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9,559,309 | 1. A compound for an organic optoelectronic device, the compound being asymmetrical and represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in the above Chemical Formula 1, HTU is a substituent having hole characteristics, ETU is a substituted or unsubstituted imidazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted triazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted tetrazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted oxadiazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted oxatriazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted thiatriazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzimidazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzotriazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrimidinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted triazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted purinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted quinolinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted isoquinolinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phthalazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphpyridinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted quinoxalinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted quinazolinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted acridinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrolinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted triperylenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted triphenylenyl group, or a combination thereof, L R | 28,111 |
8,726,898 | 1. A solar thermal collector comprising: a plurality of parallel vertical tubes, connected to each other by at least one upper horizontal tube and by one lower horizontal tube through which a heat carrying fluid flows, a glass surface that covers the parallel vertical tubes, the upper horizontal tube and the lower horizontal tube, and a dissipating device installed in an upper part of the solar thermal collector, said dissipating device including a thermostatic valve, a heat exchanger and a return pipe, wherein said thermostatic valve is housed in the upper horizontal tube, the thermostatic valve and the heat exchanger being connected by means of a pipe by way of an inverted U-shaped tube provided at a greater height than an inlet of said heat exchanger, such that, under normal working conditions for a solar power installation, energy losses due to the heat transfer by convection from the thermostatic valve to the heat exchanger are prevented. | 1,482 |
9,731,309 | 1. A foam dispensing cap to be mounted on a mouth of a squeeze container, comprising: a cap body composed of a ceiling wall and a cylindrical side wall extending downwardly from a circumferential edge of the ceiling wall; and a partition member having an opening serving as a passage for a content liquid charged in the squeeze container, the partition member being mounted in the cap body, wherein an ejection pipe communicating with a space below the ceiling wall and adapted to eject the content liquid in the container is erected on an upper surface of the ceiling wall; an air chamber is formed in the space below the ceiling wall, the air chamber being partitioned off from a head space of the squeeze container by the partition member when the foam dispensing cap is mounted on the mouth of the squeeze container; in the air chamber, an air passage for flowing air within the air chamber and a liquid flow path for flowing the content liquid, which has passed through the opening and entered the air chamber, to the ejection pipe communicate with each other, the air passage and the liquid flow path are formed to merge at a confluence, and a region ranging from the confluence to the ejection pipe defines an air-liquid mixture flow path; and when the squeeze container is tilted and squeezed, the content liquid passes through the opening provided in the partition member, enters the air chamber, and flows into the liquid flow path and, simultaneously, air within the air chamber flows into the air passage under a liquid pressure due to entry of the content liquid into the air chamber, whereupon the content liquid flowing into the liquid flow path and the air flowing into the air passage mingle with each other at the confluence, and the content liquid containing air bubbles passes through the ejection pipe and is ejected in a foamy state from a leading end of the ejection pipe. | 8,211 |
9,341,390 | 1. A water heating and storing assembly, comprising: a storage tank for storing an amount of water, a water inlet for adding water to the storage tank; a water outlet for removing water from the storage tank; a heating element disposed within the storage tank for heating the water stored in the storage tank; a supply receiving water from the storage tank; a first return coupled to the storage tank at a first position of the storage tank; a second return coupled to the storage tank at a second position of the storage tank different from the first position; and a regulator in fluid communication with the supply, the first return, and the second return, the regulator receiving water from the supply and returning the water to the tank by controllably distributing the water to the first return and the second return. | 30,447 |
8,368,875 | 1. An optical instrument for obtaining distance and image information of an object, comprising: a lens arrangement for sighting the object; a camera aligned with the optical axis of the lens arrangement for acquiring an image of at least part of the object; a distance measuring unit for measuring a distance to the object along a measurement axis of the distance measuring unit parallel to the optical axis of the lens arrangement; a positioning unit for adjusting the optical axis of the lens arrangement relative to at least one reference axis; and a control unit comprising: a first control element adapted to define in the image an area to be scanned, to obtain an object feature of the object in the defined area and to define in the area a plurality of measurement pixels corresponding to a plurality of positions on the object with an increased density of measurement pixels at the object feature compared to other parts of the object; and a second control element adapted to instruct the positioning unit to adjust the optical axis of the lens arrangement sequentially onto the plurality of positions on the object and to instruct the distance measuring unit to measure the distances to the object at the plurality of positions, wherein the first control element is adapted to define the area to be scanned by an operator for selecting the area in the image or by processing the image using a detection algorithm for detecting the at least part of the object, and wherein the first control element is adapted to define in the area to be scanned a region with a high measurement pixel density being a region with large variations in structure, a region with a low measurement pixel density being a region with small variations in structure, and a region without measurement pixels. | 45,898 |
8,747,514 | 1. A method of forming a fertilizer composite for application to soil, comprising the steps of: initially applying a polymer-containing composition onto a quantity of solid fertilizer, said polymer-containing composition including a substantially water soluble copolymer containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties, water, and an organic compound drying agent, said composition having a pH of from about 1-4; and thereafter allowing said drying agent and a substantial part of the water present in the composite to evaporate from said fertilizer to leave the dried residue of said polymer-containing composition on the fertilizer, so that the composite does not include said drying agent or water to any substantial degree, whereby said composite as applied to soil does not have any substantial presence of the drying agent and water which formed a part of the polymer-containing composition initially applied to said solid product. | 38,444 |
9,428,437 | 1. A process, comprising: feeding a reaction stream comprising an alpha-substituted carboxylic acid into a reaction circuit, feeding a catalyst stream comprising a catalyst into the reaction circuit, dehydrating the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid in the reaction circuit in the presence of a polymerization inhibitor, to obtain a product stream comprising water, an alpha-beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid, unreacted alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, and the polymerization inhibitor, wherein at least part of the product stream is continuously discharged from the reaction circuit, separating the polymerization inhibitor and the alpha-beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid from the unreacted alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, and reintroducing the unreacted alpha-substituted carboxylic acid into the reaction circuit. | 7,648 |
8,997,068 | 1. A method for automatically providing for an unknown state in a user defined data structure implemented in a computer system, comprising: receiving a source code, said source code including at least one user defined data structure selectively set to one of a plurality of predefined data states associated therewith, and having a switch statement and an access function associated therewith; scanning said source code to detect said user defined data structure; identifying a switch statement referring to said detected data structure and an access function associated with said detected data structure in said source code; associating with said detected data structure an additional data state denoting the unknown state indicative of said detected data structure being maintained without one of said predefined data states; transforming said identified switch statement to include an additional branch corresponding to said additional data state; and, transforming said identified access function to allow compatibility with said detected data structure having said additional data state denoting the unknown state. | 22,080 |
8,378,426 | 1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first CMOS inverter comprising first and second MOS transistors having respective, mutually different channel conductivity types and connected in series at a first node on said semiconductor substrate; a second CMOS inverter comprising third and fourth MOS transistors having respective, mutually different channel conductivity types and connected in series at a second node on said semiconductor substrate, said second CMOS inverter forming, together with said first CMOS inverter, a flip-flop circuit; a first transfer transistor provided on said semiconductor substrate between a first bit line and said first node, said first transfer transistor having a first gate electrode connected to a word line and driven by a selection signal on said word line; a second transfer transistor provided on said semiconductor substrate between a second bit line and said second node, said second transfer transistor having a second gate electrode connected to said word line and driven by a selection signal on said word line; a polysilicon resistance element formed on a device isolation region on said semiconductor substrate, each of said first and third MOS transistors being formed in a device region of a first conductivity type defined in said semiconductor substrate by said device isolation region, each of said first and third MOS transistors comprising: a polysilicon gate electrode formed on said semiconductor substrate via a gate insulation film; gate sidewall insulation films formed at respective sidewall surfaces thereof; a second conductivity type source region formed in said semiconductor substrate at a first side of said polysilicon gate electrode such that an end part of said second conductivity type source region invades into a part of said semiconductor substrate right underneath said polysilicon gate electrode; a second conductivity type drain extension region formed in said semiconductor substrate at a second side opposite to said first side of said polysilicon gate electrode such that an end part of said second conductivity type drain extension region invades into said part of said semiconductor substrate right underneath said polysilicon gate electrode; and a second conductivity type drain region formed in said semiconductor substrate at an outer side of said gate sidewall insulation film of said second side in overlapping with said drain extension region, said second conductivity type drain region having a depth deeper than a depth of said second conductivity type drain extension region, said source region being formed directly underneath said sidewall insulation film provided to said gate electrode at said sidewall surface facing said source region and having a depth deeper that said drain extension region, said polysilicon gate electrode having a film thickness identical to a film thickness of said polysilicon resistance element, said source region and said polysilicon resistance element being doped with the same dopant element. | 37,732 |
