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9,200,227 | 1. A fire-kindler comprising a portable pocket-sized geometrically shaped plate having a perpendicular perimeter communication between a top surface and a bottom surface for ignition, said plate formed from a single element of combustible material wherein a plurality of mechanically introduced air apertures pass completely there through in a perpendicular direction, each of said air apertures providing a vertical cooperative updraft during combustion, each of said air apertures provide an air-flow velocity and an air and fuel gas mixture, each of said air apertures further include a substantially vertical interior configuration which includes a constricted upper portion of the aperture, wherein each of the constricted aperture upper portion providing an increase in the air-flow velocity and cooperatively provides an exited combustible premix of air and fuel gas mixture within and vertically through each of said air apertures through said plate having a pattern of arrangement with said plurality of said air apertures whereby each of the exited combustible premixes shall emanate, and ignite into a vertical flame during combustion, said pattern of arrangement providing an accumulation comprised of said flame, emanation and vertical cooperative updraft, said accumulation providing a combined delivery of a cumulative effect which is comprised of more neutral flames from the air and fuel gas constricted premixes and of the constricted increases of the flame velocities, whereby the fire-kindler will produce a unified vertical flame of said plate and draw potential heat together into a hotter and more steady solitary flame. | 46,510 |
8,773,090 | 1. A voltage regulator, comprising: an input port configured to receive an input signal; an output port configured to provide an output voltage; a first switch and a second switch coupled in series between the input port and ground, wherein the first and second switches are synchronously switched; an adaptive hysteretic control circuit having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to an output voltage feedback signal indicative of the output voltage, the second input terminal is coupled to a switching signal, and wherein based on the output voltage feedback signal and the switching signal, the adaptive hysteretic control circuit generates a first control signal at the first output terminal, and a second control signal at the second output terminal; and a logic circuit having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and at least one output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to the first output terminal of the adaptive hysteretic control circuit to receive the first control signal, the second input terminal is coupled to the second output terminal of the adaptive hysteretic control circuit to receive the second control signal, and wherein based on the first control signal and the second control signal, the logic circuit generates the switching signal at the output terminal to control the first switch and the second switch; wherein the output voltage feedback signal is limited between an upper threshold and a lower threshold, and wherein the upper threshold or the lower threshold is adjusted based on the switching signal and a constant on time signal having a square wave to achieve a constant switching frequency of the voltage regulator. | 7,016 |
9,382,848 | 1. A method for operating combined cycle power plants, the method comprising: modifying one or more operational parameters of a gas turbine (GT) to increase an exhaust gas temperature above a standard start-up temperature; receiving at least one of GT operational data, heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) operational data, and steam turbine (ST) operational data from a plurality of sensors; predicting a time at which one or more ST roll-off the permissives are required to be satisfied based on at least one of the GT operational data, the HRSG operational data, and the ST operational data, wherein the prediction is based on a model of at least one of the GT, HRSG, or ST; and modifying the one or more operational parameters of the GT to satisfy the one or more ST roll-off permissives at the predicted time, wherein the ST roll-off permissives includes at least one of a temperature matching condition, a minimum pressure condition, and a minimum flow condition, and wherein modifying the one or more operational parameters of the GT comprises adjusting at least one of a fuel valve and an inlet guide vane. | 48,423 |
8,720,208 | 1. An aircraft gas turbine engine a core engine comprising: a bypass duct surrounding the core engine; a mixer arranged in an inlet portion of the low pressure turbine, into which a bypass flow from the bypass duct and a core flow from the core engine are supplied; the mixer comprising a housing separating the core flow duct from the bypass duct, the housing having an interior and an exterior, the interior connected to the core flow for passing the core flow, the exterior exposed to the bypass flow in the bypass duct, the housing having a plurality of perforations running from the exterior to the interior for passing the bypass flow from the bypass duct into the interior for mixing with the core flow. | 47,672 |
8,614,887 | 1. A portable electronic device comprising: a housing defining a sliding groove therein, the sliding groove comprising two opposite fingers therein, each finger comprising a protruding block; and a support mechanism movably connected to and receivable in the housing, and comprising: | 43,367 |
8,539,434 | 1. A method implemented for executing computer instructions stored in a memory for managing an operation, the method comprising: determining a nature, deterministic or non-deterministic, of at least one of the operation and at least one result datum returned by the operation, wherein the operation is initiated by a program instruction in an application process and executed by at least one computer and wherein performance of the operation returns the at least one result datum to the application process; responsive to determining a non-deterministic nature of at least one of the operation and at least one result datum returned by the operation, predicting, by a processing unit, a result of the operation; comparing the result predicted with an actual result returned by the operation; responsive to determining that the result predicted is different than the actual result, logging data including the actual result returned by the operation; responsive to determining that the result predicted is the same as the actual result, not logging the actual result returned by the operation, wherein the operation performs at least one event internal to the application process; responsive to detecting a condition that requires restarting the application process on the at least one computer, sending the data logged including the actual result returned by the operation for at least one result incorrectly predicted; and re-predicting a result of the operation for at least one result correctly predicted. | 31,144 |
8,790,717 | 1. A process, comprising: a. purifying a juice of a plant containing pigments by removing at least a portion of non-pigment compounds from the juice to extract a purified pigment; and b. drying the purified pigment by refractive window drying to produce a purified, crystalline product that has an increased color intensity and decreased sugar content on a dry weight basis than the juice. | 12,627 |
8,808,475 | 1. A method comprising fabricating a mold from materials comprising a creep-resistant and low-expansion iron-nickel alloy that has increased mechanical strength and producing an aircraft part of carbon fiber-reinforced composite in the mold, the alloy consisting essentially of, in % by weight, remainder Fe and impurities, the alloy satisfying the condition Ni+½ Co>38 and <43%; the alloy having a mean thermal expansion coefficient of <3.5×10 | 14,926 |
9,264,504 | 1. A method for a subscription service comprising: registering a subscription for a subscriber device, the subscription comprising: an identifier of at least one mobile device for which the subscriber device wishes to periodically receive network-related device presence data; and pre-defined criteria specifying conditions for automatically delivering the network-related device presence data of the at least one mobile device to the subscriber device without the subscriber device having to actively poll for the network-related device presence data; identifying, via the device presence proxy, one or more network infrastructure nodes providing service to the at least one mobile device; obtaining network data from the identified network infrastructure nodes for the at least one mobile device, the network data associated with the network service provided to the at least one mobile device, and wherein obtaining the network data includes comprises communicating with a first network infrastructure node to identify a second network infrastructure node that is capable of providing network the network-related device presence data; determining that at least a portion of the network data is associated with the subscription and that the at least a portion of the network data satisfies the pre-defined criteria associated with the subscription registered; and providing the network data to the subscriber device according to the subscription, upon the determination via an application programming interface associated with the device presence proxy to a second application programming interface associated with the subscriber device. | 18,807 |
8,412,342 | 1. An implant comprising: an intracochlear acoustic sensor implantable in a recipient's cochlea comprising: | 5,014 |
8,756,432 | 1. A computer-implemented method for detecting malicious digitally-signed applications, the method comprising: identifying an unknown application package file that has been digitally signed, wherein the unknown application package file is used to distribute an application; comparing the unknown application package file to a set of known application package files; determining, based on the comparison of the unknown application package file to the set of known application package files, that the unknown application package file has been repackaged from a known application package file by identifying a similarity between the unknown application package file and the known application package file; determining, in response to determining that the unknown application package file has been repackaged from the known application package file, that the unknown application package file was not digitally signed with a private key used to digitally sign the known application package file by: determining, based at least in part on determining that the unknown application package file was not digitally signed with the private key used to digitally sign the known application package file, that the unknown application package file was not legitimately repackaged, but was maliciously repackaged from the known application package file; performing, in response to determining that the unknown application package file was not legitimately repackaged, but was maliciously repackaged from the known application package file, a security action on the application; wherein at least a portion of the method is performed by a computing device comprising at least one hardware processor. | 20,652 |
9,310,168 | 1. An integrated operational tactical vest for providing protection for a human body from ballistic projectiles comprising: a rigid ballistic resistant front panel wherein the front panel protects the chest and stomach of a human body; a rigid ballistic resistant rear panel wherein the rear panel protects the back of a human body; and wherein the rear panel includes a plurality of electronic devices including at least, a power management unit, a single board computer (SBC), a multi-function input/output board (MF I/O board), connectors, power plugs, and a navigation system with a global positioning system and an inertial measurement unit, integrated inside said ballistic resistant rear panel. | 8,556 |
