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9,400,117 | 1. A subfloor mountable double-clip apparatus for a radiant floor heat system, comprising: a first clip including a first clip support structure and a first clip portion, the first clip portion shaped to uninterruptedly surround a majority of a first circumferential portion of radiant heat tubing; a second clip including a second clip support structure and a second clip portion, the second clip portion shaped to uninterruptedly surround a majority of a second circumferential portion of radiant heat tubing; and an interconnecting brace including a first side and an opposite side being opposite the first side, the interconnecting brace being connected to the first clip support structure of the first clip and the second clip support structure of the second clip on the first side of the interconnecting brace, wherein the first clip support structure of the first clip is perpendicularly positioned between the interconnecting brace and the first clip portion, wherein the second clip support structure of the second clip is perpendicularly positioned between the interconnecting brace and the second clip portion, wherein the opposite side of the interconnecting brace includes at least two cavities, wherein the interconnecting brace is at least 3 inches long, the interconnecting brace including a flat surface opposite a side of the interconnecting brace that is connected to the first clip support structure and the second clip support structure such that the flat surface is configured to be positioned against a subfloor when the subfloor mountable double-clip apparatus for the radiant heat system is mounted to the subfloor, wherein the first clip is oriented with respect to the interconnecting brace so as to hold a portion of radiant heat tubing extending through the first clip in a direction at least substantially perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the interconnecting brace, wherein the second clip is oriented with respect to the interconnecting brace so as to hold a portion of radiant heat tubing extending through the second clip in a direction at least substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the interconnecting brace, wherein the interconnecting brace includes at least three holes positioned between the first clip and the second clip, each of the at least three holes positioned along the interconnecting brace at points along a line passing between the first clip support structure and the second clip support structure, each of the at least three holes configured to receive attachment means, the at least three holes including a first end mounting hole, a center mounting hole, and a second end mounting hole, wherein each of the at least three holes are countersunk, wherein the flat surface opposite a side of the interconnecting brace that is connected to the first clip support structure and the second clip support structure of the interconnecting brace includes the at least two cavities including a first cavity positioned between the first end mounting hole and the center mounting hole and a second cavity positioned between the center mounting hole and the second end mounting hole, wherein the first clip, the second clip, and the interconnecting brace are composed of a single piece of material. | 26,304 |
9,515,547 | 1. A direct current (DC) power supply circuit comprising; a rectifier circuit rectifying alternating current (AC) supplied thereto from an AC power supply; and a voltage conversion circuit connected across output terminals of the rectifier circuit, converting a voltage from the rectifier circuit, and outputting a converted voltage to a load, the voltage conversion circuit comprising: when an instantaneous value of the voltage from the rectifier circuit is higher than or equal to a voltage across the terminals of the capacitor, the voltage conversion circuit further comprises: when the instantaneous value of the voltage from the rectifier circuit is lower than the voltage across the terminals of the capacitor, | 81 |
9,228,761 | 1. A solar panel, comprising: a planar substrate; a plurality of solar cells mounted to the substrate; and a plurality of half-cylindrical energy absorber structures mounted to the planar substrate and overlaying the solar cells, each of the plurality of solar cells disposed at the center of curvature of each of the plurality of half-cylinder energy absorber structures, the energy absorber structures comprising a material having a spatial variation of permittivity selected such that the change of the permittivity with a radial distance from the center of curvature of each of the plurality of half-cylindrical structures is inversely proportional to at least the square of the radius of curvature of each of the plurality of half-cylinder energy absorber structures. | 11,193 |
8,790,425 | 1. A method for aggregating and separating algae dispersed in a liquid, which comprises adding an alkaline inorganic aggregating agent to the liquid at pH 2.0 to 4.0 in which the algae are dispersed, followed by adding a cationic polymer aggregating agent. | 3,151 |
9,592,587 | 1. A method for processing grit used for abrasive blasting, said method comprising: receiving grit blasted onto a surface, the grit including moisture content; producing a flame to cause air to be heated; indirectly heating the air in which the grit being recycled is being processed using the air heated by the flame; and evaporating the moisture content from the grit using the heated air to produce dry recycled grit. | 30,054 |
9,055,930 | 1. An assembly for removal of an implanted cardiac lead from a body passageway of a patient, comprising: a cardiac lead disposed in a body passageway of a patient; a first handle and a second handle, each of said handles comprising a handle body having a ledge surface engaged with a length of the cardiac lead therealong, each of said handle bodies having a channel extending inwardly from said ledge surface into an interior of said handle body, and having an aperture communicating with said channel, each handle further comprising a tab having a first end and a second end, said tab first end engaged with said handle body and said tab second end having a pin member engaged therewith, said pin member removably receivable in said channel via said aperture; and a wire member having a first looped end and a second looped end, said wire member first looped end received in said channel of the first handle through an opening in said ledge surface, said wire member first looped end configured and arranged to be maintained in said channel when said pin member is received therein; and said wire member second looped end received in said channel of the second handle through an opening in the ledge surface, said wire member second looped end configured and arranged to be maintained in said channel when said pin member is received therein; wherein said wire member is dimensioned to span a distance between said respective ledge surfaces; and wherein said wire member is wrapped about the cardiac lead. | 12,064 |
9,443,362 | 1. A reader unit configured to: register credential data in respect of users seeking access to a well-defined space, communicate with an access-control-related building component associated with the well-defined space, and communicate with a first network-addressable credential data receiver operated by a first organization for causing at least one access decision in respect of the well-defined space to be effected, wherein the reader unit is further configured to: communicate with at least one second network-addressable credential data receiver operated by a second organization different from the first organization for causing at least one access decision in respect of the well-defined space to be effected, and forward, via a communication network, each registered piece of credential data to either the first credential data receiver or a particular one of the at least one second credential data receiver based on an address linked to the piece of credential data which address identifies the first credential data receiver or the particular one of the at least one second credential data receiver by their respective network addresses, the linked address being stored in: a memory module of the reader unit or on a carrier holding the piece of credential data which carrier is configured to be presented to the reader unit for registering the piece of credential data with the reader unit. | 8,495 |
9,622,487 | 1. An agricultural, mycoherbicide formulation for killing ungerminated seeds of invasive grass species, comprising a mixture of: an effective amount of a slow-growing strain of an effective amount of a fast-growing strain of | 6,602 |
8,449,777 | 1. A batch process for the treatment of an aqueous sewage solution, said batch process comprising: obtaining an influent batch of aqueous sewage solution for treatment, said batch of aqueous sewage solution having a batch size volume, and said batch of aqueous sewage solution having a phosphorus content prior to disposal, treating said batch of aqueous sewage solution by an advanced oxidation and denutrification process, said advanced oxidation and denutrification process including causing ozone to be mixed with said aqueous sewage solution, said ozone acting on said aqueous sewage solution to decrease the BOD thereof; providing a treatment tank for holding said batch of aqueous sewage solution, a recirculation conduit fluidly connected to said treatment tank at an inlet and an outlet, said recirculation conduit having an ozone injector, and a pump mounted to said recirculation conduit, said pump being operable to urge flow of said batch of aqueous sewage solution through said recirculation conduit, said batch of aqueous sewage solution thereby being urged past said ozone injector, said oxidation and denutrification process including continuously recirculating the batch of aqueous sewage solution through the recirculation conduit and continuously injecting ozone into the batch of aqueous sewage solution as the batch of aqueous sewage solution recirculates through the ozone injector, the advanced oxidation and denutrification process including providing a pressure portion of said recirculation conduit downstream of the ozone injector, maintaining said pressure portion of said recirculation conduit at a higher pressure than said treatment tank, said pressure portion being maintained at a selected gauge pressure of at least one and a half atmospheres, and maintaining a selected residence time of said aqueous sewage solution passing through said pressure portion of at least 2 seconds in said pressure portion, said ozone engaging said aqueous sewage solution during said residence time; continuously returning said aqueous sewage solution from said pressure portion to said treatment tank, and continuously recirculating the batch of aqueous sewage solution, for a recirculation time of at least 5 minutes before disposal, said recirculating including operating said pump to pump a flow volume of at least three and one third times the batch size volume during said batch process, whereby said batch of aqueous sewage solution urged through said recirculation conduit by said pump is repeatedly pressurized and depressurized during treatment thereof: filtering said batch of aqueous sewage solution after said recirculation time to reduce the phosphorus content of said treated batch of aqueous sewage solution; and disposing of said treated batch of aqueous sewage solution, after said filtering. | 28,006 |
8,364,032 | 1. A protective cover suitable for protecting a small form factor electronic device, the small form factor electronic device having at least a rear facing camera assembly, the camera assembly having a lens assembly and a light source in close proximity to the lens assembly, the light source arranged to emit light used to illuminate a subject, the lens assembly arranged to capture at least some of the light reflected from the subject wherein a portion of the light reflected from the subject is provided by the light source, the protective cover comprising: a housing, the housing having a shape in accordance with the small form factor electronic device, the shape being suitable for enclosing at least some of the rear portion of the small form factor electronic device, the housing comprising: | 24,103 |
9,215,567 | 1. A system having a protocol stack structure for providing a local area broadcast service, the system comprising: a broadcast server configured to a wireless transmission apparatus configured to wherein, when the transmitted contents correspond to multimedia data, the wireless transmission apparatus is configured to wherein, when the transmitted contents do not correspond to multimedia data, the wireless transmission apparatus is configured to perform the FEC of the transmitted contents and provide the contents after said FEC is performed as the digital broadcast signal. | 1,240 |
