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9,653,340 | 1. An apparatus for performing non-contact surface characterization comprising: a processing chamber adapted to receive a carrier rotatable about an axis of rotation within the processing chamber, said carrier having a top surface adapted to hold at least one semiconductor wafer with a major surface of the wafer extending generally transverse to the axis of rotation; a gas distribution element positioned upwardly from the top surface of the carrier at a top end of the processing chamber, the gas distribution element adapted to supply process gases downward toward the top surface of the carrier, the gas distribution element defining an elongated slot within it, the elongated slot having a length dimension and a width dimension, the length dimension being longer than the width dimension, such that the elongated slot is elongated along the length dimension, the length dimension of the elongated slot being aligned along a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the carrier; a heater arranged to heat the carrier in the processing chamber; and a surface characterization tool positioned upwardly from the top surface of the carrier, said surface characterization tool being operative to move along the radial direction over a plurality of positions relative to the top surface of the carrier and/or the wafer and further adapted to produce characterization signals over the plurality of positions on at least a portion of said carrier and/or on at least a portion of said major surface of said wafer as said carrier rotates about the axis of rotation, the characterization signals representing the intensity of radiation emitted from the top surface of the heated carrier; wherein the apparatus is configured to regulate temperature of the heater based on the characterization signals produced by the surface characterization tool; and wherein the elongated slot in the gas distribution element is adapted to permit the surface characterization tool to view the carrier at each of the plurality of positions over which the surface characterization tool is operative to move. | 34,397 |
8,651,086 | 1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder block portion having a cylindrical bore therein; a path-defining piece inserted within the cylindrical bore, the path-defining piece comprising an inner surface and a helical groove formed in the inner surface; and a sleeve valve disposed within the oil path-defining piece and slidably moveable relative to the path-defining piece, the sleeve valve comprising a first outer surface, an enclosed helical cooling passage being defined by the first outer surface of the sleeve valve and by the helical groove. | 24,756 |
9,309,527 | 1. A method of breeding a transgenic plant comprising introducing an interference vector into a target plant to obtain the transgenic plant having changed phenotypes compared with the target plant, wherein the interference vector is constructed by sequentially inserting a first nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and a second nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 into a vector thereby allowing the formation of a hairpin structure upon expression; and wherein the changed phenotypes comprise reduced height, more tillers, thinner stems, fewer primary rachis branches, and fewer grains per panicle. | 37,107 |
8,902,386 | 1. A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate; a gate line disposed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate; a first alignment layer disposed on the first substrate and the pixel electrode; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate and the common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein: | 28,821 |
8,931,584 | 1. A single piece seal member comprising: a plurality of tabs, each tab being configured to be separately mounted directly to a heat exchanger; a plurality of deflector portions, each deflector portion extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of tabs in an extending direction and manipulating a flow of fluid proximate the heat exchanger; and an expansion portion disposed between and directly interconnecting each pair of adjacent deflector portions and expandable in response to exposure to heat between a first position at which the adjacent deflector portions are a first distance apart from each other and a second position at which the adjacent deflector portions are a second distance apart from each other, the second distance being less than the first distance; wherein each expansion portion is fixedly attached to each of a respective pair of adjacent deflector portions. | 32,317 |
9,533,908 | 1. A glass-substrate manufacturing method comprising a forming step of forming a molten glass into a sheet glass by a down-draw process, and a cooling step of cooling the sheet glass, wherein: the cooling step includes the third average cooling rate is faster than the second average cooling rate; and the sheet glass cooled by said cooling step has a thermal contraction rate of 100 ppm or less and a strain value of 1.0 nm or less. | 14,461 |
9,355,712 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate; a bit line comprising a TiAl material and disposed on the insulating layer; a sidewall layer disposed on opposite sides of the bit line; and a word line comprising a TiN material and disposed on the sidewall layer intersecting the bit line; wherein the sidewall layer has a thickness larger than the thickness of the bit line, and an intersection region of the word line and bit line forms a memory cell. | 42,392 |
8,753,913 | 1. A method for fabricating an integrated device, comprising: overlying a first crystalline layer onto a second crystalline layer to form a combined layer, wherein one of the said first and second crystalline layers is an image sensor layer; and performing an atomic species implantation to transfer at least one of the said first and second crystalline layers; wherein at least one of the said first and second crystalline layers comprises single crystal transistors. | 19,333 |
9,240,168 | 1. A hand support apparatus for a string musical instrument having a body that includes a prime surface, the body including retention features, and a string retention bridge disposed upon the prime surface such that a string is suspended away from the prime surface, said hand support apparatus comprising: (a) a beam having a longitudinal axis, said beam having a first end portion and an opposing second end portion with said longitudinal axis spanning therebetween said first end portion and said second end portion, said beam further having a principal surface and an opposing minor surface, wherein said principal surface and said minor surface span said beam both being substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, said beam also having a peripheral surface; (b) a first extension member having a first axis, said first extension member having a first proximal portion and an opposing first distal portion with said first axis spanning therebetween said first proximal portion and said first distal portion, said first extension member also having a first perimeter surface, said first proximal portion is affixed to said beam first end portion on said minor surface, said first axis is positioned substantially perpendicular to said beam longitudinal axis; (c) a second extension member having a second axis, said second extension member having a second proximal portion and an opposing second distal portion with said second axis spanning therebetween said second proximal portion and said second distal portion, said second extension member also having a second perimeter surface, said second proximal portion is affixed to said beam second end portion on said minor surface, said second axis is positioned substantially perpendicular to said beam longitudinal axis, wherein said first axis and said second axis are positioned substantially parallel to one another and said first extension member and said second extension member both extend away from said beam in substantially a same direction, such that said first extension member, said beam, and said second extension member form a “U” shape termed an arch, said arch having an arch axis, wherein said peripheral surface, said first perimeter surface, and said second perimeter surface forming a flank surface; and (d) an elastic finger having a primary end portion and an opposing secondary end portion, said primary end portion is affixed on one end to said flank surface and said primary end portion depends away from said principal surface in a direction toward said first and second extension members on an opposing end of said primary end portion having a means for removable engagement to a body retention feature, said secondary end portion is affixed on one end to said flank surface opposite of said primary end portion and said secondary end portion depends away from said principal surface in a direction toward said first and second extension members on an opposing end of said secondary end portion having a means for removable engagement to an opposing body retention feature, wherein operationally said first and second distal portions are drawn to be adjacent to the prime surface via said elastic finger with said minor surface forming a non-contacting scaffold over the string and said principal surface forming a hand rest for a player of the string musical instrument, wherein said hand support apparatus is removably engagable to the string musical instrument. | 23,887 |
8,705,180 | 1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side in an optical axis: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power; and an aperture stop arranged between the third lens group and the fourth lens group, an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group being increased, an interval between the second lens group and the third lens group being varied, an interval between the third lens group and the fourth lens group being decreased, and an interval between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group being decreased when changing a magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and focusing being performed by moving the third lens group, wherein a focal length of the third lens group, f3, a focal length of an entire system at the wide-angle end, fw, a focal length of the entire system at the telephoto end, ft satisfy the following condition (7) | 15,213 |
9,079,154 | 1. A tungsten-free catalyst for the epoxidation of alkenes, which comprises silver, and molybdenum, tin, and lithium as a promoters, all of which are applied to a support. | 31,564 |
8,722,811 | 1. An adhesion promoter, suitable for use in printing ink formulations for promoting the adhesion of the printing ink to a substrate, comprising the product of a reaction between reactants, wherein the reactants comprise: (a) a solution of a polymer, (b) a sulphonic acid or a derivative of a sulphonic acid, and (c) a metal compound selected from one or more of the group consisting of a metal halide, metal alkoxide, metal halo-alkoxide and a condensed metal alkoxide, wherein the metal is selected from titanium or zirconium, wherein an amount of sulphonic acid or sulphonic acid salt used and an amount of metal compound used is selected to provide a mole ratio of SO | 29,252 |
9,822,767 | 1. A method of transporting components of a floating-body type wind turbine power generating apparatus which comprises a floating body floating on a water surface and a wind turbine including: at least one blade; a hub to which the blade is mounted; a tower erected on the floating body; a nacelle disposed on the tower; a first electrical device disposed inside the hub or the nacelle; and a second electrical device connected to the first electrical device via a cable, the method comprising: a submergence step of submerging at least a part of the wind turbine together with the floating body; and a component-movement step of moving a component of the wind turbine between a first unloading position of at least one of the at least one blade, the hub or the nacelle, and a second unloading position in a vicinity of the water surface, after the submergence step, wherein, in the submergence step, the second electrical device is moved relative to the tower in a vertical direction inside the tower so that the second electrical device is not submerged upon submergence of the wind turbine and the floating body. | 12,054 |
9,387,563 | 1. A machine tool comprising: a cover body with a window, the window including two transparent or translucent window plates which are airtightly coupled together, the two window plates being spaced by a predetermined distance to define a space therebetween, the space being set to a pressure other than atmospheric pressure; and an indicator having an indicating portion which is displaced in accordance with pressure disposed on or connected to the cover body so that the pressure in the space acts on the indicating portion and the indicating portion can be visually observed from the outside. | 2,401 |
