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9,539,542 | 1. A catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas comprising: an oxygen storing material which has a structure that a ceria-zirconia composite oxide (A) having a pyrochlore structure is partially or entirely coated with a ceria-zirconia composite oxide (B) having a fluorite type cubic crystal structure in a ratio of 50 to 100% relative to a surface area of the ceria-zirconia composite oxide (A). | 42,388 |
8,742,723 | 1. A method of assembling a battery pack with reused batteries that have previously been used as power sources for electric vehicles or hybrid electric vehicles, the method comprising: measuring a full charge capacity of each of a plurality of used secondary batteries; selecting at least two of the plurality of used secondary batteries, from which a first battery has a largest full charge capacity and a second battery has a smallest full charge capacity, so that a difference in full charge capacity between the largest full charge capacity and the smallest full charge capacity is within 10% of the smallest full charge capacity; and assembling only the selected at least two of the plurality of used secondary batteries to constitute the battery pack with only reused batteries selected by measurement of respective full charge capacity, wherein the largest full charge capacity is different from the smallest full charge capacity. | 2,580 |
9,463,609 | 1. A process for producing by blown film process a multilayer film containing at least one copolyamide layer and at least one polyolefin layer, wherein a copolyamide is employed comprising monomeric units of: (i) aliphatic non-cyclic diamines X and aliphatic non-cyclic dicarboxylic acids Y or aliphatic non-cyclic α,ω-amino acids Z, and (ii) cyclic diamines M and cyclic diacids N in a total amount between 0.1 and less than 1.8 wt % based on the total amount of copolyamide. | 17,727 |
9,461,377 | 1. A battery assembly comprising: a multi-cell battery including a plurality of cells each including two terminals, the multi-cell battery further including a plurality of electrically conductive intercell connectors each connecting two terminals on different cells; at least one electrically conductive clip, each clip slidingly fitted directly onto one of the intercell connectors; and a plurality of electrically nonconductive covers, each cover fitted over one of the intercell connectors and over any conductive clip that may be fitted onto the one intercell connector, each cover including a wire management device. | 47,697 |
9,029,185 | 1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell, comprising: preparing a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type dopant; ion-implanting a pre-amorphization element into a front surface of the semiconductor substrate to form an amorphous layer; and forming an emitter layer by ion-implanting a second conductivity type dopant into the front surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 11,511 |
9,429,222 | 1. A drive unit assembly comprising: an input element having input coupling features; a first output element having output coupling features; a second output element; and a drive unit housing containing a differential unit, the differential unit drivingly coupling the input element, the first output element, and the second output element; wherein the input coupling features and the output coupling features are positioned externally of the drive unit housing; wherein the drive unit housing includes at least one mounting feature for securing the drive unit housing externally relative to an axle assembly having a differential carrier and an axle housing; and wherein the second output element is suitable for driving the axle assembly and wherein the differential unit is drivingly coupled to a first gear that is in meshing engagement with an idler gear arrangement that is in meshing engagement with a second gear that is drivingly coupled to the second output element, wherein the idler gear arrangement and the second gear rotate about different axes. | 23,751 |
9,096,100 | 1. A pneumatic tire having a pair of spaced apart bead components, a connecting carcass between the bead components, a pair of sidewalls overlying the carcass, and a rubber chafer adjacent to each of the sidewalls and positioned around at least a portion of each of the bead components and intended for contacting a rigid rim of a wheel, wherein the chafers comprise 100 parts by weight of elastomer; 20 to 60 phr of a low surface area carbon black having an Iodine absorption value in a range of from 10 to 50 as measured by ASTM D1510; 20 to 60 phr of a high surface area carbon black having an Iodine absorption value in a range of from 100 to 300 g/kg as measured by ASTM D1510; wherein the sidewalls comprise 100 phr of the same elastomer used in the chafers; 20 to 60 phr of the same low surface area carbon black used in the chafers; 10 to 20 phr of the same high surface area carbon black used in the chafers; wherein the weight ratio of high surface area carbon black in the chafer to high surface area carbon black in the sidewall ranges from 1.5 to 2.5. | 41,118 |
8,735,606 | 1. A compound of a formula wherein L is a divalent CH | 24,016 |
8,746,009 | 1. A process for the production of hydrogen from a gas mixture ( 21 ) comprising hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and water, employing a carbon dioxide PSA unit ( 30 ), a cryogenic unit ( 40 ) and an hydrogen PSA unit ( 50 ), in which: a) said gas mixture ( b) the carbon dioxide enriched fraction ( c) the hydrogen-enriched fraction ( d) the carbon dioxide-depleted fraction ( | 10,070 |
8,862,317 | 1. An emotion-based vehicle service system for safe driving, including: a multi-emotion sensor node configured to sense emotion information of a user in a vehicle and condition information of the vehicle; an emotion cognition processing apparatus configured to analyze sensing information provided from the multi-emotion sensor node to generate emotion cognition information for cognizing the emotion of the user; and wherein the safe driving service apparatus is configured to: display a drowsy driving state when a current condition of the driver is in the drowsy driving state; execute an ECU-linked process for controlling safe driving in the drowsy driving state to control a reduction in a vehicle speed, an intensity of a handle, or an intensity of a pedal in accordance with a drowsy intensity; perform a drowsy emotion service to perform guide broadcasting to a drowsy state with a vehicle terminal and ventilate air in the vehicle through the control of an air conditioning system; provide a music service for awaking drowsiness, and performing guide broadcasting for inducing parking of the vehicle onto a side road; continuously monitor a drowsy state to induce parking of the vehicle onto the side road in operational connection to a maneuver patrol when the drowsy state is continuously maintained; control parking of the vehicle onto the side road to stop drowsy driving by linking up with the ECU; and inform the driver being awaked from the drowsy state to a drivable state. | 39,991 |
8,728,953 | 1. A method of processing a semiconductor workpiece having a front surface and a back surface, including the steps of: i) placing the back surface of the workpiece on a workpiece support in a chamber so that the front surface of the workpiece faces into the chamber for processing, the chamber having an associated chamber gas pressure, and the back surface is in fluid communication with a back region having an associated back gas pressure; ii) performing a workpiece processing step at a first chamber pressure P iii) performing a workpiece cooling step at a second chamber pressure P | 15,950 |
8,876,444 | 1. A depth limiting device for a boring tool for attachment to a drill bit or driver bit having a collar secured thereto, comprising: a housing, said housing having external threads, said housing having an aperture for receiving the tool bit and a portal for receiving the tool bit and the collar therein, said housing having ratchet teeth; and a sleeve having internal threads for mating with said external threads in order to removably interconnect said housing and said sleeve to enable relative rotation between said housing and said sleeve in order to adjust longitudinal length of the device and thereby travel or depth distance parameter of the stop function afforded by the device, said sleeve having a pawl for engaging a selected one of said ratchet teeth in order to retain the device in a desired position of adjustment, said sleeve having contacting portion for contacting a work-piece when the tool bit is operationally moved against the work-piece and to the stop position during operational rotation thereof to thereby enable desired stop function. | 30,504 |
9,595,704 | 1. An electrical energy storage module comprising: a storage cell stack including a first flat return conductor directly electrically connected to the second pole connection of the second energy storage cell; and a second flat return conductor directly electrically connected to the cell housing of one of the plurality of energy storage cells. | 27,909 |
8,362,607 | 1. A system comprising: a package base; an integrated circuit attached to the package base, wherein the integrated circuit comprises an electrically conductive layer and a passivation layer disposed over the electrically conductive layer, wherein the passivation layer defines a plurality of openings that expose the electrically conductive layer to define a plurality of electrically conductive portions; and an electrically and thermally conductive package lid in electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive portions of the integrated circuit, wherein the package lid is in thermal communication with the integrated circuit, and wherein the package base and the package lid form a hermetic seal around the integrated circuit. | 33,484 |
