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8,799,514 | 1. A method comprising: allocating, by a network device, a first port range to a user device, the first port range being associated with a first Internet Protocol (IP) address; establishing, by the network device and after allocating the first port range, sessions by using first ports of the first port range; measuring, by the network device, a period of time after allocating the first port range; determining, by the network device, that the measured period of time is equal to a particular period of time; selecting, by the network device, a second port range based on determining that the measured period of time is equal to the particular period of time; allocating, by the network device, the second port range to the user device; and migrating, by the network device and after allocating the second port range, at least one of the sessions from the first ports of the first port range to second ports of the second port range. | 35,551 |
9,646,829 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode over a substrate having an insulating surface; forming an anti-oxidation layer on and in contact with the gate electrode, the anti-oxidation layer containing at least one of molybdenum nitride, tungsten nitride, titanium nitride, tantalum nitride, and aluminum nitride; forming an insulating layer over the gate electrode and the anti-oxidation layer; forming an oxide semiconductor layer in contact with the insulating layer; and performing a light irradiation treatment on at least the gate electrode, whereby oxygen released from the insulating layer is added to the oxide semiconductor layer. | 26,011 |
8,380,659 | 1. A method of replicating data for a distributed database between a plurality of instances, each instance comprising one or more server computers with memory and one or more processors, the method comprising: identifying a first instance of the distributed database at a first geographic location; identifying a second instance of the distributed database at a second geographic location; tracking changes to the distributed database at the first instance by storing deltas, each delta having a row identifier that identifies a piece of data modified, a sequence identifier that specifies an order in which the delta is applied to the second instance, and an instance identifier that specifies an instance where the delta was created; determining which deltas are to be sent to the second instance using a second egress map at the first instance, wherein the second egress map specifies which combinations of row identifier and sequence identifier have been acknowledged as received at the second instance; building a second transmission matrix for the second instance that identifies deltas that have not yet been acknowledged as received at the second instance; transmitting deltas identified in the second transmission matrix to the second instance; receiving acknowledgement that transmitted deltas have been incorporated in the second instance; and updating the second egress map to indicate acknowledged deltas. | 32,686 |
9,100,300 | 1. A method for mitigating network connection problems when a first computing device is unable to connect to a remote resource, comprising: a second computing device receiving a request for diagnostic testing over a second network from the first computing device; the second computing device performing diagnostic tests on a data path to desired remote resource; the second computing device sending over the second network results from the diagnostic tests regarding the data path connectivity to the first device that is unable to connect to the desired remote resource, wherein the results are analyzed so as to determine one or more locations of network connectivity failure; the second computing device sending a request to a remote resource to perform a reverse traceroute; the second computing device receiving the results of data path connectivity and reverse traceroute results from the remote resource; and the second computer device sending results of data path connectivity and reverse traceroute results via the second network to the first computing device. | 45,071 |
9,506,377 | 1. A method for recovering thermal energy in a thermal treatment of a cold-rolled steel strip in a hood-type annealing furnace, where the cold-rolled steel strip is heated up in a protective gas atmosphere to a temperature above a recrystallization temperature, being subjected in a subsequent first, slow cooling phase and a second, fast cooling phase, following the first, slow cooling phase, to a protective gas and having a temperature reduced in a course of the first, slow cooling phase down to an intermediate temperature and in the second, fast cooling phase from the intermediate temperature to a final temperature, which comprises the steps of: providing a first heat exchanger being flowed through by the protective gas exclusively in the first, slow cooling phase, the first heat exchanger transferring the thermal energy of the protective gas by way of a closed oil circuit and a second heat exchanger to a working medium, the working medium under standard pressure having a boiling temperature of less than 80° C., and evaporates in the second heat exchanger; feeding the working medium to a steam motor, the steam motor converting a part of the thermal energy contained in the working medium into at least one of mechanical or electrical energy; coupling the steam motor in driving terms to an electrical generator, the electrical generator feeding generated electrical energy into at least one of a power storage unit, a public power supply or a power supply of its own; and providing a further heat exchanger being flowed through by the protective gas exclusively in the second, fast cooling phase and in the further heat exchanger the thermal energy contained in the protective gas is transferred to a further heat transfer medium for heating up service water. | 32,792 |
8,967,689 | 1. A tool for handling storage media in carriers, the tool comprising: a tool body; a first jaw to engage a first side of the storage media in carrier; a second jaw on a moveable handle to engage a second opposed side of the storage media in carrier; wherein at least the second jaw is pivotally mounted on the tool body so as to be movable between a first position in which the jaw is positioned so as to enable storage media in carrier to be freely moved into an engagement position with the tool and a second position in which the jaw engages the storage media in carrier so as to releasably lock the storage media in carrier to the tool, wherein the tool body has a central planar section in the form of a lattice; and a fixed arm extending from the tool body and comprising two fixed vertical members and a connecting cross member, wherein the handle is sized to fit within the outer limits of the fixed arm. | 4,928 |
9,585,906 | 1. A compound represented by the following formula: wherein (a) R (b) R (c) R (d) R (e) R (f) R (g) R (h) X is F; (i) Y is OH; (j) R (k) R | 30,538 |
8,857,815 | 1. A paper feeding device comprising: a microphone that detects sound occurred on a paper conveying path; a pre-processing unit that performs pre-processing on a signal of the sound detected by the microphone; a storage that stores a first set for detecting a momentary sound and a second set for detecting a continuous sound which respectively include a reference value for an intensity of the sound and a reference value for a duration time of the sound; and a jam detection unit that detects a jam of paper based on the sound signal on which the pre-processing is performed, the first set and the second set. | 1,838 |
8,558,505 | 1. A sharing charging system having a plurality of charging stations and a power receiving facility for supplying power to each of the plurality of charging stations, wherein: the power receiving facility comprises: the charging station comprises: when the charge amount control unit determines based on a determination result of the control unit of the plurality of charging stations that only the charge controllable vehicle is connected, the charge amount control unit distributes and supplies the available power of the power supply unit to each of the charge controllable vehicles; and when the charge amount control unit determines based on a determination result of the control unit of the plurality of charging stations that the charge controllable vehicle and the charge uncontrollable vehicle are connected, the charge amount control unit distributes and supplies the available power of the power supply unit to the charge controllable vehicle or the charge uncontrollable vehicle so that total power derived from the charge controllable vehicle and the charge uncontrollable vehicle does not exceed the available power of the power supply unit, and distributes as time division and supplies the available power of the power supply unit to the charge controllable vehicle and the charge uncontrollable vehicle. | 43,000 |
9,322,580 | 1. A circuit assembly comprising: a circuit board; a thermoelectric module; and at least one electrical pathway coupling the thermoelectric module to the circuit board; wherein the circuit board forms at least part of the thermoelectric module; and wherein the circuit board supports electrical components on the circuit board at locations spaced apart from the thermoelectric module; and the circuit assembly further comprising multiple thermoelectric modules, and wherein the circuit board forms at least part of the multiple thermoelectric modules. | 28,848 |
9,340,893 | 1. A consumable anode for an electroplating apparatus, the consumable anode comprising: a plurality of sections, wherein each section has a first surface and a second surface, substantially parallel to the first surface, wherein both the first and the second surfaces have a shape of a sector of a circle, wherein each of the sections has a plurality of through channels connecting the first and second surfaces, wherein one of the first and second surfaces has at least one depression configured for registering with a protrusion on a component of an anode assembly, and wherein the at least one depression surrounds at least one through channel of the plurality of the through channels. | 11,865 |
8,667,708 | 1. A shoe sole comprising: a sole body having a first cavity, and a second cavity spaced from the first cavity and which is provided at a forward region of the sole body; a dispenser device housed in the first cavity and having a container housing a compressed gas including an active ingredient, the container having an output for dispensing the compressed gas including the active ingredient; a diffuser housed in the second cavity and which is fluidically connected to the dispenser device, the diffuser having openings which emit the compressed gas including the active ingredient to an area inside the shoe; and an actuator operatively connected to said output and said diffuser to permit closing of said output to restrict delivery of said compressed gas including the active ingredient and opening of said output to permit delivery of said compressed gas including the active ingredient from said container, wherein the actuator comprises an electro-magnet which produces a magnetic field from an electrical current, and a moving element which assumes different positions under control of said magnetic field and mechanically coupled to said output so as to correspondingly close and open said output. | 39,646 |