9,079,952 | 1. A method for delivering a bioactive moiety comprising at least one non-natural component into a cell cytosol of an eukaryotic cell comprising contacting the cell with (a) a fusion molecule comprising the bioactive moiety attached to an A component of a bacterial toxin, a functional wild-type or modified fragment thereof, or an A component surrogate or mimetic; and (b) a corresponding B component of the bacterial toxin or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the non-natural component is selected from the group consisting of a peptide or protein comprising one or more D-amino acids. | 37,477 |
9,077,030 | 1. An implantable cardioverter defibrillator device comprising: control electronics for delivering therapy and/or monitoring physiological signals, the control electronics comprising: one or more defibrillator capacitors; and an implantable medical device battery operably connected to the control electronics to deliver power to the control electronics, and operably connected to the capacitors to charge the capacitors; wherein the battery has a total volume of no greater than 6.0 cc, the battery comprising: wherein the battery has a therapeutic power of at least 0.11 W for every joule of therapeutic energy delivered over the useful life of the battery, and a therapeutic capacity density of at least 0.08 Ah/cc. | 33,775 |
8,877,430 | 1. A method of forming a microelectronic structure, said method comprising: (a) providing a microelectronic substrate having a surface; (b) forming a developer-soluble protective layer on said surface; (c) forming a carbon-rich layer adjacent said developer-soluble protective layer; (d) forming a pattern transfer layer on said carbon-rich layer; (e) forming an imaging layer on said pattern transfer layer; (f) patterning said imaging layer to yield a patterned imaging layer comprising a pattern; said method further comprising: | 7,268 |
9,546,293 | 1. A fluid set for printing, comprising: an analog pretreatment fluid comprising water, latex, and a salt, the analog pretreatment fluid having a surface tension from 28 dynes/cm to 40 dynes/cm; a first inkjet ink comprising water, a first pigment, a first solvent system, and a first surfactant system, the first inkjet ink having a surface tension ranging from 2 dynes/cm greater than the surface tension of the analog pretreatment fluid to 6 dynes/cm less than the surface tension of the analog pretreatment fluid; and a second inkjet ink comprising water, a second pigment, a second solvent system, and a second surfactant system, the second inkjet ink having a surface tension ranging from 2 dynes/cm greater than the surface tension of the analog pretreatment fluid to 6 dynes/cm less than the surface tension of the analog pretreatment fluid; wherein the first surfactant system and second surfactant system are present in the first inkjet ink and the second inkjet ink, individually, at from 0.4 wt % to 0.9 wt %, and wherein each surfactant system includes dynamic surfactant and a static surfactant at a weight ratio of 1:2 to 2:1. | 23,465 |
9,612,704 | 1. A touch sensing apparatus, comprising: a touch screen panel configured to include a plurality of first electrodes formed along a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes formed along a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a controller configured to sequentially apply a driving signal to the plurality of first electrodes or the plurality of second electrodes, to receive a detection signal from the plurality of second electrodes while applying the driving signal to the plurality of first electrodes, and to receive a detection signal from the plurality of first electrodes while applying the driving signal to the plurality of second electrodes, wherein the controller changes electrodes to which the driving signal is to be applied for each preset cycle of a touch sensing operation, wherein the controller applies the driving signal to each of the plurality of first electrodes twice or more during the preset cycle, and receives the detection signal from each of the plurality of second electrodes twice or more during the preset cycle, wherein the controller applies the driving signal to each of the plurality of second electrodes twice or more during a next cycle of the preset cycle, and receives the detection signal from each of the plurality of first electrodes twice or more during the next cycle. | 19,730 |
9,657,085 | 1. A protease-sensitive chimeric molecule comprising, within a single peptide sequence: (a) at least one protease sensitive portion having a protease cleavage site susceptible to cleavage by a non-bacterial protease; and (b) at least one protease inhibitor peptide portion effective for inhibiting the non-bacterial protease from proteolytically cleaving the at least one protease sensitive portion at the protease cleavage site. | 20,759 |
9,224,886 | 1. A silicon thin film solar cell comprising: a substrate on which light is incident, the substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a first electrode positioned on the back surface opposite the front surface of the substrate on which the light is incident, the first electrode formed of a transparent conductive material; a second electrode positioned on the first electrode; a back reflection layer reflecting an incident light back towards the first electrode, the back reflection layer including a first reflection layer and a second reflection layer between the first reflection layer and the second electrode, the first reflection layer formed of a material having an absorption coefficient equal to or less than 400 cm a plurality of photoelectric conversion units between the first electrode and the back reflection layer and including a first photoelectric conversion unit directly contacting the first reflection layer and a second photoelectric conversion unit between the first electrode and the first photoelectric conversion unit, wherein the first reflection layer entirely covers a back surface of the first photoelectric conversion unit, wherein the first reflection layer is formed of hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide (μc-SiOx:H), and the first photoelectric conversion unit includes microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si), wherein a thickness of the first reflection layer is greater than a thickness of the second reflection layer, wherein the first reflection layer and the second reflection layer are respectively formed of a single-layer, wherein a front surface of the first reflection layer directly contacts a back surface of the first photoelectric conversion unit, a back surface of the first reflection layer directly contacts a front surface of the second reflection layer, and a back surface of the second reflection layer directly contacts a front surface of the second electrode, and wherein the incident light is sequentially transmitted from the first electrode to the first reflection layer. | 15,271 |
9,617,975 | 1. A method for operating a wind farm, comprising: selecting at least two wind turbines forming at least a subset of the wind farm, each of the at least two wind turbines comprising a yaw system operating at a respective first yaw angle setpoint relative to a vertical axis; determining, by one or more controllers, a wind condition based at least in part on one or more wind measurements; in response to determining the wind condition, performing operations, the operations comprising: | 36,351 |
9,620,215 | 1. A scheduling device for scheduling access requests from each of a plurality of requesters to a memory shared among the plurality of requesters, the scheduling device comprising: an access request accepting section configured to accept access requests from each of the plurality of requesters; and an access request selecting section configured to: wherein in response to a determination that there is no access request transferable in the BI mode and that there is no access request transferable in the CN mode, the access request selecting section repeats selection of the first access request, the access request transferable in the BI mode, and the access request transferable in the CN mode from among access requests that have not been selected yet. | 8,525 |
8,859,680 | 1. A poly(ureaurethane) consisting of a reaction product of components consisting of: (a) at least one isocyanate functional urea prepolymer consisting of a reaction product of: (b) at least one branched polyol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups, wherein the branched polyol is selected from the group consisting of glycerol, tetramethylolmethane, trimethylolethane, trimethylolpropane, erythritol, pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, tripentaerythritol, sorbitan, alkoxylated derivatives thereof and mixtures thereof; and (c) at least one of acrylamides, polyvinyl alcohols, allyl alcohols, dihydroxy oxamides, dihydroxyamides, dihydroxy piperidines, and mixtures thereof. | 42,497 |
9,815,382 | 1. A cloud system executing method operations for communicating with connected vehicles of users having user accounts with the cloud system, the method comprising, receiving discounts published by merchants for presentation to a network of charging units (CUs), each of the CUs being associated to a geo-location; receiving an identification of an electric vehicle that is associated to a user account, the identification of the electric vehicle is received when the electric vehicle has parked over a charging pad of a particular CU, the charging pad being at a geo-location of the particular CU; identifying at least one discount to be presented to a device of the electric vehicle, the identifying being a result of filtering discounts based on user preferences associated with the user account and a proximity of a merchant location to the particular CU having the charging pad over which the vehicle has parked; and sending the at least one discount to the device of the electric vehicle upon determining use of the charging pad by the electric vehicle. | 35,389 |
9,317,830 | 1. An apparatus to facilitate evaluating a quality of a locate and/or marking operation, performed by a field technician at a work site of proposed excavation in response to a locate request ticket, to identify a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility at the work site, wherein the locate request ticket comprises first information representative of at least one of: an address of the work site; at least one expected type of the at least one underground facility; an expected number of the at least one underground facility; at least one expected owner of the at least one underground facility; and an expected time of the locate and/or marking operation, the apparatus comprising: at least one communication interface; at least one display device to provide a graphical user interface; at least one memory storing processor-executable instructions; and a processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one display device, and the at least one communication interface, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processor, the processor: | 35,414 |
