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8,539,724 | 1. A field deployable renewable electrical energy generating system comprising a container; a solar panel pivotally mounted on said container, said solar panel being formed of a plurality of solar cells mounted in a support frame for rapid assembly and disassembly; said support frame including a plurality of elongated hollow channels and upper and lower end supports attached to said channels; sliding means including a plurality of circular discs attached to each solar cell for slidably mounting each of said solar cells in said channels; said upper and lower end supports having end cap means mounted thereon for closing the ends of said channels to prevent said solar cells from sliding out of said channels; and solar cell storage means mounted in said container for storing each of said solar cells when said array is disassembled, said solar cell storage means including two channeled supports mounted in a frame for receiving said circular discs therein. | 35,825 |
9,436,974 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining, by at least one processor, data of a scene; re-sampling, by the at least one processor, the data of the scene to obtain re-sampled sensing data of the scene and a corresponding sensing matrix, the re-sampling using a series of entries, corresponding to a sampling rate for the data of the scene, and a probability parameter to control creation of the sensing matrix, the creation of the sensing matrix comprising probabilistically assigning values of the sensing matrix by evaluating the entries in the series of entries to determine whether a next entry of the series of entries indicates that a next value for the sensing matrix is to be a first value with a first probability or a second value with a second probability; and constructing, by the at least one processor, recovered data of the scene using the re-sampled sensing data of the scene and the corresponding sensing matrix. | 25,735 |
9,595,865 | 1. A Converter unit for converting an input voltage to an output voltage, comprising: input terminals for connecting the converter unit to a voltage supply and for receiving the input voltage from the voltage supply, output terminals for connecting the converter unit to a load for driving the load, a controllable switch, an inductor connected to the controllable switch, a current detector for detecting an inductor current, a voltage slope detector for detecting a voltage slope measured across the controllable switch, and a control unit for controlling the controllable switch on the basis of the inductor current and the voltage slope, and wherein the voltage slope detector comprises two diodes connected antiparallel to each other and connected via a capacitor to the controllable switch, a voltage detector for detecting a voltage at the two diodes and an offset voltage source for providing an offset voltage potential to the two diodes. | 14,748 |
9,395,342 | 1. A mist-containing gas analysis device that measures a concentration of a measurement-target substance in a target gas which contains a mist of the measurement-target substance flowing through a duct, the device comprising: pressure measuring means for measuring a pressure of the target gas that flows through the duct; temperature measuring means for measuring a temperature of the target gas that flows through the duct; flow rate measuring means for measuring a flow rate of the target gas that flows through the duct by using a radio wave or an ultrasonic wave; water content measuring means for measuring water content in the target gas that flows through the duct by using infrared light; a collection container that contains collection liquid which dissolves the measurement-target substance; target gas sampling means for absorbing the target gas by using suction means and for sampling the target gas; target gas feeding means for feeding the target gas sampled by the target gas sampling means into the collection liquid in the collection container; suction flow rate control means for controlling the suction means in such a manner that a suction velocity of the target gas being suctioned by the suction means is within a predetermined ratio with respect to a target gas flow velocity calculated based on the pressure of the target gas measured by the pressure measuring means, the temperature of the target gas measured by the temperature measuring means, the flow rate of the target gas measured by the flow rate measuring means, and the water content of the target gas measured by the water content measuring means; liquid aliquot taking means for taking an aliquot of the liquid in the collection container; and measuring means for measuring the concentration of the measurement-target substance in the aliquot of the liquid taken by the liquid aliquot taking means. | 15,931 |
8,828,470 | 1. A beverage composition comprising: (a) a nonfat milk or reduced fat milk; and (b) a blended omega-3 fatty acid supplementation oil comprising: wherein said supplementation oil contains no more than 11% by weight of linoleic acid. | 8,572 |
9,239,875 | 1. A method comprising: in response to receiving a search query from an end user device: searching, by a node of a system, a set of candidate records including co-occurring features to identify one or more candidate records matching one or more extracted features, wherein an extracted feature that matches a candidate record is a primary feature, wherein the node comprises a main memory hosting an in-memory database, wherein the in-memory database stores a knowledge base of clusters, each cluster comprises a disambiguated primary feature with a unique identifier (“unique ID”), and a set of associated secondary features; associating, by the node, each of the extracted features with one or more machine-generated topic identifiers (“topic IDs”); disambiguating, by the node, each of the primary features from one another based on relatedness of topic IDs; identifying, by the node, a set of secondary features associated with each primary feature based upon the relatedness of topic IDs; disambiguating, by the node, each of the primary features from each of the secondary features in the associated set of secondary features based on relatedness of topic IDs; linking, by the node, in real-time, as data is retrieved from the knowledgebase from the in-memory database, each primary feature to the associated set of secondary features to form a new cluster; determining, by a disambiguation module of the in-memory database of the node, whether each of the new cluster matches an existing knowledgebase cluster by assignment of relative matching scores to existing knowledge clusters with disambiguated primary features, wherein, | 11,786 |
8,569,616 | 1. A method of concentrating solar energy, the method comprising: receiving solar energy through a surface of an optically clear shell; guiding the solar energy through a liquid substantially filling the optically clear shell; folding the solar energy back through the liquid toward a solar receiver; and orienting the solar receiver through a tracking system arranged entirely within the optically clear shell to track the sun, wherein the solar energy collected by the solar receiver is converted into electrical energy. | 39,462 |
8,445,227 | 1. A method for producing a recombinant glycoprotein that comprises a bisected N-glycan in a yeast host cell, the method comprising: (a) providing a yeast host cell that has been genetically engineered to be diminished or depleted in the activity of an initiating α-1,6-mannosyltransferase and to comprise a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising α-1,2-mannosidase activity, wherein the yeast host cell has the ability to produce a recombinant glycoprotein comprising more than 50 mole % of a Man5GlcNAc2 intermediate which is a productive substrate for GnTI in vivo; (b) transforming the yeast host cell with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnT I) activity, and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnT III) catalytic activity; (c) transforming the yeast host cell with a nucleic acid sequence encoding the recombinant glycoprotein; and (d) growing the yeast host cell under conditions that allow the host cell to produce the recombinant glycoprotein, wherein the recombinant glycoprotein comprises bisecting N-glycans on Man5GlcNAc2 or a Man3GlcNAc2 core structure. | 24,379 |
9,660,526 | 1. A control system for a voltage converter, the control system comprising: a driving unit configured to generate a driving signal having a pulse width and a frequency, the driving signal being provided to a voltage conversion circuit to control conversion of an input voltage into an output voltage; a driving unit configured to generate a driving signal having a pulse width and a frequency, the driving signal being provided to a voltage conversion circuit to control conversion of an input voltage into an output voltage; a modulation unit configured to modulate the pulse width of the driving signal based on the output voltage to thereby allow adjustment of the output voltage; and a frequency control unit configured to generate a frequency control signal when the modulated pulse width is outside a selected range to thereby adjust the frequency of the driving signal, the frequency control unit including a detector configured to receive a pulse width indication signal indicative of the modulated pulse width and compare it to first and second threshold pulses having widths representative of lower and upper limits of the selected range, respectively, the detector including a first AND gate and a second AND gate, the first AND gate generating a first output that is an AND-combination of the pulse width indication signal and the first threshold pulse, the second AND gate generating a second output that is an AND-combination of the pulse width indication signal and an inverse of the second threshold pulse. | 39,470 |
9,552,423 | 1. A method for facilitating real-time searching of non-public data using a single search query, the method comprising: reporting an availability of a non-public companion application of a remote source unit to an auto discovery module to enable a client device to automatically discover the remote source unit and to enable the client device to search, in real-time, non-public data on the remote source unit using the single search query, wherein the companion application is a non-public application and the remote source unit is associated with a privacy hurdle; receiving, at the remote source unit, an input for overcoming the privacy hurdle; receiving, at the remote source unit, the single search query, wherein the single search query comprises a search term; and in response to the single search query: wherein a secure remote session log-on between the remote source unit and the client device is not established, and wherein the remote source unit is not mounted onto the client device. | 32,482 |
8,984,102 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving from a client, using at least one computer, a request to register an expression defining a set of second level root domain names as associated with one or more IP addresses in a domain name system for a wide area network, wherein the expression is defined by one or more ASCII characters and one or more wildcard or other pattern-matching symbology, and wherein the set of second level root domain names includes more than one unique second level root domain member; evaluating the request using at least one computer, thereby determining registrability of the set of second level root domain names based on the expression including the one or more wildcard or other pattern-matching symbology; reporting results of evaluating the request to the client, wherein the report includes information identifying any member of the set of second level root domain names that is already registered in the domain name system; preparing an modified expression by adding a term that specifically excludes at least one member of the set of second level root domain names that is already registered in the domain name system; and registering the modified expression defining the set of second level root domain names, the modified expression including the one or more wildcard or other pattern-matching symbology in a data file of the domain name system in association with the one or more IP addresses. | 21,396 |
