the longitudinal direction and extending in the arrangement direction in front of and between adjacent ones of the plurality of fins. | 35,209 |
9,206,778 | 1. A fuel injector comprising: an injector body defining a first fuel inlet, a second fuel inlet, a first nozzle outlet set, a second nozzle outlet set, and a drain outlet, and defining therein a first control chamber and a second control chamber; a first check valve member with a closing hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in the first control chamber, and being movable between a closed position in contact with a first nozzle seat to fluidly block the first fuel inlet from the first nozzle outlet set, and an open position out of contact with the first nozzle seat to fluidly connect the first fuel inlet to the first nozzle outlet set; a second check valve member with a closing hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in the second control chamber, and being movable between a closed position in contact with a second nozzle seat to fluidly block the second fuel inlet from the second nozzle outlet set, and an open position out of contact with the second nozzle seat to fluidly connect the second fuel inlet to the second nozzle outlet set; a first control valve member in fluid communication with the first control chamber via a first control passage, the first control valve member being positioned in the injector body and being movable between a first position in contact with a first valve seat at which the first control chamber is fluidly blocked from the drain outlet via the first control passage, and a second position out of contact with the first valve seat at which the second fuel inlet is fluidly connected to the drain outlet via the first control passage; a second control valve member positioned in the injector body and being movable between a first position in contact with a second valve seat at which the second control chamber is fluidly blocked from the drain outlet, and a second position out of contact with the second valve seat at which the second control chamber is fluidly connected to the drain outlet; and a first Z-A pathway effecting fluid communication between the second fuel inlet and the first control passage, and a first F pathway effecting fluid communication between the second fuel inlet and the first control passage independent of a position of the first control valve member with respect to the injector body, the first Z-A pathway including a first Z orifice, the first control chamber, and a first A orifice in series, the first F pathway including a first F orifice, the second fuel inlet being fluidly connected to the drain outlet through a second Z-A pathway and a second F pathway via the second control valve member when the second control valve member is located at the second position, the second Z-A pathway including a second Z orifice, the second control chamber, and a second A orifice in series, the second F pathway including a second F orifice, and the second Z-A pathway the second F pathway being fluidly coupled in parallel with each other. | 30,713 |
8,609,400 | 1. A system for holding an organ during perfusion, storage and transport of the organ, comprising: an organ cassette for holding the organ, the organ cassette including a perfusion circuit configured to provide recirculating perfusion for the organ; a transporter having a compartment structured to receive and support the organ cassette, the transporter being a portable organ perfusion apparatus, wherein the organ cassette is configured (1) to hold the organ independently from the transporter, (2) to be received by the transporter, without jeopardizing sterility of an interior of the organ cassette, for transport of the organ, (3) to be removed from the transporter without jeopardizing sterility of the interior of the organ cassette and without removal of the organ from the organ cassette, and (4) to allow the recirculating perfusion, storage, and transport of the organ without removal of the organ from the organ cassette. | 27,174 |
8,701,634 | 1. A zero-governor fitting structure for fitting the zero-governor to a gas engine, comprising at least one main chamber formed in a cylinder head so that air-fuel mixture of main fuel gas and air that are pre-mixed in an air-fuel mixer is burnt in the main chamber, and a zero-governor which establishes or regulates suitably a pressure of a fuel gas supplied to the air-fuel mixer, wherein a fuel tank which serves as a support box for supporting the zero-governor is provided to be fastened to an upper part of the gas engine, the support box being formed into a box body having two spaces of different depths, so that the zero-governor is fitted to a bottom plate of the shallower depth space of the support box via a vibration insulation gasket, and a gas supply inlet pipe and an elbow joint connected to the gas supply inlet pipe are housed in the deeper depth space of the support box, the direction of the gas flow from the gas supply inlet pipe is bent orthogonally toward the zero-governor at the elbow joint which is connected to a fuel gas inlet at the bottom of the zero-governor. | 21,641 |
8,689,015 | 1. One or more computer-readable memory having embodied thereon: at least one file configured to enable secure transfer of the at least one file, the at least one file containing a metadata portion comprising: | 10,612 |
