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8,638,440 | 1. A method of a detecting a change in a chemical composition of a gas stream comprising: placing a doped oxide material in the gas stream, where the gas stream has a temperature of at least 100° C., and where the doped oxide material comprises a doped metal oxide, where the doped metal oxide has a carrier concentration of at least 10 contacting the doped metal oxide with a monitored stream, where the monitored stream is at least a portion of the gas stream, and where the monitored stream has a temperature of at least 100° C.; illuminating the doped metal oxide with a light source emitting incident light; collecting exiting light, where the exiting light is light that originates at the light source and is transmitted, reflected, scattered or a combination thereof by the doped metal oxide; monitoring an optical signal based on a comparison of the incident light and the exiting light using optical spectroscopy; and detecting a shift in the optical signal, thereby detecting the change in the chemical composition, and thereby monitoring the chemical composition of the gas stream. | 25,490 |
9,168,838 | 1. A charging control system that controls charging for a vehicle that runs on electricity, comprising: at least one stationary rechargeable means; charging means that charges said vehicle or said stationary rechargeable means with electricity; detection means that detects states of charge of said vehicle and said stationary rechargeable means; charging scheduling means that performs scheduling in which said charging means charges said vehicle based on an electric power demand that causes said charging means to charge said vehicle with electricity; and charging control means that controls said charging such that when said charging of said vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition, said vehicle is charged with electricity from said stationary rechargeable means and when the charging of said vehicle does not satisfy the predetermined condition, said vehicle is charged with electricity by said charging means and said stationary rechargeable means is charged with electricity by said charging means based on the state of stored electricity of said stationary rechargeable means detected by said detection means, wherein said charging scheduling means performs charging scheduling for said charging means that charges said vehicle and said stationary rechargeable means with electricity also based on an electric power demand created under the control of said charging control means, wherein said charging control means controls charging such that if a time zone, in which the number of vehicles charged with electricity by said charging means is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number, occurs, said vehicles are charged with electricity from said stationary rechargeable means in other than the time zone and said stationary rechargeable means is charged by said charging means in the time zone in which the number of vehicles charged with electricity is equal to or smaller than the predetermined number. | 13,518 |
9,560,011 | 1. A method for performing security functions in a service-oriented computer system, the method comprising acts of: providing, for an entity in a distributed computer system, a service request from one or more entities for a service provided by one or more server computers associated with the entity that are adapted to process the service request; sending a copy of the service request to a processor adapted to analyze the copy of the service request; sending the service request to a memory; storing the service request in the memory; analyzing, by the processor, the copy of the service request for content harmful to the entity; determining, by the processor, if the service request should be processed by the entity based on analyzing the copy of the service request wherein the processor is adapted to perform one or more analyses of the service request, the one or more analyses including at least one of a group comprising: a signature analysis of one or more parameters associated with the copy of the service request; an emulation of processing the copy of the service request; and an analysis of a requester associated with the copy of the service request; and if it is determined that the service request should be processed by the entity, responsive to the act of determining, forwarding the service request from the memory to the one or more server computers associated with the entity that are adapted to process the service request. | 45,241 |
8,553,280 | 1. An in-line method of adjusting the registration of an image printed on sheets in a marking device, wherein the sheets each include at least four separate corners defining a periphery thereof, each corner defined by two adjoining sheet edges, the method comprising: determining in-line a first image location on at least one first sheet by measuring for each of at least three corners of each first sheet the distance between the two adjoining edges of the respective at least three first sheet corners to a portion of at least one first printed fiducial mark, the measurement obtained from an at least one image sensing device, wherein for each of the at least three first sheet corners the measured portion of the at least one first printed fiducial mark is closer to that respective corner than any other of the first sheet corners; adjusting a second image to be printed by changing, relative to at least one second sheet, at least one of a size, shear, position and orientation of the second image based on the determined first image location; printing the adjusted second image to the at least one second sheet; determining a third image location on a second side of the at least one first sheet by measuring for each of at least three corners of the second sheet the distance between the two adjoining edges of the respective at least three first sheet corners to a portion of at least one second printed fiducial mark, the measurement obtained from the image sensing device, wherein for each of the at least three first sheet corners the measured portion of the at least one second printed fiducial mark is closer to that respective corner than any other of the first sheet corners; adjusting a fourth image to be printed by changing, relative to a second side of the at least one second sheet, at least one of a size, position and orientation of the fourth image based on the determined third image location; and printing the adjusted fourth image to the second side of the at least one second sheet. | 11,787 |
9,391,956 | 1. A computer comprising: one or more processors; an application; a network interface coupled to receive incoming data packets from and transmit outgoing data packets to an external network; a network address translation engine implemented with the one or more processors, the network address translation engine configured to dynamically assign an address to the application from a range of IP addresses utilizing dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), the network address translation engine further configured to translate between the dynamically assigned address and a public address; and a driver configured to automatically forward the outgoing data packets to the network address translation engine to translate the dynamically assigned address to the public address, and to automatically forward the incoming data packets to the network address translation engine to dynamically assign the address to the application and translate the public address to the dynamically assigned address. | 20,292 |
9,718,459 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: a power storage device; an internal combustion engine; a first motor generator; a second motor generator; a power transmission unit configured to switch a power transmission path between three rotation shafts of said internal combustion engine, said first motor generator, and said second motor generator; and a control device that controls said internal combustion engine, said first motor generator, said second motor generator, and said power transmission unit, said control device being configured such that, during execution of regenerative braking using at least one of said first motor generator and said second motor generator while said internal combustion engine is stopped, when a state amount indicating a state related to said power storage device has exceeded a prescribed amount, said control device executes a standby operation in which a state of said power transmission unit is brought from a current state closer to a state where regenerative electric power is generated by a rotating force of a wheel using said second motor generator, and said internal combustion engine in a fuel-cut state is rotated using said first motor generator, so as to allow said regenerative electric power to be consumed by said first motor generator, said prescribed amount being a preset value for determining that said state amount has become close to a state where charging of said power storage device is to be restricted. | 37,343 |
9,550,274 | 1. A protective hood device for a portable power tool, comprising: at least one protective hood basic body configured to at least partially cover an insertable tool of a portable power tool, wherein the at least one protective hood basic body includes at least one functional recess; at least one covering unit which is mounted on the at least one protective hood basic body so as to be movable relative to the at least one protective hood basic body, and which is configured to cover the at least one functional recess of the at least one protective hood basic body in at least one first position; and a locking unit configured to lock the at least one covering unit in the at least one first position relative to the at least one protective hood basic body, wherein the insertable tool defines an axis of rotation, wherein the locking unit includes at least one blocking element which is movably connected to the at least one covering unit, and wherein the at least one blocking element is configured for movement relative to the at least one covering unit in only a radial direction relative to the axis of rotation. | 40,566 |
9,451,678 | 1. A method for automatically commissioning a first fixture having a first microphone and a second fixture having a second microphone according to a building plan having a first mapped location and a second mapped location, the method comprising the steps of: generating a first sound at a first location; detecting said first sound by said first microphone and by said second microphone; recording a first time when said first microphone detects said first sound, and a second time when said second microphone detects said first sound; generating a second sound at a second location; detecting said second sound by said first microphone and by said second microphone; and recording a third time when said first microphone detects said second sound, a fourth time when said second microphone detects said second sound; associating said first fixture with said first mapped location, wherein said associating is based in part upon said first, second, third, and fourth time. | 19,766 |
8,657,914 | 1. An exhaust gas purifying filter comprising: an inflow surface into which exhaust gas including particulate matter flows; an exhaust surface which exhausts purified gas; and a filter substrate which is constructed of a porous body, in which the filter substrate includes a porous partition and a gas passage which is enclosed by the porous partition, and a porous film which includes silicon carbide is provided on a surface of the porous partition, wherein in a pore diameter distribution of the porous film, pores with the pore diameter of 0.01 μm or more and 3.0 μm or less are 70% or more of total volume of the pores, and pores with the pore diameter of 0.01 μm or more and 0.3 μm or less are 5% or more and 90% or less of total volume of the pores, the pore diameter distribution having a peak in the range of 0.01 μm or more and 0.3 μm or less and a range of 0.3 μm or more and 3.0 μm or less. | 30,650 |
9,649,673 | 1. A system for strengthening a sloped structure, the system comprising: first and second opposing sides, the second side adapted to be adjacent the sloped structure; a bottom side adjoining bottom edges of the first and second sides, thereby forming a cavity within the first, second, and bottom sides; fill material disposed within the cavity; an impermeable membrane fully encapsulating at least a portion of the fill material, the impermeable membrane being impermeable to fluids; a plurality of reinforcing members disposed within the fill material, the plurality of reinforcing members extending from the first side toward the second side; and a drainage system within the impermeable membrane; wherein each of one or more of the plurality of reinforcing members is partially within the impermeable membrane and partially outside the impermeable membrane. | 45,389 |
