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8,469,372 | 1. A binding apparatus for use on a splitboard to convert the splitboard between a ride mode and a tour mode, the binding apparatus comprising: a binding interface configured to receive a boot, the binding interface comprising a first discrete attachment portion and a second discrete attachment portion generally opposing the first discrete attachment portion; a ride mode interface configured to removably attach to the binding interface in a ride mode configuration; and a tour mode interface configured to removably attach to the binding interface in a tour mode configuration; wherein the binding interface is configured to removably attach to the ride mode interface and the tour mode interface; wherein the first discrete attachment portion of the binding interface is configured to engage the ride mode interface to secure the first discrete attachment portion of the binding interface to the ride mode interface without removing the first discrete attachment portion from the binding interface; wherein the second discrete attachment portion of the binding interface is configured to releasably couple the second discrete attachment portion of the binding interface to the ride mode interface without removing the second discrete attachment portion from the binding interface; wherein when the first discrete attachment portion and the second discrete attachment portion of the binding interface are coupled to the ride mode interface, the binding interface is caused to be substantially fixed to the ride mode interface during normal operation of the splitboard; wherein the removable binding interface when attached to the ride mode interface securely joins splitboard halves to form a snowboard. | 42,530 |
9,381,784 | 1. A strut bearing comprising a cap and a guide ring that is supported so that it is rotatable about a rotational axis (D) relative to the cap, at least one seal, and a plain bearing arranged between the cap and the guide ring, wherein the plain bearing is injection molded on the guide ring, an undercut is provided between the guide ring and the plain bearing to prevent rotational motion of the guide ring and the plain bearing relative to each other, and the plain bearing includes an arm that engages the undercut such that the plain bearing is positively axially retained with the guide ring. | 47,112 |
8,796,984 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas; a secondary cell that is chargeable and dischargeable and that is charged with electric power that is output from the fuel cell; a control portion that controls amount of electricity generated at a time of starting the fuel cell; a voltage adjustment portion that charges the secondary cell with surplus electric power at the time of starting the fuel cell, and that adjusts output voltage of the fuel cell between an open-circuit voltage and a high-potential-avoiding voltage; and a start-time target voltage setting portion that sets a start-time target voltage before the fuel cell starts generating electricity such that an overcharged state of the secondary cell is avoided, wherein the control portion controls the amount of electricity generated at the time of starting the fuel cell so that the start-time target voltage is reached. | 3,018 |
9,413,185 | 1. An energy storage device comprising: at least one battery pack; a connector to or from which the at least one battery pack is attached or detached; a power converter that converts external input power into direct current (DC) power in a charge mode; a switching unit to perform a switching operation that charges a first battery pack of the at least one battery pack with the DC power converted by the power converter, the first battery pack attached to the connector in the charge mode; and a controller to control the switching unit by turning off electrical connections between the power converter and the first battery pack, or between the power converter and a second battery pack of the at least one battery pack for a predetermined off period when the first and second battery packs are attached to the connector, wherein each battery pack includes: a connector including a positive power terminal, a negative power terminal and a control signal terminal; a battery cell unit; and a battery controller configured to control the battery cell unit, wherein when the second battery pack is attached under the condition that the first battery pack operates in the charge mode, the controller controls to turn off a first switch and a second switch of the switching unit during a first off period, wherein after the first off period, the controller controls to keep off the first switch and turn on the second switch such that the second battery pack, not the first battery pack, operates in the charge mode. | 34,968 |
9,050,277 | 1. A method of therapeutic treatment for heart failure in a mammalian subject in need thereof suffering from or diagnosed with heart failure, wherein the heart failure results from myocardial infarction, comprising administering to the mammalian subject a composition comprising an effective amount of an organic extract of Geum japonicum and Centella asiatica , wherein the extract comprises: (i) one or more triterpenoids selected from the group consisting of: Asiatic acid, Niga-ichigoside F1, Kaji-ichigoside F1, Euscaphic acid, Asiaticoside, Tormentic acid, and Madecassic acid, and (ii) one or more polyphenols selected from the group consisting of: Gemin A, Casuarinin, Tellimagrandin II, Potentillin and ellagic acid. | 13,085 |
8,776,533 | 1. A bound assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising: an inner diameter ring disposed radially around a centerline of the gas turbine engine; a strut connected to the inner diameter ring and extending radially outward therefrom; and an outer diameter ring connected to the strut and disposed radially outward of the inner diameter ring, wherein the inner diameter ring, or the outer diameter ring has a strain relief feature that is disposed at the connection between the strut and either the inner diameter ring or the outer diameter ring, wherein the strain relief feature comprises a curvature in shape and extends around substantially the entire connection between the strut and either the inner diameter ring or the outer diameter ring. | 16,879 |
8,883,105 | 1. A method for scrubbing a waste gas, comprising: introducing into a reaction vessel a waste gas containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of a sulfur oxide and a nitrogen oxide; introducing chlorine dioxide into the reaction vessel; and introducing turbulence into a mixture of the waste gas and the chlorine dioxide, whereby the chlorine dioxide reacts with the component, such that the component is converted into at least one other compound, molecule or atom, wherein turbulence is introduced by passing at least one of the waste gas and the chlorine dioxide through a plurality of tubes arranged in a parallel configuration, wherein each tube is positioned at an angle of from 5 to 95 degrees off an axis of the reaction vessel, and wherein each tube is less than 0.5 meters in length. | 46,148 |
9,599,672 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a scan chain having a first plurality of dual edge flip flops and a second plurality of dual edge flip flops, wherein each dual edge flip flop of the first and second pluralities of dual edge flip flops includes a data input, a scan input, a clock input, and data output, the scan chain to receive a test pattern at the scan input that is synchronous with a test clock during a shift phase of scan testing; a clock divider circuit coupled to receive the test clock and configured to divide the test clock to provide a divided test clock having a lower frequency than the test clock; clock selection circuitry having a first input coupled to receive the divided test clock, a second input coupled to receive a system clock, a control input coupled to receive a scan enable signal, and an output coupled to provide one of the divided test clock and the system clock as a clock signal to the clock input of the scan chain based on the scan enable signal, wherein the divided test clock is provided to the clock input of the scan chain during the shift phase of scan testing; and second clock selection circuitry having a first input coupled to receive the divided test clock, a second input coupled to receive a second system dock, a control input coupled to receive the scan enable signal, and an output configured to provide the divided test clock as a second clock signal to the clock input of each dual edge flip flop of the second plurality of dual edge flip flops when the scan enable signal has the first value, and to provide the second system clock as the clock signal to the clock input of each dual edge flip flop of the second plurality of dual edge flip flops when the scan enable signal has the second value wherein the second system clock is 90 degrees out of phase with the system clock. | 18,903 |
9,734,007 | 1. A method for accessing source data of a source object stored as multiple fragments distributed across multiple storage nodes of a storage system, wherein one or more fragments of the multiple fragments includes redundant data for the source object, the method comprising: receiving the source data as a stream of data; erasure encoding the stream of data to generate a stream of encoded data as the stream of data is arriving, wherein the redundant data is generated from the source data using an (n ;k; r) erasure code; producing the multiple fragments as a plurality of output fragment streams from the stream of encoded data as the stream of encoded data is being generated; writing, by an access server having a processor and memory, the multiple fragments to the storage nodes as each of the plurality of output fragment streams as the output fragment streams are being produced, wherein a first portion of each of the output fragment streams corresponds to a first portion of the source object and are written to the storage nodes before a second portion of the source object has been received, and wherein data of at least one fragment of the multiple fragments is stored by the multiple storage nodes using a data organization that concatenates symbols of multiple source blocks from the source object for inclusion of a symbol of each source block in each of two or more fragments of the multiple fragments of the source object; reading, by the access server, data of a plurality of fragments of the multiple fragments from a plurality of storage nodes of the multiple storage nodes to access a requested portion of the source data, wherein the reading data of a plurality of fragments comprises reading each of at least k fragments of the plurality of output fragments written to storage nodes as an input fragment stream; and erasure decoding, by the access server, the portion of the source data from the data of the plurality of fragments read from the plurality of storage nodes, wherein the erasure decoding the portion of source data comprises erasure decoding the input fragment stream to generate a stream of source data for the source object as the input fragment stream is being read. | 28,689 |
9,289,696 | 1. A water desalination system using geothermal energy, comprising: a sloped evaporator tray housing formed from a functionally graded material for one-way thermal transfer therethrough; an plurality of successively stepped evaporator trays disposed within the housing, the evaporator trays ranging from an uppermost tray to a lowermost tray, each successively lower tray receiving overflow from the tray immediately above; a lower glass panel disposed above the evaporator trays and housing, the glass panel having a slope substantially parallel to the slope of the housing; a closed geothermal heat exchange system extending from the housing to a subterranean depth and back to the housing; and a heat exchange fluid circulating within the heat exchange system. | 38,335 |
8,730,297 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving image data at a camera element that is provisioned at a first endpoint, which is configured to conduct a video session involving a second endpoint; identifying an incoming request for the video session; upon identifying the incoming request for the video session, signaling to the camera element to open a lens included within the camera element; detecting that the video session has been terminated; and upon detecting that the video session has been terminated, signaling to the camera element to close the lens. | 33,542 |