8,413,118 | 1. A computer-accessible memory medium that stores program instructions for displaying a configuration of a measurement system comprising a plurality of measurement devices, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to perform: displaying a plurality of device icons corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of measurement devices in the measurement system, wherein the plurality of measurement devices comprises a data acquisition (DAQ) device; and displaying connections between the plurality of device icons, wherein at least a subset of the displayed connections correspond to physical couplings between the plurality of measurement devices in the measurement system; wherein one or more of the connections displayed between respective device icons have an appearance that visually indicates the type of physical coupling between the respective measurement devices. | 18,651 |
9,421,496 | 1. An exhaust gas purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine comprising: a selective reduction type catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; a reducing agent supply device to supply an ammonia derived reducing agent into a portion of the exhaust passage at the upstream side of said selective reduction type catalyst; a mixing device disposed in a portion of the exhaust passage at the upstream side of said selective reduction type catalyst and at the downstream side of said reducing agent supply device so as to promote the reducing agent to be supplied from said reducing agent supply device and an exhaust gas to mix with each other; and a temperature raising device disposed in a portion of the exhaust passage at the upstream side of said reducing agent supply device so as to raise the temperature of said mixing device by blowing a flame to said mixing device, said temperature raising device being configured to blow the flame to a place of collision at which the reducing agent to be supplied from said reducing agent supply device collides with a wall surface of the exhaust passage, as well as to said mixing device. | 6,045 |
8,620,502 | 1. An electric vehicle battery temperature control system for varying the temperature of a liquid coolant flowing in a heat transfer relationship with an electric vehicle battery, the temperature control system comprising: a heater housing having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet; a heating element positioned within the housing in a heat transfer relationship with the liquid coolant; a thermistor positioned in the housing to output a signal indicative of a temperature of the liquid battery coolant in the housing; and a controller energizing the heating element when the signal represents that the liquid coolant temperature is less than a predetermined lower limit, wherein the controller determines a rate of coolant temperature increase and discontinues the supply of power to the heating element based on the temperature rate of change exceeding a predetermined threshold, wherein the housing includes a body, a divider panel, and a removable cap, the heating element and the thermistor being fixed to the divider panel, and further wherein the divider panel sealingly separates first and second chambers within the housing, a heat transfer portion of the heating element being positioned within the first chamber in communication with the liquid battery coolant, electrical terminals of the heating element extending through the divider panel into the second chamber, the thermistor being positioned within the second chamber out of communication with the liquid battery coolant and mounted in a heat transfer relationship to the divider, the heater further including a wire harness extending through the second chamber and having wires with ends electrically coupled to the terminals. | 37,839 |
8,970,705 | 1. A graphical power meter comprising: a circuitry for measuring, in real time, an internal power consumption value of an electronic device by statistically sampling one or more aspects of power consumption of the electronic device, wherein the one or more aspects comprise one or more of: a low power level, a mid-range power level and a high power level; and a display for displaying a graphical representation of the real-time internal power consumption value from the circuitry to one or more consumers, wherein the display comprises a graphic user interface, wherein the graphic user interface comprises one or more input features and one or more output features, wherein the one or more input features comprises one or more of: a window for facilitating entry of user-preset parameters and one or more slider features, wherein the one or more output features, which facilitate adjusting of the internal power consumption using one or more consumer preferences, comprise a visual indication, an audible indication, and a scent indication, wherein the visual indication comprises one or more of: a dial, a numerical dial, a dial coupled with units of measure, a bar-graph, a bar-graph coupled with numerical data, a bar-graph coupled with units of measure, a dual-axis graph, and a triple-axis graph, wherein the audible indication comprises one or more of: a speech output and an adjustable sound adaptable for the hearing-impaired, wherein the scent indication comprises one or more of: a pleasant natural scent, a “green” scent, a pleasant scent, and a consumer-selected scent, wherein the one or more consumer preferences comprise one or more of: a brightness level, a contrast level, a color level, a saturation level, a backlight level, a video rendering style, and an audio playback level, wherein the circuitry is disposed on one of: a primary side of a power supply and a secondary side of the power supply, wherein a current sensing circuitry switches-off the power supply when a secondary load exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the display further comprises a feature for facilitating selection of one or more energy-saving preferences, and wherein the one or more energy-saving preferences are a function of one or more of: a user's actively-selected preference, a user's need, a user's budget, a setting inherent to the electronic device, and a viewing environment. | 13,534 |
9,045,603 | 1. A frame composed of a biaxially oriented frame-like film for reinforcing the electrolyte membrane of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, wherein the frame-like film comprises (i) a polyester layer consisting of polyethylene naphthalene dicarboxylate, wherein the polyester layer is the only layer which contains polyester, and the frame-like film has (ii) a Young's modulus in at least one direction in a 20° C. atmosphere of not less than 9,000 MPa, (iii) a thickness of 15 to 150 μm, (iv) heat shrinkage factors in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction after 30 minutes of a heat treatment at 150° C. of not more than 2.0%, (v) a rupture elongation at break (R wherein X is a rupture elongation (%) after 200 hours of a treatment at 121° C., 2 atm and 100% RH, X° is the initial rupture elongation (%) before the treatment and R (vi) a Young's modulus in at least one direction in a 90° C. atmosphere of not less than 4,800 MPa, and (vii) an absolute value of the difference between the Young's modulus in the longitudinal direction and the Young's modulus in the transverse direction in a 20° C. atmosphere of 2,000 to 8,000 MPa, and (viii) wherein the film is formed by (viii-1) sequentially biaxially stretching, in which the draw ratio in the main orientation axis direction is 4.5 to 6.5 times and the draw ratio in the direction orthogonal to the main orientation axis direction is 2.3 to 5.0 times, (viii-2) heat setting at 220 to 230° C., and (viii-3) a thermal relaxing at a rate of 2 to 6%. | 49,100 |
9,432,361 | 1. A method comprising steps of: while a mobile communications device is locked and connected to a network, detecting, by a proximity detection module in the mobile communications device, that a key device is also connected to the network, the key device performing a user authentication process; while the mobile communications device is locked and connected to the network, receiving, by a behavior modification module in the mobile communications device, information from a communication from the key device to the mobile communications device, the information indicating that the user authentication process has been successfully completed, the completed process resulting in an authenticated key device user; in response to detecting, by the proximity detection module, that the mobile communications device and the key device are connected to the network and in response to the receiving the information, by the behavior modification module, that the user authentication process has been successfully completed, authenticating, by the behavior modification module in the mobile communications device, the authenticated key device user to the mobile communications device; and based on the authenticating of the authenticated key device user to the mobile communications device, initiating the unlocking, by the behavior modification module, of the mobile communications device. | 46,193 |
9,518,036 | 1. A method for producing ethylene oxide comprising: an ethylene oxidation reaction step in which ethylene is subjected to catalytic vapor-phase oxidation using a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a silver catalyst; supplying an ethylene oxide-containing reaction product gas produced in the ethylene oxidation reaction step to an ethylene oxide absorption column; bringing the reaction product gas into contact with an absorption liquid supplied to the ethylene oxide absorption column; supplying an ethylene oxide-containing column bottom liquid of the ethylene oxide absorption column to an ethylene oxide purification system; purifying ethylene oxide in the ethylene oxide purification system; supplying at least a part of a carbon dioxide gas-containing gas discharged from a column top part of the ethylene oxide absorption column to a carbon dioxide gas absorption column; extracting a carbon dioxide gas-rich absorption liquid obtained by contact of the carbon dioxide gas-containing gas with an absorption liquid as a column bottom liquid of the carbon dioxide gas absorption column; supplying the carbon dioxide gas-rich absorption liquid to an upper part of the carbon dioxide gas stripper column; stripping the carbon dioxide gas from the carbon dioxide gas-rich absorption liquid; and discharging the carbon dioxide gas from a column top part of the carbon dioxide gas stripper column as an exhaust gas, wherein the ethylene oxide purification system includes an ethylene oxide purification column provided with a reboiler in a lower part thereof, and a heating medium for heating the reboiler is heated by heat exchange with the exhaust gas. | 12,872 |
9,300,183 | 1. A rotating electric machine comprising: an inner-circumferential-side shaft having a gear that is provided integrally therewith, the inner-circumferential-side shaft being monolithic; an outer-circumferential-side shaft provided on the outer circumferential side of the inner-circumferential-side shaft; a rotor secured to the outer-circumferential-side shaft, the inner-circumferential-side shaft being directly rotatably supported by a bearing that is provided between the gear and the rotor, an outer circumference of the inner-circumferential-side shaft and an inner circumference of the outer-circumferential-side shaft being spline-fitted to each other at a spline-fitted portion, the outer-circumferential-side shaft having a gap fitted portion that is provided on the inner circumference of the outer-circumferential-side shaft and that is fitted on the outer circumference of the inner-circumferential-side shaft with a first gap having a predetermined length provided between the gap fitted portion and the outer circumference of the inner-circumferential-side shaft, the first gap being smaller than a second gap provided at the spline-fitted portion between the inner-circumferential-side shaft and the outer-circumferential-side shaft; and a stator facing an outer circumference of the rotor, wherein the gap fitted portion includes a first gap fitted portion provided on a first side of the spline-fitted portion in an axial direction of the inner-circumferential-side shaft, and a second gap fitted portion provided on a second side of the spline-fitted portion in the axial direction, the second side being opposite to the first side with respect to the spline-fitted portion in the axial direction, and wherein the first gap fitted portion and the second gap fitted portion are each provided on the inner circumference of the outer-circumferential-side shaft and directly face the outer circumference of the inner-circumferential-side shaft. | 23,454 |