8,508,473 | 1. An information processing device, comprising: an electrostatic pad which accepts input from a user; hardware buttons which are disposed to be stacked below the electrostatic pad and accept input from the user; judgment means for judging an application which constitutes a user operation target; switching means for switching between accepting input from the electrostatic pad and accepting input from the hardware buttons, depending on the application judged by the judgment means, wherein the hardware buttons and the electrostatic pad are separate and independent input devices each of which has an ON state and an OFF state, the ON state being a state in which inputs are accepted and the OFF state being a state in which inputs are not accepted, and the information processing device is configured to provide at least a mode in which the electrostatic pad is in the OFF state while the hardware buttons are in the ON state; display means for displaying an operation screen on which a pointer can be operated by means of the input accepted by the electrostatic pad; and detection means for detecting that the pointer, which is operated by means of the electrostatic pad, has moved onto a text box for accepting a character input which is displayed on the operation screen displayed by the display means, wherein when the detection means detects that the pointer has moved onto the text box, the switching means switches the electrostatic pad to the OFF state and switches the hardware buttons to the ON state. | 10,751 |
8,524,026 | 1. A method of fabricating a composite material casing for a gas turbine engine using a former comprising: two cheekplates; an annular wall having an outside surface of profile that corresponds to a profile of an inside surface of the casing that is to be fabricated; a removable fastener plate for fastening a layer of fiber texture, the plate being designed to be received in a recess of complementary shape passing through the annular wall of the former, an outside surface of the plate, when in position, reconstituting a profile of the outside surface of the annular wall, and presenting a plurality of spikes projecting radially outwards and designed to hold only the first layer of the fiber texture mechanically while the fiber texture is being wound on the former; and a shutter free of spikes that replaces the removable fastener plate and is designed to be received in the recess of complementary shape passing through the annular wall of the former, the outside surface of the plate, when in position, reconstituting the profile of the outside surface of the annular wall, the method comprising: mounting and securing the removable fastener plate in the recess in the annular wall of the former; winding layers of fiber texture on the former with an end thereof being positioned over the fastener plate; penetrating between fibers of the first layer of the fiber texture wound on the former with the spikes of the plate so as to hold only the first layer mechanically; exerting a traction force on each layer of the fiber texture while each layer is being wound on the former; removing the fastener plate from the former; replacing the fastener plate with the shutter; securing the shutter in the recess in the annular wall of the former; and subjecting the wound fiber texture to resin impregnation and to polymerization of the resin, wherein a height of the spikes is less than a thickness of the first layer of the fiber texture. | 23,328 |
8,513,518 | 1. A solar cell assembly comprising a solar cell including a thin flexible film semiconductor body formed from III-V compound semiconductors including: a non-planar support for mounting the solar cell, wherein the solar cell is shaped to conform to a non-planar surface of the non-planar support. | 18,287 |
8,437,241 | 1. A write-once disc for a disc reproducing apparatus, the write-once disc comprising: a plurality of temporary disc management areas in which a temporary disc management structure is stored, the temporary disc management structure comprising: an access information area comprising a plurality of unit blocks corresponding to the plurality of temporary disc management areas, the access information area indicating one of the plurality of temporary disc management areas in which a finally updated temporary disc management structure is stored based on the unit block corresponding to the temporary disc management area in which the finally updated temporary disc definition structure is stored, and the write-once disc comprises N number of temporary disc management areas and a number of unit blocks for the temporary disc management areas in the access information area is N−1; wherein the temporary disc definition structure further comprises address information that allows the disc reproducing apparatus to find a location of the temporary disc management area in which the finally updated temporary disc definition structure is stored, and location information of the space bit map; and the finally updated temporary disc management structure is recorded in a defect management area provided in a lead-in area of the write-once disc when the write-once disc is finalized. | 10,945 |
9,780,035 | 1. A method, comprising, in a fabrication stage of a metallization layer of a semiconductor device in which copper is used for an interconnect material and cobalt is used to encapsulate said copper, introducing a material that will form an alloy with said cobalt to resist a degradation of an effect of said cobalt on encapsulating said copper. | 3,204 |
9,797,935 | 1. An electronic electricity meter for monitoring electrical power consumption due to a plurality of loads, comprising: an electric power sensor configured to register data indicative of aggregate power demand of a number of loads, a load tracker configured to detect the effect of individual loads on the basis of distinctive load patterns in said data, wherein the tracker is configured to utilize a distinctive load pattern detected in said data as at least a basis for a reference pattern for subsequent detections of the effect of the same load in the data, an accuracy analyzer configured to, on the basis of comparisons of subsequent detections with the corresponding references, determine whether the comparisons relating to at least two loads each indicate the difference between the subsequently detected pattern and the corresponding reference exceeding a predetermined threshold, and a notifier configured to send, provided that positive determination has taken place, a notification signal indicative of potential fault with the electricity meter towards an external entity. | 30,074 |
9,667,106 | 1. A motor housing for enclosing a first stator module and a second stator module of a motor, said motor housing comprising: a stator housing comprising: a rotor housing coupled to said stator housing and comprising a fastener coupled to said third side. | 1,247 |
9,354,724 | 1. A stylus for use with a computing device, comprising: an elongated shaft having an outer surface; a tip at a first end of the elongated shaft; and a fixing device mounted on an elongated shaft such that the fixing device protrudes outward from a surrounding portion of the outer surface of the elongated shaft, wherein the fixing device comprises: a first section mounted on a first portion of the elongated shaft; and a second section mounted on a second portion of the elongated shaft, the first section and second section both including a deformable elastic material layer and a cover mounted over the deformable elastic material layer, wherein the deformable elastic material layer is located only along portions of the elongated shaft corresponding to the first and second sections, and wherein the first and second sections are both configured to hold the stylus in a storage hole of a computing device. | 12,805 |
8,665,934 | 1. A multiport modem comprising a plurality of ports to support a plurality of modes of operation, wherein a first mode of operation supports: a first port of multicarrier access communications operating concurrently with a first port of wireless communications and a first port of multicarrier LAN (local area network) communications, and a second mode of operation supports the one port of multicarrier access communications operating concurrently with the one port of wireless communications and a second port of multicarrier LAN communications, wherein the first port of multicarrier LAN communications differs from the second port of multicarrier LAN communications. | 20,890 |
9,065,053 | 1. A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device, the method comprising: forming a display substrate including a switching device, a first electrode and a pixel defining layer; forming a donor substrate including a base layer, a light to heat conversion layer formed on the base layer, an organic transfer layer formed on the light to heat conversion layer, and a tightening member having an adhesive film and disposed on a peripheral portion of the organic transfer layer, an adhesion strength of the adhesive film being changed when exposed to an ultraviolet (UV) ray; combining the donor substrate with the display substrate with the tightening member interposed between the donor and the display substrates; irradiating the donor substrate with a laser beam to form an organic light emitting structure on the first electrode in a display region of the display substrate from the organic transfer layer of the donor substrate; irradiating the tightening member with a ultraviolet ray; and separating the donor substrate from the display substrate. | 17,922 |