9,621,040 | 1. A PWM signal generator comprising: a delay circuit unit, which includes a plurality of delay elements connected in series, an output terminal of the delay element in a final stage among the plurality of delay elements and an input terminal of the delay element in an initial stage among the plurality of delay elements being connected to each other; a selector, which selects any one of output signals of the plurality of delay elements based on a digital value; a PWM signal output unit, which outputs a PWM signal based on the output signal selected by the selector; a delay-amount detector, which detects an amount of delay of a signal due to the delay circuit unit; a digital value generator, which generates the digital value by correcting predetermined data based on the amount of delay detected by the delay-amount detector; and a counter, which counts a pulse signal output from any delay element among the plurality of delay elements, wherein the delay-amount detector detects a count value, which is counted by the counter in a unit period, as the amount of delay, and wherein the digital value generator generates the predetermined data by correcting the digital value based on the count value and a predetermined expected count value in the unit period. | 47,602 |
9,264,420 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a device, a request for a resource to a first server; receiving, by the device and from the first server based on the transmitted request for the resource, a request for verification of the device; transmitting, by the device, the request for verification to a second server; receiving, by the device and from the second server and at a first time, a token based on transmitting the request for verification to the second server, using, by the device, the token to identify a session associated with the device, receiving, by the device and from the second server, a verification message based on the session; transmitting, by the device, the verification message to the first server; establishing, by the device and based on transmitting the verification message to the first server, the session with the first server; and receiving, by the device and based on establishing the session, the requested resource from the first server. | 18,195 |
8,420,833 | 1. A method of producing a carboxylic acid of Formula (I), wherein R wherein the method comprises culturing a host cell comprising a vector encoding a non-naturally occurring polyketide synthase in a culture medium under conditions where the PKS is expressed and the carboxylic acid is produced, wherein the PKS comprises a loading domain and two or more extender modules, and the PKS is a hybrid PKS comprising a combination of modules which in nature are not found in this combination. | 20,197 |
8,558,402 | 1. A machine for power generation through the impoundment of water comprising: a transportable frame disposed within or connected to an impoundment that impounds water; a plurality of power generating cells positioned within said frame in a plurality of predetermined positions; said cells composed of selectively removable interlocking stacking modules vertically mounted in said frame including a generator module and a turbine module, wherein said modules are interchangeable with each other in different positions in the frame without interrupting power in other cells; said cells are positioned to receive energy from the impoundment of water, wherein said cells convert said energy by the movement of said water through the turbine and the rotation of the turbine within each cell. | 20,488 |
9,191,703 | 1. A method of conveying control instructions, the method comprising: obtaining, by a wireless home entertainment controller, registration of a plurality of source devices and sink devices; receiving, by the wireless home entertainment controller based on a first sensed motion of a remote control, a first instruction to switch content provided from a first source device to content from a second source device, wherein the first sensed motion is a result of the remote control being orientated such that it is directed toward the second source device while a first sink device presents the content from the first source device; and sending, by the wireless home entertainment controller to the first sink device, the first instruction to switch the content from the first source device to the content from the second source device. | 40,994 |
8,517,129 | 1. A drive system for a propeller of a boat, comprising: a first rotary-type internal combustion engine, wherein said first rotary-type internal combustion engine is optimized to operate on a first fuel; a first electric generator mechanically connected to said first rotary-type internal combustion engine, wherein said first electric generator is configured to produce electrical energy; a second rotary-type internal combustion engine, wherein said second rotary-type internal combustion engine is optimized to operate on a second fuel different from the first fuel; a second electric generator mechanically connected to said second rotary-type internal combustion engine, wherein said second electric generator is configured to produce electrical energy; a rechargeable electrical energy storage battery connected to said first electric generator and said second electric generator, wherein said rechargeable electrical energy storage battery is configured to selectively store the electrical energy produced by said first electric generator and by said second electric generator; an electric motor electrically connected to said first electric generator, said second electric generator, and said rechargeable electrical energy storage battery; a mechanical drive train electrically connected to said electric motor configured to move the propeller of the boat; wherein said electrical energy produced by said first rotary-type internal combustion engine and said first electric generator is independently sufficient to power said electric motor and move the propeller of the boat, wherein said electrical energy produced by said second rotary-type internal combustion engine and said second electric generator is independently sufficient to power said electric motor and move the propeller of the boat. | 13,473 |
9,651,976 | 1. A method implemented in a computer system for coordinating switching procedures in an electric power transmission and distribution system; said method comprising: providing a unique identifier for a component in the transmission and distribution system; requiring an operator to verify the component using the identifier; allowing the operator to execute a switching step associated with the component if the component is verified; and selectively enabling the operator o verify completion of the switching step using the identifier. | 4,761 |
9,821,253 | 1. A fuel filter, comprising: a housing including: a cavity enclosed by the housing and including: an inlet port radially centered on the housing and open to the cavity; an outlet port radially centered on the housing and including: a filter element located in the cavity and radially disposed between said first and second axially disposed side walls; wherein the filter element is disposed fluidly between the inlet port and the outlet port so that fluid that passed from the inlet port to the outlet port in the housing must be filtered by the filter element. | 3,233 |
8,565,421 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an encryption module configured to generate a ciphertext block based on (i) a cipher key and (ii) an input block, wherein the encryption module comprises a first key addition module configured to generate the input block based on (i) the cipher key and (ii) a plaintext block, wherein the first key addition module is external to the encryption module. | 26,185 |
8,779,846 | 1. A method for improving performance of a digital circuit, the method comprising: adjusting a real frequency of operation of the digital circuit using a control loop in the digital circuit, the adjusting the real frequency being responsive to a change in an operating condition of the digital circuit, receiving, from a voltage regulator supplying electrical power to the digital circuit, a measurement of a current drawn by the digital circuit; receiving an over-current target current value; and adjusting a voltage output from the voltage regulator to the digital circuit such that the current drawn by the digital circuit does not exceed the over-current target current value. | 484 |
8,517,720 | 1. A burner assembly, comprising: a foraminous outer burner wall defining a burner interior; an interior wall dividing the burner interior into first and second interior zones and dividing the foraminous outer burner wall into first and second foraminous outer burner wall portions adjacent the first and second interior zones, respectively; a first fuel and air inlet passage communicated with the first interior zone; and a second fuel and air inlet passage communicated with the second interior zone. | 29,549 |
9,663,009 | 1. A conveyance vehicle seat comprising: a wire member; and a seatback frame disposed in a seatback, the seatback frame including an upper frame that connects upper parts of side frames and that supports an end of the wire member such that the seatback frame and the wire member are configured to support a rearward force, the upper frame including: the lower lateral part defines a supporting plane part that the end of the wire member extends through such that the end of the wire member is disposed within an inside of the seatback frame defined between the upper lateral part, the lower lateral part, and the upright part, the supporting plane part is provided along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the wire member, a support portion is defined in the supporting plane part and supports the wire member such that the end of the wire member is freely disposed within the inside of the seatback frame so as to be movable in the up-down direction, the upright part is disposed forward relative to the end of the wire member in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle seat so as to define a forward side of the seatback frame that the end of the wire member is disposed within, and the upper lateral part, the lower lateral part, and the upright part define a C-shape when viewed in a cross-section of the seatback frame. | 15,544 |
9,753,710 | 1. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon a linker program of computer-executable instructions, wherein execution of the linker program by the computer causes the computer to perform steps comprising: (a) receiving into a linker location information indicative of a location where an amount of executable code is to be loaded; (b) receiving an instruction into the linker, wherein the instruction defines a first symbol to have a scope of a sub-circuit scope level and a second symbol to have a scope of a circuit scope level; (c) receiving into the linker an amount of object code having two instances of the first symbol and two instances of the second symbol, wherein the first instance of the first symbol and the first instance of the second symbol are in a first portion of code to be loaded into a first processor's program memory, and wherein the second instance of the first symbol and the second instance of the second symbol are in a second portion of code to be loaded into a second processor's program memory; (d) performing a symbol uniquification step by traversing the amount of object code and if an instance of an unresolved symbol is encountered and is of the sub-circuit scope level then the symbol is uniquified to create a new symbol, wherein the uniquification results in all instances of the same symbol within code for the same sub-circuit being replaced with instances of the same new symbol and such that the new symbol is unique with respect to symbols appearing in code for other sub-circuits, whereas if the symbol is of the circuit scope level then the symbol instance is not uniquified, wherein the symbol uniquification step (d) is performed by the linker; (e) performing an allocation of resource instances step thereby generating the amount of executable code, wherein in the amount of executable code the first instance of the first symbol is replaced with a first address of a resource instance, wherein the second instance of the first symbol is replaced with a second address of a resource instance, and wherein the first and second instances of the second symbol are both replaced with a third address of a resource instance, wherein the first, second and third addresses are all different addresses; and (f) outputting the amount of executable code from the linker. | 12,797 |