9,314,122 | 1. A bowl for the mixing of food, comprising: a curved base comprising a convex and substantially smooth outer surface that forms a part of a sphere or of an ellipsoid, wherein on the outer surface are configured a plurality of groups of at least three knobs in each group, with each knob having a bearing surface, wherein the knobs respectively have a diameter which amounts to no more than half the distance between respectively two adjacent knobs, and wherein the bearing surfaces of all knobs of each three knob group form a common plane, so that the bowl has a plurality of options of placement onto a plane surface, in an oblique position and in an orientation inclined with respect to gravitational direction, such that the bowl rests with all knobs of one three knob group on the plane surface, in order for the user to be able to hold the bowl in said oblique position during the stirring of food present in the bowl. | 4,453 |
9,713,438 | 1. A bi-directional flow sensor for sensing pressure of a flow passing therethrough, the flow sensor comprising: a hollow tubular member having a ventilator end and a patient end and defining a bore with a central axis, the bore including a throat section disposed between the ventilator end and the patient end; a flow restrictor bisecting the throat section and including a pair of pressure taps, the pair of pressure taps configured to be fluidly connected to a pressure conversion device of the sensor for conversion of a pressure differential to a flow rate; a baffle disposed within the bore at the ventilator end and comprising a plurality of vanes, the baffle being sized and configured to limit non-axial flow at the pressure taps, wherein each of the plurality of vanes is radially oriented and includes a notch on a radially inward side proximal to the central axis such that the notches collectively define a pressure relief area within the bore; and a flow obstruction disposed at the patient end and being configured to promote uniform velocity across the bore at the pressure taps. | 12,733 |
9,715,454 | 1. A data processing device comprising: a plurality of CPUs; and a plurality of memories corresponding to the CPUs, wherein when the CPUs issue requests for fetching instruction codes of different addresses from the corresponding memories, the instruction codes are supplied from the corresponding memories to the corresponding CPUs, wherein when the CPUs issue requests for fetching an instruction code of a same address from the corresponding memories, the instruction code read from one of the memories by one access to the same address is supplied, in parallel, to the CPUs, and wherein when among the CPUs, M CPUs issue requests for fetching an instruction code of a same address and the other N CPUs issue requests for fetching instruction codes of addresses different from the address (M and N are positive integers), the instruction code read from one of M memories corresponding to the M CPUs by one access to the same address is supplied, in parallel, to the M CPUs, and from N memories corresponding to the N CPUs, the corresponding instruction codes are supplied to the corresponding CPUs. | 17,029 |
9,227,303 | 1. A workholding apparatus comprising: a base; a longitudinal member comprising an array of engagement portions; a drive member operably engaged with said longitudinal member; a first jaw member; a second jaw member slidably engaged with and supported by said base, said second jaw member comprising a link movable between a disengaged position in which said link is operatively disengaged from said longitudinal member and an engaged position in which said link is engaged with said longitudinal member; a selectively operable motor, wherein said motor is configured to move said drive member and said second jaw member relative to said first jaw member when said link is engaged with said longitudinal member, and wherein said second jaw member is movable relative to said first jaw member and said drive member when said link is disengaged from said longitudinal member; and a socket, wherein said motor comprises a rotatable shaft, and wherein said socket rotatably couples said rotatable shaft to said drive member. | 11,418 |
9,212,832 | 1. A photovoltaic roofing system disposed on a roof deck having an upper end and a lower end, the photovoltaic roofing system comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic elements contiguously disposed on the roof deck arranged in at least two horizontal rows such that no panel is disposed between substantially the entire area of the photovoltaic elements and the roof deck, the at least two horizontal rows being disposed in an up-roof to down-roof overlapping fashion such that each row except the up-roof-most row is overlapped by the row immediately up-roof thereof, the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements together having a top edge facing the upper end of the roof deck, a bottom edge facing the lower end of the roof deck, and two side edges, the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements defining a photovoltaic area; a plurality of roofing elements disposed adjacent the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements, along their side edges; side flashing disposed along the side edges of the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements, the side flashing having a flange facing away from the photovoltaic area at least partially disposed between a roofing element and the roof deck, and a structure at least partially disposed on the surface of the photovoltaic element or at least partially disposed between a photovoltaic element and the roof deck but not extending under substantially the entire photovoltaic element. | 4,561 |