8,779,718 | 1. An electrical system comprising: an electrical entity configured to utilize electrical energy; and a power supply apparatus configured to provide the electrical energy for use by the electrical entity, and wherein the power supply apparatus comprises a battery assembly comprising: | 20,989 |
9,677,808 | 1. An apparatus for making and storing spherical pieces of ice, the apparatus comprising: a housing having an insulated compartment; an ice maker including a mold having first and second mold parts that are movable between open and closed positions relative to one another, the first and second mold parts together forming at least one substantially spherical cavity defining a mold radius when the first and second mold parts are in the closed position; a water supply configured to supply liquid water to the at least one substantially spherical cavity; a refrigeration unit configured to cool the liquid water in the at least one substantially spherical cavity; a tray having a plurality of upwardly-opening concave cavities, each concave cavity defining a cavity radius corresponding to the mold radius, wherein the tray is positioned within the housing below the ice maker such that a respective one of the spherical pieces of ice formed in the at least one substantially spherical cavity is delivered to a corresponding one of the plurality of upwardly-opening concave cavities upon opening of the first and second mold parts. | 25,487 |
9,353,728 | 1. A rotor blade comprising an aerodynamic airfoil, the airfoil having a pivot-mounted leading edge portion and a pivot-mounted trailing edge portion, wherein the airfoil is adapted to effect a lift due to pressure differences between a suction and pressure side of the airfoil, the pressure differences being caused by a camber of the airfoil in case of air flow over the rotor blade, wherein the rotor blade comprises means for modification of the camber, the means for modification of the camber being arranged on the leading edge portion of the airfoil and on the trailing edge portion of the airfoil, the means being adapted to provide a rigid mechanical coupling of a rotation of the trailing edge portion of the airfoil to a rotation of the leading edge portion of the airfoil around their respective pivots, the rotation of the leading edge portion being caused by a change of the pressure difference at the leading edge portion. | 14,121 |
9,800,216 | 1. A bias circuit comprising: a reference device having a first node coupled to a first voltage supply line and configured to receive a first electrical supply level, the reference device arranged to produce an electrical bias condition using the first electrical supply level, and the reference device connectable to provide the electrical bias condition to an amplifier device connectable to a second voltage supply line to provide a second electrical supply level; a differential amplifier having a first node coupled to the first node of the reference device to receive the first electrical supply level and a second node connectable to receive a reference electrical level, the differential amplifier arranged to maintain a first electrical level on the first node of the reference device as a function of the reference electrical level; and a power density matching circuit coupled to the differential amplifier, the power density matching circuit provided to substantially set a first power density associated with the reference device and a second power density associated with the amplifier device, the first power density being a function of the first electrical supply level and the second power density being a function of the second electrical supply level. | 2,001 |
9,459,886 | 1. A device, comprising: an input buffer coupled to an input from a host device; a transitional memory coupled to the input buffer, the transitional memory configured to operate while the device is in a sleep-mode power state; and an extended memory coupled to the transitional memory, the extended memory configured to receive data from the transitional memory after waking up from a sleep-mode, wherein an extended memory size is selected based upon a maximum amount of data that can be received from the transitional memory while a device processor is waking up from the sleep mode. | 16,586 |
9,188,820 | 1. A self-tuning light valve, comprising a layered structure, including, from front to rear, contiguous layers of: (a) a transparent window; (b) a first optically transparent electrically conductive coating, wherein the first optically transparent electrically conductive coating is connected to a source of electrical energy of a first polarity; (c) a liquid crystal material; (d) a photoconductive window; and, (e) a second optically transparent electrically conductive coating, wherein the second optically transparent conductive coating is connected to a source of electrical energy of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity. | 12,757 |
9,751,955 | 1. A method for regeneration of a cellulose containing material, said method comprising the sequential steps: a) exposing the cellulose containing material to oxygen or a gas mixture comprising oxygen together with an alkali aqueous solution at a pH of at least 9, and a temperature of at least 20° C., b) dispersing the cellulose containing material in the alkali aqueous solution to obtain a dispersion, wherein the temperature of the alkali aqueous solution is further lowered below 15° C., and wherein the pH of the alkali aqueous solution is above 9, c) adding at least one organic solvent to the dispersion to precipitate cellulose, and d) separating the precipitated cellulose from the remaining liquid by at least one method selected from filtering and centrifugation. | 24,961 |
8,575,573 | 1. A structure for discharging extreme ultraviolet mask (EUV mask) when said EUV mask is inspected by using a charged particle beam inspection tool, comprising: means for conducting charge on an EUV mask in inspecting said EUV mask by using a charged particle beam inspection system; a slider with a top surface divided into a flat area and a downward-tilted area; an elastic element connecting to a back side of said slider; an arm structure comprising a body, a grounding pin on a front end of said body and a prop connecting to said body, wherein said prop contacts said flat area; and said EUV mask moving toward a front side of said slider to push said slider back and press said elastic element, so that said prop moves along said top surface of said slider and then contacts said downward-tilted area to make said body of said arm structure tilt and said grounding pin contact said means. | 41,513 |
9,777,224 | 1. A method for conversion of a lignocellulosic biomass reactant to a transportation fuel product, comprising the single step of: reacting a lignocellulosic biomass reactant comprising levulinic acid and/or gamma-valerolactone and a reducing agent in an aqueous feed over a lanthanum-zirconia ketonization catalyst at ambient pressure and a temperature from 340° C. to 450° C. to generate a diesel hydrocarbon mixture product and an aqueous phase product. | 33,277 |
9,819,304 | 1. A photovoltaic solar panel system comprising: a support structure; at least two photovoltaic solar panels mounted on a panel support coupled to the support structure, wherein each one of the at least two photovoltaic solar panels are mounted in substantially parallel planes, wherein the substantially parallel planes are offset to allow wind and precipitation to pass between the at least two photovoltaic solar panels; at least three wheels coupled to the support structure and rotatably supporting the support structure on an uneven surface; a controller; a sunlight monitor coupled to the controller; a tracking drive system coupled to the controller and mechanically linked to at least one of the at least three wheels, wherein at least one of the at least three wheels is configured to be driven to rotate the support structure around a selected fixed point to achieve a desired output from the sunlight monitor; and a rotation and an inclination angle adjusting system coupled between the support structure and the panel support of the at least two photovoltaic solar panels, the rotation and the inclination angle adjusting system for adjusting the rotation and the inclination angle between the support structure and the panel support of the at least two photovoltaic solar panels to compensate for the uneven surface. | 46,725 |
9,395,980 | 1. A processor comprising: a plurality of registers; and a decode and control unit to receive an instruction, the instruction to indicate a first source register of the plurality of registers and a second source register of the plurality of registers, the first source register to store a first plurality of signed operands of a first precision, the second source register to store a second plurality of unsigned operands of a second precision, the first precision to be greater than the second precision, the first plurality to be less than the second plurality; and a functional unit to perform the instruction and to store a plurality of result operands in only one of an upper half and a lower half of a destination register of the plurality of registers, the plurality of result operands to be unsigned operands of the second precision, wherein the plurality of results operands are each to include a sum of a signed operand of the first plurality of signed operands with a corresponding unsigned operand of the second plurality of unsigned operands, the corresponding unsigned operands from only one of an upper half and a lower half of the second source register, wherein the functional unit is not to store sums in another half of the destination register besides said one of the upper and the lower halves used to store the plurality of result operands. | 43,521 |