8,393,006 | 1. A method to procure digital rights management event data, the method comprising: receiving a first set of event data from a first host computer, where the received first set of event data had been collected by the first host computer in a first event data format and was converted by the first host computer to at least one standardized event data format; storing, by an event data collection server, the received first set of event data in a centralized repository; receiving a second set of event data from a second host computer, where the received second set of event data had been collected by the second host computer in a second event data format and was converted to at least one standardized event data format; storing, by the event data collection server, the received second set of event data in a centralized repository; authorizing, by the event data collection server, access to the first set of event data and the second set of event data stored in the centralized repository, by at least one audit computer; and responding to at least one query from an authorized audit computer, to provide event data associated with at least one of the first set of event data and the second set of event data retrieved from the centralized repository so that the authorized audit computer can perform an event data audit. | 34,101 |
9,752,520 | 1. A method comprising: during running conditions of an engine, in response to a request to activate gaseous fuel injection, delaying activation of the gaseous fuel injection until an intake manifold pressure of an intake manifold through which intake air flows is determined to reach a threshold, and then activating gaseous fuel injection when intake manifold pressure reaches the threshold; and in response to gaseous fuel rail pressure above a threshold, closing a wastegate valve of a turbocharger to bring intake manifold pressure to the threshold. | 29,378 |
9,631,553 | 1. A coal gasification process by a grading conversion of carbon hydrogen components of the coal, comprising the steps of: a carbonization process, a carbon monoxide-producing process and a shift reaction process, wherein the carbonization process carbonizes gasifying coal to produce a product comprising crude coke, coke-oven gas and tar; the carbon monoxide-producing process subjects the crude coke produced in the carbonization process to react with carbon dioxide to produce carbon monoxide, and any heat needed is also supplied from combustion of heat-supplying coal and high-temperature air; the shift reaction process subjects a part of carbon monoxide produced in the carbon monoxide-producing process and water vapor to a conversion reaction to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and then separation by using a separation device is performed to obtain carbon dioxide and pure hydrogen; the coke-oven gas, carbon monoxide and hydrogen produced in the above processes are blended in different ratios; wherein equipment to perform the above steps comprises an external combustion unit, a heat transfer unit, a carbonization unit, a carbon monoxide-producing unit, a shift reaction unit and a waste heat recovery unit, wherein the carbonization process is performed in the carbonization unit, the carbon monoxide-producing process is performed in the carbon monoxide-producing unit, the shift reaction process is performed in the shift reaction unit, and the heat-supplying coal and the high-temperature air are combusted in the external combustion unit, wherein high-temperature flue gas is produced and supplies heat to the carbonization unit and the carbon monoxide-producing unit respectively via the heat transfer unit and releases waste heat to the waste heat recovery unit; and, wherein the heat-supplying coal and the high temperature air preheated by the waste heat recovery unit are combusted in the external combustion unit, wherein high-temperature flue gas is produced and is delivered into the heat transfer units after a crude dust removal and releases heat to the carbonization unit and the carbon monoxide-producing unit respectively via a partition wall of the heat transfer units, and then is delivered to the waste heat recovery unit. | 19,790 |
8,603,694 | 1. A fuel cell stack ( 1 ) operated with air and fuel, which is thermally insulated towards an exterior thereof, which is surrounded by a housing ( 2 ) at a distance and an annular gap ( 10 ) is formed between the fuel cell stack ( 1 ) and the housing ( 2 ), said gap ( 10 ) being connected to an air inlet part ( 2 a ) which is connected to an air source for supplying working air to the fuel cell stack ( 1 ), and comprising a heat insulating layer ( 9 ), wherein the heat insulating layer ( 9 ) surrounds the fuel cell stack ( 1 ) and the annular gap is formed between the heat insulating layer ( 9 ) and the housing ( 2 ), the air inlet part ( 2 a ) is connected to the fuel cell stack ( 1 ) and also to the annular gap ( 10 ) for supplying a portion of incoming air, and the air inlet part ( 2 a ) is connected via the annular gap ( 10 ) to an air outlet part ( 2 b ), into which hot cathode waste air and additional air supplied via the annular gap ( 10 ) enters and which contains a waste air cooler ( 7 ) for cooling the hot cathode waste air with the additional air, wherein the waste air cooler ( 7 ) is a plate-shaped body which is acted upon with hot moist cathode waste air on one side and with the additional air on the other side, wherein heat accumulating as a result of an elevated operating temperature between 60° C. and 110° C. is removed, and wherein the emerging hot and moist cathode waste air is cooled with a dominant portion of the supplied additional air directly by mixing or indirectly via the waste air cooler and at the same time, a water fraction condenses out. | 26,035 |
9,353,995 | 1. A temperature control module for a socket, comprising: an upper docking plate comprising a recess for accommodating a socket and at least one temperature-controlling fluid passage, the recess having a bottom surface with an opening thereon, whereby the socket rests on the bottom surface of the recess with a chip slot of the socket corresponding to the opening, one end of the fluid passage communicating with the recess, and the other end of the fluid passage being connected with a temperature-controlling fluid source; and a lower docking plate disposed under the upper docking plate to cover the recess; wherein a fluid chamber is formed of the recess of the upper docking plate, the lower docking plate and the socket, and a temperature-controlling fluid is fed into the fluid chamber via the at least one temperature-controlling fluid passage from the temperature-controlling fluid source; and wherein the socket comprises a plurality of surrounding sidewalls, and at least the surrounding sidewalls of the socket are in direct contact with the temperature-controlling fluid for heat exchange. | 17,160 |
9,467,363 | 1. A network system comprising: a plurality of switches, each of which is configured to carry out processing of a received packet based on a flow entry in which a rule and an action are defined to uniformly control packets as a flow; and a controller configured to set to each of said plurality of switches, a circulation flow entry to be deleted when a circulation packet which is mutually transmitted and received among said plurality of switches gets not to arrive, and detect a failure among said plurality of switches, when receiving a notice indicating that the circulation flow entry has been deleted from each of said plurality of switches, wherein said controller is configured to: | 29,158 |
8,710,689 | 1. A wind energy installation comprising: a rotor; a generator driven by the rotor and having a converter configured to generate electrical power which is output into a power supply system via a transformer; an open-loop control system comprising an open-loop converter control unit, the open-loop control system supplying an actuating signal for a reactive component to the converter; and a voltage measurement device arranged on the transformer, a voltage signal of the voltage measurement device being applied to an input of a state-dependent setpoint value shifter configured to shift the reactive component in the event of an overvoltage toward an underexcited status and in the event of an undervoltage toward an overexcited status, the output signal of the setpoint value shifter being applied to a limitation module for the reactive component acting on the converter, the limitation module limiting the reactive component actuating signal supplied by the open-loop control system. | 26,759 |
8,562,768 | 1. A solid compound capable of generating hydrogen by a self-sustaining combustion reaction, a composition of the solid compound comprising: at least one of borazane and polyaminoborane; and at least one inorganic oxidant, wherein when borazane is present and polyaminoborane is not present, the at least one inorganic oxidant comprises strontium nitrate. | 18,516 |
8,655,500 | 1. A method for reducing power loss in at least one feeder circuit in a power grid, the method executable by at least one computer having at least one processor and at least one memory, comprising: accessing, from the at least one memory, a model that provides as an output an indicator of feeder circuit power loss based on inputs of position in at least a part of the feeder circuit and at least one electrical aspect in the at least a part of the feeder circuit; receiving, by the at least one processor, a sensed measurement of the at least one electrical aspect in at least a part of the feeder circuit; accessing, by the at least one processor, respective positions of a plurality of customers in the at least a part of the feeder circuit; inputting the sensed measurement and the respective positions of the plurality of customers into the model in order to generate a plurality of indicators of feeder circuit power loss for the plurality of customers; selecting, based on the plurality of indicators, at least one customer from the plurality of customers for demand response in order to reduce the power loss in the feeder circuit; and sending, by the at least one computer, at least one instruction to the selected at least one customer to execute the demand response in real time, the at least one instruction to control one or more devices of the selected at least one customer. | 34,465 |
8,728,143 | 1. A deployment system for treating a bifurcation of a main vessel and a first and second branch vessels, comprising: an elongate, flexible body, having a proximal end, a distal end, a guidewire lumen, and a control element lumen; a first stent carried in a recess on the distal end of the body, the first stent comprising a marker at a proximal end of the stent; a stent stop located proximal to the recess comprising a slot configured to receive the proximal marker; and a releasable restraint, for retaining the stent on the flexible body; wherein the releasable restraint is coupled to an axially moveable control element such that moving the axially moveable control element in a proximal direction with respect to the first stent causes the releasable restraint to move in the proximal direction with respect to the first stent, wherein the axially moveable control element extends at least partially within the control element lumen in the elongate, flexible body, and wherein the guidewire lumen is located outside of the control element lumen; wherein a proximal end of the releasable restraint is configured to surround a portion of the control element lumen and move independently relative to the surrounded portion of the control element lumen as the releasable restraint is moved in the proximal direction; wherein a distal end of the stent is larger in diameter than the proximal end of the stent in an unconstrained expanded configuration; and wherein at least a portion of the expanded stent tapers in a distal direction from a smaller proximal diameter to a larger distal diameter, the stent is not covered, and the stent is configured to be unattached to another stent or stent segment when deployed in an unconstrained expanded configuration at the bifurcation. | 47,804 |
9,152,993 | 1. A personal property trading system, comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, one or more processors configured to interact with the computer-readable storage medium; one or more software modules comprising instructions in the form of code stored on the storage medium and executing in the processor, the one or more software modules including: a main page module executing in the processor and configuring the processor to generate a user page that displays a first user's personal property that is available for trading, wherein the processor is configured to provide the user page over a network for display on a display of one or more remote computing devices; a comments module executing in the processor and configuring the processor to: a rating module executing in the processor and configuring the processor to: a blocking module executing in the processor and configuring the processor to, based on the rating, prevent non-compliant use of the system. | 32,007 |