9,640,502 | 1. A stacked semiconductor device, comprising: a first substrate; a first conductive pad disposed on the first substrate; a conductive pillar contacting the first conductive pad, wherein the conductive pillar comprises a truncated cone and copper; a second substrate; a second conductive pad disposed on the second substrate; a solder bump disposed on the second substrate, wherein the solder bump electrically connects to the conductive pillar; and at least one first barrier layer disposed within the conductive pillar, wherein the conductive pillar encapsulates the first barrier layer and an elastic modulus of the first barrier layer is different from an elastic modulus of the conductive pillar. | 33,244 |
9,611,516 | 1. A method comprising: impinging a substantially inert gas on a first foil window of an electron beam horn while passing electrons through the window and inert gas while processing a cellulosic or lignocellulosic biomass material in particulate form on a conveyor; while flowing the inert gas through an enclosed space defined by the foil window, which is in communication with a vacuum side of the electron beam horn, and a secondary foil disposed facing the first foil window under flow conditions that maintain the pressure inside the space between about 50 and 200 psi; treating the inert gas to remove contaminants produced during processing of the biomass material; and enzymatically saccharifying the processed biomass material to produce a sugar solution. | 48,396 |
9,717,980 | 1. An optical system for monitoring a ball play volume of a roulette wheel, comprising: an electronic image detector; a convex reflector arranged to receive light from a ball play volume of a roulette wheel and reflect the received light onto the electronic image detector, wherein the electronic image detector is configured to form an image of the ball play volume from the reflected light; and an image processor is configured to generate video image data from the formed image, and wherein the image processor is further configured to sample different data portions of the generated video image data, each sampled data portion corresponding to a respective image portion of the formed image, and each image portion being associated with a corresponding region of the ball play volume; wherein the image processor is further configured to determine an angular velocity or a deceleration of a ball within the ball play volume by comparing a first data portion of the video image data sampled at different times, the first data portion corresponding to a respective first image portion associated with a corresponding region of the ball play volume in which the ball track of the roulette wheel is located. | 8,817 |
9,311,243 | 1. A processor, comprising: a first core; a first cache memory associated with the first core, the first cache memory including: | 17,669 |
8,359,868 | 1. A system, comprising: an exhaust duct configured to receive exhaust gases from a gas turbine; a primary duct configured to receive a primary flow stream of the exhaust gases from the exhaust duct; a secondary duct configured to receive a secondary flow stream of the exhaust gases from the exhaust duct; a primary variable geometry diverter configured to allow and restrict the primary flow stream into the primary duct; a secondary variable geometry diverter configured to allow and restrict the secondary flow stream into the secondary duct; a combustion system configured to combine the secondary flow stream with at least one fuel source, to combust the secondary flow stream, and to re-inject the heated secondary flow stream into the primary duct; a blower configured to blow the secondary flow stream through the combustion system; and a controller configured to control the stoichiometric flow ratio between the fuel source and the secondary flow stream by actuating the primary and secondary variable geometry diverters. | 47,339 |
8,404,206 | 1. A process for producing polycrystalline silicon product in a reactor comprising a reaction chamber and a distributor for evenly distributing gas into the reaction chamber, the reaction chamber comprising at least one reaction chamber wall, the distributor comprising a plurality of distribution openings which provide fluid communication between at least two sources of gas and the reaction chamber, each distribution opening having a channel portion and a flare-out portion and a throttle portion disposed between the channel portion and flare-out portion, the plurality of distribution openings comprising a plurality of peripheral openings and a plurality of central openings, the process comprising: feeding a carrier gas and a thermally decomposable silicon compound from the sources of gas through the distribution openings of the distributor and into the reaction chamber, wherein the concentration of carrier gas in the gas fed through the peripheral openings exceeds the concentration of carrier gas in the gas fed through the central openings to reduce the amount of silicon which deposits on the reactor wall, the gasses passing through the channel portion, the throttle portion and the flare-out portion of the distribution openings; and contacting silicon particles with the thermally decomposable silicon compound in the reaction chamber to cause silicon to deposit onto the silicon particles and increase in size. | 17,133 |
9,632,571 | 1. A semiconductor memory device that comprises a plurality of memory rows, where a said memory row comprises a plurality of memory cells and one row decoder, where a said row decoder comprises a plurality of MOS transistors and a plurality of row-select binary input signals, where the row decoder supports logic functions: when all the row-select binary input signals of the row decoder are turned on, the row decoder turns on its output signal to enable part of or all of the memory cells in the memory row to be available for memory read or memory write operations, when any one of the row-select binary input signals of the row decoder is turned off, the row decoder turns off its output signal, and when all the row-select binary input signals of the row decoder are turned off, the row decoder is placed into a power saving mode where the steady-state drain-to source voltage difference of every MOS transistor in the row decoder is set to zero, except for small voltage differences caused by none-ideal conditions. | 2,271 |
8,720,825 | 1. An aerospace vehicle comprising a plurality of composite stiffeners, each stiffener of the plurality having a stack of plies of reinforcing fibers; at least some of the plies in the stack having reinforcing fibers oriented at ±α with respect to an axis of primary loading, where α is between 2 and 12 degrees; at least some of the plies having reinforcing fibers oriented at ±β with respect to the axis of primary loading, where β is between 50 and 85 degrees. | 20,837 |
9,670,865 | 1. A driving control device of a hybrid electric vehicle, the hybrid electric vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, an electric motor/generator, and a clutch that connects the internal combustion engine and the electric motor/generator, the driving control device comprising: a sensor that detects whether or not the clutch is engaged; a sensor that detects whether or not the internal combustion engine is in operation; a sensor that detects whether or not a request for stopping operation of the internal combustion engine has been input; and a programmable controller programmed to | 47,255 |
8,584,134 | 1. A job assigning apparatus connected with a plurality of arithmetic units to assign a job to each of the arithmetic units, the job assigning apparatus comprising: a power consumption acquiring processor to acquire power consumptions with respect to each of the arithmetic units; a selector to select one of the arithmetic units as a submission destination of a job in an increasing order of the power consumptions acquired by the power consumption acquiring processor; and a job submitting processor to submit a job to the submission destination, and wherein the selected arithmetic unit is determined by comparing the power consumption levels of non-operating arithmetic units, the power consumption levels determined using ambient temperature data corresponding with air volume data for each of the non-operating arithmetic units. | 46,417 |
8,847,123 | 1. A cooking assembly structured to cook a food product in a substantially upright orientation, said assembly comprising: a frame assembly, at least one mold housing operatively mounted in an upright position in said frame assembly, at least one mold chamber, wherein at least a portion of said mold chamber is disposed in said mold housing, said mold chamber having an open upper end structured to receive a food composition therein, said mold chamber further structured to retain the food composition in a substantially upright orientation while said mold chamber is disposed in an operative upright position, a heat source disposed in an operative substantially surrounding relation to said mold housing thereby creating a uniform heat energy profile along a length of said mold housing, said heat source generates and transfers an amount of heat energy to the food composition in said mold chamber, an insulated sleeve operatively disposed in a substantially surrounding relation to said heat source, said insulated sleeve positioned between said heat source and said frame assembly, and said insulated sleeve comprising a thermally insulative material structured to inhibit heat transfer therethrough, whereby said amount of heat energy generated by said heat source is substantially transferred inwardly into said mold chamber. | 47,682 |
9,046,566 | 1. A lightning down conductor measuring system of a wind turbine blade, comprising: a measuring cable comprising: | 45,210 |
9,011,573 | 1. A process for the recycling of steel industry iron bearing by-products into a shape suitable for feeding into a direct reduction furnace, comprising the steps of: a) mixing and grinding 50 to 99 wt % of ore and pellet fines and 1 to 50 wt % of slurry, mill scale and/or bag house dust and adding less than 3 wt % binder to form a mixture; b) pelletizing the mixture to form pellets; and c) indurating the pellets obtained by heating these for 5 to 60 minutes at a temperature in the range of 1100 to 1350° C. | 25,172 |
9,815,448 | 1. A method for torque monitoring of a vehicle drive unit having at least a first drive and a second drive, comprising: ascertaining respective maximum permissible torques for each of the first and second drives in a calculation stage of a control unit; performing a continuous torque comparison in a comparison stage of the control unit (i) between a setpoint torque for the first drive and the ascertained maximum permissible torque for the first drive, and (ii) between a setpoint torque for the second drive and the ascertained maximum permissible torque for the second drive. | 32,566 |
9,498,541 | 1. A method of treating a cancer comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a cell-binding agent-drug conjugate of formula (II) wherein: CB represents a cell-binding agent; D represents the drug linked to the cell-binding agent by a disulfide, thioether, thioester, peptide, hydrazone, ester, ether, carbamate, or amide bond; R R l, m and n are 0 or an integer from 1 to 4; Z is absent or a polyethyleneoxy unit of formula (OCH Y represents a carbonyl, thioether, amide, disulfide, or hydrazone group; and q represents an integer from 1 to 20. | 19,621 |
