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9,551,286 | 1. A method comprising: sensing pressure within an engine cylinder; estimating exhaust pressure based on the sensed pressure within the engine cylinder; and controlling turbocharger boost pressure based on the estimated exhaust pressure; wherein the exhaust pressure is formulaically estimated using the following equation: where: P P P θ=exhaust valve opening angle; P ν=engine revolutions per minute. | 49,367 |
8,899,769 | 1. A display device, comprising: a light-guiding body having a first major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first major surface, and a side face connecting the first major surface and the second major surface; a light source causing light to enter an inside of the light-guiding body from the side face; a wavelength selection transmission layer provided on the second major surface, the wavelength selection transmission layer having: a light control layer provided on the wavelength selection transmission layer and changing an intensity of light passing through the light control layer, the first major surface having a plurality of concave portions having inclined faces inclined relative to the first major surface, a ratio of a total area of areas of the plurality of the concave portions projected on the first major surface, relative to a total area of the first major surface, being 8% to 25%, and the plurality of the concave portions being evenly provided in the first major surface. | 39,453 |
9,406,959 | 1. A bioelectronic device comprising: an electrically conductive electrode having a carbon substrate; and a bioelectronic interface bonded to a surface of the electrically conductive electrode and configured to regenerate, the bioelectronic interface including a catalytically active material that facilitates electron transfer, the catalytically active material configured to be releasably and electrostatically bound directly or indirectly to the surface, wherein said interface also contains one or more organic nanoparticles selected from one or more exfoliated nanographite supports, one or more carbon nanotubes, one or more fullerenes and combinations thereof, wherein said organic nanoparticles are incorporated into a polyelectrolyte, wherein the polyelectrolyte is configured to be removably and electrostatically bound to a non-thiol ionic linker that is covalently bound to a carbon atom at the surface. | 37,156 |
9,799,891 | 1. Method for preparing an air electrode based on Pr 2-x NiO 4 with 0≦x<2, comprising sintering a ceramic ink comprising Pr 2-x NiO 4 and a pore-forming agent at a temperature above 1000° C. and below or equal to 1150° C., wherein, before the sintering step, said ceramic ink is brought to the sintering temperature following a temperature rise gradient of between 50 and 400° C./h. | 13,374 |
9,261,007 | 1. A catalyst-degradation detection device, comprising: a three-way catalyst that is disposed in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine to purify exhaust emission; an air-fuel ratio active control means that executes air-fuel ratio active control that forcefully and periodically switches a target air-fuel ratio at an upstream side from the three-way catalyst to a richer side and a leaner side than stoichiometry; a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor that detects an exhaust air-fuel ratio at a downstream side from the three-way catalyst; and an oxygen storage capacity degradation determining means that determines degradation relating to an oxygen storage capacity of the three-way catalyst by using the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor during execution of the air-fuel ratio active control, an exhaust emission purification capacity determining means that determines degradation relating to an exhaust emission purification capacity of the three-way catalyst by using the exhaust air-fuel ratios that are detected by the upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor and the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor during execution of the air-fuel ratio active control, wherein the oxygen storage capacity degradation determining means determines degradation relating to the oxygen storage capacity of the three-way catalyst by using an oxygen storage amount that is calculated by using an exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor in a storage time period from a predetermined starting point in a rich region until a predetermined end point after reaching stoichiometry and before shifting to a lean region at a time of switching the target air-fuel ratio from rich to lean, or an oxygen emission amount that is calculated by using an exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor in an emission time period from a predetermined starting point in the lean region until a predetermined end point after reaching stoichiometry and before shifting to the rich region at a time of switching the target air-fuel ratio from lean to rich, and the exhaust emission purification capacity determining means determines degradation relating to the exhaust emission purification capacity of the three-way catalyst by using an oxygen storage change speed that is calculated by using the exhaust air-fuel ratios that are detected by the upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor and the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor in the storage time period, or an oxygen emission change speed that is calculated by using the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor and the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor in the emission time period. | 41,459 |
9,188,362 | 1. A direct fired heater comprising: one or more premix burners; one or more combustion blowers operable for delivering a combustible mixture of air and gas to the one or more premix burners; an outside air delivery system upstream of the one or more premix burners; an ignition system; a modulation system operable for modulating heat output based on discharge air temperature, inlet air temperature, or a temperature of a space being heated by the direct fired heater, wherein the modulation system is a feed forward modulating control system operable for controlling heat output such that heat output modulation is based on inlet air temperature; a high limit control; and a single controller operable for controlling the ignition system, the modulation system, and the high limit control; wherein the outside air delivery system comprises an outside air blower upstream of the one or more premix burners and operable for processing a combination of inside and outside air; and/or wherein the direct fired heater is configured to use 100% outside air. | 2,175 |
8,504,120 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a mobile computing device to support cellular voice communication, wireless data communication and computing capabilities, the mobile computing device including an applications processor coupled to a radio processor, and a location system to identify and provide a geographic location for the mobile computing device, the applications processor to include a radio management module to manage operations for the radio processor, the radio management module having a radio schedule application and a radio control module, the radio control module arranged to enable and disable the radio processor in accordance with a radio control schedule, the radio control schedule to include a schedule event parameter to define a power mode for the radio processor when disabled, the power mode chosen from a first power mode or a second power mode, wherein the first power mode includes a first sub-set of features of the radio processor being disabled to achieve a first power draw and the second power mode includes a second sub-set of features of the radio processor being disabled to achieve a second power draw, the radio control schedule to further include a schedule location parameter to define a location to activate the radio control schedule; the radio processor to execute the communication functions of the mobile computing device; and the location system to provide the geographic location to the radio schedule application, the radio schedule application to compare the geographic location to a list of schedule location parameters, and when the geographic location matches the schedule location parameter the radio control module to use the radio control schedule corresponding to the matched schedule location parameter. | 34,257 |
9,751,046 | 1. A salt water desalination equipment comprising: a salt water pump operable to supply salt water to a reverse osmosis membrane component; a forward osmosis membrane component to which concentrated salt water discharged through another pump from the reverse osmosis membrane component is supplied; and a rotation assisting component including a bladed wheel to which mixed water discharged from the forward osmosis membrane component is supplied and which is connected to the salt water pump, wherein the rotation assisting component increases at least one of an electric power supplied to the salt water pump, a pressure given to the salt water pump, and rotation capacity to the salt water pump, wherein a pressure exchanger is disposed on an upstream side of the forward osmosis membrane component, the pressure exchanger increases a pressure of the supplied concentrated salt water by using the mixed water discharged from the forward osmosis membrane component. | 23,908 |
8,372,166 | 1. A controlled zone gasification reactor for a plasma assisted gasification reaction system, comprising: a reactor vessel, comprising: | 8,677 |
8,747,513 | 1. A method of treating soil comprising the steps of: applying to soil a composite comprising an agriculturally useful solid product coated with a solid, dried residue of a polymer-containing composition, said composite prepared by initially applying to said solid product an aqueous polymer-containing composition including a substantially water-soluble copolymer containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties, water, and an organic compound drying agent, said composition having a pH of from about 1-4, and thereafter allowing said drying agent and a substantial part of the water present in the composite to evaporate, so that the composite does not contain said drying agent or water to any substantial degree, whereby the composite as applied to soil does not have any substantial presence of the drying agent and water which formed a part of the polymer-containing composition initially applied to said solid product. | 851 |
8,367,449 | 1. A semiconductor light-emitting apparatus comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first clad layer that is formed on the semiconductor substrate, the first clad layer having a first conducting type; a second clad layer that is formed on the first clad layer, the second clad layer having the first conducting type, the second clad layer having an average dopant concentration lower than that of the first clad layer; an active layer that is formed on the second clad layer, the active layer having an average dopant concentration of 2×10 a third clad layer that is formed on the active layer, the third clad layer having a second conducting type; and a second-conducting-type semiconductor layer that is formed on the third clad layer, the second-conducting-type semiconductor layer made from Ga is satisfied where d is a layer thickness of the second clad layer (nm) and N d1 is the average dopant concentration of the second clad layer (cm −3 ). | 27,221 |
8,549,756 | 1. A hair clipper comprising: a housing, a stationary blade secured to the housing, the stationary blade having a row of cutting teeth, a moving blade having a row of complementary cutting teeth arranged so that hair that enters spaces between adjacent stationary cutting teeth is cut by reciprocating movement of the complementary teeth, and a vibrator motor secured to the housing, the vibrator motor comprising: | 28,592 |
9,378,125 | 1. A semiconductor chip for adaptively processing a plurality of commands to request memory access, comprising: a storage unit storing a current memory access request and a plurality of memory access requests received before the current memory access request in received order; a control unit processing the current memory access request and the plurality of memory access requests received before the current memory access request, which have been stored in the storage unit, in received order, except that memory access requests attempting to access a same bank and a same row are successively processed; and a re-ordering unit placing a Quality of Service (QoS) request in a foremost part of the storage unit in order to process the QoS request earlier than the plurality of memory access requests, and to determine whether a priority of the QoS request is present, executing commands according to the priority of the QoS request if the priority of the QoS request is present, and executing commands according to an order of the QoS request as received if the priority of the QoS request is not present, and wherein the QoS request guarantees a predetermined data transmission bandwidth for a network and a destination, wherein the priority of the QoS is determined based on a predetermined priority policy, and wherein the control unit further comprises an inquiry unit analyzing memory addresses that the current memory access request and the plurality of memory access requests received before the current memory access request in reverse order; and wherein if there is no request accessing to the same bank and the same row with the current memory access request, the re-ordering unit compares memory addresses between an n-th request and an (n−1)-th request which are a latest memory access request and a second latest memory access request, respectively, in the storage unit before the current memory access request, and places the current memory access request between the (n−1)-th request and the n-th request if the memory addresses of the n-th request and the (n−1)-th request addresses are assigned to different rows of a same bank and if the n-th request and the current memory access request are assigned to different banks. | 10,343 |