9,226,732 | 1. A bone marrow aspiration device for extracting marrow from a bone of a patient, comprising: a housing defined in part by a cannula, wherein the cannula includes threads on an exterior surface and positioned near a distal end and a stop member positioned at a proximal end of said cannula; a hollow needle disposed within said cannula so as to be movable axially relative to said cannula and extendable therefrom, said hollow needle being non-rotatable relative to said cannula and being configured to receive a stylet coaxially inserted therein to penetrate bone to access bone marrow within said bone of said patient; a depth adjustment mechanism coupled to said hollow needle and said cannula to adjust an axial position of said hollow needle relative to said cannula, wherein a depth of said needle into said bone of said patient is controlled by said depth adjustment mechanism, the depth adjustment mechanism comprising: a thumbwheel mounted on said distal end of said cannula and including threads on an interior surface, the threads of the thumbwheel configured to mate with the threads on the cannula; one or more stop guards coupled to one or more of said hollow needle, said housing, and said depth adjustment mechanism to prevent detachment between said hollow needle and said housing or limit the axial position of said hollow needle relative to said cannula; said housing being attachable to an extraction device to extract bone marrow from said patient through said hollow needle; wherein said hollow needle and said cannula do not rotate relative to each other and relative to said bone during depth adjustment of said needle into said bone. | 24,512 |
9,036,997 | 1. A transmitter for an optical telecommunication system of a WDM type, using multiple wavelengths, the transmitter comprising: a chromato-temporal encoder, transforming each block of data to be transmitted d where each element of the matrix relates to one channel use and one wavelength of the multiple wavelengths, and to a polarization direction; multiple polarizers associated respectively with the wavelengths, where each polarizer polarizes a laser beam at a wavelength in two polarization directions; multiple modulators, where each modulator modulates a laser beam at a wavelength, polarized in a polarization direction, during a channel use by the corresponding matrix element, where the two polarization directions of each wavelength are modulated by the modulators; and a multiplexer configured to multiplex the laser beams polarized and modulated in an optical fiber. | 12,942 |
9,252,594 | 1. A load driving device comprising: a power storage device; a first power converter including a first switching element; a ring-shaped filter defining an opening and comprising a magnetic substance; a first output-side power line to connect the first power converter to a first load, the first output-side power line extending through the opening so that a first output-side common mode current caused by switching the first switching element flows inside the opening through the first output-side power line in a first output-side flow direction; a first input-side power line to connect the power storage device to the first power converter, the first input-side power line extending through the opening so that a first input-side common mode current caused by switching the first switching element flows inside the opening through the first input-side power line in a first input-side flow direction, the first input-side flow direction being same as the first output-side flow direction, a second power converter including a second switching element; a second output-side power line to connect the second power converter to a second load different from the first load, the second output-side power line extending through the opening so that a second output-side common mode current caused by switching the second switching element flows inside the opening through the second output-side power line in a second output-side flow direction; and a second input-side power line to connect the power storage device to the second power converter, the second input-side power line extending through the opening so that a second input-side common mode current caused by switching the second switching element flows inside the opening through the second input-side power line in a second input-side flow direction, wherein a first magnetic flux generated by the first output-side common mode current and a second magnetic flux generated by the first input-side common mode current flow through the ring-shaped filter. | 40,237 |
9,812,136 | 1. An audio processing apparatus configured to accept an audio bitstream, the audio processing apparatus comprising: an audio decoder adapted to receive the bitstream and to output quantized spectral coefficients; a first processor that includes: a dequantizer adapted to receive the quantized spectral coefficients and to output a first frequency-domain representation of an intermediate signal; and an inverse transformer for receiving the first frequency-domain representation of the intermediate signal and synthesizing, based thereon, a time-domain representation of the intermediate signal; a second processor that includes: an analysis filterbank for receiving the time-domain representation of the intermediate signal and outputting a second frequency-domain representation of the intermediate signal; an adjuster for receiving said second frequency-domain representation of the intermediate signal and outputting a frequency-domain representation of a processed audio signal; and a synthesis filterbank for receiving the frequency-domain representation of the processed audio signal and outputting a time-domain representation of the processed audio signal; and a sample rate converter for receiving said time-domain representation of the processed audio signal and outputting a reconstructed audio signal sampled at a target sampling frequency, wherein the respective internal sampling rates of the time-domain representation of the intermediate audio signal and of the time-domain representation of the processed audio signal are equal, and wherein said at least one processing component includes: a parametric upmixer for receiving a downmix signal with M channels and outputting, based thereon, a signal with N channels, wherein the parametric upmixer is operable at least in a mode where 1≦M<N, associated with a delay, and a mode where 1≦M=N; and a first delay configured to incur a delay, when the parametric upmixer is in the mode where 1≦M=N, to compensate for the delay associated with the mode where 1≦M<N in order for the adjuster to have a constant total delay independently of a current operating mode of the parametric upmixer. | 3,162 |
9,270,764 | 1. A method comprising transmitting streaming data to a data storage medium that is accessible to a device having a multimedia player, the streaming data comprising an advertising-sponsored content portion and an associated obligatory advertising portion, the obligatory advertising portion being first transmitted to the data storage medium; in response to a determination that the obligatory advertising portion has been played in the multimedia player, transmitting the advertising-sponsored content portion to the data storage medium; and sending a message to the data storage medium to mark the advertising-sponsored content portion as expired upon receipt of a navigation message requesting an unauthorized skip. | 33,511 |
8,935,011 | 1. An electrical load management system for charging batteries, comprising: an electrical power input configured to couple the load management system with a common power source; a plurality of electrical power outputs configured to couple the load management system with a plurality of electrical loads, each electrical load comprising a battery to be charged; a plurality of switches coupled between the power input and the power outputs; a first current sensor coupled to the power outputs for sensing a current drawn by one or more of the power outputs; and a controller coupled to the plurality of switches and the first current sensor, the controller configured to: determine a switched current limit defining a limit for current drawn by the electrical power outputs; carry out an iterative grouping process in which the controller is configured to continue the iterative grouping process at least until all of the plurality of power outputs and respective electrical loads are combined in one load group. | 37,162 |
9,151,231 | 1. A spark ignition type internal combustion engine comprising: a variable compression ratio mechanism configured to change a mechanical compression ratio; and a variable valve timing mechanism configured to control a closing timing of an intake valve, and an expansion ratio increases such that the expansion ratio is higher at the time of engine low load operation than the expansion ratio at the time of engine high load operation, wherein: | 21,669 |
9,780,475 | 1. A spring-loaded contact for an electrical connector, the spring-loaded contact comprising: a barrel having a cylindrical wall, the wall terminating at one end in a front opening; a plunger partially enclosed by the barrel and having a front portion extending through the front opening of the barrel, wherein a back of the plunger has a sloped surface including an asymmetrical conical indentation; a spring enclosed by the barrel; and a piston having a convex head located between the back of the plunger and the spring and a body substantially surrounded by the spring, wherein the head of the piston contacts the plunger at the back of the plunger. | 13,183 |
9,249,979 | 1. A combustion device comprising a combustion chamber and at least one premix burner connected to the combustion chamber and equipped with fuel stagings, wherein the fuel stagings are changeable by a control unit with an associated timer, the control unit being communicatively connected to at least one sensor that is configured to detect a pulsation level of combustion induced pulsations, wherein the control unit is configured to lower the pulsation level when the pulsation level exceeds a predetermined maximum value within a first predetermined time interval by: (i) changing the fuel stagings of the at least one premix burner with a first rate of change to lower the pulsation level when the pulsation level exceeds the predetermined maximum value within the first predetermined time interval to initiate adjustment of an operational point of the combustion device from a first operational point to a second operational point, and (ii) resetting the fuel stagings with a second non-zero rate of change to a value that determines the second operational point of the combustion device when the predetermined maximum value is not exceeded within a second predetermined time interval that is greater than zero seconds and is subsequent to the first predetermined time interval, the second non-zero rate of change being smaller than the first rate of change. | 25,812 |
9,441,475 | 1. A downhole assembly comprising: a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface configured to be in contact with a downhole fluid; a structural component extending through the housing; one or more heat producing components; and one or more thermal dissipation members extending from the structural component and in thermal contact with the one or more heat producing components and the inner surface of the housing, wherein at least a portion of the one or more thermal dissipation members has an undulating profile that provides multiple contacts between the one or more thermal dissipation members and the inner surface of the housing, such that at least a portion of thermal energy generated from the one or more heat producing components is dissipated through the housing into the downhole fluid by transferring said thermal energy from the one or more heat producing components to the inner surface of the housing via the one or more thermal dissipation members. | 49,321 |
9,368,701 | 1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a first semiconductor layer; an active layer on the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer on the active layer; wherein a plurality of primary three-dimensional nano-structures is located on a surface of the second semiconductor layer away from the active layer, the plurality of primary three-dimensional nano-structures is aligned side by side, each of the plurality of primary three-dimensional nano-structures has a first peak and a second peak aligned side by side, a first groove is defined between the first peak and the second peak, a second groove is defined between every two adjacent primary three-dimensional nano-structures, a depth of the first groove is smaller than a depth of the second groove, and a cross section of each of the plurality of the primary three-dimensional nano-structures is M-shaped; and a cermet layer on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the cermet layer is located on the second semiconductor layer, wherein a refractive index of the cermet layer is a complex number comprising a first real part and a first imaginary part, and the first imaginary part is greater than or smaller than 0, and a dielectric constant of the cermet layer is a complex number comprising a second real part and a second imaginary part, the second real part of the dielectric constant is a negative number, and the second imaginary part is greater than or smaller than 0. | 15,643 |
8,506,745 | 1. A method of forming a plurality of bags from a web of thermoplastic material formed into a tube having longitudinal edges and having a series of interlocked fastener profiles transversely sealed to one surface of said web, each of said bags having a pair of reclosable fastener profiles sealed thereon, said method comprising the steps of: performing sequentially the operations of: | 13,462 |
