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8,387,175 | 1. A soaking basin, comprising: a base unit having a base housing and a peripheral wall projecting upwardly from the base housing to define a basin cavity, the base housing defining a component compartment; a disposable liner pre-formed and sized to nest within the basin cavity and configured to hold a soaking solution, the liner including a floor and a lip disposed about the periphery of an upper end of the liner, the liner nests within the basin cavity such that the peripheral wall of the base unit extends about the periphery thereof proximate to the lip the liner, providing structural support thereto; and a wire frame configured to be nested between the base unit and the disposable liner such that the frame is incapable of retaining the soaking solution apart from the disposable liner, the frame including a lip support disposed adjacent to the lip of the liner, a pair of handles coupled to the lip support and configured to extend beyond the periphery of the peripheral wall of the base unit when the frame is nested therein, and a base support coupled to the lip support and disposed below the floor of the liner; wherein the peripheral wall has a height sized to terminate adjacent to the lip the liner. | 2,928 |
9,570,590 | 1. A method for forming an integrated circuit with an n-region including n-type FinFETs and a p-region including p-type FinFETs, the method comprising the steps of: forming a silicon-germanium (SiGe) layer consisting essentially of silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge); recessing the SiGe layer to form a recessed SiGe layer in the n-region while leaving an intact SiGe layer in the p-region; forming a Si layer consisting essentially of Si on the recessed SiGe layer in the n-region; patterning the Si layer and the recessed SiGe layer in the n-region to form a Si/SiGe fin comprising a Si fin portion disposed on a recessed SiGe fin portion; patterning the intact SiGe layer in the p-region to form an intact SiGe fin; and selectively oxidizing the recessed SiGe fin portion in the n-region utilizing an oxidation process having an oxidation rate in the recessed SiGe fin portion faster than an oxidation rate in the Si fin portion. | 27,632 |
8,419,619 | 1. An endoscopic form detection device comprising: an endoscope including an inserting section in which sensor units are arranged in longitudinal directions at intervals of a predetermined inter-sensor dimension; a posture detecting section configured to detect a posture of each of the sensor units based on measurement data in the sensor unit; a linear form detecting section configured to detect a detected linear form of the inserting section of the endoscope on an assumption that a form between the respective sensor units is a linear link whose dimension is equal to the inter-sensor dimension based on the posture of each of the sensor units detected by the posture detecting section; and a curve form detecting section configured to perform curve interpolation with respect to the detected linear form detected by the linear form detecting section on an assumption that a form between the respective sensor units is an arc whose arc length is equal to the inter-sensor dimension, and configured to detect a detected curve form, wherein the curve form detecting section includes: a curve interpolating section configured to carry out the curve interpolation in accordance with each of the links to form the arc between the respective sensor units; and an interpolation controlling section configured to control the curve interpolating section to perform the curve interpolation with respect to all the links, wherein the curve interpolating section includes: a normal line forming section configured to form, in a global coordinate system having an origin set at the center of the sensor unit provided on the most proximal end side or the most distal end side, a first interpolation normal line that runs through a first end point as an end on a side close to the origin in the global coordinate of an interpolation target link which is the link as a target of the curve interpolation performed by the curve interpolating section and that is perpendicular to the interpolation target link, and a second interpolation normal line that runs through a second end point as an end on a side far from the origin in the global coordinate of the interpolation target link and that is perpendicular to an interpolation target adjacent link which is the link adjacent to the side far from the origin in the global coordinate of the interpolation target link; a center deciding section configured to calculate an intersection of the first interpolation normal line and the second interpolation normal line formed by the normal line forming section or an intermediate point of two points that minimize a distance between the first interpolation normal line and the second interpolation normal line, and configured to decide the intersection or the intermediate point as the center of the arc; and an arc forming section configured to form the arc which has a radius equal to a distance between the center and the first end point of the interpolation target link and a starting point at the first end point of the interpolation target link. | 48,290 |
8,489,862 | 1. A multiprocessor control apparatus comprising: a first processor which executes a first instruction code; a second processor which executes a second instruction code, the second processor being different from the first processor; an instruction converting section which converts the second instruction code into the first instruction code executable by the first processor; a control section which switches between a first mode for operating the first processor and the second processor and a second mode for suppressing an operation of the second processor compared to an operation of the first processor; and a hypervisor which chooses which one of a first program group constituted of the first instruction code, and a second program group constituted of the second instruction code is to be executed, wherein, in the first mode, the first processor executes the first program group constituted of the first instruction code, and the second processor executes the second program group constituted of the second instruction code independently from the first processor, and wherein, in the second mode, the hypervisor converts the second instruction code in the second program group into the first instruction code executable by the first processor, using the instruction converting section, and allows the first processor to execute the first instruction code converted from the second instruction code and the first instruction code in the first program group in parallel in a time-sharing manner. | 42,430 |
8,700,760 | 1. A redundant server automatic fail-over system comprising: a plurality of client devices communicatively coupled to a network, said plurality of client devices comprising an active server identification location that is configured to receive communication from a server that authenticates the server as active; a first server system communicatively coupled to the network, said first server system configured to operate as the active server on the network, the first server system configured to communicate with the plurality of client devices using a first communication protocol, the first server system further configured to send a signal to the plurality of client devices authenticating the first server system as the active server such that messages sent from any one of the plurality of client devices to the active server are addressed to the first server system using the active server identification location on each client device that is using the first communication protocol; and a second server system communicatively coupled to the network, said second server system configured to operate as a standby server on the network, said second server system configured to switch to being the active server on the network when it is determined that the first server system is unable to operate as the active server, the second server system further configured to send a second signal to the plurality of client devices authenticating the second server system as the active server such that messages sent from any one of the plurality of client devices to the active server are addressed to the second server system using the active server identification location on each client device. | 17,548 |
9,426,418 | 1. A method of processing data, the method comprising: transmitting data over a network at a first bit rate; identifying a reduction in a network link rate of the network from a first network link rate to a second network link rate; in response to identifying the reduction in the network link rate, determining a recovery bit rate at which to transmit the data over the network, wherein the recovery bit rate is less than the second network link rate; determining a buffering duration based on a difference between a time of the identification of the reduction in the network link rate and an estimated actual time of the reduction in the network link rate; and determining a recovery rate duration during which to transmit the data at the recovery bit rate based on the recovery bit rate and the buffering duration. | 31,419 |
8,534,690 | 1. A bicycle, comprising: A. a front bicycle wheel, B. a rear bicycle wheel, C. a bicycle frame, D. a steerer tube for controlling the left and right motion of said front bicycle wheel, E. a first drive sprocket for driving said rear bicycle wheel, F. a second drive sprocket adapted to drive said first drive sprocket, G. two hand grippable pivotally connected handles each connected via a handle steering linkage to said steerer tube and each connected via a handle drive linkage to said first drive sprocket, wherein pivoting of said two hand grippable pivotally connected handles in counterclockwise and clockwise directions controls the left and right motion of said front bicycle wheel, and wherein pivoting of said two hand grippable pivotally connected handles in approximately vertical planes controls the rotation of said first drive sprocket and drives said bicycle forward, H. a handle bracket connected to said handle, I. a stationary shaft rigidly connected to said bicycle frame, J. a rotating shaft rigidly connected to said handle bracket and rotating on said stationary shaft, K. a drive lever rigidly connected to said rotating shaft, and L. a connecting drive shaft pivotally connected to said drive lever, M. an upper sprocket, N. an upper sprocket mount rigidly mounted to said bicycle frame, O. an upper sprocket shaft extending through said upper sprocket mount and rigidly connected to said upper sprocket, P. an offset lever rigidly connected to said upper sprocket shaft, wherein one of said connecting shafts is pivotally connected to said offset lever, wherein the other of said connecting shafts is pivotally connected to said upper sprocket, Q. a bicycle chain engaged with said upper sprocket and said second drive sprocket, and R. a bicycle drive chain engaged with said first drive sprocket and driving said rear bicycle wheel forward. | 6,301 |
9,520,613 | 1. A method of controlling a battery comprising a plurality of battery blocks, each of the battery blocks comprising at least one battery cell to provide a block voltage of the battery block, the method comprising: selecting a first number of the battery blocks; coupling the first number of the battery blocks to voltage terminals of the battery to set a battery voltage that corresponds to the sum of the block voltages of the first number of the battery blocks; selecting a second number of the battery blocks, wherein selecting the second number of the battery blocks comprises: coupling the second number of the battery blocks to the voltage terminals of the battery to set a battery voltage that corresponds to the sum of the block voltages of the second number of the battery blocks. | 23,046 |