9,289,947 | 1. A three-dimensional object printer comprising: a track having a first rail; at least one ejector head disposed along the track, the at least one ejector head being configured to eject drops of a material onto a substrate; a platform configured to move along the track to convey the substrate to a position to enable the at least one ejector head to eject drops of the material onto the substrate; and a first air source having a duct with a slot positioned parallel to the first rail of the track, the slot being configured to direct air onto the first rail. | 11,860 |
9,695,757 | 1. A method of improving the efficiency of a combustion engine, the method comprising: measuring a quantity of a primary fuel supplied to the combustion engine; injecting an amount of a secondary fuel based on a fraction of the measured quantity of the primary fuel, and varying the amount of the secondary fuel to be injected, so that when the quantity of the primary fuel is below a threshold quantity, the fraction of the secondary fuel to be injected increases as the quantity of primary fuel increases, and once the quantity of the primary fuel exceeds the threshold quantity, the fraction of secondary fuel to be injected decreases as the quantity of primary fuel increases. | 6,500 |
9,828,950 | 1. A positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system for an engine, the PCV system comprising: a PCV tube that defines a flowpath extending along an axis; a damage detection circuit that is associated with the PCV tube and that includes: a damage detection module that selectively indicates that a fault is present in the PCV tube based on a change in a characteristic of the damage detection circuit and that illuminates a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) when the fault is present. | 29,292 |
9,315,831 | 1. A method for the production of isoprene by recombinant microbial host cells in culture, wherein the host cells comprise one or more heterologous nucleic acids encoding an isoprene synthase polypeptide and one or more mevalonate (MVA) pathway polypeptides, the method comprising: a. inactivating endogenous enzyme activity in a whole or fractionated grain, wherein the endogenous enzyme activity is capable of producing kojibiose or nigerose, wherein said inactivation comprises temporarily lowering the pH of an aqueous slurry of the whole or fractionated grain to about pH 1 to 4; b. treating the whole or fractionated grain of step (a) with a starch solubilizing alpha amylase and a glucoamylase, wherein the treatment is at a temperature at or below the initial gelatinization temperature of the starch in the grain, wherein the pH is adjusted to about pH 4.0 to 6.5, wherein the concentration of the alpha amylase is between about 5 to 25 AAU/gds, and wherein the treatment produces a fermentable sugar feedstock, wherein the fermentable sugar feedstock comprises a reduced concentration of DP-2 saccharides in comparison to fermentable sugar feedstocks that are not made by the inactivation of step (a) and the treatment of step (b), wherein said reduced concentration of DP-2 saccharides comprises reduced concentration of kojibiose or nigerose; c. culturing the recombinant host cells in culture media comprising the fermentable sugar feedstock; and d. producing isoprene. | 37,533 |
9,002,650 | 1. A method of determining flow rates of a fluid mixture in a conduit, comprising: determining an injection rate of a hydrate inhibitor; determining relative concentrations of liquids in the fluid mixture including a relative concentration of the hydrate inhibitor; calculating flow rates of the liquids other than the hydrate inhibitor injection rate (HIIR) based on the HIIR and the relative concentrations of the liquids in the conduit; and controlling, by a control unit, injection of the hydrate inhibitor based on a relative concentration of water in the fluid mixture. | 41,798 |
8,711,443 | 1. A compact multi-functional scanning apparatus, comprising: a sheet-fed scanner comprising a first scanning module performing an image scan in a first scan direction, and an original transporting mechanism; a casing attached to the sheet-fed scanner and having a recess, the casing being disposed underneath the sheet-fed scanner; and a flatbed scanner movable between a retracted position within the recess and a deployed position outside the recess, the flatbed scanner comprising a scan platen and a second scanning module, disposed below the scan platen, for performing another image scan in a second scan direction, wherein in the deployed position the flatbed scanner is enabled to perform a flatbed-scanning task; wherein an open end of the recess is located on a lateral side of the casing, and the flatbed scanner is movable into and out of the recess through the open end; and wherein the scan platen of the flatbed scanner in the deployed position serves as a discharge tray for retaining originals scanned and discharged by the sheet-fed scanner. | 33,883 |
8,479,200 | 1. A system of virtual processing, comprising: a computer processor; and a virtual machine monitor executable by the computer processor, the system configured to perform a method comprising: running a virtual processor ( unmapping the virtual processor ( generating a list of other of the physical processors that could execute the instruction; determine if one of the other of the physical processors in the list is currently idle; and when one of the other of the physical processors in the list is determined to be currently idle, mapping the virtual processor ( | 5,336 |
8,626,656 | 1. A method for securing financial information, comprising: a) generating a pseudorandom number sequence using a pseudorandom number generator; b) generating, using a computer processor, an activation code as a unique pseudorandom code for a plurality of checks; c) including a unique pseudorandom number of the sequence with each check of the plurality of checks, wherein the respective unique pseudorandom number of the sequence included with a respective check is to verify the authenticity of the respective check; and d) issuing the plurality of checks with the activation code to a first party; e) associating the activation code with each of the unique pseudorandom numbers of the pseudorandom number sequence included on each check of the plurality of checks; f) associating the activation code with information for identifying the first party; and g) storing the activation code with each of the unique pseudorandom numbers of the pseudorandom number sequence included on each check of the plurality of checks and the information for identifying the first party in a file of a second party. | 41,691 |
9,516,722 | 1. A power supply, comprising: an alternating current input; a rectifier operable to generate a rectified signal based on the alternating current input; a voltage multiplier operable to generate a multiplied voltage based on the alternating current input; and an output operable to yield an electrical current based on the rectified signal from the rectifier and on the multiplied voltage from the voltage multiplier, wherein the rectified signal from the rectifier is connected to the output when a voltage of the rectified signal is higher than the multiplied voltage, and the multiplied voltage from the voltage multiplier is connected to the output when the multiplied voltage is higher than the voltage of the rectified signal. | 9,339 |
8,985,382 | 1. A food container, comprising: a base comprising a formed cavity having one or more dividing partitions; and a lid configured to be joined with the base, and comprising a recess configured to receive a second container that is accessible while the lid is joined with the base, wherein a bottom of the recess is located at or above a bottom plane of the lid and wherein the recess has a depth that corresponds to a height of the second container such that the top of the second container is located at or below a top opening of the recess when the second container is located in the recess. | 32,959 |
9,108,979 | 1. A process comprising contacting a compound of Formula (1): with a compound of Formula (2): in a non-aqueous solvent in the presence of a solid, silica-based Lewis acid catalyst that is essentially devoid of strong Brønsted acid character; under conditions sufficient to produce a compound of Formula (3) or Formula (4) or both: wherein R wherein R wherein said oxygenated functional group is an acetal, aldehyde, protected aldehyde, acyl, protected acyl, hydroxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, hydroxymethyl or alkoxymethyl. | 24,040 |
8,970,199 | 1. An electronic device comprising a switch mode DC-DC converter comprising a comparator for generating one of a pulse width modulated (PWM) or pulse frequency modulated (PFM) output signal for driving a power switch of the switch mode DC-DC converter, the electronic device being configured to reduce a bias current of the comparator independent of a voltage control loop of the converter from a first value to a second value wherein speed at which the bias current is reduced is fixed in time to generate a change over several cycles of the converter and with a first slope in response to a load current decreasing to substantially zero and to increase the bias current of the comparator from the second value to the first value time wherein speed at which the bias current is increased is fixed in time with a second slope in response to the load current increasing from substantially zero, wherein the second slope is steeper than the first slope, and wherein the comparator operates at a low bias when inductor current is substantially zero and at a higher bias when the inductor current exceeds zero in order to operate at maximum speed and being further configured to generate a pause signal as an indicator of whether a magnitude of an inductor current of the DC-DC converter is zero, wherein a transition of the pause signal is used to start a reduction of the bias current of the comparator with the first slope. | 10,109 |
9,111,159 | 1. An apparatus for use in decoding a bar code symbol, the apparatus comprising: an image sensor integrated circuit, the image sensor integrated circuit having an image sensor including a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, timing and control circuitry for controlling the image sensor, gain circuitry for controlling the gain of one or more signals, analog to digital conversion circuitry for conversion of an analog signal to a digital signal, and a plurality of electrode pads on a surface of the image sensor integrated circuit; a printed circuit board receiving the image sensor integrated circuit, the printed circuit board having a plurality of contact pads disposed on a surface of the printed circuit board; wherein a connection between said image sensor integrated circuit and said printed circuit board is characterized by a plurality of conductive adhesive connectors disposed between the plurality of electrode pads on the surface of the image sensor integrated circuit and the plurality of contact pads disposed on a surface of the printed circuit board, the conductive adhesive connectors providing electrical input/output and mechanical connections between said image sensor integrated circuit and said printed circuit board; wherein the apparatus is operative for processing of image signals generated by the image sensor integrated circuit for attempting to decode the bar code symbol; and a light source positioned on said printed circuit board, the apparatus being adapted to direct light from the light source toward a field of view of the apparatus, wherein the light source is connected to the printed circuit board by an adhesive conductive connector disposed between at least one contact pad disposed on a surface of the printed circuit board and at least one conductive projection extending away from an at least one electrode pad formed on the light source. | 36,694 |