8,391,164 | 1. A method for calculating a time-decayed aggregate from a data stream comprising a sequence of tuples, each tuple comprising an item identifier and an associated timestamp, comprising the steps of: generating a time-dependent weighted sequence of tuples by multiplying with a processor each of said sequence of tuples by a time-dependent weighting factor calculated from a decay function, wherein said decay function is a function of the timestamp associated with the tuple and a current time; generating a quantile-digest data structure from said time-dependent weighted sequence of tuples; updating said quantile-digest data structure with said time-dependent weighted sequence of tuples; and, calculating said time-decayed aggregate from the updated quantile-digest data structure. | 10,973 |
8,768,683 | 1. A computer program product for emulating execution of Guest processor instructions on a Host processor, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising: creating a cell association wherein each of n Guest cells of Guest addressable memory are associated with a corresponding Host cell of n Host cells of Host addressable memory, each of said n Guest cells corresponding to a beginning portion of a Guest instruction to be emulated, wherein each Guest cell is Guest cell is x bytes of memory, wherein each Host cell is y bytes of memory; initializing each Host cell associated with a first Guest cell of each Guest instruction with an initialization routine; responsive to the emulator determining that a Guest instruction is to be emulated, the emulator causing the corresponding Host cell to be executed comprising: responsive to the corresponding Host cell having the initialization routine, executing the initialization routine of the corresponding Host cell, the execution causing the Host processor to patch the initialized Host cell with a semantic routine for executing the corresponding Guest instruction of the first Guest cell; and responsive to the corresponding Host cell having the semantic routine, executing the semantic routine to perform the function of the Guest instruction. | 12,951 |
9,503,978 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: entering, by a user equipment (UE), a sleep cycle in accordance with a configuration of the UE by a wireless network; selecting, by the UE, a wake-up procedure based on a length of the sleep cycle, wherein the selected wake-up procedure comprises: performing a cell detection, by the UE, in accordance with the selected wake-up procedure. | 16,747 |
8,544,469 | 1. A respirator apparatus for wear by a wearer during an emergency situation, comprising: a face piece having a body shaped to fit onto at least the mouth and nose of the wearer, and a seal portion on the body for a sealing engagement with the wearer's face; a generally U-shaped filter element including a filter media, the filter element defining a structure having a hollow section therein, and the face piece being disposed in the hollow section, such that the filter element wraps around the face piece; wherein the filter element comprises a bottom plate and a top plate, the face piece being sealed to the top plate by a hollow assembly which passes through the bottom plate, the face piece and the top plate, wherein the hollow assembly comprises a substantially tubular body having at least one wall oriented between a first end and a second end, wherein the at least one wall comprises at least one inlet, and wherein an exhaust valve is oriented at the second end; and an air flow channel element connecting the filter element to the face piece in fluid communication, and the exhaust valve being in fluid connection with the air flow channel element-so that a wearer inhaling draws air through the filter media in the filter element, through the air flow channel element, through the at least one inlet in the hollow assembly, through the first end of the hollow assembly, and through the face piece, and on exhalation, exhaled air passes through the hollow assembly from the first end to the second end and through the exhaust valve to the atmosphere. | 32,703 |
9,156,464 | 1. A method of steering a vehicle by a steering assistance system, comprising: setting a steering-wheel angle of a steering wheel via a driver; checking whether the set steering-wheel angle is maintained during a predefined time period; checking whether the driver has taken the hands from the steering wheel; and steering the vehicle in accordance with the set steering-wheel angle, when the driver maintains the set steering-wheel angle during the predefined time period or has taken the hands from the steering wheel, and shutting off the steering assistance system, when the driver has not maintained the set steering-wheel angle during the predetermined time period and has not taken the hands from the steering wheel. | 1,866 |
8,549,241 | 1. A method for transmitting modifications made to a memory page of a virtual machine during a current time interval, the method comprising: maintaining a data structure comprising an entry corresponding to the memory page that indicates a history of modifications made to the memory page in previous time intervals; stunning the virtual machine at the end of the current time interval; detecting that the memory page has been modified during the current time interval and confirming that the entry in the data structure satisfies a heuristic indicating a level of absence of modifications to the memory page in previous time intervals; resuming execution of the virtual machine; and after said resuming, if a further modification of the memory page is detected, copying the memory page prior to the further modification and transmitting at least a portion of the copied memory page to a backup computer system while the virtual machine is executing. | 40,654 |
9,713,229 | 1. A lighting control apparatus which controls dimming levels of lighting devices associated with a plurality of brightness sensors, so as to adjust brightnesses indicated by detection results detected by the plurality of brightness sensors to predetermined brightnesses, the lighting control apparatus comprising: a querier which periodically queries each of the plurality of brightness sensors for a detection result; and a controller which controls, for each of the lighting devices, the dimming level of the lighting device associated with a brightness sensor among the plurality of brightness sensors queried by the querier, according to the detection result detected by the brightness sensor, wherein the querier assigns priorities to the plurality of brightness sensors, and queries the plurality of brightness sensors for detection results, according to the priorities. | 23,264 |
9,487,711 | 1. A process for the production of a branched or cyclic hydrocarbon product comprising contacting a feedstock with a catalyst composition comprising an active metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, nickel, cobalt, copper, ruthenium, rhodium, and rhenium and an active porous material which is active for the isomerisation of unsaturated hydrocarbons, wherein the feedstock comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a linear fatty acid, an ester of a linear fatty acid with a monofunctional alcohol, and mixtures of these compounds, and wherein the contacting causes the at least one compound to be hydrodeoxygenated and converted into the branched or cyclic hydrocarbon, the branched or cyclic hydrocarbon product having the same number of carbons as the at least one compound. | 1,772 |
9,709,941 | 1. An image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit to form a toner image on a recording medium; a fixing unit to fix the toner image on the recording medium having passed the image forming unit; and a door having a closed state to cover the fixing unit and an open state to expose the fixing unit, the fixing unit including a first nip member and a second nip member pressed against the first nip member, the fixing unit being configured to pass the recording medium between the first nip member and the second nip member to fix the toner image, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes: the switching member is configured to be switchable in positions of: the door is provided with an interference member configured to be out of contact with the switching member in the first position or in the second position and interfere with the switching member in the third position to move the switching member to the first position while the door is being transferred from the open state to the closed state. | 1,302 |
9,821,670 | 1. A charging device ( 2 ) for a battery ( 5 ) of a motorised device, said charging device ( 2 ) being adapted to be mounted on the motorised device or to be connected to the motorised device external to said device, and comprising: a first conversion module ( a second conversion module ( a controller ( the first conversion module ( the second conversion module ( the intermediate current being a direct current and the output current also being a direct current; the controller ( | 26,925 |
8,397,075 | 1. A method for access control to installation control systems of wind energy installations, comprising: receiving a requested user name and a requested password, wherein authorizations and checking information are coded in the requested password; decoding the authorizations and the checking information from the requested password; checking the requested user name on the basis of the decoded checking information; checking the decoded authorizations if the check of the requested user name on the basis of the decoded checking information has a positive result; and allowing access to an installation control system of a wind energy installation when the decoded authorizations are sufficient. | 36,740 |
8,959,776 | 1. A knife safety apparatus comprising: a food holding body, comprising: a sidewall between the handle and cutting faces, wherein the sidewall includes a bottom sidewall having an edge configured to grip a food item; and a handle, comprising: a first end attached to the food holding body at the handle face around the knife gliding slit; and a second end that is distal from the first end, wherein the first and second ends define a gripping surface therebetween, such that a knife receiving space is formed by the gripping surface, and wherein: in a first configuration, a knife is received by the knife gliding slit and the knife receiving space in a first direction, for cutting the food item; and in a second configuration, the knife is positioned planar to the cutting surface in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, for chopping the food item. | 19,606 |
8,448,001 | 1. A system comprising: a first device configured to communicate with a system bus; a second device configured to communicate with the system bus, wherein the second device includes a device power management module configured to manage power states of the second device; and a main power management module configured to manage power consumption of the second device independently of the first device by selectively supplying power and clock signals to the second device based on the power states of the second device, wherein the main power management module and the device power management module each comprise a power handshake interface, wherein the main power management module communicates with the device power management module via a power management bus using the power handshake interface, and wherein the power handshake interface comprises | 12,291 |
9,594,445 | 1. An operation reception device including a display panel having a display screen, and a first touch panel having a first touch sensor for detecting an operation on the display screen, the device comprising: a second touch panel provided on a face of the operation reception device opposite from a face on which the display panel and the first touch panel are provided, the second touch panel having a second touch sensor for detecting an operation on an outer face of the second touch panel; a processor and a memory, the processor and memory being configured to: determine whether or not a first coordinate position detected by the first touch sensor corresponds to a second coordinate position detected by the second touch sensor, the first coordinate position being a coordinate position where the operation on the display screen is detected by the first touch sensor and the second coordinate position being a coordinate position where the operation on the outer face of the second touch panel is detected; control the display screen to display a screen through which a plurality of page images to be edited are designated, based on the determination that the first coordinate position corresponds to the second coordinate position; receive an editing operation on the plurality of page images designated through the screen displayed on the display screen; and perform a predetermined editing corresponding to the received editing operation on the designated plurality of image pages, wherein designation of start and end pages to be edited can be received through the screen displayed on the screen display, and wherein the start page is designated based on the operation on the display screen detected by the first touch sensor, and the end page is designated based on the operation on the outer face of the second touch panel. | 15,970 |