8,502,587 | 1. A voltage regulator comprising: a plurality of switching devices coupled in parallel and configured to receive an input voltage and to selectively provide a variable available drive current for a regulated DC output voltage; a first comparator configured to compare the regulated DC output voltage to a first reference voltage and to provide a first feedback signal using the comparison; a second comparator configured to compare the regulated DC output voltage to a second reference voltage and to provide a second feedback signal using the comparison; a third comparator configured to compare the regulated DC output voltage to a third reference voltage and to provide a third feedback signal using the comparison; and a logic circuit configured to select at least one of the plurality of switching devices to provide the variable available drive current using the first, second, and third feedback signals from the first, second, and third comparators, wherein the variable available drive current is configured to vary depending on the selected at least one of the plurality of switching devices. | 43,108 |
8,473,138 | 1. A driving control device for a vehicle in which one of a front-wheel side and a rear-wheel side is driven by an engine and an other of them is driven by a motor, the driving control device comprising: a first driving force detection circuit unit that detects reduction of vehicle driving force due to a change of road friction coefficient in a state where driving force by the engine is not transmitted; a first motor control circuit unit that reduces driving force by the motor in response to a detection result of the first driving force detection circuit unit; a second driving force detection circuit unit that detects whether or not the vehicle driving force is recovered due to reduction of motor driving force by the first motor control circuit unit and detects a magnitude of the motor driving force; a friction coefficient estimation circuit unit that estimates a road friction coefficient based upon a detection result of the second driving force detection circuit unit; a target driving force distribution setting circuit unit that sets a target driving force distribution based upon a detection result of the second driving force detection circuit unit and an estimation result of the friction coefficient estimation circuit unit; an engine control circuit unit that increases transmitted driving force by the engine in response to a detection result of the second driving force detection circuit unit; and a second motor control circuit unit that increases the motor driving force that has been reduced by the first motor control circuit unit in accordance with increase of transmitted driving force by the engine. | 7,624 |
8,759,064 | 1. An isolated cellobiohydrolase type 1a (CBH1a) variant comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:2 and comprising mutations at one or more of positions 58, 126, 286, and 294, wherein the positions are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:4. | 11,415 |
8,985,259 | 1. A fuel cell vehicle in which a fuel cell, a drive motor, and a gear box are mounted in a front portion of the vehicle, the fuel cell configured to introduce air from a front side of the vehicle and to discharge air to a rear side of the vehicle, the gear box configured to transmit a drive force to a front wheel, wherein the fuel cell is housed in a fuel cell case with an intake duct and an exhaust duct being attached to side faces of the fuel cell case on the vehicle front side and the vehicle rear side, respectively, the fuel cell case is arranged in a cage-shaped sub frame surrounding a front, rear, left, and right side portions of the fuel cell case, a drive unit formed by coupling the drive motor and the gear box to each other is joined to a rear side portion of the sub frame, left and right end portions of the sub frame and the drive unit are supported on a vehicle body respectively by mounting devices, and an air introduction port of the intake duct is open toward a lower side of the vehicle and the intake duct protrudes toward the front side of the vehicle beyond the sub frame. | 35,763 |
9,759,107 | 1. An exhaust gas purification device of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a first filter in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine to collect particulate matter in an exhaust gas; a urea water injector in the exhaust passage downstream of the first filter and configured to spray urea water into the exhaust gas; a selective reduction catalyst in the exhaust passage downstream of the urea water injector to reduce and purify a nitrogen compound in the exhaust gas by using ammonia produced from the urea water; an injector to supply a fuel to the first filter; an electronic controller configured to carry out a forced regeneration by supplying the fuel to the first filter and raising a temperature of the first filter to at least a burning temperature of the particulate matter; and a pair of electrodes to detect an electrostatic capacity of the first filter; wherein the electronic controller is further configured to | 35,022 |
9,594,029 | 1. An inspection apparatus comprising: a detector configured to detect scattered radiation arising from a substrate illuminated with radiation; and at least one processor configured to: | 4,097 |
9,844,122 | 1. A method for semi-automatic lighting system control used within an area, the lighting system having a lighting element, the method comprising: receiving a first light intensity value from a user account associated with an identifier for the lighting system; determining a first lighting element control instruction based on the first light intensity value; controlling the lighting element according to the first lighting element control instruction; determining lighting system association in light of amount of traffic within the area; within a predetermined time period from first light intensity value receipt, semi-automatically determining second light intensity value based on the lighting system mode and first light intensity value, the second light intensity value being lower than the first light intensity value; incrementally adjusting lighting element operation to meet the second light parameter value over a second predetermined time period; and using a second user perception profile as an additional user perception profile to account for an optimized balance between preferences of all users semi-automatically, further therein the determination is based on location of all the users and number of the visitors within the area. | 18,941 |
8,522,575 | 1. A method for producing a medical glass container having a mouth opening inner diameter that is less than an internal space diameter, comprising: processing a glass tube into the glass container having the mouth opening and a bottom; angling a point burner relative to an axis of the glass container; positioning a distal end of a nozzle of the point burner at a fixed distance from an inner sidewall surface of the glass container so as to emit a plasma rich portion of a flame from the nozzle onto the inner sidewall surface of the glass container at a bottom of the glass container; and scanning the flame alone the inner sidewall surface, said scanning comprising moving the point burner axially relative to the glass container inner sidewall while rotating glass container about said axis, wherein the nozzle maintains said fixed distance from a nearest portion of the inner sidewall during said point burner moving and glass container rotating. | 48,059 |
8,780,940 | 1. A method of compressing a frame, the method comprising: monitoring header information of transmitted frames for a predetermined period of time; after the monitoring, when there are no repeated items in the header information of the frames transmitted during the predetermined period of time, transmitting a successive frame with all of the header information; when some items in the header information of the transmitted frames are repeated during the predetermined period of time, generating specific preambles mapped to the repeated items, generating a compressed header by omitting the repeated items from the header information, and transmitting a successive frame comprising the specific preambles and the compressed header; and when all items in the header information of the transmitted frames are repeated during the predetermined period of time, transmitting a successive frame without any header information. | 21,386 |
9,423,290 | 1. An abnormality diagnostic device for a rolling bearing, comprising: a vibration sensor for measuring a vibration waveform of the rolling bearing; and a processing unit for diagnosing an abnormality of said rolling bearing, said processing unit including: | 31,170 |
9,486,310 | 1. A scleral prosthesis comprising: an elongated body configured to be implanted into scleral tissue of an eye and comprising (i) opposing first and second ends and (ii) a remainder of the body connecting the first and second ends, the remainder of the body narrower in width than the first and second ends; and an insert; wherein the body comprises multiple first portions that form the first end of the body and a substantial portion of the remainder of the body, the first portions separated lengthwise along the body by empty space such that the first portions meet at a point between the first and second ends of the body and are not connected to each other between that point and the first end of the body; wherein the first portions are biased to maintain separation without external interference but are configured to be pushed towards each other in order to narrow a width of the first end of the body; wherein the remainder of the body extends along at least half of a total length of the elongated body; and wherein the insert is configured to be placed between the first portions of the body to maintain the separation of the first portions, the insert having a shape complementary to a shape of the empty space. | 45,562 |
9,379,331 | 1. A polymer comprising a monomer of formula I: where each of R R each of Y Z is a C W is H, halogen, cyano, dicyanovinyl, or tricyanovinvyl; and n is an integer. | 45,570 |
8,989,881 | 1. An apparatus for writing audio information, from which a multichannel audio representation may be reconstructed, onto a compact disc (CD), the apparatus comprising: a writer for writing parametric multichannel information onto one or several locations of the CD which are not used for two stereo audio channels including a two-channel stereo representation of the audio information, the parametric multichannel information being configured such that, together with the two stereo audio channels, the multichannel audio representation with more than two audio channels is enabled, wherein the parametric multichannel information comprises binaural cue parameters or intensity stereo parameters, wherein the CD already has the stereo audio channels written on the CD, before the parametric multichannel information is written by the writer, or wherein the writer is further configured to write, starting from a CD without audio information, both the two stereo audio channels and the parametric multichannel information, wherein the stereo audio channels are written in accordance with the CD standard on the CD so that a reproduction of the two stereo audio channels in stereo is possible using a CD reproduction device configured in accordance with the CD standard, and wherein a reproduction of the multichannel audio representation using the two-channel stereo representation and the parametric multichannel information is not possible using a CD reproduction device configured in accordance with the CD standard. | 28,168 |