9,051,629 | 1. A process for separating americium from other metal elements present in a phase P1, which comprises one or more operations each comprising putting the phase P1 in contact with a phase P2 which is not miscible with the phase P1, and then separating the phase P1 from the phase P2, one of the phases P1 and P2 being an acid aqueous phase and the other one of the phases P1 and P2 being an organic phase which comprises at least one extractant in an organic diluent, and in which the acid aqueous phase contains an ethylenediamine derivative fitting the general formula (I) hereafter: wherein A 1 , A 2 , A 3 and A 4 , which are identical or different, represent a group of general formula (II) hereafter: wherein: either X represents a nitrogen atom, in which case one of the R or X represents a carbon atom bearing a hydrogen atom or a group R or a salt of the ethylenediamine derivative. | 19,029 |
9,032,730 | 1. A solar receiver that is disposed at a top portion of a tower provided upright on the ground and that is configured to heat a compressible working fluid by heat converted from sunlight collected by heliostats disposed on the ground, to raise the temperature of the compressible working fluid, the solar receiver comprising: a plurality of casings disposed back-to-back, each of the casings having a heat-transfer-tube unit that is accommodated in each of the casings and that comprises heat transfer tubes to which the heat is to be transferred; and a pipe provided in a space surrounded by the back plates of the casings to guide the compressible working fluid flowing out from the heat transfer tubes to a turbine. | 21,247 |
9,381,200 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) cefepime or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and (b) a compound which is trans-sulfuric acid mono-[2-(N′—[(R)-piperidin-3-carbonyl]-hydrazinocarbonyl)-7-oxo-1,6-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-yl]ester or a stereoisomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 7,408 |
8,756,891 | 1. A composite panel comprising: a foam backer having a front side, a back side, a top face with a front edge and a back edge, and a bottom edge meeting a lower edge of the front side; and a siding panel having a front face, a rear face, a top edge, and a bottom edge, the bottom edge of the siding panel extending beyond the bottom edge of the foam backer; wherein the top face is angled from the front edge to the back edge such that the top face is not visible from the front of the foam backer, and the front edge of the top face is aligned with the top edge of the siding panel; wherein the bottom edge of the foam backer consists of a rear angled portion complementary to the shape of the top face of the foam backer and a front level portion complementary to the shape of the top edge of the siding panel; wherein the rear face of the siding panel is attached to the front side of the foam backer; wherein the rear face of the siding panel is planar and has no lip, and the siding panel has a constant thickness from the top edge to the bottom edge. | 11,112 |
8,867,433 | 1. A method of retransmitting a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) packet in a wireless access system, the method performed by a terminal and comprising: receiving a first control message including resource allocation information that indicates a first resource allocation region required for the VoIP packet retransmission, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level, and a transmission timing point for the VoIP packet retransmission that indicates a predetermined number of frames after receiving a non-acknowledgement (NACK) signal; transmitting the VoIP packet that is related to a service; retransmitting the VoIP packet via the indicated first resource allocation region, when the NACK signal is received, before a count of NACK signals received exceeds a predetermined count; receiving a second control message including resource allocation information that indicates a second resource allocation region required for the VoIP packet retransmission, when the count of NACK signals received exceeds the predetermined count; and retransmitting the VoIP packet via the indicated second resource allocation region, wherein the first resource allocation region and the second resource allocation region are used for transmitting another packet if the retransmission of the VoIP packet is unnecessary. | 46,006 |