9,800,463 | 1. A system comprising: a network device configured to be installed at a site and including an operating condition configured to be altered by a plurality of separate inputs initiated external to the site; a first geographical boundary associated with the network device and having a first boundary distance established about the site, the first geographical boundary configured to be associated with a first user and a first input associated with the first user to alter the operating condition of the network device in response to a location based information of the first user relative to the site and the first geographical boundary; a second geographical boundary associated with the network device and having a second boundary distance that is different than the first boundary distance and established about the site, the second geographical boundary configured to be associated with a second user and a second input associated with the second user to alter the operating condition of the network device in response to a location based information of the second user relative to the site and the second geographical boundary; wherein the first and second boundary distances are automatically scaled relative to one another based on input from one of the first and second user, and wherein the network device includes at least one of a wireless thermostat, a lighting system, a HVAC system, a door lock system, a security system, and an alarm system capable of being altered by a setpoint provided in response to detecting the mobile device relative to the geographical boundary. | 5,272 |
9,096,466 | 1. A method of producing a dry, free-flowing cement composition comprising: providing flow inducing particulates that comprise solid adsorbent particulates having adsorbed thereon a flow inducing chemical, ethylene glycol, and water; dry blending the flow inducing particulate with dry cement particles to produce a dry, free-flowing cement composition; | 1,860 |
9,331,859 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a conference unit, a command to establish a conference call between the conference unit and another conference unit, the conference unit being connected to at least one access point and the access point being accessible by a terminal; utilizing, by the conference unit, an internet telephony protocol to setup at least one media line between the conference unit and the other conference unit; establishing at least one data channel that transmits local area network (LAN) traffic between a first LAN of the conference unit and a second LAN of the other conference unit utilizing the internet telephony protocol; establishing, by the conference unit, a connection with the terminal to the first LAN; receiving, at the conference unit, an input from the terminal via the connection to access a combined local area network including the first LAN and the second LAN; selecting and sending a service set identifier and password from the conference unit to the access point; and displaying, on a display screen connected to the conference unit, the SSID and the password for the access point, wherein the terminal is provided access to the combined local area network including the first LAN and the second LAN in response to entry of the SSID and the password. | 38,273 |
8,671,819 | 1. A method for attenuating a blast load in a vehicle, the method comprising: applying the blast load to the vehicle; and attenuating the blast load applied to the vehicle with a blast attenuation system for the vehicle, wherein the blast attenuation system comprises an apparatus comprising an outer skin comprising an exterior side and an interior side, an internal structure positioned relative to the interior side of the outer skin, such that the internal structure is configured to absorb the blast load applied to the exterior side of the outer skin; and an inner skin, configured as a floor of the vehicle, such that the internal structure is directly connected to the inner skin, wherein the internal structure comprises a plurality of deformable members comprising at least one of a number of longitudinal crushable structures and a number of lateral crushable structures, wherein the number of longitudinal crushable structures comprises a number of longitudinal bulkheads and the number of lateral crushable structures comprises a number of lateral bulkheads. | 47,084 |
8,444,435 | 1. A male connector comprising: an insulating housing having a front and a rear; multiple signal terminals arranged abreast, mounted through the insulating housing, extending out of the front of the insulating housing and arranged in an array; and multiple grounding terminal modules arranged abreast, mounted through the insulating housing and each grounding terminal module integrally formed into one piece and having multiple grounding terminals, wherein adjacent grounding terminals are connected integrally to each other so that the grounding terminals of each grounding terminal module are arranged in a line; and wherein each grounding terminal comprises: | 45,275 |
8,789,365 | 1. A method of rotating a shaft, comprising: directing a fluid from a wave chamber through a first radial flow passage having a decreasing radius; swirling the fluid while directing the fluid through the first radial flow passage; directing the fluid between a first plurality of impulse turbine blades coupled to the shaft; turning the fluid in an axial flow passage after directing the fluid between the first plurality of impulse turbine blades; directing the fluid between a second plurality of impulse turbine blades coupled to the shaft after turning the fluid; and directing the fluid from the second plurality of impulse turbine blades through a second radial flow passage having an increasing radius. | 39,068 |
8,946,462 | 1. A process for preparing formic acid, comprising the steps of (a) homogeneously catalyzed reaction of a reaction mixture (Rg) comprising carbon dioxide, hydrogen, at least one polar solvent selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol and water, and a tertiary amine of the general formula (A1) (b) workup of the hydrogenation mixture (H) obtained in step (a) according to one of the following steps: (c) separation of the at least one polar solvent from the lower phase (L1), from the raffinate (R1) or from the raffinate (R2) in a first distillation apparatus to obtain (d) optional workup of the bottoms mixture (B1) obtained in step (c) by phase separation in a second phase separation apparatus into the upper phase (U2) and the lower phase (L2), (e) dissociation of the formic acid-amine adduct (A2) present in the bottoms mixture (B1) and/or possibly in the lower phase (L2) in a thermal dissociation unit to obtain the corresponding tertiary amine (A1), which is recycled to the hydrogenation reactor in step (a), and formic acid, which is discharged from the thermal dissociation unit. | 46,513 |
9,694,800 | 1. A secondary parking apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a single electronic controller arranged to | 5,059 |
9,777,033 | 1. A method for separation of lignin from original black liquor having a first pH value, comprising the following phases in sequence: adding a first acidifier charge to the original black liquor in a first precipitation phase to decrease the first pH value of the original black liquor to a second pH level whereby less than 10% of the total lignin content is precipitated, the second pH level being at least 1 pH unit below that of the first pH value; adding lignin germ particles to the acidified black liquor after the first precipitation phase to be present during a second precipitation phase; adding a second acidifier charge to the acidified original black liquor, containing lignin germ particles, from the first precipitation phase in the second precipitation phase to decrease the pH value to a third pH level whereby more than 20% of the total lignin content is additionally precipitated as growth on lignin germ particles added after the first precipitation phase and growth of nucleus particles precipitated in the second precipitation phase, the third pH level being at least 0.1 pH units below that of the second pH value; wherein the second pH level is above pH 7 and below 11.5; followed by a separation phase, separating the precipitated lignin as a lignin cake from a remaining liquid phase of the acidified original black liquor; and the added lignin germ particles increasing lignin particle growth on the lignin germ particles instead of spontaneous nucleation of lignin particles in the acidified black liquor. | 45,178 |
9,739,875 | 1. An Analog Store Digital Read ultrasound beamforming method for an ultrasound imaging system comprising the steps of: Providing an ultrasonic array formed of individual ultrasonic array elements configured for transmission and receiving; Dividing the individual array elements into individual channels, wherein each channel comprises at least one array element; Creating a receiving input signal for each channel from inputs received from each array element of the channel; Sampling each receiving input signal for each channel at a sampling rate and storing the sampled data in a bank of sample-hold cells which are associated with that channel, wherein the bank of sample-hold cells form an analog random access memory for the sampled receiving input signal; Selecting at least one sample-hold cell data from at least one channel for each particular output time for each beamforming instance in accordance with a beamforming algorithm; Summing all of the selected sample-hold cell data from the associated channels for the beamforming instance forming an analog beamformed received signal sample for the beamforming instance; and Digitizing the analog beamformed received signal sample. | 26,525 |
8,430,730 | 1. A mixing apparatus configured and dimensioned for use in an aircraft air-conditioning system, the mixing apparatus comprising a first supply line for fresh air from the air-conditioning system, a second supply line for returned air from a first area of the aircraft, a discharge line for supplying mixed air into the first area of the aircraft and a discharge line for supplying fresh air into a second area of the aircraft, wherein the mixing apparatus further comprises a plurality of first and second pockets which are arranged above one another in an area of flow cross-section wherein the first pockets have an unobstructed cross-section to conduct a first portion of the fresh air from the air-conditioning system from the first supply line for fresh air from the air-conditioning system into the discharge line for the supply of mixed air into the first area of the air craft and each of the second pockets has a single diagonal partition wall to divert both a second portion of the fresh air from the air-conditioning system into the discharge line for the supply of fresh air into the second area of the aircraft as well as returned air from the first area of the air craft into the discharge line for the supply of mixed air in the first area of the aircraft, wherein a first surface of the partition wall diverts the second portion of the fresh air and a second surface opposite the first surface of the partition wall diverts the return air. | 7,749 |
8,595,954 | 1. A method for operating a clothes treating apparatus comprising: a drum configured to accommodate therein an object to be dried; an air suction means configured to form a flow path of air introduced into the drum; an air exhaustion means configured to form a flow path of air exhausted from the drum; a condenser disposed to heat air sucked into the drum through the air suction means; an evaporator disposed to cool air exhausted from the drum through the air exhaustion means; a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant introduced from the evaporator; and a variable expander configured to expand a refrigerant introduced from the condenser, and having a variable open degree, the method comprising: measuring a temperature (Tei) of a refrigerant introduced into the evaporator, and a temperature (Tci) of a refrigerant introduced into the compressor; and decreasing an open degree of the variable expander when a temperature difference (Tci−Tei) between the two measured temperatures is less than a predetermined first value, wherein in the step of decreasing the open degree of the variable expander, an open degree decrease width when the open degree is small is set to be narrower than that when the open degree is large. | 20,274 |
9,132,457 | 1. A method for handling a glass substrate, comprising the following steps: Step Step Step Step Step Step wherein the portion of the bag that is clamped by the clip has an inside surface made of rubber materials. | 46,720 |
8,861,259 | 1. A method of changing a state of a resistive change memory element of an integrated circuit device, the method comprising: generating a reference current; biasing an access transistor coupled to the resistive change memory element to establish a bias of the access transistor; and, based on the bias of the access transistor, using a current mirror to establish from the reference current, a current that flows through the resistive change memory element. | 36,699 |