9,564,249 | 1. A fuel spacer for use in a nuclear fuel assembly, the spacer comprising: a perimeter piece; a first alignment strip connected to two points on the perimeter piece; and a second alignment strip connected to two points on the perimeter piece, wherein the first and the second alignment strips are substantially parallel to each other and together and alone define a plurality of openings between the first and the second alignment strips through each of which a fuel rod is able to pass in an axial direction, wherein the first and the second alignment strips are internal spans that are waveform, and wherein the internal spans extend at an approximately 45-degree angle from the perimeter piece. | 38,237 |
9,035,015 | 1. An article, comprising: a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive material disposed between the first and second electrodes, the photoactive material comprising a polymer of formula (I): wherein m is 0 or 1; each p, independently, is 0, 1, or 2; n is an integer greater than 1; X is a phenyl moiety substituted with 2-4 halo groups or 2-4 C each D, independently, is a benzodithiophene moiety, a carbazole moiety, a fluorene moiety, a cyclopentadithiophene moiety, or a silacyclopentadithiophene moiety; A is a cyclopentadithiazole moiety, a benzothiadiazole moiety, a thiadiazoloquinoxaline moiety, a benzoisothiazole moiety, a benzothiazole moiety, a thienothiophene moiety, a tetrahydroisoindole moiety, a thiazole moiety, a thiazolothiazole moiety, a naphthothiadiazole moiety, a thienopyrazine moiety, an oxazole moiety, an imidazole moiety, a pyrimidine moiety, a benzoxazole moiety, a benzimidazole moiety, a pyridopyrazine moiety, a pyrazinopyridazine moiety, a pyrazinoquinoxaline moiety, a thiadiazolopyridine moiety, a thiadiazolopyridazine moiety, a benzooxadiazole moiety, an oxadiazolopyridine moiety, an oxadiazolopyridazine moiety, a benzoselenadiazole moiety, a benzobisoxazole moiety, a thienothiadiazole moiety, a thienopyrroledione moiety, a tetrazine moiety, a pyrrolopyrroledione moiety, a thiophene moiety, a selenophene moiety, a thiadiazole moiety, a quinoxaline moiety, a benzotriazole moiety, or a furan moiety; each T, independently, is a thienothiophene moiety, a thiazole moiety, a thiophene moiety, a selenophene moiety, a thiadiazole moiety, or a furan moiety; and the article is configured as a photovoltaic cell. | 41,300 |
9,488,795 | 1. An optical patch panel, comprising: a housing module having at least one wall arranged to present connectors for coupling with optical cables; a plurality of trunk connectors carried by the at least one wall of the housing module, each of the trunk connectors having a predetermined signal capacity and being connectable to an optical trunk line entering the housing module; and a plurality of duplex fiber connectors arranged in the at least one wall of the housing module, each of the duplex fiber connectors having a signal capacity of about one quarter of the predetermined signal capacity of the trunk connectors, the duplex fiber connectors being operable to communicate with downstream networking equipment, the duplex fiber connectors being arranged in clusters, each cluster presenting a group of four pairs of duplex fiber connectors; wherein the duplex fiber connectors in each cluster are optically coupled to the plurality of trunk connectors and in turn to a plurality of optical trunk lines. | 39,955 |
9,014,227 | 1. A semiconductor laser device comprising: a semiconductor structure at least part of which is in the form of a mesa structure having a flat top; a passivation layer over the mesa structure, the passivation layer defining a contact opening on the flat top of the mesa structure; and a metal contact portion contacting the semiconductor via the contact opening, wherein the contact opening defined by the passivation layer has a smaller area than the flat top of the mesa structure, wherein the metal contact portion comprises at least one layer comprising gold and a layer comprising platinum disposed between said at least one layer comprising gold and said semiconductor structure, and wherein said at least one layer comprising gold comprises a first gold layer and a second gold layer separated by a chromium layer. | 39,586 |
8,737,410 | 1. A system on a chip, comprising: two or more processing cores; and an auxiliary processor coupled to each one of the two or more processing cores, wherein the auxiliary processor causes a communication request directed to a first one of the two or more processing cores to be held in a switching fabric through which the system on a chip communicates with remote systems when the auxiliary processor determines that the first one of the processing cores is in an inactive state, wherein the auxiliary processor assesses the processing cores to determine a second one of the processing cores that is currently in a state allowing the second one of the processing cores to perform a task requested in the communication request, and wherein the auxiliary processor causes the communication request to be delivered to the second one of the processing cores for allowing the second one of the processing cores to perform the task after determining that the second one of the processing cores is currently in the state allowing the second one of the processing cores to perform the task while the first one of the processing cores remains in the inactive state. | 5,580 |
9,341,036 | 1. An elevator comprising: (a) first and second jaws, each of said jaws having a first end and a second end; (b) a hinge plate, said first end of each of said jaws pivotally linked to said hinge plate; (c) a first spindle pivotally connected to said first jaw, said first spindle having an outwardly extending first hanger; (d) a second spindle pivotally connected to said second jaw, said second spindle having an outwardly extending second hanger; and (e) a first alignment linkage pivotally attaching said first spindle to said hinge plate and a second alignment linkage pivotally attaching said second spindle to said hinge plate whereby said first and second hangers are maintained in an angularly congruent orientation with said hinge plate. | 4,648 |
9,156,537 | 1. A watercraft propulsion system comprising: a normal watercraft operating unit including throttle levers and a steering wheel, the throttle levers being configured to adjust outputs of at least two propulsion machines mounted to a hull, and the steering wheel being configured to adjust rudder turning angles of the at least two propulsion machines; a joy stick watercraft operating unit including a joy stick configured to move the hull in at least each of front, rear, left, and right directions; a control unit configured and programmed to control the outputs and the rudder turning angles of the at least two propulsion machines in a control mode including a normal mode in accordance with an operation of the normal watercraft operating unit and a control mode including a joy stick mode in accordance with an operation of the joy stick watercraft operating unit; a control mode switching unit configured to output a control mode switching instruction to the control unit when the control mode switching unit has received a switching operation of the control mode; and a detection unit configured to detect rotational speeds of engines of the at least two propulsion machines; wherein when throttle valves of the engines have moved from an open position to a fully closed position in a case where the control mode is the normal mode, the control unit does not receive the control mode switching instruction output from the control mode switching unit until a control mode switching prohibition time period elapses, and the control mode switching prohibition time period is set based on the rotational speed detected by the detection unit. | 8,228 |
8,770,518 | 1. A connection of a fuselage to an aircraft wing, the wing comprising a rib extending the fuselage and a wing upper surface panel joined to the rib, wherein the rib extends above the wing upper surface panel and is joined to the fuselage at an upper line higher than a junction line from the wing upper surface panel to the rib, wherein the upper line is horizontal, and wherein the upper line belongs to a junction line of two horizontal strips of panels of the fuselage. | 14,284 |
9,770,629 | 1. A golf ball resin composition comprising a base resin wherein, in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, letting E′(1) be the storage modulus of the base resin measured at a temperature of 23° C., an oscillation frequency of 15 Hz and 1.0% strain, and T(1) be the tan δ defined in terms of the ratio between storage modulus and loss modulus of the base resin measured under the same conditions, E′(1) and T(1) satisfy the following ranges: letting E′(10) be the storage modulus of the base resin measured at a temperature of 23° C., an oscillation frequency of 15 Hz and 10% strain, and T(10) be the tan δ defined in terms of the ratio between storage modulus and loss modulus of the base resin measured under the same conditions, E′(10) and T(10) satisfy the following ranges: wherein the golf ball resin composition does not comprise a saponified polymer and/or a polyamide; wherein the base resin is a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer and the amount of the styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer is 100 wt % of the overall resin composition. | 34,197 |
8,532,794 | 1. A building control system incorporating an external calendar service, comprising: a schedule subsystem; a schedule synchronization subsystem connected to the schedule subsystem; and an external calendar configuration subsystem connected to the schedule synchronization subsystem; and wherein: | 47,239 |
9,338,893 | 1. A flexible electronic device, comprising: a flexible film, having a top surface; an electronic element layer, disposed on the top surface of the flexible film; and a protecting film, disposed on the top surface of the flexible film and covering the electronic element layer, an outer periphery of the protecting film having a gradual slope structure that has a thickness being increased from an outer side toward an inner side of the protecting film, wherein the protecting film comprises a central portion surrounded by the gradual slope structure, the central portion of the protecting film totally overlaps the electronic element layer and has an even and uniform thickness in a range from about 30 μm to about 500 μm, the protecting film has at least one side wall connected to the top surface of the flexible film to form an included angle between the side wall and the top surface, and the included angle is an acute angle. | 34,285 |
9,736,409 | 1. An imaging device comprising: a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixels, a pixel of the plurality of pixels being configured to receive an incident light and output an analog signal; a plurality of signal lines, a signal line of the plurality of signal lines being coupled to the pixel; a plurality of comparators; and a plurality of counters, wherein a comparator of the plurality of comparators includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and an isolator disposed between an output node of the first amplifier and an input node of the second amplifier. | 8,296 |
9,148,868 | 1. A location update method, comprising: when detecting that a location update needs to be performed in a first mobile communication network, sending a first request message comprising instruction information to a mobile management device in the first mobile communication network such that the mobile management device in the first mobile communication network sends a second request message to a mobile management device in a second mobile communication network when executing the location update according to the instruction information, wherein the second request message enables the mobile management device in the second mobile communication network to reset a periodic update timer and send a first accept message comprising a periodic update timer reset instruction of the second mobile communication network to the mobile management device in the first mobile communication network; receiving a second accept message sent by the mobile management device in the first mobile communication network, wherein the second accept message comprises the periodic update timer reset instruction of the second mobile communication network; and resetting the periodic update timer of the second mobile communication network according to the periodic update timer reset instruction of the second mobile communication network. | 13,649 |