9,436,264 | 1. A method comprising: transitioning a processor to a reduced operation mode within a variable time allowed that varies based on a processor configuration; and reducing a voltage to the processor by a value dependent on the variable time allowed, wherein the voltage reduced by the value varies with a variation in the voltage and is sufficient to retain a memory state of the processor while the processor operates in the reduced operation mode. | 49,971 |
8,382,692 | 1. A spine and neck support device adapted to support the anatomical structures in the cervical and upper thoracic spine when the user's head is tilted downwardly at about 45° and the neck is in flexion, comprising: a cushion adapted to conform about the user's anatomical structures of the neck and rest against and up on the upper chest of the person, said cushion having a chin support area, said cushion having a thickness dimensioned to avoid contacting the user's chin when the user's head is in a neutral, non-tilting position, and dimensioned to contact the user's chin at said chin support area when the user's neck is in flexion with the head at a downward tilt of about 45°, wherein when the user's neck is flexed and the user's chin contacts said chin support area, said cushion unloads and supports said user's neck and prevents said user's neck from direct contact with the user's upper chest, said cushion having a superiormost surface substantially sloped convexly downwardly at an angle of substantially 45 degrees from a posterior to anterior direction, wherein said superiormost surface is adapted to maximize and allow downward field of vision for the user when the user places said chin in said chin support area. | 5,479 |
8,661,816 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a cylinder defining a bore; a piston disposed within said bore constructed and arranged to reciprocate in said bore; a cylinder head disposed over said bore, wherein said bore, said piston and said cylinder head define a combustion chamber; an intake valve constructed and arranged to introduce a combustible fuel into said combustion chamber; an exhaust manifold in fluid communication with said combustion chamber constructed and arranged to exhaust combustion gases from said combustion chamber; an exhaust valve constructed and arranged to selectively block fluid transfer between said combustion chamber and said exhaust manifold; a reservoir constructed and arranged to contain water; a heat exchanger in thermal communication with said exhaust manifold and in fluid communication with said reservoir and constructed and arranged to contain water, wherein said heat exchanger is constructed and arranged to transfer thermal energy between combustion gases in said exhaust manifold and water in said heat exchanger and wherein said heat exchanger defines separate flow paths for combustion gases and water such that combustion gases and water occupy different portions of said heat exchanger at all times; a pump disposed between said heat exchanger and said reservoir constructed and arranged to transfer water from said reservoir to said heat exchanger; an electronically controlled steam inlet valve in fluid communication with said combustion chamber and with said heat exchanger, wherein said steam inlet valve is disposed between said heat exchanger and said combustion chamber, wherein said steam inlet valve is constructed and arranged to inject water directly into said combustion chamber and wherein said steam inlet valve is constructed and arranged to selectively block water in said heat exchanger from entering said combustion chamber; and an engine control module programmed to control operation of said intake valve, said exhaust valve and said steam inlet valve to operate the internal combustion engine with a fuel combustion power stroke and a separate steam power stroke, wherein the maximum volume available to expand steam in said combustion chamber divided by the minimum volume available to expand steam in said combustion chamber is equal to the compression ratio defined by said bore, said cylinder head and the stroke of said piston in said cylinder. | 30,897 |
8,451,486 | 1. An image forming apparatus having a duplex automatic document feeding (DADF) function, comprising: a DADF unit to feed a document along a simplex path or a duplex path; an image scanning unit to scan the document and output scan data; a storage unit to temporarily store the output scan data; and a controller to control the DADF unit to sort the document by returning the document along the duplex path at least twice, so as to cause a first side of the document to face the image scanning unit again and re-scan the first side of the document, if a full memory error occurs while the first side of the document is scanned along the simplex path. | 25,852 |
8,466,693 | 1. A fill level measuring device for capacitive fill level measurement and/or for travel time fill level measurement of a fill substance in a container, the fill level measuring device comprises: a securement apparatus lying electrically at a reference potential and serving for securing the measuring device on a container opening equipped with a counterpart of said securement apparatus; a washer of an electrically conductive material clamped in measurement operation between said securement apparatus and said counterpart; an inner conductor, which is completely surrounded by an insulating layer, and which, in measurement operation, passes through said washer into the container; an insulating body adjoining said insulating layer and coaxially surrounding said inner conductor; a shield conductor, which coaxially surrounds said inner conductor and is connected mechanically and in an electrically conducting manner with said washer; and at least one electrical contact element affixed on a spring element in said washer outside of a region of such covered by said insulating body, wherein: said insulating body has a washer-shaped section clamped between said securement apparatus and said washer; and said shield conductor is connected via said contact element and said washer to said securement apparatus in an electrically conducting manner. | 34,517 |
8,757,107 | 1. A portable hydrogen supplemental system for supplying hydrogen gas to an internal combustion engine comprising: a housing unit; an electrolyzer mounted inside the housing unit that separates nonelectrolyte water into hydrogen and oxygen gas in response to electrical power; a nonelectrolyte water tank mounted inside the housing unit and positioned to supply nonelectrolyte water to the electrolyzer; a power supply for supplying the electrical power in the form of a voltage to the electrolyzer; and an engine sensor for detecting operation of the internal combustion engine wherein the electrolyzer, when supplied with electrical power, produces hydrogen and oxygen gases from the nonelectrolyte water being supplied from the nonelectrolyte water tank, and supplies, via the nonelectrolyte water tank, the hydrogen gas being produced to the internal combustion engine for combustion therein, wherein the electrolyzer is disposed external of the nonelectrolyte water tank, wherein the nonelectrolyte water tank includes a tank divider which separates the nonelectrolyte water tank into first and second tank sections that are both filled with the nonelectrolyte water when the nonelectrolyte water is input into the nonelectrolyte water tank, wherein the nonelectrolyte water tank includes at least first and second gas collection cavities at a top portion thereof for collecting hydrogen gas and oxygen gas respectively, the first and second gas collection cavities each being formed by a top surface of the nonelectrolyte water tank, the tank divider and the surface of the nonelectrolyte water in the nonelectrolyte water tank, wherein the first gas collection cavity includes a fitting at the top thereof for outputting the hydrogen gas out of the nonelectrolyte water tank to the internal combustion engine for combustion therein, wherein the second gas collection cavity includes a fitting at the top thereof for outputting the oxygen gas out of the nonelectrolyte water tank, wherein the power supply supplies electrical power to the electrolyzer when the engine sensor detects that the internal combustion engine is in operation, wherein the hydrogen gas supplied from the electrolyzer to the nonelectrolyte water tank is input to the first tank section, travels through the nonelectrolyte water in the first tank section, and collects in the first gas collection cavity, wherein the oxygen gas supplied from the electrolyzer to the nonelectrolyte water tank is input to the second tank section, travels through the nonelectrolyte water in the second tank section, and collects in the second gas collection cavity, wherein said electrolyzer comprises: a plurality of layers, said layers being non-liquid and each layer being in adjacent contact with another one of said layers, wherein the plurality of layers includes at least two external layers and an internal layer which is disposed in adjacent contact between the external layers, wherein a first external layer is connected to a positive terminal of the power supply and as such applies the positive side of the voltage to a first side of the internal layer, and a second external layer is connected to a negative terminal of the power supply and as such applies the negative side of the voltage to a second side of the internal layer, said first and second sides being on opposite sides of the internal layer, and wherein when the voltage is applied across the first external layer, the internal layer and the second external layer, the electrolyzer separates the nonelectrolyte water into oxygen gas which is output on the first side of the internal layer and hydrogen gas which is output on the second side of the internal layer. | 25,789 |
9,083,754 | 1. A method of performing a transaction between a first device and a second device, the first device having an established trusted communication relation with a first trusted device and the second device having an established trusted communication relation with a second trusted device, the first trusted device and the second trusted device each having an established trusted communication relation with a fourth trusted device, wherein the fourth trusted device having no direct communication relation established with the first device or the second device, the first device and the second device being aware of a policy for the transaction specifying a role definition for the first and the second devices, comprising the steps of the first device sending, to the first trusted device, first input data, and the second device sending, to the second trusted device, second input data, the first trusted device confirming the originality of the first device, validating that the first device is acting in the role defined by the policy, and sending the first input data to the fourth trusted device, and the second trusted device confirming the originality of the second device, validating that the second device is acting in the rote defined by the policy and sending the second input data to the fourth trusted device, the fourth trusted device, upon receipt of the first input data and the second input data, sending to the first trusted device a first receipt message comprising the first input data and the second input data, and sending to the second trusted device a second receipt message comprising the first input data and the second input data, the first trusted device sending, to the first device, the first receipt message and the second trusted device sending, to the second device, the second receipt message; wherein the first input data comprises information pertaining to securely communicating with the first device, and the second input data comprises information pertaining to securely communicating with the second device; wherein the first input data comprises a signature key of the first device, and the second input data comprises a signature key of the second device, wherein the second device executing the signature key of the second device on a message to form a second device signed message, the second trusted device receiving the second device signed message from the second device, the second trusted device validating and adding a time stamp to the second device signed message, the second trusted device executing the signature key of the second trusted device on the second device signed message to form a second trusted and second device signed message, the first device receiving the second trusted and second device signed message. | 4,570 |