8,417,406 | 1. A method for early induction of an additional starting of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle having a hybrid drive including at least one electric drive unit and the internal combustion engine, the method comprising the acts of: when only the electric drive is in operation, additionally starting the internal combustion engine no later than when a determined requested nominal drive torque exceeds a maximum possible drive torque of the electric drive unit, the requested nominal drive torque being determined as a function of a determined filtered driver request torque; and evaluating a still unfiltered driver request torque or a limited driver request torque for the early induction of the additional starting of the internal combustion engine even if the determined requested nominal drive torque has not reached or exceeded the maximum possible drive torque of the electric drive unit. | 6,825 |
9,100,285 | 1. A method comprising: sending, by a network node, a plurality of hello messages to neighboring network nodes within a network, wherein each of the plurality of hello messages is sent on a different respective network link coupled to the network node and includes an indicator specifying a respective distance as a number of network hops from the network node to a centralized controller that manages the network; receiving, by the network node, a plurality of hello reply messages from respective neighboring network nodes within the network in response to the plurality of hello messages, wherein each of the plurality of hello reply messages is received on a different respective network link coupled to the network node and includes a respective indicator specifying a respective distance as a number of network hops from the respective neighboring network node sending the hello reply messages to a centralized controller that manages the network; determining, by the network node and based at least in part on the respective distance specified by one or more of the plurality of hello reply messages received from the neighboring network nodes, an active one of the network links coupled to the network node to one of the neighboring network nodes having a shortest distance to the centralized controller; forwarding, by the network node, a discover message on the active link to the neighboring network node having the shortest distance to the centralized controller, wherein the discover message includes a neighbor node list specifying a set of neighboring network nodes from which hello reply packets were received and an intermediate node list that will specify a set of network nodes the discover message will traverse; and after receiving a discover reply message sent by the centralized controller in response to the centralized controller receiving the discover message, sending, by the network node, a control message to the centralized controller encapsulated with a Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) label that indicates the control message is to be automatically forwarded by a receiving one of the network nodes along a shortest path toward the centralized controller. | 41,916 |
9,118,075 | 1. A cathode active material, comprising: cathode active material particles comprising a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide represented by Formula (1), wherein the lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide has nickel content of at least 40% among overall transition metals wherein the cathode active material particles are coated with a lithium phosphate at a surface thereof: wherein M is Ni the cathode active material and the lithium phosphate are present in a relative ratio by weight of 100:1 to 100:2. | 49,256 |
9,083,025 | 1. A fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of fuel cells each with a chamber for electrolyte with at least one inlet and at least one outlet, and at least one header to supply electrolyte to all the cells in parallel, and means to collect electrolyte that has flowed through the cells, each electrolyte chamber being defined by a frame, and being between an oxidant gas chamber and a fuel gas chamber and separated from them by a cathode electrode and an anode electrode respectively, to constitute a fuel cell, wherein for each cell the or each outlet for electrolyte communicates with an electrolyte flow channel of the fuel cell, so all electrolyte that has flowed through the electrolyte chamber of the fuel cell then flows along the electrolyte flow channel of the fuel cell, the electrolyte flow channel being above the frame defining the electrolyte chamber, the electrolyte flow channel extending in a plane of the frame defining the electrolyte chamber and being arranged such that in use the flow of electrolyte in the electrolyte flow channel is parallel to the plane of the frame and that there is a free surface of electrolyte within the electrolyte flow channel, the electrolyte flow channel being separate from the corresponding electrolyte flow channels for other cells, but such that the free surfaces of all the electrolyte flow channels are at a common pressure, and each electrolyte flow channel communicating, via a projecting lip, with a collection chamber below the electrolyte flow channel, such that the electrolyte from all the electrolyte flow channels falls freely from the projecting lip into the collection chamber. | 11,904 |
9,594,765 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for creating and maintaining a keyword index for losslessly reduced data, the method comprising: factorizing input data into a sequence of elements; and for at least one element in the sequence of elements, | 6,364 |
9,157,107 | 1. A method of producing a compound originating from a polysaccharide-based biomass comprising: at least one of a saccharification step that produces a sugar solution containing 1) a monosaccharide and an oligosaccharide or 2) a monosaccharide or 3) an oligosaccharide from a product obtainable by hydrolyzing the polysaccharide-based biomass; a fermentation step that ferments the sugar solution containing 1) the monosaccharide and oligosaccharide or 2) the monosaccharide or 3) the oligosaccharide originating from the polysaccharide-based biomass; and a treatment step that removes a fermentation inhibitor with a nanofiltration membrane comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a cross-linked piperazine polyamide nanofiltration membrane, a cellulose acetate nanofiltration membrane and a polyamide nanofiltration membrane, having a glucose removal rate and an isopropyl alcohol removal rate which simultaneously satisfy relationships (I) and (II) when a 500 parts per million (ppm) aqueous glucose solution at pH 6.5 at 25° C. and a 500 ppm aqueous isopropyl alcohol solution at pH 6.5 at 25° C. are respectively permeated through the membrane at an operation pressure of 0.5 MegaPascals (MPa), 1) prior to the saccharification step and in the step prior to the fermentation step or 2)prior to the saccharification step or 3) in the step prior to the fermentation step: | 40,941 |
8,702,223 | 1. An ink composition comprising: (a) a phase change ink carrier which comprises at least one curable monomer, oligomer, or prepolymer; (b) an initiator; (c) an infrared-absorbing taggant; and (d) an optional colorant, said ink being curable upon exposure to radiation; said ink absorbing radiation in the infrared region; said infrared-absorbing taggant being capable of surviving the radiation-curing step essentially unaltered. | 849 |
9,579,583 | 1. A reconfigurable toy having a first configuration and a second configuration, the toy comprising: a main body; a front portion pivotally connected to a first end of the main body, the front portion being movable between a first position and a second position; a back portion rotatably connected to a second end of the main body, the back portion being movable between a third position and a fourth position; and a retaining mechanism for retaining the front portion in the second position and the back portion in the fourth position; wherein, when the retaining mechanism retains the front portion and the back portion, the retaining mechanism prevents movement of the front portion from the second position to the first position and prevents movement of the back portion from the fourth position to the third position, and wherein, when the retaining mechanism does not retain the front portion and the back portion, movement of the front portion between the first position and the second position and movement of the back portion between the third position and the fourth position cause the toy to transition between the first configuration and the second configuration. | 34,173 |
9,055,034 | 1. A backward looking method for decompressing data packets in a receiver, the method comprising: receiving a first compressed data packet transmitted in a first time slice; receiving an initialization packet after the first compressed data packet, wherein the initialization packet is first transmitted in a second time slice following the first time slice and contains context information pertaining to the second time slice; re-creating context information for decompressing the first compressed data packet from the context information contained in the initialization packet, wherein the step of re-creating context information includes deriving context information from the context information contained in the initialization packet; decompressing the first compressed data packet using the re-created context information; receiving a second compressed data packet after the initialization packet; and decompressing the second compressed data packet using the context information contained in the initialization packet. | 32,994 |
8,352,763 | 1. A power control system including an information processing apparatus, a power amount measurement apparatus that measures the amount of power consumption of the information processing apparatus, and a power management apparatus that manages the amount of power consumption of the information processing apparatus, the power management apparatus comprising: an acceptance unit that accepts reference values for the amount of power consumption that are respectively associated with a plurality of control modes for reducing the amount of power consumption of the information processing apparatus and are used for the information processing apparatus to shift to the control modes, where the greater the reference value is, the smaller the amount of power consumption of the control mode associated therewith is, and that accepts power saving settings that are respectively associated with the plurality of control modes and restrict a function that is executable in the information processing apparatus; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the information processing apparatus, the reference values and the power saving settings that are associated with the plurality of control modes and have been accepted by the acceptance unit, and the information processing apparatus comprising: an information reception unit that receives the reference values and the power saving settings that are associated with the plurality of control modes and have been transmitted by the transmission unit; an actual value reception unit that requests the power amount measurement apparatus to measure the amount of power consumed by the information processing apparatus during a predetermined power control period, and receives an actual value of the amount of power that has been consumed by the information processing apparatus during the predetermined power control period, and that has been transmitted from the power amount measurement apparatus in response to the request; a determination unit that determines whether each of the reference values corresponding to the plurality of control modes is less than the received actual value of the amount of power consumption; and a control unit that makes a shift, if one or more reference values determined by the determination unit as being less than the actual value exist, to the control mode corresponding to the greatest reference value among the one or more reference values determined as being less than the actual value, and performs power saving control in accordance with the power saving setting corresponding to the control mode, wherein the control unit further changes, if execution of a job instructed by a user is restricted depending on the power saving setting corresponding to the control mode that is being executed, control content according to the control mode to control content that has been determined as a substitution for the control content and that allows the job to be executed, and executes the job. | 38,012 |
