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9,709,805 | 1. A system for adjusting a heads-up display (HUD), comprising: a forward looking light sensor receiver to logarithmically receive a first light information from a forward looking light sensor; and an adjuster to adjust a luminance of the HUD based on the first light information, and wherein the first light information undergoes an analog-to-digital transformation to produce a digital version of the first light transformation, the digital version of the first light information is transformed independent a linear transformation of data, with the range of adjustment being based on a logarithmic range, to produce a transformed output, and after the digital version of the first light information is transformed, the transformed output is multiplied by cross-referencing a user bias amount associated with the HUD, with the multiplied output being employed by the adjuster to adjust the luminance. | 40,879 |
8,710,546 | 1. An avalanche photodiode comprising: a compound semiconductor absorption layer on an n-type substrate; a compound semiconductor grading layer on the compound semiconductor absorption layer; a charge sheet layer on the compound semiconductor grading layer; a compound semiconductor amplification layer on the charge sheet layer; a selective wet etch layer aperture pattern on the compound semiconductor amplification layer; a dielectric layer on the compound semiconductor amplification layer; and a p-type conductive mesa pattern on the selective wet etch layer aperture pattern, wherein: the aperture pattern has a side wall which comes in contact with the dielectric layer; and the aperture pattern has an upper surface that faces the p-type conductive mesa pattern, and the entire upper surface of the aperture pattern is covered by the p-type conductive mesa pattern. | 34,955 |
9,744,238 | 1. A method of disinfecting a surface, comprising: a) preparing an antimicrobial composition by the steps of: b) contacting a surface with said antimicrobial composition. | 21,291 |
9,400,696 | 1. A method of performing a computational execution of multiple control tasks of an automation device, wherein the automation device includes at least one of a single-core control unit and a multi-core control unit, the method comprising: executing the control tasks on the automation device by at least one multi-core graphics processor unit (GPU), wherein the control tasks are real time applications and each control task is run exclusively at one or more designated parallel calculation units situated on a graphics adapter in the at least one GPU. | 6,975 |
9,646,242 | 1. A booster antenna for a chip arrangement, the booster antenna comprising: a first circuit, which forms a first resonant circuit with a first phase resonance; a second circuit, which forms a second resonant circuit, wherein the first circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit; a third circuit, which forms a third resonant circuit with a third phase resonance, wherein the third circuit forms a dipole antenna, wherein the dipole antenna is not short-circuited; and wherein the dipole antenna comprises an inverted F antenna; and wherein the second circuit comprises a coil comprising at least one coil turn where an end of an innermost coil turn is directly connected to an end of an electrical line of the dipole antenna. | 12,094 |
9,236,744 | 1. A power distribution system for an aircraft, comprising: a primary power distribution box configured to receive electrical power from at least one aircraft engine, and supply power to a power distribution bus at a single voltage; and a plurality of localised voltage converters each supplied by the power distribution bus, wherein the localized voltage converters each comprise a power supply configured to provide an adjustable output voltage. | 26,476 |
9,225,031 | 1. An apparatus for energy generation or storage on an electrochemical basis, comprising: at least one flow cell comprising a first half-cell containing at least one first electrode and a second half-cell containing at least one second electrode, said first and second half-cells being separated by a membrane, a first tank containing a negatively charged electrolyte liquid and comprising a first gas volume, a first inlet and outlet for connecting the first tank to said first half-cell whereby said negative electrolyte liquid is circulated through the first tank and the first half-cell, a second tank containing a positively charged electrolyte liquid and comprising a second gas volume, a second inlet and outlet for connecting the second tank to said second half-cell whereby said positive electrolyte liquid is circulated through the second tank and the second half-cell, said first gas volume and said second gas volume being connected to form a common gas volume, and a catalyst positioned in said second tank in contact with both said positive electrolyte liquid and said common gas volume, whereby as a result of said circulation of said positive electrolyte liquid, the positive electrolyte liquid flows periodically or continually over said catalyst and said catalyst reduces a positive reaction partner of a redox pair in said positive electrolyte liquid. | 2,327 |
8,820,859 | 1. An ice cream dipping cabinet comprising: a cabinet portion having a front wall, a rear wall, two side walls, a bottom floor, and a top opening, wherein the cabinet portion provides an inner compartment enclosed by the front, rear, and side walls and the bottom floor is connected to the top opening; a machine room portion installed in a lower portion of the inner compartment of the cabinet portion, wherein the machine room portion is configured to receive parts of a refrigerator; a cooling room portion installed in an upper portion of the inner compartment of the cabinet portion, wherein the cooling room portion is configured to be cooled by refrigeration and accessible through the top opening; a hot-air vent provided through the rear wall of the cabinet portion, wherein the hot-air vent is configured to vent hot air from the machine room portion to outside; a L-shaped recess portion provided along an edge between the front wall and the bottom floor of the cabinet portion, wherein the L-shaped recess portion comprises a horizontal surface and a vertical surface; and a cold-air intake provided through the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the L-shaped recess portion, wherein the cold-air intake is configured to guide cold air from outside to the machine room portion, wherein a height-distance of the horizontal surface of the L-shaped recess portion from the bottom floor and the depth-distance of the vertical surface of the L-shaped recess portion from the front wall are configured such that the cold-air intake disposed through the vertical surface are hidden from an observer standing away by a predetermined distance from the ice cream dipping cabinet. | 30,975 |
9,020,611 | 1. A leadless biostimulator, comprising: a housing sized and configured to be implanted within a heart of a patient; a primary fixation helix attached to the housing and configured to affix the housing to a wall of the heart by rotating in a screwing direction; and an anti-unscrewing feature disposed on the primary fixation helix or the housing, the anti-unscrewing feature angled in a direction opposite the screwing direction of the primary fixation device so that rotation of the primary fixation helix only in an unscrewing direction causes the anti-unscrewing feature to engage the wall of the heart so as to prevent the primary fixation device from disengaging the wall of the heart. | 49,398 |
8,341,959 | 1. A heat engine using solar energy, the heat engine comprising: a first body comprising: a first cylinder having first operating gas and second operating gas held inside either side thereof and having a first light-permeating part and a second light-permeating part arranged on either side thereof; and a first piston assembly comprising a first piston and a second piston slidably arranged inside either side of the first cylinder and a first connector connecting the first piston with the second piston; a second body comprising: a second cylinder having third operating gas and fourth operating gas held inside either side thereof and having a third light-permeating part and a fourth light-permeating part corresponding respectively to the first light-permeating part and the second light-permeating part arranged on either side thereof; and a second piston assembly comprising a third piston and a fourth piston slidably arranged inside either side of the second cylinder and a second connector connecting the third piston with the fourth piston, the second body being arranged adjacent to and parallel to the first body; and a solar concentrator configured to converge sunlight and to transfer the converged sunlight alternately to the first light-permeating part and the fourth light-permeating part or to the second light-permeating part and the third light-permeating part to thermally expand the first operating gas and the fourth operating gas alternately or the second operating gas and the third operating gas alternately, wherein the first piston assembly and the second piston assembly reciprocate in opposite directions to each other inside the first cylinder and the second cylinder, respectively, as the first operating gas and the fourth operating gas or the second operating gas or the third operating gas thermally expand alternately. | 35,983 |
9,831,614 | 1. A method for production of a connector cage, comprising: providing a cage structure comprising upper and lower sides and multiple partitions extending between the upper and lower sides to define receptacles for receiving cable connectors; and connecting a bezel to the cage structure by fitting multiple tabs, which protrude out of at least one of the sides of the cage structure, into slots in the bezel, and folding the tabs over the slots. | 13,010 |
8,826,262 | 1. A computer program product comprising: one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to load a software component; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to analyze the software component by identifying one or more features thereof and checking said one or more features against a database; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to classify the software component as one of a set of component types, wherein the classifying of the component comprises classifying the component as one of at least first, second and third component types; wherein a component classified as a first component type is run without amendment; wherein a component classified as a second component type is replaced by a component of equivalent functionality prior to running; and wherein a component classified as a third component type is blocked from running, wherein the classification of a component as of third component type triggers the generation of an error message; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to perform an action on the component, which action is dictated by the component type. | 4,118 |
8,503,330 | 1. A computer-implemented method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving commissioning data for a wireless network, the commissioning data including: receiving configuration preferences for the wireless network and the physical environment data; automatically generating consolidated zone configuration data from the commissioning data, the physical environment data, and the configuration preferences, the consolidated zone configuration data specifying a plurality of consolidated zones in the wireless network, each of the consolidated zones: commissioning the wireless network according to the consolidated zone configuration data. | 14,550 |
8,932,556 | 1. A method for preparing rutile TiO 2 nanoparticles which are aggregates of elongated TiO 2 crystallites comprising: (a) forming an aqueous solution of a soluble titanium compound at a titanium concentration of from 0.5 to 1.0 moles per liter, optionally in the presence of a mineral acid; (b) introducing a morphology controlling agent or a mixture of said morphology controlling agents selected from (i) an α-hydroxy carboxylic acid of the formula R—CH(OH)COOH, (ii) an α-hydroxy carboxamide of the formula R—CH(OH)CONH (d) introducing TiO (e) elevating the temperature of the stirred solution from step (d) to a value of from 100° C. to the refluxing temperature of the aqueous solution and maintaining said temperature for a period of from 2 hours to 4 hours to form a reaction product; (f) cooling the reaction mixture which results from step (e) to room temperature or ambient temperature; (g) optionally neutralizing the reaction mixture pH; and (h) separating and drying the reaction product. | 44,491 |
9,636,766 | 1. A welding system comprising: a first welding device comprising a first controller configured to control operation of the first welding device; a second welding device comprising a second controller configured to control operation of the second welding device; and at least one communications link communicatively connecting the first and second controllers; wherein the first and second welding devices cooperatively perform a cooperative welding process, wherein the first controller is configured to deliver a subordination command and a superiority command to the second controller and the second controller is configured to deliver a subordination command and a superiority command to the first controller to synchronize the cooperative welding process; and wherein each of the first and second controllers are configured to dynamically generate the subordination command and the superiority command. | 9,804 |