9,318,756 | 1. A fuel cell module comprising: a fuel cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of fuel cells for generating electricity by electrochemical reactions of a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas; a reformer for reforming a mixed gas of a raw fuel chiefly containing hydrocarbon and water vapor to produce the fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell stack; an evaporator for evaporating water, and supplying water vapor to the reformer; a heat exchanger for raising the temperature of the oxygen-containing gas by heat exchange with a combustion gas, and supplying the oxygen-containing gas to the fuel cell stack; an exhaust gas combustor for combusting the fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell stack as a fuel exhaust gas and the oxygen-containing gas discharged from the fuel cell stack as an oxygen-containing exhaust gas to produce the combustion gas; and a start-up combustor for combusting the raw fuel and the oxygen-containing gas to produce the combustion gas, wherein the exhaust gas combustor is provided integrally in the heat exchanger; the start-up combustor is provided adjacent to one end of the heat exchanger, and the start-up combustor has a coolant channel configured to allow the oxygen-containing gas to flow therethrough to cool the start-up combustor before the oxygen-containing gas is supplied to the heat exchanger, the reformer is provided adjacent to another end of the heat exchanger, a wall is provided between the reformer and the heat exchanger; and an opening is formed in the wall for supplying the combustion gas from the heat exchanger to the reformer. | 21,689 |
8,795,428 | 1. An inorganic polymer composition, comprising the reaction product of: reactive powder comprising 85% or greater fly ash, and an activator, wherein the activator includes a citrate or citric acid, and wherein the activator further includes sodium hydroxide; in the presence of water and an aerating agent selected from the group consisting of blowing agents, foaming agents, and mixtures thereof, wherein the reactive powder includes 5% by weight or less of Portland cement, wherein the activator is present in an amount of from 1.5% to 8.5% dry weight, based on the weight of the reactive powder, and wherein the aerating agent is present in an amount of from 1% to 8%, by weight of the reactive powder. | 26,720 |
9,393,230 | 1. Method for producing a pharmaceutical composition for peroral administration, wherein the solubilizer is dissolved in an organic solvent, at least one phyto-nutrient is dissolved in the same organic solvent, the resulting solutions are mixed and the solvent is distilled off in vacuum, wherein the use is made of at least one phyto-nutrient selected from the following series: epigallocatechol-3-gallate, diindolylmethane, genistein, resveratrol and curcumin; as the solubilizer, use is made of a polyvinylcaprolactam/polyvinylacetate/polyethyleneglycol graft copolymer with an average molecular mass of 90000-140000 g/mol, at a mass ratio of at least one phyto-nutrient and of the solubilizer of 1:1 to 1:5; after the solutions are mixed, the resulting mixture is heated to 45-50° C. with constant stirring and, after distillation, the product is dried in vacuum. | 34,115 |
9,498,043 | 1. A cosmetic applicator comprising an application part for applying a cosmetic material, wherein the application part is formed by an elastic base constituted by a sponge or polyurethane foam, and a sheet made of a polyurethane film with a thickness of 15 μm or less is attached onto a surface of the elastic base, wherein the sheet constitutes the application part's surface, wherein the application part's surface has an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra of 10 μm or less such that the application part's surface picks up the cosmetic material thereon and releases the cosmetic material therefrom to a desired area of skin without the cosmetic material entering an interior of the cosmetic applicator through the sheet. | 44,873 |
9,394,363 | 1. An isolated monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprising an antigen binding domain, said antibody or antigen-binding fragment capable of binding an epitope of a human RAGE molecule, said antigen binding domain comprising: three heavy chain variable region CDRs having the sequences SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, and SEQ ID NO: 4, and three light chain variable region CDRs having the sequences SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, and SEQ ID NO: 8. | 49,838 |
9,689,626 | 1. An evaporative heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of generally planar, heat conducting plates stacked in a Z-direction in spaced, generally parallel relationship; spacing elements of plastics material extending in an X-direction, separating the plates from one another and defining separated first and second flow channels between pairs of adjacent plates for flow in a first direction and a second direction respectively; wherein the plates extend in a Y-direction through both the first flow channel and the second flow channel and are divided into fins, the fins having a chord length and being separated from each other in the X-direction and being offset from the plate in the Z-direction to at least four offset positions, the fins being arranged in repeating groups, whereby the fins of each repeating group are staggered with respect to one another in the X-direction and offset from one another in the Z-direction such that a pitch of corresponding fins in adjacent groups in the X-direction corresponds to at least three times the chord length, the heat exchanger further comprising a water retaining surface on the fins in at least the second flow channel; and a source of water for wetting the fins in the secondary channel. | 39,713 |
8,381,529 | 1. A system, comprising: a water injection system configured to supply water from a pressure regulating valve to a water manifold of a turbine engine via a water conduit; at least one water injection pump configured to transfer water to the water manifold; a drain valve disposed on a drain line upstream of the at least one water injection pump; and a controller configured to control the drain valve to drain at least a portion of the water from the pressure regulating valve during a start-up period of the water injection system at least until a stable water pressure is achieved downstream of the pressure regulating valve. | 2,541 |
9,717,952 | 1. A resistance apparatus, comprising: a rotatable drive element; an alternator system having an AC input and DC output; a DC motor operatively connected to receive the DC output, the DC motor having a rotatable drive section operatively connected to drive the rotatable drive element; a controllable resistance delivery section having a rotatable portion connectable to the rotatable drive element and an extractable resistance delivery section coupled to the rotatable portion of the flexible resistance delivery section; a range extender in communication with the DC motor, the range extender configured to remove electrical feedback from a reverse bias of the DC motor. | 24,669 |
9,829,247 | 1. A method for separating a feed stream in a distillation tower comprising: providing a distillation tower comprising a controlled freeze zone section, wherein the controlled freeze zone section comprises a melt tray assembly and a spray assembly, wherein the controlled freeze zone section is configured to separate the feed stream into a solid and a vapor stream and wherein the spray assembly introduces a liquid spray into the controlled freeze zone section; emitting radiation from a first radiation source while the controlled freeze zone section is operating but not generating solids, wherein the first radiation source is coupled to an external surface of the controlled freeze zone wall; detecting radiation emitted by the first radiation source as a first radiation level with a first radiation detector, wherein the first radiation detector is coupled to an external surface of a controlled freeze zone wall, and wherein the first radiation level is measured while there is vapor within the controlled freeze zone section; operating the controlled freeze zone to form solids in the controlled freeze zone section of the distillation tower; detecting radiation emitted by the first radiation source as a second radiation level after detecting the first radiation level, wherein the second radiation level is measured while solids are being formed in the controlled freeze zone section of the distillation tower and while there is liquid and vapor in the controlled freeze zone section of the distillation tower; and determining whether solids have adhered to at least one of on and around a first mechanical component included in the controlled freeze zone section based on the first radiation level and the second radiation level. | 7,878 |
8,520,149 | 1. An apparatus for improving the operation of a digital image projector, the apparatus comprising: a variable luminance control mechanism configured to modify light generated in the digital image projector; and an adaptive luminance control module configured to receive video signals, the adaptive luminance control module producing a control signal, wherein the variable luminance control mechanism includes a dynamic iris configured to be altered in size in response to the control signal to change the luminance of the generated light and the variable luminance control mechanism provides a corrected video signal for the projector, and | 31,814 |
8,941,144 | 1. A light-emitting device comprising: a carrier; a light-emitting stack; a transparent conductive layer having a flat portion, and a first bulged portion arranged on the carrier and penetrating into the light-emitting stack; and a pad substantially not overlapping the flat portion. | 41,678 |
8,429,545 | 1. A method, comprising: evaluating a plurality of search results; generating an indicia of risk that reflects an analysis in association with at least one of the plurality of search results, wherein the indicia of risk is presented as an icon for each link of the plurality of search results within a graphical user interface of a computer, and wherein each link of the plurality of search results that is associated with a low reputation site is colored differently from other links that are not associated with a low reputation site; filtering a particular one of the search results from being provided to the graphical user interface based on a first security threat to the computer; removing content from at least one link associated with at least one of the search results, wherein the content is associated with a second security threat to the computer; and providing at least one alternative link that is not associated with a low reputation site as an alternative recommendation to a link of the plurality of search results that is associated with a low reputation site, wherein the alternative link provides content, products, or services that are related to content, products, or services provided by the low reputation site. | 35,964 |
9,371,912 | 1. Sliding parts for allowing opposing sealing faces of an annular stationary ring fixed on a fixed side and an annular rotating ring that rotates along with a rotating shaft to rotate relative to one another, thereby sealing a sealed fluid present on one side in the radial direction of said relatively rotational sealing faces; the sliding parts comprising: a plurality of dynamic pressure-generating grooves for generating dynamic pressure via the relative rotational sliding of the stationary ring and the rotating ring being formed in the circumferential direction on the sealing face of one of the stationary ring and the rotating ring so as to communicate with the sealed fluid-containing space; and pumping areas for generating pumping action via the relative rotational sliding of the stationary ring and the rotating ring being formed within the dynamic pressure-generating grooves, wherein a plurality of groups of the dynamic pressure-generating grooves are constituted by radial grooves and have bottom surfaces having tapered shapes tapering in opposite directions with respect to the circumferential direction so as to decrease in depth as they approach a boundary therebetween, wherein dam parts separating the dynamic pressure-generating grooves are provided at the boundary therebetween, and wherein two adjacent dynamic pressure-generating grooves separated by a dam part are taken as a single group. | 33,151 |
8,993,128 | 1. A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2 below: wherein: R R wherein Z p is an integer from 1 to 5 in Formula 3a, an integer from 1 to 7 in Formula 3b and 3d, and an integer from 1 to 4 in Formula 3c; and *is a binding site. | 344 |