9,783,281 | 1. A method of retrofitting an aircraft to reduce a volume of unusable space in a cabin area of a passenger aircraft, said cabin area containing passenger seats each having a seat back with an exterior aft surface that is substantially not flat, a seat bottom, and a seat support that interfaces with a floor of the cabin area and holds the seat bottom in an elevated position above the floor of the cabin area, the method comprising: replacing at least a previously-installed forward wall of a pre-existing full height lavatory unit in the cabin area of the passenger aircraft with a contoured forward wall, wherein an outward facing vertical surface of the previously-installed forward wall is substantially flat, and the contoured forward wall is substantially not flat and configured to receive a portion of the exterior aft surface of the seat back when the seat back is in an unreclined seat position; and installing a passenger seat in front of the contoured forward wall, wherein installing comprises positioning a seat support further aft in said aircraft cabin than the seat support could have been positioned prior to replacing the previously-installed forward wall; wherein, upon installation, a portion of the exterior aft surface of the seat back is received by the forward wall when the passenger seat is in an upright seating position. | 43,666 |
8,351,865 | 1. A method of controlling transmit power in a basic service set (BSS), the BSS including a plurality of stations that have successfully synchronized with an access point, comprising operating the BSS with one transmit power level that is not more than a lowest one of the transmit power limits of all of its operating channels and using a channel decision method when transmitting on a 160 MHz channel for resolving low throughput due to a high power 80 MHz transmission from an overlapping BSS. | 8,881 |
9,148,936 | 1. A photo-control receptacle comprising: three conductors arranged in a circular pattern, wherein the three conductors are configured to form a first electrical connection for providing power to a photo-control via alternating current; and at least one additional contact conductor that has a flat surface in a common plane with a body of the photo-control receptacle and that is positioned external to the three conductors arranged in a circular pattern, wherein the at least one additional contact conductor is configured to form a second electrical connection for providing control signals between the photo-control and an additional device. | 13,111 |
8,462,654 | 1. A communications system, comprising: at least one telecommunications access module coupled to a plurality of communications subscriber line pairs and comprising at least one bonding engine; a module configured to determine the total number of communications subscriber line pairs available to form a bonding group and select at least one bonding engine for the bonding group; a data processor module configured to determine a maximum packet fragment size for the data packets based on the total number of available subscriber line pairs forming the bonding group; wherein said at least one bonding engine is configured to fragment the data packets to be transmitted into packet fragments within the at least one bonding engine such that a maximum packet fragment size is adapted to the number of communications line pairs within the bonding group; and a transmitter at the at least one telecommunications access module configured to receive the data fragments and transmit the packet fragments over the communications subscriber line pairs forming the bonding group. | 22,194 |
9,261,074 | 1. A rotor blade for a wind turbine, the rotor blade comprising: a body extending lengthwise between a blade root and a blade tip, the body including a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a plurality of bolts extending from the blade root, wherein a bolt parameter of the plurality of bolts is varied for at least two of the bolts based on loads transmitted through the blade root, wherein the bolt parameter comprise both a bolt diameter and a circumferential spacing the plurality of bolts. | 21,882 |
9,675,178 | 1. An electric support system for sofa, comprising a linear drive device and at least one adjusting assembly, the adjusting assembly comprising a side plate, a slider, a first connecting link, and a second connecting link; wherein the slider is slidably configured on the side plate and driven by the linear drive device to slide on the side plate, one end of the first connecting link is pivotally connected to the slider, the other end of the first connecting link is pivotally connected to one end of the second connecting link, the other end of the second connecting link is an end adapted for fixing a headrest, and the second connecting link is also pivotally connected to the side plate with a pivot configured between the two ends of the second connecting link; wherein the first connecting link is a linear link, the second connecting link includes a first segment and a second segment, one end of the first segment is pivotally connected to the first connecting link, the other end of the first segment is fixed to one end of the second segment and there is an angle between the first segment and the second segment, the other end of the second segment is the end adapted for fixing the headrest, and the pivot is located at a position where the first segment is fixed to the second segment; wherein a sliding hole is opened in the side plate, and the slider is slidably configured in the sliding hole, the sliding hole is configured to be oblique to a length direction of the side plate, and the linear drive device is correspondingly configured to be oblique; wherein the second connecting link is pivotally connected to a front end of the side plate, the first segment is protruded from the pivot to a rear end of the side plate, and the sliding hole extends from the top down and towards the front end of the side plate. | 32,711 |
8,539,980 | 1. A device for operation of a surgical or dental drive unit, comprising: a control valve attached to a drive unit to control a flow rate of a compressed fluid flowing from a compressed fluid source to the drive unit, the control valve including: a first control arrangement controlling a rate of flow of the compressed fluid through the control valve; a control switch; and a control sleeve controlled by the control switch to axially move along a longitudinal axis of the drive unit between a first configuration in which the control valve is locked and closed to fluid flow and a second configuration in which the control valve is unlocked and the first control arrangement controls the rate of flow therethrough. | 35,605 |
8,569,501 | 1. A compound having Formula I: wherein: Q and Q′ independently are: and wherein: q, at each occurrence, is an integer in the range of 1 to 20, wherein: Ar Ar and n, n′, and n″ independently are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. | 3,859 |
9,074,787 | 1. An operation controller for a compressor for controlling an operating state of the compressor based on an ON signal output from a thermostat control terminal when there is a difference between an indoor air temperature and a designated temperature, the operation controller comprising: an inverter controller that controls, during operation of the compressor, the compressor using an inverter such that any one of an indoor outlet air temperature, an evaporation temperature and a condensation temperature of an air conditioner including the compressor, and a suction pressure and a discharge pressure of the compressor reaches a target value; and a main controller that outputs a signal for controlling the operating state of the compressor based on the ON signal to the inverter controller, wherein the main controller | 9,260 |
9,239,678 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a touch acquisition module having an input area, which performs a touch acquisition operation, the input area includes a first area and a second area; a processing module, which calculates a first result indicating coordinates of a pointing object according to data acquired by the touch acquisition module, when a start position of a touch operation is in the first area, and calculates a second result indicating an action of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module, when the start position of the touch operation is in the second area, the electronic device further comprising a mainboard and a central processing unit (CPU) disposed on the mainboard, wherein, the processing module is a microcontroller, and the microcontroller is connected to the mainboard and sends the first result or the second result to the CPU through the mainboard; the microcontroller further comprising a pointing object location unit for determining the start position of the touch operation according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module; a coordinate calculation unit for calculating the coordinates of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module, when the start position of the touch operation is in the first area; an action calculation unit for calculating the second result indicating the action of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module, when the start position of the touch operation is in the second area; an instruction acquisition unit for acquiring the operation instruction corresponding to preset action matched with the action of the pointing object; and an output unit for sending the coordinates of the pointing object or the operation instruction to the CPU through the mainboard. | 39,567 |