8,726,516 | 1. A method for manufacturing a blade body of a nail clipper wherein a 3-dimensional inclined curve-type blade is formed on respective inclined surfaces of upper and lower blade bodies facing each other, comprising steps of: forming an inclined curve with a curvature Ra using a boundary line which is formed when the periphery of grinding media with a radius Rg located in an upright position is merged with an upper inclined surface having a predetermined angle θ1 with respect to a vertical line; forming a shape of a lower inclined surface by consecutively extending the inclined curve downward at an angle θ2 corresponding to the predetermined inclination angle θ1 of the upper inclined surface to make a trajectory for forming a surface which constitutes the lower inclined surface; forming blade bodies by constructing the shape of the upper and lower inclined surfaces obtained in the steps above to be inclined surfaces inside the upper and lower blade bodies of the nail clipper; and grinding the ends of the upper and lower inclined surfaces simultaneously by the grinding media with the radius Rg while maintaining the axis of the grinding media perpendicular to the axis of the upper and lower blade bodies, whereby forming upper and lower inclined curve-type blades having the inclined curve with the curvature Ra, respectively. | 40,894 |
8,823,658 | 1. A method for character and command input to an electronic device using a set of combinatorial gesture patterns from two independent single point input track points or cursors, wherein said gesture patterns are associated with a conversion table, and wherein movement of the cursor or track point when performing said gestures is detected taking as reference a combination of the following elements: a) a neutral home position, each pattern being continuous, each pattern starting and ending at the neutral home position; b) direction of the movement; and c) orientation of the movement; wherein limits of said neutral home position are defined by a continuous, closed boundary line. | 37,427 |
9,009,925 | 1. A load-strap tensioning device ( 1 ), comprising: a body ( a distal end of the body ( a binding strap ( a proximal end of the body ( a ratchet pin ( a gap between the transverse spindle ( a first catch device ( a spring ( a body part ( a groove ( a first groove end on the groove ( an engagement piece having a protrusion ( | 16,870 |
8,606,507 | 1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a global positioning system (GPS), an electronic compass, a touch screen, a storage system, at least one processor; and one or more modules stored in the storage system and executable by the at least one processor, the one or more modules comprising: a route marking module operable to generate and display a user operation interface on the touch screen, receive driving information input from the user operation interface when a driver arranges a driving route within a geographic region, and mark the driving route on an electronic map of the geographic region to analyze panoramic navigation information of the geographic region according to the driving information; a navigation module operable to detect a current location of a vehicle by collecting geographic information of the geographic region using the GPS, identify a driving direction of the vehicle by detecting an orientation of the portable electronic device using the electronic compass, obtain a current time from the portable electronic device, and send the current location, the driving direction and the current time to a host computer; and an image obtaining module operable to obtain a series of panoramic images of the geographic region from the host computer according to the current location, the driving direction and the current time of the vehicle, and display the panoramic images on the touch screen to provide the panoramic navigation information for the driver, wherein each of the panoramic images corresponds to a geographic location marked on the electronic map. | 41,984 |
9,417,837 | 1. An apparatus for generating audio, comprising: a first input configured to receive vehicle data received from a vehicle comprising information relating to a vehicle characteristic, wherein the vehicle characteristic comprises at least one vehicle parameter indicating an operational state of a vehicle component; a storage, operatively coupled to the input, for storing the vehicle data received from the vehicle and a plurality of audio generation applications, wherein each of the plurality of audio generation applications are associated with a respective vehicle state; processing means, operatively coupled to the storage, wherein the processing means is configured to process the vehicle data received from the vehicle over a predetermined period of time to determine a vehicle state and invoke at least one of the plurality of audio generation application that is associated with the determined vehicle state; a second input, configured to receive user input data comprising physical inputs from a user, wherein the processing means is further configured to generate audio in the apparatus based on the user input data; a third input for receiving device data comprising information indicating the presence of a device proximate to the apparatus; and a paired device that contains a device ID registered to at least one user, wherein device registration is stored on the vehicle according to the device ID, and wherein device registrations include a device user profile associated with each device ID that includes at least one of a demographic data, user interests, or user device/vehicle history. | 7,505 |
9,339,057 | 1. A composition comprising a mixture of (a) thymol, (b) benzoic acid or an alkali or alkaline-earth metal salt thereof, and (c) citric acid or an alkali or alkaline-earth metal salt thereof. | 28,753 |
8,524,474 | 1. A method of producing a concentrated sugar solution from biomass, the method comprising: a) delignifying biomass comprising the substeps of b) adding an additive selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycols, fatty acid esters, fatty acid ethoxylates, nonionic surfactants derived from polyethoxylated sorbitan and a fatty acid, sodium lauriminodipropionate, sodium cocoamphoacetate, sodium tridecyl ether sulfate, and a combination of these, such that the enzyme loading of the saccharification enzyme consortium is reduced relative to the loading of the saccharification enzyme consortium when none of the additives is added; and c) contacting with a saccharification enzyme consortium an aqueous suspension of at least a portion of the solid fraction of the polysaccharide enriched biomass, at reaction conditions sufficient to produce a saccharification product comprising at least about 7 percent by weight sugars, based on the total weight of the saccharification product, in 24 hours of contact with the saccharification enzyme consortium. | 13,181 |
9,493,154 | 1. A control apparatus of a power transmission system, comprising: an input shaft through which torque from an engine is input; first and second motor/generators configured to operate as both a motor and a generator; a planetary gear set disposed on a line from the input shaft and including a sun gear directly connected with the first motor/generator and selectively connected to a transmission housing, a planetary carrier directly connected with the input shaft and selectively connected to the transmission housing, and a ring gear configured to operate as an output element and connected with the second motor/generator; an output shaft configured to transmit torque from the planetary gear set and the second motor/generator to driving wheels through a differential; a first brake disposed between the planetary carrier and the transmission housing; a second brake disposed between the sun gear and the transmission housing; a battery configured to supply electricity to the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator and charge electricity generated from the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator; and a controller configured to convert a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode 1 in which an operation of the first brake and the second brake is released or an HEV mode 2 in which an operation of the second brake is operated according to a mechanical maximum efficiency range, a required power of the engine, a speed ratio of a transmission, and a state of charge (SOC) of the battery. | 30,796 |
9,164,953 | 1. A method of scheduling executable transactions in a multicore processor comprising a plurality of processor elements, wherein at least one processor element comprises reconfigurable logic, the method comprising: providing a first configuration queue of executable transactions corresponding to a first configuration of the reconfigurable logic and a second configuration queue of executable transactions corresponding to a second configuration of the reconfigurable logic, the reconfigurable logic comprising one of a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a memory, the executable transactions allocated to and ready for execution by the reconfigurable logic; providing a plurality of executable transaction schedulers, each executable transaction scheduler comprising a scheduling algorithm for determining a most eligible executable transaction for execution from a number of candidate executable transactions; linking the executable transaction schedulers together into a multilevel scheduler; outputting the most eligible executable transaction from the multilevel scheduler to one of the first configuration queue and the second configuration queue; outputting the executable transactions of the first configuration queue to the reconfigurable processor element for execution when the reconfigurable logic is configured according to the first configuration; reconfiguring the reconfigurable logic according to a second configuration when a pre-determined threshold is reached; and outputting the executable transactions of the second configuration queue to the configurable processor element for execution when the reconfigurable logic is configured according to the second configuration. | 27,301 |
8,766,434 | 1. A semiconductor module comprising: a substrate having first and second opposing sides; first and second memory dies mechanically coupled to the first side of the substrate adjacent to one another; a buffer die mechanically coupled to the first side of the substrate between the first and second memory dies; first and second interconnections of substantially the same first length, the first interconnection connecting the buffer die to the first memory die, and the second interconnection connecting the buffer die to the second memory die; and third and fourth memory dies mechanically coupled to the second side of the substrate; and third and fourth interconnections of substantially the same second length, the third interconnection connecting the buffer die to the third memory die, and the fourth interconnection connecting the buffer die to the fourth memory die. | 30,323 |
9,099,803 | 1. A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires included in a harness to a connection section in a vehicle, comprising: a conductor including a connection-section-side connecting portion shaped to be connectable to the connection section and a plurality of terminal fitting portions; a plurality of wire-side terminals to be respectively connected to ends of the plurality of wires and fitted to the terminal fitting portions; a housing for holding the conductor and the wire-side terminals; waterproof plugs to be respectively mounted on the plurality of wires; and a seal member provided in the housing; wherein: the housing includes a wire-side housing portion for holding each wire-side terminal and a conductor-side housing portion for holding the conductor; the wire-side housing portion includes an accommodating portion into which each wire-side terminal is to be accommodated, movable pieces which are provided in the accommodating portion and displaceable between a locking position where the wire-side terminal is locked in the accommodating portion and a retracted position which is retracted from the locking position and where the wire-side terminal is insertable into and withdrawable from the accommodating portion, waterproof plug close-contact portions which communicate with the accommodating portion, into which the wire-side terminals are insertable and which are to be held in close contact with the waterproof plugs, and fitting portion insertion holes which communicate with the accommodating portion and into which the terminal fitting portions are insertable; the conductor-side housing portion includes a cover portion for holding the conductor such that the connection-section-side connecting portion is exposed and covering each terminal fitting portion of the conductor, and movable piece lock portions for restricting the movable pieces at the locking position; the cover portion includes an opening into which the wire-side housing portion is insertable; the conductor-side housing portion includes a fixing portion for fixing the wire-side housing portion inserted into the opening of the cover portion at a predetermined first position and a second position closer to a back side of the cover portion than the first position; the seal member is provided to seal a clearance between the inner peripheral surface of the cover portion of the conductor-side housing portion and the outer peripheral surface of the wire-side housing portion at least at the second position; and the movable piece lock portions are provided at such positions as not to restrict the movable pieces at the locking position when the wire-side housing portion is fixed to the conductor-side housing portion at the first position and, on the other hand, restrict the movable pieces at the locking position when the wire-side housing portion is fixed to the conductor-side housing portion at the second position. | 10,503 |