8,801,557 | 1. A hybrid transmission, comprising: a first planetary gear set (PGS a second planetary gear set (PGS wherein a first rotation element of the first planetary gear set (PGS the first clutch (CL a fourth rotation element of the first planetary gear set (PGS wherein the third rotation element and the fourth rotation element are different rotation elements. | 20,703 |
8,394,273 | 1. A system for in situ treatment of surface water, comprising: a source of reactive gas; and a plurality of hollow-fiber components in fluid communication with the source of reactive gas, wherein the hollow-fiber components comprise: | 46,093 |
8,472,655 | 1. An audio processing arrangement comprising: a pre-processing circuit for deriving pre-processed audio signals from the input audio signals to minimize a cross-correlation of interferences comprised in input audio signals; wherein the pre-processing circuit is arranged to minimize the cross-correlation of interferences by multiplication of the input audio signals by an inverse of a regulation matrix, wherein the regulation matrix guarantees that the cross-correlation of interferences is minimized; a processing circuit for deriving processed audio signals from the pre-processed input audio signals; a combining circuit for deriving a combined audio signal from the processed audio signals; and a control circuit for controlling the processing circuit to maximize a power measure of the combined audio signal, and for limiting a function of gains of the processed audio signals to a predetermined value. | 29,222 |
9,787,204 | 1. A switching power supply device, comprising: an isolation transformer having a primary winding, a plurality of secondary windings, and a tertiary winding, the primary winding being connected to a direct current voltage source via a capacitor, leakage inductance of the isolation transformer and the capacitor forming a series resonant circuit; a first switching element connected in series to the primary winding of the isolation transformer, the first switching element being configured to be driven by a drive control circuit that performs a separately excited oscillation operation, to thereby apply a direct current input voltage from the direct current voltage source to the series resonant circuit; a second switching element connected in parallel to the series resonant circuit, the second switching element being configured to be driven upon turning-off of the first switching element, to thereby form a current path of the series resonant circuit; an output circuit configured to rectify, smooth, and output power generated on the secondary windings of the isolation transformer; and the drive control circuit, including | 24,177 |
8,990,993 | 1. A component for a vehicle wash system, comprising: a frame; a hub portion rotatably connected to said frame; a plurality of elongated media elements being formed of a flexible material and connected to said hub portion, said plurality of media elements extending from a first end disposed adjacent said hub portion to a second end disposed away from said hub portion, said media elements formed of a material such that they are self-supporting along their length; said hub portion having a resting state wherein said second ends of said plurality of media elements define a resting footprint and a rotating state wherein second ends of said plurality of media elements define a rotating footprint; said media elements having a plurality of treatment heads laterally extending from at least one of a first side or a second side of said media elements, each of said plurality of treatment heads having a plurality of moveable contact elements which project outwardly relative to a plane defined by a body portion of said respective media elements; and wherein said resting footprint and said rotating footprint have substantially the same area. | 16,309 |
9,150,802 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a thermal receiver having walls that form a cavity space inside the thermal receiver; a chemical reactor that has multiple reactor tubes located inside the cavity space of the thermal receiver, where in the multiple reactor tubes a chemical reaction driven by radiant heat is configured to occur, wherein the chemical reaction includes one or more of biomass gasification, steam methane reforming, methane cracking, steam methane cracking to produce ethylene, metals refining, and CO2 or H2O splitting to be conducted in this chemical reactor using the radiant heat; a source of inert particles that are inert to the chemical reaction that includes one or more of biomass gasification, steam methane reforming, methane cracking, steam methane cracking to produce ethylene, metals refining, and CO2 or H2O splitting to be conducted in this chemical reactor using the radiant heat at the temperature of 900 degrees C. or more, where the source of inert particles couples to the one or more feed lines to add the inert particles to the chemical reactor; one or more feed lines coupled to the chemical reactor to add inert particles for radiation absorption and re-radiate radiation with the chemical reactants for the chemical reaction; an indirect radiation driven geometry in the form of the cavity wall of the thermal receiver integrates and locates the chemical reactor inside the receiver, where the inner wall of the receiver cavity and the multiple reactor tubes exchange energy primarily by radiation creating an oven effect, allowing for the multiple reactor tubes to achieve a fairly uniform temperature profile along a length of the reactor tubes, where the multiple reactor tube design increases a surface area to radiate the radiation to the inert particles and other chemical reactants in the chemical reaction; a heat source to heat the chemical reactor to 900 degrees C. or more and to cause the indirect radiation driven geometry in the form of the cavity wall of the thermal receiver and multiple reactor tubes to supply the radiant heat to drive the chemical reaction with the fairly uniform temperature profile along the length of the reactor tubes; and an exit area of a gasification zone in the multiple reactor tubes, wherein reaction products have a temperature from the exit area of the gasification zone that equals or exceeds 900 degrees C. | 6,561 |
9,499,784 | 1. A process for the enhanced production of: (a) eicosapentaenoic acid in a microalgal strain selected from the family Pleurochloridaceae; or (b) exopolysaccharide in microalgae selected from the genus Dictyosphaerium , said process comprising the steps of: (i) culturing a said microalgal strain through a production phase; (ii) exposing the microalgal culture to a stimulus, wherein the stimulus comprises (a) a decrease in pH to a pH of no more than around pH 6, followed by an increase in pH to a pH of no less than around pH 7 and (b) an increase in light irradiance to at least 400 μmol/m | 41,744 |
9,407,747 | 1. A method for monitoring power consumption in a mobile battery operated device, the device comprising electric circuitry, a display and a battery, the method comprising: executing a first software application on the mobile battery operated device, during which the first software application at least generates display content for viewing via a graphical user interface on the display of the mobile battery operated device, the display content presenting information obtained from execution of the first software application; executing a second software application, on the mobile battery operated device, providing for a monitoring of power consumption in the battery in the mobile battery operated device resulting from the execution of the first software application and its corresponding display content, said monitoring of power consumption by operation of said second software application comprising: causing a blended display of the recorded display content to be displayed on the graphical user interface, obtained by operation of said first software application, and the displayed power consumption obtained by operation of said second software application, the blended display comprising the recorded display content concurrent with the power consumption monitored at the time of the recorded display content. | 43,526 |
9,190,688 | 1. An apparatus for treating solid oxide fuel cells, comprising: a pressure source; a compression system, coupled to the pressure source; a heating unit; a pressure transmission unit, coupled to the compression system and transmitting a pressure to a solid oxide fuel cell, comprising: a ceramic tube; a cushion module, disposed within said furnace, comprising: a metal supporting plate, disposed beneath said solid oxide fuel cell within said furnace; and a ceramic supporting brick set, disposed beneath said metal supporting plate on the bottom of said furnace; a temperature controller, coupled to the heating unit, programmed to perform a multi-stage heating process; and a pressure controller, coupled to the compression system, programmed to perform a multi-stage compression process, wherein said multi-stage heating process is performed simultaneously with said multi-stage compression process. | 36,860 |
8,609,923 | 1. A process for the production of a mixture of structural isomers of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, the process comprising: a) oligomerizing an olefin or a mixture of olefins having the structural formula C b) hydroformylating the vinylidene containing olefin oligomer in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst so as to form a hydroformylated olefin oligomer; c) dimerizing the hydroformylated olefin oligomer by means of a Guerbet reaction so as to form the alcohol; and d) catalytically hydrogenating the alcohol in step c) so as to form the mixture of structural isomers of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having the structural formula: wherein R 1 , R 4 , and R 5 are the same or different alkyl groups, R 2 and R 3 are the same or different methylene chains, and each contain from 1 to 23 carbon atoms according to the following schedule: and wherein the percentage of each isomer is greater than 1% and less than 95%, n being an integer from 4 to 22. | 34,794 |
8,371,100 | 1. A split heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) arrangement to reduce emissions in exhaust gases emitted from a turbomachine system to generate electricity including a compressor, a combustor fluidly coupled to and disposed downstream from the compressor and a turbine fluidly coupled to and disposed downstream from the combustor to receive combustion gases and fluidly connected to the compressor to receive cooling and leakage fluid, the arrangement comprising: a first HRSG coupled to the turbine and thereby receptive of a portion of the exhaust gases to deliver the portion of the exhaust gases to the compressor; a second HRSG coupled to the turbine and thereby receptive of a remaining portion of the exhaust gases, which includes an NOx catalyst and a CO catalyst sequentially disposed therein to remove NOx and CO from the exhaust gases; and an air injection apparatus to inject air into the second HRSG between the NOx catalyst and the CO catalyst to facilitate CO consumption at the CO catalyst. | 28,766 |
9,313,863 | 1. A method for controlling a lighting condition by a control device, comprising: executing a networking framework on the control device; broadcasting a radio frequency (RF) signal on an RF communication channel associated with the networking framework from the control device for reception by a plurality of smart lighting objects registered with the networking framework, wherein each of the plurality of smart lighting objects is assigned an identifier within the networking framework, wherein the RF signal is configured to cause each of the plurality of smart lighting objects to transmit an ultrasound signal including the assigned identifier; receiving ultrasound signals from a subset of the plurality of smart lighting objects in the control device via two or more ultrasound microphones; determining a range and a direction to each of the subset of the plurality of smart lighting objects from which ultrasound signals were received based on reception times of the ultrasound signals by each of the two or more ultrasound microphones; generating a three dimensional map of locations of the subset of the plurality of smart lighting objects from which ultrasound signals were received based on the determined range and the determined direction; and controlling a lighting condition by sending control signals, via the networking framework, to selected ones of the subset of the plurality of smart lighting objects based on the three dimensional map and the assigned identifiers of the selected ones of the subset of the plurality of smart lighting objects to cause the selected ones of the subset of the plurality of smart lighting objects to brighten or dim in order to achieve a desired lighting condition. | 37,687 |
8,705,725 | 1. A method for use in a call center, comprising: receiving an incoming call from a caller; determining that a service representative is not available to service the incoming call; placing the incoming call in a call queue; receiving an election from the caller to receive a call back from a next available service representative; permitting the caller to remain on-line after receiving the election to receive the call back from the next available service representative and to disconnect the incoming call before being serviced by the next available service representative while maintaining a position in the call queue; and responding to the disconnect by indicating in the call queue that the incoming call is to be treated as an outbound call by the next available service representative. | 3,178 |