9,758,458 | 1. A method for purifying isopropyl alcohol, comprising: removing water by providing a feed including isopropyl alcohol and water to a membrane system to obtain a feed having a water content adjusted to 1,200 ppm or less; and performing purification by providing the feed having the water content adjusted to 1,200 ppm or less to a divided wall column to obtain a discharged product including purified isopropyl alcohol and having a water content of 150 ppm or less, wherein the divided wall column is divided into a feed inflow region, a top region, a bottom region and a product outflow region, and the product outflow region is divided into an upper product outflow region and a lower product outflow region, wherein the discharged product including the purified isopropyl alcohol and having a water content of 150 ppm or less is discharged from the lower product outflow region of the divided wall column, and wherein the discharged product including the purified isopropyl alcohol and having a water content of 150 ppm or less is obtained at a location of 50 to 90% of plates among a number of theoretical plates calculated based on a top of the divided wall column. | 1,360 |
9,573,538 | 1. An in-vehicle structure for an inverter configured to supply electric power to a drive motor, the in-vehicle structure comprising: a bracket being a metal plate, the bracket being configured to fix the inverter to a vehicle; a damping bush being an insulator, the damping bush being fitted between the bracket and one of a case of the inverter and the vehicle; and a braided wire configured to electrically connect the case of the inverter to a body of the vehicle, the braided wire being wired along the metal plate of the bracket. | 43,862 |
9,101,873 | 1. A membrane element comprising: a pleated structure formed by folding a gas separation membrane substrate; a reinforcement frame surrounding the pleated structure with both surface sides of the pleated structure being opened; a rigid member arranged in a direction intersecting a fold of the pleated structure in at least one of opened regions of the pleated structure surrounded by the reinforcement frame; and a sealing portion provided between the rigid member and the pleated structure, wherein the opened region is separated into a supply region and an exhaust region of gas by the sealing portion, and the sealing portion and top and/or bottom surface side of the pleated structure surround and form a gas flow path from the supply region to the exhaust region. | 43,846 |
9,761,311 | 1. A semiconductor memory cell comprising: a fin structure extending from a substrate, said fin structure comprising a floating body region configured to be charged to a level indicative of a state of the memory cell to store the state as volatile memory; and a floating gate or trapping layer insulated from said floating body region and being configured to receive transfer of data stored by the volatile memory and store the data as nonvolatile memory; wherein said charge stored in said floating body region determines a charge stored in said floating gate or trapping layer upon said transfer of data; and wherein said charge stored in said floating gate or trapping layer is non-algorithmically determined by said charge stored in said floating body region. | 24,702 |
8,369,499 | 1. A method of operating a communications system for providing a service, wherein a plurality of parties may be associated with members of an account with the system to receive the service, the method comprising: receiving a communication from one of a plurality of members of an account, the communication including a request for a service, wherein a common bill is provided for services rendered to the members of the account; receiving from the one party among the plurality of members an identifier to be used to identify the one party from among the plurality of members; providing the common bill for services rendered to the plurality of members of the account, to a communications device via a network; and providing in the common bill an indicator of the one party requesting the service, in association with a respective entry for the requested service. | 6,528 |
8,578,515 | 1. A child's robe, convertible to a child's sleeping bag, comprising a body portion having an inside face and an outside face running from the top of the child's head to the child's feet, the body portion enclosing the child with a closed rear section and an openable front section for its use as a robe, a separate panel having four sides and running the length of the body portion, the bottom side of the separate panel being fixedly attached near the bottom inside face of the closed rear section of the body portion, the sides of the separate panel also being affixed to the inside face of the closed rear section of the body portion, from the bottom of the inside rear section to about one-half of the way up the body portion, the top half of the separate panel being folded inside of the attached bottom half of the separate panel, with means to releasably hold the top half of the separate panel from falling downward, for use as a child's robe and pulling the top half of the separate panel upward, with means to releasably hold the top half of the separate panel, near or at its top, for use as a sleeping bag. | 13,648 |
9,378,228 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a selection of data stored in a database to be used in conjunction with an in-memory database, the selection of data corresponding to an application; receiving a selection of a storage mode corresponding to a dual system storage mode or a source system storage mode, the storage mode being selectable by a user input and, upon selection of the dual system storage mode, the application interacts with both the database and the in-memory database, and wherein upon selection of the source system storage mode, the application interacts with the database only; replicating, by a replication server, the selection of data in the in-memory database; and based on the dual system storage mode being selected: | 22,272 |
9,811,095 | 1. Eye glasses, comprising: a frame; at least one lens coupled to the frame; at least one membrane at least partially covering at least one face of the lens, wherein the membrane covers less than half the area of the face at a lower half of the lens relative to the eye glasses being worn right side up; a reservoir in fluid communication with the membrane and containing fluid; a fluid control assembly which controls fluid communication of the fluid between the reservoir and the membrane; a processor; and storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to: identify an object on which to focus; determine a first focal length at which to focus on the object; and actuate the fluid control assembly to provide fluid to the membrane to configure the portion of the lens bearing the membrane to have a combined focal length corresponding to the first focal length. | 12,264 |
8,900,459 | 1. A method for purification of water comprising: floating a raft on a source of water, the water to be purified, the raft associated with a device; activating the device; pumping, under computerized control water from the source to now through an inlet of the device; selectively injecting, under computerized control, prior to filtration, a chemical pre-treatment into the flowing device-pumped inlet water; pumping, under computerized control, the inlet water into a multi media filter; filtering the inlet water using the multi media filter to provide filtered water; pumping, under computerized control, the filtered water into a plurality of reverse osmosis columns, said columns for converting the filtered water into an osmosis water having less particulate matter and less dissolved contaminant than the filtered water; receiving the osmosis water from the reverse osmosis columns in a buffer tank; pumping, under computerized control, water from the buffer tank; selectively injecting ozone, under computerized control, into the water pumped from the buffer tank to form ozonated water; selectively passing, under computerized control, the ozonated water from the ozone system back to the buffer tank via a first valve; selectively passing the ozonated water, under computerized control, from the ozone system to a washing station via a second valve, the washing station for washing a receptacle in preparation for dispensing into the receptacle water dispensed by the device; passing water from the buffer tank to an Ultra Violet (“UV”) system and inactivating bacteria in the water received from the buffer tank using the UV System; and selectively adding minerals to the water from the IN system prior to dispensing the water from the device. | 13,834 |
9,634,552 | 1. A device for producing an electrical power output voltage at an output terminal of desired phase relative to an electrical power input voltage applied at an input terminal, the device having high power efficiency, including:— At least one module comprising:— A transformer designed to operate at a carrier frequency much higher than the frequency of said electrical input and output voltages, said transformer having a first winding end, a second winding end and a center tap; first and second bidirectional solid-state switches for alternately passing current from or blocking current flow from said input terminal to alternate winding ends of said transformer, the switches being configured to be controlled to allow current to flow from said input terminal to said first winding end or said second winding end alternately at said carrier frequency, and third and fourth bidirectional solid state switches for alternately passing current from or blocking current flow from said first transformer winding end and said second winding end to said output terminal, the switches being configured to be controlled to allow current flow to said output terminal from said first winding end or said second winding end alternately at said carrier frequency, said bidirectional solid state switches being controlled by a switching controller configured to control said first, second, third and fourth bidirectional solid-state switches such that said electrical power output voltage of said desired phase appears at said output terminal. | 49,076 |
8,428,083 | 1. A time division duplex (TDD) cellular communication system ( 100 ) arranged to support both uplink and downlink communication allocated for unicast time division duplex (TDD) communication that uses a single cell identifier reuse pattern; the TDD cellular communication system ( 100 ) comprising: a plurality of wireless serving communication units operably coupled to management logic; wherein the TDD cellular communication system ( | 3,868 |
9,565,143 | 1. A method comprising: maintaining settings for disseminating information associated with a user to a plurality of other users; receiving, from the user, a first user input defining a subset of multiple users from the plurality of other users; receiving, from the user, a second user input indicating a selection of a setting, from the maintained settings, for disseminating information related to a geographic location of the user; receiving, from the user, a third user input selecting a time slot to be applied to the selected setting for disseminating information related to the geographic location of the user during the selected time slot; displaying the time slot within a calendar interface; receiving, from the user, a fourth user input comprising a selection of an icon representing the defined subset of multiple users and dragging the icon to the displayed time slot within the calendar interface; in response to receiving the fourth user input, associating the defined subset of multiple users with the selected setting associated with the time slot; determining, using at least one processor, a geographic location of the user; and disseminating information related to the geographic location of the user to the defined subset of the multiple users in accordance with the time slot of the selected setting. | 42,004 |
9,232,764 | 1. A milking system for milking animals, comprising: a milk storage tank ( a common milk line ( at least two milking stations ( a milk constituent analyzing unit ( a computer ( | 12,125 |
9,109,683 | 1. A powertrain in a motor vehicle comprising: an engine; an electric machine; a disconnect clutch connected between the engine and the electric machine; and a transmission including: | 20,174 |
8,658,046 | 1. A method for removing or reducing the level of contaminants in a solution, the method comprising: providing a solution into a tubular cavity of a device, wherein the cavity of the device houses a light tube, a photoelectrode comprising a primarily titanium foil support with a layer of titanium dioxide provided thereon provided around the light tube, a counterelectrode provided in the space between the photoelectrode and a cavity wall of the device, and an electrical short-preventing separator provided in the space between the photoelectrode and the counterelectrode; irradiating the photoelectrode with ultraviolet light; and applying a first bias to a first terminal coupled to the photoelectrode and a second terminal coupled to a counterelectrode. | 25,806 |