9,076,689 | 1. An integrated circuit structure comprising: a semiconductor fin at a top surface of a substrate, wherein the semiconductor fin comprises: a fin spacer on a sidewall of one of the first and the second end sections, wherein the fin spacer comprises a top portion and a bottom portion formed of different materials, and the bottom portion of the fin spacer comprises an inner portion overlapped by the top portion of the one of the first and the second end sections; a gate dielectric layer on a top surface and sidewalls of the middle section of the semiconductor fin; and a gate electrode over the gate dielectric layer. | 40,984 |
8,441,242 | 1. A DC-DC converter comprising: a main converter output stage; an auxiliary converter output stage connected in parallel to the main converter output stage; and a digital controller coupled to the main converter output stage and the auxiliary converter output stage that operates in a linear controller mode when no load transient is present and operates in a non-linear controller mode when a load transient is detected; wherein the digital controller senses an output voltage slew-rate when the load transient is detected and determines a duty-ratio prediction that is applied in the linear controller mode to ensure smooth transition from the nonlinear controller mode back to the linear controller mode; and wherein an on-resistance of auxiliary converter output stage power transistors provided in the auxiliary converter output stage is such that the active time of the auxiliary converter output stage is less than the recovery time of the main converter stage. | 12,650 |
8,859,186 | 1. A polyimide precursor comprising repeating units represented by the following formula (1) of 100 mole % in all the repeating units: wherein R wherein R | 48,614 |
9,261,069 | 1. A device for collecting energy from water waves, comprising: an extended length channel provided with a long shore-facing wall, a long sea-facing wall, and a remote end wall all extending substantially above high water level, and a proximate end wall comprising at least one water wheel and having a lower edge of the at least one water wheel approximately level with low water level, said shore-facing wall being sloped in a shoreward direction so that an upper open edge of said shore facing wall is closer to the shore than the lower edge of said shore facing wall, said sloped wall being impacted by waves having entered said channel and retaining the water of said waves at a raised level above low water level, inside said channel, said long sea-facing wall being pierced by a plurality of one-way apertures extending substantially over the complete area of said sea-facing wall, each said one-way aperture being closed by an attached shutter unit opening inwards under pressure of incoming water waves and closing after the entry of said waves into said channel to maintain said raised water level in said channel; and wherein the at least one water wheel is driven by water leaving the channel by passing through the at least one water wheel. | 12,908 |
8,973,867 | 1. A fresh air inlet for an aircraft, comprising: at least one ram air inlet including at least one ram air inlet opening; at least one secondary air inlet opening spaced apart from the at least one ram air inlet; at least one movably mounted flap; a secondary air inlet duct connected to the at least one secondary air inlet opening; a ram air inlet duct connected to the at least one ram air inlet opening; a fresh air duct; and a check valve arranged in the secondary air inlet duct; wherein the at least one movably mounted flap is movable between a first position and a second position; wherein the at least one movably mounted flap substantially covers the at least one secondary air inlet opening in the first position while keeping the at least one ram air inlet substantially open and, in the second position, at least partially opens the at least one secondary air inlet opening and at least partially extends into an air flow directed toward the at least one ram air inlet opening in order to shield the at least one ram air inlet opening from foreign matter; and wherein the secondary air inlet duct and the ram air inlet duct are connectable to the fresh air duct. | 30,464 |
8,655,573 | 1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a throttle valve that adjusts an air amount that is taken into an internal combustion engine; an EGR valve that opens and closes an EGR passage that makes an intake passage and an exhaust passage communicate with each other; and a controller that is configured to: control, in accordance with a required throttle valve opening degree, a throttle valve opening degree of the throttle valve; control, in accordance with a required EGR valve opening degree, an EGR valve opening degree of the EGR valve; obtain a required torque that is required of the internal combustion engine; obtain an air amount information concerning the air amount; set the required throttle valve opening degree based on the required torque in accordance with a first relation information that defines a relation between the required torque and the required throttle valve opening degree; and set the required EGR valve opening degree based on the air amount information in accordance with a second relation information that defines a relation between the air amount information and the required EGR valve opening degree, wherein the second relation information is set so that with respect to an increase in a value of the air amount information, the required EGR valve opening degree increases and then decreases, wherein the first relation information has a setting region in which with respect to an increase in the required torque, the required throttle valve opening degree once decreases, in association with the required EGR valve opening degree being set in the second relation information so as to decrease with respect to the increase in the value of the air amount information, and wherein the controller is further configured to: in a process in which an actual torque of the internal combustion engine transits toward a required torque in the setting region in a state in which an actual throttle valve opening degree has been controlled to a required throttle valve opening degree corresponding to the required torque in the setting region when the required torque in the setting region is required at acceleration, limit the required EGR valve opening degree so that the required EGR valve opening degree obtained during the process of transition on a basis of the air amount information changing during the process of transition and the second relation information does not exceed a final required EGR valve opening degree at the acceleration obtained on a basis of the air amount information corresponding to the required torque in the setting region and the second relation information, with the final required EGR valve opening degree at the acceleration as an upper limit value. | 40,304 |
9,401,862 | 1. A method for optimizing communication paths in a network system comprising: identifying an optimal port between a multi-ported target node and a multi-ported initiator node; coupling the multi-ported target node and the multi-ported initiator node using an optimal path corresponding to the identified optimal port; generating a connection request via the multi-ported initiator node; determining a preferred port via which the multi-ported initiator node will communicate based on network connectivity to provide a shortest communication path, the shortest communication path being determined based upon path distance metrics, the shortest communication path corresponding to a shortest physical path between an initiator port of the multi-ported initiator node and a target port of the multi-ported target node; wherein the network system comprises an Immediate Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) enabled switch; and the path distance metrics are determined using a TRILL analysis operation, the TRILL analysis operation accessing routing information about media access control (MAC) addresses via a link state protocol. | 7,848 |
9,110,728 | 1. A system for executing virtual machines on one or more computing devices, the system comprising: a plurality of host computing devices; and a management device coupled in communication with the host computing devices, the management device configured to: | 20,403 |
9,045,051 | 1. A method for identifying an electric vehicle connected to EVSE comprising: connecting the EVSE via a cable to the electric vehicle; applying power from the EVSE to the electric vehicle; detecting the flow of current to a battery charger of the electric vehicle; obtaining a VIN of the electric vehicle from an OBDM of the electric vehicle; transmitting the VIN and a “power-on” signal from the electric vehicle to the EVSE transceiver via RF; automatically removing power from the EVSE to the electric vehicle; transmitting the VIN and a “power-off” signal to the EVSE via RF; processing the VIN and “power-off” signal at the EVSE to confirm the identity of the connected electric vehicle; and reapplying power from the EVSE to the electric vehicle to charge the battery power supply. | 35,426 |
9,431,397 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate including an isolation feature; at least two fin structures embedded in the isolation feature; at least two gate stacks disposed around the at least two fin structures respectively; an etch stop layer extending between the at least two gate stacks; a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer disposed on the etch stop layer and between the at least two gate stacks, wherein a portion of the first ILD layer has a top surface lower than a top surface of the at least two gate stacks, thereby forming a recess comprising a bottom surface and sidewall surfaces composed of the first ILD layer; and a second ILD layer disposed over the first ILD layer and in the recess, wherein the second ILD layer has a top surface that is approximately the same as the top surface of the at least two gate stacks and being contact with the sidewall surfaces and the bottom surface, wherein the second ILD layer disposed in the recess has a first thickness over the isolation feature and a second thickness adjacent one of the at least two gate stacks, the second thickness being different than the first thickness. | 43,103 |
8,809,911 | 1. A semiconductor device, characterized by including: a first semiconductor layer formed of a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate; at least two trenches, formed in one main surface of the first semiconductor layer, arranged in parallel to each other in stripe form; a gate electrode formed across an insulating film in the trenches; a plurality of second conductivity type second semiconductor layers selectively formed in the longitudinal direction of the trench of the surface layer of the first semiconductor layer sandwiched between the trenches; a first conductivity type third semiconductor layer selectively formed in the surface layer of the second semiconductor layer; a second conductivity type fourth semiconductor layer, with an impurity concentration higher than that of the second semiconductor layer, selectively formed in the surface layer of the second semiconductor layer; an emitter electrode, formed on the one main surface of the first semiconductor substrate, in contact with the third semiconductor layer; a second conductivity type fifth semiconductor layer provided on the other main surface of the first semiconductor substrate; and a collector electrode in contact with the fifth semiconductor layer, wherein the third semiconductor layer is in contact with one trench of neighboring trenches, and distanced from the other trench, at least one portion of the edge portion on the other trench side of the third semiconductor layer terminates inside the fourth semiconductor layer, and the length of the fourth semiconductor layer in the longitudinal direction of the trench is greater than the length of the third semiconductor layer in the longitudinal direction of the trench. | 8,644 |
9,816,341 | 1. A method of plugging an opening in a subterranean well, the method comprising: deploying a plugging device into the well, the plugging device including at least two bodies, and a washer element connected between the bodies, the washer element being generally disk-shaped and comprising a hole, a line extending through the hole and connected to the bodies on respective opposite sides of the washer element; and conveying the plugging device by fluid flow into engagement with the opening, the washer element preventing the plugging device from being conveyed through the opening, and the washer element blocking the fluid flow through the opening. | 26,631 |