9,525,081 | 1. A method of forming a bifacial solar cell structure, comprising the steps of: performing boron diffusion on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate to form a P+ region and a boron silicon glass (BSG) layer on the P+ region; stripping the BSG layer on the P+ region to expose the P+ region; forming a first anti-reflection coating layer on the P+ region; forming a sacrifice film on the first anti-reflection coating layer; performing phosphorus diffusion on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate to form an N+ region and a phosphorus silicon glass (PSG) layer on the N+ region; stripping the PSG layer on the N+ region to expose the N+ region and stripping the sacrifice film on the first anti-reflection coating layer; and forming a second anti-reflection coating layer on the N+ region. | 6,014 |
9,238,442 | 1. A method to control energy flows of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises an energy management system (EMS) comprising at least one vehicle engine control unit, an energy main system, the energy main system being arranged to provide energy to the vehicle, and a plurality of energy auxiliary systems, each of the plurality of energy auxiliary systems comprising at least an energy buffer configured to store energy and an energy converter configured to convert energy from one form to another, the method comprising setting, using the EMS, a first price for energy provided from the energy main system, wherein the first price is dependent of energy main system specific parameters, and setting, using the EMS, a price for energy provided from each of respective ones of the plurality of energy auxiliary systems, wherein the price for the energy from each of the respective ones of the plurality of energy auxiliary systems is dependent of parameters of each respective energy auxiliary system, selecting, using the EMS, the one of the energy main system and any one of the plurality of energy auxiliary systems for which the lowest price is set, and providing, under control of the EMS, energy from the selected energy auxiliary system to each energy auxiliary system of the plurality of energy auxiliary systems that was not selected, wherein the energy buffer and the energy converter for each of the respective ones of the plurality of energy auxiliary systems has an individual price limit for being provided with energy, and the energy buffer and the energy converter only is provided with energy if they can be provided with energy to a price which is lower than the individual price limit for that energy buffer and energy converter. | 16,723 |
8,981,083 | 1. A compound represented by a structural formula selected from the group consisting of: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing. | 10,871 |
8,612,539 | 1. In a system comprising a server and a client device, a method for providing a customized media channel to a user of the client device, comprising: (a) transmitting, from a server, to the client device information identifying a list of genres, wherein the client device is operable to (i) display a user interface that comprises the list of genres and (ii) enable the user to select one of the listed genres, wherein the client device is further operable to transmit a message to the server in response to the user selecting one of the listed genres, wherein the message includes an identifier identifying the selected genre; (b) receiving, at a server, the message transmitted by the client device; (c) in response to receiving the message, selecting a media content item based, at least in part, on (i) the genre selected by the user and (ii) profile information associated with a user identifier input by the user and/or a client identifier associated with the client; and (d) immediately after step (c), transmitting, from a server, the selected media content item to the client device, wherein the client device is arranged to receive the media content item and play the media content item for the user. | 37,259 |
9,820,424 | 1. An agricultural implement apparatus comprising: a frame supported on rear wheels and at least one front flotation wheel for movement along the ground in an operating travel direction, and a plurality of ground engaging tools mounted on the frame substantially equally on each side of a frame axis extending parallel to the operating travel direction; wherein the at least one front flotation wheel is pivotally mounted to the frame about a substantially vertical wheel pivot axis; a hitch tongue having a rear end pivotally attached to a lateral mid-point of the frame about a substantially vertical hitch pivot axis located substantially on the frame axis, and having a front end adapted for pivotal attachment to a drawbar of a towing vehicle by a substantially vertical drawbar pin; a wheel control mechanism connecting the at least one front flotation wheel to the hitch tongue such that pivotal movement of the at least one front flotation wheel about the wheel pivot axis follows pivotal movement of the hitch tongue about the hitch pivot axis; the wheel control mechanism configured such that when the hitch tongue is in a neutral position aligned with the frame axis, the at least one front flotation wheel is oriented to roll in the operating travel direction, and pivoting the hitch tongue about the hitch pivot axis away from the neutral position causes the at least one front flotation wheel to pivot about the wheel pivot axis a pivot restraint mechanism selectively operative to secure the hitch tongue in the neutral position, wherein the pivot restraint mechanism comprises a right extendable bias element connected between the frame and hitch tongue and movable from a restraint position, resisting rightward pivotal movement of the hitch tongue away from the neutral position, to a release position where the hitch tongue is free to move rightward away from the neutral position; and a left extendable bias element connected between the frame and hitch tongue movable from a restraint position, resisting leftward pivotal movement of the hitch tongue away from the neutral position, to a release position where the hitch tongue is free to move leftward away from the neutral position; wherein the extendable bias elements are configured to be one of fully extended and fully retracted when in the restraint position with the hitch tongue in the neutral position, and the extendable bias elements are operative to exert a bias force resisting movement of the hitch tongue away from the neutral position. | 46,639 |
9,634,671 | 1. A device for generating a pulse signal, comprising: an input configured to receive an initial pulse signal having an initial period; an oscillator configured to generate at least one oscillator signal; a first stage synchronized with the at least one oscillator signal and configured to deliver: a secondary pulse signal having a separation between two successive pulses that is representative of an integer part of a division of the initial period by an integer N; and an auxiliary signal representative of a fractional part of the division and containing, for each pulse of the secondary pulse signal, an indication of a delay to be applied to that pulse taking into account the separation between that pulse and a preceding pulse; and a second stage that receives the successive pulses of the secondary pulse signal and corresponding delay indications and is configured to select one from among plurality of nonzero delays to apply to different pulses of the secondary pulse signal as a function of the corresponding delay indications to thereby generate successive corresponding pulses of the pulse signal. | 20,310 |
8,424,214 | 1. A plane comprising: a plane body having an opening positioned in a bottom surface of the plane body; an angled support structure carried by the plane body; a blade supported by the angled support structure, the blade having an edge positionable to protrude from the opening; a blade adjuster operatively connected with the blade and that (i) longitudinally moves the blade so as to control a distance that the edge of the blade protrudes through the opening; and (ii) laterally moves the blade so as to control an angle of the edge of the blade relative to the bottom surface of the plane body; and a lateral stabilizer selectively adjustable to prevent or permit a lateral movement of the blade, wherein the lateral stabilizer is configured to prevent lateral movement of the blade without preventing longitudinal adjustability of the blade, wherein when the lateral stabilizer is configured to prevent lateral movement of the blade, the lateral stabilizer does not engage the blade, wherein the lateral stabilizer comprises a lock screw assembly positioned against a pivot bushing on the angled support structure, wherein the pivot bushing is constructed and arranged to pivot around a longitudinal axis of the lock screw assembly to permit the lateral movement of the blade, and wherein the pivotal movement of the pivot bushing around the longitudinal axis of the lock screw assembly is inhibited by a force applied by the lock screw assembly to prevent the lateral movement of the blade. | 3,125 |
9,123,476 | 1. A tab lead comprising: a metal plate; a first insulating film made of resin adhered to one of surfaces of a part of a region of the metal plate in a length direction of the metal plate; and a second insulating film made of resin adhered to the other of surfaces of the part of the region; wherein both end portions of the first insulating film and both end portions of the second insulating film are integrally welded to each other, first protruding portions are formed in the first insulating film to extend along both widthwise side edges of the metal plate or a vicinity thereof so as to protrude outward in a thickness direction of the first insulating film, and second protruding portions are formed in the second insulating film to extend along both widthwise side edges of the metal plate or a vicinity thereof so as to protrude outward in a thickness direction of the second insulating film. | 8,470 |
9,518,558 | 1. A wind turbine blade, comprising: an external aerodynamic surface having a longitudinally-extending spanwise axis, a chordwise axis extending transverse to the spanwise axis, and a thickness axis extending transverse to both the chordwise and spanwise axes; and a plurality of longitudinally-extending spars providing internal support for the aerodynamic surface, wherein at least one of the spars includes a laminate of precured composite material, the laminate of precured composite material including: a plurality of precured, pultruded composite layers, wherein each of the pultruded composite layers overlaps with the others in the at least one spar at at least one longitudinal location; and a plurality of adhesive layers interposed between adjacent precured, pultruded composite layers. | 10,648 |
8,710,850 | 1. A method for determining a faulty earth connection within a vehicle, the method comprising: establishing an electrical connection between the vehicle and an external Alternating Current (AC) power source, wherein the electrical connection is a three phase electrical connection configured to receive an input voltage signal on a phase, neutral, and earth connection; determining whether the input signal received on the phase connection exceeds a predetermined phase threshold when referenced to the earth connection; determining whether input signal received on the neutral connection exceeds a predetermined neutral threshold when referenced to the earth connection; and determining that a faulty earth connection exists between the vehicle and the AC power source when the input signal received from the phase connection does not exceed the predetermined phase threshold and the input signal received from the neutral connection does not exceed the predetermined neutral threshold. | 19,698 |
8,784,385 | 1. A sterile frozen hydrogen oxide piercing implement, comprising: sterile frozen hydrogen oxide having a height to width ratio of greater than or equal to 1.5:1 wherein the frozen hydrogen oxide piercing implement consists essentially of frozen ice and at least one agent, and includes at least one substantially hydrophilic channel; and wherein the implement is attached to a support structure. | 16,915 |
9,440,426 | 1. A method of proofing ink before application of the ink to a flexographic printing press, the method comprising: mounting a photopolymer plate on an impression roll coupled to a hand holdable support member, the photopolymer plate including an etched surface; supplying the ink to be proofed to an anilox roll coupled to the hand holdable support member; transferring ink from the anilox roll to an etched surface of the photopolymer plate mounted on the transfer roll; generating an ink proof image on an ink receiving substrate, the ink proof image corresponding to the etched surface of the photopolymer plate; measuring a dot gain value of the ink proof image; and adjusting a minimum nip distance defined between the etched surface of the photopolymer plate and the ink receiving substrate to alter an ink density property for a future ink proof image. | 6,418 |