9,756,794 | 1. A system for encouraging maturation and growth of a plant, comprising: at least one stroboscopic lamp adapted to be disposed adjacent the plant; a controller in communication with and controlling the at least one stroboscopic lamp, the controller configured to cycle the stroboscopic lamp through a first predetermined cycling time and a second predetermined cycling time where a predetermined amount of natural lighting is not available, each of the first predetermined cycling time and the second predetermined cycling time having a plurality of alternating on-periods and off-periods, and each of the on-periods and each of the off-periods further having a predetermined period of time, the predetermined period of time for each of the on-periods being a fraction of the predetermined period of time for each of the off-periods, the controller further configured to cease an exposure of the plant to a strobed high-intensity light from the stroboscopic lamp during where the predetermined amount of the natural lighting is available, wherein the stroboscopic lamp has a strobe tube for producing strobed high-intensity light wavelengths between 450 nanometers and 950 nanometers, an intensity of greater than about 100,000 peak candela, and a flash rate between about 25 and about 150 flashes per minute. | 3,197 |
9,459,306 | 1. A plug-in unit comprising: an electrical connector configured to connect the plug-in unit to circuitries of a body device when the plug-in unit is inserted in the body device; at least one mechanical structure enabling the plug-in unit to be locked in an operating position with respect to the body device with a fastening element that is one of a fastening screw and a fastening bolt; and a sensor circuit having first electrical properties when the fastening element is in a position locking the plug-in unit in the operating position and second electrical properties differing from the first electrical properties when the fastening element is not in the position locking the plug-in unit in the operating position, the first electrical properties being partly caused by one or more of electrical and magnetic conductivity of material of a head of the fastening element. | 41,413 |
8,939,564 | 1. An ink jet printer comprising: a print head configured to eject ink; a tank in which the ink to be supplied to the print head is stored; a damper apparatus configured to supply the ink supplied from the tank to the print head while suppressing a pressure fluctuation, comprising: the tank in which the ink introduced into the introducing-side storage chamber via the ink introducing portion is stored; the print head to which the ink discharged from the discharging-side storage chamber via the ink discharging portion is supplied; an ink supply device configured to supply the ink to the ink introducing portion; and a normal flow channel, which is a flow channel ranging from the tank to the ink introducing portion; and a circulation flow channel, which is a flow channel ranging from the ink discharging portion to the normal flow channel, wherein the ink supply device increases a flow velocity of the ink in a case where the ink is supplied to the ink introducing portion from the ink discharging portion via the circulation flow channel and the normal flow channel in comparison with a case where the ink is supplied to the ink introducing portion from the tank via the normal flow channel. | 21,563 |
8,382,762 | 1. A combination of devices for use in treating osteonecrotic bone, comprising: an osteomedullary cylinder presenting a cylindrical canal in a segment of bone; an osteoendoscopic cylinder having an outer bony contact surface for contact with a longitudinal canal surface created by said osteomedullary cylinder so as to tamponade bleeding therefrom; a circumferential hermetic seal formed by a combination of a centralizing sleeve and said osteoendoscopic cylinder, said hermetic seal being formed at the juncture of said outer bony surface and said longitudinal canal surface and extending along the combination of said centralizing sleeve and said osteoendoscopic cylinder; and said osteoendoscopic cylinder coaxially receiving an endoscope along an inner visual surface for treating the osteonecrotic bone. | 29,856 |
9,048,608 | 1. A method for the manufacture of an electrical bushing for an implantable medical device, the method comprising: a. generating at least one base body green compact for at least one base body from an insulating composition of materials; b. forming at least one cermet-containing conducting element green compact for at least one conducting element; c. introducing the at least one conducting element green compact into the base body green compact; d. connecting the base body green compact to the at least one conducting element green compact in order to obtain at least one base body having at least one conducting element; whereby, step a) or step b) include at least a partial forming of the respective green compact by introducing a base mass of the respective green compact into a forming tool at a pressure in the range from 0.1 MPa to 50 MPa whereby the method comprises the following steps preceding step d): producing a cermet-containing holding element green compact for a holding element; introducing the at least one conducting element green compact into the base body green compact, and introducing the base body green compact into the holding element green compact; whereby step d) comprises: firing the insulating element green compact jointly with the at least one conducting element green compact and the holding element green compact in order to obtain a base body having at least one conducting element and a holding element. | 39,613 |
9,470,604 | 1. A method of testing a fuel supply cutoff valve in a fuel circuit for supplying fuel to an aircraft engine, said fuel circuit further comprising a fuel metering valve having an open position and a closed position in order to meter fuel being injected into a combustion chamber of the engine, said method comprising: detecting a fuel supply cutoff command; commanding to close the fuel supply cutoff valve; commanding to hold the fuel metering valve in the open position for a predetermined time; commanding to close the fuel metering valve after the predetermined time; measuring an engine operating parameter while the commanding to close the fuel supply cutoff valve, the commanding to hold the fuel metering valve in the open position for the predetermined time, and the commanding to close the fuel metering valve after the predetermined time are carried out; and comparing the measured engine operating parameter with a predetermined threshold, so as to determine whether or not the engine operating parameter corresponds to an engine fuel supply cutoff by normal operation of the fuel supply cutoff valve. | 1,249 |
8,773,050 | 1. A Brushless Multiphase Self-Commutation Controlled Electric Machine Combination (BMSCC-EM): wherein said BMSCC-EM comprises an electric machine (EM) with a moving body and a stationary body; wherein said EM has at least one AC phase winding stationed on at least one body of said EM selected from a group consisting of said stationary body and said moving body; wherein said EM is selected from a group consisting of axial flux, transverse flux, radial flux, linear moving, and rotating electric machines further selected from a group consisting of singly-fed and doubly-fed electric machines; wherein said BMSCC-EM comprises a Brushless Multiphase Self-Commutation Controller (BMSCC) with a second body comprising at least one AC phase connection and a stationary body comprising at least one AC phase connection; wherein said AC phase connection of said second body of said BMSCC is electrically connected to at least one AC phase winding of said EM body; wherein said electrical connection between said BMSCC and said EM is selected from a group consisting of series connections and parallel connections; wherein said BMSCC-EM further comprises art selected from a group consisting of laminations, powders, ribbons, and tapes of material further selected from a group consisting of nanocrystalline material, powdered material, low loss materials, and amorphous material; wherein said BMSCC-EM further comprises art selected from a group consisting of winding arrangements, circuits, environmental stress reducing techniques, manufacturing techniques, construction techniques, electrical components, electronic components, nanotechnology, magnetic bearings, bearings, and materials further selected from a group consisting of up-to-date science and new science; wherein said BMSCC further comprises at least one High Frequency Transformer (HFT) selected from a group consisting of a position dependent flux high frequency transformer (PDF-HFT) with a position independent flux high frequency transformer (PIF-HFT) for a PDF-HFT+PIF-HFT Combination and a position dependent flux high frequency transformer (PDF-HFT); wherein said HFT has at least one body selected from a group consisting of a stationary body and a moving body; wherein said moving body of said HFT is mechanically connected to said moving body of said EM; whereby said BMSCC controls at least the electrical and mechanical power of said EM. | 16,235 |
8,744,434 | 1. An area entertainment system comprising: an antenna for receiving digital satellite radio signals; an intermediate frequency (IF) down converter connected to said antenna for down converting the digital satellite radio signals; cabling connected to said IF down converter; and a plurality of electronic boxes spaced throughout the area and grouped into zones, each electronic box comprising a plurality of IF tuners in communications with said IF down converter, and an RF splitter including an input for receiving the digital satellite radio signals and a plurality of outputs connected to said plurality of IF tuners therein; said plurality of electronic boxes being grouped into zones, and said RF splitter in at least one of said electronic boxes within a defined zone including an input connected to said cabling, and an output connected to the input of said RE splitter in an adjacent electronic box within the defined zone. | 40,441 |
8,586,673 | 1. A polymer composition (C), comprising: more than 75 wt. % and below 98 wt. %, based on the total weight of the polymer composition (C), of a poly(aryl ether sulfone) material (M12) consisting of at least one poly(biphenyl ether sulfone) (P1), and and 0.1 to 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the polymer composition (C), of a per(halo)fluoropolymer material (M34) consisting of: | 10,022 |
9,748,587 | 1. A fuel cell comprising: a membrane electrode assembly configured to have an electrolyte membrane joined between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode; a flow path-forming member configured to form a cathode flow path that is adjacent to the cathode electrode and makes a flow of oxidizing gas to the cathode electrode; an inlet arranged to introduce the oxidizing gas to the cathode flow path; and an outlet arranged to discharge the oxidizing gas from the flow cathode path, a first plate-like member made of a material blocking the oxidizing gas and stacked on a portion of a cathode flow path-side surface of the cathode electrode to be adjacent to an area of the flow cathode path connected to the inlet; and a second plate-like member made of a material blocking the oxidizing gas and stacked on a portion of a cathode flow path-side surface of the cathode electrode to be adjacent to an area of the flow cathode path connected to the outlet, wherein the first plate-like member has a gas permeation structure allowing for permeation of the oxidizing gas in a part where the anode electrode and the cathode electrode are placed in a stacking direction of the first plate-like member on the cathode electrode, wherein the second plate-like member has a gas permeation structure allowing for permeation of the oxidizing gas in a part where the anode electrode and the cathode electrode are placed in a stacking direction of the second plate-like member on the cathode electrode. | 4,991 |
9,115,030 | 1. A semiconductor ceramic comprising a microstructure comprising: 5 to 40% by volume of a particulate conducting phase wherein the material constituting the conducting phase is selected from the group consisting of MoSi 60 to 95% by volume of a particulate insulating phase, a size of the particles of the conducting phase being between 5 nm and 11 μm, 65 to 80% of the particles of the conducting phase having an average diameter smaller than 1 μm, and 20 to 35% of the conducting particles having an average diameter between 1 and 11 μm, and a distance between two adjacent particles of the conducting phase being between 30 Angström and 5 μm. | 44,576 |
8,703,792 | 1. A compound of Formula I: wherein: R R R R in each alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and aryl, one or more available H are optionally replaced with F, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof. | 2,863 |