9,470,210 | 1. A wind turbine, comprising: a turbine rotor; a turbine support; a first magnet set located on a lower surface of said turbine rotor, magnets therein having a generally rectangular shape and disposed in a ring along said lower surface of said turbine rotor; and a second magnet set located on an upper surface of said turbine support, magnets therein having a generally cylindrical shape, each of said cylindrically-shaped magnets being disposed in a ring and substantially aligned below a respective rectangularly-shaped magnet in said first magnet set, whereby, in operation, a space between said first magnet set on said turbine rotor and said second magnet set on said turbine support opens, wherein the space is created by the magnet sets in opposition. | 40,634 |
9,617,895 | 1. A device, comprising: a pipeline section configured to conduct an exhaust-gas flow, said pipeline section having a wall, a longitudinal axis, an inlet end, an outlet end, a rectilinear section and a protuberance; at least one respective disk-shaped honeycomb body disposed at each of said inlet end and said outlet end; said protuberance having an overall height above said wall and an overall extent along said longitudinal axis, said overall extent being at least twice as great as said overall height, and said protuberance having an opening formed therein defining a central axis of said opening directed toward one of said disk-shaped honeycomb bodies; and a metering device installed in said opening and configured to introduce a liquid additive into said rectilinear section; said pipeline section having a bend upstream of said at least one respective disk-shaped honeycomb body disposed at said outlet end and between said metering device and said outlet end, and said bend having an angle of between 10° and 45°. | 46,990 |
9,450,505 | 1. An optoelectronic component device, comprising: a first group of optoelectronic components comprising at least one first optoelectronic component, wherein the at least one first optoelectronic component is designed to provide electromagnetic radiation of a first color valence; a second group of optoelectronic components comprising at least one second optoelectronic component, wherein the at least one second optoelectronic component is designed to provide electromagnetic radiation of a second color valence; and a phase dimmer, | 11,654 |
9,589,021 | 1. A method, the method carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor, the method comprising: deconstructing a first system tree in a computer-readable medium, the first system tree deconstructing into a first plurality of constituent nodes, each node in the first system tree representing a characteristic of a component of a system under consideration; searching a database of trees for a plurality of trees containing similar attributes to the first system tree, within an inputted band of variability, across key system characteristics; ranking each of the first nodes according to their respective environmental impact in relation to a plurality of relevant nodes such that a second plurality of environmentally unfriendly nodes are ranked highly; qualifying a second tree of the plurality of trees based on a frequency of nodes in the second tree that are similar to the second environmentally unfriendly nodes; selecting a third plurality of most relevant nodes from the second tree, wherein the searching the database is terminated when the third nodes reach a threshold, the threshold representing a fraction, less than a whole, of an environmental footprint of the first system tree; and replacing, in the first system tree, the second nodes with the third nodes. | 35,997 |
8,416,852 | 1. A video signal coding system for network transmission comprising: a video output apparatus and a signal conversion apparatus, the video output apparatus including the signal conversion apparatus including the signal conversion apparatus performing encoding in the encoding unit using the second motion vector. | 40,828 |
8,842,412 | 1. A method comprising: selecting an insulating substrate having an upper surface and having a first wire in said insulating substrate; forming a first insulating layer over said upper surface of said insulating substrate and over said first wire; forming a first tapered opening in said first insulating layer over said first wire exposing said upper surface of said first wire; forming a bottom electrode of a capacitor on said first insulating layer; forming a first conductor over said upper surface of said first wire, said first tapered opening and said first insulating layer to said bottom electrode; forming a second insulating layer over said bottom electrode; and forming a top electrode of said capacitor on said second insulating layer positioned over said bottom electrode, said top electrode having a periphery interior of a periphery of said bottom electrode. | 40,827 |
9,818,551 | 1. A dye-sensitized solar cell, which uses an electrolytic composition comprising support electrolyte comprising I 2 and LiI, and an additive comprising 4-(trimethylsilyl)pyridine (4-TMSpy) | 10,315 |
9,209,026 | 1. A method of fabricating a thin-film device, including: forming an oxide-semiconductor film on a first electrical insulator; and forming a second electrical insulator on said oxide-semiconductor film, said oxide-semiconductor film defining an active layer, said oxide-semiconductor film being formed by repeatedly carrying out formation of an oxide-semiconductor film and oxidation treatment, said oxide-semiconductor film being comprised of a first interface layer located at an interface with said first electrical insulator, a second interface layer located at an interface with said second electrical insulator, and a bulk layer other than said first and second interface layers, a density of oxygen holes in at least one of said first and second interface layers being smaller than a density of oxygen holes in said bulk layer, wherein the thin-film device comprises an insulating substrate; and | 19,049 |
8,575,907 | 1. An electricity power limiter comprising: (a) a power sensor for receiving a predetermined portion of output power of a secondary winding of a transformer; (b) a converter for converting received power into heat through a heating element of a microstructure; (c) a temperature sensor for measuring temperature of the microstructure; (d) a comparator comprising a first input as the output of the temperature sensor, a second input as a reference signal generated from a controller and an output as a PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) signal, wherein said reference signal generated by the controller is determined based upon at least a predetermined maximum output power of the secondary winding of the transformer; (e) a feedback loop connected between the output of the comparator and an input of a switch; and (f) said switch connected to the secondary winding in series for modulating the output power by said PWM signal. | 35,950 |
9,399,588 | 1. An electrolysis water-making apparatus for making electrolysis water by electrolyzing a raw material solution including a chlorine ion, the electrolysis water-making apparatus comprising: an electrolytic cell; a raw material solution feed pump used to supply the raw material solution to the electrolytic cell; a pipe connecting an outlet of the raw material solution feed pump allowing the raw material solution to be discharged therefrom and an inlet allowing the raw material solution to flow into the electrolytic cell, a dilution water pump used to supply dilution water to be mixed in the raw material solution so that the raw material solution has a predetermined electrolyte concentration; and a second pipe connecting a second outlet of the dilution water pump allowing the dilution water to be discharged therefrom and a second inlet allowing the dilution water to flow into the electrolytic cell, wherein the raw material solution feed pump is provided so that the outlet is disposed on a lower side of the inlet and wherein the dilution water pump is provided so that the second outlet is disposed on an upper side of the second inlet. | 33,067 |
8,393,134 | 1. A bit which comprises a mouthpiece having two mouthpiece members; and a tongue member arranged on the mouthpiece such that, when the mouthpiece is received in an oral cavity of an animal, the tongue member bears against a tongue of the animal, each mouthpiece members defining a corresponding set of interlocking engagement teeth, the interlocking engagement teeth of one of the sets being configured to push against the interlocking engagement teeth of the other set such that the movement of one mouthpiece member in a first direction causes the other mouthpiece member to move in a second direction opposite to the first direction to thereby maintain the tongue member in a central position over the animal's tongue during movement of the mouthpiece members. | 21,994 |
9,796,478 | 1. A method of controlling solar panels in a solar propelled aircraft comprising: a first panel and a second panel each having a first planar surface and a second planar surface, wherein the first planar surface of each panel is parallel and opposite to the second planar surface of each panel; a first solar cell module which is positioned in a main wing or a tail wing of the aircraft, disposed on the first planar surface of the first panel, and receives solar energy directly from the sun; a second solar cell module which is positioned in the main wing or the tail wing of the aircraft, disposed on the second planar surface of the second panel, and supplied with directed energy from a directed energy supply apparatus; and a rotating shaft which is located between and connected to the first and second panels, wherein the rotating shaft is rotated by a controller so that the first and second panels are rotated by the rotating shaft, wherein the second planar surface of the first panel is directly connected to the rotating shaft, wherein the first planar surface of the second panel is directly connected to the rotating shaft, and wherein the second planar surface of the first panel and the first planar surface of the second panel are parallel to and face each other, the method comprising: rotating the rotating shaft using the controller to position the first and second solar cell modules in accordance with a position of the sun or the directed energy supply apparatus. | 16,920 |
9,228,079 | 1. A single layered biodegradable sheet comprising about 33.3% w/w PLA, 33.3% w/w PBS and 33.3% w/w PBAT. | 1,812 |
8,510,355 | 1. A method in a processor comprising: determining that unprocessed data bits for a partial variable length symbol exist in a first data block; and performing a shift merge operation in response to an instruction decoded by the processor using circuitry of the processor to merge said unprocessed data bits from said first data block with a second data block to form a merged data block, wherein said shift merge operation operates at a byte granularity, and wherein the instruction indicates a number of bytes to indicate the unprocessed data bits from the first data block. | 38,270 |