8,641,582 | 1. A leg-stretching exercise apparatus comprising: (a) a base; (b) a handle for enabling an exerciser to balance the torso thereof while performing the leg-stretching exercise, the handle connected to the base about a front vertical member assembly extending from the front thereof; (c) a waist belt attached to a rear vertical member extending from the rear of the base; and (d) a pair of generally horizontal track assemblies extending collinearly from either side of the base, each track assembly comprising: | 3,746 |
8,997,170 | 1. A method for policy-based control of a device, the method comprising: generating an action on the device, the action comprising transmitting a radio signal from the device, wherein the device includes a policy controller; collecting device state information for the device, the device state information describing one or more states available for operation of the device in a radio frequency network; selecting, by the device, one or more policies based upon the device state information, the one or more policies comprising a policy specified by a regulatory agency; evaluating, by the device, the policies related to the action, wherein the policies are understandable by the policy controller; determining, by the device, that transmission of the radio signal by the device is an allowable action according to the policies; and controlling execution of the action on the device with the policy controller according to the policies, said controlling comprising controlling a radio to transmit or receive the radio signal subsequent to the determining that the transmission is an allowable action and subsequent to the selecting one or more policies based upon the device state information. | 29,164 |
9,804,874 | 1. A method for use by a hypervisor operating in a computer system which comprises a plurality of partitions operating on a plurality of logical processors, the method comprising: monitoring utilization levels of the plurality of partitions; determining that a subset of the plurality of partitions are idle based on the utilization level of the subset of the plurality of partitions being below a threshold; monitoring utilization levels of the plurality of logical processors; determining that a subset of logical processors of the plurality of the logical processors are idle based on the monitored utilization level of the subset of the plurality of logical processors being below an idle logical processor threshold percentage; scheduling partitions of the subset of idle partitions on at least one of the logical processors in the subset of idle logical processors. | 34,322 |
8,486,565 | 1. An electrode comprising a current collector and/or a binder and a carbon material which is a product of carbonization of azulmic acid. | 20,637 |
9,602,549 | 1. A method for establishing trust between applications on a computing device, the method comprising: providing a first software application on a computing device, the first application having first object code, wherein the first object code is original, post-compile object code; providing a second software application on the computing device, the second application having second object code, wherein the second object code is original, post-compile object code; modifying, using at least one processor operatively coupled with a memory, the first object code to create first replacement object code, the first replacement object code configured to access a shared secret between the first and second software applications; modifying, using the at least one processor, the second object code to create second replacement object code, the second replacement object code configured to access the shared secret between the first and second software applications; encrypting data, in the first application, using the shared secret and the first replacement object code; sharing the encrypted data from the first application to the second application; and decrypting at least a portion of the data, in the second application, using the shared secret and the second replacement code. | 16,716 |
9,097,842 | 1. A method for reducing emissivity of a structure, the method comprising: providing a low emissivity composite film comprising: wherein the composite film has an emissivity of less than about 0.2 and an abrasion delta haze of 5 percent or less; and | 28,346 |
8,749,996 | 1. A switching power supply apparatus comprising: a direct-current power-supply input unit arranged to receive a direct-current input voltage; a transformer including at least a primary winding and a secondary winding magnetically coupled to each other; a first series circuit connected to both ends of the direct-current power-supply input unit and in which the primary winding, an inductor, and a first switching element are connected in series; a second series circuit connected to both ends of the first switching element or both ends of a series circuit including the primary winding and the inductor and in which a second switching element and a capacitor are connected in series; a switching control circuit configured to put the second switching element into an on-state during a predetermined time after having put the first switching element into an on-state during a predetermined time; and a first rectification smoothing circuit configured to rectify and smooth an alternating-current voltage output from the secondary winding and output an output voltage to a load; wherein the switching power supply apparatus includes a light load detection mechanism configured to directly or indirectly detect a load current flowing through the load and detect whether or not the load is in a light load state; the switching control circuit includes: in a normal load state, an operation is performed in a current-continuous mode where the first switching element and the second switching element are complementarily and repeatedly put into on-states and off-states in a relationship in which a switching frequency decreases as the load current increases; and when the light load detection mechanism has detected the light load state, an operation is performed in a current-discontinuous mode where a current halt time period in which no current flows through the transformer exists between turnoff of the second switching element and turnon of the first switching element, and a blank time is inserted between a time when the second switching element is turned off and a time when the first switching element is turned on next such that the switching frequency is decreased in the light load state. | 17,200 |
8,761,717 | 1. A method for prohibiting interference with operation of an implanted medical device (IMD) comprising: in response to performance of a function by an electronic device, detecting of an implanted medical device (IMD) of an implantee within an effective proximity to the electronic device by an IMD safety control module coupled with the electronic device, wherein performance of the function by the electronic device is known to have a potential to cause at least one adverse effect to at least one of a treatment provided by the implanted medical device and operation of the implanted medical device within the effective proximity, wherein the implanted medical device is an active implanted medical device having wireless communication capabilities; disabling performance of the function by the electronic device; requesting resolution from an operator of the electronic device to accommodate the implanted medical device detected within the effective proximity; and upon receipt of said resolution, enabling performance of the function by the electronic device. | 7,017 |
8,415,507 | 1. A pterostilbene:piperazine cocrystal, wherein the molar ratio of pterostilbene:piperazine is 2:1. | 14,880 |
8,392,503 | 1. A method comprising: establishing, by an Internet Protocol (IP)-based meeting server via an IP network, a web-based media conference between an identified meeting presenter having a web-enabled presenter client device and identified meeting participants each having at least one corresponding participating client device, at least one of the identified meeting participants participating in the web-based media conference based on concurrent use of the corresponding at least one participating client device and a corresponding second client device of the at least one identified meeting participant, wherein the establishing includes, for the at least one identified meeting participant: establishing a first IP connection via the IP network with the at least one corresponding participating client device for the at least one identified meeting participant; establishing a second IP connection via the IP network, concurrent with the first IP connection, with the second client device of the at least one identified meeting participant; and associating the first IP connection and the second IP connection, and the respective at least one corresponding participating client device and the second client device, with the at least one identified meeting participant; receiving, by the IP-based meeting server, monitoring data for each of the identified meeting participants, the monitoring data including, for each identified meeting participant, a detected interaction by the corresponding identified meeting participant with the corresponding participant client device, the monitoring data for the at least one identified meeting participant based on the detected interactions of the at least one identified meeting participant with the at least one corresponding participating client device and the second device via the first and second IP connections, respectively; generating, by the IP-based meeting server, an aggregate attention metric identifying an aggregate focus of attention by the identified meeting participants, based on the received monitoring data, the generating including determining, from a first of the monitoring data, whether an activity outside the media conference by one of the identified meeting participants is relevant to the media conference; and outputting, by the IP-based meeting server, the aggregate attention metric for display by the web-enabled presenter client device of the identified meeting presenter. | 2,294 |
8,369,212 | 1. A computer system comprising: at least one processing resource configured to control and communicate with at least one network device; a plurality of network resources configured to be coupled by a plurality of pathways between the at least one processing resource and the at least one network device; and at least one teaming module executable on the at least one processing resource and configured to manage failover in the computer system, wherein the at least one teaming module is configured to: | 9,044 |
8,537,680 | 1. A system to transfer data packets, the system comprising: a first node connected to a second node via multiple channels, the first node being configured to: | 17,196 |
9,665,144 | 1. A system, comprising: a memory; a controller; and a device coupled to the controller, wherein the device includes a first power supply to be adaptively coupled to the one or more logic blocks and to the one or more arrays of registers; and a second power supply to be adaptively coupled to the one or more arrays of registers, wherein the controller is to initiate an energy-efficient low power state for the device to reduce power consumption by powering down the one or more logic blocks, and to couple the second power supply to the one or more arrays of registers and set a voltage of the second power supply to a retention voltage to retain states in the one or more arrays of registers during the energy-efficient low power state; wherein the retention voltage provided by the second power supply is different than a voltage provided by the first power supply during a non-low power state; wherein the controller is to reduce a latency associated with entering and exiting from the energy-efficient low-power state by accessing at least part of the architectural state from the one or more arrays of registers instead of from the memory; wherein the one or more arrays of registers comprise a dual power supply array having a local controller; and wherein the local controller is to couple the first and second power supplies to the one or more arrays of registers while the controller sets voltages for the first and second power supplies. | 14,931 |
8,541,168 | 1. A method for detecting a nucleic acid by hybridization reaction comprising: (a) forming a composition comprising a first nucleic acid and a second nucleic acid, wherein said second nucleic acid is immobilized on an electrode and covalently attached to a label, and (b) measuring the electron transfer between the label and the electrode so as to determine if said first nucleic acid has hybridized to said second nucleic acid, wherein electron transfer rate is increased by hybridization; wherein said electrode comprises a mixed monolayer and at least one constituent of said mixed monolayer facilitates the transfer of electrical potential. | 9,365 |