9,639,522 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: identifying that each of a plurality of documents are mature based on one or more signals associated with the documents; in response to identifying the documents as mature: determining an edit rule pre-edit phrase based on a set of one or more of the pre-edit phrases identified by the edits; determining one or more edit rule post-edit phrases based on one or more of the post-edit phrases associated with the set of the one or more pre-edit phrases; defining an edit rule that associates the edit rule pre-edit phrase with the edit rule post-edit phrases; storing the edit rule for automatically determining, for a future phrase conforming to the edit rule pre-edit phrase, a rephrasing of the future phrase based on at least one of the edit rule post-edit phrases; after storing the edit rule: | 3,593 |
8,796,630 | 1. A thermal-type infrared solid-state image sensing device, comprising: on a substrate, an image sensing section in which a plurality of light receiving elements which detect incident infrared rays are arranged in array; and a reference section in which at least one reference element which outputs a reference signal that is free from any influence of incident infrared rays is arranged, wherein the light receiving element and the reference element comprising which comprises a thermoelectric conversion element and a supporting section which supports the light receiving section spaced apart from the substrate, and the supporting section constructed in such a structure interlaying between the substrate and the light receiving section, two ends of which supporting section are respectively connected to the substrate and to the light receiving section, characterized in that the light receiving section of the light receiving element is thermally separated from the substrate by a hollow section that is formed by removing a sacrifice layer, and the light receiving section of the reference element is thermally connected to the substrate through the sacrifice layer which is left without being removed, wherein in the reference element, a slit that is used for forming the light receiving section of the reference element is formed in such a manner as to reach the sacrifice layer by piercing through insulating films between which the thermoelectric conversion element is tucked, at least one or more layers of films made of electrically conductive material are provided at least on the light receiving section and the slit, a protective film is further provided above at least the slit on the film made of electrically conductive material, the film made of electrically conductive material and the protective film cover over a side wall and a bottom portion of the slit, and thereby, a void remains in the interior of the slit, and wherein in the light receiving element, a slit that is used for forming the light receiving section of the light receiving element is formed in such a manner as to pierce through the insulating films or the insulating films and the protective film, wherein the film made of electrically conductive material is a layered films in which a film made of a material having a relatively bad step coverage is staked up on a film made of a material having a relatively good step coverage. | 20,217 |
9,790,579 | 1. A high tensile strength steel plate having a chemical composition comprising, in percent by mass, 0.03% to 0.12% of C, 0.01% to 0.30% of Si, 0.5% to 1.58% of Mn, 0.008% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.015% to 0.06% of Al, 0.011% to 0.05% of Nb, 0.005% to 0.02% of Ti, 0.001% to 0.0044% of N, 0.0005% to 0.003% of Ca, in which Ceq specified by formula (1) below is 0.44 or less, TI/N is 1.5 to 3.5, and formulas (2) and (3) below are satisfied, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the hardness of a center segregation area of the steel plate satisfies formula (4) below: where [M] is the content of element M (percent by mass) where H | 1,644 |
8,720,130 | 1. A leveling block for a wall construction system, comprising: an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of walls extending at least partially between the upper and lower surfaces and defining first and second leveling block voids, wherein the leveling block has a length; and first and second leveling plates disposed within respective first and second leveling block voids, wherein each leveling plate engages the lower surface, wherein the first leveling plate includes first and second bores aligned transverse to the length of the block for receiving first and second threaded bolts, each threaded bolt having a contact surface wherein the first and second threaded bolts extend into the first leveling block void, and wherein the second leveling plate includes a third bore for receiving a third threaded bolt having a contact surface wherein the third threaded bolt extends into the second leveling block void; wherein each threaded bolt is adapted to be threaded to a desired position relative to the leveling plates to permit the contact surface to be positioned at a desired vertical position relative to the lower surface of the block such that the upper surface of the block is disposed substantially in a particular orientation when the block is placed on a surface; and wherein the block rests on a tripod comprising the contact surfaces of the three bolts. | 7,304 |
8,827,538 | 1. An extruder barrel section comprising: a first barrel pad, a second barrel pad, an extruder liner; the first and second barrel pad co-operating to define a recess configured to receive the extruder liner; the length of the first and second barrel pad less than the length of the extruder liner such that the extruder liner defines an end surface that projects beyond the first and second barrel pads on at least one side, the end surface configured to abut the end surface of another extruder liner; and a locking structure configured to lock the first barrel pad to the second barrel pad with the extruder liner therebetween; wherein the extruder barrel section ( wherein the end surface of the extruder liner includes either a plurality of alignment pins or a plurality of slots; each alignment pin configured to be received by a corresponding slot defined on the end surface of the extruder liner abutting it, wherein the slot has a width substantially equal to that of the alignment pin and a length larger than the width of the alignment pin permitting relative thermal expansion between the pair of extruder liners. | 5,798 |
8,987,824 | 1. A multi-gate semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a transistor including a fin extending above a first portion of the semiconductor substrate, the fin having a first channel region formed therein, the first channel region comprising: the transistor further comprising: | 37,800 |
9,678,504 | 1. Method of enabling control, in at least one first computerised control system, of a real world object provided in relation to a second computerised control system, where said first system comprises at least one container for control of the real world object in the first system and being linked to at least one aspect representing data or operations of the container and where said real world object is represented in the second system by an originating container being linked to at least one originating aspect representing data or operations of the originating container, comprising the steps of: creating, in the first system, a proxy container corresponding to the originating container in the second system, creating aspects corresponding to originating aspects of the originating container, linking said created aspects to the created proxy container, receiving, in the proxy container, an access request to a function related to the proxy container, locating an aspect associated with the function, determining whether the aspect is a first aspect being a copy of an originating aspect of the second system or a second proxy aspect, invoking a function in the first system of said first aspect if the aspect is a first aspect being a copy of an originating aspect of the second system, and invoking a function in the second system associated with a corresponding originating aspect via said second proxy aspect if the aspect is a second proxy aspect; wherein the second system restricts for which originating containers a proxy container can be created. | 17,057 |
9,009,174 | 1. A method comprising: providing a data source comprising off-line activity data; using at least one processor, transforming the data in the data source into a network format comprising aggregating agent-object interactions into unique node-link-node tuples that describe the interaction; using at least one processor, aggregating the agent-object interactions into unique node-link-node tuples that describe the interaction; using at least one processor, initializing sum statistics in a quality function comprising a number of interactions between nodes in different classes; using at least one processor, optimizing the assignment of agents into agent classes and objects into object classes as to extremize the quality function until an extremum is reached or maximum allowable computer run time has passed, wherein the optimizing comprises: selecting a subset of nodes randomly from a network; looping over this subset and aggregate the interactions each node in this subset has with nodes in each class; looping over this subset again and for each node in it, calculate a change in quality function if this node were to be moved from its current class to any of the other classes using the information collected in the last step and the sum statistics; looping over this subset again and changing the assignments of nodes into classes as to increase the quality function; and updating the value of the quality function and the sum statistics according to the changes made in a previous looping step; and outputting an assignment of agents/objects into latent classes, either deterministic or probabilistically, onto computer-readable storage. | 28 |
8,929,372 | 1. A method of forwarding traffic over a distributed edge network, the method comprising: providing a grid router in said distributed edge network for forwarding said traffic over said distributed edge network, said grid router comprising Clos connectivity; at said grid router: | 15,226 |
9,334,198 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a compost submersion reservoir; a compost tea agitation reservoir, physically separate from the compost submersion reservoir; a first pump to move liquid along a first tube from the compost tea agitation reservoir into the compost submersion reservoir; and a second pump to move liquid along a second tube, located atop the first tube, from the compost submersion reservoir to the compost tea agitation reservoir, wherein a liquid pressure within the first tube is held consistent by drawing a first portion of liquid through the termination of the first end of the first tube from liquid expelled from the first end of the second tube and a second portion of liquid from liquid held in the agitation reservoir, and wherein a simultaneous liquid conveyance through the first tube and the second tube maintains a consistent level of liquid in the compost submersion reservoir and in the compost tea agitation reservoir. | 43,389 |
9,415,358 | 1. An automated mix in-cup apparatus for mixing consumable material, the apparatus comprising: a frame supporting a reciprocating carriage, the carriage supporting a mixing motor and a splash shield above a cup-receiving position, the splash shield comprising at least one sidewall and a closed lid and an open bottom end, the frame further comprising a well beneath the cup-receiving position, the well comprising a floor, a sidewall, an inlet manifold comprising at least one nozzle, and a drain; a cup-receiving holder positioned at the cup-receiving position, the cup-receiving holder selectively removable from the frame; a rotatable mixing blade extending from the mixing motor for mixing a consumable material, the motor operable to rotate the mixing blade; a power cord attached to the carriage at a first end and attached to the frame at a second end; and a pulley system, the power cord routed through the pulley system, the pulley system comprising at least one stationary pulley and at least one moveable pulley, the moveable pulley traversing the frame in an opposite direction of the reciprocating carriage. | 32,958 |
8,790,049 | 1. An indexable double-negative cutting insert ( 14 ) having an index axis (A) about which the insert is indexable, comprising: two opposing end surfaces ( a peripheral surface ( a median plane (P) located midway between the end surfaces ( at least two opposing side cutting edges ( wherein the at least one protrusion ( on the at least one protrusion ( in a plan view of each end surface ( in each cross-section perpendicular to the median plane (P), which cross-section passes through both opposing side cutting edges ( | 26,244 |