9,455,578 | 1. A direct current (DC) microgrid charge/discharge system for a plurality of secondary batteries that are connected in series, the DC microgrid charge/discharge system comprising: a linear current source configured to permit charging and discharging of the plurality of secondary batteries; a single bidirectional DC-to-DC (DC/DC) converter configured to supply power to the plurality of secondary batteries for charging of the plurality of secondary batteries and to permit discharging of the plurality of secondary batteries at a high power conversion efficiency, wherein the linear current source is located between the bidirectional DC/DC converter and the plurality of secondary batteries, and wherein the bidirectional DC/DC converter operates at a voltage that is higher than a voltage of a single battery among the plurality of batteries; and a DC energy storage system (ESS) to stably supply power to the bidirectional DC/DC converter, the DC ESS being disposed in a front side of the bidirectional DC/DC converter, wherein the DC ESS supplies power during power outage. | 16,590 |
8,701,377 | 1. A walk power mower, which comprises: (a) a mower deck having a downwardly facing cutting chamber which encloses a pair of rotary cutting blades, wherein the blades are arranged substantially directly side-by-side relative to one another and rotate in a substantially common plane with the orbits of the blades intersecting in a central portion of the cutting chamber to collectively cut an unbroken swath of grass that is wider than a width of either blade alone; (b) a plurality of ground engaging wheels carried on the mower deck for supporting the mower deck for rolling over the ground; (c) an upwardly and rearwardly extending handle assembly carried on the mower deck to permit an operator who is walking on the ground behind the mower deck to grip the handle assembly to guide and manipulate the mower deck during movement of the mower deck; (d) a power source carried atop the mower deck for rotating the cutting blades; (e) a drive system operatively connected to the power source and to the blades for rotating the blades in a timed, out of phase relationship relative to one another so that the blades do not hit one another as they rotate, the timed drive system including a pair of vertical spindles carrying the blades; (f) wherein the mower deck comprises: | 43,195 |
9,418,448 | 1. A method for image processing comprising: loading a raw image to be viewed, the raw image being selected by a user terminal; obtaining a first image to be displayed by analyzing and encoding the raw image, the first image being of a predetermined image format; acquiring one or more preset image display parameters; obtaining a quality score of the first image by performing quality analysis and calculation for the first image using the preset image display parameters; and displaying the first image and the quality score of the first image to the user terminal; wherein the obtaining a quality score of the first image by performing quality analysis and calculation for the first image using the preset image display parameters includes: wherein the generating one or more parameter scores of the first image based on at least information associated with the preset image display parameters includes: | 33,291 |
9,749,332 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a storage device storing a plurality of forbidden lists, and a plurality of modules which are collections of instructions; a biological feature capturing unit, configured to capture biological features of a user; and at least one processor configured to execute the plurality of modules, the plurality of modules comprising: a permission management module configured to, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to generate a prompt signal to prompt a user to repeat input of a biological feature at a first predetermined intervals after the user logs in a particular application, and judge whether the biological feature input by the user matches with a biological feature corresponding to an account that the user uses to log in the particular application, and forbid the user to use the particular application if the biological feature input by the user is not matched with the biological feature corresponding to the account; and a login verification module configured to, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to provide a login interface at least comprising an account and password input box and a user biological feature input box, in response to a login operation for logging in the particular application, and to receive an account and password input via the account and password input box and start up the biological feature capturing unit to capture the biological feature of the user and receive the biological feature captured by the biological feature capturing unit in response to an operation of selecting the user biological feature input box, and to judge whether the user is valid by comparing the account and password, and the first biological feature input via the login interface to an account and password, and a biological feature of each register information stored in a server. | 1,568 |
9,081,142 | 1. A blue photosensitive resin composition for a color filter comprising: an organic pigment (A); a dye (B); an alkali-soluble resin (C); a cationic polymeric compound (D); a cationic photoinitiator (E); and an organic solvent (F); wherein the dye (B) comprises a red dye represented by Formula (I): wherein: R R m is an integer ranging from 0 to 5, a plurality of R X represents halogen; a is 0 or 1; R R R R Q is selected from the group consisting of a C M is selected from the group consisting of potassium and sodium; and the cationic polymeric compound (D) comprises a compound (D-1) containing an oxetanyl group. | 7,325 |
8,642,195 | 1. A modular current interrupt device for a battery, comprising: a) an electrically-conductive rupture disc; b) an electrically-conductive pressure disc attached to the rupture disc to form an electrical pathway; c) an electrically-insulating ring partitioning a perimeter of the rupture disc from a perimeter of the pressure disc; and d) a seating element, the seating element securing the electrically-insulating ring to the pressure disc, wherein the rupture disc and the electrically-insulating ring only together define a conduit, whereby exposure of one side of the pressure disc to sufficient force through the conduit will cause the pressure disc to separate from the rupture disc to thereby sever the electrical pathway. | 18,276 |
8,980,516 | 1. An electrostatic charge image development toner containing a plurality of toner particles, wherein the plurality of toner particles are each formed to have resin particulates in a surface layer, the resin particulates each include a particulate core and a coating layer covering the particulate core, the particulate core contains a quaternary ammonium salt functional group-containing resin, and the coating layer contains one or more resins selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic resins and styrene-(meth)acrylic resins. | 7,899 |
8,507,025 | 1. A method of preparing a carbohydrate protected from ruminal degradation comprising: mixing a reducing carbohydrate source and a non-protein nitrogen source, wherein the amount by weight of the reducing carbohydrate source is greater than the amount by weight of the non-protein nitrogen source; and heating the mixture for a sufficient amount of time, at a sufficient temperature and pressure, in the presence of sufficient moisture so that a Maillard reaction product is formed, wherein the amount of nitrogen source and the heating time, temperature, pressure and moisture conditions are sufficient to provide an amount of a Maillard reaction product effective to prevent ruminal degradation of said carbohydrate. | 17,353 |
9,121,294 | 1. A gas turbine engine airfoil comprising: chordwise spaced apart leading edge and trailing edge, pressure and suction sides extending outwardly in a spanwise direction from an airfoil base to an airfoil tip, trailing edge cladding made of a cladding material bonded to a composite core made of a composite material wherein the cladding material is less brittle than the composite material, the composite core including a central core portion extending chordwise downstream from a leading edge portion to a trailing edge portion of the composite core, the composite core and the trailing edge cladding being free of crenelations and forming a smooth surface in a spanwise direction in the region of their bonding, and the trailing edge cladding including a first portion overlapping the trailing edge portion of the composite core and a second portion having a wavy wall that is spaced apart from and extends beyond the trailing edge portion of the composite core, extending beyond the trailing edge portion of the composite core, such that the wavy wall of the trailing edge cladding forms a sculptured trailing edge feature confined to the trailing edge cladding and the composite core is free from sculptured trailing edge features. | 10,089 |
9,397,332 | 1. A method for producing a lithium insertion material for cathodes in a Li-ion battery, the method comprising: a. dissolving LiNO b. adding a carbonaceous fuel to said solution, thus creating a mixture; c. removing water from said mixture; d. heating in an inert atmosphere or a CO/CO e. collecting the resulting lithium insertion material. | 25,016 |
9,075,213 | 1. A plastic optical fiber cable comprising a plastic optical fiber and a jacketing layer covering the plastic optical fiber selected from the group consisting of: (A) A plastic optical fiber cable comprising a plastic optical fiber and a jacketing layer covering the plastic optical fiber wherein the jacketing layer comprises at least two layers of an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner jacketing layer includes a resin comprising a copolymer of olefin and a (meth)acrylic compound, and the outer jacketing layer is constituted by a fluorine-based resin with a fluorine atom content of 50% by mass or more as a main constituent and, in addition to the fluorine-based resin, a surface modifier, wherein the surface modifier is a compound having a MFR defined in JIS K7210-1999 of 10 to 500 g/10 min; (B) A plastic optical fiber cable comprising a plastic optical fiber and a jacketing layer covering the plastic optical fiber wherein the jacketing layer comprises at least two layers of an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner jacketing layer includes a resin comprising a copolymer of olefin and a (meth)acrylic compound, and the outer jacketing layer is constituted by a fluorine-based resin with a fluorine atom content of 50% by mass or more as a main constituent and, in addition to the fluorine-based resin, a surface modifier, wherein the outer jacketing layer has a MFR as defined in JIS K7210-1999 of a mixture of the fluorine-based resin and the surface modifier of 3 to 50 g/10 min; and (C) A plastic optical fiber cable comprising a plastic optical fiber and a jacketing layer covering the plastic optical fiber wherein the jacketing layer comprises at least two layers of an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner jacketing layer includes a resin comprising a copolymer of olefin and a (meth)acrylic compound, and the outer jacketing layer is constituted by a fluorine-based resin with a fluorine atom content of 50% by mass or more as a main constituent and, in addition to the fluorine-based resin, a surface modifier that is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic ester-based resin, polyamide-based resin, and a copolymer thereof. | 4,696 |
8,896,879 | 1. A stereoscopic image printing device, comprising: an image input unit configured to input a multi-viewpoint image with two or more viewpoints; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on distribution of parallax of the inputted multi-viewpoint image; a number-of-viewpoint determination unit configured to determine, based on the information on the distribution of parallax acquired by the information acquisition unit, a number of viewpoints of a stereoscopic image which is printed on a lenticular lens sheet; a comparison unit configured to compare a number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image inputted via the image input unit and the number of viewpoints determined by the number-of-viewpoint determination unit; a viewpoint image generation unit configured to generate, if the number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image inputted via the image input unit is smaller than the number of viewpoints of the stereoscopic image which is printed on the lenticular lens sheet, a shortfall viewpoint image based on the inputted multi-viewpoint image; and a printing unit configured to print the stereoscopic image including the multi-viewpoint image inputted via the image input unit and the viewpoint image generated by the viewpoint image generation unit, on the lenticular lens sheet. | 43,232 |