9,505,318 | 1. A system for managing a plurality of electric vehicles, the system comprising: a plug-in module that connects to an on-board computer system of at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles, the plug-in module configured to collect and store data collected from the at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles in real-time while the at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles is in operation; a first software application that manages, monitors, and controls electric vehicle driver registrations, rental checkouts, rental returns, billing, costs, carbon emissions, and additional parameters associated with the plurality of electric vehicles; a second software application that executes on a smart device, the second software application comprising a user interface for displaying electric vehicle driver registrations, rental checkouts, rental returns, billing, costs, carbon emissions, and additional parameters associated with the plurality of electric vehicles; a communications network to communicate among the plug-in module, the first software application, the smart device executing the second software application and a utility providing electric vehicle charging energy, the communications network having a first communications link between the plug-in module and the first software application, a second communications link between the first software application and the smart device executing the second software application, a third communications link between the smart device executing the second software application and the plug-in module, and a fourth communications link between the first software application and the utility providing electric vehicle charging energy; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium residing in the plug-in module that stores computer executable instructions supporting the system, the computer-executable instructions comprising computer code that extracts information items from the one or more of the plurality of electric vehicles in real-time, wirelessly transmits the information items to the first software application, and wirelessly transmits the information items to the smart device executing the second software application. | 36,244 |
9,298,908 | 1. A method of operating an authentication module having a power connection, a ground connection, an I2C clock connection, and an I2C data connection, the method comprising: generating an operating voltage source from the power connection; powering an authentication circuit from the operating voltage source; setting a module communication address based on the magnitude of a DC voltage on the power connection; receiving via the I2C clock connection and the I2C data connection a first command addressed to the module communication address; and responding to the first command, wherein the operating voltage is lower than the DC voltage on the power connection. | 26,061 |
8,691,727 | 1. A synergistic pesticidal combination comprising at least three active ingredient components optionally together with one or more customary formulation auxiliaries, wherein component (I) is thiabendazole, component (II) is mefenoxam, component (III) is fludioxonil; and wherein the pesticidal combination displays synergy when applied to corn seeds at a rate of 15 mg or less of thiabendazole per 100 kg corn seed. | 28,296 |
9,329,890 | 1. A method for cache management in a multi-processor computing environment, the computing environment including a cache configured to hold a plurality of cache lines, each cache line configurable with a coherency mode, the method comprising: accessing a first cache line in a full-line coherency mode, wherein cache control logic associated with the cache is configured to operate or manage the first cache line in the full-line coherency mode with a full-line granularity, the accessing the first cache line resulting in a coherence request, wherein based on the accessing, incrementing a counter in an entry in a coherence miss detection table, the entry associating the counter with the first cache line; determining that the first cache line is a high-coherence-miss cache line, wherein the determining that the first cache line is the high-coherence-miss cache line comprises determining that the incremented counter satisfies a high-coherence-miss criterion; and based on the determining, placing the first cache line in a sub-line coherency mode, wherein the cache control logic is configured to operate or manage a plurality of sub-cache line portions of the first cache line in the sub-line coherency mode. | 37,092 |
9,411,642 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: changing a clock rate for a computing system's central processing unit (CPU) from a first frequency to a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is less than the first frequency; detecting an event that triggers the computing system's operating system to increase the clock rate from the second frequency; generating a first thread and then adding the first thread to a list of threads, wherein the first thread is designated as the highest priority thread in the list of threads, wherein the first thread is a thread dedicated to increasing the clock rate for the CPU; prior to detecting the event, maintaining the first thread in a frozen state in the list, wherein the first thread in the frozen state is bypassed by the scheduler; in response to detecting the event, changing the first thread from the frozen state to a different state that allows the first thread to be scheduled for execution; and in response to detecting the event, causing the operating system's scheduler to select the first thread for execution before any other thread in the list of threads. | 13,766 |
8,489,685 | 1. A system comprising: a branch office; a Wide Area Network (WAN); a head office to serve an enterprise application comprising a collaborative document to be shared with the branch office in accordance with a request therefor, the head office and the branch office being configured to communicate through the WAN, the enterprise application further comprising a computed document generated at runtime and a static document prepared a priori; and a network of Point of Presence (POP) locations between the head office and the branch office to communicate at least one of the collaborative document, the computed document and the static document on behalf of the head office from a closest POP location to the head office to a closest POP location to the branch office and then onward to the branch office, each POP location including a switching engine and an edge engine implemented therein to provide WAN optimization and application acceleration during the communication of the at least one of the collaborative document, the computed document and the static document on behalf of the head office, the switching engine and the edge engine enabling multi-tenancy in the each POP location, resource allocation for each of the switching engine and the edge engine being on a per-customer branch basis, the each of the switching engine and the edge engine being scalable with load balancers, the WAN optimization and the application acceleration capabilities of the each POP location enabling distribution of tasks associated therewith across the WAN network, at least one of the head office and the branch office being configured to generate secure transport data to be transmitted over at least one secure tunnel of at least one of the collaborative document, the computed document, and the static document between at least one intervening firewall such that traffic is routed securely through the network of POP locations toward a destination, the network of POP locations being implemented with a multi-segment architecture to enable segments of the WAN network to have different queuing and routing policies therebetween based on at least one of cost and congestion, and each segment of the WAN network being capable of implementing a link utilization algorithm using a standard transport protocol therein, wherein the secure tunnel comprises a private transport of a packet with an unaltered Internet Protocol (IP) address through at least one of a Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec), a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN). | 18,822 |
9,780,153 | 1. An organic light emitting diode array substrate, comprising: a base substrate; a first electrode; a second electrode; and a pixel definition layer comprising: wherein each of the plurality of interconnected conductive units is sandwiched by one of the plurality of first insulating units and one of the plurality of second insulating units; a projection of at least one of the plurality of interconnected conductive units on the base substrate is covered by those of one of the plurality of first insulating units and one of the plurality of second insulating units; the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. | 47,559 |
9,426,748 | 1. A power management integrated circuit (PMIC), comprising: a first power regulator; and a control logic circuit configured to control the first power regulator to source a corresponding power rail while a battery voltage is less than a dynamic sleep threshold voltage when a device powered by the corresponding power rail is in the sleep mode and to power collapse the corresponding power rail while the battery voltage is greater than the dynamic sleep threshold voltage when the device is in the sleep mode. | 5,566 |
9,638,110 | 1. A natural gas engine in which natural gas fuel is injected into an intake system passage, diesel fuel serving as an ignition source is injected into a cylinder, and when igniting the natural gas fuel, the natural gas fuel is combusted by compression ignition of the diesel fuel that has been injected into the cylinder without a spark ignition system, comprising: an exhaust gas introduction mechanism that introduces exhaust gas into the cylinder during an intake stroke by allowing the exhaust gas to flow back into the cylinder by opening an exhaust valve; and an electronic controller configured to— wherein in a low load region in which the accelerator opening degree is smaller than a preset second opening degree, the electronic controller actuates the exhaust gas introduction mechanism to introduce the exhaust gas into the cylinder during the intake stroke, and narrows an exhaust shutter provided in an exhaust system passage. | 23,613 |
8,703,858 | 1. An agricultural fluororesin film comprising: a fluororesin; and synthetic mica particles having an average particle size of from 3 μm to 15 μm and dispersed in the fluororesin, wherein the content of the synthetic mica particles is from 0.5 to 5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the fluororesin, and wherein a treating agent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group-containing silane coupling agent and a silicone compound is present on surfaces of the synthetic mica particles. | 1,504 |
8,423,173 | 1. A load port apparatus, comprising: a cassette table, disposed horizontally on a load port frame, and configured to receive a carrier cassette; a lid member detaching mechanism configured to detach a lid member from the carrier cassette, said lid member detaching mechanism comprising: a lid member suction plate including an unlocking mechanism configured to unlock the lid member from the carrier cassette placed on said cassette table and a suction cup configured to attach to the lid member; and a first elevator mechanism configured to vertically move the lid member suction plate; a mapping mechanism configured to map substrates in the carrier cassette, the mapping mechanism comprising: an arm having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion; an optical mapping sensor, attached to said horizontal portion of said arm and projecting toward the carrier cassette, said optical mapping sensor configured to detect the substrates in the carrier cassette; a pivot mechanism configured to pivotally move said arm around a horizontal pivotal axis provided in parallel to said horizontal portion of said arm whereby the optical mapping sensor is moved to a mapping position in the carrier cassette; and a second elevator mechanism configured to vertically move the arm and the pivot mechanism; and an interference avoiding sensor configured to detect that a vertical distance between said lid member suction plate and said arm exceeds a preset value and to enable the pivotal motion of said arm; wherein said arm is pivotally moved to move the optical mapping sensor to the mapping position to start the mapping of the substrates in the carrier cassette in response to the detection by the interference avoiding sensor. | 24,037 |
8,978,771 | 1. A subsea machine for separating a mixture received from a seabed well, the subsea machine comprising: a chamber configured to receive and separate by gravity the mixture received from the seabed well, the chamber comprising: a compressor section fluidly connected to the top section, the compressor section being configured to receive, compress and propel the gas towards an onshore facilities; and a sound vibration module configured to selectively use sound, vibration or some combination of sound and vibration to reduce the time required for separation of the received mixture to occur. | 49,773 |