8,563,166 | 1. An electrochemical cell comprising: a hollow container having an accommodation compartment for accommodating a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte; terminals including a plurality of inner terminals commonly connected to only one of the pair of electrodes and extending through the hollow container, each of the inner terminals having an upper surface and a lateral surface extending downward from the upper surface, and the inner terminals being made of at least one selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, gold, and a composite of these materials or of an electrically conductive material mainly based on carbon; and a protective film arranged in the accommodation compartment for covering the plurality of inner terminals, wherein the hollow container includes a rectangular plate-shaped bottom portion and a rectangular frame-shaped wall portion formed along the periphery of the bottom portion, wherein the electrolyte is in the form of a liquid or a gel, wherein the inner terminals extend parallel to one another and are spaced out on an upper surface of the bottom portion of the hollow container thereby providing a space defined by the lateral surfaces of each adjacent two of the inner terminals, and wherein the protective film covers the upper surface and the lateral surface of each of the inner terminals and fills the spaces between the inner terminals in order to prevent contact between the electrolyte and the inner terminals, wherein the protective film includes a layer made of a film of pure aluminum, and wherein the inner terminals have inner terminal portions which directly contact the protective film such that the inner terminal portions are insulated from each other within the hollow container. | 46,984 |
8,679,357 | 1. A nanoimprinting method, comprising: coating a substrate with a plurality of droplets of resist material by the ink jet method; and pressing a linear pattern of protrusions and recesses of a mold onto the surface of the substrate which is coated with the droplets, to spread the droplets on the substrate, to form a resist film constituted by bonds among the spread plurality of droplets and to transfer the linear pattern of protrusions and recesses onto the resist film; the droplets being coated under the conditions of: the viscosity of the resist material being within a range from 8 cP to 20 cP, the surface energy of the resist material being within a range from 25 mN/m to 35 mN/m, the amount of resist material in each of the plurality of droplets being within a range from 1 pl to 10 pl, and the placement intervals among the droplets being within a range from 10 μm to 1000 μm, and such that an intersection angle formed between a main scanning direction of the ink jet method when coating the substrate with the droplets and the direction of the lines of the linear pattern of protrusions and recesses, which is an intersection angle when pressing the mold against the surface of the substrate, is within a range from 30° to 90°; and the mold being pressed against the surface of the substrate in a He and/or a depressurized atmosphere. | 44,501 |
9,192,749 | 1. A device which in use impacts a penetrating member against the stratum corneum comprising: a body having a first end and a second end; said first end adapted to receive said penetrating member; a piston slidably disposed within said body for impacting said penetrating member against the stratum corneum, wherein said penetrating member is releasably attached to said piston; an impact spring adapted to provide an impact force to said piston and bias said piston out of said first end of said body; wherein said impact spring is energized when said piston is further disposed within said body; a latching mechanism wherein said latching mechanism releasably engages said piston with said body after said piston has been sufficiently disposed within said body; a releasing mechanism for disengaging said latching mechanism whereby said impact spring impacts said piston against said penetrating member forcing the penetrating member into said stratum corneum; and a cap movably mounted on said body for activating said releasing mechanism when said cap is moved onto said body; a hold down spring disposed between said body and said cap for resisting the activation of said release mechanism until said hold down spring has been sufficiently energized such that said hold down spring exerts a predetermined hold down force; wherein said body and piston are adapted to be releasably engaged by the use of a single hand; wherein said device comprises said penetrating member, said penetrating member comprising a plurality of microprotrusions coated with an agent, wherein said plurality of microprotrusions comprise a coating of said agent, wherein said plurality of microprotrusions extend at an angle from a sheet, wherein said sheet is incorporated in an agent delivery patch, and wherein said device is without an agent reservoir. | 1,584 |
8,725,991 | 1. A processor comprising: a first execution pipeline to execute a first instruction stream; a second execution pipeline to execute a second instruction stream; a first register file associated with the first instruction stream; a second register file physically adjacent to the first register file on a chip, the second register file associated with the second instruction stream; wherein the first and second instruction streams are configured within the first and second execution pipelines with non-concurrent access of the first and second register files to enable the first and second register files to share at least one hardware resource; a third execution pipeline to execute a third instruction stream; a third register file physically non-adjacent to the first register file and the second register file, the third register file associated with the third instruction stream; and a second hardware resource including a second data read bus that is shared by the second set of register files but not shared by the first set of register files; wherein the first and third instruction streams are configured within the first and third execution pipelines to concurrently access the first and third register files. | 44,136 |
8,845,863 | 1. A process for distilling ethylene oxide from a feed stream, the process comprising: introducing the feed stream, wherein the feed stream includes ethylene oxide and an amount of aldehyde, into a heat exchanger to heat the feed stream; feeding the heated feed stream to a base of a distillation apparatus located below a first separation stage of a plurality of separation stages that are numbered from a bottom of the distillation apparatus to a top of the distillation apparatus; removing from the distillation apparatus an impurity fraction as a top exit stream located at a top take-off on the distillation apparatus; removing from the distillation apparatus an ethylene oxide stream of at least 99.7 weight percent purity, based on the total weight of the ethylene oxide stream; and removing from the distillation apparatus an aldehyde enriched fraction as a bottom stream. | 24,686 |
8,569,126 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising: defining, in a semiconductor substrate, a first active region and a second active region by forming a device isolation insulating film over the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate electrode, extending in a first direction, over the device isolation insulating film and the first active region; forming a first insulating film over the semiconductor substrate and the gate electrode; forming a second insulating film over the first insulating film; forming a first hole, a second hole and a third hole by patterning the first insulating film and the second insulating film, the first hole having a rectangular planar shape overlapping with the gate electrode and the first active region and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second hole being located over the second active region; forming a trench by patterning the second insulating film, the trench extending from a position over the first hole to a position over the second hole; and forming first, second, and third plugs in the first, second, and third holes and forming an interconnection in the trench, thereby forming the interconnection integrally formed with the first plug and the second plug. | 29,360 |
8,863,494 | 1. A turbine outlet frozen gas capture apparatus, comprising: an enclosure divided into first and second chambers, the first chamber being receptive of turbine outlet exhaust including frozen gas; a wheel disposed and configured to be rotatable such that each circumferential portion of the wheel sequentially moves into the first chamber and out of the second chamber and out of the first chamber and into the second chamber such that the frozen gas received in the first chamber is captured by the circumferential portions of the wheel in the first chamber and transported by the circumferential portions of the wheel into the second chamber; a heater disposed within the second chamber and configured to vaporize the frozen gas transported therein by the circumferential portions of the wheel to thereby produce vaporized gas; and a system configured to draw vaporized gas from the second chamber and to prevent flow of the turbine outlet exhaust from the first to the second chamber in accordance with a pressure differential between the first and second chambers, the system comprising: a compressor fluidly interposed between the second chamber and a vaporized gas outlet, the compressor being configured to draw the vaporized gas from the second chamber toward the vaporized gas outlet; and a controller configured to measure a differential pressure between the first and second chambers, the controller being coupled to the compressor and configured to control an operation of the compressor in accordance with the differential pressure. | 6,958 |
9,837,556 | 1. An integrated photovoltaic panel, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of sections disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of sections including: a shared bus bar having opposing first and second ends, the first end of the shared bus bar being physically and electrically connected to a bonding area of the electric circuit carrier of a first section of the plurality of sections such that the first end is electrically coupled to the input port of the DC-DC converter of the first section, the second end of the shared bus bar being physically and electrically coupled to a bonding area of the electric circuit carrier of a second section of the plurality of sections such that the second end is electrically coupled to the output port of the DC-DC converter of the second section, and a portion of the shared bus bar between the first and second ends of the shared bus bar being physically and electrically connected to the photovoltaic portion of the first section of the plurality sections; and material sealing each PV cell unit and each DC-DC converter to the substrate; wherein: | 41,348 |
9,116,695 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a data processing apparatus, which includes a first input/output section for performing input/output of data, includes a storage section and which is driven by a battery, to: judge whether the first input/output section is set as an input/output section used for the input/output of the data; judge whether a remaining battery level of the battery is not less than a first reference remaining level; judge whether the data processing apparatus includes a second input/output section requiring a power consumption which is used for the input/output of the data and which is lower than that of the first input/output section, in a case that the data processing apparatus judges that the first input/output section is set as the input/output section used for the input/output of the data and that the remaining battery level is less than the first reference remaining level; switch the input/output section from the first input/output section to the second input/output section or output a notification to switch the input/output section from the first input/output section to the second input/output section, in a case that the data processing apparatus judges that the data processing apparatus includes the second input/output section, create a logical third input/output section which outputs the data by writing the data into the storage section, in a case that the data processing apparatus judges that the data processing apparatus does not include the second input/output section; and switch the input/output section from the first input/output section to the third input/output section or output a notification to switch the input/output section from the first input/output section to the third input/output section. | 20,370 |