9,198,781 | 1. An implant preassembly comprising: an intraluminal endoprosthesis that can adopt a compressed state and an expanded state; a first shaft over which a proximal end of the endoprosthesis is arranged in the compressed state, wherein the first shaft has a first connection portion configured for connection to an inner shaft of a catheter and a second connection portion at a distal end for connection with a conical portion; and a second shaft slidably positioned over the first shaft that slides distally to compress a distal portion of the endoprosthesis independent of connection of the implant preassembly to the catheter. | 33,078 |
9,795,226 | 1. A mattress pad, comprising (a) an upper layer defining a first exterior surface on a first side of the mattress pad, a lower layer defining a second exterior surface on a second side of the mattress pad opposite the first side, and a wadding layer comprising wadding located between the upper layer and the lower layer; (b) wherein the upper layer, the lower layer, and the wadding layer are quilted together to form a quilt cake having a plurality of regions for supporting a human body on the first side of the mattress pad; (c) wherein the plurality of regions comprises, (d) wherein the head region has a thickness that is different from a thickness of the upper body region, the difference in thickness resulting at least in part from a variance in an amount of the wadding that is in each of the head region and the upper body region; and (e) wherein each of the neck region and the lumbar region has no quilting pattern applied therein and each has a thickness that is greater than each of the thickness of the head region and the different thickness of the upper body region. | 27,687 |
8,707,741 | 1. A method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform by depositing glass fine particles onto a surface of a glass rod having two tapered ends while the glass rod is reciprocated relative to a plasma torch, the method comprising: determining a distance by multiplying a number within a range of 0.5 to 2 and an outer diameter of the glass rod; moving the glass rod in a first direction relative to the plasma torch while the plasma torch is applied to the glass rod and supplied at least with a dopant material and a glass material to deposit the glass fine particles onto the surface of the glass rod, in such a manner that duration of the movement of the glass rod in the first direction includes a first time interval and a second time interval, the first time interval starting from a beginning of the movement of the glass rod in the first direction at which the plasma torch is applied to one of the ends of the glass rod and continuing until the plasma torch is relatively moved away from the one of the ends of the glass rod by the determined distance, the second time interval starting from an end of the first time interval, and a plasma power is set higher during the first time interval than during the second time interval; and moving the glass rod in a second direction relative to the plasma torch, the second direction being opposite to the first direction. | 2,047 |
9,055,713 | 1. A lawn mower comprising: a blade housing; an engine supported at least in part by the blade housing to selectively rotate a drive shaft; a mobility assembly selectively operably coupled to the engine to provide mobility of the lawn mower responsive at least in part to operation of the engine, wherein the mobility assembly comprises a first set of wheels and a second set of wheels; a drive system comprising: a remote actuator operably coupled to the drive system, wherein, responsive to a single actuation of the remote actuator, the lawn mower is switched between a first drive mode and an all wheel drive mode, wherein, in the all wheel drive mode, the first flexible driving member engages the first transmission to provide drive power from the drive shaft to the first set of wheels, and the second flexible driving member engages the second transmission to provide drive power from the drive shaft to the second set of wheels, and wherein the first drive mode is a no wheel drive mode, and wherein, responsive to the single actuation of the remote actuator, the lawn mower is switched from the no wheel drive mode to the all wheel drive mode. | 15,193 |
9,328,368 | 1. A method of producing an isotope-labeled protein comprising: i. providing a host cell; ii. providing a vector comprising a gene encoding an mRNA-specific endoribonuclease and a target gene encoding a target protein, wherein the target gene encoding the target protein has a DNA sequence such that a mRNA transcript of the target gene does not have a recognition site of the mRNA-specific endoribonuclease; iii. transforming the host cell with the vector; iv. contacting the vector with a first composition suitable to induce a first expression of the gene encoding an mRNA-specific endoribonuclease, wherein the first expression results in the elimination of any background protein synthesis; v. contacting the host cell with a selected isotope-labeled media, wherein the host cell uptakes the selected isotope-labeled media; vi. contacting the host cell with a second composition suitable to induce a second expression of the target gene, wherein the second expression results in a mRNA transcript lacking a recognition site of the mRNA-specific endoribonuclease; and vii. expressing the mRNA transcript to produce an isotope-labeled protein, wherein steps iii. through vii. are performed sequentially. | 41,974 |
9,756,609 | 1. A method of transmitting a device to device (D2D) signal to a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) by a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving D2D control information for D2D communication; transmitting the D2D signal including the D2D control information to a second UE among the plurality of UEs corresponding to a counterpart entity of the D2D communication; and decoding the D2D signal based on an identifier of the first UE upon receiving the D2D signal retransmitted by the BS wherein, if decoding is successful, the first UE determines that the D2D signal has been successfully transmitted to the second UE, and wherein the D2D signal is configured to be transmitted using an uplink resource. | 33,070 |
9,688,139 | 1. A drive apparatus comprising: a housing forming a sump; an axial piston pump located in the sump and hydraulically connected to a hydraulic motor through a hydraulic circuit; a swash plate rotatably disposed in the housing and engaged to the axial piston pump for varying the output thereof; a bypass mechanism disposed in the housing to open the hydraulic circuit to place the drive apparatus into a bypass state where the hydraulic circuit is open to the sump; and a bypass actuation rod having a first end engaged to the bypass mechanism and being capable of actuating the bypass mechanism, wherein the bypass actuation rod extends through an opening in the swash plate and out of the housing. | 23,572 |
9,259,539 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, in response to an actuator of a medicament delivery device moving relative to a housing of the medicament delivery device, a first electronic signal, the medicament delivery device configured to move a needle from a retracted position within the housing to a delivery position outside of the housing and to deliver a medicament via the needle in response to the actuator activating an energy storage member, the actuator activating the energy storage member when the actuator is moved in a first direction from a first actuator position to a second actuator position; sending, in response to receiving the first electronic signal, a second electronic signal to a speaker to cause the speaker to emit an audible instruction associated with a use of the medicament delivery device; engaging a lock portion of the actuator with a corresponding portion of the housing to limit movement of the actuator from the second actuator position towards the first actuator position after activation of the energy storage member; and moving, independent from movement of the housing and after the delivery of the medicament via the needle, the needle in a proximal direction from the delivery position outside of the housing towards the retracted position within the housing. | 32,151 |
9,359,943 | 1. A mixing block adapted to supply a throttle-able hydrogen and air mixture to an internal combustion engine, the mixing block consisting essentially of: A bore through the mixing block between an air intake side and an engine intake side; A slider chamber orthogonal to and intersecting the bore, where the slider chamber houses a movable slider biased to at least partially block the bore but throttle-able to overcome the bias and reduce blockage of the bore; A jet chamber parallel to and intersecting the slider chamber and extending away from the slider chamber a distance sufficient to accommodate a shaped needle, where the needle is connected to the slider on one side such that the needle moves within the jet chamber as the slider moves in the slider chamber metering hydrogen to the bore; and A hydrogen inlet intersecting the jet chamber at a location substantially opposed from the slider chamber; and A fuel shutoff selectively permitting and alternately interrupting a flow of hydrogen from a hydrogen source to the mixing block, where the fuel shutoff includes a switch electrically connected to a solenoid, where a first condition of the switch controls the solenoid to permit flow of hydrogen to the mixing block and where a second condition of the switch controls the solenoid to interrupt flow of hydrogen to the mixing block. | 37,426 |
9,359,736 | 1. An auger snow-removing machine comprising: left and right forward rotation augers rotatable in a direction from an upper side of the forward rotation augers toward a front lower side of the forward rotation augers during a snow-removing operation of the machine; left and right reverse rotation augers rotatable in a reverse direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the left and right forward rotation augers during the snow-removing operation; an auger housing; a blower housing disposed behind the auger housing at a widthwise central portion of the auger housing; and a blower disposed inside the blower housing, the left and right forward rotation augers and the left and right reverse rotation augers being coaxially disposed and aligned with one another in a width direction of the auger housing within the auger housing, all of the left and right forward rotation augers and the left and right reverse rotation augers having the same rotational speed, the left and right forward rotation augers being located either inside or outside the left and right reverse rotation augers in the width direction of the auger housing, each of the left and right forward rotation augers and the left and right reverse rotation augers being formed by a combination of two spiral-shaped strip-like auger members, each of the auger members having a spiral direction such that the forward rotation augers, while undergoing forward rotation, collect snow toward the widthwise central portion of the auger housing and the reverse rotation augers, while undergoing reverse rotation, collect snow toward the widthwise central portion of the auger housing, the left forward rotation auger having a distal end in the direction of rotation of the left and right forward rotation augers, the right reverse rotation auger having a distal end in the direction of rotation of the left and right reverse rotation augers, the distal end of the left forward rotation auger and the distal end of the right reverse rotation auger having phases set such that the distal end of the left forward rotation auger and the distal end of the right reverse rotation auger substantially simultaneously reach a lowermost location when the left forward rotation auger and the right reverse rotation auger rotate, the right forward rotation auger having a distal end in the direction of rotation of the left and right forward rotation augers, the left reverse rotation auger having a distal end in the direction of rotation of the left and right reverse rotation augers, the distal end of the right forward rotation auger and the distal end of the left reverse rotation auger having phases set such that the distal end of the right forward rotation auger and the distal end of the left reverse rotation auger substantially simultaneously reach the lowermost location when the right forward rotation auger and the left reverse rotation auger rotate, and the distal end of the right forward rotation auger having a phase shifted 90 degrees from a phase of the distal end of the left forward rotation auger. | 37,041 |