9,135,402 | 1. A system for processing data from a continuous analyte sensor, comprising: a continuous analyte sensor configured to continuously measure a concentration of analyte in a host and provide continuous analyte sensor data associated therewith; and a processor module configured to set a mode selected from a plurality of predetermined modes, each mode of the plurality of modes comprising alarm criteria associated with a plurality of alarms, wherein the processor module is configured to determine whether one or more of the alarm criteria associated with the set mode is met, and initiate an alarm associated with met alarm criteria, wherein the processor module comprises programming configured to cause the processor module to automatically set the selected mode at least in part responsive to an adaptive mode learning module, wherein the adaptive mode learning module is configured to process historic sensor data and the time-corresponding set mode over time to determine patterns or trends, and modify the automatic mode-setting programming to cause the processor module to set the mode responsive to detecting similar patterns or trends in sensor data subsequent to the historic sensor data. | 42,600 |
9,818,520 | 1. A rare-earth nanocomposite magnet, comprising: a hard magnetic phase with a rare-earth magnet composition, the hard magnetic phase including Nd a grain boundary phase of the hard magnetic phase, including any one of the following (1) to (4) diffused therein: a soft magnetic phase including Fe or Fe a non-ferromagnetic phase intercalated between the hard magnetic phase and the soft magnetic phase, the non-ferromagnetic phase including Ta, wherein the non-ferromagnetic phase reacts with neither the hard magnetic phase nor the soft magnetic phase. | 6,657 |
8,471,494 | 1. A lighting device for generating diffuse white light comprising: a group of solid-state light emitters, said group including light emitting diodes energized by a direct current (DC) voltage, or an alternating current (AC) voltage or a combination of both AC and DC voltage; electronics to activate the solid state light emitters, wherein the electronics converts 120 volt 60 cycles per second alternating current to a steady state direct current (DC) voltage; and electronics to activate the solid state light emitters, wherein the electronics converts 240 volt 50 cycles per second alternating current to a steady state direct current (DC) voltage; and electronics to activate the solid state light emitters, wherein the electronics are configured as an AC-to-AC converter to appropriate AC voltage(s) and drive currents to the AC driven LEDs: and a second channel of the electronics to activate the solid-state light emitters, wherein said second channel of the electronics are configured as an AC-to-DC converter to apply the appropriate DC voltage (s) and drive currents to the DC driven LEDs; and a housing configured to supply an AC input signal and DC input signal to a base of the lighting device; and an encapsulating housing enclosing the solid-state light emitters and the activating electronics with a shape and form factor substantially equivalent to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) T5, T6, T8, T9, T12, Circline (T6, T9) U-Bent (T8, T12), Quad-Tube, or Spiral lighting device structure. | 33,173 |
8,856,066 | 1. A method of sharing information between tenants in a multi-tenant database, the method comprising: receiving information on a connection between a first tenant of a multi-tenant database and a second tenant of the multi-tenant database, utilizing a processor, wherein the connection indicates a record of the first tenant stored by the multi-tenant database that is shared with the second tenant; allowing the record of the first tenant to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection; identifying a file attachment that is a child to the record of the first tenant; and allowing the file attachment to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection, based on the file attachment being the child to the record that is indicated by the connection as being shared with the second tenant; wherein sharing the record with the second tenant includes sharing children of the record, such that the file attachment is shared with the second tenant based on the record being shared with the second tenant. | 49,696 |
9,334,772 | 1. A method of controlling soot and ash properties and spatial distribution in a particulate filter to improve filter performance, the filter in communication with an exhaust flow from an engine, and having a plurality of walls defining a channel therein, the method comprising: forming a thin highly permeable ash membrane on said walls of the filter and densely packed ash in a back of the channel by controlling a thickness of a soot cake on said walls prior to regeneration; and by controlling an exhaust flow rate through the filter during the regeneration, wherein a controller varies an operating parameter of the engine or an aftertreatment system to control the exhaust flow rate. | 31,698 |
8,528,720 | 1. A shuttle conveyor provided downstream of an upstream device comprising a multi-lane conveyor device comprising a plurality of conveyor lanes each for conveying a circuit substrate from an upstream side toward a downstream side, the shuttle conveyor comprising: a movable conveyor lane; and a shifting device configured to shift the movable conveyor lane in a direction intersecting a conveying direction in which the movable conveyor lane conveys the circuit substrate, wherein the shuttle conveyor further comprises an advance-shift control unit configured, when deliverable-state advance notification information is obtained for one of the plurality of conveyor lanes of the upstream device before the one becomes a state in which the circuit substrate is deliverable, to have the shifting device shift the movable conveyor lane to a position at which the circuit substrate is receivable by the movable conveyor lane from the one of the plurality of conveyor lanes, the deliverable-state advance notification information being a notification which notifies in advance that the one is to become the state in which the circuit substrate is deliverable. | 13,673 |
8,466,234 | 1. A crosslinkable and/or polymerizable block copolymer composition comprising at least one composition according to the following Formula: where (Hi) represents a hydrophilic polymer segment and (Ho) represents a hydrophobic polymer segment; where x, y and z represent the number of repeating units in each hydrophilic (Hi) and/or hydrophobic (Ho) polymer segment, with each of x, y and z being independently selected from an integer in the range of about 2 to about 5,000; where each Y is independently selected from acrylate, methacrylate, an alkyl acrylate group having between 3 and about 15 carbon atoms, or an allyl group having between 3 and about 15 carbon atoms with the proviso that Y is different from Hi; where a and b represent the number of Y units in Formula (I), with each of a and b being independently selected from an integer in the range of 1 to about 12; and where each R is independently selected from linear C | 1,618 |
9,236,631 | 1. An electrode assembly comprising a combination of two or more electrode units having the same width and different lengths, wherein the electrode units are stacked so that a stepped portion is formed between the electrode units, a positive electrode and a negative electrode face each other at an interface between the electrode units, wherein each of the electrode units is selected from the group consisting of a single electrode, a stacked type unit cell, a jelly-roll type unit cell, a stacked and folded type unit cell, and any combination thereof, and the electrode assembly satisfies Formula 1-2 to prevent swelling: where n denotes an integer equal to or greater than 1, N P P | 40,430 |
9,597,831 | 1. An injection station of an injection blow molding machine, said injection station being configured for injecting a resin into mold cavities to form parisons, said injection station comprising: a die plate with a keyway formed through a least a portion of a surface of said die plate, wherein said keyway separates front and back portions of the surface of said die plate; a draw bar, with at least a portion of said draw bar positioned within said keyway of said die plate; a base plate secured to the back portion of the surface of said die plate and to a back side of said draw bar; and a manifold secured to a top of said base plate, wherein the manifold is configured to discharge resin into the cavities to form the parisons. | 9,368 |
8,589,694 | 1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program for implementing graduated difficulty for a human response test to differentiate between a human response and a computer response, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising: initiating a first human response test with a designated level of difficulty at a source computing device in response to a first test request, wherein the first test request comprises a first source identifier to identify at least one characteristic of the source computing device; recognizing a second test request subsequent to the first test request, wherein the second test request comprises a second source identifier, wherein the second test request occurs after receiving a correct response to the first human response test and after granting requested access of the first test request; initiating a second human response test in response to the second test request, wherein the second human response test has a level of difficulty which is dependent on a determination whether the first and second source identifiers correspond to the same source computing device; and wherein the first human response test is associated with a first difficulty identifier indicative of a first level of difficulty, and the second human response test is associated with a second difficulty identifier indicative of a second level of difficulty, wherein the second level of difficulty is more difficult than the first level of difficulty in response to the determination that the first and second source identifiers correspond to the same source computing device. | 29,883 |
9,065,300 | 1. A system for the supply of power to a drilling rig, the system comprising: a dual fuel engine/generator having an output line so as to supply AC power; an energy storage system; a load switchably connected to said dual fuel engine/generator and said energy storage system, said dual fuel engine/generator and said energy storage system having a capacity suitable for supplying requisite power to said load; and a silicon-controlled rectifier connected to said output line of said dual fuel engine/generator, said silicon-controlled rectifier for converting the AC power to DC power, said silicon-controlled rectifier being phase-controlled so as to be responsive to a power requirement of said load. | 2,942 |
8,585,706 | 1. An instrument for locating the cutting plane on the head of a long bone in a surgical procedure wherein the head of the bone is replaced with a joint prosthesis component, the long bone having an axis, comprising: an axial reference shaft arranged parallel to the axis of the long bone; a cutting guide movable relative to the axial reference shaft in a direction parallel to the axis of the long bone, the cutting guide comprising a reference block configured to be located against the lateral edge of the bone, and at least one arm shaped so that, when the reference block is positioned against the lateral edge of the bone, the at least one arm extends from the cutting guide over the face of the head and contacts the head; and wherein the at least one arm has a distal end, and the distal end contacts a medial edge of the bone when the reference block is positioned against the lateral edge of the bone. | 40,298 |
8,996,518 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: generating a cross-product matrix in a single pass through data that is associated with multiple classification variables, wherein generating the cross-product matrix is performed using multiple threads on a computing device, and wherein generating the cross-product matrix includes: generating a model using the cross-product matrix. | 11,552 |
9,568,980 | 1. A method for operating a memory controller, comprising: for at least one change in a host processor host-to-memory-controller interface instantaneous data rate from a first data rate R wherein the burst mode comprises interspersing low-power intervals on the memory interface between at least some memory requests corresponding to temporally adjacent host requests; and wherein the low-power intervals comprise turning off a memory clock signal supplied by the memory interface. | 25,661 |