9,319,390 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a request at a device, from a first user, to access a resource associated with a second user based, at least in part, on a predetermined privacy level; determining trust levels for respective trust paths between the first user and the second user at least in part, on link trust levels corresponding to links between the first user, the second user, and one or more other users between the first user and the second user along the respective trust paths; generating a log of access to the resource, the log identifying, at least in part, an accessing user and a trust level of the accessing user; presenting a recommended value for the predetermined privacy level based, at least in part, on the log; selecting one of the trust paths based, at least in part, on a respective trust level; and causing, at least in part, a providing of an access right for the resource to the device, the first user, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on at least one trust level satisfying the predetermined privacy level, wherein the providing of the access right is based, at least in part, on the respective trust level satisfying the predetermined privacy level. | 31,336 |
9,680,658 | 1. A method for conducting a communication session among a plurality of participants supported by a server, comprising: establishing a group communication session between a first participant and a second participant; determining a contextual parameter of the group communication session, wherein the contextual parameter comprises a summary of what the group communication session is about; receiving a request by the server to assign a dynamic point of control entity to the group communication session; assigning, by the server, the dynamic point of control entity from a number of different dynamic point of control entities that are not participants in the group communication session based on the determined contextual parameter; and taking action in the group communication session based on the contextual parameter. | 34,401 |
9,659,586 | 1. A read sensor comprising: a bottom shield; an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer over the bottom shield; a first synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) structure on the AFM layer, wherein the AFM layer pins the first SAF structure; a tunnel barrier layer on the first SAF structure; a second SAF structure on the tunnel barrier layer, wherein the second SAF structure is an unbalanced SAF free layer structure comprising: a cap layer over the unbalanced SAF free layer structure; and a top shield over the cap layer, wherein the cap layer, the second SAF structure, the tunnel barrier layer, the first SAF structure and the AFM layer together form a single Tunnel Junction Magnetoresistive sensor. | 40,660 |
8,668,571 | 1. A gaming apparatus comprising: an input device; a first display unit; a second display unit including an outer rotatable reel and an inner rotatable reel independently rotatable inside the outer rotatable reel, the outer rotatable reel including a transparent cover portion and an opaque cover portion; a controller configured to operate with the input device, the first display unit and the second display unit to: | 26,570 |
8,648,098 | 1. A method of increasing the effectiveness of pirfenidone therapy by avoiding decreased exposure to pirfenidone, in a patient in need of pirfenidone therapy who is a smoker, comprising discontinuing smoking to decrease levels of cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) induction and then administering a therapeutically effective amount of pirfenidone. | 44,589 |
9,356,682 | 1. A method of decoding a backhaul downlink signal, performed by a relay node (RN), the method comprising: receiving a higher layer signal indicating a maximum transmission rank from a base station (BS); receiving control information containing a resource allocation for downlink data through a relay control channel from the BS; demodulating the control information; and receiving the downlink data through a data channel based on the control information, wherein the control information is mapped to resource elements (REs) which do not overlap with user equipment-specific reference signal (URS) REs in a control region which is used for the relay control channel transmission of the BS, the URS REs being reserved REs for URSs according to the maximum transmission rank. | 1,355 |
8,504,378 | 1. A stereo acoustic sound signal encoding apparatus comprising: a peak tracking section that detects peaks in waveforms of a plurality of sub frames obtained by dividing a frame of a right channel signal and a left channel signal, checks on a validity of a first frame time delay of the frame of the right channel signal and the left channel signal by comparing the first frame time delay with subframe time delays of the plurality of sub frames calculated using the detected peaks, and obtains a second frame time delay on the basis of the checked result; a time alignment section that performs time alignment on one of the right channel signal and the left channel signal on the basis of the second frame time delay; and an encoding section that encodes (i) the other of the right channel signal and the left channel signal besides the time-aligned one of the right channel signal and the left channel signal, (ii) the time-aligned one of the right channel signal and the left channel signal, and (iii) the second frame time delay. | 17,387 |
9,569,783 | 1. A smart card for providing personalized advertisement in cooperation with a user terminal based on a smart card web server function, the smart card comprising a processor configured as: an advertisement processing module for sending a request for extraction of personalized information when a request for personalized advertisement is received from the user terminal, extracting and providing meta data by searching for the extracted personalized information, and transmitting a uniform resource locator of advertisement contents, which is searched for based on the meta data, to the user terminal; a personalized information processing module for storing processed personalized information according to operation of the smart card, extracting the personalized information according to the request for extraction of the personalized information from the advertisement processing module, and providing the personalized information to the advertisement processing module; a content storing module for storing updated advertisement contents provided from an advertisement providing server through the advertisement processing module; and a content managing module for searching for advertisement contents stored in the content storing module based on the meta data received from the advertisement processing module and providing the uniform resource locator of the advertisement contents to the advertisement processing module. | 18,971 |
9,088,661 | 1. A communication system comprising: a processor; an image capturing device; and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: | 30,304 |
8,349,124 | 1. A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure including a ceramic block, the method comprising: preparing a sealing material comprising: providing a periphery sealing material paste layer including said sealing material on a peripheral face of the ceramic block; and drying and solidifying said sealing material to provide a peripheral sealing material layer. | 24,489 |
8,893,968 | 1. A method of associating a networked light bulb with a particular network, the method comprising: accessing a unique identifier of the networked light bulb with an electronic reader while the networked light bulb is disconnected from a power source capable of powering a lighting element of the networked light bulb and the networked light bulb is not communicating on the particular network; storing information in a database that authorizes the networked light bulb having the unique identifier to communicate over the particular network. | 5,426 |
9,731,148 | 1. A method of delivering a radiation therapy treatment plan to a patient using a radiation therapy system including a radiation source and a moveable support for supporting a patient, the method comprising: generating a radiation therapy treatment plan for the patient, the radiation therapy treatment plan including a plurality of fractions and a radiation dose for each of the plurality of fractions; prior to delivering one of the plurality of fractions to the patient, generating instructions, based on the radiation therapy treatment plan for implementing the radiation therapy treatment plan, for moving the support along an axis for the one of the plurality of fractions to deliver the radiation dose for the one fraction to the patient, wherein the instructions include instructions for dynamically changing a speed of the support during delivery of the one of the plurality of fractions; and delivering the one fraction to the patient by | 36,240 |
9,026,938 | 1. A method comprising: causing display of a first presentation on a display screen, the first presentation including a plurality of application icons arranged in an originally-sized first display area, wherein each of the plurality of application icons corresponds to a different one of a plurality of applications; while causing display of the first presentation on the display screen, receiving a selection signal indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of application icons to form a selected application icon; in response to receiving the selection signal, initiating a selected application, which is the one of the plurality of applications that corresponds to the selected application icon; in response to initiating the selected application, causing display of a second presentation, wherein the second presentation includes: a reduced-size first display area reduced in size relative to the originally-sized first display area, wherein the reduced- size first area includes reduced-sized versions of the plurality of application icons reduced in size relative to the plurality of application icons presented in the originally- sized first display area; and a second display area that presents information of the selected application; and wherein the causing display of a first presentation and the causing display of a second presentation are performed to maintain a relative order of positions of two or more reduced-size versions of the plurality of application icons in the second presentation as compared to a relative order of positions of a corresponding two or more of the plurality of application icons presented in the originally-sized first display area. | 29,950 |
9,354,785 | 1. A system for entering text into a computing device, the system comprising: an on-screen displayed (OSD) keypad having a first predetermined number of lines of keys, wherein each line of keys comprises a prearranged order of keys; and a remote control unit having the first predetermined number of shift buttons, each of the shift buttons corresponding to a unique one of the lines of keys and each of the shift buttons corresponding to a unique single direction, wherein a press of one of the shift buttons immediately causes a selection of a key in the line of keys corresponding to the pressed shift button regardless which key is previously selected and a subsequent press of the one of the shift buttons before another button on the remote control unit is pressed causes a selection of a next key in the line of keys corresponding to the pressed shift button in the corresponding direction. | 9,363 |
9,465,816 | 1. A computer-implemented method for generating an image of a floor plan of a facility, the method comprising the steps of: determining a location of a mobile computing device within a facility using a location determination hardware component, based on coordinates associated to the location that are obtained using the location determination hardware component; assigning a timestamp to the coordinates that are associated to the location; storing location information in a computer-accessible database, wherein the location information includes the coordinates associated to the location, the timestamp that is assigned to the coordinates, and a unique identifier of the mobile computing device; generating an image of a floor plan of the facility based on the stored location information, wherein generation the image includes access n the computer-accessible database using a floor plan mapping component; and outputting the image of the floor plan for storage in a computer-accessible floor plan database. | 41,658 |