8,762,710 | 1. A method for updating and using a digital certificate in establishing an ad hoc network communication between two terminals, the method comprising: a first terminal having a wireless local area network (WLAN) Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) function sending a beacon probe frame to a second terminal having said WAPI function; after receiving said beacon probe frame from said first terminal, said second terminal sending a beacon probe response frame including digital certificate format information of said second terminal to said first terminal; after receiving said beacon probe response frame, said first terminal checking whether a digital certificate format of said second terminal is different from a digital certificate format of said first terminal; after said first terminal checking confirms that said digital certificate format of said second terminal is different from said digital certificate format of said first terminal, said first terminal establishing a secure link with an access point; and said first terminal using said secure link to send a certificate updating request to said access point, where said certificate updating request includes a digital certificate to be updated which is currently used by said first terminal and said digital certificate format information of said second terminal; said access point sending said digital certificate to be updated to a local Authentication Service Unit which issues the certificate to be updated; the local Authentication Service Unit which issues said digital certificate to be updated verifying said digital certificate to be updated, and after said digital certificate is verified to be valid, a local Authentication Service Unit corresponding to said access point generating a new digital certificate of said first terminal, and sending said new digital certificate to said first terminal through said access point so that a digital certificate format of said new digital certificate of said first terminal matches said digital certificate format of said second terminal; and after receiving said new digital certificate, said first terminal performing WAPI ad hoc network communication with said second terminal by using said new digital certificate. | 23,381 |
9,100,976 | 1. A transceiver capable of engaging, device-to-device, with other transceivers in a wireless neighborhood, the transceiver comprising: a device identifier-based (DID-based) distributed scheduling structure comprising a plurality of tones, the DID-based distributed scheduling structure comprising: a receiver (RX) identifier (ID) block, comprising tone pairs mapped to device IDs (DIDs) of transceivers operating as receivers in the wireless neighborhood, wherein the RX ID block comprises a first transmit block and a first receive block; and a transmitter (TX) ID block comprising tone pairs mapped to the DIDs of the transceivers operating as transmitters in the wireless neighborhood, wherein the TX ID block comprises a second transmit block and a second receive block; and a medium access controller (MAC) to: wherein a connection identifier specifying a connection between the transceiver and the receiver is not used during the transmission of the signal, the second signal, the acknowledgement signal, and the second acknowledgment signal; wherein the first transmit block, the first receive block, the second transmit block, and the second receive block each comprise a predetermined number of tones and one or more tones in the first transmit block of the RX ID block and one or more analogous tones in the first receive block of the RX ID block map to a distinct receiver DID; wherein two or more tones in the first transmit block of the RX ID block and two or more analogous tones in the first receive block of the RX ID block map to a distinct receiver DID. | 30,774 |
9,674,912 | 1. A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit configured to drive LED units, the driving circuit comprising: a rectification circuit unit to receive an alternating current (AC) power voltage and rectify the AC power voltage to output a unidirectional ripple voltage; a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal generation unit to generate PWM decision signals; switch units, a first end of each switch unit connected to a cathode of one of the LED units; constant current control circuit units, a first end of each constant current control circuit unit connected to a second end of a respective switch unit, to receive a current therefrom; and a current control circuit unit configured to receive current from the switch units, and generate switching control signals for the respective switch units to sequentially drive the constant current control circuit units, wherein the PWM signal generation unit is configured to sequentially drive the LEDs according to the PWM decision signals, and wherein each of the constant current control circuit units is configured to output a current control signal to the respective switch unit to control a magnitude of the received current to have a specific value. | 6,960 |
9,075,845 | 1. A method, comprising: determining that first probe information is associated with first device information based on the first probe information, the first device information comprising information about a first device, the first probe information being associated with a first probe installed on the first device and comprising information about a first property of the first device; determining that second probe information is associated with the first device information and second device information based on the second probe information, the second probe information being associated with a second probe installed on the first device, the second probe information comprising information about a second property of the first device and information about a first property of a second device; determining that third probe information is associated with second device information based on the third probe information, the third probe information being associated with a third probe installed on a second device and comprising information about a second property of the second device; modifying the first device information to include particular information from the first probe information and particular information from the second probe information; and modifying the second device information to include particular information from the second probe information and particular information from the third probe information. | 17,708 |
9,654,004 | 1. A method of forming a fully integrated DC-DC power converter, the method comprising the steps of: forming at least one power driver transistor on an interposer chip; forming TSVs in the interposer chip adjacent to the power driver transistor; forming at least one GaN switch on a GaN transistor chip; forming an on-chip magnetic inductor either on the GaN transistor chip or on the interposer chip; and bonding the interposer chip to the GaN transistor chip. | 21,740 |
9,543,855 | 1. A Voltage Source Converter (VSC) with Neutral-Point-Clamped (NPC) topology with one or more phases, comprising: an intermediate DC circuit having four capacitances connected in series between a positive terminal and a negative terminal, providing a central tap terminal between the two center capacitances of said four capacitances connected in series, and at least one sub-circuit for generating one phase of an alternating voltage, each sub-circuit comprising: an AC terminal for supplying a pulsed voltage; a circuit arrangement of a form of a NPC converter, with: a first series connection of at least four active switches between said AC terminal and said positive terminal, wherein each active switch has a diode connected in parallel; a second series connection of at least four active switches between said AC terminal and said negative terminal, wherein each active switch has a diode connected in parallel; a diode connected between each connection point between the capacitances of said four capacitances connected in series, and further connected to each connection point between the active switches of said first series connection of at least four active switches and second series connection of at least four active switches; additional first and second auxiliary active switches connected in series between said AC terminal and said positive terminal, wherein the first auxiliary active switch is connected in parallel to two active switches of said first series connection of at least four active switches, and the second auxiliary active switch is connected in parallel to the other two active switches of said first series connection of at least four active switches; and additional third and fourth auxiliary active switches connected in series between said AC terminal and said negative terminal, wherein the third auxiliary active switch is connected in parallel to two active switches of said second series connection of at least four active switches, and the fourth auxiliary active switch is connected in parallel to the other two active switches of said second series connection of at least four active switches. | 25,444 |
8,408,828 | 1. An image recording apparatus comprising: an image recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium located at a feeding-path recording area as a specific area on a medium feeding path through which the recording medium is fed; a medium-feed mechanism configured to feed the recording medium through the medium feeding path from an upstream side thereof to a downstream side thereof in a medium feeding direction such that the recording medium passes through the feeding-path recording area; a medium-supply mechanism configured to supply the recording medium to the medium-feed mechanism from a position located on an upstream side of the medium-feed mechanism in the medium feeding direction; and a controller configured to control the supply and the feed of the recording medium by controlling the medium-supply mechanism and the medium-feed mechanism, wherein the controller includes: wherein the controller is configured to adjust a length between the first recording medium and the second recording medium in the medium feeding direction on the basis of the length L | 10,430 |
8,422,997 | 1. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for facilitating playback of voicemails using a mobile device having a display, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of voicemail alerts from a voicemail server located in a wireless telecommunications environment, wherein each voicemail alert has accompanying information including at least a sender telephone number and a date of receipt; using the information to associate a collection of the plurality of voicemail alerts with a known sender, wherein the known sender has at least one known telephone number associated with the known sender; presenting on the display, representations of at least a portion of the collection of voicemail alerts in accordance with the known sender, thereby enabling a selection to be made to initiate voicemail playback; receiving user input indicating that voicemails associated with a selection of the portion of the collection of voicemail alerts are to be played, wherein each of the voicemails corresponds to a particular voicemail alert, and wherein the voicemails are stored on the voicemail server; receiving user input indicating a desired order in which to play the voicemails associated with a selection of the portion of the collection of voicemail alerts; forwarding a request to the voicemail server to automatically play the voicemails associated with the selection such that each voicemail is played back consecutively in the desired order and without user intervention and wherein the information not already indicated by the selection of the portion of the collection is audibly announced before playing each voicemail. | 19,207 |
8,927,597 | 1. A method of synthesizing ER-804028: said method comprising the steps of: (i) reacting a compound having the formula (I): wherein X is halogen or oxo; Z is a leaving group; Q is —C(O)H, —CH═CHC(O)OY wherein Y wherein X is halogen or oxo; Q is —C(O)H, —CH═CHC(O)OY (ii) reacting the product of step (i) under Vasella fragmentation conditions to produce a compound having the formula: wherein Q is —C(O)H, —CH═CHC(O)OY (iii) reacting the product of step (ii) under conditions for intramolecular Williamson etherification to produce ER-804028. | 19,519 |
9,028,196 | 1. A method for using a recovery vehicle comprising a wrecker to recover other, disabled vehicles, comprising the steps of: providing the wrecker with a vehicle frame extending along a longitudinal axis, the vehicle frame supporting a travel base assembly carrying a boom with a lift cylinder, wherein the boom can extend or retract, the travel base assembly is capable of moving along the longitudinal axis of the frame, and the travel base assembly supports a rotating member allowing the boom to be rotated about a vertical axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the frame, and wherein the movements of the travel base assembly and the boom are used in recovering disabled vehicles; providing two or more traveler rollers located between the vehicle frame and the travel base assembly for reducing frictional loads created during relative movement between the travel base assembly and the vehicle frame, the traveler rollers supporting the travel base assembly and facilitating longitudinal movement of the travel base assembly relative to the vehicle frame, each of the traveler rollers comprising a plurality of rollers linked by a chain assembly and movable about a load-bearing member and along the vehicle frame ; using the boom, lifting a disabled vehicle. | 5,775 |