8,541,779 | 1. A pixel structure of an organic electroluminescence apparatus, including: a scan line and a data line; at least an active device electrically connected to the scan line and the data line; a first electrode; a dielectric material layer disposed on the first electrode, the dielectric material layer having a first opening to expose the first electrode; a first isolating layer disposed on the dielectric material layer, wherein the first isolating layer includes an oxide semiconductor material and the first isolating layer has a second opening to expose the first electrode; a second isolating layer disposed on the first isolating layer, wherein the second isolating layer has a third opening to expose the first electrode in the first opening and the first isolating layer in a sidewall of the second opening; an organic light-emitting material layer in the third opening; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting material layer, wherein either one of the first electrode or the second electrode is electrically connected to the at least one active device. | 16,155 |
8,675,850 | 1. A processor-based method for effective utilization of call idle time, comprising: detecting, by a processor of a phone of a first person during a phone conversation between the first person and a second person, that the phone conversation has been silenced for a designated period of time, wherein the phone is operative in an idle mode to present content pre-designated by the first person, and is operative in a normal mode to send and receive voice communications to and from the second person and to not present the pre-designated content; activating, by the processor of the phone, the idle mode of the phone in response to said detecting; subsequently detecting, by the processor of the phone, that the period of phone conversation silence has ended; and subsequently activating, by the processor of the phone, the normal mode of the phone in response to said subsequently detecting. | 878 |
9,323,333 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, via a processor, a series of binary signals, each binary signal in the series of binary signals indicating one of a presence or an absence of an object at a location with respect to a display; based on a temporal pattern associated with the series of binary signals, determining movement patterns of a plurality of body parts of a person; based on the movement patterns, determining an age estimation and a height estimation of the person; selecting a message based on the movement patterns, the age estimation, and the height estimation; and displaying the message on the display. | 46,771 |
9,143,253 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at user equipment (UE) capable of operating in compliance with one or more 3 attempting to transmit the emergency payload to a public service answering point (PSAP) via a wireless communication network; storing the emergency payload at the UE responsive to an unsuccessful attempt to transmit the emergency payload to the PSAP; and reattempting to transmit the emergency payload until a successful attempt to transmit the emergency payload has occurred or the NOVES has been aborted. | 1,978 |
8,531,934 | 1. An optical pickup device, comprising: a first objective lens configured to receive a first laser beam of a first wavelength from one surface side and converge the first laser beam onto an optical disk provided on another surface side; a second objective lens configured to receive a second laser beam of a second wavelength from one surface side and converge the second laser beam onto an optical disk provided on another surface side, the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength of the first laser beam; a first reflecting mirror which is placed on the one surface side of the first objective lens and is configured to guide the first laser beam to the first objective lens; and a second reflecting mirror which is placed adjacent to the first objective lens on the one surface side of the second objective lens and is configured to guide the second laser beam to the second objective lens, wherein the first and second objective lenses are placed such that a centerline passing through a center of the first objective lens and a center of the second objective lens extends in a radial direction perpendicular to a signal track direction of the optical disks, the first and second reflecting mirrors are placed with adjacent lateral sides thereof intersecting with each other in a plan view of the optical pickup device so as to cause end portions thereof to overlap each other in the plan view, a reflection point of one surface of the first reflecting mirror at which the first laser beam is reflected is displaced from a center of the one surface to avoid interference between the reflected first laser beam and the end portion of the second reflecting mirror. | 32,238 |
9,746,192 | 1. An air conditioner comprising: a cabinet; an air blower disposed in the cabinet to cause air to flow; a dust collector case forming a channel for the air caused to flow by the air blower; at least one electrode provided in the dust collector case and formed of carbon fibers to generate ions; a charged dust collecting filter to collect foreign substances charged by ions generated by the electrode; and a grounded ion trap to collect the ions generated by the electrode. | 35,367 |
9,106,108 | 1. A feed line automation system, comprising: a main line; a plurality of branch lines coupled to the main line to form a tree-branch-shaped network; a plurality of integrated carrier communication switches and a plurality of integrated carrier communication transformers respectively coupled to the main line or at least one of the plurality of branch lines; wherein each of the integrated carrier communication switches includes a first carrier communication module and a first monitoring device, wherein each of the integrated carrier communication transformers includes a second carrier communication module and a second monitoring device; and a carrier communication monitoring station, coupled to the main line via a coupler, to identify fault information in the tree-branch-shaped network; wherein the carrier communication monitoring station includes a carrier communication unit to communicate with respective carrier communication modules in the plurality of integrated carrier communication switches and the plurality of integrated carrier communication transformers; wherein the carrier communication monitoring station includes a monitoring management unit, coupled to the communication unit via a main board communication interface, to receive the fault information via the carrier communication unit from at least one monitoring device in the plurality of integrated carrier communication switches or the plurality of integrated carrier communication transformers; wherein the carrier communication monitoring station includes a system monitoring server, a monitoring working station, and a line monitoring host; wherein the carrier communication unit of the line monitoring host comprises an adaptive coupler, a receiving/transmitting switching circuit, a modem, a microprocessor system, an FPGA programmable array, a carrier communication signal input/output interface, and communication signal input/output interfaces: | 43,347 |
8,936,689 | 1. A method of manufacture of an insensitive high explosive (HE) molding powder comprising: dissolving from 50 to 99 weight percent crystalline HE material, with the balance binder, in a solvent, to form a solution; spray drying said solution, using a drying gas at a temperature range about the boiling point of the solvent, to drive off the solvent; recovering said solute, as dried granules; wherein said binder is a non-energetic material; and wherein the mean HE crystal size is below 500 nanometers within the recovered dried granules, which granules range from 0.5 microns to about 50 microns in size, and wherein each granule is comprised of HE crystals uniformly coated with binder; such that said uniformly coated HE crystals exhibit a shock pressure to initiate which is significantly greater than that of the same HE molding powder manufactured by the prior art slurry coating process. | 38,644 |
8,923,107 | 1. An optical disc device comprising: a pickup; a plurality of driving mechanisms, wherein one of the driving mechanisms drives the pickup; and a driving controlling portion that applies an initial driving voltage to one of the driving mechanisms over a specific time interval up until the pickup arrives at an outermost position on an outer peripheral side, the initial driving voltage causing the pickup to arrive at the outermost position, wherein after the specific time interval has elapsed, the driving controlling portion applies, to the one of the driving mechanisms, an adjustment driving voltage of a voltage amplitude less than a voltage amplitude of the initial driving voltage or a driving frequency less than a driving frequency of the initial driving voltage, and wherein the plurality of the driving mechanisms comprises at least two types of driving loads, and the voltage amplitude and the driving frequency of the initial driving voltage are a voltage amplitude and driving frequency able to drive the one of the driving mechanisms having the largest driving load from among the plurality of driving mechanisms. | 22,047 |
8,821,820 | 1. A method of improving the catalytic activity of a copper-promoted zeolitic catalyst having a chabazite structure, wherein a zeolitic catalyst having a chabazite structure is treated with a copper salt solution and subsequently treated thermally under oxizing conditions in order to form the copper-promoted zeolitic catalyst having a chabazite structure which in the temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) by means of hydrogen at a heating rate of 10 K/min and a hydrogen content in the test gas of 5% by volume has a signal in the temperature range from 230° C. to 240° C., where the weight used in the TPR is such that the sample to be examined contains from 3 to 8 milligram of copper calculated as metal. | 28,062 |
9,473,365 | 1. A method comprising: identifying, by a computer processor, a plurality of resource candidates capable of hosting a logical resource of a service; filtering, by the computer processor, the plurality of resource candidates based on a first filter of a first filter chain to yield a first set of filtered resource candidates, the first filter chain comprising a first set of serially connected filters, wherein the first filter of the first filter chain includes a reference to a second filter chain, the second filter chain comprising a second set of serially connected filters, different than the first set of serially connected filters; after filtering the plurality of resource candidates, filtering the first set of filtered resource candidates based on each filter in the second filter chain to yield a second set of filtered resource candidate; after filtering the first set of resource candidates, filtering the second set of resource candidates based on at least a second filter of the first filter chain to yield a third set of resource candidates, the second filter of the first filter chain being ordered after the first filter in the first filter chain; and selecting, from the third set of resource candidates, a resource for hosting the logical resource. | 14,103 |
9,552,933 | 1. A storage module comprising a plurality of frame bodies; and a plurality of electric storage cells that are respectively accommodated inside the plurality of frame bodies, wherein at least one electric storage cell includes a pair of electrode tabs, wherein at least one frame body includes wherein the electrode tab is interposed between the electrode tab arrangement portion and the elastic portion in a state where the frame bodies having the electric storage cells inside thereof are stacked. | 10,373 |
9,099,948 | 1. An electrical machine for a vehicle comprising: a stator winding; a rotatable electromagnet; an acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration of the vehicle; and a voltage regulator configured to control an output voltage of the electrical machine, | 46,454 |