8,524,179 | 1. A method, comprising: generating from a mercury-containing feed material a mercury-containing gas stream comprising vapor-phase elemental mercury and a vapor-phase halogen; contacting the mercury-containing gas stream with a reactive surface agent upstream of an air preheater, the reactive surface agent and vapor phase halogen converting elemental mercury into ionic mercury and collecting the ionic mercury on the reactive surface agent, wherein at least one of the following is true: (a) the reactive surface agent comprises a porous carbonaceous material and the reactive surface agent is added to the mercury-containing gas stream and (b) the reactive surface agent comprises a noncarbonaceous material to provide surface area for mercury collection; and removing the ionic mercury active agent and reactive surface agent from the mercury-containing gas stream. | 33,765 |
9,378,957 | 1. A dopant source composition comprising of a solvent, from about 2.5 weight percent to about 40 weight percent of a glass/ceramic precursor composition wherein the glass/ceramic precursor composition comprises a precursor for glass/ceramic oxide, nitride, carbide or combinations thereof, and from about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt % doped particles selected from the group consisting of doped silicon nanoparticles, doped silica nanoparticles or a combination thereof. | 42,492 |
8,829,745 | 1. A stator system of a generator of a wind turbine, the stator system comprising: a stator segment which comprises a plurality of sheet elements which are fixed together along an axial direction such that a stator lamination is formed, the stator segment comprises a plurality of parallel cooling channels which each comprises an opening at an axial front face of the stator segment; a plate mounted to the axial front face is configured to apply pressure to the stator segment stator lamination in order to tighten the stator lamination; a supply system is configured to supply cooling fluid to the plurality of parallel cooling channels; an outer-manifold segment welded to the plate is configured to form an outer-guide channel for maintaining the cooling fluid between the outer-manifold segment and the plate; and an inner manifold segment which is attached to the plate between the outer-manifold segment and the plate such the inner-manifold forms an inner guide channel for maintaining the cooling fluid between the inner-manifold segment and the plate, wherein the plate comprises a through-hole for each of the plurality of parallel cooling channels for generating a connection between the opening of the respective cooling channel and one of the guide channels, and wherein the supply system is connected to the outer-guide channel in order to supply the cooling fluid into the outer-guide channel. | 37,482 |
9,494,086 | 1. A system comprising: a controller comprising: the control process is configured to receive a user input representative of a life cycle control modality and to execute a control action based on deriving a load efficiency by applying the current load path, the minimum load path, the constant efficiency load path, or a combination thereof, and the life cycle control modality, wherein the control action is applied to control a turbomachine system and a bottoming cycle system fluidly coupled to the turbomachine system. | 14,534 |
9,490,096 | 1. A medium voltage controllable fuse comprising: a trigger wire comprised of an exothermic reactive intermetallic material, said trigger wire rapidly heating in response to a trigger signal and thereby initiating an exothermic reaction that destroys the trigger wire; a high-current fault interrupting section responsible for opening the fuse and extinguishing arcs in the event of a high-current fault, said high-current fault interrupting section including a first fusible element comprised of a conducting member; a low-current fault interrupting section responsible for opening the fuse and extinguishing arcs in the event of a low-current fault, said low-current fault interrupting section including: a fuse housing defining a chamber for housing the trigger wire, the high-current fault interrupting section, and the low-current fault interrupting section, said fuse housing including a fuse body and a pair of conductive end caps mounted at opposite ends of the fuse body, wherein said high-current and low-current fault interrupting sections are connected in series between the pair of conductive end caps. | 1,862 |
8,552,848 | 1. A blind spot detection and rear crossing path warning system for a host vehicle, comprising: at least one radar sensor mounted in a rear portion of said host vehicle; each said radar sensor projecting at least a radar beam and transmitting radar data to an electronic control unit (ECU) with memory having tables therein with maximum and minimum radar beam ranges for a blind spot detection mode and separate maximum and minimum radar beam ranges for a rear crossing path collision mode; each said radar beam capable of multiple data transmission to said ECU and having a programmable range limit as determined by said ECU maximum and minimum ranges for determining at least one of distance, speed and trajectory of an approaching object, whether said object is a threat and a level of threat posed to warn an operator when an object is detected within said programmable range limit; said system operating in a blind spot detection mode using said maximum and minimum radar beam ranges corresponding to said blind spot detection mode when said vehicle is not in reverse gear, and operating in a rear crossing path warning mode using said maximum and minimum radar beam ranges corresponding to said rear crossing path warning mode when said vehicle is in reverse gear, wherein one radar sensor per side performs all functions of said system. | 27,324 |
8,607,873 | 1. A device configured to control a fluid flow between a petroleum reservoir ( 6 ) and a pipe body ( 2 ), wherein an inflow chamber ( wherein the flow controller ( wherein a wall of the inflow chamber ( wherein the inflow chamber ( wherein the flow controller ( wherein the piston ( wherein the second side ( wherein a valve body ( wherein a first end of the cylinder ( wherein a face of the first diaphragm ( wherein alterations of any pressure difference (ΔP) between a pressure (Pr) from the reservoir ( | 42,158 |
8,543,407 | 1. A speech processing method, comprising: determining a set of available instructions; determining data structures corresponding to the available instructions; processing a natural language speech input representing at least one instruction with respect to the determined data structures; determining if the natural language speech input likely represents an instruction; determining a completeness and an ambiguity of the likely represented instruction with respect to the data structures, and if the likely represented instruction is too ambiguous or incomplete for proper execution, prompting for further speech input to reduce ambiguity or incompleteness; targeting a likely represented instruction which is sufficiently complete and unambiguous for proper execution to one of a plurality of respective applications; preserving a system state prior to at least partially executing the sufficiently complete and unambiguous instruction; executing the sufficiently complete and unambiguous instruction by the one of the plurality of applications; and restoring the preserved system state after execution of the sufficiently complete and unambiguous instruction. | 22,603 |
9,053,763 | 1. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising: a memory cell array configured to comprises a plurality of strings; a page buffer unit connected to the plurality of strings, respectively, and configured to sense data; and a switching unit disposed between the memory cell array and the page buffer unit and configured to comprise a variable resistor. | 8,826 |
9,227,295 | 1. A non-polished glass wafer comprising: a body including a non-polished first surface and a non-polished second surface which are substantially parallel to each other, wherein: the body has a wafer quality index which is less than about 6.0, wherein the wafer quality index is equal to a total thickness variation in micrometers plus one-tenth of a warp in micrometers, wherein the total thickness variation is a difference between a highest thickness elevation and a lowest thickness elevation across the body between the non-polished first surface and the non-polished second surface, and the warp is a sum of absolute values of a maximum distance between a highest point and a least squares focal plane applied to a shape of the body and a maximum distance between a lowest point and the least squares focal plane applied to the shape of the body, where the highest point and the lowest point are both with respect to a same non-polished surface of the body; and the non-polished first surface has a surface roughness less than about 5 Å RMS. | 14,085 |
8,654,492 | 1. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection apparatus, comprising: a clamp circuit, comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, a control terminal and a coupling terminal, the first terminal and the second terminal of the clamp circuit being respectively coupled to a first rail line and a second rail line, the coupling terminal of the clamp circuit generating a first coupling potential in response to an ESD event; and a detection circuit, comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the detection circuit directly coupled to the coupling terminal of the clamp circuit and a control circuit, the second terminal of the detection circuit which is different from the first terminal directly coupled to the second rail line, wherein the detection circuit outputs a detection signal in response to the first coupling potential; wherein the control circuit is coupled to the first rail line, the second rail line, the detection circuit and the clamp circuit, the control circuit being enabled to output a conduction signal to the control terminal of the clamp circuit in response to the detection signal; and wherein the clamp circuit is conducted in response to the conduction signal so that ESD between the first rail line and the second rail line is performed through the clamp circuit. | 9,971 |
8,785,452 | 1. A compound having the general formula VIIIa: wherein X Z Z R R wherein Z | 1,166 |
8,872,038 | 1. An anisotropic conductor comprising: an insulating base that is formed by using a rubber elastic material; a conductive section that penetrates the base in the thickness direction, the conductive section being exposed from the base to form a conductive contact; and an adhesive section that is exposed from the conductive contact-formed surface of the base to form an adhesive surface, wherein an intermediate sheet is provided between the base and the adhesive section, the intermediate sheet exhibiting adhesiveness to the base, and has a substantially same size in plan view as that of the adhesive section. | 25,473 |