9,688,543 | 1. A process for producing a compound of formula RBr n , wherein R is an alkali or alkali earth metal and n is 1 or 2, said process comprising: I) a first stage wherein a mixture comprising a first reducing agent and a substrate of formula R wherein R is a Group 1 metal or a Group 2 metal; m is a number 1 or 2; p is a number 1 or 2; and X is oxygen atom, carbonate, bicarbonate or OH; is reacted with an amount of bromine necessary to brominate from about 70 to about 98% of RX m to RBr n to provide an intermediate mixture comprising RBr n and residual substrate RX m , wherein at least a portion of the first stage is run at a reaction temperature of 50° C. or higher and/or at greater than atmospheric pressure, and II) a second stage wherein a second reducing agent, different from the first reducing agent, and an amount of bromine needed to provide 100% conversion of residual substrate RX | 33,051 |
9,086,227 | 1. A light collection system, comprising: a light concentrating device, for receiving a portion of an incident light and forwardly emitting the portion of the incident light after concentrating and passing the portion of the incident light through a first focal region, so as to obtain a first-stage output light, wherein the light concentrating device has a reduced exit aperture and the first focal region is within the reduced exit aperture; a reflective curving-surface device, having an entrance aperture for receiving the first-stage output light, wherein the reflective curving-surface device comprises: a bonding structure, as a ring-like structure, wherein the bonding structure has an outer peripheral edge to join with the reduced exit aperture of the light concentrating device and an inner peripheral edge to join with the entrance aperture of the reflective curving-surface device, wherein the light concentrating device also comprises a lens focusing element at a central region, over the bonding structure, to receive a central-portion light of the incident light, not concentrated by the light concentrating device, as a central concentrated light, the central concentrated light is incident onto the target area, wherein the central-portion light concentrated by the lens focusing element at the central region is first passed through the first focal region before divergently reaching the target area. | 40,990 |
9,120,246 | 1. A method of making a composite core, the method comprising: providing a plurality of mandrels, each mandrel comprising: placing a composite material around each mandrel; placing the plurality of mandrels in a tool, the tool being configured to constrain the plurality of mandrels as the mandrels experience a thermal expansion; heating the mandrels so that the mandrels thermally expand, thereby applying a pressure to the composite material during a cure cycle, the step of heating the mandrels including increasing a temperature of the mandrels for a duration, the increase in temperature during the duration causing a first pressure plateau as the flat walled leg portions of the hollow portion collapse and second pressure plateau as a diameter of the interior portion collapses; and cooling and separating the mandrels from the composite core. | 11,900 |
9,569,605 | 1. A computer-implemented method for enabling biometric authentication options, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a device that comprises: a biometric authentication option that provides access to a protected feature of the device and that is based on a biometric trait; and an initial authentication option that provides access to the protected feature of the device and that is not based on the biometric trait; detecting an authentication action that is performed by a user on the device that provides access to the protected feature of the device via the initial authentication option; capturing, automatically and in response to detecting the authentication action, and for use as training data for the biometric authentication option based on the user performing the authentication action successfully, biometric data describing the biometric trait as observed from the user in connection with the user performing the authentication action on the device; and using the biometric data that describes the biometric trait as observed from the user as training data for the biometric authentication option to automatically enable the user to access the protected feature of the device via the biometric authentication option and independently from the initial authentication option; wherein using the biometric data that describes the biometric trait as training data comprises: analyzing environmental conditions in which the biometric data was captured; analyzing differences between the environmental conditions; assessing a variability of the environmental conditions based on the differences; determining that the variability of the environmental conditions meets a predetermined threshold; using the biometric data as training data based at least in part on the variability meeting the predetermined threshold. | 18,192 |
8,441,223 | 1. A torque control method for a high-speed Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM), the method controlling a torque in high-speed operating mode of a 2-phase SRM, wherein: a positive torque (T* wherein a torque compensation value (T* wherein a torque (T* | 33,518 |
9,614,454 | 1. A power converter that directly converts polyphase AC power to AC power, the power converter comprising: a converter circuit including a plurality of switching elements that are connected to each phase of the polyphase AC power to enable switching for turning on current-carrying bidirectionally; and at least three condensers connected to the converter circuit, wherein: the plurality of switching elements are adjacently arranged in such a manner that respective input terminals of switching elements of the plurality of switching elements form a first line in a first arrangement direction and respective output terminals of said switching elements of the plurality of switching elements form another line in parallel with the first line; the three condensers are respectively placed at apexes of a triangle on a plane that is above and in parallel with a part-mounting surface on which the plurality of switching elements are actually mounted; and two of the three condensers are adjacently placed and arranged along the first arrangement direction and the remaining one of the three condensers is arranged outside the two condensers with respect to the position of the output terminals. | 379 |
9,085,219 | 1. A window surround for a vehicle body window opening, the vehicle body having a door carrying a glass window and further having an interior portion, the window surround comprising: an upper glass run, having a notched portion dimensioned to accept an edge of the glass window, the upper glass run extending across an upper side of the window opening; front and rear glass runs, each having a first end integral with the upper glass run and a second end extending into the interior portion of the door, structured and dimensioned to accept raising and lowering of the glass window, respectively located toward front and rear edges of the window opening and each dimensioned to accept an edge of the window glass; a belt molding integral with and extending between the front and rear glass runs, attached to the interior portion of the door adjacent to a lower edge of the window opening; a B-pillar appliqué, integral with and extending rearward from the rear glass run; a mirror sail integral with and extending forward from the front glass run, and integral with and extending downward from the upper glass run; and a plurality of sealing members, integrally molded into the window surround and positioned to seal the window surround to the glass window and the vehicle door; wherein the upper glass run, front glass run, rear glass run, mirror sail, B-pillar applique, and belt molding comprise a single molded piece. | 39,320 |
9,057,082 | 1. A method of enhancing microbial production of methane from a hydrocarbon-rich deposit, the method comprising: assessing at least one environmental parameter for the in situ hydrocarbon-rich deposit; introducing an aqueous solution to the in situ hydrocarbon-rich deposit, wherein the aqueous solution comprises ammonium phosphate and yeast extract, and wherein the aqueous solution stimulates a microbial consortium to increase the rate of in situ methane generation; and collecting a gas mixture comprising the methane. | 16,300 |
8,542,607 | 1. A method for operating a receiver entity adapted for receiving on a given channel and acknowledging the reception of packet data units from a transmitter entity according to an automatic repeat request process, the method being based on in-sequence delivery of packet data units from a first protocol layer to a higher protocol layer in the receiver entity, wherein a receiver window of fixed size is used in the receiver entity, the receiver window pertaining to a sequence of packet data units to be received; the receiver window is defined as the interval of sequence numbers ranging from the highest received sequence number minus the receiver window size plus one to the highest received sequence number; and wherein a next expected sequence number is registered reflecting the next sequence number to be delivered to the higher protocol layer in order to maintain the in-sequence delivery; the method comprising: monitoring whether the identity of the receiver entity can be decoded for an incoming packet data unit; monitoring whether an automatic repeat request process is decoded correctly for the incoming packet data unit; and if so, reading the transmit sequence number of the incoming packet data unit; performing: | 39,739 |
9,547,828 | 1. A method, comprising: running a machine learning model for predicting one or more metrics in a network which includes a centralized controller device interconnected with a plurality of edge devices; hosting, at the centralized controller device, a batch version of the machine learning model that operates in batch mode; and pushing an incremental version of the machine learning model that operates in incremental mode to an edge device of the plurality of edge devices, such that the incremental version of the machine learning model is hosted at the edge device, wherein the batch version and the incremental version of the machine learning model run in parallel with one another. | 17,716 |
9,505,839 | 1. An isolated monoclonal antibody, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, that binds human LAG-3, wherein the heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 regions comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 15, 16, and 17, respectively, and the light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 regions comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 18, 19, and 20, respectively. | 7,506 |
9,246,622 | 1. A semiconductor optical element comprising a plurality of integrated optical modulation elements, each of the integrated optical modulation elements including: a laser element portion from which laser light having an oscillation wavelength emerges; and an electric-field-absorption optical modulator portion having a quantum well core layer that receives laser light from the laser element portion, the optical modulator portion providing optical modulation according to an input electrical signal, wherein | 25,963 |
9,786,567 | 1. A method for testing a package structure comprising: electrically testing a first plurality of conductive connectors in a first package, wherein the first plurality of conductive connectors bonds a first package component to a second package component, and wherein the first package component comprises: electrically testing a second plurality of conductive connectors in a second package, wherein the second plurality of conductive connectors bonds a third package component to a fourth package component, and wherein the third package component comprises: | 35,444 |
9,659,155 | 1. A method for software activation and license tracking, comprising: (a) obtaining an acquisition confirmation associated with an acquisition of the software, and providing the acquisition confirmation to a server associated with software activation and licensing; (b) requesting a license for a client to be authorized to use the software; (c) issuing and providing the license to a client; (d) verifying the license at the client; (e) storing the license at the client; (f) on a periodic basis, tracking an activation state of the license; and (g) performing an action on the license at the client, based on the activation state of the license; wherein the verifying the license comprises the client associated with the application generating a fake license file that includes incorrect parameter information, performing the verification of the license, and once the verification of the license has been completed, replacing the incorrect parameter information with correct parameter information. | 33,928 |