9,851,921 | 1. A method for sampling a flash memory cell that belongs to a die, the method comprising: attempting, during a gate voltage change period, to change a value of a gate voltage of the flash memory cell from a first value to a second value; sampling, by a sampling circuit that belongs to the die, an output signal of the flash memory cell multiple times during the voltage gate change period to provide multiple samples; defining a given sample of the multiple samples as a data sample that represents data stored in the flash memory cell; determining, by a processor that belongs to the die, a reliability of the data sample based on one or more samples of the multiple samples that differ from the given sample; and determining an allocation of the flash memory cell based upon the reliability of the data sample. | 8,654 |
8,652,821 | 1. A reagent mixture for purifying RNA-free DNA from a sample comprising DNA, RNA, and protein, the reagent mixture comprising: a protease, wherein the protease is present at a concentration of 0.5 mg/ml to about 7 mg/ml; an RNase; a detergent, and a buffering agent; wherein the reagent mixture is substantially free of cells or cell lysate and wherein the protease in the reagent mixture does not substantially inactivate the RNase when the mixture is stored for at least 24 hours at 4° C. | 27,915 |
8,497,604 | 1. An apparatus for controlling power saving, the apparatus comprising: a sensing unit detecting a user's contact and generating an activation signal when a user's contact is acknowledged; a latch unit maintaining the activation signal which has been received from the sensing unit; an interruption unit forcibly interrupting the maintained state of the activation signal of the latch unit when an interruption signal is received from an external device; and a switch unit disposed on a current path that delivers power, and connecting the current path according to the activation signal from the latch unit, wherein the latch unit comprises, wherein the switch unit connects the current path when the inverted activation signal is received from the latch unit. | 25,863 |
9,628,375 | 1. An information handling system node comprising: a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports, at least a portion of which facilitate communications with one or more client devices and are configurable to be part of one or more link aggregation groups (LAGs), each of the one or more LAGs including the information handling system node and at least one of the one or more client devices; a plurality of inter-node-link (INL) ports, at least a portion of which facilitate communications with one or more information handling system nodes in an n-node system having a full mesh or non-full mesh topology, which comprises the information handling system node and the one or more information handling system nodes; a data processing component that processes data traffic, and receives data from and sends data to one or more of the plurality of I/O ports and one or more of the plurality of INL ports; and a fabric manager that communicatively interfaces with a fabric manager or fabric managers of at least one of the one or more information handling system nodes in the n-node system to establish a designated forwarder for a LAG in the n-node system and that, responsive to being selected from among the one or more information handling system nodes of the n-node system as a designated forwarder for the LAG, configures the information handling node to be responsible for forwarding unknown unicast, broadcast, and multicast data traffic for the LAG on a member of the LAG connected to the designator forwarder. | 21,216 |
8,565,651 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner supply device configured to be detachably attached into an apparatus main body of said image forming apparatus and to supply a toner to a developing device, wherein said toner supply device comprises: a container main body configured to be substantially in a rectangular solid shape and to be inserted into said apparatus main body along a longitudinal direction of the container main body, the container main body having a toner containing part communicating with said developing device and a barrel part which moves downward while receiving a biasing force from said apparatus main body when the barrel part is inserted into said apparatus main body; and a handle member arranged at a rear of said barrel part when seen from an insertion direction in which said container main body is inserted, the handle member having a lock part which is configured to be inserted into said apparatus main body according to a downward movement of said barrel part and to fix said toner supply device in said apparatus main body, wherein said barrel part has a hollow part formed inside and said container main body further has a lid covering an upper face of said barrel part; said lid has a guide arm extending along the longitudinal direction of said container main body; and said apparatus main body has a support rail formed so as to guide an upper face and a lower face of said guide arm, the support rail being configured to have a width substantially equal to a height from said upper face to said lower face on a back side of said apparatus main body when seen in said insertion direction and to have a width larger than the height from said upper face to said lower face on a front side of said apparatus main body. | 9,973 |
8,566,962 | 1. An eye-shield condensation preventing system comprising: an eye shield adapted for protecting a user's eyes and adapted for defining at least a partially enclosed space between the user's eyes and said eye shield; a power source; a pulse-width modulator; a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor switching means responsive to said pulse-width modulator; a heating element on said eye shield; a circuit interconnecting said power source, said pulse-width modulator, said switching means and said heating element for controlling heating of said eye shield; and | 46,625 |
9,364,080 | 1. A furniture accessory comprising: at least one bracket adapted to fasten to a piece of furniture and having a first retaining element and a second retaining element; a basket having a first fastening element and a second fastening element, wherein the basket is fastened to the at least one bracket by at least one of the first fastening element held by the first retaining element and the second fastening element held by the second retaining element, and wherein the basket is swivelable relative to the bracket about a first swivel axis that is defined by the first retaining element and about a second swivel axis that is defined by the second retaining element; a slider movably mounted on the bracket and configured to lock the first fastening element with the first retaining element and configured to lock the second fastening element with the second retaining element; wherein the slider locks the first fastening element with the first retaining element and locks the second fastening element with the second retaining element when the slider is in a locking position; wherein the slider locks the second fastening element with the second retaining element, and the first retaining element is unlocked so that the first fastening element may be released from the first retaining element and the basket may be swivelled about the second swivel axis when the slider is in the first release position; wherein the slider locks the first fastening element with the first retaining element, and the second retaining element is unlocked so that the second fastening element may be released from the second retaining element and the basket may be swivelled about the first swivel axis when the slider is in the second release position; wherein the slider is configured to be moved out of the locking position into the first release position by moving in a first direction; and wherein the slider is configured to be moved out of the locking position into the second release position by moving in a second direction which is opposite the first direction. | 33,992 |
8,894,996 | 1. A process comprising the step of an antigen with at least one member selected from the group consisting of a Zc3h12a gene inhibitor and a Zc3h12a protein inhibitor; wherein the antigen is selected from the group consisting of a food allergen, a house dust allergen, a pollen allergen, an animal hair allergen, a bacterium, a virus, and a parasite. | 37,906 |
8,460,838 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell module comprising: a plurality of integral bundle assemblies, each integral bundle assembly comprising: a top portion containing an inlet fuel plenum and a top slidable pin to accommodate axial thermal expansion, a bottom portion receiving air inlet feed and containing a casting formed as a ceramic exhaust manifold which casting in plural form provides an air exhaust plenum, which casting also provides a receptacle for an air inlet box and air feed tubes, to receive bottom air inlet feed, where said air feed tubes pass from the air inlet box into the center of inverted tubular, elongated, hollow electrically connected solid oxide fuel cells, said fuel cells having an open end through which the air feed tubes pass and a closed end near the inlet fuel plenum, said fuel cells, providing fuel cell bundles; where the fuel cells operate in the fuel cell mode, where the bottom ceramic exhaust manifolds carry the internal weight of the fuel cell bundles, where the ceramic exhaust manifold includes bottom ceramic legs which provide a central axis with the top slidable pin to provide each integral bundle assembly with a vertical axial thermal expansion center, and wherein the interior of the module houses primarily electrically generating components. | 28,627 |
9,091,465 | 1. A method of generating a heat flow from a magnetocaloric element ( 1 ), the magnetocaloric element ( 1 ) comprising at least one magnetocaloric material ( 2 ) comprising a hot end ( 3 ) associated with a hot chamber ( 4 ) and a cold end ( 5 ) associated with a cold chamber ( 6 ), the method comprising magnetically and alternately activating and de-activating the magnetocaloric element ( 1 ) and circulating a heat transfer fluid through the magnetocaloric element ( 1 ) alternately towards the hot chamber ( 4 ) and the cold chamber ( 5 ) in synchronisation with magnetic activation and de-activation phases, the method comprising the steps of: reversing a direction of circulation of the heat transfer fluid during the magnetic activation and de-activation phases, activating the magnetocaloric element ( de-activating the magnetocaloric element ( | 36,317 |
9,042,196 | 1. A memory system comprising: a non-volatile semiconductor memory including a plurality of blocks being a unit of data erasing; a volatile semiconductor memory; a controller configured to control storing of data from a host device in the non-volatile semiconductor memory by using management information stored in the volatile semiconductor memory; and a delay unit configured to delay a low power direction received from the host device for a first predetermined time and output the low power direction as a first signal, wherein the controller causes an internal state to transition to a low power consumption mode corresponding to the low power direction when a second predetermined time has elapsed after the first signal is asserted. | 18,618 |
9,771,873 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising an outlet guide vane and a bifurcation fairing, where the outlet guide vane is located in a bypass duct of the gas turbine engine downstream of a fan and is of aerofoil form, and where the bifurcation fairing traverses the radial extent of the bypass duct and has an upstream end that blends into a trailing edge of the outlet guide vane, and where further the bifurcation fairing comprises a scoop protruding outwards from its side corresponding to a pressure side of the upstream outlet guide vane, the scoop comprising a forward facing inlet leading to a delivery conduit extending inside the bifurcation fairing for delivery in use of bypass air to one or more components of the gas turbine engine. | 8,363 |