9,128,821 | 1. A method comprising: writing a group of initial data directly to an original data page having a first logical block address in a memory block comprising a plurality of types of memory cell sectors arranged in data pages of a first type and log pages of a second type, the first log page comprising resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells, the second log page comprising spin torque random access memory (STRAM) cells, the first and second types of memory cell each comprising non-volatile memory, the second type of memory cell configured to be updated in-place the first type of memory cell configured to be updated only by page, the log pages dedicated to storing updated versions of groups of initial data present in at least one data page of the memory block and the data pages configured to receive the group of initial data prior to the log pages being written with an updated version of the group of initial data; updating the group of initial data by maintaining the group of initial data in the original data page while writing a first group of updated data to a first log page having the first logical block address in response to the group of initial data sector becoming outdated, the group of updated data relating to the group of initial data; and overwriting the first group of updated data in the first log page with a second group of updated data. | 46,434 |
8,406,065 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a data terminal to be coupled to a memory device; a data output buffer coupled to the data terminal on a first signal pass to write data to the memory device; and a data input buffer coupled to the data terminal on a second signal pass to read data from the memory device, and coupled to the data output buffer on a loop back pass; wherein both the data output buffer and the data input buffer are enabled when data is written to the memory device. | 16,978 |
8,790,275 | 1. A method of processing pressure data comprising a plurality of pressure values indicative of pressure information measured by a plurality of sensors within a region of an organism and positioned along a length of the region, wherein the plurality of sensors are positioned at respective positions within a range of positions that extends along the length of the region, wherein endpoints of the range are defined by a first position of a first sensor of the plurality of sensors and a second position of a second sensor of the plurality of sensors, the method comprising acts of: (A) receiving pressure values from the plurality of sensors, each value indicating a measured pressure at a respective position within the region; (B) determining a sub-range of positions along the length of the region within the range of positions of the sensors, wherein the sub-range of positions comprises a plurality of the respective positions, and wherein determining the sub-range comprises receiving an input through a user interface component, the input specifying the sub-range of positions along the region; (C) for the sub-range of positions along the region, determining, from the pressure values, a maximum pressure value of a plurality of values corresponding to the plurality of the respective positions within the sub-range; and (D) displaying a maximum pressure plot concurrently showing maximum pressure values over time for the determined sub-range of positions. | 2,457 |
9,050,901 | 1. A charging apparatus for charging an electric vehicle, comprising: a charging certification unit receiving certification information of the electric vehicle; a power measurement unit generating power consumption information as a result obtained by calculating an amount of power consumed for charging the electric vehicle; and a communication unit transmitting the certification information to a certification server, and transmitting the power consumption information to a cost claim server, wherein when the communication unit transmits first power consumption information to the cost claim server, the power measurement unit generates second power consumption information, wherein the first power consumption information comprises an amount of power supplied from the electric vehicle to a power grid located at an upper level for first unit time, and the second power consumption information comprises an amount of power supplied from the electric vehicle to the power grid for second unit time. | 43,279 |
9,719,665 | 1. A light-emitting device comprising: a flexible light-emitting panel, wherein the flexible light-emitting panel includes a first surface on one side of the flexible light-emitting panel and a second surface on the other side of the flexible light-emitting panel, and wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable so that a first portion of the first surface and a second portion of the first surface face each other and a first portion of the second surface and a second portion of the second surface face each other. | 26,127 |
9,152,181 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a casing including a guide unit extending along a length of the casing for accommodating a stylus pen and an interior portion accommodating one or more electronic components of the apparatus, the guide unit having an inlet coupling the guide unit to an exterior of the casing and an outlet coupling an interior of the guide unit to the interior portion of the casing; and an elastic member closing the outlet and separating the interior of the guide unit from the interior portion of the casing, wherein the elastic member is inserted into the outlet and comprises: an elastic body; an engagement portion extended from one end portion of the elastic body and inserted inside the interior portion of the casing; at least one catching portion provided at the elastic body, for securing the elastic member inside the guiding unit; and a holder recessed into a surface of the elastic body opposite to the engagement portion, for keeping the stylus pen at an inserted position. | 25,829 |
9,255,568 | 1. A rotor for a wind turbine comprising: a rotor hub; at least one rotor blade mounted on the rotor hub and rotatable about a blade axis; and a blade angle adjustment drive having: | 476 |
8,952,314 | 1. A two-step analog-digital converting circuit comprising: a comparator configured to compare a ramp signal and an input signal, and to output a resulting comparative signal; an upper bit counter configured to receive the comparative signal and a clock signal, and to output upper bit values corresponding to a first time interval between a generation time point of the ramp signal and a first edge of the clock signal, the first edge of the clock signal immediately preceding a state transition time point of the comparative signal; and a pulse residue conversion unit configured to receive the comparative signal and the clock signal, and to output lower bit values corresponding to a second time interval between the first edge of the clock signal and the state transition time point of the comparative signal. | 37,408 |
9,633,217 | 1. A system for dynamically serving a content file with embedded or referenced content objects over the Internet to an end-user system, the system comprising: a content object request function that receives a request, wherein: a bandwidth predictor that predicts an available bandwidth between a container database and the end-user system; a container generator that: an object distributor that: an access improver that transmits the number of virtual containers to the end-user system. | 4,608 |
9,452,802 | 1. An electric balance vehicle, comprising: a top cover comprising a first top cover and a second top cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other; a bottom cover fixed to the top cover, the bottom cover comprising a first bottom cover and a second bottom cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other; an inner cover fixed between the top cover and the bottom cover, the inner cover comprising a first inner cover and a second inner cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other; a rotating mechanism fixed between the first inner cover and the second inner cover, the rotating mechanism having two bearings, a shaft sleeve, and two snap springs, the two bearings fixed to the first inner cover and the second inner cover, respectively, and the shaft sleeve fixed inside the two bearings and fixed to the inner cover via the two snap springs; two wheels rotatably fixed at two sides of the inner cover, respectively; two hub motors fixed in the two wheels, respectively; a plurality of sensors disposed between the bottom cover and the inner cover; a power supply fixed between the first bottom cover and the first inner cover; a controller fixed between the second bottom cover and the second inner cover, wherein the controller is electrically connected with the plurality of sensors, the power supply, and the hub motors, and the controller controls the hub motors to drive the corresponding wheels to rotate according to sensing signals transmitted by the sensors; and two pedals, wherein the pedals are fixed to the top cover and the inner cover. | 49,161 |
8,991,045 | 1. A method for forming a grounding arrangement on a shielded cable that includes a conductive core, a core insulation layer radially surrounding said conductive core, a conductive shield layer radially surrounding said core insulation layer, and an outer insulation layer radially surrounding said conductive shield layer, said method comprising: removing a length of said outer insulation layer to expose an end portion of said conductive shield layer; providing an inner ferrule configured to be crimped around said core insulation layer; positioning said inner ferrule adjacent to said end portion of said conductive shield layer that has been exposed; crimping said inner ferrule around said core insulation layer; folding said end portion of said conductive shield layer that has been exposed over said inner ferrule to radially surround said inner ferrule; providing an electrically conductive outer ferrule configured to be crimped around said inner ferrule; positioning said outer ferrule radially adjacent to said end portion of said conductive shield layer that has been positioned to radially surround said inner ferrule; and crimping said outer ferrule radially around said inner ferrule to capture said end portion of said conductive shield layer radially between said inner ferrule and said outer ferrule, thereby fixing said outer ferrule in electrical contact with said conductive shield layer. | 30,888 |
9,617,969 | 1. A hydraulic energy store comprising a first fluid reservoir containing a first fluid having a first fluid level and a second fluid reservoir containing a second fluid having a second fluid level, wherein the first and the second fluid levels are at different heights, and the first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir are connected to one another via an arrangement provided in an opening in the bottom of the second fluid reservoir, the arrangement comprising a device selected from the group of: a turbine, a pump, and combinations thereof, wherein during the operation of the arrangement, the first fluid and the second fluid can be moved to and fro between the first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir to convert energy, and further wherein the second fluid reservoir is configured as a container floating in the first fluid reservoir and is arranged at a changeable immersion depth within the first fluid in the first fluid reservoir, and the second fluid level is different from the first fluid level in the first fluid reservoir, such that during operation, the second fluid level is changed in such a way that the immersion depth of the second fluid reservoir in the first fluid reservoir is changed to convert energy defined by a level difference between the first fluid level and the second fluid level. | 32,634 |
8,408,154 | 1. A tension resisting support for a spiral strake on a cylindrical structure, comprising a rigid block attached to each end of the strake and the cylindrical structure, such that distortions of the strake normal to the surface of the strake stretch the strake against the tension resisting support, thereby inducing tension in the strake in the spiral direction. | 15,559 |
9,070,499 | 1. A light emitting key, comprising: a top electrode; a top piezoresistive layer, configured on a bottom of the top electrode; a bottom piezoresistive layer, configured under the top piezoresistive layer; a bottom electrode, configured on a bottom of the bottom piezoresistive layer; a top through hole, made through the top piezoresistive layer; a bottom through hole, made through the bottom piezoresistive layer; and a gap, reserved between the top piezoresistive layer and the bottom piezoresistive layer. | 37,897 |
9,851,227 | 1. A system that facilitates automatically identifying the location of each of a plurality of tire pressure sensor on a multi-axle vehicle, comprising: a plurality of low-frequency initiator coils, each having at least one directional antenna; a plurality of tire pressure sensors, each positioned on a respective wheel of the vehicle; wherein each antenna emits a signal that is modulated at a different frequency relative to other antennas; and wherein each sensor detects a modulation frequency received, determines an axle and wheel end at which it is located as function of the detected modulation frequency, and reports its axle and wheel end to a controller unit. | 1,581 |
9,820,718 | 1. An electronic external fetal monitoring system comprising: a. a planar dermal patch comprising a first side configured to adhere to the surface of the skin of a pregnant patient, said first side further comprising: b. a computer configured to temporally combine fetal heart rate data acquired from the first portion and uterine activity data acquired from the second portion. | 1,527 |