8,524,879 | 1. An RNA duplex comprising a first strand of RNA and a second strand of RNA, wherein the first strand comprises at least 15 contiguous nucleotides encoded by (a) shHDEx2.1 (SEQ ID NO:7), (b) shHDEx2.2 19 nt (SEQ ID NO:8), (c) shHDEx2.2 21 nt (SEQ ID NO:9), (d) shHDEx3.1 19 nt (SEQ ID NO:10), or (e) shHDEx3.1 21 nt (SEQ ID NO:11), and wherein the second strand is complementary to at least 12 contiguous nucleotides of the first strand. | 2,833 |
8,452,949 | 1. A system for booting a personal computer from alternate storage devices comprising: a personal computer; a first removable media device having a first port that is connectable to the personal computer to allow said first removable media device to be removed and connected via connection via said first port, said first removable media device containing computer readable instructions including: a bootable operating system; at least a first software program with a user interface; said bootable operating system after being booted by said personal computer operating to launch said first software program: said first software program executed by said personal computer to: receive a selection from said user of an operating system to be booted, and using said selection to determine a selected master boot record for a selected operating system, and reading a volume boot code from the selected master boot record for the selected operating system into memory and cause said personal computer to begin executing the volume boot code thereby starting a boot sequence for the selected operating system. | 23,692 |
8,562,888 | 1. A method of applying a flowable substance to a fastener coupled to a fastened member, the method comprising: a. providing a sealant dispenser with an attached nozzle tip that is in fluid communication with a supply of sealant, the nozzle tip having an opening adapted to define the space over an interface between a fastener and a fastened member when placed on the fastened member above the fastener and placing the nozzle tip over the fastener, enclosing the space over the interface between the fastener and the fastened member so that at least a portion of a fastener head of the fastener extends outside of the space; and b. dispensing sealant to the nozzle tip from the supply of sealant, covering the interface between the fastener and the fastened member by filling the space with a flowable substance, the at least portion of a fastener head remaining devoid of the flowable substance. | 31,150 |
8,963,531 | 1. An output control apparatus for use with a solar cell for controlling an output of the solar cell, the solar cell being configured to operate at an output point in an increase area or a transient load area in accordance with a load where: (i) the increase area is an area in which an output of the solar cell increases as the load increases; and (ii) the transient load area is an area in which (ii-1) an output voltage of the solar cell rapidly decreases at a load point which is a higher-load side than a first maximum output point of the solar cell and which is in the vicinity of the first maximum output point, and (ii-2) the output voltage of the solar cell rapidly increases after the rapid decrease of the output voltage of the solar cell in the vicinity of the first maximum output point, said output control apparatus comprising: | 40,384 |
9,036,966 | 1. A beam-shaping optical system that supports an optical fiber having a central axis and an end, with the system being suitable for use within an optical coherence tomography (OCT) transparent housing having a cylindrical body with asymmetric optical power, comprising: a transparent monolithic solid body having an optical axis, an outer surface and opposite front and back ends, with the transparent monolithic solid body defining in order along the optical axis from the back end: at least one alignment feature configured to operably support the optical fiber so that the optical fiber central axis is substantially coaxially aligned with the optical axis, the at least one alignment feature terminating at an angled end wall located between the front and back ends; a recess that terminates the at least one alignment feature at the angled planar end wall; a total-internal-reflection (TIR) surface defined by the front end of the transparent monolithic solid body and that forms a folded optical axis; and the monolithic solid body defining a lens surface along the folded optical axis, the lens surface constituting part of the outer surface adjacent the front end; wherein the transparent monolithic solid body supports an optical path between the angled planar end wall and the lens surface; and wherein either: a) only the lens surface has optical power and is configured to substantially compensate for the asymmetric optical power of the OCT transparent housing; or b) the lens surface and the TIR surface each have optical power and are cooperatively configured to substantially compensate for the asymmetric optical power of the OCT transparent housing. | 43,783 |
8,606,247 | 1. A platform for supporting a network-enabled application, comprising: a plurality of connections to a respective plurality of wireless network carriers, each of the wireless network carriers supporting a plurality of user devices; at least one interface having access to the Internet; and one or more servers, each of the one or more servers comprising at least one processor, wherein the one or more servers | 18,045 |
9,714,173 | 1. A mesoporous carbon composition comprising: a carbonized gyroidal mesoporous carbon comprising monolithic ordered gyroidal triblock terpolymer-directed structure and mesopores having a pore size of greater than 11 nanometers (nm) in diameter, wherein long range order of the ordered gyroidal triblock terpolymer-directed structure is thermally stable at least at temperatures up to 1600° C. | 10,074 |
9,616,978 | 1. A navigation route generation device, comprising: a controller, configured to acquire a travel direction of a host moving body, generate a parallel route, which is a route parallel to the travel direction, set the parallel route as a navigation route of the host moving body, set whether a disposition of the parallel route with respect to the travel direction is on the right side or the left side with respect to the travel direction, and generate the parallel route based on the disposition of the parallel route. | 45,380 |
9,365,276 | 1. A controller for a water craft including at least one drive system, the controller being configured to: operate at least one drive propeller of the drive system below a first predefinable propeller rotational speed according to a first operating state by operating at least one drive motor, connected to the at least one drive propeller, of the drive system via a first alternating voltage, wherein according to the first operating state, at least one power inverter makes the first alternating voltage available; operate the at least one drive propeller above the first predefinable propeller rotational speed according to a second operating state by operating the at least one drive motor via a second alternating voltage, wherein according to the second operating state, a first internal combustion engine drives a first generator, which generates the second alternating voltage; and initinally operate the first internal combustion engine, during a transition from the first operating state to the second or a transition from the second operating state to the first, at a rotational speed where the at least one drive propeller is operated at the first predefinable propeller rotational speed and where the at least one power inverter synchronizes the first alternating voltage with the second alternating voltage. | 47,400 |
9,476,573 | 1. A lighting apparatus, comprising: at least one light generating device for generating primary light, and at least one phosphor wheel arranged optically downstream of the light generating device, the phosphor wheel comprising at least one phosphor for wavelength conversion of the primary light into secondary light, wherein a plurality of phosphor wheels are arranged optically in series downstream of the light generating device. | 30,966 |
8,739,998 | 1. An outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure comprising a dome, a base for receiving the dome, and a slide lock assembly for coupling the dome to the base, the slide lock assembly including a housing coupled to one of the dome and the base and defining a channel, and a slider positioned within the channel, the slider being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position for engaging the other one of the dome and the base, one of the slider and the housing including multiple protrusions in contact with the other one of the slider and the housing, the other one of the slider and the housing including at least one rail complimentary to at least one of the multiple protrusions for guiding movement of the at least one of the multiple protrusions, the slider including a proximate end, a distal end, and side surfaces extending between the proximate end and the distal end, the housing including side surfaces and a rear surface, the proximate end of the slider positioned adjacent the rear surface of the housing when the slider is in the retracted position, the multiple protrusions on one of the side surfaces of one of the slider and the housing, the protrusions inhibiting surface contact between the side surfaces of the slider and the housing when the slider is moved between the retracted position and the extended position. | 10,298 |
9,296,997 | 1. A reaction solution comprising water, sucrose and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes poly alpha-1,3-glucan, wherein said glucosyltransferase enzyme consists of an amino acid sequence that is at least 92% identical to SEQ ID NO:34. | 41,871 |
8,443,209 | 1. A method comprising: accessing performance data indicative of performance sensitivity of each of a plurality of computational units of a computer system to a change in performance capability; determining a subset of one or more of the computational units among the plurality of the computational units that are least sensitive to change in performance capability based on the performance data; and limiting performance of the subset of the plurality of computational units in the computer system. | 27,549 |
9,577,529 | 1. An energy harvesting circuit, comprising: an input configured to receive an input voltage from an energy source to be harvested; a switch mode inductive DC-DC converter circuit configured to generate an output voltage from the input voltage, wherein the switch mode inductive DC-DC converter circuit includes a timing switch configured to control a switching phase of the switch mode inductive DC-DC converter and an inductor; a current sensor circuit configured to sense an inductor current; a first timing control circuit configured to control a duration of on-time of the timing switch in dependence on a sensed inductor current; and a second timing control circuit configured to control a duration of a period of the switch mode inductive DC-DC converter circuit in dependence on the on-time controlled by the first timing control circuit and the input and output voltages. | 11,460 |