9,203,343 | 1. A device for optimizing individual solar collector modules and assembled groups of collector modules against diverse environmental influences, comprising: one or more partial bodies, one or more mechanical flanging points and/or fastening points which are configured to be made available directly, or by means of auxiliary devices, by one or more mechanical supports, by an absorbing or reflecting collector module itself, or a solar collector; wherein the device is rigidly or flexibly mounted in an operation area of the solar collector at at least one flanging point and/or fastening point; wherein the device is configured to move along or move in an operation area of the collector module in a uniform or non-uniform manner relative to the system's own movement, and to protect or stabilize the operation of the collector module in reaction to static or dynamic influence of a respective environmentally induced stress; and wherein the device is configured to generate a minimum possible structure load and/or torque load for the individual solar collector modules and the assembled module groups by generating active or reactive forces. | 17,110 |
9,827,456 | 1. An inspection notification device for firefighting equipment comprising: a main body; an attachment ring extending outwards from said main body and comprising an input/output carried by said main body and configured to receive a reset signal from a fire safety inspector's computer; a timer carried by said main body and configured to determine, based on receiving the reset signal, when a plurality of inspection time periods have passed, with the plurality of inspection time periods including first and second inspection time periods; an inspection status visual indication unit carried by said main body and configured to provide a visual indication about an inspection status of the firefighting equipment to which said main body is attached, said inspection status visual indication unit comprising a plurality of green, yellow and red inspection status lights; and a processor carried by said main body and coupled to said input/output, said timer, and said inspection status visual indication unit, and configured to perform the following: | 42,463 |
8,847,427 | 1. A method of operating a power inverter module of a vehicle, the method comprising: obtaining a temperature reading at a location of the power inverter module that is remote from the power transistor; determining a current operating state of the vehicle; adjusting the temperature reading in accordance with a selected calibration curve corresponding to the current operating state of the vehicle, resulting in a predicted real-time silicon temperature for a transistor of the power inverter module; and operating the power inverter module in a manner that is influenced by the predicted real-time silicon temperature. | 47,981 |
8,802,591 | 1. A label prepared by a process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a layer of water dissolvable or water dispersible paper; (b) applying a coating directly on one surface of said paper, said coating being water dissolvable or water dispersible and having the capability of receiving thereon printing or other indicia from a direct thermal printer; and (c) drying or curing said coating beginning within three seconds from the time that said coating is applied to said paper at a temperature lower than that which would activate said coating. | 43,972 |
9,417,533 | 1. A method of operating a patterning device, the patterning device having a patterned portion which in operation is illuminated with a radiation beam so as to impart a pattern to the radiation beam in its cross-section, the method comprising: measuring a position of each of a plurality of reference marks, the plurality of reference marks being on the patterning device and distributed around the patterned portion in a peripheral portion of the patterning device; by reference to the measured positions of the reference marks, calculating a local positional deviation, induced by thermal heating of the patterning device by said radiation beam, at a position of interest within the patterned portion of the patterning device; repeating the measuring and calculating a plurality of times, each measuring and calculating occurring after a period of operation of the patterning device; and updating the calculated local positional deviation, separately from the calculating the local positional deviation the plurality of times, between successive measurements of the plurality of times for use of the updated local positional deviation in modifying a parameter of an exposure operation between the successive measurements, in accordance with a mathematical model of predicted future progression of thermal heating. | 222 |
9,705,841 | 1. A method of coordinating a private mobile messaging infrastructure, comprising integrating a set of defined interface protocols in an application layer of a private mobile messaging infrastructure within an open wireless TCP/IP environment that execute one or more messaging functions and facilitate communications between a system user and mobile users, the set of defined interface protocols including a messaging protocol configured execute events instructive of the one or more messaging functions, a system protocol configured to carry out messaging functions directed to the mobile users that include sending structured messages to and interpreting structured responses from the mobile users, and a mobile protocol configured to carry out messaging functions directed to the system user that including sending structured messages to and responding to structured messages from the system user via a mobile device. | 43,607 |
9,214,684 | 1. A fuel control system for a fuel cell system, the fuel control system comprising: a hydrogen supply unit; a fuel cell stack; a hydrogen supply passage, through which hydrogen is supplied from the hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell stack; a first injector located along the hydrogen supply passage between the hydrogen supply unit and the fuel cell stack; a hydrogen recirculation ejector located along the hydrogen supply passage between the first injector and the fuel cell stack; and a second injector located along the hydrogen supply passage in series between the first injector and the hydrogen recirculation ejector in the hydrogen supply passage, and the second injector is periodically opened and closed to temporarily increase the amount of hydrogen recirculated through the ejector to the fuel cell stack to purge an anode of the fuel cell stack, wherein each injector is controlled such that the amount of hydrogen supplied to the ejector is maintained constant to provide a response required by a vehicle, and wherein the connection between the first injector and the second injector provides a multi-stage pressure control structure, through which hydrogen is supplied from the hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell stack, such that the pressure of the supplied hydrogen is controlled in stages. | 48,785 |
9,850,816 | 1. An inlet air conditioning system for a gas turbine, the system comprising: an inlet duct for the gas turbine, the inlet duct comprising an air flow path to provide inlet air to the gas turbine; a plurality of vertically distinct sections of evaporative cooling media that are stacked on top of one another to extend across the height of the inlet duct at a common axial point; a water inlet located at the top of each of the plurality vertically distinct sections of the evaporative cooling media, wherein each water inlet is in parallel to one another; a water chiller; a circulation pump that circulates water through the water chiller and the evaporative cooling media in series; a plurality of valves positioned in parallel with one another, wherein one of the plurality of valves is located in each of the water inlets between the vertically distinct sections of the evaporative cooling media and the water chiller; and wherein the water chiller is configured to chill the water to below an ambient wet-bulb temperature before the water is circulated to the evaporative cooling media, and wherein the circulation pump is configured to control the flow rate of the water circulated through the evaporative cooling media to concurrently provide a section of predominantly evaporative cooling and a section of predominantly sensitive cooling within the height of the evaporative cooling media. | 10,417 |
9,719,803 | 1. A system comprising: a transceiver in a first device and configured to receive wirelessly or over a first powerline and from a second device (i) a voltage value of a first voltage detected between two of a plurality of bus bars, wherein the plurality of bus bars are in a distributed power source, wherein the distributed power source supplies power from the two of the plurality of bus bars to a load, and wherein the load is distinct from the first device and the second device, or (ii) a first current value of a current detected by a current sensor and drawn from the two of the plurality of bus bars by the load, wherein the current sensor is remotely located away from the distributed power source; a sensing module configured to one of (i) if the transceiver receives the first current value, detect the first voltage and timestamp the voltage value with a first timestamp, and (ii) if the transceiver receives the voltage value, determine a second current value of the current drawn by the load and timestamp the second current value with a second timestamp; a parameter module configured to a metering module configured to report the at least one parameter. | 49,210 |
8,700,187 | 1. A method for managing a flow of power supplied by an electric utility to a plurality of power consuming devices, the plurality of power consuming devices being located at one or more service points to which electrical power is supplied by the electric utility, the method comprising: determining a group of one or more client devices to which to communicate a power control message, each client device of the group of client devices controlling at least one controllable device, each controllable device controlling a flow of electric power to at least one power consuming device of the plurality of power consuming devices, the power control message indicating at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced and an identification of one or more controllable devices to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices; communicating the power control message to the group of client devices to initiate a power reduction event; and subsequent to initiation of the power reduction event, determining that at least one controllable device has prematurely exited the power reduction event. | 15,201 |
9,020,674 | 1. A regenerative braking system for a vehicle comprising: a generator coupled with the vehicle for generating energy during a deceleration of the vehicle; a battery having a state of charge and switchably coupled with the generator for receiving at least a portion of the energy from the generator; a first device switchably coupled with the generator for receiving at least a portion of the energy from the generator; a second device switchably coupled with the generator for receiving at least a portion of the energy from the generator; and a processor configured to control the switchable coupling of the battery, the first device and the second device with the generator based on the state of charge of the battery or an instantaneous temperature of air in an interior of the vehicle and, when the state of charge of the battery is greater than a predetermined threshold and the instantaneous temperature of air in the interior of the vehicle is equal to a desired temperature of air in the interior of the vehicle, to couple the first device to the generator for a first predetermined amount of time and then couple the second device to the generator for a second predetermined amount of time or to couple the first device and the second device to the generator such that an effect of the first device cancels out an effect of the second device. | 47,159 |