8,575,902 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a first control circuit to drive a first pull-down power transistor of a plurality of pull-down transistors in a phase; a second control circuit to selectively drive a second pull-down power transistor of the plurality of pull-down transistors in the phase, the second power transistor in the phase with the first power transistor such that a drain of the second power transistor is coupled to a drain of the first power transistor and a source of the second power transistor is coupled to a source of the first power transistor, the first and second power transistors to drive circuitry to generate an output voltage supply, the output voltage supply to provide a supply voltage to a load; a control input for receiving a signal indicating a level of current required by the load, wherein when the signal indicates that a level of current required by the load is lower than a first threshold, the first control circuit drives the first power transistor and the second control circuit does not drive the second power transistor, and wherein when the signal indicates that a level of current required by the load is higher than the first threshold, the first control circuit drives the first power transistor and the second control circuit drives the second power transistor; one or more third control circuits to drive one or more pull-up transistors in the phase with the plurality of pull-down transistors, the one or more pull-up transistors having a source coupled to the drains of the plurality of pull-down transistors; and a fourth control circuit to selectively drive a second plurality of power transistors in a second phase, the second plurality of power transistors to drive circuitry to generate the output voltage supply, wherein when the signal indicates that a level of current required by the load is lower than a second threshold, the fourth control circuit does not drive the second plurality of power transistors, and wherein when the signal indicates that a level of current required by the load is higher than the second threshold, the fourth control circuit drives the second plurality of power transistors. | 49,214 |
9,090,806 | 1. A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine comprising a refrigerating machine oil and an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerant, wherein the refrigerating machine oil comprises: a base oil containing an ether-based compound, an amine salt of an acidic phosphoric acid ester in an amount of 100 ppm by mass or greater based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of amine-based antioxidants, metal inactivating agents and alicyclic epoxy compounds. | 25,331 |
9,581,054 | 1. A hydraulic camshaft adjuster comprising: a stator; a rotor rotatably situated in relation to the stator; and at least one separate cover, the stator being connected to the cover, the cover sealing a cavity situated between the rotor and the stator, a material of the stator being formed without machining in the area of the cover and encompassing the cover at least partially; wherein a force-locking or form-fitting connection is provided between the stator and the cover, the cover having two sides and an edge between the two sides, the stator contacting the cover on the two sides to create the force-locking or form-fitting connection. | 15,621 |
8,660,807 | 1. A method of substation-control center two-level distributed nonlinear state estimation for power system, comprising steps of A) collecting a remote terminal unit (RTU) measurement data and a phasor measurement unit (PMU) measurement data at each voltage level in each substation by the control center, wherein the RTU measurement data comprises each three-phase voltage amplitude, each three-phase current amplitude, each three-phase active power and each three-phase reactive power in the substation and a state of each phase of each circuit breaker (CB) in the substation, and the PMU measurement data comprises each three-phase complex voltage, each three-phase complex current, each three-phase active power and each three-phase reactive power in the substation; B) performing a first three-phase state estimation according to the RTU measurement data and the PMU measurement data to obtain a first estimation result, and removing bad data from the RTU measurement data and the PMU measurement data according to the first estimation result to estimate a state of the CB by each substation; C) forming a new CB island at each voltage level according to the estimated state of the CB, and performing a second three-phase state estimation for the new CB island to obtain a final estimation result by each substation, in which the new CB island is a bus; D) processing the final estimation result to obtain ripe data by each substation; and E) collecting the ripe data, a part of the RTU measurement data and a part of the PMU measurement data and performing a whole grid state estimation according to the ripe data, a part of the RTU measurement data and a part of the PMU measurement data by the control center. | 43,325 |
9,650,898 | 1. An airfoil comprising: an airfoil body including a first section and a second section that differ by coefficient of thermal expansion, the second section being arranged in thermomechanical juxtaposition with the first section such that the first section and the second section cooperatively thermomechanically control a profile of the airfoil body responsive to varying thermal conditions, wherein the first section and the second section are different composition metallic materials, and the first section is a core and the second section is a shell circumscribing the core, and wherein the at least one of the first section and the second section includes a cross-pattern. | 3,419 |
9,336,135 | 1. A solid state drive comprising: a host interface; a processing unit; and a flash memory, the flash memory storing a plurality of data sets; the processing unit being in communication with the host interface, and the flash memory, the processing unit to receive a query through the host interface, and comprising: the DSP configured to be controlled by the microcontroller, and: to access the flash memory, to search data subsets of the data sets in response to the query; to process, using a processing algorithm, data received from the flash memory to form processed data and to generate a result from the search, the processing unit configured to execute a search analysis on the processed data, the processed data comprising unstructured data, the search analysis comprising an analysis selected from the group consisting of: comparing the processed data to a specified pattern, wherein the comparing comprises first testing the processed data with a first set of criteria, and second testing the processed data with a second set of criteria in response to the first testing only when the processed data meet the first set of criteria, counting words in the processed data, wherein the counting comprises counting the number of occurrences of a word in the processed data, performing in-line indexing of the processed data, and combinations thereof, wherein the search analysis comprises the comparing of the processed data to the specified pattern, wherein the comparing comprises the first testing of the processed data with the first set of criteria, and the second testing of the processed data with the second set of criteria in response to the first testing only when the processed data meet the first set of criteria, wherein the unstructured data comprises a header and a body, wherein the first testing comprises first testing the header with the first set of criteria, and the second testing comprises second testing the body with the second set of criteria in response to the first testing only when the header meets the first set of criteria. | 4,416 |
9,382,845 | 1. An inner structure for a nacelle for a turbine engine of an aircraft, concentric along a longitudinal axis passing through the center of said structure and comprising a plurality of active and passive mobile elements, each active mobile element is formed with one or several mobile portions and each active mobile element is configured so as to drive adjacent passive mobile elements so that the inner structure has a first rated position in which the active mobile elements are in aerodynamic continuity with the passive mobile elements, a second position in which the active mobile elements jut out from the passive mobile elements towards the outside of the inner structure relative to the center of the inner structure after the active mobile elements have driven the passive mobile elements and a third position in which the active mobile elements jut out from the passive mobile elements towards the inside of the inner structure relative to the center of the inner structure, after the active mobile elements have driven the passive mobile elements. | 46,667 |
9,580,860 | 1. A method for controlling the operation of a clothes dryer having a controller in which is stored a cycle of operation and its operating parameters, and which is operably coupled to multiple components of the clothes dryer to control the operation of the components to execute the cycle of operation, with the components comprising at least a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber and an infrared temperature sensor directed toward the treating chamber, the method comprising: rotating the drum with a load of laundry in the treating chamber; taking a plurality of temperature readings over time of the load of laundry with the infrared sensor while the drum is rotating; processing the plurality of temperature readings to form an upper envelope of the temperature readings and a lower envelope of the temperature readings; determining a temperature variation by repeatedly determining a difference between the upper envelope and the lower envelope; determining a characteristic of the load of laundry based on the temperature variation; and controlling the operation of the clothes dryer based on the determined characteristic. | 13,217 |
8,947,305 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a housing; an antenna window in the housing; metal structures that serve as an antenna resonating element and a capacitive proximity sensor electrode, wherein the metal structures are configured to transmit radio-frequency signals through the antenna window; a capacitance-to-digital converter coupled to the metal structures; and a plurality of radio-frequency choke inductors coupled between the metal structures and the capacitance-to-digital converter, wherein the capacitance-to-digital converter has first and second inputs, a first radio-frequency choke inductor of the plurality of radio-frequency choke inductors is coupled between the metal structures and the first input, and a second radio-frequency choke inductor of the plurality of radio-frequency choke inductors is coupled between the metal structures and the second input. | 12,827 |
9,450,400 | 1. A protection and control system, comprising: a first merging unit which obtains an electric variable from a transformer installed in an electric power system, and digitally converts the obtained electric variable to output the converted electric variable as first electric variable information to a first network; a plurality of first protection and control devices, each of which obtains the first electric variable information from the first merging unit through the first network, judges whether or not a system fault occurs in a zone to be protected of the electric power system based on a predetermined relay characteristic, and outputs main trip information to the first network when that the system fault occurs is judged; and a second protection and control device which obtains the first electric variable information from the first merging unit through the first network, judges whether or not the system fault occurs in the zone to be protected of the electric power system based on a plurality of the relay characteristics which are predetermined as respective fault detection relays of the first protection and control devices, and outputs Fault Detector trip information to the first network when that the system fault occurs is judged, wherein the first merging unit judges opening or closing of a circuit breaker or a switch which is installed in the electric power system based on the main trip information and the FD trip information. | 29,229 |
9,399,947 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: at least two rotatable bodies; an outer body defining a respective internal cavity for each of the at least two rotatable bodies, each of the at least two rotatable bodies being sealingly and rotationally received within the respective internal cavity to define at least one combustion chamber of variable volume; the engine including, for each of the at least two rotatable bodies: a first chamber of a common rail in fluid communication with each main fuel injector; a second chamber of the common rail in fluid communication with each pilot fuel injector; a first metering or pressure regulating valve in fluid communication with the first chamber; and a second metering or pressure regulating valve providing selective fluid communication between the first and second chambers, the first and second metering or pressure regulating valves being settable at different pressure values from one another. | 47,634 |