8,473,132 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a power storage device; an electric power reception unit receiving electric power from an electric power transmission unit external to a vehicle; a first rotating electric machine driven by electric power supplied from said power storage device and electric power supplied from said electric power reception unit; and a control device for performing drive control of said first rotating electric machine, said control device calculating first electric power that can be output from said power storage device based on a state of said power storage device, calculating second electric power that can be charged from outside based on transmittable electric power of said electric power transmission unit and chargeable electric power of said electric power reception unit, obtaining a sum of said first electric power and said second electric power as electric power suppliable from a power supply, and performing drive control of said first rotating electric machine based on said electric power suppliable from a power supply; a voltage conversion unit converting a first voltage output from said power storage device; and a rotating electric machine driving unit receiving a voltage converted by said voltage conversion unit to drive said first rotating electric machine, wherein said electric power reception unit is connected to an electric power transfer path connecting between said voltage conversion unit and said rotating electric machine driving unit, and said control device performs voltage conversion control for said voltage conversion unit based on a highest voltage among said first voltage output from said power storage device, a second voltage requested by said rotating electric machine driving unit and a third voltage requested by said electric power reception unit; and an internal combustion engine; a second rotating electric machine receiving power from said internal combustion engine to generate electric power used in said first rotating electric machine; a voltage conversion unit converting a first voltage output from said power storage device; and a rotating electric machine driving unit receiving a voltage converted by said voltage conversion unit to drive said first and second rotating electric machines, wherein said rotating electric machine driving unit requests a second voltage determined based on an operation of each of said first and second rotating electric machines, said electric power reception unit is connected to a neutral point of a stator coil of said second rotating electric machine and a neutral point of a stator coil of said first rotating electric machine, and said control device performs voltage conversion control for said voltage conversion unit based on a highest voltage among said first voltage output from said power storage device and said second voltage requested by said rotating electric machine driving unit, and on a third voltage requested by said electric power reception unit. | 7,037 |
8,518,218 | 1. A continuous fed pyrolysis reactor for decomposing rubber products through pyrolysis, the continuous fed pyrolysis reactor includes: a thermal inlet for receiving thermal energy to heat up the continuous fed pyrolysis reactor under a controlled temperature; a feed port for receiving inlet products; an outlet port for discharging carbonized products; an outlet duct for extracting oil vapour and synthesis gas after the inlet product is partially decomposed; a first cylinder to partially decompose the inlet product; a second cylinder to completely decompose the inlet product; a chamber including a void surrounding the sealed first and second cylinder, wherein air is circulated within the void of the chamber to heat the first and second cylinder; and a conveyor means to move and drag inlet product through to the first cylinder and the second cylinder, wherein: | 26,506 |
9,193,276 | 1. A power storage device comprising: a secondary battery; a charging period calculation unit that acquires charging period information for charging the secondary battery and receives the charging period information that is calculated by a charging period control device on the basis of a user's schedule information through wireless communication; and a charge control unit that calculates a charging power on the basis of the charging period information, controls charging power used for charging the secondary battery so that the charging power is equal to the calculated charging power, and repeatedly determines whether the charging power is to be recalculated. | 11,985 |
9,051,133 | 1. A device which supplies securing elements to a processing unit, the device comprising: at least two provision channels configured to secure elements of different types, by way of which the securing elements are conveyed into a common supply unit; and a processing channel through which the securing elements are conveyed individually from the supply unit to the processing unit via variable compressed air, the pressure of the compressed air being adjustable in accordance with a specific type of securing element. | 22,207 |
9,358,919 | 1. A photodetection device comprising: a light passing part in an upper portion; a light guiding member; and a photodetection element in a lower portion, wherein light passing through the light passing part is guided by the light guiding member to be detected by the photodetection element, wherein the light guiding member comprises: wherein the light guiding member reflects light at the reflective curved surface to guide the light to a light receiving surface of the photodetection element, the light passing through the light passing part and entering the incident curved surface at a predetermined inclination angle, wherein the light guiding member comprises: wherein the incident curved surface is formed on an outer side of the head part, wherein the reflective curved surface is formed on an inner side of the head part, and wherein an outgoing surface that emits the light to the photodetection element is formed at a forefront of the shaft part. | 41,063 |
9,823,872 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving a request to access a logical location in a storage system, the request including a set of fields describing the logical location in the storage system; accessing a map describing the storage system, the map comprising a plurality of nodes, at least some of the plurality of nodes each comprising a hashed storage portion comprising hashed entries and a sorted storage portion comprising sorted entries; determining a first portion of the set of fields to use as a first key based on metadata included in a header of a first node of the plurality of nodes; locating a first entry in the hashed storage portion or the sorted storage portion of the first node based on the first key; determining that the first entry includes a link to a second node of the plurality of nodes; determining a second portion of the set of fields to use as a second key based on metadata included in a header of the second node; locating a second entry in the second node based on the second key; determining that the second entry includes information indicating a physical address of a storage device; retrieving data stored at the physical address of the storage device; and returning the data in response to the request. | 27,294 |
8,603,676 | 1. A cathode material comprising a mixture of an oxide powder (a) defined below and an oxide powder (b2) defined below and a combination thereof wherein a mix ratio of the two oxide powders (oxide powder (a):oxide powder (b2)) is 50:50 to 90:10; [oxide powder (a)] an oxide powder represented by Formula I below: wherein 0.8≦x≦1.2, 0≦z≦0.3, 1.8≦t≦4.2, (0.8-m-z)≦y≦(2.2-m-z), 0≦m≦0.3, A is at least one selected from Mg and Ca, and D is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta; Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Au, Ag, Zn, Cd, Hg, B, Al, Ga, In, TI, C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, N, P, As, Sb and Bi; [oxide powder (b2)] an oxide powder which contains a transition metal mixture of Ni, Mn and Co, has an average oxidation number of all transition metals except for lithium, larger than +3 and satisfies Equations 3 and 4 below: wherein m(Ni)/m(Mn) is a molar ratio of nickel to manganese and m(Ni | 15,732 |
9,375,882 | 1. A deformation device to form a structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft, the device comprising: a tool body comprising a receiver for receiving a braided preform having at least one band; at least one cutting device for introducing a severing cut at least in portions into the at least one band of the preform in order to form two band portions of the at least one band; and at least one deformation tool for guiding along the severing cut in the longitudinal direction of the tool body and of the preform to deform the two formed band portions of the at least one band into a predetermined shape, the deformation tool comprising the cutting device, and the deformation tool, in the form of a plough or a snowplough with lateral deformation surfaces which taper towards each other in the longitudinal direction of the deformation tool at a predetermined angle, wherein they are connected at a front face of the deformation tool to form the cutting device having a cutting edge, wherein said cutting edge is oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the at least one band of the preform and is adapted to introduce said severing cut along the longitudinal axis of said at least one band of the preform, wherein the deformation surfaces of the deformation tool each have a web with a channel, the channel merging at its upper end via a channel run-out into a guide surface and in a downwards direction, the channel is formed with a channel run-in, wherein over a whole length of the deformation tool, the channel forms together with the guide surface, the channel run-out and the channel run-in on each long side of the deformation tool a respective deformation surfaces to deform a respective layer band portion. | 37,594 |
8,816,640 | 1. A battery control system comprising: a plurality of slave control devices each controlling charging/discharging of a battery; and a plurality of master control device connected to each of the plurality of slave control devices via a first communication line and controlling the plurality of slave control devices connected to respective master control devices, the slave control device comprising: the master control device comprising: | 35,810 |
9,515,512 | 1. A system for retail checkout, comprising: a checkstand including a counter with a counter surface; a plurality of at least first and second induction charge transmission coils embedded in or disposed below the counter at selected charge positions about the checkstand, wherein the selected charge positions are distributed with various patterns about the counter surface; a cordless peripheral device positionable and movable between multiple positions about the counter surface, the cordless peripheral device including an induction charge receiving coil operable to receive a charge current from one of the induction charge transmission coils when the cordless peripheral device is placed in proximity of a selected one of the selected charge positions on the checkstand; and a controller including drive circuitry operable for detecting presence of the peripheral device by sequentially checking each of the plurality of induction charge transmission coils by | 38,032 |
9,808,677 | 1. A golf facility, comprising: a plurality of balls; a plurality of holes; a control device which defines a predetermined range of allowable movements of the balls over space and time, wherein the predetermined range of allowable movements includes a sequence of translational accelerations and rotational accelerations, wherein the sequence includes a valid sequence of shots for each hole, wherein the predetermined range of allowable movements includes specific movements of a ball to define a movement signature, wherein each hole has a respective movement signature for identifying valid strokes for that hole; sensing means for detecting the actual movements of the ball; comparison means for comparing an actual movement to the predetermined range of allowable movements; and indicating means for indicating the output of the comparing. | 10 |
8,472,291 | 1. A method for manufacturing an optical disk comprising the steps of: forming a substrate, forming a data zone having a spiral track formed by pits and spaces, and including data signal readable by laser light radiation on the substrate, and forming a plurality of bars, which is extending in a radial direction and including a disk ID which being unique to the optical disk and used for a copy protection system, on the substrate by a Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) mode; wherein the plurality of bars overlaps with a part of spiral track, and pits and spaces are formed in the part of the spiral track. | 44,012 |