8,977,378 | 1. A method of using hieroglyphs for communication in a rapid fabrication environment, the method comprising: receiving, by a control system for an articulated robotic arm, images of a build space for a fabrication machine; identifying, by the control system, a plurality of hieroglyphs present in the images, the plurality of hieroglyphs including at least a first hieroglyph and a second hieroglyph generated by the fabrication machine, wherein the control system identifies the first hieroglyph prior to the fabrication machine generating the second hieroglyph; translating, by the control system, the identified plurality of hieroglyphs into one or more instructions for manipulation of the articulated robotic arm; and causing, by the control system, the articulated robotic arm to carry out the instructions translated from the identified plurality of hieroglyphs. | 1,816 |
8,660,054 | 1. A method for supporting distribution of warning messages, the method comprising: providing, by each of a plurality of network elements belonging to a group of a plurality of groups, group membership information to at least one higher-tier network element, the plurality of network elements including endpoints, a Next Generation Network (NGN) infrastructure being employed for distribution including the network elements, a hierarchical architecture being defined the network elements, each of the groups being defined to include some of the network elements including the endpoints with specific characteristics; and generating, by at least one group warning controller, a warning message for one or more target groups and forwarding said warning message to lower-tier network elements of the respective target group or groups towards endpoints, upon receiving a request from a source node. | 49,601 |
9,395,081 | 1. A method for processing a hydrogenous compound, comprising: directing reactants, including a hydrogenous compound, to a first reaction zone; cyclically varying a pressure at the first reaction zone in accordance with a first cycle; directing heat into the first reaction zone to heat the reactants; dissociating the hydrogenous compound to produce a first product in an endothermic reaction; transferring the first product to a second reaction zone; cyclically varying a pressure at the second reaction zone in accordance with a second cycle; at the second reaction zone, producing a second product including at least one of a hydrogen-based fuel and a structural building block in an exothermic reaction; controlling a flow rate between the first and second reaction zones with a mechanism coupled between the first and second reaction zones; and controlling the pressure in the second reaction zone based at least in part on a flow rate of the first product from the first reaction zone to the second reaction zone. | 45,582 |
9,402,311 | 1. A semiconductor module comprising: a substrate made of a metal; an insulating layer formed on the substrate; a plurality of wiring patterns formed on the insulating layer; a bare-chip transistor mounted on one wiring pattern out of the plurality of wiring patterns via a solder; and a copper connector formed of a copper plate, the copper connector jointing an electrode formed on a top surface of the bear-chip transistor and another wiring pattern out of the plurality of wiring patterns via a solder, wherein the copper connector includes an electrode-jointing portion jointed to the electrode of the bare-chip transistor and a substrate-jointing portion arranged to face the electrode jointing portion in one direction and jointed to the another wiring pattern out of the plurality of wiring patterns, a width of the electrode-jointing portion in a direction perpendicular to the one direction is smaller than a width of the substrate-jointing portion in the direction perpendicular to the one direction, a stress-reducing portion is arranged between the electrode-jointing portion and the substrate jointing portion, the stress-reducing portion includes a flat plate portion, a first coupling portion bent down from one end of the flat plate portion, and a second coupling portion bent down from another end of the flat plate portion so as to form a bridge shape, the electrode-jointing portion is formed to be bent from the first coupling portion and to extend outward, and the substrate jointing portion is formed to be bent from the second coupling portion and to extend outward, and balancing rib portions is formed at both ends of the flat plate portion in the direction perpendicular to the one direction, respectively, the balancing rib portions being bent down from the both ends, respectively. | 33,198 |
9,142,269 | 1. A memory device comprising: a memory core; a plurality of data bit input pins; a data bit inversion (DBI) input pin; a decoder configured to receive a data word from the plurality of data bit input pins and a DBI signal from the DBI input pin, and output a decoded data word, wherein the decoded data word is inverted with respect to the received data word when the DBI signal indicates inversion is to be performed and is the same as the received data word when the DBI signal indicates inversion is not to be performed; and data mask code detection logic configured to receive the data word from the plurality of data bit input pins and the DBI signal from the DBI input pin in parallel with the decoder, determine whether the received data word is encoded in a compliant or noncompliant state, and output a data mask signal, wherein the data mask signal has a first state that indicates data masking is to be performed when the received data word is determined to be in a noncompliant state and a second state that indicates data masking is not to be performed when the received data word is determined to be in a compliant state, wherein the determination of whether the received data word is encoded in the compliant or noncompliant state depends at least partially upon the logic state of the DBI signal; wherein the decoded data word is allowed to be written to the memory core when the data mask signal has the second state and is not allowed to be written to the memory core when the data mask signal has the first state. | 24,693 |
9,730,142 | 1. A wireless communication device for a wireless relay network in which a plurality of relaying devices each operating on a battery are used to relay data to a target device of the plurality of relaying devices, the wireless communication device comprising a computer including a processor, wherein the computer is configured to implement at least: a transmitting unit to transmit data to a relay destination that is one of first relaying devices existing in a coverage area of the wireless communication device out of the plurality of relaying devices; an obtaining unit to obtain first information, from each of the first relaying devices, that indicates a representative value of remaining operating times of relaying devices present on a relay route from the first relaying device to the target device; a determining unit to determine to perform a new route search, when the first information obtained by the obtaining unit indicates that the remaining operation times are less than a threshold; a transmission power controller to increase a transmission power of the transmitting unit to expand the coverage area of the wireless communication device in a case where the determining unit determines to perform the new route search; a transmission processing unit to transmit a request for the new route search by using the transmitting unit of which the transmission power has been increased; a receiving unit to receive responses from all or a part of second relaying devices, which are relaying devices that have received the request, including pieces of second information each of which indicates a representative value of remaining operating times of relaying devices present on a relay route from the second relaying device to the target device; and a route selecting unit to select a relay destination of data from among candidates of the relay destination being the second relaying devices each of which has a value of the second information equal to or greater than the threshold value, wherein the route selecting unit: compares the second ratios of the candidates with the first ratios of the candidates and selects, as the relay destination of the data, the candidate the whose second ratio of which is smaller than the first ratio. | 829 |
8,535,419 | 1. A method of installing a modular amine plant comprising: providing to a site a front-end module having a filter affixed to the front-end skid, an absorption tower affixed to the front-end skid, and a flash tank affixed to the front-end skid, wherein the filter, absorption tower, and flash tank are in adaptable fluid communication with each other prior to arrival at the site; providing to the site a back-end module in adaptable fluid communication with the front-end module, the back-end module having a heat exchanger affixed to the back-end skid, a distillation tower affixed to the back-end skid, and a reboiler affixed to the back-end skid, wherein the heat exchanger, the distillation tower, and the reboiler are in adaptable fluid communication with each other prior to arrival at the site; and starting up the modular amine plant in less than about 5 days. | 35,904 |
9,248,825 | 1. A system for determining information associated with a vehicle, the system comprising: a controller operable to determine a saved amount of fuel and a reduced amount of emissions; and a sensor operable to measure an amount of energy supplied by an energy storage device and to communicate information about the amount of energy to the controller, wherein the controller is operable to determined the saved amount of fuel and the reduced amount of emissions based on the amount of the energy supplied by the energy storage device and information correlating an amount of energy used by the vehicle to an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle and an amount of emissions emitted by the vehicle, for reducing tax liability of the vehicle. | 47,776 |
8,342,924 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory device electronically coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory device stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to: receive first information associated with at least one event initiated by a first user within a context of playing a game, wherein the first information is received during the playing of the game by the first user; receive second information associated with at least one event initiated by a second user within the context of playing the game, wherein the second information is received during the playing of the game by the second user; based at least in part on the first information, generate first statistics information, wherein the first statistics information is associated with the first user with respect to the playing of the game; based at least in part on the second information, generate second statistics information, wherein the second statistics information is associated with the second user with respect to the playing of the game; and cause to be electronically displayed to a third user at least the first statistics information and the second statistics information. | 11,564 |
8,405,686 | 1. A display device, comprising: a display surface provided on a front surface of said display device, on which images are displayed; a first measuring unit provided on a rear surface of said display device and measuring illuminance on said rear surface; a first control unit performing brightness control on said images displayed on said display surface in accordance with a measurement result of said first measuring unit, a second measuring unit provided on said front surface of said display device and measuring illuminance on said front surface; and a calculating unit calculating reflection brightness on said front surface from said measurement result of said second measuring unit, wherein said first control unit performs said brightness control, black level control, gamma control and saturation control on said images displayed on said display surface in accordance with at least one of said measurement result of said first measuring unit and a result of said calculating unit, wherein said first control unit performs said brightness control on said images displayed on said display surface in accordance with at least one of said measurement result of said first measuring unit and a measurement result of said second measuring unit. | 7,720 |