8,411,403 | 1. A combination voltage surge, overvoltage, and inrush current protection system, comprising: at least one first voltage clamping device configured to clamp a voltage of an input power voltage applied to an electrical load to a predetermined first voltage clamping level; at least one second voltage clamping device configured to clamp the voltage applied to the electrical load to a predetermined second voltage clamping level; a series inductance coupled between the first and second voltage clamping devices; a current surge detection circuit for detecting the occurrence of a voltage sag condition on the input power voltage; a voltage detection circuit for detecting the occurrence of an overvoltage condition; an impedance component coupled between the inductance and the electrical load; a selective actuatable switch coupled to the series inductance for disconnecting power from the electrical load and for reconnecting power to the electrical load through the impedance component and via a direct coupling of the input power to the electrical load; and a switch control circuit that controls the operation of the switch, the switch control circuit responsive to detection of a voltage sag condition to connect the impedance between the input power voltage and the electrical load to limit the inrush current upon termination of the voltage sag condition and responsive to an overvoltage condition to disconnect the input power voltage from the electrical load. | 28,966 |
9,603,863 | 1. A method for ameliorating or treating a Filoviridae viral infection comprising contacting a cell infected with a Filoviridae virus with an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound of Formula (I) has the structure: wherein: B R R R R R R R R R and R R R m is 0 or 1; and Z | 44,002 |
9,630,943 | 1. Tetrahydronaphthyl(thio) carboxamide of formula (I) in which Het represents a radical selected from the group Het1 or Het2; X X provided that when Het represents Het1, X 1 is not difluoro- or dichloromethyl and X 2 is not chlorine or fluorine; T represents an oxygen atom; Q represents hydrogen, C X represents fluorine, chlorine, methyl or trifluoromethyl; m represents 0, 1 or 2; R wherein one or more substituents of the group selected from R or R R R R R R R Y R R | 47,659 |
9,387,775 | 1. A system for controlling driving of an electric vehicle including a motor, the system comprising: a battery configured to output a driving current to the motor; a battery capacity calculator configured to determine the remaining battery capacity of the battery; and a controller configured to limit the driving current to a predetermined current limit value or less when the remaining battery capacity reaches a first predetermined value. | 10,548 |
8,519,729 | 1. A chuck to support a solar cell having a top surface and a bottom surface in hot spot testing, the chuck comprising: a base portion; a support portion disposed above, and coupled to, the base portion, the support portion to support the solar cell above the base portion and to define a space between the bottom surface of the solar cell and the base portion that thermally separates a portion of the bottom surface of the solar cell from the base portion, the portion of the bottom surface being thermally separated comprising between about 70% and about 90% of the bottom surface, the bottom surface having metal conductors, and the top surface being absent of any metal conductors; and a bore through the base portion and the support portion, the bore to allow a probe to make contact with the metal conductors through the bore, the probe being to apply a negative bias voltage to the solar cell. | 4,284 |
9,021,772 | 1. A machine for dosing a product in capsules, or similar elements, comprising a first store, a second store, a rotating turret arrangement which has seats suitable for receiving empty capsules from said first store and a dosing device for dosing the product in the capsules, the machine further comprising: a feeding unit having a first weighing device, for weighing further empty capsules from said second store; a transfer arrangement for transferring the further empty capsules, when weighed, to predetermined seats of the turret arrangement for being filled with the product; a second weighing device for weighing the further capsules filled with the product and taken out from the turret arrangement; and a processing device connected to the first weighing device and to the second weighing device for receiving data relative to weights measured by means of the first and second weighing devices and for calculating for each further capsule a difference between a weight measured before and a weight measured after filling, in such manner as to calculate a respective quantity of dosed product. | 6,203 |
8,736,449 | 1. An antitheft/anti-effraction system ( 1 ) for a photovoltaic panel ( 8 ), comprising: at least one electromechanical means ( an electronic unit ( a central system ( wherein said central system ( wherein said electro-mechanical means ( wherein said coupling system comprises plural grips externally provided on said cylindrical body ( | 46,188 |
9,456,486 | 1. A device for controlling levels of light output by a solid state lighting load at low dimming levels, the device comprising: a bleed circuit connected in parallel with the solid state lighting load, the bleed circuit comprising a resistor and a transistor connected in series, the transistor being configured to turn on and off in response to a duty cycle of a digital control signal beginning when a dimming level set by a dimmer decreases below a predetermined first low dimming threshold, decreasing an effective resistance of the bleed circuit as the dimming level decreases. | 33,898 |
8,374,942 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: processing a financial product order associated with a trader; computing, by a processor, utilization data based on the financial prior to execution of at least a portion of the financial product order, wherein the computing of the utilization data comprises applying utilization of a hedge transaction associated with the financial order; and in response to determining that the utilization data exceeds a threshold, cancelling a risk increasing order of the trader. | 6,140 |
8,561,387 | 1. A method for checking the seal of a reducing agent injector of an SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine comprising a least one reducing agent tank, a reducing agent pump, a reducing agent injector and an NOx sensor connected downstream from the SCR catalytic converter, the method comprising the steps of: a) generating and/or detecting a release state of the SCR system in which no reducing agent is stored in the SCR catalytic converter, b) determining a setpoint NOx value in the exhaust gas using either a computer model or an additional NOx sensor, c) maintaining the reducing agent injector in a closed position while increasing the reducing agent pressure to a pressure higher than a pressure range of the reducing agent pressure during a normal operation of the SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment system, d) detecting an NOx signal at the NOx sensor, e) evaluating the NOx signal by: | 17,327 |
8,825,309 | 1. A cargo handling controller for a cargo handling vehicle including an engine, a generator-motor, a pump arranged coaxially with the engine and the generator-motor, a cargo handling actuator driven by operational oil from the pump, and an operation unit that drives and operates the cargo handling actuator, the cargo handling controller comprising: a rotation speed setting unit that obtains a target engine rotation speed in accordance with an operated amount of the operation unit; an engine control unit that sends a drive signal that is in accordance with the target engine rotation speed to the engine; a memory that stores the target engine rotation speed; a rotation speed detection unit that detects an actual rotation speed of the generator-motor; a deviation calculator that calculates a deviation of a feedback control rotation speed, which is determined from the target engine rotation speed stored in the memory a predetermined time earlier, and an actual rotation speed of the generator-motor, which is detected by the rotation speed detection unit; an assistance amount setting unit that obtains a generator-motor assistance amount in accordance with the deviation; and a generator-motor control unit that sends a drive signal that is in accordance with the generator-motor assistance amount to the generator-motor, wherein the predetermined time corresponds to a delay of an actual rotation speed of the generator-motor in response to the drive signal sent to the engine. | 24,551 |
9,523,044 | 1. A hydrocarbon upgrading process, comprising: (a) providing a feed stream, the feed stream comprising (i) C (b) exposing at least a portion of the feed stream to a temperature in the range of from −50° C. to −10° C. to (i) extract from the exposed feed stream at least a portion of one or more of the methane, the C (c) exposing the extract of step (b) to a second temperature to produce a second extract and to condense a second raffinate, and (ii) exposing the second extract to a third temperature to produce a condensed tail gas, and an uncondensed third extract, wherein the second temperature is in the range of from −100° C. to −51° C., the third temperature is in the range of from −200° C. to −101° C., (d) providing at least one active material, the active material comprising at least one metal oxide having activity for converting carbon oxysulfides; (e) exposing at least a portion of the first raffinate and a portion of the second raffinate to the active material to react >50% (molar basis) of the exposed raffinate's carbon oxysulfides with at least a portion of the active material's metal oxide to (i) convert the reacted metal oxide to an analogous metal sulfide and (ii) produce a conversion product comprising C (f) removing at least a portion of the conversion product's carbon dioxide to produce an upgraded stream comprising >90.0% (molar basis) of C | 26,751 |
9,023,989 | 1. An isolated modified bacteriorhodopsin protein with an amino acid sequence which, in comparison with the amino acid sequence of wild type H. salinarum bacteriorhodopsin protein encoded by bop gene, is modified with an amino acid substitution selected from the group consisting of G6C, R7C, E9N, G33D, G33E, V34D, V34E, A39E, A39D, K40Q, K40N, G72K, G72R, G73C, G73K, G73R, E74N, A103D, A103E, Q105E, Q105D, K159Q, K159N, R164N, G195K, G195R, A196K, A196R, G197K, G197R, R227N, A233E, A233D, A240E, A240D, A241E, A241D, A242E, A242D, A243E, A243D and a combination of two or more thereof, wherein the first letter and number in each member of the group corresponds to an amino acid in the wild type H. salinarum bacteriorhodopsin protein encoded by bop gene, and optionally one other amino acid substitution, wherein the modified bacteriorhodopsin protein is capable of converting sunlight into proton gradient and has a greater dipole moment than the dipole moment of the wild type H. salinarum bacteriorhodopsin protein. | 42,605 |
8,773,088 | 1. A single inductor multiple output switching power converter comprising: at least one main power device; at least one output power device; at least one feedback network; a first comparator; at least one second comparator; | 12,882 |