9,633,939 | 1. A semiconductor package comprising: a redistribution (RD) structure comprising an upper RD side, a lower RD side, and a lateral RD side that extends between the upper RD side and the lower RD side; a conductive pad on the upper RD side; a conductive post on the upper RD side, the conductive post comprising an upper post end, a lower post end, and a lateral post side that extends between the upper post end and the lower post end; a semiconductor die on the upper RD side and electrically connected to the conductive pad; a cover layer covering at least a portion of the semiconductor die and at least a portion of the conductive post; and an encapsulating material that covers at least a portion of the cover layer, at least a portion of the semiconductor die, and at least a portion of the conductive post. | 18,970 |
8,437,158 | 1. An active rectification system comprising: an active rectifier that converts an alternating current (AC) input to a direct current (DC) output, the active rectifier including a plurality of switching devices and a first output capacitor and a second output capacitor; and a controller having a DC output regulation portion that monitors the DC output and in response generates control signals for regulating the DC output to a desired value, and an output capacitor balancing portion that monitors first and second output capacitor voltages associated with the first and second output capacitors, respectively, and generates an accumulated adjustment value that modifies the control signals provided by the DC output regulation portion to balance the first and second output capacitor voltages. | 36,911 |
8,439,575 | 1. A connector comprising: an insulative housing having a receiving slot formed therein; an optical module for transmitting optical data and being movably received in the receiving slot; a compression coil spring having a first end for biasing the optical module to move in the receiving slot; a metal shell shielding the insulative housing; and a sleeve encircling a second end of the compression coil spring opposite to the first end for retaining the compression coil spring therein. | 48,713 |
9,813,918 | 1. A method for determining a working mode, comprising: determining, by one of a network element, an element management system and a network management system, static importance of a base station or cell according to static data of the base station or cell; determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, dynamic importance of the base station or cell according to dynamic data of the base station or cell; determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, the working mode of the base station or cell according to both the static importance and the dynamic importance; wherein determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, the working mode of the base station or cell according to both the static importance and the dynamic importance comprises: determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the static importance is in a first range and the dynamic importance is out of a second range, wherein the first range is a range representing that the static importance is important, and the second range is a range representing that the dynamic importance is important; determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the working mode of the base station or cell is an active mode; or determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the static importance is in a first range and the dynamic importance is in a second range, wherein the first range is a range representing that the static importance is important, and the second range is a range representing that the dynamic importance is important; determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the working mode of the base station or cell is an active mode; or determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the static importance is out of a first range and the dynamic importance is in a second range, wherein the first range is a range representing that the static importance is important, and the second range is a range representing that the dynamic importance is important; determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the working mode of the base station or cell is an active mode; or determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the static importance is out of a first range and the dynamic importance is out of a second range, wherein the first range is a range representing that the static importance is important, and the second range is a range representing that the dynamic importance is important; determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the working mode of the base station or cell is a passive mode; or determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, comprehensive importance of the base station or cell according to both the static importance and the dynamic importance; determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the comprehensive importance is in a third range, wherein the third range is a range representing that the comprehensive importance is important; determining, by one of the network element, the element management system and the network management system, that the working mode of the base station or cell is an active mode. | 44,609 |
9,410,429 | 1. A gas turbine engine having at least a spool assembly including at least a compressor rotor and a turbine rotor connected by a shaft assembly, the shaft assembly comprising: a compressor shaft portion connected to the compressor rotor and a turbine shaft portion connected to the turbine rotor; the compressor shaft portion and the turbine shaft portion connected axially together by a shaft coupling between the compressor rotor and the turbine rotor and at least a bearing rotatably coupled to the compressor shaft portion adjacent the shaft coupling; the compressor shaft being provided with fore openings and defining at least one air passage extending fore to aft of the bearing to permit cooling air to enter the at least one air passage via the fore openings to cool a portion of the compressor shaft portion opposite the bearing; and a source of pressurized cooling air in communication with the fore openings to direct such cooling air to the at least one air passage, wherein the compressor shaft is hollow and comprises an inner diameter and a shield inwardly from the shaft inner diameter with the at least one air passage defined therebetween; and further wherein aft openings in the compressor shaft portion communicate the pressurized cooling air from the at least one air passage to the shaft coupling. | 37,915 |
9,404,779 | 1. A position detecting device for detecting a position of a workpiece by ejecting a pressure fluid supplied from a pressure fluid supply source from a detection nozzle with respect to a detection surface of the workpiece, and detecting a back pressure of the pressure fluid, comprising: a device main body into which the pressure fluid supplied from the pressure fluid supply source is introduced; and an attaching/detaching mechanism that enables attachment and detachment with respect to the device main body, including an internal nozzle that delivers, toward a side of the detection nozzle, the pressure fluid supplied to the device main body, and a detection port that supplies, to the detection nozzle, the pressure fluid delivered from the internal nozzle; a communication hole that communicates with a detection passage is disposed in a reduced diameter section along a radial direction of the attaching/detaching mechanism; and a fluid introduction space which communicates with the detection passage via the communication hole at a location in a vicinity of the reduced diameter section in a mounting section, when the attaching/detaching mechanism is mounted, wherein the position detecting device further comprises a detection passage side pressure sensor for detecting the back pressure, by detecting a pressure of the pressure fluid introduced from the detection passage into the fluid introduction space via the communication hole. | 39,481 |
9,303,691 | 1. A rolling bearing arrangement for a rotational connection, with rolling elements, for the purpose of relative movement of two rolling bearing rings in contact with each other, with at least one rolling element raceway of annular shape which is hardened in a hardened region along a contact area between the rolling elements and the respective rolling bearing ring, wherein provided at a beginning and/or at an end of the at least one hardened rolling element raceway is at least one overlap region extending along said rolling element raceway, said overlap region comprising a hardness gap region of lower hardness than a surrounding hardened region, which extends at an inclination relative to raceway normals through the overlap region. | 28,741 |
9,703,864 | 1. A system, comprising: a hardware processor; and a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving outputs generated by a sound sensor associated with a security system, the outputs identifying a vector direction to a sound source, the sound source emitting an acoustic signal that stimulates the sound sensor; querying an electronic database for the vector direction, the electronic database electronically associating known sound signatures and vector directions; determining the vector direction generated by the sound sensor fails to match any of the known sound signatures in the electronic database; and determining a security event associated with the security system in response to the vector direction failing to match any of the known sound signatures in the electronic database. | 25,669 |
9,157,328 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a film cooled gas turbine engine component having a passage defined by a passage surface for flowing a cooling air to a hot side, the passage extending at an acute angle to the hot side surface and the passage surface having a hot side surface side; and an edge break formed in the gas turbine engine component and having an edge break surface extending from the hot side surface to the hot side surface side of the passage, the side of the passage opposite the hot side surface side continuing to the hot side, the edge break representing an overhanging material absent from the gas turbine engine component when an edge break surface is formed; and wherein the passage includes a non-circular cross section defined by where x and y are variables and a, m, and n selected as constants to define the shape of the non-circular cross section; and wherein in the pair {m,n}, n does not equal 2 and m does not equal 1. | 7,627 |
8,869,432 | 1. A shoe comprising: (a) a sole; (b) an upper, extending above the sole, that includes a front section, a left side, a right side, a rear section, and a tongue that originates from the front section and extends rearwardly between the left side and the right side; (c) a left elastic strap and a second left elastic strap that extend from a left side of the tongue, wherein distal ends of the left elastic strap and the second left elastic strap are attached to a left attachment strip that is directly attached to the sole; and (d) a right elastic strap and a second right elastic strap that extend from a right side of the tongue, wherein distal ends of the right elastic strap and the second right elastic strap are attached to a right attachment strip that is directly attached to the sole, and wherein the left elastic strap has a proximal end fixedly attached to the left side of the tongue and the right elastic strap has a proximal end fixedly attached to the right side of the tongue. | 11,817 |
8,606,982 | 1. A method of communication between a first device and a second device over an interconnect bus comprising: transferring a plurality of bit codes associated with a plurality of bits across a plurality of conductive lines, wherein each bit code is transferred on a respective conductive line, and wherein, before transferring the plurality of bit codes, each bit is assigned a bit code by: | 30,595 |