9,343,906 | 1. A method for initializing a power inverter of a photovoltaic system comprising a solar cell array, the method comprising: opening an alternating current (AC) mains switch and a direct current (DC) switch, wherein opening the AC mains switch disconnects the power inverter from an electrical grid, and wherein opening the DC switch disconnects a DC capacitor bank associated with the power inverter from the solar cell array to prevent power produced by the solar cell array from flowing into the DC capacitor bank; closing the AC mains switch to allow power to flow from the electrical grid to the DC capacitor bank connected to the power inverter to charge the DC capacitor bank to a power up voltage of the power inverter; initiating operation of the power inverter such that the power inverter begins to receive a DC voltage from the DC capacitor bank responsive to the DC capacitor bank being charged to the power up voltage; stabilizing the DC voltage received at the power inverter from the DC capacitor bank at the power up voltage of the power inverter, the power up voltage of the power inverter being greater than a maximum output power of the solar cell array and less than an open circuit voltage for the solar cell array before a load is connected to the solar cell array; closing the DC switch to allow power produced by the solar cell array to flow into and to charge the DC capacitor bank responsive to stabilizing the DC voltage at the power up voltage of the power inverter such that the solar cell array provides a constant power up current to the DC capacitor bank to limit transient overshooting of the power up voltage; waiting for an inverter initialization period to elapse; and adjusting the DC voltage received by the power inverter to a voltage associated with a maximum power output level of the solar cell array. | 20,997 |
9,388,461 | 1. A method for amplifying a collection of target sequences from a nucleic acid sample wherein each target sequence comprises a common sequence and a consensus sequence immediately adjacent to the common sequence, the method comprising: fragmenting the nucleic acid sample into fragments with a selected restriction enzyme; ligating an adaptor to the fragments to obtain adaptor-ligated fragments, wherein said adaptor comprises a first priming sequence; contacting the adaptor-ligated fragments with probes, wherein each probe comprises a second priming sequence and a target specific sequence that comprises a region that is complementary to the common sequence and a region that is complementary to the consensus sequence; extending at least some of the probes; and amplifying the extended probes with primers to said first and second priming sequences. | 17,575 |
8,716,880 | 1. An apparatus for converting fluid wave energy to electrical energy comprising: a housing structure having a rotating collar coupled thereto, said rotating collar being disposed around said housing and coupled to said housing such that said collar is free to rotate, said rotating collar having blades disposed on its surface, said blades being configured to couple with a fluid medium; an interior sleeve structure having at least one structural projection on its interior surface, said interior sleeve structure being disposed within said housing and being coupled to said rotating collar, such that rotation of said rotating collar causes a corresponding rotation of the interior sleeve the structural projections or both; a piezokinetic assembly disposed inside said interior sleeve structure having at least one piezokinetic element projecting therefrom, said piezokinetic assembly being disposed in said housing such that upon rotation of said interior sleeve, the structural projections, or both, the at lease one piezokinetic element engages and disengages the structural projections causing said at least one piezokinetic element to vibrate causing said piezoelectric material to generate an electrical charge. | 3,076 |
9,549,467 | 1. An electronic assembly for use in space missions, the electronic assembly comprising: a PCB; one or more multi-pin column grid array (CGA) devices coupled to the printed circuit board (PCB); and one or more multi-bin-pad features it, the PCB; wherein each via-in-pad feature comprises a land pad configured to couple a pin of the one or more multi-pin CGA devices to the via, and wherein the PCB comprises a plurality of layers arranged symmetrically in a two-halves configuration above and below a central plane of the PCB; wherein the assembly comprises a pair of CGA device coupled to the PCB in a back-to-back arrangement, and wherein each pin of the first CGA device is located directly opposite a similarly located pin of the second CGA device. | 12,140 |
9,729,734 | 1. An information processing apparatus configured with a processor, memory and storage media, the processor configured to perform the following: accept a transmission destination of input information for inputting setting information about a setting for the information processing apparatus; transmit the input information to the transmission destination accepted by the accepting unit; receive the setting information transmitted from an external apparatus; and store the setting information in the storage medium as a setting for the information processing apparatus, the setting information being received by the receiving unit, wherein the setting information is output destination information indicating an output destination of data, and wherein the processor is further configured to output test data to the output destination by using the output destination information stored in the storage medium, and wherein, when the test data is successfully outputted the processor transmits information indicating success in the outputting, to a transmission source of the setting information received by the processor, and, when the test data is not successfully outputted, the processor transmits information indicating failure of the outputting, to the transmission source. | 28,303 |
9,770,928 | 1. A printing apparatus, comprising: a cover member, covering at least a portion of a conveyance path for conveying a recording medium, wherein the cover member is configured such that at least a portion of a part covering the conveyance path is able to expand and contract, wherein the printing apparatus is an inkjet printing apparatus, and at least the portion of the conveyance path covered by the cover member is on which the recording medium conveyed after the recording medium is being inkjet printed, the cover member is retreatable and foldable from a position of covering the conveyance path, the cover member faces the recording medium when printing is performed, and the cover member comprises a dryer for drying an ink landed on the recording medium. | 41,028 |
9,350,016 | 1. A composite anode active material consisting of lithium titanium oxide particles; and a phosphate layer on a surface of the lithium titanium oxide particles and phosphate particles between adjacent lithium titanium oxide particles. | 46,758 |
8,356,587 | 1. A positive crankcase ventilation valve assembly comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; a poppet valve disposed in said housing between said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet and movable in an axial direction to a plurality of positions respectively defining a plurality of fluid flow rates; and a plurality of ribs extending radially from one of said poppet valve and said housing in said axial direction, said plurality of ribs defining a bearing surface between said housing and said poppet valve, and wherein said plurality of ribs include a tapered leading edge facilitating insertion of said poppet valve into said housing during assembly. | 3,216 |
8,642,302 | 1. A continuous method for producing ethanol comprising: culturing in a fermentation bioreactor a strain of supplying vitamin solution to fermentation broth, supplying to said fermentation bioreactor a gaseous substrate comprising carbon monoxide; maintaining a specific rate of CO uptake in said fermentation bioreactor at an amount of 0.3 to 2 mmol CO/gram dry cells weight of bacteria per minute in the fermentation broth after the bacteria achieve a stable cell concentration in the fermentation bioreactor; and removing the fermentation broth from the fermentation bioreactor, distilling ethanol from the broth, and recovering the ethanol; wherein the bacteria produce both ethanol and acetate in a ratio of ethanol to acetate ranging from 1:1 to 20:1; and wherein the ratio of acetic acid to ethanol is less than 0.8:1; and wherein said liquid nutrient medium comprises one or more of the following: Fe, PO | 34,031 |
8,872,311 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a multi layer etch stop located over a substrate, wherein said multi layer etch stop has a first insulative layer and a second silicon-rich nitride layer located over said first insulative layer; a dielectric layer located over said multi layer etch stop, said dielectric layer having an opening formed therein that extends through at least a portion of said multi layer etch stop; a conductive plug located within said opening; and an insulative spacer located between said conductive plug and said second silicon-rich nitride layer, wherein a thickness of said insulative spacer tapers as said insulative spacer approaches said second silicon-rich nitride layer. | 32,608 |
8,631,375 | 1. A computer-implemented method for creating a multi-level integrated circuit layout, performed using at least one computing device, the method comprising: providing at least two layers of the multi-level integrated circuit layout; selecting a via for connecting the at least two layers using the at least one computing device, wherein the selecting includes retrieving the via from a via library including a plurality of via types, the plurality of via types prioritized in the via library according to a predicted manufacturing yield for each of the plurality of vias; constructing the via library prior to the selecting of the via, the constructing including: | 31,469 |
8,356,918 | 1. A light distribution assembly for controlling light from an electrodeless high intensity discharge lamp comprising: an electrodeless high intensity discharge light source providing emitted light into substantially first and second hemispherical zones; a first optical element redirecting at least a portion of light from the first hemispherical zone into a first desired direction in the second hemispherical zone; a second optical element that redirects at least a portion of light within the second hemispherical zone that includes at least a portion of the light that was redirected by the first optical element. | 12,169 |
9,083,255 | 1. A controller for use with a switch mode power converter, the switch mode converter including a transformer, a full bridge circuit comprising a plurality of switching elements and coupled to a DC input voltage Vin at an input and to the primary side of said transformer at an output, and first and second synchronous rectifiers coupled between the secondary side of said transformer and an output circuit which includes an output inductor and is arranged to provide an output voltage to which a load may be coupled, said controller comprising: an input circuit arranged to receive a signal representative of said output voltage; and an output circuit arranged to provide signals which operate said switching elements and said synchronous rectifiers to produce a desired output voltage, said controller arranged such that the converter's “dead time” is adaptively varied in an inverse relationship to the magnitude of said load; wherein said signals used to operate said synchronous rectifiers are pulse-width modulated (PWM) signals; wherein said controller is arranged to adaptively vary said dead time by modulating at least one of the rising or falling edges of at least one of the PWM signals used to operate said synchronous rectifiers such that an adaptively varied rising or falling edge is determined using an initial edge position adjusted by an adaptive dead time (ADT) and adjusted using information about said output voltage; and wherein the adaptive dead time (ADT) is determined using information about a current conducted by said load. | 25,832 |
9,150,563 | 1. 4-{3-[2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)thiazol-5-yl]-2-fluoropropanoyl}amino-1-ethylpyrrole-3-carboxylic acid or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. | 33,232 |
8,835,666 | 1. A process for preparation of a catalyst, said catalyst comprising a complex of metal oxides wherein relative ratios of elements in said catalyst are represented by the following formula: wherein A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium; D is at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, manganese, zinc, magnesium, calcium, strontium, cadmium and barium; E is at least one element selected from the group consisting of chromium, tungsten, boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, phosphorus, arsenic, and vanadium; F is at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, yttrium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, silicon, germanium, and lead; G is at least one element selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum and mercury; and a is from 0.05 to 7, b is from 0.1 to 7, c is from 0.01 to 5, d is from 0.1 to 12, e is from 0 to 5, f is from 0 to 5, g is from 0 to 0.2, h is from 0 to 5, and x is the number of oxygen atoms required to satisfy the valence requirements of the other component elements present; wherein at least one heat-decomposable nitrogen-containing compound is added during the preparation of the catalyst and wherein the heat-decomposable nitrogen-containing compound is selected from the group consisting of ammonium compounds, nitrate compounds, nitrite compounds, amide compounds, nitro benzoic compounds, and ammonium hydroxide compounds. | 29,140 |