9,317,721 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: changing a privacy state of a privacy indicator to indicate that environmental data that is generated by a physical sensor is not being transmitted over a network or stored outside of a trusted portion of memory; while the privacy state of the privacy indicator indicates that the environmental data that is generated by the sensor is not being transmitted over the network or stored outside of the trusted portion of memory, receiving a command to access the environmental data that is generated by the sensor; determining that the command is not permitted without first indicating on the privacy indicator that the environmental data that is generated by the sensor is permitted to be transmitted over the network or stored outside of the trusted portion of memory, by a privacy policy that restricts performance of commands that involve transmission of environmental data over the network or storage of environmental data outside of the trusted portion of memory, wherein determining that the command is not permitted comprises verifying a digital signature associated with the command; and based on the determining that the command is not permitted by the privacy policy that restricts performance of commands that involve transmission of environmental data over the network or storage of environmental data outside of the trusted portion of memory, changing the privacy state of the privacy indicator to indicate that the environmental data that is generated by the sensor is permitted to be transmitted over the network or stored outside of the trusted portion of memory. | 19,492 |
8,517,888 | 1. A mechanical power transmission system comprising: a case; at least one rotational member; a gear set being in operable communication with said at least one rotational member wherein said gear set includes a first gear being in operable communication with said at least one rotational member, wherein said gear set further includes a planetary carrier and also includes planetary gears being rotatably supported by said planetary carrier and being in operable communication with said first gear, wherein said gear set further includes a second gear being in operable communication with said planetary gears, wherein said second gear is a ring gear; and a clutch means being in operable communication with said gear set and adapted to use external fluid pressure from a fluid source for changing speeds; wherein said clutch means includes a cone clutch and a gear coupler, wherein said clutch means also includes actuators with fluid pressure from the fluid source being controllably appliable to said at least one of said actuators, wherein said at least one of said actuators includes a first actuator which is in operable communication with said cone clutch for moving said cone clutch to engage or disengage from said ring gear, and also includes a second actuator which is in operable communication with said gear coupler for urging said gear coupler in cooperation with said cone clutch to engage or disengage from said ring gear. | 16,641 |
8,481,669 | 1. A molding material containing a polysilsesquioxane compound in an amount of 70 wt % or more of the total amount of the molding material that has a ladder structure having a repeating unit shown by the formula (I): wherein R 1 represents a group shown by the formula AO—(CH 2 ) r —, wherein A is a group selected from the group consisting of an acetyl group, a propionyl group, a benzoyl group, a trimethylsilyl group, a triethylsilyl group, a tert-butyldimethylsilyl group, a t-butyldiphenylsilyl group, a methoxymethyl group, a methoxyethoxymethyl group, a 1-ethoxyethyl group, a tetrahydropyran-2-yl group, a tetrahydrofuran-2-yl group, a tert-butoxycarbonyl group, a t-butyl group, an octyl group, a benzyl group, a p-methoxybenzyl group, a fluorenyl group, a trityl group, and a benzhydryl group, and r is an integer of 1 to 10, R 2 represents a phenyl group that may be substituted with an alkyl group, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and 1, m, and n individually represent 0 or an arbitrary integer, provided that 1 and n are not 0 at the same time. | 40,483 |
8,815,629 | 1. A method of manufacturing an optical reflector including at least one alternating stack of at least one first layer of complex refraction index n 1 and at least one second layer of complex refraction index n 2 that is different from complex refraction index n 1 , in which the first layer includes semiconductor nanocrystals, the method comprising: calculating a total number of layers of the stack, thicknesses of each of the layers of the stack, and values of complex refraction indices n calculating deposition parameters and annealing parameters of the layers of the stack based on the total number of layers of the stack, on the thicknesses of the layers of the stack, and on the values of previously calculated complex refraction indices n depositing and annealing the layers of the stack in accordance with said deposition parameters and annealing parameters | 34,523 |
8,801,020 | 1. A wheelchair, comprising: a frame with a front face and two side faces, said frame comprising: a seat assembly attached to said frame; two rear wheels attached to said frame; and at least one front wheel assembly attached to said frame. | 23,248 |
9,156,393 | 1. A rack for storing tie-down ratchet binders, said rack comprising: a monolithic base having a U-shaped configuration in cross section adapted to be mounted on a mounting surface, said base comprising: a lock member having a U-shaped configuration in cross section smaller than and slidably engageable with the monolithic base configured to lock the tie-down ratchet binder onto the base. | 37,939 |
8,566,621 | 1. A method, comprising the steps of: detecting temperature associated with a processor; comparing said detected temperature with a reference temperature; repeating said detecting and comparing steps; changing the frequency of said repeating steps at selected temperatures; and using results of said detecting and comparing steps for reducing power consumption associated with said processor if at least one of said detected temperatures is at and/or above said reference temperature, wherein each of the above steps is performed in an electronic apparatus. | 31,544 |
9,304,896 | 1. A data processing node, comprising: an inter-node messaging module including a plurality of sets of registers, wherein each set of registers is configured to define a GET/PUT context instance; and a plurality of data processing cores each coupled to the inter-node messaging module, wherein each of the plurality of data processing cores is configured to map a user level process thereof to one of the plurality of sets of registers and thereby to a respective GET/PUT context instance; wherein the user level process is configured to utilize the respective GET/PUT context instance to perform a GET/PUT action to a ring buffer of a target data processing node, and wherein the target data processing node is coupled to the data processing node through a fabric; and wherein each of the plurality of data processing cores is further configured to modify a memory management unit page table to include a virtual address page for the user level process that maps to a physical address page for the respective GET/PUT context instance. | 22,392 |
9,170,258 | 1. An improved sample analysis apparatus of the type having a removable component with (a) a membrane, said membrane having an upper and lower surface, (b) an analyte-specific binding agent attached to said membrane, (c) a means for absorbing liquid located adjacent to the lower surface of said membrane, and (d) a piston means located adjacent to said means for absorbing liquid, wherein said piston means draws analytes in a sample through the membrane into the means for absorbing liquid, the improvement comprising a chamber for housing at least two removable components in their entirety, a detector adjacent to said chamber and arranged to detect analyte-specific binding to the analyte-specific binding agent on the upper surface of membranes of the at least two removable components housed in their entirety in the chamber, a plurality of data acquisition components for acquiring data, an interface for wired or wireless data transfer, and a computer, wherein the computer integrates, analyzes and stores the detected analyte-specific binding and acquired data thereby providing improved sample analysis. | 30,491 |
9,504,640 | 1. A modified release osmotic dosage form comprising bupropion hydrobromide present in a therapeutically effective amount, wherein said dosage form releases the bupropion hydrobromide by dispensing the bupropion hydrobromide from a core via at least one passageway in a membrane by pressure created in the core by osmosis and/or by the expansion of a swellable material which forces the bupropion hydrobromide to be dispensed from the core of the dosage form, and wherein the core is surrounded by a subcoat containing an osmagent. | 27,121 |
8,859,628 | 1. A method of treating Alzheimer's disease comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an amount of scyllo-inositol of about 1 to about 70 mg/kg/day. | 17,094 |
9,026,815 | 1. A method comprising: determining that a non-core domain of a multi-domain processor is not operating at a frequency requested by the non-core domain, the non-core domain including at least one graphics engine; responsive to the determination, sending a request from the non-core domain to a power controller of the multi-domain processor to reduce a frequency of a core domain of the multi-domain processor, the core domain including at least one core; and responsive to the request, reducing the frequency of the core domain. | 41,741 |
9,606,549 | 1. A poppet valve, comprising: a seat portion which has a conical inner peripheral surface with a center axis; and a conical portion which is supported at a position concentric with the seat portion and displaceable along the center axis inside the seat portion while forming a flow passage having an annular cross-section between the conical portion and the seat portion, wherein, in a longitudinal cross-section of the poppet valve along a plane including the center axis, wherein the poppet valve is configured for a fluid to flow through the poppet valve in the flow passage in a direction in which a diameter of the conical portion decreases, and wherein a cross-sectional area of the flow passage gradually increases toward a downstream side of the flow passage. | 21,445 |
9,457,677 | 1. A system, comprising: circuitry for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles; and circuitry for electronically evaluating response information associated with input to one or more user interface inputs regarding the user interface content presented on the one or more user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles. | 2,623 |
9,065,121 | 1. A separator comprising: a base layer; and a surface layer having a porous structure that contains a resin material and inorganic particles dispersed within the resin material, wherein the surface layer is on at least one side of the base layer, wherein the surface layer has a nonuniform thickness due to the inorganic particles forming a surface roughness that ranges from 1 micron to 4 microns, and wherein a ratio T/D is greater than or equal to 5, where T represents a thickness of the surface layer under a compressive load, and D represents a mean particle diameter of the inorganic particles. | 45,217 |
9,796,547 | 1. A conveyance control device controlling conveyance of a plurality of sheets including an image-formed sheet, comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain display image data indicating a display image of each of the plurality of sheets; a region-specifying unit configured to specify common color regions having a common display color on the plurality of sheets based on the display image data; and a multiple feed detector configured to detect multiple feed of the sheets based on a light-receiving amount of light irradiated onto the common color regions, wherein the display image data indicating a display image of the image-formed sheet includes predetermined image data indicating a predetermined image to be previously formed and sheet image data indicating a sheet image displayed in a sheet color of the sheet. | 26,573 |