8,681,922 | 1. A pressurizer for a pressurized water nuclear reactor comprising: a pressure vessel including a surge nozzle having an axial dimension and a first opening adjacent an interior of the pressure vessel at one end of the axial dimension and a second opening adjacent an exterior of the pressure vessel at a second end of the axial dimension; a thermal sleeve lining at least a portion of an interior wall of the surge nozzle along the axial dimension, the thermal sleeve having a first end proximate the first opening and a second end proximate the second opening; a first plurality of mechanical couplings between the interior wall of the surge nozzle and the thermal sleeve proximate one of either the first end or the second end wherein at least some of the first plurality of mechanical couplings are circumferentially spaced around the interior of the surge nozzle; a second plurality of mechanical couplings between the interior of the surge nozzle and the thermal sleeve proximate the other of the first end or second end wherein at least some of the second plurality of mechanical couplings are circumferentially spaced around the interior of the surge nozzle; and wherein one of either the first plurality of mechanical couplings or the second plurality of mechanical couplings are structured to restrain the thermal sleeve from axial movement while permitting circumferential movement and the other of the first plurality of mechanical couplings or the second plurality of mechanical couplings are structured to restrain circumferential movement while permitting axial growth. | 8,536 |
9,428,181 | 1. A neutral determination device comprising: an inhibitor switch configured to output an inhibitor switch signal that indicates a vehicle running range of a vehicle; and a controller programmed to execute a neutral determination process upon determining the vehicle running range exists based on the inhibitor switch signal and a rotational speed control is being performed on a motor that is configured to output a force that drives the vehicle, and the controller being further programmed to determine existence of a neutral state of a control valve that is configured to selectively supply a control hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic pressure chamber of the clutch upon determining that a motor torque during the rotational speed control is smaller than an estimated motor torque based on a target transmission torque capacity of a clutch that selectively connects and disconnects the motor to and from a drive wheel. | 14,956 |
9,343,963 | 1. A dual mode voltage regulator, comprising: an input voltage port; an output voltage port; a passive regulator circuit; a switching regulator circuit; and a controller circuit to monitor operational parameters of said dual mode voltage regulator and selectively couple one of said passive regulator circuit and said switching regulator circuit between said input voltage port and said output voltage port, said selective coupling based on said monitoring; and wherein the controller circuit also to synchronize a first transition from the switching regulator circuit to the passive regulator circuit so that the first transition occurs at an end of a clock cycle of the switching regulator circuit, and to synchronize a second transition from the passive regulator circuit to the switching regulator circuit so that the second transition occurs at a start of the clock cycle of the switching regulator circuit. | 31,039 |
8,466,572 | 1. A device for generating electrical power, wherein the device is adapted to be installed in connection with a building or a construction provided with at least one first gas source adapted to provide at least one first gas stream, wherein the device comprises a gas turbine adapted to receive at least a part of the at least one first gas stream from the at least one first gas source and to convert at least a part of a kinetic energy of the gas stream into electrical power, wherein the device is further arranged to receive at least one second gas stream and is shaped to influence the at least one second gas stream to generate a sub-pressure in connection with exhausting the at least one first gas stream from the gas turbine, wherein the device is shaped to influence the at least one second gas stream to generate a vortex in connection with exhausting the at least one first gas stream from the turbine, wherein the at least one first gas source comprises a ventilation exhaust from the building or the construction, and wherein a second gas source comprises a ventilation exhaust from the building or the construction and/or a wind collector collecting wind amassed by the building or the construction. | 3,308 |
9,518,508 | 1. A control device ( 11 ) for a hybrid vehicle which has a drive-train with a hybrid drive unit ( 1 ) comprising an internal combustion engine ( 2 ) and an electric machine ( 3 ), and a first clutch ( 6 ) that is connected between the internal combustion engine ( 2 ) and the electric machine ( 3 ), either an automatic or an automated transmission ( the control device communicates with the transmission and the first clutch, and at least one of an engine temperature sensor, an electric machine temperature sensor, and a further temperature sensor, the transmission and the first clutch being controllable by control signals emitted by the control device such that when the hybrid vehicle becomes stationary after driving and immediately after the internal combustion engine ( the engine starting mode is a direct start by the electric machine, an impulse start by the electric machine or a start by a starter motor, and is determined as a function of at least one of a temperature of the electric machine ( either at a same time as or immediately after determining the engine starting mode for the internal combustion engine ( the clutch and the transmission are immediately set in the condition appropriate for the determined engine starting mode, after the internal combustion engine stops running and prior to the event that initiates the subsequent re-starting of the internal combustion engine, such that the clutch is controlled to be either completely disengaged or completely engaged depending on the determined engine-starting mode. | 31,055 |