8,422,428 | 1. A method of operating a communication system, the method comprising: in a user identifier database system, receiving a notification of a first failed attempt by a wireless communication device to register with a communication network using an invalid user identifier, wherein the notification includes a device identifier that identifies the wireless communication device; in the user identifier database system, identifying, based on the device identifier, a second failed attempt by the wireless communication device to register with the communication network, identifying a routing system associated with the second failed attempt, and transferring a data service message for delivery to the routing system responsive to the second failed attempt, wherein the data service message comprises the device identifier, a service identifier, and instructions for a data session; in the routing system, creating a temporary profile for the wireless communication device based on the service identifier and transferring the instructions for the data session for delivery to the wireless communication device, wherein the temporary profile enables the wireless communication device to access the communication network using the device identifier for a predetermined time period; in the wireless communication device, processing the instructions for the data session and transferring a session request for delivery to the routing system to establish the data session with a device management system identified in the instructions, wherein the session request includes the device identifier; in the routing system, processing the device identifier with the temporary profile to determine whether the wireless communication device is authorized to access the communication network, and if the wireless communication device is authorized, allowing the wireless communication device to establish the data session with the device management system; and in the device management system, performing a device management task on the wireless communication device. | 37,727 |
8,865,036 | 1. A method for stretch-blowing containers of preforms in a blow-molding station of a blow-molding machine, wherein at least one blow mold defines a mold cavity, comprising: providing in the blow-molding station a blast nozzle and a stretching bar which can be adjusted via an electric servomotor controlling one of at least the speed, the force, the distance, and a combination thereof of the stretching bar adjustment with an electronic control unit via the servomotor for each stretching process, adjusting the stretching bar during the stretching process by pressurizing the preform from the blast nozzle while taking along the preform bottom to the maximum of contact of the bottom with the mold cavity bottom, and reducing the force the servomotor transmits to the stretching bar in a controlled manner with regard to a maximum force one of in a final phase, at the end, or after termination of the stretching process, wherein the force is controlled for a period a corresponding to a rotary angle region of an entire revolution of a blow wheel drivable in a rotatable manner and including the blow mold. | 6,642 |
9,451,546 | 1. A base station for managing a cell, comprising: a controller including a processor configured to perform an on/off operation to turn a downlink transmission of the cell on and off, wherein | 30,105 |
9,104,970 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: generating, by a computing device, a predictive model for a web page of a website, wherein the web page includes a configuration defining one or more objects presented with the web page, and wherein each object is associated with a predictive model; determining one or more predictive model types that are associated with the predictive model; determining one or more performance indicators that correspond to each determined predictive model type, wherein performance indicators represent one or more benefits to a website; selecting a predictive model type of the predictive model out of the one or more predictive model types, wherein the predictive model type is selected based on a performance indicator corresponding to the selected predictive model type; and determining a configuration of the web page using the selected predictive model type of the predictive model. | 48,797 |
8,757,357 | 1. An aligning apparatus for aligning glass substrate, comprising a roller conveyer configured with a plurality of rollers mounted on shafts for transferring the glass substrate; at least a pair of directional beams arranged in parallel to the rollers, and in close contact with the rollers; at least a pair of positioning devices moveably assembled onto the directional beams, wherein each of the positioning devices is moveable along the corresponding beams, and wherein at least a portion of the positioning device extends to an upper surface of the rollers; each of the positioning devices being interconnected with a piston so as to maneuver the positioning device to move along the beams; a detecting device used to detect whether the glass substrate is offset from its intended route; wherein once the moving glass substrate is detected with an offset, the positioning device will be triggered so as to move along the beams so as to correct the offset bringing the glass substrate back to its correct position; wherein the positioning device comprises a pair of pushers each has at least a portion which extends to the upper surface of the roller; each of the pushers is defined with an opening enveloping onto a transaxle; a linkage having a crossbar interconnected to the pushers, and a rod interconnected to the piston of a cylinder such that the movement of the piston can move the pushers to move along the beams; and wherein the directional beams are arranged with limiter, setting the maximum displacement of the pusher along the beams, wherein the limiter abuts against an upper surface of the rollers. | 8,986 |
9,102,592 | 1. A compound represented by the structure of formula (9): wherein R is an alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl. | 20,155 |
9,308,877 | 1. A power control unit mounted on a vehicle for controlling electric power used for driving the vehicle, comprising: a casing including a top where an opening is formed, a terminal block placed in said casing, and arranged opposite to said opening, and a substrate placed in said casing, and on which an electronic component is mounted, said terminal block having a first wall arranged between said substrate and said opening, and extending towards said top at a circumference of an aperture of said opening, said casing further including a rib-like section arranged between said substrate and said opening, and protruding from an inner edge of said top defining said opening towards inside said casing, said first wall being provided to block a line of sight from outside said casing towards said substrate, through said opening and over said rib-like section, said opening being formed to allow communication between the outer side of said casing and a space within said casing in which said substrate is placed, said first wall being provided not to be in contact with said casing. | 1,695 |
9,116,494 | 1. A fixing device comprising: a rotatable, flexible fuser belt looped into a generally cylindrical configuration; a fuser pad extending in an axial, longitudinal direction thereof inside the loop of the fuser belt; and a pressure member extending in the axial direction opposite the fuser pad with the fuser belt interposed between the fuser pad and the pressure member, the pressure member pressing against the fuser pad through the fuser belt in a load direction to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which a recording medium is conveyed in a conveyance direction, the fuser pad including an upstream section, a midstream section, and a downstream section arranged in series from upstream to downstream in the conveyance direction, the upstream section defining a generally planar surface along which the recording medium is introduced into the fixing nip, a portion of the upstream section being located apart from the pressure member, the downstream section defining a protruding surface that protrudes outward toward the pressure member while located apart from the pressure member, wherein the pressure member comprises a concave roller whose diameter gradually increases by a first amount of taper from a longitudinal center toward both longitudinal ends thereof in the axial direction, the downstream section of the fuser pad has a thickness in the load direction which gradually increases by a second amount of taper, corresponding to the first amount of taper, from a longitudinal center toward both longitudinal ends thereof in the axial direction, one or more support projections integrally disposed on the fuser pad on a side opposite that facing the pressure member to reinforce the fuser pad in the load direction, and the support projections having a thickness in the load direction which gradually increases by a third amount of taper, corresponding to the first amount of taper, from both longitudinal ends toward a longitudinal center thereof in the axial direction. | 4,839 |
9,311,538 | 1. An image processing device comprising a processor configured to: perform a click on an object image contained in an image to obtain a clicked point; calculate an edge map of the image; a color model of the object image based on the clicked point and the edge map; classify each pixel in the image, based on the edge map and the color model, so as to obtain a binary image of the image; and a region containing the object image based on the binary image, wherein the processor is further configured to acquire an extension region containing the clicked point based on the clicked point and the edge map, the extension region being within the object image; and acquire the color model of the object image based on a color of each pixel within the extension region, wherein the processor is further configured to: set a maximum extension region containing the clicked point, search, as a left boundary pixel of the extension region, the first one of boundary pixels leftward in a horizontal direction from the clicked point, search, as a right boundary pixel of the extension region, the first one of the boundary pixels rightward in the horizontal direction from the clicked point, search, for each reference pixel between the left boundary pixel and the right boundary pixel in the horizontal direction, as an upper boundary pixel of the extension region, the first one of the boundary pixels upward in a vertical direction from the reference pixel; and search, as an lower boundary pixel of the extension region, the first one of the boundary pixels downward in the vertical direction from the reference pixel, wherein the processor is further configured to set a sliding window taking each pixel within the maximum extension region as a center, count the number of edge pixels in the sliding window, and define a pixel satisfying a condition that the number of the edge pixels in the sliding window is larger than a predetermined threshold as the boundary pixel. | 11,071 |
9,825,465 | 1. A voltage monitoring control device comprising: a transceiver unit to communicate, via a communication network, with a plurality of local voltage control devices that adjust an amount of control of a plurality of voltage control apparatuses every second cycle, which is shorter than a first cycle, on a basis of a command value updated every first cycle, the voltage control apparatuses being connected to a power distribution line in a high-voltage system and controlling a voltage on the power distribution line; an indicatable-range updating unit to determine an indicatable range, which is a range of reactive power indicatable to the local voltage control device that controls a reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus, on a basis of a control result that is transmitted from the local voltage control device that controls the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus and is received via the transceiver unit, the control result being a limit-value time, during which reactive power generated by the voltage control apparatus reaches a limit value which is at least one of an upper-limit value that is a positive maximum reactive-power output of the voltage control apparatus and a lower-limit value that is a negative maximum reactive-power output of the voltage control apparatus within a predetermined time, or a limit-value-time ratio obtained by dividing the limit-value time by the predetermined time; and a reactive-power determination unit to determine, for the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus, a reactive-power command value, which is updated every first cycle for each of the local voltage control devices on a basis of the indicatable range and which is transmitted, via the transceiver unit, to each of the local voltage control devices that control the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus. | 21,918 |
8,393,290 | 1. A powder coating system for powder coating treatment of a part, the powder coating system comprising: (a) a powder coating application system; (b) first and second heating systems, wherein the first heating system at least partially cures a powder coating applied to the part by the application system, and wherein the second heating system fully cures the powder coating applied to the part by the application system; and (c) a conveying system, including: | 43,969 |