9,431,089 | 1. A memory device comprising: a clock receiver circuit to receive an external clock signal and provide an internal clock signal; a delay-locked loop circuit (DLL) having an input; and a circuit having an input, wherein a command driven pulse selection signal and the internal clock signal drive the input of the circuit, such that an output signal from the circuit is applied to the input of the DLL during a predetermined interval, wherein the output signal comprises no more than two clock pulses selected from at least three consecutive pulses of the internal clock signal. | 12,042 |
8,827,555 | 1. A method of calibrating a radiotherapy system, the radiotherapy system comprising a source of radiation producing a beam of radiation along a beam axis, and a radiation head comprising a collimating apparatus for collimating the beam of radiation, the method comprising: placing a beam measurement device in the path of the beam of radiation, and coupling the beam measurement device to the radiation head such that rotation of the radiation head causes corresponding rotation of the beam measurement device; determining a first location of a centre of the beam of radiation in said beam measurement device; rotating the radiation head by 180° around an axis coincident with a desired beam axis; determining a second location of the centre of the beam of radiation in said beam measurement device; calculating a displacement of said second location from said first location; and adjusting the lateral displacement of the beam measurement device such that said beam measurement device is aligned with the midpoint of said displacement. | 32,590 |
8,434,452 | 1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a cooling unit arranged on a path where a coolant is circulated, and cooling an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine with the coolant flowing through the cooling unit; an estimation portion estimating a heat quantity of the exhaust gas; and a control portion deciding whether or not to prohibit an idle reduction control in response to the estimated heat quantity of the exhaust gas, wherein the control portion sets a target revolution number of the internal combustion engine at the time of an idling, in response to a period while the estimated heat quantity of the exhaust gas is higher than a decision value. | 39,323 |
9,127,470 | 1. A unit module compartment structure, comprising: a first unit module compartment, including a first partition board having connection means at one end, and a second partition board having connection means at two ends thereof, respectively, the connection means of the first partition board and the connection means at one end of the second partition board being connected with each other so as to form a first angle less than 90° between the first partition board and the second partition board; a second unit module compartment, including a third partition board having connection means at one end, and a fourth partition board having connection means at two ends thereof, respectively, wherein the connection means at one end of the third partition board and the connection means at one end of the fourth partition board and the connection means at another end of the second partition board are connected with each other so as to form a second angle less than 90°, identical with the first angle, between the third partition board and the fourth partition board such that the first partition board and the third partition board maintain parallel with each other; and a piping box located in the first unit module compartment and arranged on and outside the second partition board, the piping box including a cover and a position post, wherein the position post has a first side in contact with the connection means of the second unit module compartment, a second side facing the third partition board, a third side in contact with one end of the cover, and a fourth side in parallel with the second partition board, the second side and the fourth side of the position post form a third angle identical with the first angle, and the first side, the second side, the third side and the fourth side of the position post forms a quadrangle, wherein the unit module compartment structure further comprises a first connecting post and a second connection post, each of the first and second connecting posts being a hexagon cylinder with a six-sided circumferential sidewall, and wherein the first and second partition boards are attached to two immediate adjacent sides of the six-sided circumferential sidewall of the first connecting post through respective connection means, the third and fourth partition boards are attached to two immediate adjacent sides of the six-sided circumferential sidewall of the second connecting post through respective connection means, and the second and third partition boards are attached to two sides, which are not immediately adjacent and spaced apart by one side, of the six-sided circumferential sidewall of the second connecting post through respective connection means. | 44,709 |
9,294,458 | 1. A method for managing Identity Provider (IdP) identifiers for Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) interactive flows, comprising: selecting, by a WebRTC client executing on a computing device, a preferred IdP identifier, based on one or more preferences, from a plurality of different IdP identifiers corresponding to a plurality of different IdPs, each different IdP configured to provide a different identity assertion to the WebRTC client upon request during an establishment of a WebRTC interactive flow; obtaining a preferred identity assertion from an IdP corresponding to the preferred IdP identifier by: providing, during the establishment of the WebRTC interactive flow, the preferred identity assertion. | 20,945 |
9,138,388 | 1. A lipstick comprising: a colorant paste comprising one or more dry pigments and coconut alkanes comprising a volatile oily composition having from 50 to 100% by weight of a mixture of linear paraffins that include 70 to 99% by weight of at least one linear paraffin selected from C a coconut gel comprising vegetable oil, Cocos Nucifera Oil, a styrene/butadiene copolymer and polyethylene; and polyethylene, caprylyl glycol, and a mixture of Acacia Decurrens/Jojoba/Sunflower Seed wax/Polyglyceryl 3-ester in concentrations effective for ensuring coconut alkanes are melted and homogeneous wherein the lipstick displays transfer resistance and shine. | 48,544 |
9,446,762 | 1. A shift control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a hybrid controller configured to determine whether engine clutch is released or not, based on battery state information and input data from a operation; and a shift controller configured to execute a gear shift by a brake shift pattern different according to determining whether the engine clutch is released or not, when a brake is detected during a driving of the hybrid vehicle, wherein the shift controller is configured to execute the gear shift by an engine brake shift pattern when release of the engine clutch is not determined. | 4,877 |
9,169,004 | 1. A motorizing system for powering a wheel associated with a suspension of an aircraft so that the aircraft can be moved around on ground, the motorizing system comprising: a motor unit; a drive member that is attachable to the wheel, the wheel having a tire; and a clutch device that enables movement of the motor unit relative to the drive member, wherein the motor unit is a sprung mass of a suspension strut of the aircraft, wherein the drive member is an unsprung mass of the suspension strut, wherein the clutch device moves the motor unit to and from an engaged position, in which an output gear of the motor unit is connected to the drive member, and a disengaged position, in which the output gear is separated from the drive member, and wherein a positive transmission occurs between the motor unit and the drive member. | 43,463 |
9,231,392 | 1. An electrical assembly comprising: a support having an open end with a passage for carrying electrical wires; at least one mounting member having a body with a hollow cavity, a first side, a second side, a first longitudinal end, and a second longitudinal end; a first coupling extending from said first longitudinal end and having an open end with external threads and an axial passage communicating with said cavity; a second coupling extending from said second end and having an axial passage communicating with said cavity, said axial passage having internal threads extending between an outer end of said second coupling and a base portion of said second coupling, said base portion having an annular recess and a seal member received in said annular recess, said internal threads of said second coupling complementing the external threads of said first coupling, said seal member configured for mating with said support or with the first coupling of a second mounting member and allowing rotational adjustment of said mounting member with respect to said support or second mounting member and forming a weatherproof seal between said mounting member and said support or second mounting member, said axial passage of said first coupling or said second coupling directing said electrical wires to said cavity of said mounting member; and an electrical fixture coupled to said mounting member and having electrical wires extending through a wire opening in said mounting member, and electrically connected to said electrical wires in said cavity. | 10,518 |
8,593,831 | 1. Method for controlling a series resonant DC/DC converter, comprising the steps of: defining a switching period TP from a start time Tstart to an end time Tend for the series resonant DC/DC converter; where the switching period TP comprises a first half period TA from the start time Tstart to a center time Tcenter and a second half period TB from the center time Tcenter to the end time Tend, and defining a subsequent switching period TP+1 after the switching period TP; controlling a first set (S controlling a second set (S controlling the first set (S controlling a first set (S controlling a second set (S controlling the first set (S where the time interval ΔTAE where the time intervals ΔTAE where the time interval Tsc | 45,508 |
9,048,444 | 1. A flexible display device comprising: a display panel including a plastic substrate where an organic light emitting diode and a thin film transistor are formed; a circuit portion applying a power signal and a data signal, which are supplied from an external portion, to the display panel; and a support member coupled to the plastic substrate, the display panel and the circuit portion bent around the support member. | 41,364 |
8,826,996 | 1. A method for applying shoes to the hoof of a horse comprising the steps of, establishing the apex of the sole surface curve that defines each lateral side of the hoof wall, applying a horseshoe to the hoof by aligning the longitudinal mid line of each arm of the horseshoe with the respective apex on each lateral side of the hoof wall and the sole surface, aligning the terminal ends of the arms of the horseshoe with the caudal part of the central sulcus of the hoof frog, and establishing the palmar length of the horseshoe as being twice the distance from the widest part of the hoof sole to the caudal part of the central sulcus of the hoof. | 35,373 |
8,882,753 | 1. A method of cosmetically improving a tissue surface by applying energy to a region of tissue from an energy source, comprising: engaging a tissue engaging surface of an energy delivery device against the tissue surface, wherein the energy delivery service includes a hand-piece; engaging a tissue stabilization plate of the energy delivery device against the tissue surface, wheren in the tissue stabilization plate is adjacent to a side of the tissue engaging surface and extends past a side of the hand-piece, wherein the tissue stabilization plate and the tissue engaging surface are configured to hold the region of tissue flat and in line with the tissue engaging surface, wherein the region of tissue is between the tissue engaging surface and the tissue stabilization plate; tensioning and holding flat the region of tissue using the tissue stabilization plate and the tissue engaging surface; advancing a plurality of energy transfer probes of the energy delivery device from a retracted position to a treatment position inside the region of tissue, wherein the energy transfer probes extend from the energy delivery device at an oblique angle relative to the tissue engaging surface, wherein the tissue stabilization plate includes a window configured to permit direct visualization of insertion of the plurality of energy delivery probes into the region of tissue the step of advancing; and applying energy to the region of tissue at an active area of at least one of the plurality of energy transfer probes so as to cosmetically improve the tissue surface, wherein the tissue stabilization plate is configured to provide a visual frame of reference boundary outlining a perimeter of energy application. | 16,988 |