9,753,455 | 1. A computerized method for analyzing faults in a building management system, the method comprising: at a computer of the building management system, detecting a fault by evaluating data of the building management system using a system of rules; determining a conditional probability for each of a plurality of possible fault causes of the detected fault, wherein determining the conditional probability for each of the plurality of possible fault causes of the detected fault comprises: determining a most likely fault cause of the detected fault by comparing the determined probabilities; and electronically reporting the most likely fault cause of the detected fault. | 30,644 |
9,431,732 | 1. An electrical plug connector comprising: a body having a cavity; an electrical connection portion on the body; a wire locking mechanism in the cavity; and, electrically connecting the electrical connection portion and the wire locking mechanism; wherein the body further comprises a cover and the wire locking mechanism is formed on the cover. | 10,577 |
9,315,255 | 1. An aircraft comprising a device for influencing the directional stability of the aircraft, with the aircraft comprising: wings with ailerons and a rudder, with the device for influencing the directional stability of the aircraft comprising: a control-input device for inputting control demands for controlling the flight path of the aircraft, a flight control device that is functionally connected with the control-input device, a sensor device that is functionally connected with the flight control device, for acquiring the rotation rates, including the yaw rates, of the aircraft, in each case at least one actuator, which is functionally connected with the flight control device, for adjusting the ailerons and for adjusting the rudder, wherein the flight control device comprises a control function that is designed in such a manner that from the control demands and the rotation rates said flight control device generates adjusting commands for the actuators for controlling the aircraft and transmits them to said actuators, wherein: the aircraft comprises two tail-mounted flaps, situated behind the connecting region of the wings and on opposite sides of the fuselage, each tail-mounted flap being coupled to an actuator that is functionally connected with the flight control device for moving the tail-mounted flaps between a retracted and an extended position, the control function is designed in such a manner that for lateral control of the aircraft, on the basis of rotation rates about a z-axis of the aircraft acquired by the sensor device, the control function generates commands for actuating of at least one of the tail-mounted flaps and transmits the commands to said actuator for actuating the tail-mounted flaps such that a moment about the z-axis of the aircraft is effected, and in response to a deflection of at least one of the tail-mounted flaps, additional drag is generated which in turn generates the moment about the z-axis of the aircraft. | 3,609 |
8,391,752 | 1. A developer unit for an image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising: a developer device comprising: a developer agent container, which is configured to contain the developer agent to be supplied to the developer device and is arranged in a lower position with respect to the developer device, wherein the developer agent container comprises a fitting wall, which is curved inward at a position adjacent to the developer device; wherein the fitting wall has: wherein the developer unit further comprises: | 7,637 |
9,316,044 | 1. A tailgate rotatably attached to a truck loading bed and adapted to rotate between open and closed orientations, wherein rotation of the tailgate to the fully open orientation produces a gap between the loading bed and the tailgate, the tailgate comprising a lower tailgate portion generally adjacent to the loading bed, an upper tailgate portion generally opposite the lower portion, and a bottom tailgate portion pivotally connected to a rear edge of the loading bed, a rock guard, including | 32,783 |
8,972,139 | 1. An electric motor control system included within a vehicle and communicatively coupled to at least one electric motor, the electric motor included within a running gear configured to rotate a drive shaft coupled to a first vehicle wheel, the control system comprising: a brake detector configured to identify sudden braking and output a sudden braking signal when sudden braking is identified; an inertia torque computing unit configured to determine an inertia torque of at least one rotating component included within the running gear and to determine a first torque command value based at least partially on the inertia torque; and a torque command value selector configured to receive the first torque command value and the sudden braking signal and to determine a first motor command value based at least partially on the first torque command value. | 2,314 |
8,737,075 | 1. An electronic component unit, comprising: a circuit board on which electronic components are mounted, the electronic components including a heat generating element that generates a heat; a bonding metal foil layer formed on a face of the circuit board; a heat transfer board arranged so that the bonding metal foil layer is interposed between the heat transfer board and the circuit board, the heat transfer board including: a solder layer between the heat transfer metal foil layer and the bonding metal foil layer; and a heat sink configured to externally dissipate the heat generated in the heat generating element, wherein the circuit board is assembled with the heat sink via the heat transfer board such that | 33,396 |
8,655,576 | 1. A fuel-saving drive recommendation system adapted to a vehicle that includes a step-gear automatic transmission of which a gear is shifted in response to a gear instruction signal and an internal combustion engine on which output control is performed on the basis of a required driving force that is calculated on the basis of an amount by which an output operating component is operated by a driver and a variable gear of the automatic transmission, the fuel-saving drive recommendation system comprising: a required driving force calculation unit that calculates, as the required driving force, an output control required driving force for performing output control on the engine and a determination required driving force for determining whether the vehicle is in a fuel-saving drive state, wherein the required driving force calculation unit uses the gear instruction signal as a parameter that indicates the gear when the output control required driving force is calculated, and uses a determination gear signal different from the gear instruction signal when the determination required driving force is calculated; a signal change unit that changes the determination gear signal so as to coincide with the gear instruction signal that has been changed; a determination unit that determines whether a running state of the vehicle is a fuel-saving drive state on the basis of the determination required driving force; and a notification unit that notifies a result of the determination. | 47,523 |
9,242,010 | 1. A polymer having the formula: wherein: Y represents: L or n1 represents 0 or 1; n2 represents 0 or 1; R W independently represents —H, —CH n4a independently represents 0 or 1; n4 independently represents 0 or 1; L R represents: A represents (A A A n and m independently represent 2 to about 60; n3 represents n+m; and R | 35,304 |
9,353,781 | 1. A slew drive with clamp comprising: a slew drive including: a transverse support member received in the socket and extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom; and a clamp carried within the socket movable between a clamped and an unclamped position for clamping the transverse member fixedly within the socket wherein the socket includes a cut-out formed at an outer periphery thereof and the clamp includes a clamp assembly carried by the cut-out, the clamp assembly movable between a clamped position, engaging the transverse support element and the torque tube, and an unclamped position. | 6,131 |
9,373,878 | 1. A communication cable comprising: a dielectric wave guide (DWG) comprising a dielectric core member, wherein the core member has a first dielectric constant value; and a cladding surrounding the dielectric core member, wherein the cladding has a second dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant; and a coupling mechanism attached to a mating end of the DWG, wherein the coupling mechanism is configured to retain a complimentary coupling mechanism on a mating end of a second DWG, wherein the coupling mechanism is an RJ45 compatible connector. | 31,119 |
8,433,854 | 1. A method of utilizing a cache in an electronic system, comprising: locating a cache between a mass storage device and a system memory; receiving a first request for mass storage access, the first request requesting first information; retrieving pre-boot stream information stored during a previous boot context, the previous boot context being other than a current boot context; determining whether the first information is part of a streaming access based on a comparison of first metadata associated with the first request and the pre-boot stream information; performing the first request for mass storage access directly with the mass storage device if the first information is determined to be part of the streaming access based on the comparison of the first metadata associated with the first request and the pre-boot stream information; comparing frequency information for the streaming access with a frequency threshold; performing the first request for mass storage access directly with the mass storage if the first information is determined to be part of the streaming access and the frequency information for the streaming access does not exceed the frequency threshold; caching the first information if the first information is determined to be part of the streaming access and the frequency information for the streaming access exceeds the frequency threshold; comparing length information for the streaming access with a stream length threshold; and preventing the storage of stream data in the cache and sending the stream data directly between the system memory and the mass storage if the length information for the streaming access exceeds the length threshold. | 11,632 |
8,933,321 | 1. A system comprising: a watchdog unit coupled between a solar module and a power bus, the power bus configured to connect a plurality of solar modules to an inverter, the watchdog unit having: wherein the watchdog unit is configured to connect the solar module to the power bus when the communication is not interrupted. | 27,502 |
9,604,721 | 1. A crosslinkable coating composition comprising: (a) a polyaldehyde; (b) an acid catalyst having pKa of less than 6; (c) a liquid media; (d) an acrylic polycarbamate comprising at least an average of 2.0 carbamate functional groups, wherein said polycarbamate has a glass transition (Tg) of less than 25° C.; and (e) one or more fillers having a pH in the range of equal to or less than 9 and/or one or more pigments having a pH in the range of equal to or less than 9, and/or one or more additives having a pH in the range of equal to or less than 9, | 33,504 |
9,042,920 | 1. A method for processing paging, comprising: sending, by a mobile switching center, a paging message to a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in an idle state, wherein the paging message is triggered by a second communication service for paging the mobile terminal; and buffering, by the mobile switching center, the paging message triggered by the second communication service for re-paging the mobile terminal before the mobile terminal receives the paging message and when the mobile terminal starts to perform a first communication service; and sending, by the mobile switching center, the paging message to the mobile terminal after the mobile terminal ends the first communication service, thereby increasing the paging success rate, wherein a time for performing the first communication service is shorter than a time allowed for paging the mobile terminal as triggered by the second communication service. | 4,590 |
9,334,124 | 1. A dust control apparatus for a telescopic conveyor system, the conveyor system including an upper conveyor section for delivering material from an input end to a transfer end, and a lower conveyor section in telescoping relation with the upper conveyor section; the apparatus comprising: a. a cover mounted overtop of the lower conveyor section, the cover comprising a pair of separate, flexible sections mounted on opposite sides of the lower conveyor section and biased to extend toward one another; and b. a material transfer chute mounted at the transfer end of the upper conveyor section, the chute having an outer surface shaped to interpose between and force apart the flexible sections of the cover as the chute travels between the cover flexible sections due to telescoping motion of the conveyor system, the chute defining an internal aperture for flow of the material from the transfer end of the upper conveyor section onto the lower conveyor section. | 43,502 |
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