8,669,076 | 1. A recombinant yeast cell comprising a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having xylose isomerase activity and amino acid sequence with greater than 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the polypeptide provides xylose isomerase activity in the yeast cell. | 26,908 |
9,212,549 | 1. A method of storing or transporting a sample comprising: introducing a sample container into a subterranean formation, collecting the sample in the sample container, wherein the sample container is positioned within the subterranean formation during collection; inserting the sample container into a holding device, storing or transporting the holding device, wherein the step of storing or transporting is performed after the step of inserting. | 30,588 |
9,404,190 | 1. An end pressure plate for at least one of an electrolyser stack and an electrolyser module comprising a load transfer plate for maintaining even pressure over the faces of a plurality of structural plates, and a backing plate for supporting load transferred from said load transfer plate; wherein: | 3,638 |
9,261,355 | 1. A device for optically measuring the bending of a rotor blade of a wind turbine secured to a rotor hub of a rotor, where the rotor blade is secured at a blade root to the rotor hub, the device comprising: a light-emitting external marking adapted to be secured to the rotor blade at a distance spaced from the blade root; a camera adapted to be secured to the rotor for receiving light emitted by the external marking and providing first position information dependent on a relative position of the camera with respect to the external marking; an evaluation device coupled to the camera and including a position detector which detects the relative position of the camera with respect to the blade root and provides second position information dependent on the relative position, wherein the evaluation device determines at least one variable characterizing the bending of the rotor blade by evaluating the position information; and wherein the camera is adapted to be secured to the rotor in a region of the blade root by a retention member, and wherein the position detector comprises a sensor secured to the retention member for detecting a shape change of the retention member, wherein the second position information provided by the position detector is dependent on the detected shape change, and wherein the sensor is selected from the group consisting of a tension sensor and an expansion sensor. | 47,146 |
9,416,727 | 1. An engine assembly comprising an internal combustion engine connected to a waste heat recovery system, wherein the waste heat recovery system is configured to direct refrigerant around a loop which comprises: a heat exchanger connected to an exhaust outlet of the internal combustion engine and configured to transfer heat from engine exhaust gases to the refrigerant such that the refrigerant is vaporised; a turbine configured to receive and be driven by the vaporised refrigerant; and a condenser configured to cool and condense the refrigerant for subsequent delivery in liquid form to the heat exchanger; | 45,779 |
9,292,983 | 1. A method of operating a power system for vehicle having a traction electric motor, the method comprising: sensing an idling state of the vehicle by sensing a characteristic of the traction electric motor; supplying a first amount of electrical power to the traction electric motor; and controlling the first amount of electrical power supplied to the traction electric motor based in part on the sensed idling state, the first amount of electrical power being sufficient to create vibration of the traction electric motor detectible by a user and insufficient to cause the vehicle to exit the idling state. | 33,611 |
9,577,470 | 1. An arrangement comprising: an electrical and/or electronic supply circuit that provides a supply voltage, which serves to output a first value of the supply voltage when the supply voltage is derived from a first voltage source and a second value of the supply voltage when the supply voltage is derived from a second voltage source, wherein said second voltage source is a chargeable energy storer and an operating electronics for a radio unit for a plant of process automation technology which serves for the functions of the radio unit and provides a voltage for the supply of a field device which is connectable to said radio unit; and a detection circuit in said operating electronics which measures the values of the supply voltage and sets said operating electronics to different operating modes based on the measured value; wherein, in the case in which the supply voltage is delivered from the second voltage source a radio connection via the radio unit is uninterrupted for a predetermined period of time and wherein said field device connected to the radio unit is switched off to save energy. | 9,594 |
9,678,122 | 1. A system comprising: at least one intelligent electronic device comprising: at least one adapter coupled to the downstream portion of the at least one utility power line, the at least one adapter configured for providing the demodulated data to at least one network device. | 6,277 |
8,969,609 | 1. A ruthenium complex represented by the following general formula (2*), or a salt thereof: wherein each * represents an asymmetric carbon atom, R | 2,135 |
9,515,513 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a near field communication (NFC) antenna coil; a wireless power charge (WPC) receiving coil, wherein the NFC antenna coil and the WPC receiving coil are arranged on a magnetic sheet; and a resonance coil arranged on the magnetic sheet within an inner periphery of the WPC receiving coil, wherein the WPC receiving coil is concentrically disposed on the magnetic sheet within an inner periphery of the NFC antenna coil, and an inner diameter of the WPC receiving coil is greater than or equal to an inner diameter of reference listener antenna coil | 48,361 |
9,522,851 | 1. A method of producing fertilizer compositions containing micronized sulphur comprising the steps of: first dissolving elemental sulphur in an anhydrous or hydrous ammonia solution to form an ammonia/sulphur solution (AMS solution); second, reacting said AMS solution with an aqueous solution of an acidic compound selected from the group consisting of (a) sulphuric acid and its derivatives, (b) phosphoric acid and its derivatives, (c) nitric acid and its derivatives, (d) carbonic acid and its derivatives, and (e) mixtures thereof to simultaneously form a fertilizer composition comprising a fertilizer compound and micronized sulphur, said micronized sulphur being uniformly dispersed in said fertilizer composition; and third, drying said fertilizer composition. | 16,416 |
8,620,313 | 1. A mobile communication method in a mobile communication system that includes a macro cell and a home cell, in which a mobile station communicating with the macro cell measures and reports reception quality in a neighboring cell of the macro cell, the neighboring cell being notified to the mobile station by a network device, the method comprising: managing, by the network device, neighboring cell information indicating at least one neighboring cell of the macro cell and an access list indicating whether the mobile station is allowed to access the home cell; detecting, by the network device, the home cell and determining whether or not the home cell allows access from the mobile station by referring to the neighboring cell information and the access list; excluding, by the network device, from a measurement-target cell list, the home cell as a neighboring cell which the mobile station can measure and report reception quality from when the home cell does not allow access from the mobile station; and notifying, by the network device, the mobile station of the measurement-target cell list which includes one or more neighboring cells which the mobile station can measure and report reception quality from, wherein, in the excluding step, the network device excludes the home cell that does not allow access from the mobile station as a neighboring cell which the mobile station can measure and report reception quality from, only when detecting a cell in which a predetermined service is usable by the mobile station, and the network device does not exclude the home cell that does not allow access from the mobile station as a neighboring cell, when the cell in which the predetermined service is usable by the mobile station is not detected. | 10,564 |
8,601,813 | 1. A method of controlling exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) in a turbocharged engine system including a high pressure (HP) EGR path and a low pressure (LP) EGR path, the method comprising: determining a target total EGR fraction for compliance with exhaust emissions criteria; and using a control subsystem having one or more controllers in communication with one or more sensors constructed and arranged to determine a target HP/LP EGR ratio to optimize other engine system criteria within constraints of the determined target total EGR fraction, and including: | 17,338 |
8,502,411 | 1. A power limiting apparatus for an electric system including an electric motor mounted on a vehicle as a driving source and a plurality of power storage devices electrically connected to said electric motor, comprising: means for calculating a limit value of electric power of each of said power storage devices; means for limiting a sum of electric power of the plurality of said power storage devices in accordance with a sum of a plurality of said limit values in a first condition in which said electric motor is controlled so as to generate a driving force; and means for limiting the sum of electric power of the plurality of said power storage devices in accordance with one of the plurality of said limit values that has a smaller absolute value in a second condition in which said electric motor is controlled so as to generate a braking force. | 7,368 |
9,639,068 | 1. A lighting control system, comprising: a lighting system input component configured to receive an input and generate a message using an identification including control information in response to the input; a communication link coupled to the input component to allow transmission of the message; and a plurality of lighting system control components associated with the identification, each having at least one actuator, each of the plurality of the control components coupled to the input component through the communication link and each control component associated with the identification configured to receive the control information and to individually determine how to respond to the control information, wherein the input component transmits the message without configuration of control components associated with the identification and the control components respond to the message without being configured with the identification of any input components. | 22,586 |
9,085,243 | 1. An apparatus comprising a battery equalization system, said battery equalization system comprising two stages of accumulators placed in series, each stage having a negative pole and a positive pole, each stage comprising an accumulator placed between said negative pole and said positive pole, a voltage generator comprising a positive terminal and a negative terminal, for each stage of accumulators, an associated charging device powered by said voltage generator, said associated charging device comprising an inductor, a first capacitor having a first end and a second end, said first end being connected to a terminal of said voltage generator, a diode having an anode and a cathode, said diode being connected by said anode to said negative pole of said associated stage of accumulators and connected to an end of said inductor to allow, when said diode is forward biased, a flow of a charging current through said associated stage of accumulators, said associated diode and said associated inductor, and a switch, one end of which is linked to an end of said inductor so that said switch, said inductor and said first capacitor of said associated charging device are connected in series between a terminal of said voltage generator and a pole of said associated stage of accumulators, and a control device configured to, during a conduction time interval, to apply a voltage variation between said terminals of said voltage generator and to close a switch of a charging device associated with a stage of accumulators to be charged such that said inductor and said switch of said charging device are traversed by an increasing power supply current originating from said voltage generator and such that said inductor stores energy, and after said conduction time interval, to interrupt said power supply current through said inductor and allow transfer of the energy stored in said inductor to said associated stage of accumulators by flow of a decreasing charging current through said associated inductor and said associated diode. | 30,389 |