9,134,312 | 1. A method of treating or reducing the incidence of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a purified bacteriophage having a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. | 45,126 |
9,711,568 | 1. An organic optoelectronic component comprising: at least one organic light emitting element comprising an organic functional layer stack having at least one organic light emitting layer between two electrodes; at least one first organic light detecting element comprising at least one first organic light detecting layer; and at least one second organic light detecting element comprising at least one second organic light detecting layer, wherein the at least one organic light emitting element, the at least one first organic light detecting element and the at least one second light detecting element are arranged laterally adjacent on a common substrate, wherein the at least one first organic light detecting element is configured to detect ambient light, wherein the at least one second organic light detecting layer of the at least one second organic light detecting element is arranged between two non-transparent layers, the two non-transparent layers shade the at least one second organic light detecting layer of the at least one second organic light detecting element from ambient light, and wherein one of the two non-transparent layers is formed by the common substrate. | 40,332 |
9,089,709 | 1. A method for visualization and optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for a patient, the method comprising: implanting, during an implantation process, a pulse generator and associated leads in both a right ventricle of the patient and a left ventricle of the patient, said associated leads implanted in an initial position and an initial configuration; communicating with an adaptive CRT device, said adaptive CRT device comprising a neural network module and an algorithmic module, said neural network module calculating a prediction of optimal pacing parameters and, responsive to control of said algorithmic module, said adaptive CRT device dynamically changing initial pacing parameters which define an initial right ventricular pacing interval (PRV) and an initial left ventricular pacing interval (PLV) to predicted optimal pacing parameters and said adaptive CRT device further applying said predicted optical pacing parameters to the patient via said implanted pulse generator during an electrophysiology study portion of the implantation process, the applied predicted optimal pacing parameters defining a predicted optimal PRV and a predicted optimal PLV; presenting, during the electrophysiology study portion of the implantation process, a diagram of said applied predicted optimal PRV vs. said applied predicted optimal PLV on a graphical interface; presenting, during the electrophysiology study portion of the implantation process, a responder curve on the graphical interface, wherein said responder curve displays a graph of a hemodynamic parameter performance of the patient as a function of time responsive to the dynamically applied predicted optimal pacing parameters; when the displayed responder curve is indicative that the patient is a non-responder, defined as where the displayed responder curve does not indicate an increased hemodynamic parameter performance over time responsive to the dynamically applied predicted optimal pacing parameters, either: a) changing the position, during the implantation process, from said initial position, of one of the implanted pacing lead in the right ventricle and the implanted pacing lead in the left ventricle of the patient; or b) changing a configuration of the implanted pacing leads, during the implantation process, from said initial configuration, of one of the right ventricle associated lead and the left ventricle associated lead to a multi-site lead, and when the displayed responder curve is indicative that the patient is a responder, defined as where the displayed responder curve indicates an increased hemodynamic parameter performance over time responsive to said applied predicted optimal pacing parameters of the adaptive CRT device, providing on-going pacing parameters to the patient via said implanted pulse generator and the associated leads at the implanted initial position and initial configuration responsive to the adaptive CRT device. | 1,185 |
8,883,107 | 1. An air pollution control method comprising: burning fuel; recovering heat of a flue gas; reducing dust in the flue gas after the recovering heat so as to collect the dust; reducing sulfur oxides in the flue gas with a lime slurry after the reducing dust; discharging the lime slurry as a desulfurization discharged water; reducing gypsum from the desulfurization discharged water so as to acquire a dewatering filtration fluid; spray-drying the dewatering filtration fluid with a part of the flue gas; and supplying the dewatering filtration fluid acquired by the reducing gypsum to the collected dust. | 34,705 |
8,355,706 | 1. A method for handling data in wireless devices, the method comprising: generating user preference information based on biometric data associated with a particular user of a wireless mobile communication device, wherein said user preference information comprises location stamping associated with a location of said wireless mobile communication device during said generation and/or maintenance of said data; updating said user preference information based on device utilization information associated with said wireless mobile communication device; tagging data in said wireless mobile communication device with context data tags based on said user preference information while said data is being generated and/or maintained in said wireless mobile communication device; and cataloging said tagged data in said wireless mobile communication device utilizing said context data tags. | 16,656 |
9,078,857 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutic amount of at least one inhibitor of an Ephrin receptor expressed by a cancer stem cell derived from a malignant brain tumor, and a pharmaceutically acceptable bioactive agent in a formulation, effective to inhibit expression of the Ephrin receptor, activity of the Ephrin receptor, or a combination of both, wherein the inhibitor has sequence SEQ ID NO. 3. | 49,407 |
9,458,380 | 1. A composition, which comprises a) a polyolefin; and b) a compound of formula I wherein n is 1, A is phenyl which is substituted by one or more C R | 35,717 |
9,210,656 | 1. A method comprising: periodically waking up a wireless local area network (WLAN) client at a first interval to detect a beacon signal, wherein beacon signals are periodically transmitted on a wireless link at a beacon interval, wherein the first interval is equal to a plurality of beacon intervals; determining that the WLAN client has not detected a beacon signal on the wireless link while periodically waking up at the first interval, and in response, waking up the WLAN client at a next beacon interval; and determining that the WLAN client has detected a beacon signal on the wireless link while waking up at the next beacon interval, and in response, periodically waking up the WLAN client at the first interval to detect beacon signals transmitted on the wireless link. | 19,451 |
9,102,797 | 1. A polymer comprising at least one carbazole structural unit of the general formula (Ia) where Ar m and o is, independently of one another, 0 or 1; and R is selected on each occurrence, independently of one another, from F, Cl, Br, I, N(Ar) the dashed lines are single covalent bonds and represent the linking in the polymer; and at least one arylamine structural unit of the general formula (II) and/or (III) where Ar Ar p is 1, 2 or 3; q is 0 or 1 and the dashed lines are single covalent bonds and represent the linking in the polymer. | 17,662 |
9,299,642 | 1. A method for producing a semiconductor device comprising: a step of preparing a frame including a first step portion provided in a ring shape in an inner circumference of one main surface of the frame, a terminal fixed to the first step portion, a second step portion provided in a ring shape in an inner circumference of another main surface of the frame, and an inner wall provided between the first step portion and the second step portion; a step of preparing a circuit board; a step of applying a first adhesive resin onto the second step portion while the one main surface of the frame is facing downward; a step of fitting the circuit board to the second step portion; and a step of applying a second adhesive resin onto the inner wall and the terminal while the one main surface of the frame is facing upward. | 46,432 |
8,473,226 | 1. A method of determining an average degree of saturation with ammonia (X) of a solid ammonia storage medium porous or not and capable of ad- or absorbing and desorbing ammonia reversibly in a storage container having a container volume (V con ) and essentially free of gases other than gaseous ammonia, wherein a part of the container volume (V con ) is occupied by said ammonia having a pressure (p) and defines a free volume (V free ), said storage container having at least one opening through which ammonia flows out of the storage container with a flow (f), wherein the free volume ( V free), the pressure (p) and the flow (f) vary with time (t), the method comprising: sampling n pairs ((f determining an estimate volume value (V determining the average degree of saturation with ammonia (X) of the solid ammonia storage medium by applying a predetermined relationship (Rel) between a plurality of estimate volume values (V | 18,820 |
9,528,458 | 1. An internal combustion engine control apparatus of a vehicle, said internal combustion engine control apparatus comprising: an automatic stop/automatic start device, for an internal combustion engine, that automatically stops the internal combustion engine when a stopping condition for the internal combustion engine is established and automatically starts the internal combustion engine when a starting condition for the internal combustion engine is established; an exhaust gas sensor that is provided in an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine and detects at least one of the air-fuel ratio in an exhaust gas and the rich/lean tendency of the exhaust gas with respect to the theoretical air-fuel ratio; a heater that heats the exhaust gas sensor; and a heater control device that controls an applied effective voltage for the heater in such a way that the applied effective voltage becomes equal to a target heater applied effective voltage, wherein the heater control device includes a first control period in which the target heater applied effective voltage is set to a first target applied effective voltage with which a sensor element temperature of the exhaust gas sensor becomes equal to a sensor element target temperature at a time when the internal combustion engine is being operated; a second control period in which after the automatic stop mode of the internal combustion engine has started, the target heater applied effective voltage is set to a second target applied effective voltage that is lower than the first target applied effective voltage; a second control period end determiner that determines, during the second control period, the end of the second control period; and a third control period in which after determination of the end of the second control period, the target heater applied effective voltage is controlled to be a third target applied effective voltage that is higher than the second target applied effective voltage and with which the sensor element temperature of the exhaust gas sensor becomes equal to a sensor element target temperature at a time when the internal combustion engine is in the automatic stop mode after being operated, and just prior to being restarted, wherein the heater control device includes an automatic stop mode elapsed time measurer that measures an elapsed time from the start of the automatic stop mode of the internal combustion engine; and the second control period end determiner determines that the second control period has ended, when the elapsed time from the start of the automatic stop mode, measured by the automatic stop mode elapsed time measurer, expands as wide as a second control period end duration. | 43,474 |