9,349,469 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a sense circuit coupled to a bit line of a memory array; a pass transistor coupling the bit line to a sense node of the sense circuit and control circuitry coupled to the sense circuit, the control circuitry controlling a program operation for a memory cell including: | 11,438 |
8,471,563 | 1. An electromagnetic antenna including an antenna wire and an array of magnetic dipole antenna elements disposed within antenna housing wherein said dipole elements are configured to direct a magnetic field to one side of said antenna housing while essentially canceling said magnetic field on the opposite side of said antenna housing, said antenna further comprising: a first and a second set of grooved antenna elements wherein a first and a second set of hole antenna elements disposed axially in said antenna housing between said first and second sets of grooved antenna elements, wherein | 25,802 |
9,152,827 | 1. An apparatus for performing matrix-vector multiplication approximation, comprising a first crossbar array of memristive devices for positive elements of a matrix; a second crossbar array of memristive devices for negative elements of a matrix; wherein a subtraction amplifier having a positive input, a negative input, and an output; an output in common with said output of said subtraction amplifier, wherein when an input voltage vector is applied to said word lines, an output vector is produced at said output approximately according to where VO represents said output voltage vector; VI represents said input voltage vector, and A represents a matrix with element values in the range of [−1.0, 1.0] being a function of the conductance of said memristive devices. | 10,901 |
9,413,659 | 1. A method executed at a pool manager in a network, comprising: distributing translation state for a flow traversing the network across a plurality of network address and port translation (NAPT) service nodes in the network with packets belonging to the flow being translated according to the translation state, the translation state comprising a mapping between a local address and port before translation to a global address and port after translation; associating the flow with a first service chain at a flow classifier in the network; updating the association when the flow migrates from the first service chain to a second service chain with packets belonging to the migrated flow also being translated according to the translation state, wherein the first service chain comprises a first NAPT service node and the second service chain comprises a different second NAPT service node, the first NAPT service node and the second NAPT service node translating packets of the flow according to the translation state; receiving a query from the first NAPT service node about an owner of the flow after the flow migrates, wherein the first NAPT service node receives a packet of the migrated flow; and responding to the query with an identity of the second NAPT service node, wherein the first NAPT service node forwards the packet of the migrated flow directly to the second NAPT service node. | 8,539 |
9,154,767 | 1. A data broadcast display device for displaying a data broadcast image including a plurality of 3D objects each represented by a pair of a left-view object and a right-view object, comprising: a non-transitory memory storing a program; and a hardware processor that executes the program and causes the data broadcast display device to: receive object data for generating the left-view object and the right-view object; generate the left-view object and the right-view object for each of the plurality of 3D objects using the object data while providing notification upon completion of the generation of each left-view object and each right-view object; and determine, at predetermined time intervals, whether the notification has been received for both the left-view object and the right-view object for each of the plurality of 3D objects, to include both the left-view object and the right-view object in a data broadcast image for display when determining that the notification has been received, and to include neither the left-view object nor the right-view object in the data broadcast image for display when determining that the notification has not been received, wherein when determining that notification has been received for both the left-view object and the right-view object for each of a certain part of the plurality of 3D objects and notification has not been received for both the left-view object and the right-view object for each of another part of the plurality of 3D objects, the data broadcast display device includes both the left-view object and the right-view object for each of the certain part of the plurality of 3D objects in the data broadcast image for display, and includes neither the left-view object nor the right-view object for each of the other part of the plurality of 3D objects in the data broadcast image for display. | 12,344 |
9,426,708 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one memory including computer instructions; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory and computer instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to determine a signal characteristic of a received signal, determine a stable average of the signal characteristic of the received signal from a mobile access point to a user equipment, and limit handover of the user equipment when the signal characteristic remains within a window based on the stable average, wherein the window is defined with a lower boundary and an upper boundary based on the stable average. | 49,335 |
9,130,238 | 1. A hybrid factory layout for lithium-based thin-film battery manufacturing, the factory layout comprising: a process tool for depositing active layers, the process tool comprising: | 25,997 |
8,739,555 | 1. A rotary type ultralow temperature refrigerant supply apparatus, comprising: a rotatable refrigerant introduction pipe to supply a liquid-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant supplied from a refrigerant system to a super conductive rotor; a plurality of refrigerant withdrawal pipes disposed spaced apart from the rotatable refrigerant introduction pipe to withdraw a gas-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant obtained through the super conductive rotor and to guide the gas-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant to the refrigerant system; a vacuum housing fixedly disposed between an outside the superconductive rotor and the refrigerant system, and having a vacuum heat insulation space defined therein; a refrigerant withdrawal chamber disposed inside the vacuum housing to temporarily store the gas-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant withdrawn through the plurality of refrigerant withdrawal pipes; a fixed connection pipe having a first end fixedly connected to the refrigerant system and a second end connected to an end of the rotatable refrigerant introduction pipe, so as to connect the rotatable refrigerant introduction pipe with the refrigerant system; and a mechanical seal disposed inside the refrigerant withdrawal chamber, sealing the second end of the fixed connection pipe to the end of the rotatable refrigerant introduction pipe in a location inside the refrigerant withdrawal chamber, wherein the plurality of refrigerant withdrawal pipes are disposed around the refrigerant introduction pipe in the form of a circle at predetermined intervals, so that the plurality of refrigerant withdrawal pipes revolve around the rotatable refrigerant introduction pipe. | 49,378 |
8,679,753 | 1. A method for modulating a cellular activity, comprising: providing a fusion molecule to a cell, wherein the fusion molecule is assembled by a method comprising: generating a circular permutation of an insertion nucleic acid sequence, wherein the insertion nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide that recognizes an input signal; and inserting the insertion sequence into an acceptor nucleic acid sequence, wherein the acceptor sequence encodes a polypeptide that produces an output signal provided the output signal is not fluorescence, wherein the fused insertion and acceptor sequences encode a modulatable fusion polypeptide having the output signal functionally coupled to the input signal, wherein a change in state of at least the insertion sequence or the acceptor sequence modulates a cellular activity, and wherein the change in state which modulates the cellular activity is coupled to a change in state of the respective other portion of the fusion molecule; and changing the state of the respective other portion of the fusion molecule, thereby modulating the cellular activity. | 45,372 |
9,797,627 | 1. A water supply pipe network system, comprising: a water supply main pipe; a shallow geothermal energy exchange system; and an energy station configured to receive reclaimed water through the water supply main pipe and configured to receive source side water from the shallow geothermal energy exchange system; wherein the energy station is configured to generate mixed water by mixing the reclaimed water and the source side water and configured to provide the mixed water to a user side water supply system; wherein the energy station is configured to receive return water from the user side water supply system and configured to provide the return water to the shallow geothermal energy exchange system; wherein the shallow geothermal energy exchange system is configured to generate the source side water by exchanging heat between the return water and a geothermal energy source. | 25,624 |
8,482,228 | 1. A lamp with a rated voltage of 277 volts, comprising: a light-emitting unit including one or more light-emitting diodes; and an electronic lighting circuit including: a lighting unit operable to cause the light-emitting unit to illuminate in a manner to visually indicate to a user that the illumination is normal, when an effective source voltage of 277 volts is supplied; and a lighting control unit operable to cause the light-emitting unit to flash on and off, when an effective source voltage of 120 volts, which is different from the rated voltage, is supplied. | 17,125 |
9,846,219 | 1. Method for tracking a solar generator to the sun, comprising: tracking a tracker to the sun; and during a period of standstill of the tracker, detecting at least one electric output quantity of the solar generator; wherein, to keep the at least one electric output quantity of the solar generator near a maximum value, the method further comprises: | 25,928 |
9,582,473 | 1. A computer implemented method for Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) operations in a fixed point processor, the computer implemented method comprising: accessing input data for at least one set of add operations using a plurality of vector register files and a scratch state memory; calculating the at least one set of add operations within at least one FFT butterfly using the input data controlled by a mode register, wherein the at least one FFT butterfly comprises a plurality of FFT stages; and performing dynamic range sensing by determining a data range on an FFT stage of the plurality of FFT stages for a next FFT stage; and selecting scaling of data on the next FFT stage based on the data range. | 39,465 |
8,839,086 | 1. A method, comprising: broadcasting, by a computing system, first audio data; broadcasting, by said computing system, first video data associated with said first audio data, wherein said first audio data comprises audible descriptions for portions of said first video data; determining, by said computing system, that said first video data comprises a first graphic, wherein said first audio data does not comprise a description associated with said first graphic; after said determining, disabling by said computing system, said broadcasting first audio data and said broadcasting said first video data; after said disabling, receiving by said computing system, audible description data associated with said first graphic; generating, by said computing system, second audio data comprising said first audio data and said audible description data, wherein said generating said second audio data comprises inserting said audible description data into an associated portion of said first audio data; synchronizing, by said computing system, portions of said second audio data with associated portions of said first video data; generating, by said computing system in response to said synchronizing, synchronized audio/video data comprising said portions of said second audio data aligned with said associated portions of said first video data; broadcasting, by said computing system, said synchronized audio/video data; disabling, by said computing system, said broadcasting said synchronized audio/video data; determining, by said computing system, a specified disability associated with an audience for said synchronized audio/video data, wherein said specified disability comprises a sight impairment disability; identifying, by said computing system, said audible description data within said synchronized audio/video data; removing, by said computing system in response to said identifying, said audible description data from said synchronized audio/video data; synchronizing, by said computing system, said audible description data with said first graphic; removing, by said computing system from said synchronized audio/video data, discontinuities between audible words in an audio portion of said synchronized audio/video data, said discontinuities formed from said removing said audible description data from said synchronized audio/video data; and broadcasting, by said computing system, said synchronized audio/video data comprising said removed discontinuities. | 4,031 |