9,700,485 | 1. A pharmaceutical product comprising: FORTEO ([rhPTH(1-34]), DULAGLUTIDE (LY2189265), recombinant human insulin glargine, RAMUCIRUMAB (IMC-1121B), SOLANEZUMAB (LY2062430), IXEKUZUMAB (LY2439821), TABALUMAB (LY2127399), NECITUMUMAB (IMC-11F8), or CIXUTUMUMAB (IMC-A12) and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; contained within a glass pharmaceutical container comprising a glass composition comprising: SiO alkaline earth oxide comprising both MgO and CaO, wherein CaO is present in an amount up to about 1.0 mol. %, and a ratio (CaO (mol. %)/(CaO (mol. %)+MgO (mol. %))) is less than or equal to 0.5; X mol. % Al Y mol. % alkali oxide, wherein the alkali oxide comprises Na a ratio of a concentration of B | 3,206 |
9,326,708 | 1. A monitoring system for measuring a physiological parameter, the system comprising: a housing having electronics, the electronics including heat-generating electronics, a first sensor and a second sensor; the first sensor configured to measure a sensed amount of a physiological parameter and to generate a first signal based on the sensed amount of the physiological parameter measured by the first sensor; and the second sensor electrically connected to the electronics in the housing and configured to measure a temperature and to generate a second signal based on the temperature measured by the second sensor; the heat-generating electronics comprising a processor configured to determine an overall amount of the physiological parameter based on the first signal generated from the first sensor and the second signal generated from the second sensor; the second sensor held by a support structure, the second sensor thermally insulated from the heat-generating electronics and the first sensor and the second sensor are non-abutting; and a thermal insulation material arranged to thermally insulate the second sensor from the heat-generating electronics and the first sensor, while the second sensor remains electrically connected to the heat-generating electronics in the housing, wherein the thermal insulation material is configured to thermally insulate the second sensor so that the temperature measured by the second sensor is thermally insulated from heat emitted by the first sensor, and the thermal insulation material is arranged between the first sensor and the second sensor through all direct line-of-sight convection paths from the first sensor to the second sensor such that the temperature measured by the second sensor is isolated from the heat emitted by the first sensor through all direct line-of-sight convection paths. | 13,947 |
9,106,333 | 1. A method for testing an optical fiber, comprising: receiving a test optical signal from an optical fiber network, and converting the test optical signal into a test current signal; receiving, by a transimpedance amplifier, the test current signal by using a first working mode and outputting a first test voltage signal; acquiring a swing of the first test voltage signal, and determining whether the swing of the first test voltage signal meets a preset condition; and receiving, by the transimpedance amplifier, the test current signal by using a second working mode and outputting a second test voltage signal when the swing of the first test voltage signal meets the preset condition, wherein an upper limit and a lower limit of a receiver dynamic range when the transimpedance amplifier works in the first working mode are different from those when the transimpedance amplifier works in the second working mode. | 14,012 |
8,804,218 | 1. A printing system in which a printing apparatus for applying a colored recording agent and a transparent recording agent to a printing medium is connected to a print control apparatus for controlling the printing apparatus, wherein the print control apparatus comprises: selection means for causing a user to select one coating mode from a plurality of coating modes having different coating areas for the transparent recording agent; determination means for determining whether it is predetermined that coating of the transparent recording agent by a first coating mode selected by said selection means cannot be performed by a preset first print setting; display means for displaying, on a display apparatus, a message that prompts the user to change the preset first print setting to a setting that differs from the preset first print setting without changing the selected first coating mode, in a case where said determination means determines that it is predetermined that the coating of the transparent recording agent by the selected first coating mode cannot be performed by the preset first print setting; and change means for changing, according to an instruction by the user, the preset first print setting to a second print setting that can perform the coating of the transparent recording agent by the first coating mode, and wherein the printing apparatus comprises: printing means for applying the transparent recording agent to a recording agent coating area of the printing medium in accordance with the first coating mode by the second print setting changed by said change means, and performing printing on the printing medium with the second print setting. | 28,965 |
9,673,349 | 1. A stringing device for electrically connecting electrodes formed respectively in photovoltaic cells via a conductive member, comprising: a number one joining unit which joins a first photovoltaic cell supplied with its light receiving surface facing up to a first conductive member; a number two joining unit which joins a second photovoltaic cell supplied with its light receiving surface facing down to a second conductive member; a number one cell conveyance unit and a number two cell conveyance unit which convey respectively in the X direction the first photovoltaic cell joined to the first conductive member and the second photovoltaic cell joined to the second conductive member; a number one cell stand and a number two cell stand provided respectively next to the number one and number two cell conveyance units; a moving device which moves one of the first photovoltaic and second photovoltaic cells conveyed by one of the number one and number two cell conveyance units to one of the number one and number two cell stands; and an inverting-and-moving device which rotates around an axis line parallel to the X direction to move and invert the other one of the first photovoltaic and second photovoltaic cells conveyed by the other of the number one and number two cell conveyance units to the other of the number one and number two cell stands. | 32,231 |
9,371,759 | 1. A method for determining a concentration of aerosols in a hot gas comprising the steps of: (a) dividing a flow of hot gas containing aerosols into first and second partial gas streams, (b) heating each of the first and second partial gas streams, (c) filtering the second partial gas stream, (d) recombining the first and second partial gas streams, (e) dividing the recombined first and second partial gas streams from step (d) into third and fourth partial gas streams, (f) heating the third partial gas stream to a temperature higher than either of the first and second partial gas streams are heated in step (b), (g) filtering the fourth partial gas stream, (h) recombining the third and fourth partial gas streams to provide a recombined total gas stream, and (i) measuring a concentration of aerosols in the recombined total gas stream of step (h). | 33,882 |
9,006,927 | 1. An installation for producing electrical energy, comprising: means for generating electrical energy, said means including one of a type gas turbine, steam turbine, combined, coupled to an alternator, or renewable energy sources, said means being connected to a distribution network; energy storage means for storing kinetic energy and the electrical energy; means for generating electrical power; a controller configured to control operation of the energy storage means and to control a connection of the energy storage means to said network and a connection of said means for generating electrical energy to said network, the controller controlling the energy storage means to provide active or reactive power to said network and to auxiliary systems of the installation based on a set of information received, respectively, from the network manager, the energy storage means, said means for generating electrical energy and the system operator. | 22,649 |
9,822,705 | 1. A power augmentation system for a gas turbine electrically coupled to a power grid, comprising: a compressed air supply including a compressor of the gas turbine; a compressed air storage tank in fluid communication with the compressed air supply, the compressed air storage tank being configured to receive compressed air from the compressor of the gas turbine; and an expansion turbine disposed downstream from the compressed air storage tank, wherein an exhaust outlet of the expansion turbine is in fluid communication with the compressor of the gas turbine, the compressed air storage tank being configured to provide the compressed air to the compressor of the gas turbine via the expansion turbine. | 10,494 |
8,871,000 | 1. A method for producing molten metal from a raw material comprising oxide agglomerates by reduction and melting in a furnace comprising: providing a raw material to a furnace; selectively removing a portion of the raw material from the furnace through one or more openings disposed in a bottom side thereof such that a raw material bed or layer has predetermined characteristics over time; and reducing and melting the raw material bed or layer in the furnace. | 2,406 |
8,530,606 | 1. A process for preparing a diaryl carbonate from a dialkyl carbonate and an aryl alcohol comprising: (a) introducing dialkyl carbonate and aryl alcohol into a first reactive distillation column; (b) recovering from the first reactive distillation column a top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and alkyl alcohol and a bottom stream comprising alkyl aryl carbonate, aryl alcohol and dialkyl carbonate; (c) introducing the bottom stream from the first reactive distillation column into a second reactive distillation column; (d) recovering from the second reactive distillation column a top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and a bottom stream comprising alkyl aryl carbonate, diaryl carbonate and aryl alcohol; (e) introducing the bottom stream from the second reactive distillation column into a third reactive distillation column; and (f) recovering from the third reactive distillation column a top stream comprising aryl alcohol and a bottom stream comprising diaryl carbonate, wherein the top stream from the third reactive distillation column is recycled to the second reactive distillation column. | 32,342 |
9,843,060 | 1. A method for operating a fuel-cell system, the method comprising: connecting the fuel-cell system to a compressor using a cooling and lubricating circuit that uses a water-based, oil-free coolant and lubricant to lubricate the compressor; lubricating a bearing point with the water-based, oil-free coolant and lubricant, the bearing point being a connection between the compressor and a drive motor; detecting whether the water-based, oil free coolant and lubricant, that lubricated the bearing point, has contaminated at least one fuel cell of the fuel-cell system; and initiating, upon detection that the water-based, oil free coolant and lubricant has contaminated the at least one fuel cell, a flushing sequence to remove the water-based, oil free coolant and lubricant from the at least one fuel cell. | 7,587 |
9,026,289 | 1. An anti-rollback control method for idling a pure electric vehicle powered only by a power battery on an ascending slope, wherein the pure electric vehicle has a vehicle controller, a motor controller, a motor, a brake pedal, a handbrake device, an accelerator pedal and a power battery, where the vehicle controller is connected with the motor controller, the brake pedal, the handbrake device, the accelerator pedal and the power battery, and where the power battery is connected with the motor through the motor controller, the method comprising: determining, by the vehicle controller, the electric vehicle is located on the ascending slope; determining, by the vehicle controller, the handbrake device has been disengaged and the brake pedal released; determining, by the vehicle controller, whether an anti-rollback control is needed based on a current state of the vehicle with the vehicle controller according to the brake pedal, the handbrake device, and the accelerator pedal; when the anti-rollback control is needed, determining whether a working condition of the anti-rollback control is satisfied by a set of current states of the power battery, the motor controller, and the motor with the vehicle controller; when the working condition of the anti-rollback control is not satisfied, controlling the motor controller with the vehicle controller to drive the motor to stop outputting an amount of torque; when the working condition of the anti-rollback is satisfied, controlling the motor controller with the vehicle controller to drive the motor to output the amount of torque for the anti-rollback control; driving the motor with the motor controller to generate the amount of the torque required by the anti-rollback control; increasing the amount of the torque from the motor, so as to drive the vehicle forward; and adjusting the amount of the torque gradually with the vehicle controller, so as to maintain an idle speed of the vehicle. | 5,331 |