8,448,440 | 1. A method of operating a steam expander of an engine having at least one cylinder, a cylinder head and a piston that is operatively connected to a crankshaft and is sealed in the cylinder for performing power strokes and return strokes, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a steam admission port in the cylinder head that is sealed by a steam admission valve which is located in the cylinder head port for controlling the admission of steam into a steam expansion chamber within the cylinder through the port, (b) providing an exhaust outlet for the cylinder that is sealed by an exhaust valve which is located in a cylinder exhaust outlet, (c) coupling the piston to the crankshaft so as to provide a clearance between the piston and the cylinder head which is reduced to a magnitude that is 8% or less of the stroke of the piston, (d) operating the exhaust valve by keeping the exhaust outlet open proximate an end of the return stroke for exhausting steam from the cylinder through the exhaust valve in the cylinder head, (e) utilizing steam pressure to apply an opening force to the steam admission valve that moves the steam admission valve to an open position due to the applied steam pressure, and (f) closing the exhaust valve and opening the steam admission valve to inject steam into the cylinder proximate a beginning of the power stroke for imparting rotation to the crankshaft. | 29,278 |
9,004,405 | 1. A load introducing element for a control surface of an aircraft or a spacecraft, said load element comprising: at least one first component; at least one second component; and at least one first flange for connecting to at least one rib of the control surface; wherein, | 37,254 |
9,558,718 | 1. A method for transmitting video data comprising: capturing, by a source device, a plurality of tokens of graphical commands renderable into video data; generating, by the source device and for each respective token of the plurality of tokens, a respective command frame of a plurality of command frames, wherein the generating comprises: outputting, by the source device and for wireless transmission to a sink device, the plurality of command frames. | 4,395 |
9,595,719 | 1. A composite metal foil consisting of: a porous metal foil composed of a metal fiber formed from metal particles that are connected to one another via nucleation; and a primer provided on at least a part of the interior and/or periphery of pores of the porous metal foil; wherein the metal fiber has a metal fiber diameter D, defining a width of a basal plane of the metal fiber, and a spherical part, defining a maximum cross-sectional height H of the metal fiber, and the metal fiber is irregularly networked along the basal plane; and wherein the porous metal foil has a thickness in a range of 3 to 40 μm corresponding to the maximum cross-sectional height H of the spherical part of the metal fiber, and a weight-based aperture ratio P of 3 to 60%, wherein the weight-based aperture ratio P is defined as: wherein W p /W n is a ratio of a weight W p of the porous metal foil to a theoretical weight W n of a non-porous metal foil having a composition and dimensions that are identical to those of the porous metal foil. | 7,431 |
9,379,373 | 1. A method for producing energy and increasing the electrochemical energy producing life of a battery having a battery housing, a nickel oxide positive electrode supported in the battery housing, a negative electrode supported in the battery housing and an electrolyte contained within the battery housing, the method comprising the steps of: charging the battery to a charge voltage, wherein zinc oxide present in the electrolyte is deposited on the negative electrode as metallic zinc; discharging the battery to a discharge voltage to produce energy, wherein the metallic zinc deposited on the negative electrode is partially dissolved back into the electrolyte; further discharging the battery to a final voltage below said discharge voltage, wherein the metallic zinc is completely removed from the negative electrode; and actively circulating a flow of electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode with a pump during said steps of charging, discharging and further discharging the battery to said final voltage, said pump being in fluid communication with said battery housing and an electrolyte reservoir for pumping said electrolyte between said electrolyte reservoir and said positive and negative electrodes in said battery housing, said pump pumping said electrolyte at a flow rate normalized by capacity in a range between 1 cc/minute/Ah and 100 cc/minute/Ah, wherein the metallic zinc is stripped and redeposited on the negative electrode. | 30,805 |
9,274,266 | 1. A system for capturing solar energy, the system comprising: a first lens array having a plurality of lenses; a first waveguide component adjacent to the lens array, wherein the waveguide component receives light, and wherein the waveguide component includes an array of prism facets or mirrored facets arranged at discrete locations along at least one surface of the waveguide component; and at least one photovoltaic cell positioned so as to receive at least a portion of the light that is directed out of the waveguide component; wherein: at least some of the light passing into the waveguide component is restricted from leaving the waveguide component upon being reflected by at least one of the prism facets or mirrored facets, whereby the at least some light restricted from leaving the waveguide component is directed by the waveguide toward the at least one photovoltaic cell, the waveguide component includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface to receive the light after propagation through the lens array and the second surface to receive the light after propagation through at least a portion of the waveguide, and the discrete locations of the prism or mirrored facets include a photosensitive material that is local to the discrete locations and is capable of repeatedly responding to changes in the light, such that the light that passes through the first lens array and illuminates the discrete locations of the prisms or mirror facets causes a change in optical properties of the photosensitive material at the discrete locations, thereby changing characteristics of the prism facets or mirrored facets over time as the light received by the waveguide component varies in direction, the photosensitive material including a colloidal suspension of nanoparticles in a fluid, the nanoparticles having a higher index of refraction than the fluid. | 38,366 |
9,799,835 | 1. A compound represented by Formula 1 below: wherein, m, n and o are each an integer from 1 to 4, R X is NR Ar Ar L with the proviso that, the aryl group, fluorenyl group, heterocyclic group and alkyl group may be respectively substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, a silane group, a boron group, a germanium group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C | 3,532 |
9,455,696 | 1. A power adapter, comprising a power adapter circuit and a pulse frequency modulation circuit, the pulse frequency modulation circuit comprising a first multiplier, a second multiplier, a third multiplier, a divider and an adder sequentially and electrically coupled to one another, an output terminal of the second multiplier being coupled to another input terminal of the divider; the second multiplier having a first input terminal and a second input terminal; and the second input terminal of the second multiplier being coupled to another input terminal circuit of the adder, and the power adapter circuit comprising a sample module, a control module, and a filter and rectifier module, a power conversion module and an output module sequentially and electrically coupled to one another; and the pulse frequency modulation circuit having two input terminals coupled to the sample module; an output terminal of the pulse frequency modulation circuit, a control module and a power conversion module sequentially and electrically coupled to one another. | 46,773 |
9,714,391 | 1. A system for converting waste to fuel, the system comprising: a premix chamber where waste is mixed with paraffin to create a slurry; a pyrolysis chamber comprised of an upper pre-melt chamber and a lower pyrolysis chamber: a molten salt catalyst chamber where vapors from the pyrolysis chamber are pulled through a column of molten salt mixed with a catalyst, removing oxygen from the vapors and cracking long carbon chain hydrocarbons into shorter carbon chain hydrocarbons, creating cracked vapors; and a plurality of distillation chambers separate the cracked vapors into paraffin, heavies, water, lights, and syngas. | 3,223 |
9,328,358 | 1. A recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain comprising genetic modifications such that functions of pyruvate decarboxylase are lost and an MTHI gene is modified such that the resultant MthI protein comprises a proline in place of an alanine at the 81 st amino acid as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17, and acetolactate synthase, acetolactate decarboxylase and butanediol dehydrogenase are expressed. | 27,879 |
8,397,299 | 1. In a network including a plurality of nodes and at least one broker, a method for evaluating security of a node, the method comprising, at the at least one broker: receiving behavior metrics from a trustee node for evaluating a security state of the trustee node; receiving an evaluation function from a trustor node for evaluating the security state of the trustee node; performing a security evaluation to evaluate the security state of the trustee node based on the behavior metrics, received from the trustee node, using the evaluation function, received from the trustor node; and sending a result of the security evaluation to the trustee node and the trustor node. | 43,705 |
8,997,612 | 1. A mohawk hair cutting guide comprising: two generally vertical side pieces that are substantially rigid and planar with a front edge, a rear edge, a top edge, and a contoured bottom edge extending across the length of the side pieces; wherein the outer contour of the bottoms of the side pieces are configured to closely follow the outer contour of the human head as the mohawk guide is moved during operation, generally along the middle of head, from the start of hairline generally at the top of the forehead to the end of the hairline generally to the nape of the neck; two clips that are each attached to one of the two side pieces, with the top of the clips used for operation above the top edges of the side pieces, the bottom edges of the clips rest slightly above the bottom contour edge of the side pieces while closed; the clips are configured to be manually opened via compressing the tops of the clips while the mohawk guide is being moved and to close when released thereby securing the mohawk guide to ones head by gripping the hair in between the clips bottom edges and the inner surfaces of the side pieces; and two adjustable spacers that serve to connect the two side pieces so they are generally parallel and have an even width, which serves to determine the eventual width of the mohawk to be created. | 46,575 |
8,377,173 | 1. A process for the preparation of a CO 2 -selective absorption material, the process comprising: providing a solid material; providing an amine source; contacting the solid material with the amine source to absorb amine molecules on the surface of the solid material; and contacting the absorbing amine molecules on the solid material surface with a CO | 193 |
9,131,987 | 1. A surgical device, comprising; a proximal elbow assembly that includes first and second retainer housings, a first plurality of rods extending between and pivotally coupled to the first and second retainer housings, and a first plate disposed between the first and second retainer housings, the first plate having a plurality of openings through which the first plurality of rods are respectively received, each of the first plurality of rods having a proximal terminal end coupled to the first retainer housing and a distal terminal end coupled to the second retainer housing; a distal elbow assembly that includes third and fourth retainer housings, a second plurality of rods extending between and pivotally coupled to the third and fourth retainer housings, and a second plate disposed between the third and fourth retainer housings, the second plate having a plurality of openings through which the second plurality of rods are respectively received; an elongate body extending between the proximal and distal elbow assemblies; a plurality of cables extending from the first plate, through the elongate body, to the second plate; a handle coupled to the first retainer housing; an end effector coupled to the fourth retainer housing; and a proximal wrist assembly disposed between the handle and the first retainer housing, the proximal wrist assembly including a first pivot joint about which yaw of the handle can be adjusted relative to the first retainer housing and a second pivot joint about which pitch of the handle can be adjusted relative to the first retainer housing; wherein translational movement of the first retainer housing relative to the second retainer housing is transmitted through the plurality of cables to cause translational movement of the fourth retainer housing relative to the third retainer housing. | 5,711 |