9,136,564 | 1. A battery pack system, comprising a plurality of battery cells, an isolated liquid and a battery box containing the isolated liquid, the battery cells being soaked in the isolated liquid, the battery box comprising a box body and a cover plate, and electrical connection components being disposed in the battery pack, wherein the battery cells are placed upside down; the isolated liquid is a fire-retardant and insulating liquid that has a specific gravity smaller than an electrolyte and is insoluble in the electrolyte, the box body is formed with an isolated liquid outlet and an isolated liquid inlet, the isolated liquid outlet is connected together with the isolated liquid inlet via a circulation passage to form a path, a liquid separation device and a circulation pump are further disposed in the circulation passage, the liquid separation device is connected with a detection device, the detection device comprises at least one detection component and a reaction device, the liquid separation device, the reaction device and at least one detection component are connected in sequence; each of the electrical connection components is soaked in the isolated liquid, and the isolated liquid is one or both of silicone oil and transformer oil. | 32,660 |
9,382,789 | 1. An oil shale exploitation method, wherein comprising: forming a gas inlet pipeline as a heating well and a gas outlet pipeline as a production well in an oil shale; forming a gasification channel that connects the gas inlet pipeline and the gas outlet pipeline in the oil shale; feeding combustible gas and oxygen-containing gas into the oil shale through different gas inlet pipelines, and then igniting, in an aerobic environment, the combustible gas fed into the oil shale at a lower opening of the pipeline for conveying the combustible gas, so as to heat the oil shale, and thereby obtaining an oil-gas mixed product from thermal decomposition of kerogen in the oil shale; extracting the oil-gas mixed product through the gas outlet pipeline to a ground surface; and separating a gas comprising at least one of CO | 48,399 |
8,789,614 | 1. A fire-fighting system comprising: a water source; a first pump drawing water from the water source at a first pressure; a second pump drawing water downstream of the first pump at a second pressure higher than the first pressure, the second pressure being at least about 500 PSI; a foam proportioning system including a foam tank with foamant and a high-pressure foam pump; at least a first discharge line and a second discharge line, the first discharge line connected to an outlet of the first pump and at least one of a first turret and a first hand nozzle and the second discharge line connected to an outlet of the second pump and at least one of a second turret and a second hand nozzle, the first discharge line providing a first fluid path independent of a second fluid path of the second discharge line; a first pressure relief valve in fluid communication with the second discharge line, the first pressure relief valve configured to route a portion of flow in the second fluid path back to the water source; and a second pressure relief valve in fluid communication with the high-pressure foam pump, the second pressure relief valve routing foamant back into the foam tank; the first pump and the second pump being simultaneously operated in order to simultaneously discharge water from the at least one of the first turret and the first hand nozzle and the at least one of the second turret and the second hand nozzle to exit the fire-fighting system at different pressures. | 27,113 |
9,306,659 | 1. A first member in a radio communication system, the first member comprising: a transmitting apparatus provided on the first member and configured to communicate with a receiving apparatus provided on a second member in the radio communication system, wherein the first member is configurable such that the first member and the second member move relative to each other, and the transmitting apparatus transmits radio communications to the receiving apparatus when the transmitting apparatus is configured to face the receiving apparatus as the first member and the second member move relative to each other. | 27,074 |
8,615,873 | 1. A method of manufacturing a terminal block for a telecommunication cable comprising: providing an elongated podium member having a front side and a back side and adapted for receiving the end of a cable, the cable comprising a plurality of a plurality of multiple pairs of insulated electrical wires, a plurality of wire receiving slots on an outer edge of the podium member and a plurality of electrical connector slots positioned within the podium member, wherein the plurality of wire receiving slots are arranged in pairs having a first and a second wire receiving slot, which are configured to receive one wire each of a pair of electrical wires, which are each attached to an electrical contact; placing an electrical connector within each of the plurality of electrical slots such that one end of the connector is on the front side of the podium member and one end is on the back side of the podium member; connecting the plurality of multiple pairs of insulated electrical wires in pairs to each of the plurality of electrical connectors on the back side of the podium member; attaching a bond clamp to the cable; attaching the bond clamp to the podium member; and overmolding a dielectric material into the back side of the podium member to encapsulate the connections of the electrical wires and the podium member. | 10,083 |
9,500,683 | 1. An arbitration device comprising: circuitry configured to | 10,374 |
9,273,409 | 1. A method for producing a void-free electroplated metallic conductor, the method comprising steps of: (a) providing a substrate having an insulating mask formed over a metallic seed layer, said insulating mask having at least one opening formed therein, said at least one opening having a bottom and sidewall surfaces, wherein inside the at least one opening only the bottom surface comprises exposed metallic seed layer; (b) immersing the substrate in an electrolyte contained in an electrochemical deposition (ECD) cell, the ECD cell comprising at least one anode and a cathode, wherein the cathode comprises at least the exposed metallic seed layer at the bottom of the at least one opening, and wherein the electrolyte comprises plating metallic ions and at least one inhibitor additive, said metallic ions and said at least one inhibitor additive having concentrations; (c) providing agitation of the electrolyte across the surface of the substrate immersed in the electrolyte; (d) electroplating inside the at least one opening; wherein (i) the agitation and the concentrations of the plating metallic ions and the at least one inhibitor additive produce void-free electroplated metal or alloy inside the at least one opening when applying to the substrate an average electroplating current density between 45-250 mA/cm (e) removing the insulating mask, and then removing the metallic seed layer which was covered by the insulating mask during step (d). | 22,900 |
8,951,581 | 1. A method for making an aqueous hexane, aqueous diethyl ether, aqueous chloroform or aqueous ethanol extract of Gomphostema niveum leaf comprising air drying leaves of Gomphostema niveum to produce air dried leaves of Gomphostema niveum , powdering the air dried leaves of Gomphostema niveum to produce powder of leaves of Gomphostema niveum and subjecting the powder of leaves of Gomphostema niveum to extraction with water at reflux temperature, filtering the extract of leaves of Gomphostema niveum to produce a water extract of Gomphostema niveum , further extracting the water extract of Gomphostema niveum by liquid-liquid extraction using solvents selected from the group consisting of hexane, diethyl ether, chloroform and ethanol on the basis of increasing polarity to produce an aqueous hexane, aqueous diethyl ether, aqueous chloroform or aqueous ethanol extract, then the aqueous hexane. aqueous diethyl ether, aqueous chloroform or aqueous ethanol extract is concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure of about 150 psi and at a temperature of about 30° C. to produce the aqueous hexanes aqueous diethyl ether, aqueous chloroform or aqueous ethanol extract of Gomphostema niveum leaf. | 48,690 |
8,343,164 | 1. An apparatus for inserting a spinal implant, comprising: a first elongate member including a first jaw member disposed at a distal portion thereof, wherein the first jaw member defines a first longitudinal axis; a second elongate member operatively connected to the first elongate member and including a second jaw member disposed at a distal portion thereof, the second jaw member defining a second longitudinal axis, wherein the first and second elongate members are adapted to move the first and second jaw members between a first position where the first and second longitudinal axes are oriented substantially parallel to each other and a second position where the first and second longitudinal axes are oriented at an acute angle with respect to each other; and a locking mechanism adapted to releasably fix a relative position of the first and second elongate members, the locking mechanism including: | 9,114 |
9,819,612 | 1. A bridge device, comprising: an ingress port; an egress port; and processing circuitry configured to | 42,649 |
8,623,557 | 1. An electrochemical cell for use with a liquid electrolyte, comprising: a cathode; and an anode comprising: | 9,713 |
9,526,182 | 1. A component-embedded substrate manufacturing method of manufacturing a component-embedded substrate where in an insulating substrate having a wiring pattern on a surface thereof, an electrical or electronic component having a terminal electrically connected to the wiring pattern is embedded, the method comprising: a mark forming step of forming a metal layer to serve as the wiring pattern on a support plate and forming a main mark made of a metal columnar body on a second surface opposite to a first surface contacting the support plate of the metal layer; a component mounting step of positioning the component using the main mark as a reference relative to the metal layer and mounting the component on the second surface of the metal layer with an insulating adhesive layer interposed between the second surface and each of the component and the terminal; a buried layer forming step of forming a buried layer serving as the insulating substrate having the component and the main mark buried on the second surface of the metal layer having the component mounted thereon; a window forming step of separating the support plate from the metal layer, then removing part of the metal layer from the first surface side of the metal layer exposed by the separation, to form a first window for exposing the main mark and at least a part of the buried layer; a via hole forming step of determining a position of a terminal of the component using the main mark exposed from the first window as a reference and forming a first via hole reaching the terminal; a conductive via forming step of subjecting the first via hole to a plating process, then filling metal into the first via hole to form a first conductive via; and a pattern forming step of forming the wiring pattern from the metal layer electrically connected to the terminal through the conductive via. | 2,193 |
9,416,246 | 1. A vapor phase process for producing a substantially anatase-free titanium dioxide pigment comprising: (a) reacting a vaporous titanium dioxide precursor and an oxygen containing gas in a reactor; and (b) introducing a mixture of liquid silicon halide liquid titanium dioxide precursor into the reactor at a point downstream of the addition of the vaporous titanium dioxide precursor, and the oxygen containing gas, and at a process temperature of about 1200° C. to about 1600° C. to produce titanium dioxide particles that are substantially encapsulated in silicon dioxide. | 9,427 |
8,826,425 | 1. A method performed by a computer for discovering security classifications of network areas, comprising: representing actually allowed network flows and flows permitted by a security policy in a format that enables comparison, wherein the actually allowed network flows and the security policy are provided in a networked computing environment including network areas, wherein each network area is a collection of one or more computing and network devices, and enterprise security policy defines security requirements for security classifications; collecting information on the actually allowed network flows in multiple stages, wherein the information collecting at a next stage is deployed at only fewer network devices than a previous stage for incrementally determining relationships between hosts of each actually allowed network flow; and discovering security zone classifications of each network area by comparing the information on the actually allowed network flows with the flows permitted by the security policy. | 34,673 |