8,925,637 | 1. A downhole deliquification pump for deliquifying a well, the pump comprising: a hydraulic pump having a central axis, a first end, and a second end, wherein the hydraulic pump includes: | 38,897 |
9,193,449 | 1. A method for optimizing operation of an aircraft independent ground travel system comprising a. providing a ground travel system to power movement of the aircraft on the ground by electric drive motors mounted to drive each of a pair of aircraft nose wheels, b. selecting operating parameters from the group comprising wheel speed, electric drive motor speed, wheel torque, electric drive motor torque, direction of aircraft travel, electric drive motor component thermal data, aircraft location data, aircraft global positioning system (GPS) data, wheel electronics data, all operator inputs and commands, all feedback to operator, all system or component pings, all boot checks, and all status checks for the electric drive motors or selected components of the electric drive motors and ranges of optimized operation for said parameters and providing for each selected operating parameter a sensor or detector adapted to monitor and obtain information about the operating parameters, operation of the electric drive motors or the selected components of the electric drive motors, c. monitoring operation of each selected parameter while said ground travel system is operational to drive the aircraft on the ground to produce a set of data relating to each selected operating parameter, recording the set of data relating to each selected operating parameter, storing the recorded set of data, analyzing and reviewing the stored set of data, d. transmitting analyzed and reviewed data indicating selected operating parameters outside optimized ground travel operating ranges to a cockpit display where an operator of the ground travel system manually takes action required to return the selected operating parameters to ranges indicative of optimized ground travel in real time, and e. alternatively, automatically modifying operation of the ground travel system in real time or at a later time when the ground travel system is in operation as required to produce optimized operation of the electric drive motors or components of the electric drive motors as indicated by the analyzed and reviewed stored data. | 25,056 |
9,333,714 | 1. An armor system to prevent ballistic projectiles from penetrating a vehicle door having an exterior surface to which the armor system is affixed, the exterior surface located below a window in the vehicle door, the exterior surface having a non-planar contour including an outward bulge, the armor system comprising: a panel comprising a layered arrangement of materials, the panel comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and a perimeter defining an area, the area sized to cover at least a portion of an exterior surface of the door of the vehicle to provide protection to an occupant of the vehicle adjacent the vehicle door, the panel further comprising a non-planar contour including an outward bulge within the perimeter configured to generally conform to the non-planar contour of the exterior surface of the vehicle door, the layered arrangement of materials comprising: a mounting system disposed to affix the panel to the exterior surface of the vehicle door. | 18,923 |
9,448,612 | 1. A method for reducing virtual memory power consumption in a virtual memory system wherein physical memory is provided by a plurality of different physical memory devices comprising: storing in the virtual memory kernel, topology data for each of said different memory devices including: a memory bank data structure for each of said different devices including a plurality of independently powered memory regions, each memory region having at least one set of ranked power consuming zones ranked according to diminishing power consumption levels; and dynamically reducing the power consumption levels in said regions, under kernel control, to the lowest operable ranked power consumption zone for each region. | 5,242 |
8,870,693 | 1. A bicycle derailleur comprising: a base member adapted to be mounted to a bicycle; a movable member movably coupled to the base member; a chain guide coupled to the movable member for rotation around a rotational axis; a resistance-applying element that applies resistance to rotational movement of the chain guide; a resistance control element that moves between at least a first position and a different second position; wherein the resistance control element is operatively coupled to the resistance-applying element so that the resistance-applying element applies a first resistance to rotational movement of the chain guide when the resistance control element is disposed in the first position and so that the resistance-applying element applies a different second resistance to rotational movement of the chain guide when the resistance control element is disposed in the second position; and a jolt element disposed within the movable member and operatively associated with the resistance control element to provide a tactile jolt to a user as the user moves the resistance control element from the first position to the second position. | 1,805 |
9,542,007 | 1. A remote-control device comprising: a remote-control device housing; a system control module within the housing; a first set of input controls positioned on a top side of the housing communicatively coupled to the system control module, wherein the first set of input controls are buttons and comprise television channel selection buttons, a power button and a select button; a second set of input controls positioned on a bottom side of the housing and communicatively coupled to the system control module, wherein the second set of input controls comprises a QWERTY keyboard and at least an optical sensor configured to wirelessly control movement of a cursor on a remote display, wherein the system control module is configured to disable the first set of input controls including the television channel selection buttons, the power button and the select button, when the bottom side is detected to be facing up; and a switch coupled to the system control module configured to switch the remote-control device from a first mode to a second mode wherein the optical sensor is configured to wirelessly control movement of the cursor on the display in the first mode by detecting movement of the optical sensor across an object and in the first mode the system control module is configured to select an item displayed on the display at a current position of the cursor when a particular input control of the first set of input controls is activated, and wherein the optical sensor is configured to wirelessly control movement of the cursor on the display in the second mode by detecting movement of a finger across the optical sensor and in the second mode the system control module is configured to select an item displayed on the display at a current position of the cursor when an input control of the second set of input controls is activated, wherein the system control module is further configured to: | 15,550 |
9,760,208 | 1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a controller to perform: a display section to display a first image corresponding to the first action and a second image corresponding to the second action; wherein, while the display section is displaying the first image corresponding to the first action and the second image corresponding to the second action, the controller puts an end to display the second image corresponding to the second action, due to the first zone being touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor. | 49,888 |
9,410,431 | 1. A nose cone assembly comprising: a nose cone having an apex; and a support ring, the support ring comprises: | 39,080 |
8,945,295 | 1. A method comprising: heating perlite ore in an expansion furnace to produce coarse and medium expanded perlite and by-product perlite fines; pneumatically transporting the coarse and medium expanded perlite and by-product perlite fines to a separator at which the coarse and medium expanded perlite is separated from the by-product perlite fines; pneumatically transporting the by-product perlite fines from which the coarse and medium expanded perlite has been separated past the separator to a collection device at which the by-product perlite fines are collected; recombining the coarse and medium expanded perlite separated at the separator with essentially the entirety of the by-product perlite fines collected at the collection device; adding additional perlite fines to the recombined coarse and medium expanded perlite and by-product perlite fines; and applying to machinery for the manufacture of ceiling tile the recombined coarse and medium expanded perlite and by-product perlite fines to which the additional perlite fines have been added, mineral wool, starch and essentially no cement, the total perlite on a weight basis not exceeding the perlite weight content ordinarily used in a conventional formulation using only coarse and medium expanded perlite and bi-product fines to product ceiling tile that is sag resistant when exposed to a fire. | 45,332 |
8,633,574 | 1. A package comprising: a first substrate comprising a flexible substrate comprising a polymeric transparent film; an organic electronic device coupled to the transparent film; a sealant coupled to the transparent film and disposed about the perimeter of the organic electronic device; a second substrate comprising a superstrate coupled to the sealant and disposed proximate the organic electronic device; and an edge seal coupled to each of the flexible substrate and the superstrate and configured to hermetically seal peripheral edges of the package. | 43,133 |