8,809,273 | 1. A method for treating a bone resorption disorder in an individual comprising administering to an individual having a bone resorption disorder an irreversible Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor having the structure: and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, thereby treating the bone resorption disorder in the individual. | 19,532 |
8,446,398 | 1. A method comprising: generating display images for a display screen of a mobile device, the display images including animation, the mobile device having a plurality of power consumption states for a user interface to control power consumption in the use of the mobile device, the power consumption states including a full operation state and a plurality of reduced power consumption states to reduce power consumed by the display screen by gradually imposing changes in illumination and animation as the mobile device is transitioned to different power consumption states in response to a device setting and in response to power limitations for the mobile device, each power consumption state including a combination of certain restrictions on illumination and certain restrictions on animation, a lower power consumption state having greater restrictions on illumination and greater restrictions on animation for the user interface than a higher power consumption state; transitioning the mobile device from a higher first power consumption state to a lower second power consumption state of the plurality of power consumption states in response to power limitations for the mobile device, wherein transitioning the mobile device from the first power consumption state to the second power consumption state includes: | 20,211 |
8,352,992 | 1. A method for wireless media streaming comprising: receiving media data from a remote media source; transmitting said media data over a wireless connection to an electronic device; receiving data-link information from said electronic device; passing said data-link information to a status buffer located in a data-link layer and a filter located in said data link layer, wherein said filter filters packets based on at least one sequence number of a packet that was marked in said status buffer, and wherein feedback and data is provided to a transmission rate determiner in an application layer without requiring storage of information for packets not within flows of interest; accessing said data-link information at said application layer, wherein said data-link information is obtained without using an application-layer client; and determining at said application layer whether to change a transmission rate of said media data to said electronic device based at least in part on said data-link information. | 15,412 |
9,540,083 | 1. A water vehicle, comprising: a deck that accommodates a plurality of passengers; a hull arranged to support the deck above a waterline; and an observation gondola extendable below the waterline and secured relative to the deck, comprising: | 16,321 |
9,469,667 | 1. A compound of the formula (1), where the compound of the general formula (1) contains a moiety M(L) where the following applies to the symbols and indices used: M is a transition metal; Q is on each occurrence, identically or differently, N; X is on each occurrence, identically or differently, CR or N; Y is on each occurrence, identically or differently, a substituted or unsubstituted diatomic bridge containing, as bridge atoms, two atoms selected, identically or differently on each occurrence, from the group consisting of C, N, O, S, Si or P; W is on each occurrence, identically or differently, CR═CR or CR═N; Z is C; R is on each occurrence, identically or differently, H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, N(R R R L′ is, identically or differently on each occurrence, any desired co-ligand; A is a counterion; n is 1, 2 or 3; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; w is 1, 2 or 3; x, y, z are on each occurrence, identically or differently, 0, 1, 2 or 3; where (w·x)=(y·z); a plurality of ligands L here may also be linked to one another or L is optionally linked to L′ via any desired bridge V and thus form a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate or hexadentate ligand system; furthermore, a substituent R may also additionally be coordinated to the metal. | 5,586 |
9,333,827 | 1. A shock absorber mounting assembly for a trailer incorporating a leaf spring suspension comprising: a first shock absorber mounting bracket secured to a frame of said trailer; a second shock absorber mounting bracket secured to an axle of said trailer, said second shock absorber mounting bracket including a tie plate, an elongated shock absorber mounting lug depending from said tie plate and an adjustable suspension alignment feature; wherein said adjustable suspension alignment feature includes an adjustment gear and a gear receptacle in said tie plate for receiving and holding said adjustment gear in a plurality of different adjustment positions. | 36,180 |
9,705,016 | 1. An additive comprising: polyethylene glycol, sodium benzoate, citric acid, hydrolytic polymaleic anhydride, sodium acetate and water; wherein the mass percent of each component of the additive is as follows: polyethylene glycol: 1-20%, sodium benzoate: 1.0-2.0%, citric acid: 1.0-5.0%, hydrolytic polymaleic anhydride: 1.0-5.0%, sodium acetate: 0.1-1.0%, and water: the remaining percentage. | 41,360 |
9,559,549 | 1. An energy management server comprising: an estimation unit configured to calculate an estimated value of an energy demand in a building in which an electric appliance is installed; a scheduler configured to create an operation schedule of the electric appliance based on the estimated value; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an actual value of the energy demand; a monitoring unit configured to monitor an error between the estimated value and the actual value; a receiving unit configured to receive a demand response signal containing information which prompts suppression of energy consumption in a designated period; and a setting unit configured to set a threshold related to the demand response signal, wherein the estimation unit recalculates the estimated value if the error is equal or more than the threshold, and the scheduler reforms the operation schedule based on the recalculated estimated value. | 39,295 |
8,573,850 | 1. A support arrangement adapted for the yielding support of a shaft bearing, the support arrangement comprising: a radial inner support ring, a bearing housing for fixing the support arrangement to a vehicle, wherein the radial inner support ring is connected with the bearing housing via a connecting structure in such a manner that the radial inner support ring is deflectable from an initial position relative to the bearing housing with respect to a central axis of the shaft bearing both in an axial direction and a radial direction, and stop portions protruding from the bearing housing toward the central axis on each side of the bearing housing, the stop portions spaced axially from and positioned axially outside of the connecting structure when the radial inner support ring is in the initial position, wherein the stop portions contact at least the connecting structure to limit an axial deflection of the radial inner support ring when the radial inner support ring is axially deflected, wherein the stop portions on each side of the bearing housing are circumferentially disposed and spaced equally apart, wherein at least one stop surface is formed on a connecting body of the connecting structure, the at least one stop surface positioned to contact the stop portions of the bearing housing when the radial inner support ring is axially deflected, and wherein the at least one stop surface of the connecting body may be configured as a complete circumferential surface. | 29,220 |
9,830,080 | 1. A method comprising: receiving an analog signal from an acoustic transducer; converting the analog signal into digital data; determining whether acoustic activity exists within the digital data; in response to determining acoustic activity exists, storing the digital data in a temporary memory storage device and maintaining a count of an amount of digital data in the temporary memory storage device; in response to the count exceeding a threshold, sending a processor wake-up signal and transmitting at least some of the digital data from the temporary memory storage device. | 28,405 |
9,484,744 | 1. A scheduling apparatus comprising: a first calculator configured to calculate an assignment of plural time slots to an electricity consumer, each of the plural time slots is classified into any of categories comprising a morning slot, a daytime slot, and an evening slot; a storage configured to store regarding an extent to which the assigned time slots are continuous, a second calculator configured to calculate an extent to which the categories associated with the assignment calculated by the first calculator are biased and calculate a first evaluation value representing a deviation between the first demand and the extent calculated by the second calculator; and a third calculator configured to wherein the first calculator calculates the assignment so as to optimize an evaluation function including the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value, and the first calculator includes a generator configured to generate a demand reduction assignment program for the electricity consumer based on the assignment calculated by the first calculator. | 44,920 |