8,789,270 | 1. A system for manufacturing a side panel of a vehicle, the system comprising: upper running rails and lower running rails, wherein the upper running rails are disposed upward of the lower running rails with a predetermined distance, to provide a movement path of a cart; the cart having: a first friction drive unit having a first friction wheel disposed along the upper running rails; wherein the first friction drive unit selectively rotates the first friction wheel to move the cart by selectively engaging the first friction wheel with the first friction bar of the cart; and an external unit formed separately from the cart on a lateral side of the upper running rails and the lower running rails and supporting an edge portion of the side panel during key welding process on the upper running rails; wherein the external unit includes: wherein the external unit includes a plurality of manifold cylinder modules, in which a plurality of manifold cylinders are integrated, and wherein the clamping jig and the jig rotating cylinder are provided on top of each of the manifold cylinders such that the manifold cylinders selectively operate according to types of the carts for various vehicle models to vary clamping positions of the side panel by using the clamping jigs. | 37,836 |
9,623,674 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an ink ribbon in which a first ink layer coated with a first-color ink to an n-th ink layer coated with an n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more)-color ink are defined as a set of ink layers, and a plurality of the ink sets is repeatedly arrayed and coated along a first conveying direction; a first transfer target in which a plurality of transfer regions are set along a second conveying direction; a platen roller; a thermal head configured to bring the ink ribbon and the first transfer target into pressure contact with the platen roller, and configured to transfer the inks of the ink ribbons to the first transfer target; and a controller configured to, when continuous n-spot transfer regions set on the first transfer target are named as first to n-th transfer regions in a reverse direction to an alignment sequence of the first to n-th ink layers in the ink sets, allow the thermal head to execute, for the n-spot transfer regions, transfer operations of transferring inks of first to k-th (1≦k≦n) ink layers to k-th to first transfer regions by using first to n-th ink sets, and configured to control to form a color image, to which n-color inks are transferred on the first transfer region. | 10,327 |
9,785,211 | 1. A semiconductor device having a first processing node in a first power domain and a second processing node in a second power domain, the semiconductor device comprising: an isolation module comprising: an isolation sequencer operable to control the isolation module when an isolation sequence and a de-isolation sequence are performed, wherein, after the isolation sequence is performed, the first and second logical isolation units are operable to logically isolate the buffer from the first and second processing nodes, respectively, and the buffer is operable to provide electrical isolation between the first and second power domains; and wherein, after the de-isolation sequence is performed, the first and second logical isolation units are operable to logically connect the buffer to the first and second processing nodes, respectively, and the buffer is operable to provide electrical de-isolation between the first and second power domains and is operable to provide communication from the first processing node to the second processing node. | 45,520 |
8,350,402 | 1. A system for generating electrical power using flowing water, the system comprising: one or more circular structures, each having a central bore and a plurality of elongated arms being fixed on an outer periphery of said structure; a plurality of blades being fitted on said plurality of elongated arms; a rotating shaft for rotatably accommodating in spaced apart relationship said one or more circular structures over an outer body of said shaft through said bore; an electrical generator for converting mechanical energy generated by rotation of said shaft into electrical energy to produce electrical power; and a transmission device for transmitting the mechanical energy generated by rotation of said shaft from said shaft to said electrical generator; wherein said one or more circular structures along with said blades are configured to be positioned at least partially in flowing water with said shaft in an inclined position, such that said one or more circular structures rotate about said shaft due to force of flowing water and generate mechanical energy which rotates said shaft which in turn transmits said mechanical energy to said electrical generator through said transmission device for generating electrical power. | 42,139 |
9,402,921 | 1. A nucleic acid encoding an AAV capsid, the nucleic acid comprising an AAV capsid coding sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) the nucleotide sequence of (b) a nucleotide sequence that is at least 98% identical to the nucleotide sequence of (c) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the AAV capsid encoded by the nucleotide sequence of (a) but that differs from the nucleotide sequence of (a) due to the degeneracy of the genetic code. | 23,290 |
8,414,072 | 1. A collapsible hanging chair comprising: a chair frame support bar having a first distal end, a second distal end, a top side, a bottom side and a medial point; a first stabilizing cord and a second stabilizing cord, wherein a first end of the first stabilizing cord is secured to the first distal end of the chair frame support bar and wherein a first end of second stabilizing cord is secured to the second distal end of the chair frame support bar; a chair support spring attached to a horizontal support member; an O-ring rotatably attached to the chair support spring, wherein a second end of the first stabilization cord is attached to the O-ring and a second end of the second stabilization cord in attached to the O-ring a first seat support spring attached to the first distal end of the chair frame support bar and a second seat support spring attached to the second distal end of the chair frame support bar; a first seat support cord and a second seat support cord, wherein the first end of the first seat support cord is secured to the first seat support spring and wherein a first end of the second seat support cord is secured to the second seat support spring; a seat having a top, a bottom, a front side, a rear side, a first side and a second side; a first rear side support cord and a first front side support cord, wherein a second end of the first seat support cord is attached to a first end of the first rear side support cord and a first end of the first front support cord, wherein a second end of the first rear side support cord is secured to the first rear side of the seat and wherein a second end of the first front support cord is attached to the first front side of the seat; a second rear side support cord and a second front side support cord, wherein a second end of the second seat support cord is attached to a first end of the second rear side support cord and a first end of the second front side support cord wherein a second end of the second rear side support cord is secured to the second rear side of the seat and wherein a second end of the second front support cord is attached to the second front side of the seat; and a first back support cord and a second back support cord, wherein a first end of the first back support cord is secured to the first seat support spring and a second end of the first back support cord is secured to the first rear side of the seat and wherein a first end of the second back support cord is secured to the second seat support spring and a second end of the second back support cord is secured to the second rear side of the seat. | 15,417 |
8,612,050 | 1. An intelligent product feed system for transporting products along a process direction from an input transport mechanism to an output mechanism, the product feed system comprising: an array of transport modules formed into a plurality of columns with each column comprising one or more transport modules serially disposed along the process direction between the input transport mechanism and the output mechanism, at least some of the transport modules being variable speed transport modules, the individual variable speed transport modules comprising: a planner operatively coupled with the speed control component to generate a plan describing how the products are routed in the array and to operate the modules of a plurality of the columns according to the plan to transport groups of products delivered by the input transport mechanism to the array in uncertain fashion to the output mechanism synchronized and oriented according to a specified product configuration; and a model representing the feed system; wherein the planner updates the model if one or more modules fail or if one or more failed modules are repaired or replaced; and wherein the planner adapts the plan if one or more modules fail so as to continue transporting groups of products to the output mechanism synchronized and oriented according to the specified product configuration. | 19,178 |
8,507,735 | 1. A process for the manufacture of an alcohol product comprising the steps of: the reaction of alcohol, containing one less carbon atom than the product, with carbon monoxide over a promoted rhodium catalyst at a temperature in the range of 250° C. to 350° C. and pressure from 1 to 65 atmospheres to produce an organic acid; and the reaction of the organic acid from the first step with hydrogen over a copper chromite catalyst at a temperature in the range of 200° C. to 300° C. and a pressure between 1 and 100 atmospheres, to give the alcohol product and water, which are separated by fractionation. | 42,823 |
9,039,364 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a compressor; a combustor section; and a turbine, wherein the turbine includes a first integrated case/stator segment that is comprised of a ceramic matrix composite material, the first integrated case/stator segment comprising: | 45,004 |
9,091,514 | 1. A projectile comprising: (a) a shaft, said shaft having a head end and a tail end; (b) a projectile head having a plurality of layers, said head end associated with at least one layer of said projectile head, at least one launch engager associated with said projectile head; and (c) at least one fin attached to said tail end. | 20,902 |
8,762,622 | 1. A method of storing data in a flash storage device comprising SLC-mode MLC and normal mode MLC flash memory, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a write command comprising a logical block address from a host; mapping the logical block address to a physical address of one or more memory channels of non-volatile memory including SLC-mode flash memory MLC and normal mode MLC flash memory; checking an erase count of a data block corresponding with the physical address; moving a logical data block stored at the physical address to a second data block in the SLC-mode flash memory if the physical address is in the MLC flash memory and the erase count satisfies a predetermined threshold; identifying one or more lowermost write count values for one or more data blocks in each of one or more flash memory channels associated with the SLC-mode flash memory; selecting a write threshold value greater than the one or more lowermost write count values but lower than write count values associated with one or more other blocks in the one or more flash memory channels; and moving a data block stored in the SLC-mode flash memory back to the MLC flash memory when the stored data block has a write count satisfying the write threshold value. | 36,671 |