8,407,985 | 1. A method of monitoring hydrocarbon levels in a diesel particulate filter for an engine having an electronic control module and an exhaust system having a diesel oxidation catalyst and a diesel particulate filter, method comprising: receiving in an electronic control module data indicative of a temperature of a diesel oxidation catalyst input, a temperature of a diesel oxidation catalyst output, and a temperature of a diesel particulate filter output; calculating an energy conversion ratio with the electronic control module using the data indicative of the temperature of the diesel oxidation catalyst input, the temperature of the diesel oxidation catalyst output, and the temperature of the diesel particulate filter output; comparing the calculated energy conversion ratio to a stored energy conversion ratio in a memory accessible by the electronic control module; and generating an estimate of hydrocarbon slip through the diesel oxidation catalyst based upon the comparison of the calculated energy conversion ratio to the stored energy conversion ratio wherein the calculated energy conversion ratio is generated using the following formula: wherein T1 is a temperature at the diesel oxidation catalyst input, T2 is a temperature at the diesel oxidation catalyst output, and T3 is a temperature at the diesel particulate filter output. | 9,732 |
8,403,642 | 1. A wind turbine rotor blade assembly, comprising: a rotor blade having a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending in a generally span-wise direction between a tip and a root; an edge extension attached along either of said leading edge or said trailing edge in a generally span-wise direction from adjacent said root towards said tip, said edge extension comprising a contoured outer surface that defines a generally continuous aerodynamic surface; said edge extension having a terminal end spaced from said root; a curtain attached to said edge extension and extending in a span-wise direction from said terminal end to said root, said curtain formed from a pliant, flexible material that accommodates connection of said root to a rotor hub and pitch movement of said rotor blade relative to the rotor hub. | 34,964 |
8,705,690 | 1. An imaging method, which comprises: generating a plurality of projection recordings and thereby, for each of the projection recordings, emitting radiation into a tissue region at a respectively different angle with at least one emitter and capturing the radiation with a detector; generating a first visualization from the projection recordings by way of a first visualization method being digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT); generating a second visualization from the projection recordings by way of a second visualization method; storing the first visualization and the second visualization; subsequently displaying the first visualization, selecting a region in the first visualization and displaying the selected region by way of the second visualization in a movable window over the first visualization; and updating the second visualization based on a modified position of the movable window displaying the second visualization. | 11,354 |
9,455,456 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell power plant, comprising: a solid oxide fuel cell that includes: an anode exhaust recycle loop configured to direct a flow of at least a portion of the anode exhaust passing out of the anode flow field within the anode exhaust line from the anode exhaust line and back into the anode inlet; a turbocharger including: a purge gas line secured in fluid communication between the oxidant inlet downstream from the compressed oxidant supply and the housing of the turbocharger and configured to direct a purge gas stream from the oxidant inlet into, through and out of the housing. | 14,016 |
8,999,434 | 1. A process for producing a membrane/electrode assembly comprising a first electrode having a first catalyst layer and a first gas diffusion layer, a second electrode having a second catalyst layer and a second gas diffusion layer, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, which comprises: applying a coating fluid comprising an ion exchange resin on a substrate, followed by annealing at from 100 to 250° C. to form an electrolyte membrane, and applying a coating fluid comprising an electrode catalyst and an ion exchange resin on the surface of the obtained electrolyte membrane to form the first catalyst layer, thereby to prepare a first intermediate consisting of said substrate, the electrolyte membrane and the first catalyst layer; applying a coating fluid comprising an electrode catalyst and an ion exchange resin on the surface of the second gas diffusion layer to form the second catalyst layer, thereby to prepare a second intermediate consisting of the second gas diffusion layer and the second catalyst layer; and bonding the first gas diffusion layer to the first intermediate, so that the first catalyst layer is located between the first gas diffusion layer and the electrolyte membrane, peeling said substrate from said first intermediate after bonding said first intermediate and said first gas diffusion layer, bonding said second intermediate to the electrolyte membrane so that said second catalyst layer is located between the second gas diffusion layer and the electrolyte membrane, and wherein the first gas diffusion layer comprises a gas-diffusing substrate and a first carbon layer formed on the surface of the gas-diffusing substrate by applying a coating fluid comprising a fluorinated ion exchange resin and carbon fiber having a fiber diameter of from 50 to 200 nm and a fiber length of from 1 to 50 μm, and the first gas diffusion layer and the first intermediate are bonded, so that the first carbon layer and the first catalyst layer are in contact with each other. | 29,674 |
9,442,036 | 1. A method for monitoring the integrity of a fluid connection between first and second fluid containing systems based on at least one time-dependent measurement signal from at least one pressure sensor in the first fluid containing system, wherein the first fluid containing system is an extracorporeal blood flow circuit comprising an arterial access device, a blood processing device, a venous access device and a first pulse generator, and the second fluid containing system is a human blood system comprising a blood vessel access and a second pulse generator, wherein: the arterial access device is for connecting to the human blood system, the venous access device is connected to the blood vessel access to form the fluid connection, the first pulse generator is a pumping device arranged in the extracorporeal blood flow circuit to pump blood from the arterial access device through the blood processing device to the venous access device, and the at least one pressure sensor is arranged to detect first pulses originating from the first pulse generator and second pulses originating from the second pulse generator, said method comprising: receiving, at a processor, said at least one time-dependent measurement signal from the at least one pressure sensor; generating, by the processor, a time-dependent monitoring signal based on said at least one-time dependent measurement signal in which the first pulses are eliminated, said generating including (i) filtering said at least one time dependent measurement signal to remove the first pulses, (ii) deriving, based on timing information indicative of the timing of the second pulses in said at least one time-dependent measurement signal, a set of signal segments in the at least one time-dependent measurement signal after filtering the at least one time-dependent measurement signal to remove the first pulses, and (iii) aligning and adding the signal segments, based on the timing information, to generate said monitoring signal; calculating, by the processor, a parameter value based on signal values within a time window in the time-dependent monitoring signal, the parameter value representing a distribution of the signal values; and determining, by the processor, the integrity of the fluid connection based at least partly on the parameter value. | 37,703 |
9,562,634 | 1. A pipe retainer for simultaneously retaining a first pipe to a first port and a second pipe to a second port that is a fixed distance from said first port, said pipe retainer comprising: a first yoke for receiving said first pipe and said first port to retain said first pipe to said first port; a second yoke for receiving said second pipe and said second port to retain said second pipe to said second port; and a hinge joining said first yoke to said second yoke such that said hinge allows said first yoke to pivot relative to said second yoke about a hinge axis between 1) a disassembled position which allows removal of said pipe retainer from said first pipe, said first port, said second pipe, and said second port and 2) an assembled position which prevents removal of said pipe retainer from said first pipe, said first port, said second pipe, and said second port; a hinge lock which selectively prevents said hinge from allowing said first yoke to pivot relative to said second yoke in said assembled position, wherein the hinge lock includes a lock tab on said first yoke, said lock tab including a clearance hole therethrough; a lock boss on said second yoke, said lock boss including a fastener hole therein that is coaxial with said clearance hole when said pipe retainer is in said assembled position; and a removable fastener for selectively securing said lock tab to said lock boss in said assembled position, said fastener being a threaded fastener which passes through said clearance hole and threadably engages said fastener hole to clamp said lock tab to said lock boss when said pipe retainer is in said assembled position, wherein said first and second yokes are substantially semicircular and, in the assembled position, said first and second yokes are diametrically opposed. | 42,951 |
9,175,603 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a housing that defines a plurality of cylinders; a piston assembly positioned to reciprocate in each of the cylinders along a cylinder axis to define a compression ratio, and the piston assembly includes a piston rotatably connected to a pin carrier to rotate about the cylinder axis; the piston having a plurality of first wedges respectively contacting a plurality of second wedges of the pin carrier in a hydraulic chamber, and each of the first wedges having a hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in the hydraulic chamber; the piston rotating from a low compression ratio orientation with respect to the piston carrier to a high compression ratio orientation responsive to an active fluid pressure in the hydraulic chamber; the piston rotating from the high compression ratio orientation to the low compression ratio orientation responsive to a passive fluid pressure, which is less than the active fluid pressure, in the hydraulic chamber; and the compression ratio at the high compression ratio orientation being greater than the compression ratio at the low compression ratio orientation. | 8,549 |
8,546,535 | 1. A composition comprising a fusion construct comprising a first lytic domain and a second domain, wherein said first lytic domain consists of peptide KFAKFAKKFAKFAKK (SEQ. ID NO. 1) or peptide KFAKFAKKFAKFAKKFAK (SEQ. ID NO. 4); and said second domain comprises a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH), an LHRH fragment, or an LHRH analog. | 38,097 |
8,848,870 | 1. An X-ray optical configuration for irradiation of a sample, the configuration generating an X-ray beam having a line-shaped cross-section, the configuration comprising: a brilliant X-ray point source; and a beam-conditioning X-ray optics, said X-ray optics comprising an X-ray optical element for conditioning X-ray radiation emitted by said point source in such a fashion that the X-ray beam is rendered parallel in a direction perpendicular to a beam propagation direction and remains divergent in a direction which is perpendicular thereto and also to the beam propagation direction. | 24,359 |
9,261,781 | 1. A compound of formula AA or BB: wherein n independently of each other is an integer from 0 to 3; Z is selected independently from one or more of structures C or D: where C*** represents a carbon atom of a norbornane ring and Q represents from one to five substituents independently selected from —OH, a halogen, a C W in formula AA is either a covalent bond or a divalent linking group selected from a C W* in formula BB is hydrogen, a monovalent group selected from a C | 3,803 |