8,882,762 | 1. A transmural ablation device to create a transmural lesion of a tissue, comprising: a) a leading electrode assembly having a first electrode and a flexible elongated traveling structure configured for said first electrode to travel along the longitudinal axis of said flexible elongated traveling structure, and wherein at least part of said first electrode acts as a magnet; and b) a following electrode assembly, having a housing a rolling ball and to support at one end the rolling ball configured to roll freely within said housing, wherein said rolling ball comprises an outer layer and an inner structure, wherein said outer layer is a non-magnetic layer, wherein said inner structure is a paramagnetic structure, and wherein said outer layer of said rolling ball and/or at least a part of said housing act as a second electrode, wherein said leading electrode assembly is adapted to be located at one side of a tissue surface, wherein said following electrode assembly is adapted to be located at the other side of the tissue surface, wherein the magnetic force of said first electrode attracts said rolling ball through the tissue surface, wherein said magnetic force enables rolling motion of said rolling ball along its respective tissue surface when said first electrode is traveling over said flexible elongated traveling structure and along its respective tissue surface, and wherein said first electrode and said second electrode are configured to ablate and create said transmural lesion of the tissue when said first electrode and said second electrode face each other and sandwich the tissue through said magnetic force. | 21,692 |
9,426,210 | 1. A mapping server that is configured to: store information on terminal call signal displayed on at least one of call areas defined in a portion or an entirety of a display area of a display unit controlled by a display controlling computer identified on a network, the information on terminal call signal includes color sequence information having a plurality of colors changed with a passage of time; receive response signal from a portable terminal device recognizing the terminal call signal displayed on the display area by the display controlling computer through a photo-sensor installed on the portable terminal device, the response signal includes the color sequence information corresponding to the terminal call signal recognized through the photo-sensor by contacting the portable terminal device with the at least one of the call areas of the display area; and map between the information on the terminal call signal and the response signal, thereby linking between the display controlling computer and the portable terminal device on the network so that any one or both of exchanging and sharing of data between the display controlling computer and the portable terminal device are performed. | 8,141 |
9,555,732 | 1. A hinged bunk board cover system for mating over a bunk board component of a watercraft trailer, the system comprising: a main contact surface component sized to substantially cover a top surface of the bunk board component; a pair of side fastener surface components; and a pair of hinge components, wherein the hinge components are operable to: | 40,627 |
9,729,707 | 1. A system for removing a personalized vehicle user information from an electronic storage on a vehicle, the system comprising: a computerized communication device comprising: a telematics unit located at the vehicle, the telematics unit comprising: | 17,677 |
8,649,959 | 1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, the control device estimating an opening of a throttle at a predetermined future point in time and calculating a predetermined parameter value involved in an air-fuel ratio control based on the estimated throttle opening, the control device comprising: means for acquiring a torque requirement for the internal combustion engine and a response time requirement when the internal combustion engine changes generated torque in response to the torque requirement; means for calculating an air quantity requirement based on the torque requirement; throttle opening calculating means having an inverse model of an intake system model that models response of a cylinder intake air quantity relative to an operation of the throttle, for calculating, by using the inverse model, a throttle opening for achieving the air quantity requirement; delay processing means for delaying the throttle opening calculated by the throttle opening calculating means by a predetermined delay time; means for outputting the throttle opening outputted from the delay processing means to the throttle as an operation amount; means for estimating a throttle opening at the predetermined future point in time based on the throttle opening before the delay processing performed by the delay processing means; means for determining whether or not the delay processing of the throttle opening by using the delay time is allowed, based on time allowed between a response time of the cylinder intake air quantity relative to the operation of the throttle to be achieved at a current engine speed and a torque response time requirement; and delay processing restricting means for restricting the delay processing of the throttle opening performed by the delay processing means, when it is determined that the delay processing of the throttle opening by using the delay time is not allowed. | 42,516 |
9,355,616 | 1. A method to render image requests comprising the steps of: a) executing a render server program; b) receiving two or more render requests to generate two or more rendered images from one or more clients, where each of the two or more render requests include a time of receipt of the render request; c) selecting from the two or more render requests the render request requiring the most processing time as a large render request, where one or more render requests are not selected as the large render request; d) ‘breaking down’ the large render request into a plurality of partial render requests including at least a first partial render request a second partial render request and remaining partial render requests, where each of the plurality of partial render requests require one or both less compute time and less graphics resources than one or both the requirements for compute time and graphics resources of the large render request; e) assigning a time of receipt of the first partial render request based on the time of receipt of the large render request; f) assigning a time of receipt of the second partial render request such that at least one of the one or more render requests is assigned a time of receipt after the time of receipt of the first partial render request and before the time of receipt of the second partial render request; g) assigning a time of receipt of the remaining partial render request such that at least one of the one or more render requests is assigned a time of receipt after the time of receipt of the second partial render request and before the time of receipt of the remaining partial render requests; h) determining a sequence of interleaved commands for rendering the one or more render requests and the plurality of partial render requests based on the time of receipt of the one or more render requests and the assigned time of receipt of the first partial render request and the assigned time of receipt of the second partial render request and the assigned time of receipt of the remaining partial render requests; i) issuing the sequence of interleaved commands to one or more graphics processing units to generate the two or more rendered images; and j) sending to the one or more clients the two or more rendered images. | 32,895 |
9,227,454 | 1. A book forming and pressing machine, comprising: a reshaping device to perform a shaping operation on a book block; a pressing device comprising a number of spaced-apart pressing plates and burn-in rails to press the book block during the shaping operation; a loading device comprising a loading table, the loading table including a book block back support arrangement to support the book block back during the shaping operation, the book block back support arrangement including: at least one pair of prism plates having shaped upper edges and arranged spaced-apart, extending parallel or quasi-parallel to each other to support a correspondingly shaped book block back during the shaping operation; and at least one feed element operatively connected with each prism plate and arranged on the inside of the prism plates, the feed elements each having an upper surface shaped differently from the shaped upper edge of the prism plate to which the feed element is connected and being adjustable to a position above the shaped upper edge of the prism plate to which the prism plate is connected, wherein the feed elements in said position will support a correspondingly differently shaped book block back in place of the shaped upper edges of the prism plates. | 11,942 |
9,398,695 | 1. A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board comprising: providing a photoreceptive material coating on a substrate of a printed circuit board; providing an array of multiple parallel columns of individually addressable light emitting diodes, the array being fabricated from a wafer, the columns of light emitting diodes being arranged on the wafer in a staggered pattern such that a space between any two light emitting diodes in any column aligns with at least one light emitting diode in a different column, the staggered pattern facilitating fabrication of the wafer; determining an intensity of each of the light emitting diodes; controlling light emitting diode emissions using the determined intensity of each of the light emitting diodes to form a high resolution image on the photoreceptive material to produce a usable differentiation in the photoreceptive material coating on said printed circuit board substrate between exposed areas and unexposed areas; and using said usable differentiation in the photoreceptive material coating in processing the printed circuit board substrate. | 28,725 |
9,196,912 | 1. An electrically conductive adhesive for bonding an anode flow field plate and a cathode flow field plate together to form a bipolar plate assembly for a fuel cell, the adhesive comprising: epoxy methacrylate resin in an amount ranging from about 3 to 70% by weight; styrene in an amount ranging from about 0 to 20% by weight; isobornylacrylate in an amount ranging from about 0 to 20% by weight; non-fibrous carbon particles in an amount ranging from about 11 to 30% by weight; a non-conductive rheology modifier; a radical initiator; a stabilizer; and carbon fibres in an amount ranging from 0 to less than 2% by weight. | 8,951 |
9,503,228 | 1. A method to detect, diagnose, and mitigate issues in a network, the method comprising: receiving Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) data related to the network, the OAM data related to current operation of the network; receiving external data related to the network, the external data describing events related to any one or more of construction, weather, natural disasters, and planned outages; instantiating a rule engine to evaluate one or more rules based on any one of the OAM data, an event, policy, and an anomaly; performing one or more actions based on the evaluating the one or more rules; and analyzing the external data to determine a relationship between the events and network elements in the network, wherein the relationship comprises any one or more of distance, amount of time the event exists, a number of events in a shared area, reputation of an event based on historical data, and a magnitude of collateral damage an event may cause to generate an associated risk level. | 41,372 |
8,651,660 | 1. A tinted, polarized eyewear lens product comprising: a) a multilayer wafer comprising an outer transparent polymeric layer, an inner transparent polymeric layer, and a polarized layer positioned between the inner and the outer polymeric layers, wherein of said inner and outer transparent polymeric layers, only the inner transparent polymeric layer is tinted; and b) an injection-molded polycarbonate inner portion directly fused to the inner, tinted transparent polymeric layer of the multilayer wafer. | 18,224 |
9,638,182 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a device comprising (i) a mobile platform having a first surface and a second surface and (ii) an array of electrostatic pumps located within or on the mobile platform; and (b) operating the array of electrostatic pumps to fly the mobile platform above the ground, wherein the step of operating the array of electrostatic pumps comprises using the electrostatic pumps to create a flow of air from the first surface to the second surface to provide a thrust force to the mobile platform in a direction away from the ground greater than the gravitational force to the mobile platform in an opposite direction toward the ground. | 5,079 |