8,484,550 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, an input table, wherein the input table comprises at least one row and at least one column, and wherein the input table has a first format; receiving, at the computing device, an output table, wherein the output table comprises at least one row and at least one column, and wherein the output table has a second format that is different from the first format; automatically inferring, based at least in part upon the first format of the input table and the second format of the output table, a computer-executable program that causes the input table to be transformed into the output table; receiving a first table that has the first format; and executing the computer-executable program over the first table, wherein executing the computer-executable program over the first table causes the first table to be transformed into a second table, wherein the second table has the second format. | 46,201 |
9,328,487 | 1. A water fixture, comprising: spout body having a valve port and seat; valve gate disposed on an inlet side of the valve port movable vertically relatively to the valve port between an upper closed position and a lower open position; a hollow valve stem extending vertically from an exterior of the spout body into an interior thereof at the outlet side of the valve port and containing at least one orifice communicating with a hollow interior of the valve stem and that is exposed to a path of liquid flow from the valve port in the lower open position; and a knob having an upwardly open funnel opening that communicates with the hollow interior of the valve stem to receive a liquid soap. | 47,324 |
9,232,192 | 1. A method of providing a video layout for a video conference comprising a snapshot of one or more participants to the video conference, said method comprising: connecting each of a plurality of endpoints to one of one or more foci, wherein each of said one or more foci comprises a central endpoint having a direct peer relationship with each connected plurality of endpoints by maintaining a separate call signaling interface; setting up, via said one or more foci, an associated dialog with a media server; negotiating, between each of said plurality of endpoints and each of said one or more foci, via said media server, a snapshot stream; and sending, via said media server, a key frame received from a source endpoint to each other endpoint of said plurality of end points. | 6,997 |
9,256,535 | 1. A method for operating a computing device, comprising: in a first processor core, performing operations for: | 47,901 |
9,556,856 | 1. A geothermal energy system comprising: a plurality of borehole heat exchangers, each borehole heat exchanger containing a working fluid and comprising: | 23,869 |
9,413,817 | 1. A method performed on a computing device that includes at least one processor and memory, the method comprising: processing an incoming request via each of at least one of a plurality of processing layers that are implemented at least in part by the computing device, where each of the plurality of processing layers comprises a first processing portion that is configured for performing a first processing step and a second processing portion that is configured for performing a second processing step, and where the incoming request is processed according to the first processing step of the first processing portion of the each of the at least one of the processing layers; assigning to each of at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions a pre-processing function that is configured for being executed prior to the corresponding first or second processing steps of the each of the at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions, where each of the pre-processing functions is configured for transitioning from the processing at one of the first processing portions to the generating at a corresponding second processing portion; and generating an outgoing reply via the each of the at least one of the plurality of processing layers, where each outgoing reply is generated according to a second processing step of the second processing portion of the each of the at least one of the processing layers. | 41,258 |
8,814,487 | 1. A diving board assembly of a drilling rig fingerboard assembly, said diving board assembly comprising: a first end proximate said drilling rig; a second end positioned remote from said first end, wherein said first end is more proximal to said drilling rig than said second end; a clamping assembly operatively coupled to said first end and said second end, wherein said clamping assembly is positioned between said first and second ends and defines a pinned connection that is adapted to permit a rotation of said first and second ends relative to a plane defined by said fingerboard assembly when an impact load is imparted to said first end, said clamping assembly being further adapted to brake said rotation of said first and second ends and hold said diving board assembly at a fixed angle relative to said plane defined by said fingerboard assembly. | 39,519 |
8,993,356 | 1. A method for constructing an electrical circuit comprising at least one semiconductor chip encapsulated with a potting compound, comprising: applying a galvanic layer arrangement for forming an electrochemical element on an element of the electrical circuit having the at least one semiconductor chip; wherein the applying step is carried out before, after or in parallel with a step of fitting the at least one semiconductor chip by a contact side thereof to a carrier substrate, a step of encapsulating the at least one semiconductor chip on the carrier substrate with a potting compound, a step of detaching the carrier substrate from the at least one semiconductor chip, wherein the contact side of the at least one semiconductor chip is uncovered, and/or a step of forming a wiring layer on a contact side of the at least one semiconductor chip. | 33,347 |
9,726,010 | 1. A method of communicating through a fluid in a borehole, the method comprising: measuring at at least two spaced apart positions signals including a mixture of at least one message signal generated by at least one message source and at least one noise signal generated by at least one noise source in the fluid; estimating from the measured signals at least a subset of a separation matrix by modeling each measured signal of the measured signals as equal to a convolutional mixture of the at least one message signal and the at least one noise signal in an acoustic transfer system equation, the convolutional mixture represented as a channel matrix operating solely on a signal matrix representing each of the at least one message signal and the at least one noise signal, wherein the measured signals correspond to a period of simultaneous operation of the at least one noise source and the at least one message source; and using at least the estimated subset of the separation matrix to estimate the at least one message signal from the measured signals corresponding to the period of simultaneous operation of the at least one noise source and the at least one message source; wherein the estimating of at least the subset of the separation matrix further comprises: | 35,567 |
8,945,757 | 1. A battery pack comprising: a plurality of battery cells; a plurality of conductive tabs, wherein each conductive tab is electrically connected to one of the battery cells, and wherein each conductive tab comprises a conductive line holding portion; a plurality of conductive lines, wherein a particular conductive line is electrically connected to a particular conductive tab, and wherein the particular conductive line is connected by press fit into the conductive line holding portion of the particular conductive tab, wherein at one or more positions along the particular conductive line, the conductive line holding portion of the particular conductive tab contacts the particular conductive line from substantially three different directions; a protective circuit module electrically connected to the conductive lines, wherein the particular conductive line is press fit into the conductive line holding portion of the particular conductive tab, wherein the conductive line holding portions each comprise: | 416 |
8,955,527 | 1. A hair styling device comprising, a hair styling device, a first blade section comprising, a second blade section rotatably coupled to the first blade section, wherein, the second blade section comprises at least one second blade section heating element substantially opposing the at least one first blade section heating element, the at least one second blade section heating element comprising, a fin comprising an inner fin surface, wherein at least a portion of the fin is one of coupled and integrated to the outer surface; a pivoting device coupled to the first blade section and the second blade section at the hair styling device distal end; and wherein, | 38,658 |
9,761,200 | 1. A content output system comprising: a commercial product which functions as a detection apparatus, the commercial product comprising: a content output apparatus including: | 27,293 |
9,844,320 | 1. A method for creating a virtual 2D image of a single object moving in a blood vessel to determine a velocity of said single object comprising the steps of: acquiring multiple 1D images across a blood vessel disposed about adjacent to a substantially fixed footprint on a surface of an organ over a period of time by use of an adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) or a scanning light ophthalmoscope (SLO) imaging apparatus capable of acquiring 1D images, said substantially fixed footprint defining a line disposed in a plane about parallel to the surface of the organ, said line in said plane about perpendicular to the blood vessel, said imaging apparatus communicatively coupled to a computer; combining by computer said multiple 1D images to form a virtual 2D image showing said single object moving in said blood vessel; determining a velocity of a single object moving in said blood vessel from said virtual 2D image by said computer using an elongation ratio based on a known physical width of said single object and a distance as a single object width per time as determined from a subset of said multiple 1D images; and wherein a first axis of said single object falls along a 1D scan line to provide a representation of a physical length which is substantially independent of single object velocity and a second axis of said single object in said virtual 2D image provides a measurement of an elongation of the object which is directly related to the velocity of the object traveling through the blood vessel across said 1D scan line. | 91 |