8,945,489 | 1. A process for recovering a metal chloride or mixed metal chloride from a solid waste material comprising recoverable metal containing constituents produced by lead, copper or zinc smelting and refining processes, said process comprising the steps of: (i) heating the solid waste material in an oxidizing environment to form a heated solid waste material; (ii) treating the heated material with a gaseous chloride to form a gaseous metal chloride containing product; and (iii) treating the gaseous metal chloride containing product of to recover the metal chloride or mixed metal chloride. | 35,789 |
9,453,449 | 1. A method for controlling dosing of a diesel exhaust fluid within an exhaust system coupled to a diesel engine, the method comprising: analyzing a water condensation content of an exhaust aftertreatment device with a controller based on one or more inputs to the controller, the analysis including recording with the controller a plurality of time durations including a dosing time defined as the amount of time a diesel exhaust fluid injection device is dosing the exhaust aftertreatment device per dosing event, and an engine cycle time defined as the time between when the engine is turned off until the engine is turned on again; verifying with the controller that the water condensation content within the exhaust aftertreatment device is below a specified water condensation threshold; and sending a control signal from the controller to the diesel exhaust fluid injection device to dose the exhaust aftertreatment device with the diesel exhaust fluid upon verification that the water condensation content within the exhaust aftertreatment is below the specified water condensation threshold. | 30,448 |
9,151,915 | 1. An interposer comprising: a plurality of optical conduits, each having an optical axis, wherein at least one of said optical conduits is a fiber having a substantially perpendicular end face; a substrate defining a plurality of grooves having a terminal end, each optical conduit being disposed in a single groove; and a common angled surface defined in said substrate and traversing two or more of said plurality of grooves at said terminal end, at least a portion of the angled surface proximate the optical axes of the optical conduits in said two or more grooves is reflective, wherein a lower edge of said angled surface is higher than the bottom of said two or more grooves, thereby defining a step at said terminal end of said two or more grooves; one or more optical components disposed above said angled surface, said optical components and said optical conduits being optically coupled by said angled surface; and said step having a register surface adjacent said angled surface at said terminal end of each groove, said register surface configured to abut said end face of said optical conduit to align said end face axially with respect to said angled surface. | 24,499 |
9,751,248 | 1. A method of forming a multiple-chamber container comprising: extruding a molten thermoplastic extrusion; closing a mold around the extrusion; the mold including an interior mold wall defining an interior shape; forcing a gas into the extrusion to expand the extrusion into contact with the interior mold wall to form a container having an outside shape, the outside shape of the container differing from the interior shape of the mold by an amount defined by the effects of thermal deformation occurring during the forming process, the mold including an interior shape causing the container to include: moving a blade perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hollow cylindrical collar through the transition portion to include: removing the hollow cylindrical collar to produce a container having a coplanar top surface circumscribing two non-circular openings. | 4,346 |
9,166,294 | 1. A planar antenna, comprising: a ground plane on a first surface of a substrate; a radiating element on the first surface of the substrate, the radiating element comprising: a feed line on a second surface of the substrate with portions of the substrate being sandwiched between the feed line and each of the ground plane, the second portion, and the third portion, said feed line configured to excite at least one of said first, second, third, and fourth portions to resonate in a corresponding one of a plurality of frequency bands. | 8,933 |
9,603,001 | 1. A method of operating a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system to perform a Mobility Management Entity (MME) reselection for a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection message for a communication session from the UE, wherein the RRC connection message comprises a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message that includes a flag that indicates the MME reselection and includes a UE mobility status; assigning a first MME to the UE; transferring a request for a user profile associated with the UE; receiving the user profile associated with the UE; in response to the flag in the NAS message, performing the MME reselection based on the user profile and the UE mobility status to determine a second MME to service the UE based on the user profile and the UE mobility status of the UE; transferring an indication of the second MME for delivery to the UE; receiving signaling indicating the second MME from the UE; and assigning the UE to the second MME for the communication session. | 38,996 |
9,210,664 | 1. A method for use by a wireless device, the method comprising: a) receiving at least one control message from a base station, said at least one control message comprising: b) receiving a control command causing said wireless device to transmit a random access preamble on random access resources of a secondary cell in said secondary cell group; and c) transmitting, to said base station, said random access preamble on said random access resources, transmission timing of said random access preamble being determined, at least in part, employing uplink subframe transmission timing of said primary cell. | 14,608 |
9,206,275 | 1. A compound having the structure P2: wherein R R R wherein a is 0 or 1 and R R wherein R R α is an integer of 1 to about 100, and where there is more than one α, the values of α are the same or different; and β is an integer of 1 to about 10. | 28,921 |
9,065,453 | 1. A clock-distribution network comprising: a first input node to receive a clock signal; a buffer circuit connected to the first input node to receive and transmit the clock signal; a first transmission line coupled to the buffer circuit to convey the transmitted clock signal to an intermediate node; a second transmission line coupled to the first transmission line to convey the transmitted clock signal from the intermediate node to an first output node; an inductor coupled between the intermediate node and a reference, the inductor exhibiting an inductance; and a variable capacitance circuit coupled between the intermediate node and the reference, the variable capacitance circuit exhibiting a variable capacitance to determine a phase of the transmitted clock signal at the first output node. | 44,518 |
8,863,502 | 1. A dosing module ( 15 ) for a liquid reducing agent for mixing the reducing agent with a gas and for onward introduction into an exhaust pipe ( 5 ) of an internal combustion engine ( 1 ), the dosing module ( 15 ) comprising a dosing valve ( 31 ), a guide tube ( 33 ), a compressed-air duct ( 49 ) and a mixing chamber ( 35 ), characterized in that the guide tube ( 33 ) protrudes into the mixing chamber ( 35 ), and an outlet opening of the guide tube ( 33 ) for the reducing agent is arranged in the mixing chamber ( 35 ) so as to be spaced apart from a central axis ( 36 ) of the dosing module ( 15 ), wherein a portion of the guide tube ( 33 ) that protrudes into the mixing chamber ( 35 ) axially closes off the guide tube at a free end and has a lateral outlet opening ( 67 ) for the reducing agent. | 7,335 |
8,463,378 | 1. A device for desynchronizing a neuronal activity, the device comprising: a first stimulation unit configured to produce electrical first stimuli that suppress pathologically synchronous activity of neurons in at least one of a brain and a spinal cord of a patient; a second stimulation unit configured to produce second stimuli that are at least one of optical, acoustic, tactile and vibratory stimuli; and a control unit configured to control the first and the second stimulation units to produce the first and second stimuli in a first or a second mode of operation, wherein, in the first mode of operation, the control unit is configured to actuate the first and second stimulation units such that at least 60% of the second stimuli are produced during a time that the first stimuli are produced, and wherein, in the second mode of operation, the control unit is configured to actuate the first and second stimulation units such that at least 60% of the second stimuli are produced during a time that the first stimuli are not produced. | 9,442 |
8,467,401 | 1. A method for scheduling data packets in a packet data communication system, the method comprising: maintaining for each queue of a plurality of queues a respective deficit counter indicating a current data quota for the respective queue, and maintaining a global deficit counter; and during a time period in which at least one queue of said plurality of queues contains a packet of data having a first size to be sent: selecting one queue of said plurality of queues according to a queue scheduling process, wherein the selected queue contains the packet of data to be sent; increasing the deficit counter associated with the selected queue by a first fixed amount; increasing the global deficit counter by a second fixed amount; determining whether the deficit counter associated with the selected queue exceeds the first size and, if so, sending the packet of data from the selected queue; if the deficit counter associated with the selected queue does not exceed the first size, determining whether the deficit counter associated with the selected queue and the global deficit counter are both positive and, if so, sending the packet of data from the selected queue, otherwise, not sending the respective packet from the selected queue. | 8,400 |
9,693,980 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a) a therapeutically-effective amount of a pharmaceutically-acceptable form of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID); b) less than about 20% (v/v) of a pharmaceutically-acceptable polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer; and c) at least 50% (v/v) of a pharmaceutically-acceptable lipid-adjuvant, wherein the pharmaceutically-acceptable lipid-adjuvant is a fatty acid having at least 12 carbons, a glycerolipid, a sphingolipid, a sterol lipid, a prenol lipid, a saccharolipid, or a polyketide, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is formulated to have a melting point temperature of about 30° C. or higher. | 46,552 |