9,687,302 | 1. A surgical apparatus, comprising: a cannula including a curved longitudinal axis along at least a portion of the length of the cannula; and a surgical instrument having an elongated shaft and an end effector, the elongated shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the end effector being coupled to the distal end of the elongated shaft; wherein the end effector is configured in a way that results in a portion of the end effector contacting an inner surface of the cannula during insertion of the surgical instrument through the curved cannula; and wherein the material used for the portion of the end effector and the material used for the inner surface of the curved cannula provide a threshold galling stress between the portion of the end effector and the inner surface of the curved cannula of at least 10,000 pounds per square inch. | 14,798 |
9,568,526 | 1. A method for reducing noise in a sensor measurement system, comprising: performing capacitive to digital conversion measurements from a sampling waveform, detecting that the sensor measurement system is experiencing noise, in response to a detection that the sensor measurement system is experiencing noise, dynamically modifying the sampling waveform by changing one or more delays before performing the sampling waveform again. | 39,115 |
8,867,527 | 1. A speech processing peripheral device which is a peripheral device of an information processing device executing a call control program and functioning as a call controller, the speech processing peripheral device being connected to the information processing device, the speech processing peripheral device comprising: a host connection means which sends/receives an audio signal to/from the information processing device; a speech processing means which executes speech processing compliant with Voice Over Internet Protocol in IP telephone communication; and a storage means which stores the call control program to be executed by the information processing device, the call control program being an application program performing connection processing compliant with Voice Over Internet Protocol without a routine for the speech processing; wherein the host connection means transfers the control program to the information processing device and causes the call control program to be loaded to the information processing device, when the speech processing peripheral device is connected to the information processing device in a power-on state or when the information processing device to which the speech processing peripheral device is connected is powered on, the speech processing means executes thespeech processing after the information processing device performs connection processing by using the loaded call control program and a telephone conversation state starts, and in the telephone conversation state, the information processing device puts itself in such a state that the audio signal from the speech processing peripheral device is directly outputted to an IP network, and the audio signal from the IP network is directly outputted to the speech processing peripheral device. | 7,245 |
9,528,384 | 1. A seal comprising: a housing having a back plate and a front plate; a first layer of bristles disposed adjacent to the back plate, at least one bristle of the first layer of bristles having a first diameter, the first layer of bristles configured to withstand loading of high pressure flow; a second layer of bristles disposed adjacent to the first layer of bristles, at least one bristle of the second layer of bristles having a second diameter, the second layer of bristles configured for sealing and flexibility; a third layer of bristles disposed adjacent to the second layer of bristles, at least one bristle of the third layer of bristles having a third diameter, the third layer of bristles configured to endure flow disturbances; wherein, the first diameter is larger than both the second diameter and the third diameter, and the third diameter is larger than the second diameter, and wherein a stiffness of the first layer of bristles is greater than a stiffness of the second layer of bristles, and a stiffness of the third layer of bristles is greater than a stiffness of the second layer of bristles, and wherein the second layer of bristles are protected by both the first layer of bristles and the third layer of bristles. | 29,418 |
9,217,620 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an attachment portion, wherein the attachment portion is attachable to and detachable from a stock of a weapon; a recoil portion, wherein the recoil portion is connected to the attachment portion, and the recoil portion is configured to transfer a recoil, resulting from use of the weapon, to a user; a first support portion, wherein a first end of the first support portion connects to the attachment portion and provides support for the recoil portion; a second support portion, wherein the second support portion extends from a second end of the first support portion to the recoil portion, wherein the second support portion extends perpendicular to the first support portion and parallel to the attachment portion; and a third support portion, wherein the third support portion extends from the first end of the first support portion to the second support portion, and wherein a space is defined by the first support portion, the second support portion, and the third support portion. | 4,865 |