8,794,552 | 1. A carpet recycling apparatus, for use in mechanically separating a substantial portion of pile U's from the backing of post-consumer carpet, said apparatus comprising: means for mechanically separating the pile U's and the backing of the carpet into a first separated portion comprising substantially the backing with residual pile U fibers and remnant adhesive attached thereto, and into a second separated portion comprising substantially the pile U's with residual backing fibers and remnant adhesive attached thereto; means for transporting the pile U's with residual backing fibers; a hopper comprising a first opening and a second opening, said first opening configured to receive the pile U's with residual backing fibers from said transport means; one or more paddle wheels rotatably disposed in said second end of said hopper, and configured to substantially block egress of the pile U's from said second opening when static, and further configured to assist egress of the pile U's from said second opening when said one or more paddle wheels are driven to rotate; a weight pan configured to receive the pile U's that egress from said second opening of said hopper, said weight pan comprising a load cell configured to stop rotation of said one or more paddle wheels when a preset weight of the pile U's with residual backing fibers is received therein; a shaker pen comprising: one or more mesh walls configured to form an upper opening and a lower opening; a cover pivotally secured thereto and configured to pivot to enclose said top opening; and a mesh cover pivotally secured thereto and configured to pivot to enclose said lower opening to form an enclosed volume; said upper opening configured to receive said preset weight of the pile U's with residual backing fibers from said weight pan; said mesh comprising openings sized to inhibit egress therefrom of the longer backing fibers but to permit egress of the pile U's; and means for shaking said shaker pen for a set period of time to separate a substantial percentage of the residual backing fibers from the pile U's of the second separated portion. | 49,631 |
9,777,690 | 1. A fuel system for an internal combustion piston engine comprising: a first fuel section and a second fuel section in which the first fuel section comprises a first inlet line connecting respective inlets of first injectors to a tank, and the second fuel section comprises a second inlet line connecting respective inlets of second injectors to a fuel tank, the second fuel section being arranged to inject a second fuel into the combustion chambers for igniting a first fuel, the inlet line extending in the first fuel section from a high pressure pump to the respective injectors, and a first fuel return line of the first fuel section extending from each of the first injectors to the tank, and the first fuel return line comprising a pressure increaser arranged to the first fuel return line of the first fuel section between the injectors and the tank. | 6,173 |
9,150,218 | 1. A hybrid vehicle equipped with a power plant including an electric motor and an engine, said hybrid vehicle comprising: a clutch configured to connect and disconnect the engine to and from a driving wheel and the electric motor in a way that enables power to be transmitted, the electric motor being configured to transmit power to the driving wheel; a throttle by wire system configured to link a throttle valve of the engine and an acceleration operator together; and a controller configured to control operation of the power plant, said controller comprising: | 4,446 |
9,335,812 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a first power-off unit configured to turn off the information processing apparatus when a first time has elapsed without receiving user operation, and a second power-off unit configured to turn off the information processing apparatus at a specified time, wherein the first power-off unit is configured to turn off the information processing apparatus before the first time elapses if the information processing apparatus has been started before an offset time has elapsed after the second power-off unit has turned off the information processing apparatus at the specified time. | 43,662 |
9,254,297 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising an oxidized phospholipid having a structure according to Formula (1): wherein R R R X the composition further comprising a thermosoftening carrier and an anti-adherent agent, wherein said thermosoftening carrier has a melting point from about 40° C. to about 100° C., wherein the weight ratio of said anti-adherent agent to said oxidized phospholipid is about 1:5 to about 5:1, wherein said thermosoftening carrier is a poloxamer or a polyethylene glycol, and wherein said anti-adherent agent is selected from the group consisting of talc, magnesium stearate, cellulose, cellulose derivatives, lactose, gelatin, alginates, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium oxide, clays, attapulgite, bentonite, carrageenan, copovidone, hectorite, polymethacrylates, sodium docusate, erythritol, povidones, croscarmellose sodium, dextrates, starches, iron oxide, kaolin, silicates, corn flour, sugars, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, calcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, bicarbonates, citrate salts, and titanium dioxide. | 2,357 |
9,269,338 | 1. A musical instrument accessory configured to provide cushioning to a chest of a musician and to repel moisture from a musical instrument; the musical instrument accessory comprising: a transition layer configured to provide comfort and to repel moisture; an attachment layer mechanically coupled to the transition layer and configured to adhere to the musical instrument; wherein the transition layer and the attachment layer have a common profile shape that is configured to accommodate musical instruments of different sizes; a first rounded extension continuously connected to a first right rounded portion; wherein the first right rounded portion is shaped similar to an upper belly on the musical instrument and the first rounded extension is shaped similar to a button on the musical instrument; a bottom right rounded portion continuously connected to the first right rounded portion; a second right rounded extension continuously connected to the bottom right rounded portion; a second right rounded portion continuously connected to the second right rounded extension; a right collapsing node continuously connected to the second right rounded portion; a third rounded portion continuously connected to the right collapsing node; a left collapsing node continuously connected to the third rounded portion; a second left rounded portion continuously connected the left collapsing node; a second left rounded extension continuously connected to the second left rounded portion; a bottom left rounded portion continuously connected to the second left rounded extension; and a first left rounded portion continuously connected to the bottom left rounded portion; wherein the first left rounded portion is continuously connected to the first rounded extension. | 12,219 |
9,123,844 | 1. A photovoltaic cell, comprising: one or more overlying electron-conducting layers each comprising one or more electron-conducting materials; one or more overlying hole-conducting layers each comprising one or more hole-conducting materials; one or more overlying photoactive conversion layers, each of the overlying photoactive conversion layers being disposed between the one or more overlying electron-conducting layers and the one or more overlying hole-conducting layers, each of the photoactive conversion layers comprising one or more distinct overlying semiconductor and oxide layers, each semiconductor and oxide layer comprising a multiplicity of semiconductor grains arranged in a distinct oxide matrix, where each of the semiconductor grains is substantially columnar along an axis perpendicular to an inter-layer planar surface of the semiconductor and oxide layer, each of the semiconductor grains has a height substantially equal to that of a thickness of the respective distinct semiconductor and oxide layer, the oxide matrix is dispersed at least at circumferential grain boundaries of the semiconductor grains and the oxide matrix has a conduction band selected to accept charge carriers injected from the semiconductor grains, and in each semiconductor and oxide layer the semiconductor grains are a single semiconductor type; and a substrate, wherein: the one or more overlying electron-conducting layers are deposited over the substrate, the one or more photoactive conversion layers are deposited over the one or more overlying electron-conducting layers, and the one or more overlying hole-conducting layers are deposited over the one or more photoactive conversion layers; or the one or more overlying hole-conducting layers are deposited over the substrate, the one or more photoactive conversion layers are deposited over the one or more overlying hole-conducting layers, and the one or more overlying electron-conducting layers are deposited over the one or more photoactive conversion layers; and one or more electrically conducting interlayers that promote vertical columnar growth of semiconductor grains from an adjacent semiconductor and oxide layer respectively during deposition of the adjacent layers and wherein one or more of the electrically conducting interlayers each comprise a continuous metallic layer which is in direct contact with the with the multiplicity of semiconductor grains. | 26,194 |
8,597,864 | 1. A photoreceptor for electrophotography, comprising: a conductive substrate; a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate and containing a resin binder that is a copolymerized polyallylate resin represented by a chemical structural formula (1) comprised of structural units (A) and (B), and at least two siloxane structural units (C), (D), (E) and (F) that follow: where symbols a, b, c, d, e and f represent molar percentages (mol %) of the structural units (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F), respectively, in the chemical structural formula (1) with the sum (a+b+c+d+e+f) being 100 mol %; R | 44,478 |
9,004,483 | 1. An image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus configured to form images on a plurality of sheets which are sequentially transported with a spacing between the plurality of sheets and that outputs the plurality of sheets; and a sheet transport apparatus comprising a transport section configured to receive the plurality of sheets sequentially transported and output from the image forming apparatus and transport the plurality of sheets farther downstream in a transport direction and configured to supply a different type of sheet from a different-type-of-sheet supply device, configure to insert the different type of sheet into a spacing provided between the plurality of sheets which are transported in the transport section, and configured to transport the different type of sheet and the plurality of sheets, the sheet transport apparatus comprising: wherein: the timing unit is configured to count a spacing arrival time taken for the spacing into which the different type of sheet will be inserted to reach the transport section, on the basis of the information concerning transporting of sheets obtained by the transport information obtaining unit; and the different-type-of-sheet supply unit is configured to start supplying the different type of sheet when the spacing arrival time counted by the timing unit becomes equal to or smaller than the different-type-of-sheet supply time stored in the memory. | 48,769 |
8,956,522 | 1. An electrochemical method for manufacturing a tin metal/lithium oxide composite thin film, comprising: providing a solution comprising about 10 electrodepositing the tin metal/lithium oxide composite thin film on a conductive substrate at room temperature with a reference electrode of Ag/AgCl and a voltage of about 900-1500 mV are used; and drying the tin/lithium oxide composite thin film at a temperature of about 15-40° C. and a relative humidity of at least about 75%, wherein the tin metal/lithium oxide composite thin film comprises a plurality of tin/lithium oxide composite particles, and each of the tin/lithium oxide composite particles comprises a plurality of tin crystal grains and a lithium oxide thin layer enveloping the tin crystal grains. | 14,230 |