9,184,659 | 1. A current-mode-control circuit for a switching regulator, comprising: a first transistor coupled to a power supply voltage and to a first node; a second transistor coupled to the first node; an inductor coupled between the first node and an output of the current-mode control circuit; a slope compensation generation circuit coupled to the output of the current-mode control circuit through a feedback loop, and generating a slope compensation current proportional to the output of the current-mode-control circuit, related the slope compensation generation circuit comprising: a math operation circuit receiving the output of the current control circuit; a slope voltage formation circuit, different from the math operation circuit, coupled to the math operation circuit; and a voltage-to-current conversion circuit coupled to the slope voltage formation circuit; an inductor current sense circuit coupled to the first node, and configured to calculate a current through the inductor and output an inductor sense current; and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) control circuit having an output and an inverted output, an input of the inductor current sense circuit being coupled to the output of the PWM control circuit and a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor being coupled to the inverted output of the PWM control circuit, the PWM control circuit receiving the output of the current-mode-control circuit, the slope compensation generation current, and the inductor sense current as inputs; and wherein the math operation circuit is configured to solve the following equation: Se >0.5*Sf(x | 33,538 |
8,560,082 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a respective data set from an infusion device and an analyte monitoring device for a predetermined time duration; time synchronizing the received respective data set; detecting one or more marked data from the one or more respective data set received; performing automated data analysis based on the detected one or more marked data to generate a modification to a therapy profile; and providing the generated modification to the therapy profile. | 25,405 |
9,851,077 | 1. A lamp comprising: a base comprising at least one pin connector; an elongated heat sink extending from the base, the heat sink defining at least four mounting surfaces extending along a longitudinal axis of the lamp; a plurality of LED assemblies, each of the plurality of LED assemblies comprising at least one LED, at least one of the plurality of LED assemblies being mounted on each of the at least four mounting surfaces, the plurality of LED assemblies being electrically coupled to the at least one pin connector through an electrical path; an at least partially optically transmissive enclosure defining an interior space having a first height, the heat sink having a second height where the second height is substantially the sane as the first height; wherein lamp electronics in the electrical path are mounted in the base using an interconnect, the interconnect comprising a plurality of first engagement members that engage a plurality of mating second engagement members on the optically transmissive enclosure in a snap-fit connection to hold the enclosure to the base. | 10,384 |
9,722,236 | 1. An energy storage system comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode without a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electrolyte; a housing in which at least a portion of the first electrode, at least a portion of the second electrode and at least a portion of the electrolyte are positioned such that the electrolyte is in contact with at least the first electrode; a polarity reversal system electrically coupled with the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the polarity reversal system is configured to allow the energy storage system to operate while a first polarity is established across the first electrode and the second electrode to repeatedly charge and discharge electrical energy while operating in the first polarity providing power to a load configured to be coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode, and the polarity reversal system is configured to reverse the voltage polarity across the first electrode and the second electrode to a second polarity that is opposite the first polarity to allow the energy storage system to continue to operate while the second polarity is established across the first electrode and the second electrode to continue to repeatedly charge and discharge electrical energy while operating in the second polarity providing power to the load; multiple first electrodes and multiple second electrodes; and multiple energy storage units electrically cooperated to provide electrical energy to the load, wherein each energy storage unit of the multiple energy storage units comprises one of the plurality of the first electrode and one of the plurality of the second electrode; wherein the polarity reversal system is further configured to reverse the polarity of a first energy storage unit of the multiple energy storage units to operate in the second polarity while maintaining a second energy storage unit of the multiple energy storage units in the first polarity to simultaneously continue to operate to charge and discharge in the first polarity. | 9,777 |
8,950,478 | 1. A coupling for wellbore applications between a first tool comprising a first drive shaft rotatably mounted in a first outer sleeve and a second tool comprising a second drive shaft rotatably mounted in a second outer sleeve, wherein: outer diameters of the first outer sleeve are less than or equal to corresponding inner diameters of the second outer sleeve, and one of the first outer sleeve and the second outer sleeve comprises at least one first latching dog fitting into at least one first groove of the other of the first outer sleeve and the second outer sleeve; outer diameters of the first drive shaft are less than or equal to corresponding inner diameters of the second drive shaft, and one of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft comprises at least one second latching dog fitting into at least one second groove in the other of the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft; the coupling has an axially preloaded lid that is adapted to substantially close an entrance to the second outer sleeve when the coupling is not in use. | 17,807 |
9,027,723 | 1. A vehicle electric power supply system that supplies electric power wirelessly to a vehicle that is positioned within an electric power supply area, comprising: a power-receiving device that is provided in the vehicle; a plurality of power-transmitting devices that are provided at mutually different positions within the electric power supply area; a position detecting device that detects a position signal of the power-receiving device within the electric power supply area; and a control device that, based on detection results from the position detecting device, selects from among the plurality of power-transmitting devices the power-transmitting device that is located in a position that corresponds to the power-receiving device, and then causes power to be supplied wirelessly from the selected power-transmitting device. | 49,548 |
9,433,336 | 1. A film assembly usable to self-remove particles of material deposited thereon, comprising: a film of transparent material; and a set of elongated conductive electrodes carried by the film, the electrodes being configured to be connected to a source of electrical power and to generate an electric field across a surface of the film in response thereto, the electric field being of sufficient strength to remove the particles from the surface of the film by electrodynamic action, the electrodes being separated from adjacent portions of the film by a coating of a dielectric material having substantially higher dielectric strength than a dielectric strength of the film to protect against dielectric breakdown during operation. | 32,200 |
8,905,901 | 1. A device comprising: a main body; first and second arms extending from the main body and rotatably attached to the main body by way of a handle shaft; a locking mechanism connected to the first and second arms that prevents the first and second arms from rotating; a handle attached to the first and second arms; first and second wheels rotatably attached to opposite sides on a first end of the main body; a third wheel rotatably attached to a second, opposite end of the main body; a variable resistance system disposed inside the main body, the variable resistance system applying a resistance independently to each of the first and second wheels; a variable resistance system adjustment mechanism permitting a user to adjust the resistance independently applied to each of the first and second wheels; a thrust bar coupled to the variable resistance adjustment mechanism; a spring coupled to the thrust bar; a master cylinder coupled to the spring and providing a pressurized fluid to the variable resistance system; first and second calipers receiving the pressurized fluid from the master cylinder; and first and second rotors receiving pressure from the first and second calipers, the first and second rotors operably connected to the first and second wheels to provide rotational resistance to the first and second wheels. | 10,565 |
8,980,583 | 1. A Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line deficient in glutamine synthetase (GS), cytidine monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase (Cmah), and glycoprotein alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase-1 (Ggta1). | 40,408 |
9,535,132 | 1. A method of determining a cyclic performance degradation rate of a battery system comprising: receiving information indicative of total performance degradation of a battery system over a particular period; receiving information indicative of calendric performance degradation of the battery system at a plurality of operating temperatures; determining a cyclic degradation of the battery system over the particular period based on the information indicative of the total performance degradation of the battery system and the information indicative of the calendric performance degradation of the battery system; determining a cyclic degradation rate based on the cyclic degradation of the battery system over the particular period; and estimating a state of the battery system based on the cyclic degradation rate. | 14,555 |
8,490,478 | 1. A tire pressure-sensor mount apparatus for a wheel and tire assembly of a moveable irrigation system, the apparatus comprising: a compartment adjoined to the wheel and tire assembly, the compartment in communication with the wheel and tire assembly and operable to be simultaneously pressurized therewith; and a closure mounted to the compartment, the closure configured to permit selective exposure of an interior of the compartment. | 1,099 |
8,707,067 | 1. A power supply controlling system comprising: a first power supply controlling apparatus that supplies an electric power to a device; and a second power supply controlling apparatus that supplies an electric power to another device, communicates with the first power supply controlling apparatus, and mediates communication between the first power supply controlling apparatus and a terminal device to control power supply to the device, the terminal device controlling the power supply to the device; wherein the first power supply controlling apparatus assumes a function of the second power supply controlling apparatus based on information received from the terminal device without relaying the second power supply controlling apparatus, when the communication between the first power supply controlling apparatus and the second power supply controlling apparatus is interrupted. | 39,409 |
8,683,954 | 1. A finfish aquaculture containment pen, comprising; a plurality of panels that when joined together form a majority of the exterior surface of the containment pen and that provide the structure of the containment pen, the panels each including, a plurality of curved compression-bearing struts joined together at hubs to define a polygonal shape, the polygonal shape of each panel of the plurality of panels being configured so that a strut of one panel abuts an adjacent strut of an adjoining panel, the curved compression-bearing struts forming structural arches when loaded in compression during use of the containment pen, and a tension-bearing mesh material attached along its perimeter to the curved compression-bearing struts along the lengths of the struts of each panel of the plurality of panels and configured to provide tensile loading on the structural arches during use of the containment pen. | 28,654 |