9,173,930 | 1. A method for detecting a likelihood that a subject has an immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis , comprising contacting a biological sample from the subject comprising T cells ex vivo with one or more performing an enzyme-linked immunospot assay that detects interferon-γ in order to determine if the T cells in the biological sample specifically recognize the amino acid sequence of the one or more | 47,172 |
8,812,241 | 1. A computer-implemented method for compiling lifetime clinical data associated with an individual, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving at least a first correlation factor and a second correlation factor for approximating a first value obtainable using a first test methodology based upon a second value obtainable using a second test methodology, at least one of the first correlation factor or the second correlation factor comprising a reagent lot number correlation factor correlating a reagent lot number to a standard lot number; receiving a measured value associated with an individual, the measured value comprising clinical data obtained using the second test methodology; and causing a processor to normalize the measured value using the at least the first correlation factor and the second correlation factor and store the normalized value in an electronic database, wherein the electronic database is configured to store a plurality of values associated with the individual, each one of the plurality of values normalized with respect to the first test methodology. | 11,618 |
8,714,998 | 1. A device for the external electrical connection of the electrically active cells of an electrically active panel, such as the electricity-generating cells of a photovoltaic panel, wherein said device comprises: a male connector which is arranged on the edge of the photovoltaic panel and which comprises a plurality of external connection strips which are electrically connected to the electricity-generating cells, a bar for electrically interconnecting the external connection strips, comprising electrical junction means intended to be electrically connected to the external connection strips, said electrical junction means being connected to each other by electrical circuits which are suitable for the interconnection of the electricity-generating cells, a first external connector which comprises an electrical junction means with respect to an external connection strip which is connected to a first polarity of the electricity-generating cells, a second external connector which comprises an electrical junction means with respect to an external connection strip which is connected to a second polarity of electricity-generating cells and a means for retaining and assembling the male connector, the interconnection bar, the first external connector and the second external connector. | 2,166 |
9,126,187 | 1. A catalyst comprising a plurality of catalyst gauzes arranged in series, wherein each catalyst gauze comprises a first noble-metal-containing wire and a second noble-metal-containing wire embedded in the catalyst gauze, the second wire comprises at least one helically formed longitudinal section and defines a preferential direction of the catalyst gauze, wherein each catalyst gauze has a basic gauze structure comprising the first noble-metal-containing wire and having a gauze direction, wherein the second noble-metal-containing wire is embedded in the basic gauze structure, and wherein the gauze directions of neighboring catalyst gauzes extend in parallel to each other, and wherein the plurality of catalyst gauzes are arranged in series such that an angle between the preferential directions of neighboring catalyst gauzes ranges from 0° to 180°. | 46,525 |
8,785,092 | 1. A toner composition comprising: toner particles comprising a resin and a colorant; and one or more surface additives applied to a surface of the toner particles, the one or more surface additives comprising titania nanotubes or mixtures of titania nanotubes and titania nanosheets, wherein the titania nanotubes have an average particle diameter of from about from about 5 nm to about 100 nm. | 10,682 |
9,344,969 | 1. A method for a mobile phone achieving a quiescent state, the method comprising: probing by a mobile phone a base-transceiver station (BTS) while in an open-loop mode, and responsive to the probing, failing to receive a response from the BTS within a predetermined time; upon receiving no response from the BTS and when the mobile phone is transmitting at a maximum power of the mobile phone, completely ceasing probing the BTS at any power level while testing a plurality of sensors to sense for a change in location of the mobile phone with respect to the BTS according to the following process: resuming probing said BTS only when said difference for said first sensor or said second sensor is detected. | 7,909 |
9,341,109 | 1. A method for an engine including a controller, comprising: receiving data from a knock sensor via the controller; in response to an indication of pre-ignition provided via the knock sensor, adjusting a scroll valve coupled to an inlet of an outer scroll of a multi-scroll exhaust turbine to a first open position via the controller, the scroll valve operatively coupled to the controller; and in response to an indication of knock without pre-ignition provided via the knock sensor, adjusting the scroll valve to a second open position, the second position less open than the first position via the controller. | 20,784 |
8,757,539 | 1. A system for transporting airplanes on the airport apron, from a parking location to a takeoff runway and from a landing location to a parking location, comprised of guiding grooves in which guiding pins slide, said pins being installed in docking stations and catch-fitted to a wheel of an airplane, where the guiding grooves are covered from above by pivotable gratings of a segmental structure that are open giving way to a guiding pin sliding in a guiding groove, and after passage of the guiding pin they are closed, and moreover at the locations of abrupt curves of the guiding grooves or at the locations of changes in directions thereof, switching devices are installed. | 44,171 |
8,838,231 | 1. A method of lowering blood pressure in a subject comprising: establishing a baseline blood pressure; electrically stimulating the splanchnic nerve with at least one stimulation pattern for a first time period; subsequent to the step of stimulating the splanchnic nerve, waiting a second time period for the mean arterial blood pressure of the subject to drop to or below the established baseline blood pressure; repeating the steps of stimulating and waiting until the blood pressure of the subject is lower that the baseline blood pressure. | 7,291 |
9,478,743 | 1. A method for fabricating a PEDOT:PSS-based electrode, comprising the steps of: preparing a PEDOT:PSS thin film formed on a substrate; treating the thin film with a solution containing 75-100 vol % of sulfuric acid or a sulfuric acid derivative; separating the thin film from the solution and rinsing the separated thin film; and drying the rinsed thin film at a temperature between 60° C. and 160° C. | 30,118 |
9,327,245 | 1. A method for producing a stainless steel-γ-alumina composite membrane, comprising: receiving a macroporous austenitic stainless steel substrate; soaking the macroporous austenitic stainless steel substrate in a γ-alumina solution including gamma alumina powder, polyvinyl alcohol, and distilled water; rolling the surface of the macroporous austenitic stainless steel substrate soaked in the γ-alumina solution to remove excess γ-alumina solution; drying the rolled macroporous austenitic stainless steel substrate soaked in the γ-alumina solution in a heated environment; calcining the dried macroporous austenitic stainless steel substrate; preparing a colloidal Boehmite solution by: soaking the calcined macroporous austenitic stainless steel substrate overlaid with the first γ-alumina membrane in the colloidal Boehmite solution; drying the soaked macroporous austenitic stainless steel substrate in a heated environment; and sintering the dried macroporous austenitic stainless steel substrate. | 34,108 |
8,699,381 | 1. In an ad hoc network in which inbound messages are communicated from an originating node to a gateway node via a plurality of intermediate nodes, a method performed by an intermediate node in communicating an inbound message to a gateway node, comprising the steps of: maintaining, at a first node of the plurality of intermediate nodes, a routing table including a set of known intermediate nodes for use as a next hop towards a gateway node, the routing table comprising, for each known intermediate node, fields including, receiving, at the first node, an inbound message for communication to a gateway node; selecting, at the first node, a node for use as the next hop towards a gateway node for communicating the inbound message to a gateway node by, communicating, by the first node, the inbound message to the node identified by the next hop address for which the next hop qualifier is determined to be preferred based on said comparison; receiving, at the first node, an acknowledgment from the known intermediate node the inbound message was communicated to; and updating, at the first node based at least partially on information contained in the received acknowledgment, the next hop qualifier maintained in the routing table for the known intermediate node the acknowledgment was received from. | 19,307 |
9,833,787 | 1. A folding hopper for a bulk material processing apparatus, the folding hopper comprising: at least one sidewall pivotally mounted to a support frame via at least one first pivot mount; a first power operated mechanism having a first power operated actuator to provide pivoting of at least one sidewall between a lowered first position and a second raised position; at least one end wall pivotally mounted to the support frame via at least one second pivot mount and extending perpendicular or transverse to the at least one sidewall; a second power operated mechanism having a second power operated actuator arranged to pivot the at least one end wall between a lowered first position and a second raised position; and first and second mechanical interlock connections provided respectively at the at least one sidewall and the at least one end wall such that when interlocked the at least one sidewall and the at least one end wall are prevented from being pivoted from the raised second position to the lowered first position, wherein the first or second power operated mechanism includes a third power operated actuator configured to provide a translational movement of the at least one sidewall or the at least one end wall in an upward and downward direction such that a locking and unlocking of the first and second interlock connections includes the pivoting and the translational movement of the at least one sidewall or the at least one end wall. | 13,218 |
9,484,894 | 1. A self-adjusting duty cycle tuner comprising: a target signal input for receiving a target signal having a first frequency; an input pulse generator which produces high-speed input pulses at a frequency greater than a frequency of the target signal; a first counting circuit which receives the high-speed input pulses and the target signal, and derives a high count signal representing a high period of the target signal; a second counting circuit which receives the high-speed input pulses and the target signal, and derives a low count signal representing a low period of the target signal; a duty control logic circuit which receives the high count signal, the low count signal, a desired duty cycle value for the target signal, an increment threshold value and a decrement threshold value, then generates one or more duty control signals, wherein the one or more duty control signals include an increment signal and a decrement signal, the increment signal representing a first correction value for increasing the duty cycle of the target signal, and the decrement signal representing a second correction value for decreasing the duty cycle of the target signal, and wherein said duty control logic circuit includes a duty cycle arithmetic operation unit which implements add and divide operations using the high and low count signals and calculates an actual duty cycle value for the target signal, a comparator which activates a first output signal when the actual duty cycle value is smaller than the desired duty cycle value minus an increment threshold value and activates a second output signal when the actual duty cycle value is greater than the desired duty cycle value plus a decrement threshold value, a first subtractor which outputs a first amount by which the desired duty cycle exceeds the actual duty cycle, a second subtractor which outputs a second amount by which the actual duty cycle exceeds the desired duty cycle, a first multiplexer controlled by the first output signal of said comparator having input ports which receive a zero value and an output value of said first subtractor and having an output result which is the increment signal, and a second multiplexer controlled by the second output signal of said comparator having input ports which receive a zero value and an output value of said second subtractor and having an output result which is the decrement signal; and a duty cycle controller which automatically adjusts the duty cycle of the target signal in response to the one or more duty control signals to provide an output signal having the desired duty cycle value. | 31,285 |