9,309,443 | 1. A curable composition comprising: a) a solute (meth)acryolyl oligomer having a M wherein the sum of the monomer units is 100 parts by weight; b) a diluent monomer component, and c) a photoinitiator, d) a thixotropic agent in amounts of 0.01 and 10 wt. % with respect to the total weight of curable composition; wherein the composition comprises no polyethylenically unsaturated monomer or other crosslinking agents. | 22,802 |
8,532,540 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner cartridge storing a toner therein: a developing device developing a latent image; and a transport path having a transporting member that is extended along the transport path, and having an inlet through which the toner is supplied from the toner cartridge disposed at an upstream side of the transport path, the transport path transports the toner to the developing device, wherein the transporting member includes a rotary shaft and a blade disposed around the rotary shaft, and a diameter of the rotary shaft at a downstream side of a transporting direction is smaller than a diameter of a rotary shaft at the upstream side of the transporting direction. | 39,778 |
9,467,390 | 1. A method for data transmission, comprising: establishing a First In First Out, FIFO, buffer for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, TCP/IP, data packets to be transmitted, receiving and buffering the TCP/IP data packets in the buffer, wherein the TCP/IP data packets include TCP payload data packets and TCP acknowledgement information, TCP ACK; adjusting a queue of the buffered TCP/IP data packets in accordance with header information of the TCP/IP data packets; and transmitting sequentially the buffered TCP/IP data packets in the adjusted queue, wherein the adjusting of the queue of the buffered TCP/IP data packets in accordance with the header information of the TCP/IP data packets includes when at least two buffered TCP ACKs have same source and destination IP addresses, a same TCP source port number and a same destination port number, but different acknowledgement numbers, retaining one of the at least two buffered TCP ACKs that is most recently received and deleting other of the at least two buffered TCP ACKs, wherein the retaining of the one of the at least two buffered TCP ACKs that is most recently received includes inserting the one of the two buffered TCP ACKs in a position of most anterior TCP ACK among the deleted other of the at least two buffered TCP ACKs, and wherein the deleted other of the at least two buffered TCP ACKs was previously labeled as duplicated prior to the adjusting of the queue. | 21,068 |
8,357,097 | 1. A small-scale diagnostic system comprising: an image generating apparatus which photographs a patient body part which is a target of diagnosis and which generates and transmits image data; and a medical image management apparatus which is connected with the image generating apparatus and which receives the image data generated in the image generating apparatus and stores the received image data and patient information of a plurality of patients in a storage section while establishing correspondence between the received image data and the patient information, wherein the medical image management apparatus comprises: a display section which conducts screen display of the image data stored in the storage section for each patient after the correspondence between the image data and the patient information has been established; and a display control section which displays in the display section while screen display of image data of one patient is conducted, a patient selection button for inputting an instruction for changing the screen display to screen display of image data of another patient, and which changes the screen display of image data in the display section to the screen display of another patient in accordance with instruction input operation of the displayed patient selection button, wherein the patient selection button allows to select a patient for the screen display other than the patient whose screen display currently being conducted, and displays a patient name of the patient to be selected, wherein whenever the correspondence is established between patient information of a new patient other than a patient whose name is being displayed already in the patient selection button and new image data received from the image generating apparatus, the display control section generates and displays a new patient selection button displaying a patient name of the new patient in the display section. | 47,158 |
8,823,189 | 1. A power recovery system for recovery of part of the required energy input during regasification of LNG using a Rankine power cycle, the power recovery system comprising: a working fluid; a system containing the working fluid in a closed loop; a pump two-phase liquid-vapor expander generator comprising: a heat source connected to the pump two-phase liquid-vapor expander generator via the pipe system, the heat source heating the pressurized working fluid into higher vapor content, the heated and pressurized two-phase working fluid then re-entering the pump two-phase liquid-vapor expander generator at the two-phase liquid-vapor expander wherein the heated and pressurized two-phase working fluid expands and drives the rotating center shaft, and subsequently the induction generator, the expanded two-phase working fluid flowing out of the pump two-phase liquid-vapor expander for cooling and condensation; and a heat sink connected to the pump two-phase liquid-vapor expander generator via the pipe system, the heat sink cooling the expanded two-phase working fluid such that the two-phase working fluid is condensed back to the liquid state, the liquid-phase working fluid then re-entering the pump two-phase liquid-vapor expander generator at the feed pump, and repeating the cycle. | 16,651 |
9,735,640 | 1. A stator winding for a rotating electrical machine, comprising: a plurality of stator phase windings assuming a plurality of phases, which each includes a plurality of round windings wound with a wave winding pattern, each having slot conductors each inserted at one of the slots at a stator core to form one of a plurality of layers and cross conductors each connecting same-side ends of slot conductors inserted at different slots so as to form a coil end, wherein: the cross conductors connect the slot conductors so as to run astride slots with the slot pitch Np set to N+1 at coil ends on one side and run astride slots with the slot pitch Np set to N−1 at coil ends on another side, with N representing a number of slots per pole; the stator phase windings each include stator winding groups that have no phase difference therebetween in a single phase; the stator phase windings each includes a plurality of slot conductor groups each having a plurality of slot conductors corresponding to a single phase; the plurality of slot conductors in each slot conductor group are inserted at a predetermined number Ns of successive slots forming a continuous range along a circumference of the stator core so that the slot conductors in the slot conductor group take successive slot positions and successive layer positions; and the predetermined number Ns is set so that Ns=NSPP +NL when NSPP represents a number of slots per phase per pole and NL represents a number of layers divided by two. | 32,043 |
8,616,539 | 1. A wafer chuck, comprising: a plurality of vacuum holes in fluid communication with a cavity that continuously extends between the vacuum holes along a top surface of the wafer chuck that is configured to receive a workpiece, wherein the cavity comprises a plurality of concentric trenches respectively disposed between abutting ridges of the wafer chuck configured to physically contact the workpiece at apex of the ridges; and a vacuum source connected to the plurality of vacuum holes and configured to form a low pressure vacuum within the cavity, wherein respective vacuum holes are configured to contribute to formation of the low pressure vacuum within the cavity. | 1,136 |
9,121,308 | 1. A wind turbine, comprising a tower, a nacelle rotatably arranged on the tower, and a helicopter landing pad arranged on the nacelle, characterized in that the wind turbine has that the helicopter landing pad is arranged on the nacelle in such a way that the cross-section of the upper tower section lies completely within the outer contour of the helicopter landing pad in the top view. | 6,804 |
8,512,202 | 1. A shift controller for a hybrid vehicle in which: an engine and a motor are connected together via a clutch; and a transmission is placed between the motor and driving wheels, the shift controller comprising: a first shift controlling unit configured to perform shift control on a basis of at least one of transmission efficiency of the transmission and power generation efficiency of the motor in a case where regeneration is performed with the clutch disengaged during deceleration of the hybrid vehicle; and a second shift controlling unit configured to perform shift control to make a transmission gear ratio of the transmission smaller than in the shift control performed by the first shift controlling unit in a case where the regeneration is performed with the clutch engaged during the deceleration of the hybrid vehicle. | 22,253 |
9,744,228 | 1. A recombinant nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding parvoviris VP1 protein (VP1) operably linked to a first control element and a nucleotide sequence encoding parvovirus VP2 protein (VP2) operably linked to a second control element, wherein the recombinant nucleic acid comprises equivalent amounts of the nucleotide sequence encoding VP1 and the nucleotide sequence encoding VP2, the first control element is a weak promoter suitable for expression in a yeast cell and the second control element is a strong promoter suitable for expression in a yeast cell, wherein the second control element is an ADH/GAPDH promoter comprising SEQ ID NO: 19 and the first control element is a variant of said ADH/GAPDH promoter that results in decreased expression of VP1 relative VP2, wherein, when recombinant nucleic acid is expressed in a yeast cell, VP1 is produced in a lower abundance relative to VP2, and virus like particles (VLP) are formed that comprise VP1 and VP2. | 27,356 |
9,151,202 | 1. An exhaust aftertreatment system for treating exhaust flow from an internal combustion engine, comprising: a first exhaust leg positioned to receive the exhaust flow from the engine, said first exhaust leg including: a second exhaust leg positioned to receive the exhaust flow from the engine in parallel to the exhaust flow in the first exhaust leg, said second exhaust leg including: a flow measurement device positioned along at least one of the first and second exhaust legs and configured to generate a signal indicative of a characteristic of exhaust mass flow or exhaust volume flow of the exhaust stream in that leg; and an electronic control module configured to: | 656 |
9,305,671 | 1. An electrical distribution system for a nuclear power plant, comprising: at least one primary alternating current (AC) power source; a first plurality of AC loads of a plurality of nuclear reactor systems of the nuclear power plant, each of the first plurality of AC loads comprising a critical electrical load of the plurality of nuclear reactor systems that fails to a safety position based on a loss of electrical power from the primary AC power source; a first AC power bus that is electrically coupled to the at least one primary AC power source, the first plurality of AC loads, and a first critical battery system that comprises one or more non-qualified battery sources; a second plurality of AC loads of the plurality of nuclear reactor systems, each of the second plurality of AC loads comprising a non-critical electrical load of the plurality of nuclear reactor systems; and a second AC power bus that is electrically coupled to the at least one primary AC power source, the second plurality of AC loads, and a non-critical battery system that comprises one or more qualified battery sources. | 48,369 |