9,184,582 | 1. Method for operating a fail operational power system for a vehicle, comprising: monitoring a first voltage on a first power distribution path and a second voltage on a second power distribution path, each power distribution path arranged in parallel and powered by a respective independent power source for supplying electrical power to one or more loads partitioned on each power distribution path; monitoring an isolator switch controllably operative between open and closed states, said closed state connecting the power distribution paths and said open state opening the connection between the power distribution paths; comparing each of the monitored first and second voltages to a reference voltage comprising one of: when a predetermined operating mode requiring fail operational power is enabled: | 9,528 |
8,813,701 | 1. A camshaft adjustment device for a valve drive mechanism of an internal combustion engine, having a camshaft adjustment mechanism, comprising: an adjustment gear element ( a coupling unit ( a fail-safe adjustment arrangement ( the failsafe adjustment arrangement ( | 7,502 |
8,806,235 | 1. A computer data processing system configured for power management for a multi-display computing environment, the system comprising: a computer with at least one processor and memory; a video display adapter disposed in the computer; multiple different displays driven by the adapter; and, a selective power management module coupled to the computer and configured to: | 15,385 |
9,178,208 | 1. A composite material film comprising: greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of silicon particles; greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases, wherein at least one of the one or more types of carbon phases is a substantially continuous phase that holds the composite material film together such that the silicon particles are distributed throughout the composite material film; and wherein the composite material film is self-supported. | 31,995 |
9,460,643 | 1. A light-emitting device comprising: a flexible light-emitting panel; and a first housing and a second housing that support the flexible light-emitting panel, wherein the flexible light-emitting panel includes a first surface on one side of the flexible light-emitting panel and a second surface on the other side of the flexible light-emitting panel, wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable so that a first portion of the first surface and a second portion of the first surface face each other, wherein the first housing and the second housing are capable of being fixed to each other by magnetism when the first portion of the first surface and the second portion of the first surface face each other, wherein each of the first housing and the second housing comprises a ferromagnet, and wherein the ferromagnet is provided in each of the first housing and the second housing so that magnetic poles of an upper surface and a lower surface of each of the first housing and the second housing are opposite to each other and that magnetic poles of the upper surfaces of the first housing and the second housing are opposite to each other. | 40,338 |
9,045,712 | 1. A method for degumming a crude oil comprising: i-a) mixing an aqueous acid with the crude oil to obtain an acidic mixture having pH of less than about 4; i-b) mixing a base with the acidic mixture to obtain a reacted mixture having pH of about 6-9, wherein the mixing in steps i-a) and/or i-b) creates an emulsion that comprises at least about 60% of an aqueous phase by volume in droplet size between about 15 μm to about 45 μm in size; and i-c) mixing a phospholipase enzyme with the emulsion in step (i-b), wherein the phospholipase enzyme comprises SEQ ID NO:8. | 4,829 |
8,549,473 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a resource update submitted by a developer to a configuration management system associated with a product line software development environment; in a case of manual variability annotation, the submitted resource update is marked by the developer with variability data; and in a case of automatic variability annotation, utilizing variability annotations associated with changed portions of the updated resources, to mark the submitted resource update with variability data; providing at least some of the received updates to developers on the team according to the product or features they are working on; in a case an update request is initiated by the developer, addressing the request with resource updates, based on variability data common to the updated resource and the request; and in a case of automatic update, notifying one or more developers with resource updates, based on variability data common to the updated resource and the notified developers, wherein at least one of: the receiving, the marking, and the providing is in operative association with at least one processor. | 16,039 |
9,143,976 | 1. A wireless end-user device, comprising: a wireless wide area network (WWAN) modem to communicate data for Internet service activities between the device and at least one WWAN, when configured for and connected to the WWAN; a wireless local area network (WLAN) modem to communicate data for Internet service activities between the device and at least one WLAN, when configured for and connected to the WLAN; a device display; one or more processors configured to | 15,396 |
9,006,967 | 1. An organic light-emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels, each defined by a scan line, a data line, and a power supply line; a plurality of control lines branching off of one wire in a first direction and simultaneously transferring control signals to the plurality of pixels; and a plurality of repair bridges placed between neighboring ones of the plurality of control lines, the plurality of repair bridges including a first bridge connected to one of the neighboring ones of the plurality of control lines and a second bridge connected to another one of the neighboring control lines. | 6,316 |
8,439,803 | 1. A control system for a transmission coupled to an engine, the control system comprising: a first module that detects a closed throttle downshift of the transmission; a second module that detects a request for a power-on downshift of the transmission; and a third module that controls a clutch of the transmission when the request for the power-on downshift is detected during the closed throttle downshift, wherein the third module one of (i) decreases a pressure applied to the clutch to a first predetermined pressure before an end of the closed throttle downshift and (ii) controls a pressure applied to the clutch to a second predetermined pressure at the end of the closed throttle downshift. | 37,550 |
8,966,766 | 1. A method for manufacturing a structural reinforcement device for insertion into a vehicle cavity of a structure, comprising the steps of: a) providing a first reinforcement section having a first side and a generally opposing second side that has at least one projection formed of a first expandable polymeric material and secured to the generally opposing second side; b) mating the first reinforcement section with a separate second reinforcement section, the second reinforcement section being configured to include at least one cavity; c) substantially penetrating the at least one cavity of the separate second reinforcement section by the at least one projection upon the mating and wherein prior to expansion: d) aligning the at least one projection with an aperture defined in the second reinforcement section, so that when the first expandable polymeric material is subjected to a predetermined condition the material will expand and flow through the aperture, where it will remain upon curing of the material, thereby causing the first reinforcement section to be coupled with the second reinforcement section, wherein the method is free of a step of adding any separate local reinforcement components beyond that which exists from the first reinforcement section and the second reinforcement section; e) locating the first and second reinforcement sections into the vehicle cavity for providing structural reinforcement to the cavity. | 32,324 |
9,075,988 | 1. An apparatus comprising a first computing device including a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of: identifying a candidate application to be installed on the first computing device; identifying a trusted user that a user of the first computing device has identified and indicated as being trusted; receiving from a second computing device, an indication of installation activity of said candidate application by said trusted user on said second computing device; and determining whether to install the candidate application on the first computing device in dependence upon the indication of installation activity. | 37,971 |
8,454,528 | 1. A method of sensing motion using a motion sensor, the method comprising: generating electromagnetic radiation from a source of radiation, wherein the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation is in the radio frequency range; transmitting the electromagnetic radiation towards a subject using one or more transmitters; receiving a radiation scattered at least by the subject using one or more receivers; extracting a Doppler shifted signal from the scattered radiation; transforming the Doppler shifted signal to a digitized motion signal, said digitized motion signal comprising one or more frames, wherein the one or more frames comprise time sampled quadrature values of the digitized motion signal; demodulating said one or more frames using a demodulation algorithm executed by a processor to isolate a signal corresponding to a physiological movement of the subject or a part of the subject; analyzing the signal to obtain information corresponding to a non-cardiopulmonary motion or other signal interference; processing the signal to obtain information corresponding to the physiological movement of the subject or a part of the subject, substantially separate from said non-cardiopulmonary motion or other signal interference; and communicating the information to an output system that is configured to perform an output action, wherein demodulating said one or more frames comprises: | 18,201 |
8,544,872 | 1. A travel cooler, comprising: (a) a body comprising a base, a lid, and sidewalls extending between the base and the lid, the base and sidewalls being connected together to define, together with the lid, an interior, insulated containment space for holding cooler items, with a lengthwise dimension of the cooler extending between opposite ends of the cooler, and with the body further having recessed exterior surface slots extending along a lengthwise extent of the cooler; (b) a pair of coaxial wheels attached to the body for rolling of the cooler when the cooler is pivoted about an axis of the wheels; and (c) a U-shaped handle for pivoting of the cooler about the axis of the wheels and rolling of the cooler by way of the pair of coaxial wheels, the U-shaped handle comprising two parallel legs connected by a handle portion; (d) wherein the cooler is transitionable between, (e) wherein the legs of the U-shaped handle slide within the recessed exterior surface slots in contact with the body of the cooler when the cooler transitions between the first, transport configuration and the second, stowed-handle configuration; and (f) wherein, when the cooler is in the second, stowed-handle configuration, the handle portion extends above a rim portion of the cooler on which rim portion the lid is supported. | 35,322 |