9,419,276 | 1. An anode active material, comprising: a core-shell structure, wherein the core includes an alloyed (quasi)metal oxide-Li (MO wherein the shell includes a carbon material coated on a surface of the core, and wherein a crystal grain size in the (quasi)metal included in the anode active material ranges from 45 to 150 nm. | 3,107 |
8,951,825 | 1. A method for generating a patterned light trapping structure on a planar surface of a multi-crystalline silicon wafer, the method comprising: transmitting a liquid mask material along a plurality of parallel elongated conduits such that a portion of said mask material is ejected from a tip portion of each said conduit; moving the multi-crystalline silicon wafer under the tip portions of the plurality of conduits such that the ejected mask material portions form a mask pattern on the planar surface of the multi-crystalline silicon wafer, wherein said mask material pattern is formed such that a portion of said planar surface is exposed through said mask material pattern; and etching the exposed planar surface portion such that the etched multi-crystalline silicon wafer forms the integral patterned light trapping structure. | 28,915 |
8,650,189 | 1. An apparatus comprising: one or more computer processing units configured to execute instructions associated with a plurality of modules, the modules comprising: a visibility module configured to derive a hit visibility score for one or more hits from an information source, wherein the one or more hits result from one or more searches directed to a target entity and include information about the target entity, and wherein the hit visibility score indicates a likelihood that a corresponding hit is found by a searcher after the searcher searches for the target entity in the information source; a sentiment module configured to derive a hit sentiment score for at least one of the one or more hits, wherein the hit sentiment score indicates a sentiment about the target entity conveyed by the at least one of the one or more hits; and a reputation module configured to derive a reputation for the target entity based on the hit visibility score and the hit sentiment score; and a data storage configured to store the one or more hits. | 32,131 |
8,707,037 | 1. A timed identification (TID) apparatus, comprising: an input register stage comprising one or more input registers that store an input word that includes a plurality of bits in a particular order; one or more bit mixers coupled to the input register stage, wherein each of the bit mixers is configured to mix the particular order of the plurality of bits in the input word to generate a bit-mixed word that includes a plurality of bits in an order different from the particular order of the plurality of bits in the input; a calculation stage coupled to each of the one or more bit mixers, wherein the calculation stage receives the bit-mixed word and comprises an ordered series of adders each configured to perform calculations on a selected number of bits included in the bit-mixed word and a carry resulting from a calculation performed by another adder on a different selected number of bits included in the bit-mixed word; and an output register stage that stores a result produced by the calculation stage. | 28,834 |
9,271,514 | 1. A frozen dessert containing plant-derived microfibrillated cellulose, wherein the microfibrillated cellulose is chemically modified with a substituent including —CH 2 COO— and has at least one of the parameters: (1) a specific surface area of 150 m (2) a water retention of 8500% or more. | 2,554 |
9,799,870 | 1. A polyolefin multilayer microporous membrane comprising: at least first microporous layers which form both surface layers of the membrane and at least a second microporous layer disposed between said both surface layers, wherein static friction coefficient of one of said surface layers of said polyolefin multilayer microporous membrane against another surface layer in a longitudinal direction (MD) is 1.1 or less, and wherein pore density calculated from an average pore radius measured by mercury porosimetry method and porosity, according to Formula (1) is 4 or more: wherein A represents the average pore radius (nm) measured by mercury porosimetry method and P represents the porosity (%), the composition of the first microporous layer and the composition of the second microporous layer are different from each other, and the layer thickness ratio of the first microporous layer/the second microporous layer/the first microporous layer is from 0.05/0.9/0.05 to 0.3/0.4/0.3, said second microporous layer contains 35% by weight or more of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a Mw of 1×10 | 30,910 |
9,821,490 | 1. A method of manufacturing a section of roller coaster track, the method comprising the steps of: creating a design of a curve of the roller coaster track section comprising a plurality of wood layers and a bearing layer, the bearing layer comprising metal, the bearing layer further comprising a cross-section substantially in the shape of a rectangle, the rectangle comprising a first side, a second side coupled to the first side, a third side coupled to the second side and a fourth side coupled to the first side and to the third side, each side having a substantially uniform thickness; for each of the first side, second side, third side and fourth side, determining a shape of each of the sides as laid flat, and cutting planar material into the form of the planar shape of each of the sides so as to form each side; and substantially without plastic deformation, coupling the first side, second side, third side and fourth side to form the bearing layer substantially according to the design; forming the wood layers substantially according to the design, and laminating the wood layers to form a laminate substantially according to the design; and assembling the laminate and the formed bearing layer according to the design to form the curve of the roller coaster track section. | 6,911 |
9,029,717 | 1. A wireless transmission method for a touch pen with wireless storage and forwarding capability, comprising: the touch pen wirelessly receiving at least a record extracted from a displaying data area by a touch device when the touch pen touches to select the data display region shown on a touch screen of the touch device; the touch pen storing the record; and the touch pen determining whether the record is needed to display on a display unit of the touch pen when the touch pen receives the record; the touch pen displaying the record on the display unit of the touch pen if the record is needed to be displayed on the display unit of the touch pen; the touch pen transmitting the record to a device with wireless communication capability if the record is not needed to be displayed on the display unit of the touch pen. | 3,491 |
8,904,990 | 1. A dwell cycle crank comprising: a follower; a top roller having a bottom portion removed, said removed bottom portion being adapted to fit the top of said follower; and a bottom roller having a top portion removed, said removed top portion being adapted to fit the bottom of said follower; said top and bottom rollers being positioned within a body where each roller being adapted to rotate for allowing said follower to ride between said rollers within said body in an S-shaped pattern. | 18,672 |
9,212,618 | 1. A diesel fuel injection timing management system for a dual fuel engine system having a diesel-gas mode and a diesel only mode, the system comprising: a diesel fuel mass flow rate sensor configured to generate a diesel fuel mass flow rate signal indicative of a diesel fuel mass flow rate; a gaseous fuel mass flow rate sensor configured to generate a gaseous fuel mass flow rate signal indicative of a gaseous fuel mass flow rate; a mode selector switch configured to generate a switch signal indicative of a selected mode of operation of the engine system; and a controller operably coupled to the diesel mass flow rate sensor, gaseous fuel mass flow rate sensor, and mode selector switch, the controller being programmed to: | 20,630 |
9,063,652 | 1. A method for performing a service in a device, the method comprising: detecting whether an identifier approaches an approach recognition area; receiving identifier information from the identifier, when it is detected that the identifier approaches the approach recognition area; obtaining an address of a service provider based on the identifier information; and receiving a relevant service from the service provider based on the address of the service provider, wherein the identifier periodically broadcasts the address of the service provider on an identifier network. | 1,326 |
8,452,470 | 1. A system for starting control of a hybrid vehicle which comprises an engine and a motor being power sources, a clutch connecting or disconnecting power delivery, and a clutch control unit controlling an operation of the clutch, the system comprising: a hybrid control unit controlling a clutch slip according to a starting demand, calculating a clutch slip torque, and requesting correction of an engine output torque; and an engine control unit controlling an engine speed to follow a target engine speed through a control of air amount and feedback control of ignition timing according to the correction request of the engine output torque received from the hybrid control unit. | 10,146 |
9,382,442 | 1. An aqueous binder composition, comprising: a) a polymer P in a form of an aqueous multistage polymer dispersion of dispersed polymer particles, and b) a carbodiimide comprising at least two carbodiimide moieties, which are bound to an aliphatic carbon atom, wherein the polymer particles comprise the ethylenically unsaturated monomers M-A and M-B together comprise | 49,608 |
9,562,473 | 1. A gas turbine facility, comprising: a combustor combusting fuel and oxidant; a turbine rotated by combustion gas exhausted from the combustor; a heat exchanger cooling the combustion gas exhausted from the turbine; a water vapor remover removing water vapor from the combustion gas which passed through the heat exchanger to regenerate dry working gas therefrom; a compressor compressing the dry working gas until it becomes supercritical fluid; a combustor introduction pipe guiding a part of the supercritical fluid exhausted from the compressor to the combustor via the heat exchanger; an exhaust pipe branched from the combustor introduction pipe on an upstream side of the heat exchanger to exhaust a part of the dry working gas flowing through the combustor introduction pipe to the outside; and a bypass pipe introducing a remaining part of the supercritical fluid exhausted from the compressor into a pipe extending from an outlet of the turbine to an inlet of the heat exchanger. | 33,004 |
9,392,810 | 1. Hydroxyl acid metal complexes with iodine of the formula: wherein M is zinc and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl and 2-(methylthio)ethyl, wherein said compound provides enhanced bioavailable levels of iodine as measured by blood serum iodine concentration in comparison with the same amount of ethylene diamine dihydroiodine (EDDI) and calcium iodate, wherein said amount is measured by the total weight of iodine in the compound. | 37,914 |
8,513,052 | 1. A method for preparing a Group 1a-1b-3a-6a material, comprising: providing a substrate; optionally, providing a Group 1a source comprising sodium; providing a Group 1b source; providing a Group 3a source; optionally, providing a Group 6a sulfur source; providing a Group 6a selenium source, wherein the Group 6a selenium source includes a selenium ink, comprising: forming at least one Group 1a-1b-3a-6a precursor material on the substrate by optionally using the Group 1a source to apply sodium to the substrate, using the Group 1b source to apply a Group 1b material to the substrate, using the Group 3a source to apply a Group 3a material to the substrate, optionally using the Group 6a sulfur source to apply a sulfur material to the substrate and using the Group 6a selenium source to apply a selenium material to the substrate; treating the precursor material to form a Group 1a-1b-3a-6a material having a formula Na wherein X is at least one Group 1b element selected from copper and silver; Y is at least one Group 3a element selected from aluminum, gallium and indium; 0≦L≦0.75; 0.25≦m≦1.5; n is 1; 0≦p<2.5; 0<q≦2.5; and, 1.8≦(p+q)≦2.5. | 8,253 |
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