8,602,927 | 1. A sports ball comprising: a first hemispherical cover portion comprising a first cover panel blank bonded to a first reinforcement material blank, wherein said first cover panel blank is formed from a first paneled sheet comprising a plurality of panels that are curved to have a radius of curvature of said sports ball, wherein said first paneled sheet is seamless such that each of said panels is integrally connected to adjacent panels of said sheet, and wherein said first reinforcement material blank comprises a plurality of linked polygon outlines; a second hemispherical cover portion comprising a second cover panel blank bonded to a second reinforcement material blank, wherein said second cover panel blank is formed from a second paneled sheet comprising a plurality of panels that are curved to have said radius of curvature of said sports ball, wherein said second paneled sheet is seamless such that each of said panels is integrally connected to adjacent panels of said sheet, and wherein said second reinforcement material blank comprises a plurality of linked polygon outlines; and wherein said first hemispherical cover portion is bonded to said second hemispherical cover portion to form said sports ball. | 47,816 |
9,145,891 | 1. A scroll compressor, comprising: a hermetic container having an inner space divided into a low pressure space at a suction pressure and a high pressure space at a discharge pressure; a compression device installed at or in the inner space of the hermetic container, and forming a compression chamber that consecutively moves as a plurality of spiral wraps provided at a plurality of scrolls perform a relative motion by being interlocked with one another; and a valve assembly installed between the low pressure space and the high pressure space of the hermetic container, and configured to provide selective communication between the low pressure space and the high pressure space, wherein a sealing recess is formed at a contact surface between the compression device and the valve assembly, wherein the sealing recess communicates with an intermediate portion of the compression chamber to form an intermediate pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure, wherein a first bypass passage configured to provide selective communication between the low pressure space and the high pressure space via the valve assembly is formed at or in the compression device, and wherein a portion of the first bypass passage is spaced apart from and surrounded by the sealing recess. | 33,202 |
9,522,839 | 1. An optical fiber base material manufacturing method that includes, while rotating a starting member formed by fusing both ends of a core rod to dummy rods on an axis of the starting member, moving the starting member and burners back and forth relative to each other and depositing glass microparticles on a surface of the starting member, the method comprising: setting two or more axes as back and forth movement axes allowing for back and forth movement relative to the starting member; providing a burner facing the starting member on each of the axes, including a first burner and a second burner; determining, in advance of burner movement, a pattern for the movement speeds of the first burner and the second burner such that the positions where the burners pass by each other are different every time a traversing movement occurs and evenly distributed in the longitudinal direction; causing the first burner and the second burner to traverse the starting member to an end of the starting member at least three times; and changing movement speeds of the first burner and the second burner during the traversing movement in accordance with the pattern. | 35,648 |
9,831,644 | 1. A connection structure between a main transformer and a high-voltage device box, the connection structure comprising: a circuit breaker connected to a power cable through which high-voltage power is supplied, the high-voltage power being collected through an overhead contact line by a power collector provided on a roof of a car; the high-voltage device box accommodating the circuit breaker and being provided under a floor of the car; the main transformer being configured to transform a voltage of the high-voltage power and being provided under the floor of the car; a first connector device electrically connected to the circuit breaker and provided at a dividing wall of the high-voltage device box, the first connector device including a second connector device electrically connected to the main transformer and provided at a dividing wall of the main transformer, the second connector device including a high-voltage cable covered with an insulating coating and having both end portions to which cable connector portions are respectively attached, wherein | 42,619 |
9,371,301 | 1. A compound represented by the general formula (C): wherein R R R a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 19,648 |
9,321,191 | 1. A one-piece mold for a bathtub comprising a base, a rear wall, and at least one side wall, said mold forming a bathtub comprising a sump, walls extending beyond said sump and one or more additional encroachments, wherein said sump comprises a sump front wall and a sump back wall in which said mold forms said sump front wall to reflect a negative draft angle of approximately 10 degrees and forms said sump back wall to reflect a negative draft angle of a magnitude not greater than magnitude of the draft angle of said sump front wall, said additional encroachments comprise at least one of one or more shelves and one or more seats, and at least one of said additional encroachments reflects a draft angle that is negative with respect to a direction of pull parallel to the plane defined by said rear wall, such that said bathtub can be removed from said mold through one or more of (a) pulling; (b) tilting; or (c) lifting without breaking said mold or said bathtub formed by said mold. | 16,751 |
8,488,547 | 1. A method for communication in a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, at a wireless terminal, modulated symbols for each of at least two transport blocks mapped into corresponding layers according to transport block to layer mapping information and a swap flag; receiving, at the wireless terminal, control information related to the modulated symbols, the control information comprising modulation information, resource allocation information, a number of layers, and the swap flag; and decoding, at the wireless terminal, the modulated symbols using the control information. | 18,454 |
9,463,189 | 1. A method for the treatment of NASH comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of (S)-4-[cis-2,6-dimethyl-4-(4-trifluoromethoxy-phenyl)-piperazine-1-sulfonyl]-indan-2-carboxylic acid tosylate and (S)-4-[cis-2,6-dimethyl-4-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-piperazine-1-sulfonyl]-indan-2-carboxylic acid tosylate, or a salt thereof. | 11,877 |
8,521,729 | 1. A method comprising: determining, by a computer based system for generating data quality indicators for relationships, a link confidence code for a customer, wherein the link confidence code comprises an indication of a quality of a linking between the customer and a set of relationships based on a match confidence code for each relationship in the set of relationships and internal information associated with each relationship in the set of relationships; and providing, by the computer based system, at least one of the link confidence code for the customer and the match confidence code for each relationship in the set of relationships linked to the customer. | 49,561 |
8,575,493 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an integrated circuit chip; a solder ball; and an under ball metallization formed on the integrated circuit chip, where the solder ball is disposed on the under ball metallization so that the solder ball and the under ball metallization have a contact area there between, the under ball metallization having an area that is greater than the contact area, where the under ball metallization extends past each edge of the solder ball. | 32,907 |
9,785,465 | 1. A method for task migration in an electronic device, the method comprising: assigning, by a processing unit controller, a task with a specific function to a first group among groups formed according to a preset criterion, the preset criterion comprising one or more of: related with an amount of data needed by a group of tasks, activation of an application in the first group, threshold throughput for a first group user settings, manufacturer settings, an amount of throughput, or an amount of battery power consumed; assigning, by the processing unit controller, the first group to one of first processing units functionally connected to the electronic device; and when the first group matches preset criteria of second processing units functionally connected to the electronic device, migrating, by the processing unit controller, the first group to one of the second processing units, the preset criteria of the second processing units comprising one or more of: related with the amount of data needed by a group of tasks, activation of an application in the group, or threshold throughput for the group. | 5,854 |