8,943,792 | 1. An assembly for an aircraft engine comprising: a gas generator having an exhaust plenum; a propulsor comprising a propulsion fan coaxially mounted within an annular turbine assembly, wherein the propulsion fan comprises first and second fan stages coaxially mounted within the annular turbine assembly, wherein the first and second fan stages are counter-rotating, wherein the first and second fan stages comprise different numbers of fan blades, and wherein the annular turbine assembly comprises a turbine duct and a plurality of turbine rotor blades rotationally coupled to the propulsion fan; and a plurality of hollow struts extending axially and radially from the gas generator to the annular turbine assembly, the hollow struts comprising flow ducts connecting the exhaust plenum to the turbine duct. | 22,705 |
9,037,296 | 1. A robot cleaner, comprising: an image detection unit configured to create image information by capturing a periphery; a signal input unit configured to receive an input of a sound; a communication unit configured to receive a control signal from an external terminal, and to transmit, to the terminal, a response signal with respect to the control signal; and a control unit configured to execute a control command by extracting the control command from the control signal, and configured to create the response signal, wherein the control unit is configured to extract a cleaning start command or a cleaning stop command from the control signal, and is configured to perform a cleaning operation according to the cleaning start command, or to stop the cleaning operation according to the cleaning stop command, and wherein the robot cleaner transfers both the image information and the inputted sound to the external terminal simultaneously when the robot cleaner outputs a received audio signal and a received image information both of which are sent from the external terminal, wherein the external terminal includes: a radio communication unit configured to transmit a control signal to the robot cleaner, and to receive data from the robot cleaner; a controller configured to create the control signal, and to create a control screen using the data; and a display unit having a touch recognition region for inputting the control command, and configured to display the control screen, wherein the touch recognition region includes: a first region configured to display the control screen, and on which the control command is input; and a second region having a size equal to or less than that of the first region. | 48,194 |
8,708,072 | 1. A vehicle including: a chassis; a front wheel assembly configured to support the chassis; a rear wheel assembly configured to support the chassis; a drive train including an engine, a transmission coupled to the engine, and a drive shaft coupled to the front and rear wheel assemblies, the transmission being configured to shift between a first gear and a second gear; a retarder configured to apply a braking force to the drive train; and a controller in communication with the retarder and the transmission, the controller being configured to automatically adjust a gain of the retarder based on a shift of the transmission between the first gear and the second gear. | 22,424 |
9,693,362 | 1. A method of allocating resources in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system comprising an access point (AP), a relay, and stations, the method performed by the AP, the method comprising: allocating a first resource for communication between the AP and the relay, and communication between the AP and a station associated with the AP; and allocating a second resource for communication between the relay and a station associated with the relay, wherein the method further comprises: adjusting the second resource allocated for the communication between the relay and the station associated with the relay based on power save poll (PS-Poll) information of the station and uplink data indication (UDI) information received from the relay, the UDI information including an amount of uplink data between the relay and the AP. | 19,308 |
9,751,228 | 1. A shaving razor system comprising: a housing comprising a guard, a cap, and one or more blades located between the guard and the cap, said guard being positioned in front of said one or more blades, said cap being positioned behind said one or more blades, a heating element in front of the one or more blades for transferring heat during a shaving stroke, said heating element comprising a skin contacting surface; an insulating member for delivering heat to the heating element; an electrical circuit configured to deliver energy to the insulating member, the electrical circuit comprising a control circuit for temperature regulation; a power source in communication with the electrical circuit; a plurality of spaced apart thermal sensors directly mounted to the insulating member and positioned below the skin contacting surface, wherein the thermal sensors independently output a temperature of the heating element and are in communication with the control circuit. | 28,210 |
9,396,117 | 1. A method for controlling an instruction cache including a least-recently-used bits array, a tag array, and a data array, comprising: looking up, in the least-recently-used bits array, least-recently-used bits for each of a plurality of cacheline sets in the instruction cache, where least-recently-used bits for a cacheline set indicate a least-recently-used way in that cacheline set; determining a most-recently-used way in a designated cacheline set of the plurality of cacheline sets based on the least-recently-used bits for the designated cacheline; looking up, in the tag array, tags for one or more ways in the designated cacheline set, wherein the looking up tags for one or more ways in the designated cacheline set comprises looking up a tag associated with the most-recently-used way prior to looking up tags in the tag array for other ways in the designated cacheline set; looking up, in the data array, data stored in the most-recently-used way in the designated cacheline set; and in response to determining a cache hit in the most-recently-used way based on the tag array, activating only the most-recently-used way and outputting the data stored in the most-recently-used way from the data array. | 12,271 |
9,573,725 | 1. A flat rack comprising: a cargo platform for carrying a load; terminal bulkheads for enclosing the cargo platform, the terminal bulkheads being opened bulkheads having diagonal braces therewithin; and two intermediate bulkheads positioned between the terminal bulkheads at equal distance from the center of gravity of the flat rack, each of the intermediate bulkheads being equipped with lifting points suitable therefor, the intermediate bulkheads being opened bulkheads having diagonal braces therewithin. | 15,975 |
9,087,529 | 1. A method for manufacturing a magnetic head, comprising: providing a stopper layer on an upper surface of a main magnetic pole layer that applies a magnetic flux to a recording medium, via a first insulation layer; providing a second insulation layer on an upper surface of the first insulation layer so as to cover at least an entire surface of the stopper layer; covering a portion of an upper surface of the second insulation layer with a mask layer; forming a height difference portion configured with a first surface, which is the upper surface of the second insulation layer protected by the mask layer, a second surface closer to the main magnetic pole layer than the first surface, an air bearing surface, and a side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface, by removing at least a portion of the second insulation layer that is not covered by the mask layer by etching so as to at least partially remove at least a portion of the stopper layer in a film thickness direction, and subsequently by removing the mask layer; forming an electrode film on the first surface, the second surface and the side surface of the height difference portion; and forming a plating film, which is a magnetic shield for the main magnetic pole layer, on an upper surface of the electrode, the plating film includes a first plating part and a second plating part, the first plating part and the second plating part are integrated with each other, and the first plating part is shorter than a direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface than the second plating part. | 25,052 |
9,834,249 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a first steering device configured to steer front right and front left wheels of the vehicle, respectively, in one and the other of right and left directions which are opposite to each other; a second steering device configured to steer rear right and rear left wheels of the vehicle in the other and the one of the right and left directions, respectively, simultaneously when the first steering device is actuated; and in-wheel motors provided in at least one of each of the front right and front left wheels and each of the rear right and rear left wheels; wherein the in-wheel motors are configured to be activated to assist in the steering of the respective wheels about king pin axes by rotating the wheels under driving forces of the in-wheel motors while the first steering device steers the front right and the front left wheels, respectively, in one and the other of right and left directions opposite to each other and the second steering device simultaneously steers the rear right and rear left wheels in the other and the one of the right and left directions, respectively. | 37,217 |
9,685,963 | 1. A variable frequency charge pump circuit, including: (a) a charge pump having a clock signal input, a voltage supply input, and an output, for providing a pumped output voltage at the output based on a regulated input voltage applied at the voltage supply input, with a current available at the output as a function of the frequency of a signal applied to the clock signal input; (b) a feedback circuit coupled to the charge pump output for providing a feedback signal indicative of the pumped output voltage at such output; (c) a voltage regulator coupled to a voltage source, the charge pump voltage supply input, and the feedback circuit, for providing the regulated input voltage to the charge pump voltage supply input in response to the feedback signal, thereby regulating the pumped output voltage at the charge pump output, the voltage regulator including: (d) a clock source having a voltage input coupled to the voltage source, a control input configured to receive a bias signal generated from the control signal from the amplifier output, and a clock signal output coupled to the charge pump clock signal input, for generating a clock signal at the clock signal output coupled to the charge pump clock signal input, the clock signal having a frequency that is a function of the control signal, thereby controlling the amount of current available to a load coupled to the charge pump output as a function of the frequency of the clock signal, whereby as the load increases, the frequency of the clock signal increases and the current available from the charge pump output increases, and as the load decreases, the frequency of the clock signal decreases and the current available from the charge pump output decreases. | 32,993 |
9,538,955 | 1. A method for determining anatomical properties of a patient, said patient having an oral cavity and a throat, comprising: a) projecting at least one structured light pattern into said patient's oral cavity; b) detecting at least one reflected light pattern, each of said reflected light patterns emanating from reflection of a corresponding projected structured light pattern; c) analysing said at least one reflected structured light pattern in view of said at least one structured light pattern, thereby determining anatomical properties of said patient; | 28,833 |
9,598,865 | 1. A reinforced two story foam block building made of multiple monolithic foam blocks and comprising: a) at least two vault structures formed of a first and a second half vault, said first and second half vaults being mirror images to each other, each first and second half vault comprising: b) a second story floor attached to the wall blocks of each half vault; and c) a double layered fiberglass mesh coiled around the foam core, and having an inner layer and an outer layer, | 13,078 |
9,276,516 | 1. A refrigeration apparatus, comprising: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a heat source-side heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, and a utilization-side heat exchanger are connected to perform a refrigeration cycle, wherein the refrigeration apparatus includes a power module including a plurality of switching elements each of which converts an input voltage to an AC voltage having a predetermined frequency and a predetermined voltage value, an IPM motor which drives the compressor, a rectifier circuit which supplies a DC link voltage to the power module, a refrigerant cooler in which a refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit flows and which cools the power module, the refrigerant cooler being grounded thereby forming an inductance component and a stray capacitance, wherein a current flows out of the refrigeration apparatus through the stray capacitance, and a control section which controls an operation of each of the switching elements by performing overmodulation control when a rotational frequency of the compressor exceeds a predetermined level such that there exists a carrier cycle in which no switching is performed, wherein the IPM motor has sufficient inductance to reduce a ripple in an output current of the power module resulting from the overmodulation control. | 43,031 |
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