9,110,274 | 1. A catadioptric optical system comprising: a catadioptric unit configured to form an intermediate image of an object; a field lens disposed at a position where the intermediate image is formed; and a dioptric unit configured to form an image of the intermediate image, the dioptric unit including a plurality of dioptric optical elements, wherein the catadioptric unit includes: a first optical element including a first light transmission part having a convex surface on an object side, a positive refractive power near an optical axis, and a first backside reflector having a first reflective film on a surface on the object side in a periphery; and a second optical element including a second light transmission part having a concave surface on the object side, a meniscus shape, a negative refractive power near the optical axis, and a second backside reflector having a second reflective film on a surface on an image side, wherein the light flux from the object passes through the first light transmission part, the second backside reflector, the first backside reflector, and the second light transmission part in this order, and is emitted to a field lens side, and wherein the following condition is satisfied: where vcat denotes a smallest Abbe number in Abbe numbers of materials of the first and second optical elements, and vdio denotes a smallest Abbe number in Abbe numbers of materials of the plurality of dioptric optical elements. | 17,236 |
8,496,598 | 1. An apparatus ( 2 ) for the early diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome, of the type comprising: receiving means which define a receiving zone ( means for measuring the cutaneous sensibility of a finger ( characterized in that the protruding portions ( 22 ) of the device for measuring the innervation density ( 18 ) are identical with those of the device for determining the sensation threshold ( 16 ), and the device for determining the sensation threshold ( 16 ) comprises a first set ( 20 ) of at least two filaments ( 22 ) of different diameters, means for selecting a filament of said first set ( 20 ), and means for displacing the selected filament ( 22 ) towards the receiving zone ( 8 ), parallel to the direction of said selected filament ( 22 ). | 1,878 |
9,421,762 | 1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: an ejecting unit that includes a piezoelectric element which is displaced by a drive signal that is applied, and ejects liquid in accordance with displacement of the piezoelectric element; a comparison unit that includes a first comparator and a second comparator, receives an input signal and the drive signal, and outputs a first control signal and a second control signal; and a pair of transistors that is configured by a first transistor which is controlled based on the first control signal and a second transistor which is controlled based on the second control signal, and outputs the drive signal, wherein the first comparator compares a first comparison signal and a second comparison signal with each other, and outputs the first control signal, wherein the first comparison signal is a signal that is obtained by offsetting one of the input signal and the drive signal by a first voltage, wherein the second comparator compares a third comparison signal and a fourth comparison signal with each other, and outputs the second control signal, wherein the third comparison signal is a signal that is obtained by offsetting one of the input signal and the drive signal by a second voltage, and wherein the first voltage and the second voltage are variable. | 1,647 |
8,492,995 | 1. A lighting system comprising: a light source to emit illuminating light; a sensor to sense environmental light from an environment; a controller operatively connected to the sensor to analyze the environmental light that is sensed and the light source to control emitting the illuminating light; wherein the controller analyzes the environmental light to detect or generate data relating to a condition of the environment, the data being transmittable in data light; wherein the controller receives the data included in the data light using the sensor; wherein the controller analyzes the data included in the data light; wherein the controller controls transmitting the data light from the light source; wherein the light source is included in an array to be selectively enabled and disabled by the controller; wherein the sensor is included in the array; wherein the array includes a plurality of light sources; wherein the plurality of light sources is selectively operable substantially simultaneously; wherein the plurality of light sources is selectively operable individually; wherein the plurality of light sources selectively emits the illuminating light in a plurality of directions; wherein the sensor receives the environmental light from the plurality of directions wherein the light source and the sensor are included as a light emitting semiconductor device; and wherein the light emitting semiconductor device is selectively operable between a sensing operation and an emitting operation, the sensing operation being defined by the light source sensing the environmental light, and the emitting operation being defined by the light source emitting the illuminating light. | 31,032 |
8,569,887 | 1. An integrated circuit device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a passivation layer overlying the semiconductor substrate; a polymer layer overlying the passivation layer; an interconnect line formed between the passivation layer and the polymer layer, the interconnect line extending over a top surface of the passivation layer; and a protection layer formed between the interconnect line and the polymer layer; wherein the protection layer is a copper-containing material layer comprising at least one of a group III element, a group IV element and a group V element. | 31,961 |
8,578,042 | 1. A method for playing streaming media, comprising: utilizing at least one client computing device or integrated circuit to perform: obtaining information of a media file, which comprises an identification of the media file and a URL of the media file; determining at least two storages storing the media file by searching a network for the at least two storages according to a preset first correspondence relationship between the identification of the media file and information of the storages; testing connection speeds of the determined at least two storages; determining a storage of the at least two storages having a connection speed larger than a first threshold; obtaining media streaming data corresponding to the media file from the storage; playing the obtained media streaming data; and adjusting the media streaming data corresponding to the obtained media file; wherein establishing the first correspondence relationship between the identification of the media file and the information of the storages comprises: | 47,267 |
8,832,413 | 1. A system, comprising: a plurality of processors; and a plurality of dynamically configurable communication elements, each comprising a plurality of communication ports, a first memory, and a routing engine; wherein said plurality of processors and said plurality of dynamically configurable communication elements are coupled together in an interspersed arrangement; wherein different pathways are operable to be created for transfer of one or more messages among different subsets of said dynamically configurable communication elements, wherein each respective message comprises a plurality of data elements, the plurality of data elements comprising a header and a body; wherein the header comprises one or more navigation units, wherein the one or more navigation units comprise navigation information for creating a first pathway for the respective message among a first subset of said dynamically configurable communication elements, wherein the navigation information specifies a plurality of directions of communication for passing the data elements between ones of the first subset of dynamically configurable communication elements of the first pathway. | 45,707 |
9,630,973 | 1. A compound of formula (3) wherein n is 0 or 1, R with the proviso that if n is 1, R wherein R | 742 |
8,946,839 | 1. An absorber of incident light comprising: a base layer; and a plurality of pillars disposed above the base layer and composed of material configured to absorb an incident light and generate minority electrical carriers and majority electrical carrier, wherein the plurality of pillars collectively form an outline of a pyramid. | 5,285 |
9,777,710 | 1. A method for locking a rotor of a wind turbine, the rotor configured for driving a generator having at least one stator winding which can be short-circuited in order to brake the rotor into a creeping rotation, the rotor having at least one rotor blade which is adjustable by an adjusting device about a longitudinal axis from an operating position to a vane position in which substantially no torque is exerted on the rotor by wind, the rotor being blocked against a rotation in a locking position by inserting a locking bolt into a rotor-side receiving opening, the method comprising the following steps: moving the wind turbine to an idling mode defined by a state in which the rotor blade is in the vane position by adjusting the at least one rotor blade from the operating position to the vane position; checking a wind direction after moving the wind turbine to the idling mode and tracking a nacelle of the wind turbine to cause a rotor axis of the rotor to point substantially in the wind direction; checking a rotor rotation speed to verify the idling mode; after verifying that the wind turbine is in the idling mode, short-circuiting the at least one stator winding for braking the rotor to initiate the creeping rotation of the rotor, moving the rotor to the locking position with a rotor rotation speed of less than 1 degree/second by adjusting the at least one rotor blade in relation to the vane position depending on the wind speed; and inserting the locking bolt into the receiving opening after reaching the locking position while the rotor is rotating at the rotor rotation speed of less than 1 degree/second. | 2,929 |
9,784,126 | 1. A cooling air flow path through an air cycle machine, the flow path comprising: an inlet; at least one bearing downstream from the inlet and in fluidic connection with the inlet; an outlet downstream from the at least one bearing and in fluidic connection with the at least one bearing; and an adjustment device downstream from the at least one bearing and in fluidic connection with the at least one bearing and the outlet, the adjustment device configured to vary a flow of cooling air through the flow path by adjusting the cross-sectional area of the flow path during operation of the air cycle machine. | 34,295 |
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