9,744,585 | 1. A continuous heating device for a coil spring, the device comprising: a pair of tapered rollers configured to support and rotate the coil spring, configured to have a cross-sectional diameter that increases as it goes from a front end portion to a rear end portion, and configured to have rotational inner surfaces that are arranged to be parallel with each other while the central rotation axes thereof are not parallel with each other; an electric induction coil configured to heat the coil spring; a conveyor chain configured to have a push rod that is installed therein to move the coil spring; and a driving unit configured to provide a rotational driving force to the pair of tapered rollers. | 13,591 |
9,611,801 | 1. A fuel system, comprising: a first direct injector receiving fuel from a first fuel rail and delivering fuel to an engine cylinder; a second direct injector receiving fuel from a second fuel rail and delivering fuel to the engine cylinder; a high pressure mechanical fuel pump providing fuel at a variable high pressure to the first fuel rail and at a fixed high pressure to the second fuel rail, the high pressure fuel pump including no electrical connection to a controller, the first fuel rail coupled to an outlet of the high pressure fuel pump, the second fuel rail coupled to an inlet of the high pressure fuel pump; a solenoid activated pressure control valve positioned upstream of the inlet of the high pressure fuel pump for varying a pressure of fuel delivered by the pump to the first fuel rail; and a mechanical pressure relief valve coupled upstream of the high pressure fuel pump, between the pressure control valve and the second fuel rail, the pressure relief valve configured to maintain the fixed pressure at the second fuel rail. | 30,449 |
9,853,443 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining measurement samples of current or power flow at a location in a power system, said power system comprising a plurality of PhotoVoltaic (PV) panels; computing, from said measurement samples, frequency components of said current or power flow in a frequency spectrum; detecting an arc fault in said power system only when at least a predetermined number of said frequency components, including any of said frequency components in said frequency spectrum, exceed a common threshold amplitude. | 48,503 |
9,150,465 | 1. A process for converting a hydrocarbon stream to light olefins, comprising: passing a hydrocarbon stream to a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, thereby creating a cracked effluent stream; separating the cracked effluent stream, thereby creating a first process stream comprising light olefins, and a second process stream comprising olefins and paraffins in the C4 to C12 range; passing the second stream to an olefin cracking reactor, thereby creating a conversion product stream with an increased content of light olefins; separating the conversion product stream into a light olefin product stream, and a light olefin depleted stream comprising paraffins and naphthenes; passing the light olefin depleted stream to a dehydrogenation reactor, thereby creating a third process stream with an increased level of olefins, wherein: the dehydrogenation reactor is part of a dehydrogenation reactor/regenerator system, the dehydrogenation reactor/regenerator system uses a short cycle time between 10 and 20 minutes, the regenerator provides heat for the dehydrogenation reactor, an FCC regenerator flue gas supplies heat to the regenerator, and the dehydrogenation reactor includes a catalyst comprising a metal on a support, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Pt, Cr, Zr, a Zr—Cr blend, and mixtures thereof; and passing the third process stream to an olefin conversion reactor; wherein light olefins comprise ethylene and propylene. | 36,759 |
8,645,435 | 1. A method comprising: receiving an application command, the application command comprising an identification of a source and a location of source data at the source; receiving a list indicative of sectors for storing data; receiving a file create command to create a new file having a defined size; creating the new file having the defined size; providing a file system command to initiate a write process of the source data into the new file; and writing the source data to sectors identified in the list, directly from the source to the new file, without a file system operating as an intermediary to the writing of the source data to the new file. | 73 |
8,498,886 | 1. A method for creating an electric vehicle charging network comprising: receiving first location data from a first remote device; providing, by at least one server, electric vehicle charger data to the first remote device as a function of the first location data, the electric vehicle charger data relating to a first electric vehicle charger not yet existing; receiving second location data from a second remote device; providing, by the at least one server, the electric vehicle charger data to the second remote device as a function of the second location data; in response to the electric vehicle charger data, receiving interest data from the first and second remote devices to permit creation of the first electric vehicle charger, the interest data including information regarding participation in creating the first electric vehicle charger; and creating the first electric vehicle charger as a function of the interest data, wherein the creating the first electric vehicle charger as a function of the interest data includes determining, by the at least one server, a level of participation in creating the first electric vehicle charger from the interest data and creating the first electric vehicle charger when the interest data received by the at least one server indicates the level of participation reaches a predetermined threshold. | 40,113 |
8,578,048 | 1. A method for routing commands in a modularized software system, comprising: (a) expressly or implicitly specifying a route from an originating node to a target node using a protocol that supports specifying a plurality of links through successive addresses in said route to reach said target node; (b) specifying a command to be executed at said target node; (c) invoking a socket with said route and command as parameters; (d) routing the command and parameters in accordance with said route; (e) executing the command with its parameters at said target node; (f) returning any results of said execution back through said route to said originating node; and (g) closing down said route when said execution is completed. | 15,816 |
8,711,585 | 1. A method for reducing a double-frequency ripple current disturbance introduced by an inverter load coupled to a fuel cell system, the method comprising: generating, by a first proportional-resonant controller, an output having a first double-frequency component of a phase shift angle between the active switches on a low voltage side (LVS) and a high voltage side (HVS) of a fuel cell system; generating, by a proportional-integral controller, an output having a dc component and a second double-frequency component of the phase shift angle between the active switches on the low voltage side (LVS) and the high voltage side (HVS) of the fuel cell system; and offsetting the first double-frequency component generated by the first proportional-resonant controller with the second double-frequency component generated by the proportional-integral controller to reduce a double-frequency ripple current disturbance introduced when an inverter load is coupled to the fuel cell system. | 17,993 |
8,700,109 | 1. A superconducting fault current limiting system (SCFCL) with improved reliability, the SCFCL system comprising: an input current lead and an output current lead, each current lead coupled to a power distribution/transmission network; a container; a superconductor contained in the container, one end of the superconductor being connected to the input current lead and another end of the superconductor connected to the output current lead; a shunt disposed outside the container and in parallel with the superconductor, the first end of the shunt being connected to the input current lead and a second end of the shunt being connected to the output current lead; a cryogenic system configured to provide coolant into the container, wherein the coolant is configured to maintain temperature of the superconductors below critical temperature of the superconductor; and at least one sensor disposed near and configured to monitor at least one operating condition of at least one of the input current lead and the output current lead, the superconductor, and the shunt. | 9,254 |
9,626,136 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive a print job transmitted from an external device; a printing unit configured to print an image on a print medium based on the print job; a storage unit configured to store one of the print job and image data associated with the print job; an input interface configured to receive a print execution command for commanding an execution of the printing of the print job stored in the storage unit; a power source controlled by a processor and configured to supply an electric power to at least the printing unit; and the processor configured to: wherein the processor is configured to judge whether the print-execution-command-input required print job is an authentication print job that requires an input of the authentication information into the input interface by a user to perform the printing or a non-authentication print job that does not require the input of the authentication information into the input interface by the user to perform printing, wherein, when the processor judges the print job received by the receiver as the authentication print job, the processor sets the after-print-job-receipt standby time to a first time, and when the processor judges the print job received by the receiver as the non-authentication print job, the processor sets the after-print-job-receipt standby time to a second time that is shorter than the first time, wherein, when printing for all the authentication print jobs stored in the storage unit is completed, or all of the authentication print jobs for which the printing has not been performed are deleted from the storage unit, and when printing for all the non-authentication print jobs stored in the storage unit is completed, or all of the non-authentication print jobs for which the printing has not been performed are deleted from the storage unit, the processor sets each of the first time and the second time to a length of time that is equal to the after-printing standby time for the print-execution-command-input unrequired print job, and wherein, when printing for all the authentication print jobs stored in the storage unit is completed, or all of the authentication print jobs for which the printing has not been performed are deleted from the storage unit, and when printing for all the non-authentication print jobs stored in the storage unit is not completed, or all of the non-authentication print jobs for which the printing has not been performed are not deleted from the storage unit, the processor sets the first time to a length of time that is equal to the second time. | 12,501 |
8,440,147 | 1. A device for containing liquid, the device comprising: a first discretization structure; and a first supply structure for supplying, in response to a driving force, a first liquid at a first inflow rate to the first discretization structure; the first discretization structure being shaped to define a first outlet and a first threshold level to which the first discretization structure fills with the first liquid before dispensing the first liquid, in response to the driving force, at a first outflow rate through the first outlet, the outlet being spaced from the first threshold level in the direction of the driving force; wherein the first outflow rate is greater than the first inflow rate, thereby periodically emptying the first discretization structure to create a discretized flow of the first liquid from the first outlet in response to the driving force. | 12,717 |
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