9,454,137 | 1. A microgrid system, comprising: a first microgrid including a first plurality of loads and a first plurality of power sources connected to the first plurality of loads; a first microgrid controller coupled to the first microgrid; a second microgrid connected to the first microgrid, the second microgrid including a second plurality of loads and a second plurality of power sources connected to the second plurality of loads; and a second microgrid controller coupled to the second microgrid, wherein a first power source having the highest power rating from among the first plurality of power sources is designated as a primary power source to set operating droop frequency for the first microgrid, and wherein the first microgrid controller and the second microgrid controller are configured to adjust an operating droop frequency of their respective first and second microgrids and control power flow between the first and second microgrids by the adjustment of the operating droop frequency. | 44,821 |
9,765,673 | 1. A method of monitoring regeneration of a particulate matter filter for a diesel engine, the method comprising: (a) measuring exhaust temperature proximal to the particulate matter filter and operating time of an engine to calculate a first accumulated operating time during which the exhaust temperature is below a critical temperature; (b) initiating a warning signal when the first accumulated operating time is greater than or equal to a first period, wherein the warning signal prompts filter regeneration by initiating an increase in engine load to increase exhaust, temperature; (c) repeatedly measuring the exhaust temperature proximal to the particulate matter filter, a first filter pressure differential at a first time, and a second filter pressure differential at a second time, wherein the second time is equal to the first time plus an interval, (d) calculating an accumulated regeneration period, wherein the accumulated regeneration period is total instances when the exhaust temperature is greater than or equal to a regeneration temperature and the difference between the first and second filter pressure differentials is less than or equal to a critical value; and (e) generating a completion signal when either | 2,882 |
9,133,427 | 1. A process of making a malt-based beverage, the process comprising obtaining malt from barley grain which is homozygous for at least one genetic modification which results in 25% or less of the level of total hordeins when compared to a corresponding wild-tyke barley grain, mixing the malt with at least one other beverage ingredient to make a mixture, and processing the mixture to produce the malt-based beverage, wherein the malt produced from said grain comprises about 25% or less of the level of total hordeins when compared to malt produced in the same manner from corresponding wild-type barley grain. | 45,817 |
8,415,480 | 1. A compound, geometrical isomers of said compound, optically active forms of said compound, enantiomers of said compound, diastereomers of said compound, racemate forms of said compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compound wherein said compound is represented by formula I, G′ is selected from the group consisting of aryl, heteroaryl, C R R R n is an integer from 0 to 2, wherein when G′, R wherein said sulfinyl is of the formula —S(O)—Y wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, aryl, heteroaryl, C said sulfanyl is of the formula —S—Z wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of C | 16,835 |
8,942,955 | 1. A monitoring system, comprising: a hub; monitoring devices that measure energy consumption of electrical devices, each monitoring device having an identification number and being communicatively coupled with the hub, and each monitoring device communicating energy consumption information for the electrical devices to the hub; a remote server communicatively coupled with the hub for receiving the energy consumption information for the plurality of the monitoring devices from the hub; wherein the hub is powered by plugging into the electrical powerline; wherein the hub is an intelligent power hub comprising: | 27,921 |
8,561,399 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a cylinder in selective fluid communication with a compressed gas storage unit through valving; an element configured to effect gas-liquid heat exchange with gas expanding within the cylinder in an absence of combustion; a piston moveable within the cylinder to transmit power of expanding gas, out of the cylinder via a mechanical linkage, wherein the mechanical linkage comprises a shaft in selective communication with an energy source comprising a source of shaft torque to drive the piston to compress gas within the cylinder; a gas-liquid separator configured to receive a gas-liquid mixture from the cylinder; and a liquid conduit between the gas-liquid separator and a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system. | 14,897 |
9,334,867 | 1. A centrifugal fan assembly for cooling a computing device, comprising: a fan assembly housing, comprising: a rotor, comprising: | 22,291 |
9,548,624 | 1. A wireless charger for charging an electronic device using wireless charging technologies, the wireless charger comprising: a coil assembly; and a control unit coupled to the coil assembly, the control unit comprising: a comparing module for determining whether residual electric power of the wireless charger is greater than the required electric power of the electronic device; and an allocating module directed by a determination of the comparing module, and for selecting a portion of the residual electric power of the wireless charger for charging the electronic device; wherein the coil assembly converts the portion of the residual electric power of the wireless charger into electromagnetic waves, and directs the electromagnetic waves to the electronic device for charging the electronic device. | 8,661 |
8,417,079 | 1. A method of producing a ferrule with an optical fiber, the method comprising: forming an adhesive portion by adhering a reinforcing pipe to a single-core fiber and by exposing a peripheral edge of a pipe end surface portion of the reinforcing pipe such that the adhesive portion protrudes and tapers from the pipe end surface portion toward a front end of the single-core fiber, the single-core fiber including an optical fiber and a coating; stripping the coating from the front end of the single-core fiber to provide an exposed portion of the optical fiber without the coating and a coated portion of the optical fiber that is covered by the coating, the coated optical fiber portion exposing a peripheral edge of a coating end surface portion; a first abutting step of inserting the single-core fiber to which the reinforcing pipe is adhered in a ferrule having a capillary provided with a first tapered hole and a second tapered hole, and abutting the coating end surface portion against the first tapered hole; a second abutting step of inserting the single-core fiber to which the reinforcing pipe is adhered in the ferrule having the capillary provided with the first tapered hole and the second tapered hole, and abutting the pipe end surface portion from which the adhesive portion protrudes and tapers against the second tapered hole; and securing the single-core fiber to which the reinforcing pipe is adhered in the ferrule, wherein the first abutting step and the second abutting step are performed at the same time. | 24,611 |
9,342,152 | 1. A signal processing device, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: | 34,717 |
8,681,164 | 1. A computing device, comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); core logic coupled by a first bus to the CPU, the core logic having a first memory interface coupleable to a shared main memory; a cache memory coupled to the CPU by the first bus; a decoder/encoder coupleable to the shared main memory via a second memory interface; an arbiter configured to receive shared memory access requests from the CPU and the decoder/encoder, the arbiter configured to arbitrate access to the shared main memory; and a memory bus coupled to the first memory interface and the second memory interface, the memory bus configured to pass first data in real time between the shared main memory and the CPU via the first memory interface, the memory bus configured to pass second data in real time between the shared main memory and the decoder/encoder. | 29,813 |
8,952,633 | 1. A high pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus comprising: a high pressure discharge lamp including a pair of electrodes arranged so as to oppose each other in the interior of a discharge container formed of quartz glass and mercury enclosed therein, and a power supply apparatus configured to supply an alternating current to the discharge lamp, wherein: the power supply apparatus is configured to supply the alternating current having a basic frequency at the time of steady state lighting and a low frequency lower than the basic frequency alternately to the high pressure discharge lamp, the alternating current having the basic frequency is an alternating current having a frequency selected from a range between 60 and 1000 Hz, the alternating current having the low frequency consist of a frequency selected from a range between 5 and 200 Hz lower than the frequency of the alternating current of the basic frequency, and having a length of half a cycle or longer, has an interval from generation of the low-frequency alternating current to generation of a next low-frequency alternating current 120 seconds or shorter, and changes the frequency of a low-frequency wave in response to the change of a lighting voltage of the discharge lamp, and the power supply apparatus supplies the alternating current to the high pressure discharge lamp so as to increase and decrease a period in which the basic frequency is supplied little by little by every predetermined time at least during a period in which the lighting voltage of the discharge lamp continues at the same lighting voltage. | 46,776 |
9,596,046 | 1. An optical line terminal in an optical network in which the optical line terminal (OLT) and an optical network unit (ONU) communicate with each other through an optical fiber transmission path, the OLT including: an observing unit that observes information selected from the group consisting of at least one of protocol information of frames transmitted to the ONU, protocol information of frames received from the ONU, priority information of frames transmitted to the ONU, priority information of frames received from the ONU and combinations of the foregoing, wherein the protocol information of frames transmitted to or received from the ONU is protocol-type or priority information that is in a header of client data traffic input from and/or output to outside of a passive optical network (PON) and transmitted over the PON; a table that describes a plurality of previously designated sleep times, each previously designated sleep time being a period in which non-used functions of the ONU are stopped, wherein the previously designated sleep times are set prior to the observing unit observing the frames of information that would lead to initiating a sleep state for each of the priority information and/or the protocol information; and a table associating unit that dynamically selects the sleep time of the ONU from among the plurality of previously designated sleep times described in the table, wherein the previously designated sleep time is selected on the basis of the priority information and/or the protocol information obtained by the observing unit in real time, wherein a control signal to notify the ONU of a sleep state entering request and the selected sleep time is transmitted to the ONU at a time selected from the group consisting of immediately after communication with the ONU ends, after a predetermined time passes from when the communication with the ONU ends, or after a time determined on the basis of the priority information and/or the protocol information passes from when the communication with the ONU ends. | 44,379 |