8,742,185 | 1. A method for preparing a hydrocarbon, the method comprising: subjecting a bio oil from at least one renewable source to a hydrotreatment process, wherein in the hydrotreatment process, hydrocarbons are formed from said bio oil in a catalytic reaction employing a catalyst, wherein an iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 to 0.2 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron, wherein plugging of the catalyst used in the hydrotreatment process is reduced or avoided. | 37,648 |
9,437,756 | 1. A method of fabricating a solar cell, the method comprising: forming a dielectric spacer on a surface of a solar cell structure; forming a metal layer on the dielectric spacer, an N-type doped region, and a P-type doped region, wherein the metal layer electrically connects the N-type doped region to the P-type doped region; placing a metal foil on the metal layer; and after placing the metal foil on the metal layer, patterning the metal foil, wherein patterning the metal foil includes removing portions of the metal foil and the metal layer that are over the dielectric spacer. | 33,116 |
8,476,097 | 1. A method for manufacturing a thin-film solar cell, comprising the steps of providing a first conducting layer on a substrate, wherein the substrate has an area at least 0.75 m applying an ultraviolet laser beam through a lens to the first conducting layer and scribing portions of the first conducting layer through to the substrate to form a trench through the first conducting layer, providing one or more active layers on the first conducting layer; and providing a second conducting layer on the one or more active layers. | 12,616 |
8,437,696 | 1. A near-field communication device for detecting and reading external RFID tags, the device comprising: a resonant loop antenna circuit including an antenna and a variable component, the antenna having a target range of operation for near-field communication where the antenna inductance is susceptible to interference that can alter the target range, the antenna circuit being tunable by adjusting the variable component; and an integrated circuit connected to the resonant loop antenna circuit, the integrated circuit comprising: | 26,996 |
9,317,103 | 1. A method for controlling power, the method comprising: in an integrated circuit comprising a multimedia processor, said multimedia processor comprising an audio interface and a processing unit: | 40,860 |
9,815,380 | 1. A power supply apparatus configured to be disposed on a ground side and configured to supply power using an electromagnetic force to a power receiving apparatus configured to be disposed on a vehicle, the power supply apparatus comprising: a coil, wherein the power supply apparatus provides power to the coil with frequencies to detect a peak of efficiency of power supply performed from the coil to the power receiving apparatus, the frequencies sweeping between a first frequency and a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency, after the power supply apparatus detects the peak of the efficiency of the power supply, the power supply apparatus provides power to the coil with a third frequency corresponding to the peak of the efficiency of the power supply, and wherein the second frequency corresponds to a single local minimum value of the efficiency of the power supply, located between two peaks of the efficiency of the power supply. | 30,522 |
9,053,361 | 1. A method of identifying regions to merge, in an image of a scene of real world captured by a camera in a handheld device, the method of identifying regions comprising: checking whether a first block, which contains a first region of pixels that are contiguous with one another and comprising a local extrema of intensity in the image, satisfies a predetermined test, for presence along a line, of pixels with intensities binarizable to a common value; marking the first block as pixel-line-present, in a memory, when a result of the checking indicates the predetermined test is satisfied; identifying a second block that is located in the image adjacent to the first block, wherein at least the first block is marked as pixel-line-present; merging a first set of positions indicative of the first region of pixels in the first block with a second set of positions indicative of a second region of pixels in the second block to obtain a merged set of positions in a merged block, when a predetermined rule is satisfied by one or more geometric attributes of the first block and the second block; wherein the first region of pixels and the second region of pixels do not contact one another in the merged block; wherein the merging is performed prior to classification of any pixel in the first region of pixels and in the second region of pixels as text or non-text; and re-doing the checking, on the merged block, to determine whether the merged block satisfies the predetermined test; wherein one or more of the checking, the marking, the identifying, the merging, and the re-doing are performed by at least one processor coupled to the memory. | 33,317 |