9,400,274 | 1. An in vitro method for subtyping a tumor in a human subject, said method comprising: obtaining a tumor sample from said subject; isolating intact phospholipid species in at least one head group class from said tumor sample; determining a relative expression level of said intact phospholipid species in said at least one head group class in said tumor sample versus a normal sample using mass spectrometry (MS); and comparing changes in the relative expression level of phospholipid species having a same saturation level but different acyl chain lengths within said at least one head group class, to subtype said tumor; wherein a relative increase in longer chain phospholipid species compared to shorter chain phospholipid species within a head group class having the same saturation level is indicative of a tumor having an aggressive elongation phenotype, and wherein the shorter chain phospholipid species are phospholipid species with the same head group and equal number of unsaturations but with shorter than average (combined) acyl chain lengths selected from the group consisting of PC30:0, PC32:1, PC34:1, PC32:2, PC34:2, PC34:3, PC36:4, PC36:5, PC38:6; PE32:1, PE34:1, PE34:2, PE36:3, PE36:4, PE36:5, PE38:6, PE38:7, PE40:8, PS34:1, PS36:1, PS34:2, PS36:3, PS36:4, PS38:4, PS38:5, PS38:6 PS40:7; PI32:0, PI34:0, PI30:1, PI34:2, PI36:3, PI36:4, PI38:5 and PI38:6. | 19,821 |
8,421,066 | 1. A compound represented by formula (4-5): wherein each of X R each of A R R n represents an integer of 1 or more; and the silicon substituent is linked to any one of C atoms in X | 31,937 |
9,624,855 | 1. A method for operating an engine, comprising: closing, via an electronic controller, an exhaust back-pressure valve in response to a component temperature; adjusting, via the electronic controller, an actuator of a variable camshaft timing system to adjust exhaust valve timing in response to closing the exhaust back-pressure valve to reduce cylinder internal exhaust gas recirculation (EGR); while the exhaust back-pressure valve is closing during idle engine speed conditions, indicating degradation of an exhaust back-pressure system if idle engine speed remains constant while intake manifold pressure is maintained at a constant pressure; while the exhaust back-pressure valve is closing during non-idle engine speed conditions, indicating degradation of the exhaust back-pressure system if air-fuel ratio remains constant while intake manifold pressure is maintained at a constant pressure; and responsive to indicating degradation of the exhaust back-pressure system, adjusting, via the electronic controller, an engine operating parameter. | 49,518 |
9,655,542 | 1. An animal handling system (AMS), for positioning an immobilized animal in a predefined configuration therein, comprising: a. a proximal portion, held outside of a medical device, the proximal portion comprising: b. a distal portion comprising: a configurable encapsulatable life support system (ELSS), said ELSS is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said at least outer shaft and said at least inner shaft and translationally moveable parallel to said longitudinal axis by means of said maneuverable telescopic mechanism, said proximal portion further comprising indicia indicating a linear displacement and a rotational displacement of said ELSS, such that said ELSS is accurately and reversibly configured within said medical device thereby optimizing animal analyses, wherein said medical device comprises an MRD having a first input port, a second input port, at least one magnetic source providing a magnetic field, and a resonance assembly comprising at least one RF coil, and wherein said AMS further comprises an automated tuning unit comprising a motor configured to dislocate position of said at least one RF coil, and thus match a resonance frequency of said at least one RF coil to a frequency of said magnetic field in an automated manner. | 33,758 |
8,453,850 | 1. A product management display system comprising: a tray defining a surface formed by a plurality of rails, a pusher mechanism having a pusher surface and a pusher floor extending forwardly from the pusher surface, wherein the pusher floor is configured to slide across the surface of the tray, a coiled spring defining a first end and a coiled second end, the second coiled end configured to be operatively connected behind the pusher surface, at least one vertical divider adjacent the pusher mechanism and configured to mount to the tray for dividing displayed products into rows, the at least one vertical divider having a substantially planar vertical surface extending upward from the surface of the tray, the vertical surface configured to receive the first end of the coiled spring, wherein the pusher mechanism is held onto the display system only by the coiled spring. | 30,185 |
9,689,291 | 1. A diesel exhaust fluid purging system, comprising: a metering valve comprising a supply port and a delivery port; a pump assembly fluidly connected to the supply port of the metering valve, the pump assembly comprising a pump and a single supply line in fluid communication with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) source; an injection assembly fluidly connected to the delivery port of the metering valve, the injection assembly comprising an air supply line in fluid communication with an air supply source; and a controller in electrical communication with the metering valve, the pump assembly, and the injection assembly, the controller configured to purge the pump assembly of residual diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) using air from the air supply line, the controller configured to: | 2,305 |
9,602,832 | 1. An image decoding apparatus comprising: a motion vector prediction unit configured to predict a motion vector of a current block within a current picture using any one or any combination of motion vector information of an adjacent block of the current block, motion vector information of a reference block corresponding to the current block within a first reference picture, and motion vector information of an adjacent block of the reference block corresponding to the current block within the first reference picture; and an adder configured to add the predicted motion vector of the current block to differential motion vector information of the current block to calculate a motion vector of the current block; wherein the motion vector prediction unit comprises a scaling unit configured to scale the motion vector information of the adjacent block of the current block using a distance from a second reference picture referred to by the adjacent block of the current block to the current picture and a distance from the first reference picture of the current block to the current picture in response to the second reference picture referred to by the adjacent block of the current block being different from the first reference picture of the current block, wherein a position of the reference block within the first reference picture corresponds to a position of the current block within the current picture. | 48,007 |
8,380,381 | 1. An electric vehicle with a drive including a motor and a controller, the vehicle comprising: pitching state quantity detection means for detecting a pitching-motion state quantity of the vehicle; vehicle weight determination means for determining weight of the vehicle; pitching target quantity calculation means for calculating a target quantity of a pitching motion of the vehicle at least from the determined vehicle weight; and a torque correction calculator for increasing/reducing a driving torque output from the drive; wherein: the torque correction calculator increases/reduces the driving torque of the drive according to a particular differential between the pitching-motion state quantity that the pitching state quantity detection means has detected, and a target quantity that the pitching target quantity calculation means has calculated. | 18,247 |
9,317,146 | 1. A display assembly comprising: a frame assembly; a display module comprising a display housing, computing electronics, and a touch screen display disposed at least partially within the display housing such that the display module and touch screen display form an environmentally sealed exterior, wherein the touchscreen display includes a touchscreen interface and at least one of an LCD display and an LED display, and wherein the computing electronics include a processor and memory; an actuator assembly, wherein the display housing is coupled to the frame assembly via the actuator assembly such that the actuator is configured to move the display module, including the display housing, the computing electronics, the touchscreen interface, and the at least one of an LCD display and an LED display, relative to the frame assembly, and further such that the display module is configured to provide haptic feedback to users via the touch screen display based on operation of the actuator assembly; wherein the display housing comprises a rear portion and a front portion, the front portion having a display bezel extending over at least a portion of a front surface of the display, wherein the rear portion of the display housing is coupled to the frame assembly via the actuator assembly and the display bezel is coupled to the frame assembly via at least one compliant member. | 10,199 |
9,354,428 | 1. An imaging lens which forms an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor, in which elements are arranged in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on the object side; a second lens with negative refractive power as a meniscus lens having a concave surface on the object side; a third lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a biconcave shape near the optical axis; a fourth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens; a fifth lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface near an optical axis on the image side and a concave surface near the optical axis on the object side; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface near the optical axis on the image side, wherein the elements are each arranged with an air gap from a neighboring element; the image-side surface of the sixth lens has a pole-change point off the optical axis; and conditional expressions (1) and (2) below are satisfied: where νd1: Abbe number of the first lens at d-ray νd2: Abbe number of the second lens at d-ray νd3: Abbe number of the third lens at d-ray. | 17,987 |
9,419,272 | 1. A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the negative active material comprising lithium silicide and a carbon-based material, said lithium silicide consisting of a I41-a crystalline phase structure, wherein the lithium silicide consisting of a I41-a crystalline phase structure is included in an amount of greater than or equal to 5 wt % and less than or equal to 50 wt % based on the total weight of the negative active material. | 45,197 |
9,663,926 | 1. A sanitary fixture ( 1 ) comprising: a) a basic body ( b) an inlet opening ( c) a jet regulator unit and/or flow regulator unit ( d) a fastener ( | 25,535 |
9,252,407 | 1. A battery module, comprising: a plurality of battery cells aligned in one direction, each battery cell having a vent portion; and a cover over the vent portions of the battery cells, the cover including: | 13,901 |
8,914,650 | 1. A multicore processor comprising: a variable frequency domain including a plurality of cores and a first portion of system agent circuitry separate from the plurality of cores, the first system agent circuitry portion including at least one cache memory, at least one cache controller, and an interconnect structure; and at least one fixed frequency domain including a power control unit (PCU), a first agent to communicate with one or more off-chip devices, a second agent to communicate off-chip via one or more links, and a memory agent, wherein the PCU is to cause a frequency change to the variable frequency domain while maintaining and without draining the first system agent circuitry portion of pending transactions from a plurality of sources including at least one of the plurality of cores, the first and second agents and the memory agent, and to enable a concurrent frequency change to the at least one cache memory and the plurality of cores so that a frequency of the plurality of cores scales with a frequency of the at least one cache memory, the at least one cache memory comprising a last level cache. | 10,739 |
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