9,596,222 | 1. A method comprising: encoding a key matching network security rule having at least one dimension by storing in a memory: | 44,350 |
9,653,495 | 1. A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising: forming a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a gate insulating film on the substrate having the gate electrode formed thereon; forming an oxide semiconductor on the substrate having the gate insulating film formed thereon; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the substrate having the oxide semiconductor formed thereon; forming a passivation film on the substrate having the source electrode and the drain electrode formed thereon; forming a common electrode on the substrate having the passivation film formed thereon; forming an interlayer insulating film on the substrate having the common electrode formed thereon; forming a pixel electrode on the substrate having the interlayer insulating film formed thereon; forming an alignment film on the substrate having the pixel electrode formed thereon; radiating UV-rays onto the oxide semiconductor; heat-treating the oxide semiconductor irradiated with the UV-rays; and bonding together the substrate and an opposing substrate opposing the substrate, wherein the radiating UV-rays is included in the forming an alignment film, the forming an alignment film is performed by photoalignment, and the radiating UV-rays and the heat-treating the oxide semiconductor are performed before the bonding together the substrate and an opposing substrate opposing the substrate. | 13,446 |
9,574,809 | 1. An apparatus for transferring a fluid at least one of from and to an air conditioning system, the apparatus comprising: a main compartment having at least one pumping device pumping the fluid at least one of from and to the air conditioning system; an interface module having at least one gauge which is configured to display the pressure of the fluid; a fluid connection fluidly connecting the gauge to the main compartment, wherein the fluid connection is formed in a double conduit configuration to prevent leakage of the fluid from the fluid connection, the double conduit configuration including an inner and an outer conduit, wherein the outer conduit is configured to receive any fluid leaking out of the inner conduit, and wherein the inner and outer conduits are substantially concentric to one another, the outer conduit being in communication with the main compartment; at least one fitting connecting the inner and outer conduits to the gauge, the at least one fitting including at least one sensor configured to allow operation of the apparatus only after the at least one fitting is properly connected; a leakage pumping device to which the outer conduit is fluidly connected, the leakage pumping device being configured to pump a leaking fluid stream from the outer conduit into the main compartment when the inner conduit leaks the leaking fluid stream; and a sensor configured to sense the leaking fluid stream in the outer conduit in order to activate the leakage pumping device; wherein the at least one fitting is permanently attached to a body of the gauge, wherein the outer conduit is fluidly connected to the leakage pumping device, which is configured for pumping the leaking fluid stream into the main compartment. | 14,470 |
8,627,814 | 1. The solar water heating apparatus comprising: inner and outer concentrically arranged vessels; a cavity defined between the vessels; a phase change material provided in the cavity, an inlet for delivering unheated water to the inner vessel; and an outlet for withdrawing heated water from the inner vessel. | 1,446 |
9,334,780 | 1. An injection device for injecting a fluid into an exhaust-gas treatment device, the injection device comprising: an injector having a supply opening; a longitudinal direction oriented parallel to said supply opening and a radial direction; an injector holder in which said injector is positioned, said injector holder having an insert with a component extending into said supply opening through said supply opening; said insert forming a feed duct through which the fluid can pass into said supply opening of said injector; said component being rigid in said longitudinal direction and at least partially compressible in said radial direction; and a rubber sheathing at least partially covering a perforation in said component. | 3,857 |
8,821,593 | 1. A method for manufacturing an electrode for an electrochemical element, comprising: (1) forming an electrode active material layer on a surface of a base material, which is preliminarily subjected to release treatment and of which a contact angle with water in the surface with release treatment is 80 to 110°, by using an electrode composition including an electrode active material, conducting material and binder; (2) laminating said electrode active material layer, formed on the surface of the base material, and a collector, followed by bonding the same by hot press; and (3) separating the base material from the electrode active material layer. | 48,554 |
9,462,644 | 1. A power supply device comprising: an insulating DC/DC converter unit including a primary winding and a secondary winding magnetically coupled to the primary winding, and inducing a voltage in the secondary winding in a first direction or a second direction: and a boosting unit including a first booster boosting the voltage induced in the secondary winding to supply power to a first light emitting diode module, in a first mode in which the voltage is induced in the secondary winding in the first direction, and a second booster boosting the voltage induced in the secondary winding to supply the power to a second light emitting diode module, in a second mode in which the voltage is induced in the secondary winding in the second direction, wherein the boosting unit further includes a common inductor having one end connected to one end of the secondary winding in series, wherein the boosting unit further includes a first switching element and a first diode connected to another end of the secondary winding, and wherein the first switching element performs a zero voltage switching in response to freewheeling performed by a current flowing in a parasitic inductor of the secondary winding. | 6,477 |
8,399,343 | 1. A method for selectively doping of silicon of a silicon substrate for providing a pn junction in said silicon, comprising the following steps: a) coating a surface of said silicon substrate with a phosphorus based dopant; b) subsequently heating said silicon substrate in order to produce a phosphosilicate glass on said surface of said silicon substrate, wherein said phosphorus simultaneously diffuses into said silicon as a first doping; c) applying a masking to said phosphosilicate glass so as to cover masked regions and to leave non-masked regions uncovered; d) removing said phosphosilicate glass in said non masked regions while leaving remaining phosphosilicate glass in said masked regions; e) removing said masking from said remaining phosphosilicate glass; f) renewed heating for further indiffusion of phosphorus from said remaining phosphosilicate glass into said silicon as a second doping for providing corresponding highly doped regions; and g) completely removing said remaining phosphosilicate glass and oxide from said silicon substrate. | 17,949 |
8,971,443 | 1. A method comprising: at a wireless communication device having a plurality of antennas and capable of sending a transmission via one or more of the plurality of antennas, determining a data rate and antenna configuration to be used for the transmission; comparing a total transmit power for a minimum number of antennas for the data rate to be used for the transmission with a total transmit power associated with the antenna configuration for the transmission; and when the total transmit power for the minimum number of antennas for the data rate is greater than the total transmit power associated with the antenna configuration for the transmission, sending the transmission with the minimum number of antennas. | 44,588 |
8,662,226 | 1. A vehicle including a cabin and trunk, the vehicle comprising: a high voltage fraction battery; an electric motor powered by the traction battery; a charger connected to the traction battery for converting alternating current (AC) to high voltage direct current (DC) to charge the traction battery when the charger is plugged into an alternating current (AC) power supply; a forced air system including a first air duct providing flow communication between the trunk and the charger, a second air duct providing flow communication between the charger and the inside of the cabin, and a fan arrangement; and the forced air system being arranged such that when operating in a first mode, air flows from the outside of the cabin through the first air duct, removes heat from the charger, and flows to the inside of the cabin through the second air duct, and when operating in the second mode, air flows from the inside of the cabin through the second air duct, removes heat from the charger, and flows to the outside of the cabin through the first air duct. | 49,928 |
9,763,193 | 1. A method for extending battery life on a communication device, comprising: configuring operations of the communication device such that the communication device operates in conjunction with an accessory operating in a first operational mode in which the accessory has a first amount of functionality; detecting a trigger event which occurs when (a) a power source of the communication device has a State-Of-Charge (“SOC”), capacity or voltage level that is outside a predetermined optimal level for powering the accessory, (b) a voltage level of the accessory's power source is below a lowest voltage level at which the accessory can fully operate, or (c) a power source of the accessory has an SOC, capacity or voltage level above a predetermined level or value that is sufficient for enabling the accessory to once again operate in a second operational mode; and in response to the trigger event, automatically re-configuring operations of the communication device and the accessory such that the communication device operates in conjunction with the accessory operating in the second operational mode in which the accessory has a second amount of functionality different from the first amount of functionality. | 18,953 |
9,604,993 | 1. A composition comprising a compound having the formula: wherein: z is a single or double bond, provided that when z is a double bond, X provided that when z is a single bond, X X Y L | 44,985 |
8,614,808 | 1. A computer-implemented method for printing a document, the method comprising: receiving document data from an application, the document data comprising data for printing at least a portion of the document; accessing information associated with a sender of the document data; and formatting a page to be printed such that the page comprises at least a portion of the received document data and the accessed information, and the accessed information is located outside document data areas and inside printer allowable margins, wherein formatting the page to be printed comprises checking whether the accessed information for the formatted page fits between the document data areas and the printer allowable margins. | 16,277 |
8,427,428 | 1. An apparatus comprising: first and second keyboard segments each including on an upper surface thereof respective subsets of keys that together define a generally complete alphanumeric keyboard; a retainer disposed in an upper outer quadrant of each of the first and second keyboard segments to retain the respective keyboard segment with respect to a base support, each respective retainer configured to allow the corresponding retained keyboard segment to rotate to permit splaying of the first and second segments; and a joint coupling the keyboard segments and allowing the keyboard segments to pivot relative to one another during at least one of splaying and tenting; wherein at least one of the retainers is further configured to selectively allow the respective retained keyboard segment to travel laterally with respect to the base support during the at least one of splaying and tenting and to selectively resist lateral travel of the respective retained keyboard segment to substantially prevent movement of the keyboard segments from at least one of a splayed position and a tented position during typing. | 34,623 |