8,627,745 | 1. A motor with a speed reduction mechanism including: a yoke rotatably supporting an armature shaft; a worm shaft integrally rotated with the armature shaft and provided with a worm; a gear case provided with a worm housing portion housing the worm shaft and provided with a worm wheel housing portion in a bottomed shape housing a worm wheel meshed with the worm of the worm shaft, the gear case having the yoke attached; and a bottom cover covering an opening portion of the worm wheel housing portion, the motor with a speed reduction mechanism comprising: a latching claw provided on an outer circumferential portion of the bottom cover and extending along an outer wall surface of the worm wheel housing portion; a projecting piece provided on either one of the latching claw or the outer wall surface of the worm wheel housing portion and projecting toward the other one of the latching claw or the outer wall surface of the worm wheel housing portion; a groove provided on the other one of the latching claw or the outer wall surface of the worm wheel housing portion and engaged with the projecting piece as the projecting piece is inserted in the groove; a wall portion provided on the outer wall surface of the worm wheel housing portion and covering a side surface and a tip face of the latching claw; a follower plate housed in the worm wheel housing portion, the follower plate having a small-diameter portion projecting from a projection hole of the bottom cover and transmitting the rotation of the worm wheel; and a sealing member attached to a back side of the bottom cover, a diametrical direction inside portion of the sealing member being in slidable contact with an outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter portion of the follower plate, and a diametrical-direction outside portion of the sealing member being in contact with a cylindrical wall portion of the worm wheel housing portion. | 5,245 |
9,656,566 | 1. A charge management apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to receive first traffic demand data indicative of a number of vehicles entering/exiting a plurality of interchanges of a toll road; a first estimation unit configured to execute a first simulation to estimate a congestion condition of a plurality of charge stations provided along the toll road by using the first traffic demand data, and estimating charge wait times at the plurality of charge stations; a determination unit configured to compare the estimated charge wait times at the respective charge stations, and determining whether at least one predetermined condition is satisfied; a generation unit configured to generate charge recommendation information to be output to an external terminal and indicative of a charge station capable of charging, when a result of determination by the determination unit indicates that no predetermined condition is satisfied; a second estimation unit configured to execute a second simulation to estimate a congestion condition of the plurality of charge stations by using the generated charge recommendation information in addition to the first traffic demand data, and estimating once again the charge wait times at the respective charge stations; and an output unit configured to output the charge recommendation information used in the second simulation to the external terminal when a result of determination by the determination unit indicates that the at least one predetermined condition is satisfied in one of repeatedly executing processes by the determination unit, the generation unit and the second estimation unit, wherein the determination unit is configured to compare the charge wait times at the charge stations which neighbor each other, and to determine whether a value, which is calculated by subtracting a charge wait time of an upstream charge station from a charge wait time of a downstream charge station, is a threshold value or less, wherein one of the at least one predetermined condition is said value being the threshold value or less. | 9,720 |
9,776,438 | 1. A printer, comprising: a media control system, the media control system having at least one motor coupled to a media moving device; a memory to store motor characteristics for the at least one motor; the media control system to control the tension in media loaded in a paper path using the at least one motor, the media control system using the stored motor characteristics to adjust a control signal to the at least one motor. | 10,405 |
9,263,676 | 1. An organic light-emitting display system, comprising: a substrate; a display unit that defines an active area on the substrate, and comprises a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) and a plurality of organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs); an encapsulation layer that seals the display unit, and has a stacked structure in which at least a first inorganic film, a first organic film, and a second inorganic film are sequentially stacked from bottom to top; and a protective layer that is formed between the encapsulation layer and the display unit, wherein the TFTs comprise an interlayer insulating film that extends to points that are substantially outside of the active area, wherein the coverage area of the second inorganic film is greater than the coverage area of each of the first inorganic film and the first organic film, and the second inorganic film contacts a top surface of the interlayer insulating film at points that are substantially outside the active area. | 30,030 |