9,727,022 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus body; an image forming device disposed in the apparatus body to form an image on a recording medium; a casing to accommodate the image forming device; a sheet discharging port through which the recording medium having the image formed by the image forming device is discharged from the casing; a sheet stacker to stack the recording medium output through the sheet discharging port, the sheet stacker surrounded by outer walls and having an opening on one side of the apparatus body, the outer walls including an outer wall having the sheet discharging port; an air guide opening disposed within a sheet passing range in a width direction of the recording medium in a sheet conveying path through which the recording medium having the image passes from the image forming device to the sheet discharging port; an air suction fan disposed in the apparatus body to discharge air passing through the air guide opening to an outside of the casing; a wall disposed above and facing the sheet conveying path; and a shield wall extending from the wall toward the sheet conveying path, the shield wall located upstream of the sheet discharging port and downstream of the air guide opening. | 37,773 |
9,673,447 | 1. A method of operating a surface-mediated lithium-ion cell comprising (a) a cathode consisting essentially of a carbon material as a cathode active material having a surface area to capture and store lithium thereon, wherein said carbon in the cathode is selected from graphite worms, chemically treated graphite with an inter-graphene planar separation no less than 0.4 nm, chemically expanded soft carbon, chemically expanded hard carbon, chemically expanded multi-walled carbon nanotube, chemically expanded carbon nanofiber, and a combination thereof as the only cathode active material wherein said cathode may also optionally contain a conductive filler and/or an optional binder, and wherein said cathode forms a meso-porous structure having a pore size in the range from 2 nm to 50 nm and a specific surface area greater than 50 m 2 /g; (b) an anode comprising an anode active material; (c) a porous separator disposed between the anode and the cathode; (d) a lithium-containing electrolyte in ionic contact with the anode and the cathode, wherein said surface area of said cathode active material, greater than 50 m 2 /g, is in direct contact with said lithium-containing electrolyte; and (e) a lithium source disposed on at least one of the two electrodes to obtain an open circuit voltage (OCV) from 0.5 volts to 2.8 volts when the cell is made; wherein the anode active material is selected from the group consisting of: (i) non-lithiated silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), and mixtures thereof; (ii) non-lithiated alloys or intermetallic compounds of Si, Ge, Sn, and their mixtures; (iii) non-lithiated oxides, carbides, nitrides, sulfides, phosphides, selenides, tellurides, or antimonides of Si, Ge, Sn, Sb, Bi, Al, Fe, Ti, Co, Ni, Mn, Cd, and mixtures or composites thereof; and (iv) non-lithiated salts or hydroxides of Sn; and wherein said operating method comprises: (A) electrochemically forming the cell from said OCV to either a first lower voltage limit (LVL) different from said OCV or a first upper voltage limit (UVL) higher than said OCV after the cell is made, wherein said first LVL is no lower than 0.1 volts and is lower than 1.0 and said UVL is no higher than 4.6 volts; and (B) cycling the cell by discharging the cell to a voltage no lower than a second LVL and charging the cell to a voltage no higher than a second UVL to achieve a maximum energy density no less than 210 Wh/kg and a maximum power density no less than 1,000 W/kg. | 38,102 |
9,196,897 | 1. An electrode formed on the surface of a collector as an assembly of a plurality of porous domain structures which are spaced apart from each other, wherein each of the porous domain structures each have has a polygonal shape without an acute angle in a planar view, the polygonal shape having a maximum diameter of 120 μm or less, and each of the porous domain structures each have has a plurality of holes formed therethrough. | 49,051 |
8,474,269 | 1. A method of detecting a partial flame failure in a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine includes a gas duct to guide a propulsion gas and includes a plurality of combustors, the method comprising: measuring a first temperature over time at each of at least two probing points located in the gas duct downstream from the plurality of combustors; measuring a second temperature over time in each of at least two of a plurality of burners; and detecting a partial e failure from the first temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement, wherein each of the plurality of combustors leads into the gas duct and includes a burner, and wherein the detecting of the partial flame failure includes determining a first detection parameter, the first detection parameter is determined from a first rate of change of a first variation between a plurality of first temperature measurements at a plurality of different probing points whereby the first detection parameter is determined by calculating a smoothed first rate of change of a first variation, wherein the detecting of the partial flame failure further includes determining a second detection parameter, and wherein the second detection parameter is determined from a second variation between a plurality of second rates of change of a plurality of second temperature measurements in a plurality of different burners. | 45,061 |
8,504,347 | 1. A computer-implemented simulation method of performing a simulation of design data of a verification target circuit including a logic circuit that operates as a multi-cycle path of N cycles in synchronization with a clock signal, the computer comprising a processor and a storage device, the simulation method comprising: generating via the processor design data of a multi-cycle verification circuit for selectively providing an undefined value signal in place of a signal in a multi-cycle part in the verification target circuit; performing logical simulation, without delay, on the basis of design data of the verification target circuit and the design data of the multi-cycle verification circuit; comparing the signal of the verification target circuit with a signal of an expected value in the verification target circuit in the logical simulation; detecting a variation of the signal in the multi-cycle part in the verification target circuit; and providing the undefined value signal in place of the signal in the multi-cycle part in the verification target circuit with a number of cycles M that satisfies 1←M<N; wherein generating design data of the multi-cycle verification circuit is based on multi-cycle part information in a timing constraint information file. | 32,898 |
8,783,010 | 1. A thrust reverser with doors having at least one stationary structure, on which at least one door is mounted pivoting between a closed position in which the at least one door closes the reverser and makes up an outer cowling part, and an open position in which the at least one door opens a side opening of the stationary structure and at least partially blocks a flow of air generated by a turbofan engine so as to reorient the air flow, wherein the stationary structure comprises at least two sets of cascade vanes being covered by longitudinal slots formed along opposed edges of the at least one door when in the closed position and being laterally arranged at each side of the door. | 78 |
8,777,321 | 1. A stretching structure of upholstery material used for a seat or a backrest of a chair, in which the upholstery material is stretched over a closed-loop frame, the frame, in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the frame, comprising: an upholstery-material-holding portion having an engagement groove which is open toward a back side of the frame and; a U-shaped portion having a recess which is open toward a front side of the frame and medial to the engagement groove, wherein the upholstery material is wound from the front side toward the back side of the frame along an outer circumferential surface, and a circumference of the upholstery material is engaged in the engagement groove so that the upholstery material is stretched to cover the U-shaped portion. | 5,034 |
9,157,571 | 1. An apparatus for tracking a heliostat, the apparatus comprising; (a) a band, wherein the band comprises two ends and a plurality of mounting tab pairs disposed between the two ends, wherein the band is configured to define a circumference; (b) a magnetic tape, wherein the magnetic tape is secured to the band by the mounting tab pairs, wherein the magnetic tape extends along the circumference of the band between at least two discrete mounting tab pairs; (c) a securing feature operable to selectively secure the positions of the two ends relative to each other to thereby secure the length of the circumference; and (d) a rotating member, wherein the band is secured to the rotating member such that the band is configured to rotate with the rotating member. | 20,125 |
9,399,335 | 1. An adhesive composition suitable for producing a laminate, comprising: a) from 10 to 60 wt. % of polyisobutyl methacrylate, isobutyl methacrylate or a mixture thereof, b) from 0 to 80 wt. % of butyl acrylate, c) from 0 to 50 wt. % of polybutyl acrylate, d) from 0 to 5 wt. % of at least one (meth)acrylate of the formula (I): where X═O or N, R e) from 0 to 5 wt. % of at least one silicon compound obtained by reacting 0 to 5 parts by weight of at least one silicon compound of the formula (II): where with from 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of water and from 0 to 4.0 parts by weight of at least one acid, where components a) to e) total 100 wt. % and b) and c) comprise from 30 to 90 wt. %, based on the sum total of components a) to e). | 42,482 |
9,638,572 | 1. A removable luggage scale device, comprising: at least one measuring device, at least one gripping member coupled to the measuring device, at least one coupling unit, wherein the coupling unit couples the at least one measuring device to at least one piece of luggage, at least one other coupling unit, wherein the coupling unit couples the at least one measuring device to at least one other piece of luggage; and | 10,702 |
9,753,422 | 1. A setting system of an image forming apparatus comprising: a display unit; an operation input unit which receives an operation input; a storage unit which stores function restriction information that disables setting of a predetermined function related to printing, so as to correspond to a life cycle that represents sheet handling methods after image formation; a control unit which displays a setting screen to set each function of printing and to select the sheet handling method on the display unit, acquires the function restriction information corresponding to the selected sheet handling method from the storage unit when the sheet handling method is selected, displays the setting screen in which setting of the predetermined function are disabled on the display unit on the basis of the acquired function restriction information, and set a print setting; and wherein the control unit displays a reason that setting of the predetermined function is disabled, and wherein the control unit displays a supplementary information button to correspond to a setting field or a selection icon of the predetermined function, and when the supplementary information button is selected, displays the reason. | 47,185 |