9,822,496 | 1. A prefabricated form for use in constructing a cast and cured concrete kerb, the prefabricated form comprising: a plurality of engaging pieces in which adjacent engaging pieces are abutted at an upper end and a lower end thereof, said upper and lower ends having tapered shapes, each engaging piece of said plurality of engaging pieces having a fixing rod insertion hole formed at an upper center thereof, said plurality of engaging pieces defining the form in which the form has a hollow space therein, each of said plurality of engaging pieces being formed of an injection molded synthetic resin material, wherein a plurality of spacer insertion holes are formed longitudinally and aligned respectively with the fixing rod insertion holes, said plurality of spacer insertion holes located at a lower end of the plurality of engaging pieces; a plurality of plate-shaped lower spacers being received respectively in said plurality of spacer insertion holes; a plurality of fixing rods respectively inserted into a plurality of fixing rod insertion holes, said plurality of fixing rods engaging respectively said plurality of plate-shaped lower spacers; a plurality of upper spacers engaged respectively with upper ends of said plurality of fixing rods, said plurality of upper spacers having ends that abut said plurality of engaging pieces so as to fix respective pairs of plurality of engaging pieces in spaced relation; and a plurality of form support members engaged respectively to a lower end of said plurality of engaging pieces, the form support member having a form mounting groove that receives the engaging piece, the form support member adapted to be fixed to an underlying surface by a concrete nail. | 42,187 |
8,432,009 | 1. A magnetic junction for use in a magnetic device comprising: a pinned layer; a nonmagnetic spacer layer; and a free layer, the nonmagnetic spacer layer residing between the pinned layer and the free layer; wherein the magnetic junction is configured such that the free layer is switchable between a plurality of stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction; and wherein at least one of the pinned layer and the free layer includes a magnetic substructure, the magnetic substructure including at least two magnetic layers interleaved with at least one insertion layer, the at least two magnetic layers being exchange coupled, the at least two magnetic layers being configured such that a total magnetic moment of the magnetic substructure includes an in-plane component and a perpendicular-to-plane component. | 35,597 |
8,506,312 | 1. A card edge connector, comprising: an elongated housing extending along a longwise direction thereof and having a pair of opposed side walls, a central slot between the side walls for receiving a memory card, and a tower portion disposed at one end thereof, the tower portion defining a pair of retention walls opposited to each other in a width direction to define a retaining cavity therebetween; a plurality of contacts retained in the housing and exposed to the central slot; and an ejector mechanism rotatable retained in the retaining cavity, the ejector mechanism having a body portion, an operating portion and a locking head oppositely extending from a top end of the body portion in the lengthwise direction, respectively, and an ejecting portion inwardly extending from the body portion, the body portion has a flexible arm, and a locking protrusion located on the flexible arm and outwardly resisting the retention wall during the ejector mechanism rotating with respect to the housing, wherein the flexible arm extends outwardly in the lengthwise direction. | 27,252 |
8,557,752 | 1. An automatic transmission fluid composition comprising: (a) a major amount of a base oil; (b) a mixture of friction modifiers, wherein the total nitrogen content provided by the mixture of friction modifiers is greater than or equal to about 300 ppm and wherein the mixture of friction modifiers comprises (i) at least one succinimide of formula (I): wherein R is saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, and is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched, and cyclic radicals comprising from about 5 to about 30 carbon atoms and R′ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; alkyl, alkenyl, and aryl groups having from about 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and (ii) at least one imidazoline of formula (III), (IV), or a mixture thereof: wherein R 1 comprises a C 3 to C 30 straight chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or hydrocarbyl groups as oligomers/polymers derived from propylene isobutylene and higher olefins having terminal, internal, and vinylidene double bonds, and their heteroatom derivatives and wherein n ranges from 0 to 5; and (c) one or more ashless succinimide dispersants, phosphorylated forms thereof, boronated forms thereof, and phosphorylated and boronated forms thereof, wherein the total nitrogen content provided by the one or more ashless succinimide dispersants is greater than or equal to about 500 ppm; wherein the automatic transmission fluid has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from about 4 cSt to about 6.5 cSt and a Brookfield viscosity at −40° C. of from about 4,000 cP to about 20,000 cP. | 3,810 |
8,352,162 | 1. A method of operating an engine including a LP-EGR passage coupled between an engine intake upstream of a turbocharger compressor and engine exhaust downstream of a turbocharger turbine, comprising: during and in coordination with an increase in LP-EGR flow in the passage from a first amount to a second, higher, amount: | 17,571 |
8,872,172 | 1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a substrate; a channel region in the substrate; and a bi-layer source/drain region including an embedded oxide region in the substrate and an embedded semiconductor region above the embedded oxide region wherein the embedded oxide region comprises cadmium oxide, yttrium oxide, scandium oxide, cerium oxide, lanthanum oxide, praseodymium oxide, thorium oxide, or actinium oxide. | 7,986 |
9,696,357 | 1. A method of measuring a resistance of an element, comprising: a) electrically coupling at least one power line to at least one customer load feeder line through the element to provide AC line voltage to the customer load via the at least one feeder line; b) obtaining a first voltage measurement value V1A from a first side of the element at a first time, the element operably coupled to receive the AC line voltage; c) obtaining a second voltage measurement value V2A from a second side of the element at the first time; d) obtaining a first current measurement value IA through the element at the first time; e) obtaining a third voltage measurement value V1B from the first side of the element at a second time; f) obtaining a fourth voltage measurement value V2B from the second side of the element at the second time; g) obtaining a second current measurement value IB through the element at the second time; and h) using a processing device to determine the resistance at least in part based on a voltage value and a current value, the voltage value being determined at least in part based on: the current value being determined at least in part based on: | 34,748 |
8,629,781 | 1. A method of assessing overall operating efficiency of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, the method comprising: monitoring instantaneous efficiency of the SCR catalyst; determining the overall operating efficiency of the SCR catalyst by summing values of the instantaneous efficiency weighted by a first set of coefficients if the most recent value of the instantaneous efficiency of the SCR catalyst is above an instantaneous efficiency threshold; determining the overall operating efficiency of the SCR catalyst by summing values of the instantaneous efficiency weighted by a second set of coefficients if the most recent value of the instantaneous efficiency of the SCR catalyst is equal to or below the instantaneous efficiency threshold; determining whether the overall operating efficiency of the SCR catalyst has dropped below an overall operating efficiency threshold; and reporting when the overall operating efficiency of the SCR catalyst has dropped below the overall operating efficiency threshold; wherein the second set of coefficients weighs the most recent instantaneous efficiency value more heavily than preceding instantaneous efficiency values as compared with the first set of coefficients. | 8,073 |
8,915,559 | 1. A household appliance, comprising: a cabinet including a frame having at least one frame cut-out section, the at least one frame cut-out section formed from removing two, adjacent sides of the frame that form a corner of the frame to expose a flat planar bottom portion of the frame; and one or more force distributors structured to absorb forces that the cabinet receives during shipping and handling, the one or more force distributors attaching to the at least one frame cut-out section of the frame and including a block portion having block cut-out sections, the block portion at least partially insertable into at the least one frame cut-out section, wherein the block cut-out sections include a surface area of greater than fifty percent of the total surface area of the one or more force distributors, and wherein the one or more force distributors include ribs on at least one exterior wall of the continuous side portions thereof to reinforce a stability of the one or more force distributors. | 36,661 |
8,916,948 | 1. A pyroelectric detector comprising: a support member including a first side and a second side opposite from the first side, with the first side facing a cavity; a capacitor including a pyroelectric body between a first electrode and a second electrode such that an amount of polarization varies based on a temperature, the capacitor being mounted and supported on the second side of the support member with the first electrode being disposed on the second side of the support member; and a fixing part supporting the support member, with the cavity being formed between the support member and the fixing part. | 1,619 |
9,376,730 | 1. An ironmaking process that includes: (a) a first stage which includes: (b) a second stage which includes transporting the feed material from the first stage to an ironmaking facility and producing iron. | 36,795 |
9,176,119 | 1. A method for determining the concentration of botulinum neurotoxin sample comprising the following steps: (a) administering the botulinum neurotoxin sample to at least one Zebra fish by intraperitoneal injection; (b) detecting the neuromuscular activity of the botulinum neurotoxin sample, (c) comparing the neuromuscular activity determined in step (b) to the neuromuscular activity of botulinum neurotoxin of known concentration; and (d) determining the concentration of the botulinum neurotoxin sample. | 20,191 |
8,492,199 | 1. A method for underfilling and/or forming a dam for electronic components having C4 joints comprising the steps of: providing a chip containing an electronic component with C4 solder joints; joining the chip to a substrate to provide an electronic module; underfilling and/or forming a dam around the chip joined to the substrate using a reworkable underfill composition comprising: curing the reworkable underfill composition; and reworking the electronic module by removing the cured reworkable underfill composition using xylene at room temperature, separating the chip from the substrate, joining a new chip to the substrate, and underfilling and/or damming the newly joined new chip using the reworkable underfill composition. | 47,404 |
9,488,131 | 1. A control device for controlling a variable section nozzle of an aircraft power plant, said variable section nozzle comprising one or several movable parts configured to modify the nozzle section and connected by a mechanical transmission chain to an actuator, said control device comprising: a regulation system configured to regulate the aircraft power plant connected to a control member configured to control the actuator, characterized in that the control device comprises a single said control member, an immobilization unit configured to immobilize all the one or several movable parts which are deactivated only when the regulation system controls the positional change of the one or several movable parts, and a determination unit configured to determine the actual position of the one or several movable parts, wherein: the immobilization unit is controlled by one of: (i) the control member, with a connection being provided between the immobilization unit and the control member, and the control member simultaneously transmitting a signal to the actuator to displace the one or several movable parts and to the immobilization unit which subsequently switches to the deactivated state, whereby in an event that the control member is defective because of an electrical power failure or an internal malfunction, no signal is transmitted to the immobilization unit which remains in the activated state, and (ii) the regulation system, with a connection being provided between the immobilization unit and the regulation system, wherein when the regulation system transmits an electrical signal to the control member to cause the movement of the one or more movable parts, the regulation system simultaneously transmits in parallel a signal to the immobilization unit to deactivate the immobilization unit. | 42,498 |