8,998,222 | 1. A foldable rollator, comprising: a main support frame including two spaced-apart front support rods, each of said front support rods having a top end, a bottom end opposite to the top end, and a hand grip attached to the top end and extending therefrom; a rear support frame including two spaced-apart rear support rods, each of said rear support rods having a top end pivotally coupled to said front support rods and a bottom end opposite to the top end; a plurality of wheels respectively installed under said main support frame and said rear support frame for rolling on the ground; an intermediate support frame coupled to said main support frame and said rear support frame below the pivotal connection therebetween, including a front support sub-frame pivotally coupled between said front support rods and a rear support sub-frame pivotally coupled between said rear support rods, said front support sub-frame and said rear support sub-frame being further pivotally coupled to a transverse axle; a seat unit disposed atop said intermediate support frame; and a backrest unit pivotally coupled to said transverse axle; wherein said transverse axle is at substantially the same height as the pivotal connections of said front support sub-frame and said rear support sub-frame in an unfolded position, and wherein when said transverse axle is pulled upwards, said front support sub-frame and said rear support sub-frame pivot towards each other, thus bringing said front support rods and said rear support rods together to move to a folded position; and wherein said front support sub-frame includes a front transverse link pivotally coupled between said front support rods and a pair of spaced-apart front pivot spokes extending from said front transverse link to have free end portions, respectively; said rear support sub-frame includes a rear transverse link pivotally coupled between said rear support rods and a pair of spaced-apart rear pivot spokes extending from said rear transverse link to have free end portions, respectively; and said free end portions of each of said front pivot spokes and the corresponding one of said rear pivot spokes are pivotally coupled to said transverse axle. | 16,294 |
8,793,951 | 1. A system for connecting roof or siding panels to a substructure comprising: a) first and second panels, each of said panels having a channel section and a pair of opposed side flanges; and, b) an anchoring clip system including an anchoring clip and a side flange securing arrangement; said anchoring clip having a base flange, a vertical wall member and a top flange portion; said base flange adapted to be connected to the substructure; said vertical wall member connected between said base flange and said top flange portion; said top flange portion including two flanges spaced from one another; said side flange securing arrangement designed to secure said side flanges of said first and second panels to said top flange portion of said anchoring clip, said side flange securing arrangement including a locking crown and a cap member, said locking crown including a main body and two side legs extending downwardly from said main body, said locking crown designed to sandwich a portion of said side flanges of said first and second panels between said two side legs and said outer surface of said top flange portion of said anchoring clip when said locking crown is positioned about at least a portion of said anchoring clip, said cap member including a top portion and two side legs extending downwardly from said top portion, said cap member designed to be positioned about at least a portion of said locking crown and about at least a portion of said side flanges of said first and second panels when said cap member is positioned about at least a portion of said anchoring clip so as to facilitate in maintaining said locking crown and side flanges in position relative to said anchoring clip. | 34,148 |
8,695,352 | 1. A baffle assembly for a housing of a combustor system of a gas turbine engine, the baffle assembly comprising: a baffle retainer including: a retainer tube received within a bleed port of the housing; and a collar defined at an upper end of the retainer tube, the collar configured to rest against the housing; and a baffle including: a baffle tube rigidly attached to an inner surface of the retainer tube for bleeding air from within the housing to an exhaust system. | 13,061 |
8,373,305 | 1. A hybrid installation for providing electric energy from regenerative energy sources, comprising a biogas installation that provides electric energy, and at least one additional energy converter ( 64 , 66 ), which provides electric energy and whose releasable power is depending of external influence factors, of the wind supply and/or the sun irradiation in particular, wherein the electric energy of the biogas installation and the electric energy of the at least one additional energy converter are fed into a common mains grid ( 76 ), characterised in that the biogas installation features a gas turbine ( 60 ) with an electric generator ( 62 ) which is operated by the biogas produced in the biogas installation, and whose waste heat can be supplied to the biogas installation via a heat exchanger ( 20 ), wherein a control element ( 86 ) is provided which controls the gas turbine ( 60 ) in dependence of an internally or externally given desired value ( 98 ) for the electric power of the hybrid installation and in dependence of an additional internally or externally given desired value ( 100 ) for the thermal power of the hybrid installation. | 25,067 |
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