8,911,536 | 1. A method of capturing and sequestering a gas species from fossil fuel-fired power plant flue gas, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first polymer matrix embedded with a sorbent, the polymer matrix being adapted to be heated and cooled; (b) placing the first polymer matrix parallel to a flow of flue gas; (c) subjecting the flue gas to the first polymer matrix to allow the sorbent to remove one or more gas species from the flue gas; (d) heating and regenerating the first polymer matrix by directly contacting the first polymer matrix with steam; and (e) cooling the first polymer matrix by directly contacting the first polymer matrix with water to allow the sorbent to remove gas species from the flue gas. | 28,182 |
8,830,430 | 1. A pixel of a display comprising: a first color component comprising: a first first-component extra-planar fringe field amplifier comprising: | 11,851 |
8,924,690 | 1. A semiconductor die, comprising: a first processing core and a second processing core both coupled to a processor controller; said first processing core having a first register, a bit position of said first register to indicate whether said first processing core is permitted to issue an instruction in a given cycle, said first register's contents being writable to define a first percentage of cycles in which said first processing core is permitted to process a next instruction over the course of said first processing core's operation until such time that said first register's contents are changed; said second processing core having a second register, a bit position of said second register to indicate whether said second processing core is permitted to issue an instruction in a given cycle, said second register's contents being writable to define a second percentage of cycles in which said second processing core is permitted to process a next instruction over the course of said second processing core's operation until such time that said second register's contents are changed; and wherein said processor controller is to prioritize an issuance of an instruction by said first processing core over an issuance of an instruction by said second processing core when said first percentage is greater than said second percentage. | 1,730 |
8,892,328 | 1. An electric parking brake control device for generating a braking force by driving an electric motor to press pads to a disc rotor, the electric parking brake control device comprising: a current supply unit for supplying a motor current to the electric motor and stopping the supply of the motor current when the motor current reaches a predetermined target current value; a supply time measurement unit for measuring a supply time of the motor current; a waiting time setting unit for setting a waiting time from when the supply of the motor current is stopped to when the supply of the motor current is restarted next time on the basis of the measured motor current supply time; and a control unit for instructing the current supply unit to supply the motor current according to the set waiting time. | 49,650 |
8,723,015 | 1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a first electrode disposed on a substrate; a first semiconductor having a first conductivity type disposed on the first electrode, the first semiconductor being a P-type semiconductor; a second semiconductor that generates carriers disposed on the first semiconductor, the second semiconductor being an I-type semiconductor; a third semiconductor having a second conductivity type disposed on the first semiconductor and the second semiconductor, the third semiconductor being an N-type semiconductor; an insulator disposed on the first semiconductor and disposed beneath the third semiconductor, the insulator having a thickness less than the second semiconductor; a second electrode disposed on the third semiconductor; and a colorant disposed on the insulator. | 26,840 |
8,343,032 | 1. In a controllable gastric band including a nonextensible back and a first chamber arranged to be on a stomach or esophagus side of the back for controlling restriction of the stomach or esophagus by supplying and discharging liquid to and from the first chamber, the improvements in that a second chamber is provided on the stomach or esophagus side of the back, the second chamber being a sensor for detection of a pressure increase in the stomach or esophagus, and the first chamber is connected via the second chamber with a reservoir chamber in a manner to control the restriction by displacement of the liquid between the reservoir chamber and the first chamber as a function of the detected pressure, wherein a device for carrying out a liquid exchange from the first chamber to the second chamber or reservoir chamber, respectively, is provided between the first chamber and the second chamber or reservoir chamber, respectively and is comprised of a common partition wall containing micropores and arranged between the chambers or between the first chamber and the reservoir chamber, respectively. | 44,961 |
8,811,786 | 1. A coupled multi-core fiber that contains a plurality of single-mode cores in one optical fiber wherein coupled modes are formed in which eigen fundamental modes of a plurality of cores are strongly coupled in an electromagnetic distribution of eigen-modes that propagate through the fiber, and a mode division multiplexing transmission system is formed in which coupled modes having different orders are made to correspond to signal transmission channels to multiplex mode-divided transmission channels, said multi-core fiber comprises a plurality of cores that have the same propagation constant in fundamental modes in single-mode fibers, each neighboring cores are arranged in a range of a core-to-core distance that places the core-to-core coupled state in a strongly-coupled state, and the plurality of cores coupled in the strongly-coupled state form a core group, said core group forms a coupled transmission system, which is mode-divided by a plurality of coupled modes that have different propagation constants, and makes the coupled modes correspond, one to one, to transmission channels for multiplexing to form a mode division multiplexing transmission system. | 24,594 |
9,404,478 | 1. A method of operating a wind turbine, comprising: providing said wind turbine with a plurality of noise reduction modes, each of the noise reduction modes comprising a given fixed rated power at a given fixed air density that corresponds to a plurality of set points of a wind turbine parameter predetermined by simulation such that noise produced by said wind turbine remains below a predefined noise emission level; obtaining an actual air density related value; determining a correction factor based on a difference between the given fixed air density and the actual air density related value; applying the correction factor to each of the noise reduction modes to update said plurality of set points of said wind turbine parameter predetermined by simulation; and operating said wind turbine in the plurality of corrected noise reduction modes at different rated powers based on the plurality of corrected set points. | 40,460 |
9,010,407 | 1. A heat exchanger comprising: a first conduit having an outer surface; an inner conduction member disposed around at least a portion of the outer surface of the first conduit; an outer conduction member disposed radially outward relative to and in abutting relationship with the inner conduction member; the inner conduction member including a plurality of first inner member grooves; the outer conduction member including a plurality of first outer member grooves disposed in aligned relationship with the first plurality of inner member grooves when the inner and outer conduction members are disposed in abutting relationship with one another to define an encapsulation channel between each of the aligned first inner member grooves and first outer member grooves; a second conduit extending through each of the encapsulation channels to dispose the second conduit in spaced and non-contacting relationship with the first conduit; the inner conduction member including a plurality of second inner member grooves, with each one of the second inner member grooves disposed between adjacent first inner member grooves; and the outer conduction member including a plurality of second outer member grooves, with each one of the second outer member grooves disposed between adjacent first outer member grooves and in aligned relationship with one of the second inner member grooves of the inner conduction member when the inner and outer conduction members are disposed in abutting relationship with one another to define fluid vents extending between each of the aligned second inner member grooves and second outer member grooves. | 23,567 |
9,201,118 | 1. A control system for a battery assembly having a plurality battery modules, comprising: a charging-discharging device configured to charge or discharge the battery assembly, the charging-discharging device and the battery assembly being connected via a connecting circuit; bypass circuits configured to selectively disconnect each of the battery modules from the connecting circuit; voltage sensors configured to obtain information concerning voltage values of a corresponding one of the battery modules; a current sensor configured to obtain information concerning current value representing an electric current delivered from the battery assembly; and a battery assembly diagnostic unit comprising a controller configured to determine whether the battery assembly can be reused by using an open voltage value, an internal resistance value, and a full charge capacity value of each of the battery modules as evaluation parameters, the controller being configured to execute: | 6,815 |
8,940,205 | 1. A method of using waste material comprising an absorbent material and a thermoplastic material in the production of a useful article comprising: obtaining a pelleted material, wherein the pelleted material is made from a process comprising: extruding or injection molding the pelleted material. | 2,926 |
9,234,146 | 1. An integrated process for the gasification of a heavy residual hydrocarbon oil feedstream with coke derived from a delayed coking process to produce synthesis gas and electricity, the gasification process comprising: a. analyzing the coke from the delayed coking process to determine its ash content: b. grinding the coke from the delayed coking process to produce a free-flowing mass of hydrocarbon-containing coke particles having a predetermined ash content; c. introducing the ground coke particles into a moving fluid feedstream to form a pressurized fluidized feed; d. providing a feedstream of the heavy residual hydrocarbon oil; e. injecting the fluidized coke particles and the heavy residual hydrocarbon oil feedstream having a combined ash content of at least 2% by weight into the combustion chamber of a cold-wall tubular wall membrane partial oxidation gasification reactor in the presence of a predetermined amount of oxygen; f. operating the gasification reactor at a temperature in the range of 900° C. to 1700° C. and a pressure of from 20 to 100 bars; g. subjecting the feedstock to partial oxidation to produce hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a slag material; h. recovering the hydrogen and carbon monoxide from the reactor in the form of a synthesis gas; i. passing the hot synthesis gas to a water-cooled heat exchanger to cool the synthesis gas; and j. recovering high pressure steam from the heat exchanger and introducing the steam into a turbine to produce electricity. | 47,551 |
9,402,232 | 1. A method, comprising: obtaining parameters for extended cell reselection (ECR) by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication network; going to sleep and waking up periodically to monitor a paging channel, wherein the UE applies a normal paging cycle or a power-saving paging cycle; performing cell selection if the UE applies the normal paging cycle; and performing cell reselection based on the ECR parameters if the UE applies the power-saving paging cycle and if the ECR parameters are valid based on a list of conditions. | 28,859 |
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