8,350,294 | 1. A column III Nitride transistor comprising: a substrate, a set of III-N transition layers above the substrate, a III-N buffer layer above the set of transition layers, a III-N barrier layer above the buffer layer, a compensated GaN layer above the barrier layer, and a gate contact above the compensated GaN layer. | 20,578 |
8,342,152 | 1. A flow controlling method for an auxiliary intake flow passage for controlling the flow rate of air flowing through an auxiliary intake flow passage in a power unit which includes an engine which communicates with a main intake flow passage in which a throttle valve is provided and said auxiliary intake flow passage in which an intake air control valve (IACV) is provided, a starter clutch for being automatically placed into engagement/disengagement in response to an engine speed, and a transmission connected to said starter clutch, comprising the following steps: controlling said IACV with an open loop control for controlling the opening of said IACV in response to a warming up state of said engine and feedback control for controlling the opening of said IACV in response to the difference between an actual engine speed and a target engine speed are used; wherein when the actual engine speed drops to a clutch disengagement engine speed indicative of an engine speed at which said starter clutch is disengaged, the control of said IACV is changed over from the open loop control to the feedback control, wherein a drive mode in which torque from said engine is transmitted to a driving wheel and a neutral mode in which the torque is not transmitted to said driving wheel are provided for selection such that, when the drive mode is selected, a control changeover engine speed which is an engine speed at which the control of said IACV is to be changed over from the open loop control to the feedback control is set lower than the clutch disengagement engine speed or a value obtained by adding a predetermined margin which assumes a negative value to the clutch disengagement engine speed, but when the neutral mode is selected, the control changeover engine speed is set to a value higher than the clutch changeover engine speed. | 35,742 |
9,520,609 | 1. A hydrogen purification device, applied to a portable power system of hydrogen energy, comprising: a container having at least a filter material inside, wherein the filter material comprises an organic material and an inorganic material; a first opening structure disposed in the container, wherein hydrogen-rich gas mixture flows into the container via the first opening structure and purified hydrogen gas is generated by conducting a reaction between the hydrogen-rich gas mixture and the filter material; and a second opening structure disposed in the container, wherein the purified hydrogen gas flows away from the container via the second opening structure, wherein the organic material and the inorganic material dispose between the first opening structure and the second opening structure, and the organic material is disposed on inner peripheries of the container and wraps the inorganic material. | 7,407 |
8,562,997 | 1. A method of treating a human subject having acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the method comprising: administering to the human subject an antibody that prevents the binding of CD47 with SIPRα, at a dose that achieves a depletion in circulating AML stem cells (AMLSC). | 17,671 |
9,038,033 | 1. A method comprising: performing a static analysis of a set of web application files to identify components declared by dynamic programming language instructions contained in the set of web application files and to identify direct runtime dependencies between the identified components, wherein performing the static analysis comprises parsing the dynamic programming language instructions to identify patterns indicative of component declarations and direct runtime dependencies between components; storing runtime dependency information that reflects results of the static analysis; using the runtime dependency information to determine which of the identified components are needed at runtime and which, if any, of the identified components are not needed at runtime, wherein one or more of the identified components are determined to be needed at runtime and one more of the identified components are determined not to be needed at runtime; and generating a single file comprising dynamic programming language instructions declaring the one or more identified components that are needed at runtime and omitting dynamic programming language instructions declaring the one or more identified components that are not needed at runtime; wherein the runtime dependency information represents a dependency graph of nodes and directed edges between the nodes, each node of the graph representing a component identified by the static analysis and each directed edge of the graph from a node A to a node B representing a direct runtime dependency of the identified component corresponding to node A on the identified component corresponding to node B; wherein the method is performed by a computing device. | 13,262 |
8,902,551 | 1. An inverter for an electric machine, comprising: at least one output stage unit for producing a connection between the electric machine and a power supply network; a control unit for controlling the at least one output stage unit; a supply unit, that is independent of the power supply network, for power supply of the output stage unit; and at least one emergency operation control, assigned to the output stage unit, for controlling the output stage unit such that switching elements within the output stage unit are switched into a short circuit operation; wherein the output stage unit has a coordination control, and the coordination control activates or deactivates the emergency operation control as a function of a status signal of the independent supply unit and of a standby signal of the control unit. | 22,672 |
8,775,709 | 1. A method for recognizing a card reader with multiple card readers, wherein the method comprising: connecting, by the card reader with multiple card holders, to a host and loading, by the host, a card reader device bus driver; obtaining, by the card reader device bus driver, device information of the card reader with multiple card holders and creating a physical device object according to the device information; installing and loading, by the host, a smart card function driver for each physical device object and registering a standard smart card driver library for each smart card function driver; creating, by a smart card service of the host, a new smart card device record in the resource manager of the smart card service according to the smart card function driver loaded and the smart card driver library registered and recognizing the card reader with multiple card holders as a plurality of smart card devices, wherein the method further comprising: generating, by the smart card function driver, a smart card operating instruction according to the smart card operating request sent from an upper application; applying, by the smart card function driver, for a mutex; if the mutex application is not successful, suspending the smart card operating instruction and waiting for a successful application; if the mutex application is successful, sending, by the smart card function driver, the smart card operating instruction to the card reader device bus driver; issued by the card reader device bus driver, the smart card operating instruction to the card reader with multiple card holders; executing, by a corresponding smart card in a card holder of the card reader with multiple card holders, the smart card operating instruction received and returning the executing result; receiving, by the card reader device bus driver, the executing result and reporting the result to the upper application and releasing the mutex; generating, by the smart card function driver, a smart card operating instruction according to the smart card operating request sent from the host and sending the smart card operating instruction to the card reader with multiple card holders via the smart card device bus driver; determining, by the firmware program of the card reader, whether the hardware resource of the card reader is occupied at present; if it is occupied, suspending the smart card operating instruction and waiting for the releasing of the hardware resource; if it is not occupied, issued by the card reader, the smart card operating instruction to the corresponding card holder; executing, by the smart card in the corresponding card holder, the smart card operating instruction and returning the executing result; receiving, by the card reader bus driver, the executing result and reporting the executing result to the upper application. | 35,762 |
9,611,831 | 1. A hydrokinetic turbine generator, comprising: a stator having an active statoric part, the stator forming a first stopping surface; a rotor configured to be brought in rotation around a first axis of rotation by a flow of a liquid, the rotor having an active rotoric part opposite to the active statoric part in a radial direction to generate a magnetic field during rotation of the rotor around the first axis of rotation; and at least one support bearing having at least one rolling element to support the rotor, the at least one support bearing forming a second stopping surface positioned opposite to the first stopping surface, wherein the first stopping surface and the second stopping surface are configured to come in contact with one another in case of deterioration of the at least one rolling element to maintain an air gap between the active statoric part and the active rotoric part. | 23,498 |
9,220,094 | 1. A method for selecting a channel for an Access Point (AP) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), the method comprising: receiving, by the AP from a terminal, network conditions of APs that are within the sensing range of the terminal; selecting, by the AP, a channel based on the received network conditions; calculating, by the AP, parameters of performance that the AP can provide to the terminal; and sending, by the AP, the calculated parameters of performance to the terminal such that the terminal can select an AP to provide a service based on the received parameters of performance. | 2,419 |
9,276,425 | 1. A power management system comprising: an energy storage device; and a control system coupled to the energy storage device, wherein the control system is configured to: execute a control routine to determine whether to charge or discharge the energy storage device, including determining a difference between a current state of charge of the energy storage device and a target state of charge of the energy storage device, receiving an output signal characterizing an output rate of a power generator, and determining to charge or discharge the energy storage device based on the difference and the output signal; determine that the output signal is outside of a specified range for a specified period of time; and modify the target state of charge of the energy storage device in response to determining that the output signal is outside of the specified range for the specified period of time. | 16,928 |
8,658,450 | 1. A crystal growth method for growing a crystal of a nitride semiconductor comprising: depositing a buffer layer on a major surface of a substrate at a depositing rate of not more than 0.1 micrometers per hour, the buffer layer including Ga growing the crystal on the buffer layer at a temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in the depositing the buffer layer, wherein said growing the crystal comprises producing said crystal with a pit density of less than 200 pits per 400 μm×400 μm area. | 24,946 |
9,091,990 | 1. A device failure predictor comprising: a data acquisition unit to acquire internal data of a target device; a peak value calculator to calculate a plurality of peak values of the internal data for a prescribed period of time; and a failure sign identification unit to set individual criteria for the plurality of peak values and determine whether or not the target device shows signs of failure according to the plurality of peak values and the individual criteria. | 46,396 |
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