8,555,622 | 1. An exhaust gas post processing system, comprising: an exhaust pipe in which an exhaust gas from an engine passes; a catalyst that is disposed at the exhaust pipe so as to decrease a harmful material of the exhaust gas; and a water jacket that is formed around the exhaust pipe and is disposed at an upstream side of the catalyst; a supply line fluid-connected to an upper portion of the water jacket for supplying a coolant to the water jacket; a return line fluid-connected to a lower portion of the water jacket for exhausting the coolant; and a supply control valve and a return control valve disposed at the supply line and the return line respectively to control a flow of the coolant to or from the water jacket, wherein the coolant in the water jacket is drained by its own weight when the supply line valve is closed and the return line is opened, and air fills the water jacket to achieve an insulation effect such that a heating period for activating the catalyst is reduced. | 19,388 |
9,153,963 | 1. An electric power control apparatus for use in a consumer dwelling provided with a distributed power source and a battery, the apparatus configured to enable a surplus power generated by the distributed power source to be charged in the battery, the apparatus comprising: a compensation calculating unit configured to calculate compensation by using a power sale price available when an electric power is charged in the battery and a power purchase price available when the electric power is discharged from the battery, wherein the power sale price is a price of an electric power reversely fed to an electrical grid of a commercial power source from the distributed power source. | 6,831 |
9,297,879 | 1. Method for tracking a solar generator to the sun, comprising: tracking a tracker to the sun; during movement of the tracker, detecting at least one electric output quantity of the solar generator; based on a comparison of two values of the electric output quantity or based on a change of the electric output quantity, determining whether a position of the tracker has been reached where the electric output quantity lies within a range around a maximum value; and if it is determined that a position of the tracker where the electric output quantity lies within the range around the maximum value has not been reached, modifying a control signal for the tracker; wherein detecting the electric output quantity comprises: | 12,185 |
9,796,020 | 1. A method for the manufacture of a metal part, the method comprising the sequential steps: a. compacting agglomerated spherical metal powder to a preform, b. debinding and sintering the preform to a part at a temperature not exceeding 1275° C., c. compacting the part to a density of more than 95% of the theoretical density, and d. next without a second sintering step, subjecting the part to hot isostatic pressing at a temperature not exceeding 1200° C., wherein the compacting in step c is performed with high velocity compaction. | 40,281 |
8,371,653 | 1. A structure for a legless leisure chair comprising: (a) a left side and a right side, each comprising: wherein the front armrest portion is a horizontal distance in front of the backrest connection means to provide comfort to the forearm of a person sitting in the chair and the front supporting portion is a horizontal distance in front of the backrest connection means that is at least half the horizontal distance the front armrest portion is in front of the backrest connection means, so that the front supporting portion is in front of the backrest connection means a horizontal distance at least sufficient to prevent instability of the chair when downward force by a person getting out of the chair is exerted on the front armrest portion; and (b) a backrest comprising a top, a bottom, a right frame side, a left frame side, and a support sheet means, wherein the left frame side has a lower connection means and the right frame side has a lower connection means; wherein the backrest is positioned between said left and right sides, wherein the backrest is at an acute angle in relation to the supporting surface between the backrest connection means and the rear supporting portion, and wherein the backrest left frame side lower connection means is connected to the backrest connection means on the left side, and wherein the backrest right frame side lower connection means is connected to the backrest connection means on the right side. | 32,171 |
8,784,972 | 1. A composite sheet comprising a substantially flat lower fibrous sheet and an upper fibrous sheet bonded to the lower fibrous sheet, the upper fibrous sheet being three-dimensionally textured with a number of projections and a number of depression each of which is located between every adjacent two of the projections, the projections and the depressions alternating in a first direction of the composite sheet and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the projections each having a pair of opposing first walls parallel to the first direction, a pair of opposing second walls parallel to the second direction, and a top plane connected to the upper edge of each first wall and the upper edge of each second wall, and the basis weight of each first wall being different from that of each second wall; wherein the projections and the depressions are arranged in a staggered pattern in which the projections and the depressions alternating in a line extending in the first direction of the composite sheet are out of alignment with the projections and the depressions of the adjacent lines by half the pitch; wherein the projections are hollow; and wherein individual depressions partly adjoin at least one other depression. | 37,119 |
8,802,331 | 1. A method for testing a fuel cell interconnect, comprising: providing a fuel cell interconnect; performing a non-destructive test on the fuel cell interconnect comprising detecting a magnetic response of the interconnect as a function of position across the interconnect, wherein the magnetic response of the interconnect is detected at a temperature below 50° C.; determining a coefficient of thermal expansion as a function of position across the interconnect based on the detected magnetic response; and placing the interconnect into a fuel cell stack if at least one of coefficient of thermal expansion uniformity or an average coefficient of thermal expansion is within a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion condition range. | 28,646 |
8,613,896 | 1. A process for the removal of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) from a feed gas stream containing a contaminating concentration of nitrous oxide, wherein said process comprises: (a) passing the feed gas stream through a first heat transfer zone that is in heat exchange relationship with a product stream whereby heat is transferred from the product stream to the feed gas stream to thereby provide a heated gas stream; (b) passing said heated gas stream to a reaction zone containing a N (c) passing the product stream to the first heat transfer zone to provide a cooled product stream; and (d) passing the cooled product stream to an additional treatment process to remove additional greenhouse gas components before it is passed to the atmosphere. | 10,542 |
9,306,357 | 1. An electrical power connector preparation method, comprising the steps of: (a01) employing a cold drawing technique to draw a metal round rod into a thin thickness conducting contact bar; (a02) stamping one end of said thin thickness conducting contact bar into a mating contact portion; (a03) stamping a part of said thin thickness conducting contact adjacent to said mating contact portion to form a mounting portion; (a04) attaching said thin thickness conducting contact to one of a plurality of locating notches of a contact material strip and then cutting off said thin thickness conducting contact to obtain a finished metal contact comprising said mating contact portion and said mounting portion; (a05) attaching a plurality of said metal contacts in respective locating notches of said contact material strip; (a06) processing said metal contacts at said contact material strip into shaped metal contacts; (a07) removing said shaped metal contacts from said contact material strip; (a08) electroplating said shaped metal contacts; and (a09) arranging said electroplated shaped metal contacts into multiple sets of electroplated shaped metal contacts and inserting each said set of electroplated shaped metal contacts into one respective cavity of a molding mold, and then using an insert molding technique to mold one respective electrically insulative terminal block on each said set of electroplated shaped metal contacts. | 2,722 |
9,630,661 | 1. A retractable roof system for a vehicle having a roof support structure defining an opening, the roof system comprising: a foldable textile cover movable between a closed position covering the opening and an open position substantially uncovering the opening; a pair of tracks provided on a pair of lateral sides of the opening for guiding the cover between the open position and closed position; a drive mechanism for moving the cover in the tracks; and a spoiler substantially co-extensive with and disposed over a cover storage compartment, the spoiler being disposed rearward of the opening and attached to the support, the spoiler being attached to the roof support structure by a linkage that lifts the spoiler to receive the cover below the spoiler as the cover is moved toward the open position, wherein the linkage lowers the spoiler to contain the cover in the cover storage compartment. | 6,991 |
9,326,064 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of microphone units including at least a first microphone unit and a second microphone unit, each of the first and second microphone units comprising a microphone, an analog-to-digital converter, and a local memory, wherein the microphone is configured to capture an analog audio signal, the analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert the analog audio signal created by the microphone into a digital audio signal, and the local memory is configured to store the digital audio signal; and a controller unit comprising a processor configured to process the digital audio signals, wherein the first microphone unit and the second microphone unit are operatively connected to the controller unit in a series configuration, the second microphone unit being configured to output the digital audio signal to the first microphone unit, and the first microphone unit being configured to output the digital audio signal to the controller unit, and wherein the microphone units in the chain are configured such that: | 48,058 |
8,907,292 | 1. A scintillator comprising a tungstate-based material for use with an imaging device, wherein the tungstate-based material is selected from the group consisting of Bi LaWO Er Bi Gd Ba CrWO Na Gd AlWO La Ba LiGaW BaSr GdKW Ca CsTaWO La Ba Ba Ca Al | 34,437 |
9,826,604 | 1. A device configured to be electrically connected to a switched receptacle, the device comprising: a sensing circuit configured to detect whether power is present at the switched receptacle; a controller responsive to the sensing circuit; and a communication circuit configured for wireless communication, wherein the controller is configured to cause the communication circuit to transmit a signal indicative of a change of state of power at the switched receptacle in response to the sensing circuit. | 26,718 |
9,032,752 | 1. A system comprising: a condenser adapted to connect to and thermally regulate exhaust portions of a steam turbine; and a cooling system operably connected to the condenser and adapted to supply a cooling fluid to the condenser, the cooling system including: a computing device including a cooling control system, the computing device connected with the cooling system, the steam turbine and the condenser, wherein the cooling control system is configured to: | 45,565 |
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