9,664,372 | 1. An illumination harness comprising: a) a waist belt comprising a top edge, a front midpoint and a rear midpoint; b) a shoulder strap comprising: c) a triangular pouch comprising a front and a back, said back of said pouch being attached to said front end of said shoulder strap and said waist belt to provide extra support for said strap angle; d) a vertical track comprising an upper edge and a bottom edge, said vertical track being attached to said front of said triangular pouch; and e) an illumination light frictionally mounted on said vertical track such that the vertical position of said illumination light on said track can be adjusted by hand but said illumination light will stay in position under its own weight. | 10,252 |
9,183,735 | 1. A method for rendering a security system less susceptible to sabotage, the method comprising: utilizing a remote server to manage security alerts, managing security alerts comprising: the remote server having security system configuration information and alert information; maintaining and diagnosing security system configuration using the remote server; and utilizing, by means of the remote server, a remote alarm console to interact with the security system; said remote alarm console being in communication with said remote server; said remote alarm console not being in direct communication with the security system wherein the remote server to manage security alerts further comprises: merging an identifying ID with the alert type; wherein said remote alarm console to interact with the security system comprises: utilizing, by means of the remote servers said remote alarm console to arm and disarm the security system; and accessing functionality of predetermined security; whereby remote functionality obtained using the remote server renders the security system less susceptible to sabotage. | 30,954 |
9,679,632 | 1. An erasure circuitry for erasing a volatile memory comprising a plurality of memory cells, the erasure circuitry adapted to initiate a dummy operation on one or more memory cells to randomize the data stored in the one or more memory cells at the occurrence of a predefined event, wherein the control circuit comprises one or more transistor pairs, each transistor pair comprising one nMOS transistor and one pMOS transistor, the one or more transistor pairs being connected there between and further connected to one or more memory cells among the plurality of memory cells such that the pMOS transistor is adapted to impose a 1 logic on the one or more memory cells when the nMOS transistor turns 1 logic, the nMOS transistor being adapted to turn 1 logic at the occurrence of the predefined event and to remain 0 logic otherwise. | 24,697 |
9,279,673 | 1. A method of calibrating a warpage test system, comprising: providing a calibration block including a first metal block bonded to a second metal block, wherein the first metal block includes a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) different from a CTE of the second metal block; disposing the calibration block in the warpage test system; measuring warpage of the calibration block over a temperature profile; and recording a deviation between the measured warpage of the calibration block and a known thermal expansion of the calibration block over the temperature profile, wherein the deviation provides a calibration of the warpage test system. | 13,393 |
9,688,990 | 1. A method for preventing or treating cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene (CFTR)-related disease in a subject in need thereof comprising the step of administering to said subject an oligonucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein administration of the oligonucleotide results in preventing or treating the CFTR-related disease. | 28,674 |
9,296,660 | 1. A ceramic carbon composite material in which an interfacial layer of a ceramic is formed between carbon particles of or containing graphite; wherein the interfacial layer of the ceramic has a continuous three-dimensional network between the carbon particles of or containing graphite. | 42,098 |
9,166,419 | 1. A battery pack for an electric vehicle, comprising: a first battery arranged in parallel with a load of the electric vehicle; a second battery arranged in parallel with the first battery and the load; a first semiconductor switching module arranged in series with the first battery, the first semiconductor switching module being configured to selectively allow current flow from the first battery to the load and from the load to the first battery; a second semiconductor switching module arranged in series with the second battery, the second semiconductor switching module being configured to selectively allow current flow from the second battery to the load and from the load to the second battery; and a battery control module configured to: | 4,547 |
9,808,942 | 1. A knife with a replaceable blade, comprising a housing, a cover arranged on the housing and a blade carrier arranged between the housing and the cover and slidable relative to the housing to move a blade between an extended position and a retracted position, and a blade cartridge carrier arranged adjacent and parallel to the blade carrier having a perimeter extending around a periphery of a position adjacent to the retracted position of the blade, the blade cartridge carrier having an internal space to receive spare blades, wherein the cover can be connected with the housing in an open type to fix the blade carrier between the cover and the housing; a switch mechanism is arranged on the cover to control opening and closing of the cover and the housing, the switch mechanism comprising a trigger member located at an outside of the cover and a contacting member connected with the trigger member; a through hole is arranged on the cover, and the trigger member is arranged in an interior of the through hole; the trigger member comprising one pushing face and an axis pin, the pushing face capable of rotating around the axis pin, a front portion of the pushing face is provided with a blocking portion and a stopping member is arranged in the through hole of the cover; and when no force is exerted on the pushing face, the blocking portion is located at a position of the stopping member and the stopping member stops forward movement of the trigger member; and actuating the pushing face to overcome an elasticity of a pressure spring permits the pushing face to rotate around the axis pin and the blocking portion to rotate to a position above the stopping member to allow the trigger member to move forward. | 16,642 |
9,797,350 | 1. A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger, comprising: providing first and second portions of heat exchanger stock, the portions of heat exchanger stock having separators of a first thermal conductivity; providing a separator distinct from the portions of heat exchanger stock and having a second thermal conductivity different than the first thermal conductivity; disposing the separator between the first and second portions of the heat exchanger stock; coupling the separator to the first and second portions of the heat exchanger stock; coupling a first pair of end caps to the first portion of the heat exchanger stock thereby providing a first independent airflow; coupling a second pair of end caps to the second portion of the heat exchanger stock thereby providing a second independent airflow; and coupling a third pair of end caps to the first and second portions of the heat exchanger stock thereby providing a third independent airflow, | 46,375 |
8,672,068 | 1. A drive unit for a hybrid electric motor vehicle comprising: a bevel pinion driveably connected to a power source; a bevel gear meshing with the bevel pinion and aligned with an axis; a first driveshaft and a second driveshaft; a differential mechanism including an input secured to the bevel gear, for transmitting power between the input and the first and the second drive shafts; an electric motor/generator including a rotor; and a planetary gear set driveably connected to the input and the rotor for transmitting power between the rotor and the input such that a speed of the rotor is greater than a speed of the input. | 16,092 |
9,832,698 | 1. A communication control method, comprising: determining, by an user terminal, whether or not a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) connection is turned off; transmitting information from the user terminal to a base station, the base station being configured to connect with the user terminal and to perform a communication by Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, in response to determining that the WLAN connection is turned off, wherein the information indicates that the user terminal cannot connect to an access point configured to perform a communication by the WLAN; detecting, by the user terminal, whether or not the user terminal is in a connected state to a predetermined access point configured to perform the communication by the WLAN; and transmitting the information from the user terminal to the base station, in response to determining that the user terminal is the connected state to the predetermined access point. | 7,564 |
9,389,210 | 1. A thermal distribution display comprising, on a support, a thermal distribution display layer that comprises: at least two electron-donating dye precursors that develop mutually different color tones, the dye precursors including at least one electron-donating dye precursor that decomposes in a temperature range of 190° C. or higher to undergo a change in hue; at least one electron-accepting compound that allows the at least two electron-donating dye precursors to develop colors; and a binder, wherein, in the thermal distribution display layer, a temperature T 0.2 , at which a density is 0.2 greater than a background density, satisfies the following formula (1): wherein, in formula (1), T wherein the at least one electron-donating dye precursor that decomposes in a temperature range of 190° C. or higher to undergo a change in hue is an indolylazaphthalide compound represented by the following formula (a): wherein, in formula (a), each of R | 13,984 |
9,705,610 | 1. A waveguide system, comprising: a coupler that is positioned with respect to a transmission medium to facilitate transmission of electromagnetic waves that propagate along an outer surface of the transmission medium; and a training controller configured to detect an impairment on at least a portion of the transmission medium that is adverse to the propagation of the electromagnetic waves, the impairment having a location corresponding to at least one of: a position on the at least the portion of the outer surface of the transmission medium or an azimuthal orientation on the at least the portion of the outer surface of the transmission medium, wherein the training controller is further configured to adjust an electromagnetic field pattern of the electromagnetic waves to reduce adverse effects of the impairment by reducing a field strength of the electromagnetic waves at the location of the impairment. | 16,236 |
9,331,198 | 1. A vertical graphene transistor comprising: a metal substrate, multiple layers of epitaxial hexagonal Boron Nitride (h-BN) there over, and a layer of graphene formed on said h-BN opposite the metal substrate, wherein said h-BN is comprised of a number of epitaxial layers of h-BN sufficient to provide a barrier layer thickness to develop predetermined ON-OFF rates and lateral mobility in excess of 2000 cm | 16,460 |
9,655,859 | 1. A method for the treatment of symptoms of Parkinson's disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising: repetitively administering to the subject, over a period of more than one week, an accordion pill comprising a therapeutically effective amount of levodopa, in a twice-a-day administration regimen having a first dose of the day and a second dose of the same day, wherein the second dose of each day is administered about 8 to about 10 hours after the first dose of that day, with the first dose of the following consecutive day commencing about 24 hours after the first dose of the previous day, wherein the accordion pill comprising levodopa is a multilayered gastroretentive dosage form, folded into a capsule in undulated form, which unfolds upon contact with gastric fluids. | 23,393 |
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