8,923,949 | 1. An imaging system, comprising: a capsule, configured to enter an esophagus of a patient, comprising an ultrasonic transducer configured to image tissue of the patient, and one or more microelectronic mechanical systems (MEMs), which are configured to position and reorient the ultrasonic transducer so that ultrasound from the transducer is directed towards the tissue of the patient in multiple positions to generate a scanned image of the tissue, and a balloon which is inflatable with a fluid, and is configured to only partially surround the capsule so that the capsule is located asymmetrically within the balloon, and to fix the capsule to the esophagus when the balloon is in an inflated state, the balloon comprising one or more electrodes for recording defibrillation signals; an applicator tube having a central cavity and being configured to enter the esophagus, the tube being attachable to the capsule for positioning the capsule within the esophagus, and being detachable from the capsule after positioning of the capsule so as to permit the tube to be withdrawn from the esophagus while the capsule remains in position in the esophagus; and a controller cable attached to the capsule and slideable within the central cavity, the capsule, applicator tube and controller cable being configured such that the controller cable remains attached to the capsule when the applicator tube is detached and withdrawn from the esophagus. | 47,517 |
9,394,556 | 1. A nucleic acid construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having glucuronyl esterase activity operably linked to one or more heterologous control sequences that direct the expression of the polypeptide in an expression host, wherein the polypeptide having glucuronyl esterase activity is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of amino acids 101 to 474 of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under high stringency conditions with the full-length complement of the nucleotide sequence of nucleotides 33 to 1457 of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the high stringency conditions are defined as prehybridization and hybridization at 42° C. in 5×SSPE, 0.3% SDS, 200 micrograms/ml sheared and denatured salmon sperm DNA, and 50% formamide, and washing three times each for 15 minutes using 2×SSC, 0.2% SDS at 65° C.; (c) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of nucleotides 33 to 1457 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and (d) a fragment of the amino acid sequence of amino acids 101 to 474 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the fragment has glucuronyl esterase activity. | 16,445 |
8,866,520 | 1. A fracture-able phase-locked loop circuit comprising: a first phase-locked loop circuit that generates a first frequency output; a second phase-locked loop circuit that generates a second frequency output; a plurality of counter circuits that receive the first and second frequency outputs from the first and second phase-locked loop circuits, respectively, and that generate output signals; physical media attachment circuitry that receives the first and second frequency outputs from the first and second phase-locked loop circuits, respectively, and receives the output signals from the plurality of counter circuits; and clock input circuitry including first and second input multiplexers and clock-lost-detect and switch-over circuitry, wherein the first and second input multiplexers each receives a plurality of clock signals and selects an output clock signal from the plurality of clock signals, and wherein the clock-lost-detect and switch-over circuitry. | 8,426 |
9,840,261 | 1. A system for controlling of a movement of a train to a stop at a stopping position between a first position and a second position, comprising: a constraint generating unit for determining constraints of a velocity of the train with respect to a position of the train forming a feasible area for a state of the train during the movement, such that an upper curve bounding the feasible area has a zero velocity only at the second position, and a lower curve bounding the feasible region has a zero velocity only at the first position, wherein the upper curve is a first line with a first slope, and the lower curve is a second line with a second slope and the first slope is greater than the second slope; and a controller for controlling the movement of the train subject to the constraints. | 40,663 |
9,044,475 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition in unit dosage form formulated for sublingual administration, wherein said unit dosage form is a film or a strip having a first layer and a second layer, said first layer comprising apomorphine particles comprising an acid addition salt of apomorphine and said second layer comprising a pH neutralizing agent that is an organic base, wherein (i) said unit dosage form is not effervescent, and (ii) said unit dosage form comprises a permeation enhancer. | 23,241 |
9,200,645 | 1. A method for enabling a load-sense feature of a steering system, the method comprising: providing a first steering circuit in selective fluid communication with a fluid actuator; providing a second steering circuit in selective fluid communication with the fluid actuator, the second steering circuit being in parallel to the first steering circuit, wherein the second steering circuit includes a proportional valve having the load-sense feature, the load-sense feature being a fluid path through the proportional valve, the load-sense feature in selective fluid communication with the first steering circuit, wherein a load-sense connection is open to the first steering circuit when the proportional valve is in a neutral position and wherein the load sense connection is closed to the first steering circuit when the proportional valve is moved to a first or second steering position; and closing the load sense connection to the first steering circuit with the load-sense feature by moving the proportional valve to the first or second steering position. | 49,410 |
9,774,041 | 1. A method of forming a catalyst layer for a membrane electrode assembly, the method comprising: forming a catalyst ink with a catalyst and a first ionomer in a liquid dispersed form; drying the catalyst ink to form a coated-catalyst powder comprising agglomerates, each of a plurality of the agglomerates including a plurality of catalyst supports in contact with one another and supporting catalyst particles, and each of the plurality of the agglomerates being surrounded by the first ionomer; grinding the coated-catalyst powder; forming a coated-catalyst ink with the ground coated-catalyst powder and a second ionomer, wherein the second ionomer has a different composition or equivalent weight than the first ionomer; applying the coated-catalyst ink to a substrate to form a catalyst layer in which the second ionomer is positioned between the plurality of the first ionomer-surrounded agglomerates and the second ionomer is in direct contact with the first ionomer; and applying the catalyst layer to a fuel cell membrane. | 24,470 |
8,844,531 | 1. A respiration appliance configured to support an airway of a subject as the subject breathes, the respiration appliance comprising: a body configured to enclose one or more external orifices of the airway of a subject, wherein the body is wearable; one or more valves disposed in the body, wherein the one or more valves are configured to provide a controllable resistance during exhalations by the subject to a flow of gas from an interior of the body to an exterior of the body; and a processor configured to control a resistance of the one or more valves to the flow of gas from the interior of the body to the exterior of the body while the subject exhales through the body, wherein the processor is further configured to increase the resistance of the one or more valves over multiple exhalations to enable the subject to become accustomed to breathing through the body. | 23,310 |
8,360,069 | 1. A method of creating a feeling of satiety comprising: providing an expandable member comprising a bulbous superior portion that tapers to an inferior tubular portion mounted on a distal end portion of a rigid elongate member of a delivery instrument; inserting the expandable member with the delivery instrument into the abdominal cavity of a patient; positioning the expandable member in a sub-diaphragmatic space in proximity to a stomach without penetrating a wall of the stomach; and expanding the expandable member to reduce an achievable maximum volume of the stomach, wherein the stomach is free to move; and removing the delivery instrument from the patient, while leaving the expandable member in position in the abdominal cavity. | 19,982 |
8,987,310 | 1. A compound of the formula I: wherein: A is pyridyl; R R R R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 31,826 |
9,276,422 | 1. A battery pack comprising: a plurality of secondary battery cells; and a control circuit, wherein under control of the control circuit, the plurality of secondary battery cells are connected in series at time of discharge, the control circuit connects the secondary battery cells in series and charges the secondary battery cells until each electric power amount thereof reaches a predetermined electric power amount, and subsequently measures a voltage of the secondary battery cells connected in series, when a value of the measured voltage of the secondary battery cells connected in series exceeds a first predetermined value, the control circuit switches connection of the secondary battery cells to parallel connection, charges the secondary battery cells, and completes the charge, and when the value of the measured voltage of the secondary battery cells connected in series is equal to or less than the first predetermined value, the control circuit measures voltages of the respective secondary battery cells, and in a state that a secondary battery cell having the value of the measured voltage equal to or less than a second predetermined value as an abnormal-state secondary battery cell is electrically disconnected from other secondary battery cells in the plurality of secondary battery cells, the control circuit connects the other secondary battery cells in parallel, charges the other secondary battery cells, and completes the charge. | 41,474 |
9,175,586 | 1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising a controller configured to: carry out a removal treatment of removing, through combustion, particulate matters deposited on an element portion of a particulate matter sensor that is arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, by raising a temperature of the element portion; detect a first particulate matter amount as an amount of particulate matters, which are deposited on the element portion of the particulate matter sensor before start of the removal treatment, on a basis of an output of the particulate matter sensor before start of the removal treatment; detect a heat generation amount that results from combustion of the particulate matters during the removal treatment; detect a second particulate matter amount as an amount of particulate matters, which are deposited on the element portion before start of the removal treatment, in accordance with the heat generation amount; and determine whether or not there is an abnormality in the particulate matter sensor, on a basis of a difference between the first particulate matter amount detected and the second particulate matter amount, wherein the controller is configured to prohibit start of the removal treatment until the amount of particulate matters deposited on the element portion reaches a reference amount, wherein the reference amount in a case where the controller determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the particulate matter sensor is larger than a reference amount of particulate matters in other cases. | 22,939 |
9,402,871 | 1. A method comprising administering to an animal an effective amount of Lactobacillus acidophilus strain P1B c6 (NRRL B-50103) to improve growth performance of said animal. | 48,475 |
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