9,701,304 | 1. A method of controlling a powersplit hybrid powertrain comprising: turning on a stopped generator while a selectively actuatable one-way clutch coupled to the generator is activated and engaged; rotating the stopped generator in a disengagement direction to overrun and disengage the clutch; deactivating the clutch while overrunning; and wherein an engine torque is used to predict a starting torque for returning the generator to a base speed control routine. | 25,526 |
8,817,494 | 1. A converter comprising: a rectifying circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage supplied from an AC power source into a rectified voltage; an input smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the rectified voltage; a first series circuit connected to both ends of the input smoothing capacitor and including a first switching element and a second switching element; a second series circuit including a primary winding of a transformer and a first capacitor and connected to a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a first end of the input smoothing capacitor; a controller configured to alternately turn on/off the first and second switching elements; a rectifying-smoothing circuit configured to rectify and smooth a high-frequency voltage generated at a secondary winding of the transformer into a DC output voltage; and a second capacitor connected between a connection point of the primary winding of the transformer and the first capacitor and a first end of the AC power source, charged by the AC power source or the input smoothing capacitor, and upon the charged voltage of the second capacitor exceeding the AC voltage of the AC power source, the second capacitor is discharged. | 18,464 |
9,573,766 | 1. A method for conveying absorbent articles, the method comprising the steps of: providing a conveyor comprising a deck and a belt, the deck including a channel, and the belt including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a row of apertures, wherein the second surface is in a facing relationship with the deck; drawing air through the channel with a vacuum source; placing an absorbent article on the first surface of the belt; meshing angled teeth of a first gear member with a first row of angled teeth connected with the second surface of the belt, and meshing angled teeth of a second gear member with a second row of angled teeth connected with the second surface of the belt, wherein at least one of the first gear member and the second gear member are slidably engaged with an axle member; advancing the belt in a machine direction, wherein the at least one of the first gear member and the second gear member slidably engaged with the axle member is allowed to slide along the axle member in a cross direction that is substantially orthogonal to the machine direction while the belt is advanced in the machine direction; aligning the row of apertures with the channel by moving the belt in the cross direction; and holding the absorbent article onto the belt by drawing air through the row of apertures. | 6,482 |
9,614,688 | 1. A method for providing display information to a client display device from a plurality of servers over one or more data communication channels, wherein each of the servers provides a pre-assigned partial region of an overall image for display on the client display device, and wherein in the method each of the plurality of servers performs: determining whether or not data to be sent is image data associated with the pre-assigned partial region assigned to the server; sending the data to be sent via an existent data communication channel to the client display device if it is determined that the data to be sent is not image data; sending, if it is determined that the data to be sent is image data, instead of the image data, information indicating an intended establishment of one or more new data communication channels over which to send the image data to the client display device; receiving an acknowledgment sent from the client display device via a multicast communication channel, wherein the acknowledgment confirms the intended establishment of the one or more new data communication channels; establishing the one or more new data communication channels; and apportioning and sending the image data over the established one or more new data communication channels to the client display device. | 36,189 |
9,762,295 | 1. A system for commissioning devices, the system comprising: a first device comprising an RFID tag and a host processor; a second device; wherein the second device is configured to generate an electromagnetic field, the RFID tag is configured to detect the electromagnetic field and wake up the host processor upon detecting said electromagnetic field in order for the second device to communicate with the host processor, the RFID tag comprises a tag controller which is configured to send a wake-up signal to the host processor in order to wake up the host processor only when data are read from and/or written to a predetermined area of memory; and a separate wake-up circuit comprising a tag selection detector capable of detecting whether the RFID tag continues interacting for a longer period of time after an initial field is detected in the antenna coil. | 29,325 |
8,502,555 | 1. A method of preventing the alteration of a stored data value, the method comprising: coupling a first electronic fuse to an output control circuit; coupling a second electronic fuse to the output control circuit; decoding the states of the first electronic fuse and the second electronic fuse after a first processing step to generate a first decoded state; and decoding the states of the first electronic fuse and the second electronic fuse after a second processing step to generate a second decoded state different from the first decoded state prior to an attempt to alter a state of an electronic fuse of the first electronic fuse and the second electronic fuse; wherein the output control circuit maintains the second decoded state after the attempt to alter the state of the electronic fuse of the first electronic fuse and the second electronic fuse. | 36,404 |
8,857,289 | 1. An automotive transmission shift cable assembly comprising, in combination: a conduit subassembly comprising a conduit and a core wire extending through the conduit, a shifter end portion, and a transmission end portion, wherein the conduit subassembly extends from the shifter end portion to the transmission end portion, and the transmission end portion comprises: a core wire length adjuster defining an isolator socket and comprising: a core wire adjuster isolator in the isolator socket, forming a bore having a connector pin socket portion and a retainer cap socket portion, the core wire adjuster isolator formed of materials selected from silicone, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE), and polyester-type thermoplastic polyurethane compound, and a retainer cap configured to be partially received by the retainer cap socket of the core wire adjuster isolator and having a connector pin end socket configured to receive and engage a portion of a connector pin received into the connector pin socket portion of the core wire adjuster isolator, the retainer cap formed of materials selected from polyether imide thermoplastic (PEI), Nylon 6 thermoplastic (polyamide 6), Nylon 6/6 thermoplastic (polyimide 6/6), and a conduit end fitting comprising a conduit end fitting isolator formed of materials selected from thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), polymeric silicone compound, thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU), thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (polyester) (TPU-polyester), and having a shear strength of at least 10 kN/meter; wherein a core wire travels less than a specified distance of 1.3 mm for core wires under 850 mm in length, less than 2.0 mm for core wires of from 850 to 1200 mm in length, less than 2.5 mm for core wires from 1200-2400 mm in length following 100,000 cycles of movement of the shift assembly and the core wire maintains a length after application of a compressive load of 667 N five times for a duration of 10 seconds followed by application of a compressive load of 333.8 N five times for a duration of 10 seconds. | 47,096 |
9,319,980 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a wearable computing device, a data transmission schedule from a wirelessly tethered camera device, wherein the wearable computing device includes a data receiver, and wherein the data transmission schedule is based on a frame rate and a resolution of the camera device; readying the wearable computing device to receive a data transmission of the data transmission schedule; receiving, with the data receiver, the data transmission at the wearable computing device; and in response to completing the reception of the data transmission, the wearable computing device powering down the data receiver, wherein the wearable computing device includes a display mechanism configured to display a representation of the received data transmission. | 5,346 |
8,713,820 | 1. A lacing system comprising: an article having a tightening edge; a lace; a reel based tightening mechanism coupled to the article, wherein the reel based tightening mechanism is configured to draw the lace into a spool to tighten the lacing system; a first lace guide comprising: a second lace guide comprising: | 29,998 |
9,002,492 | 1. A computer implemented method including a processor and memory comprising: identifying a plurality of predictive algorithms; identifying an error switching threshold that is based on a comparison of predictions of metrology data and actual metrology data; determining when to invoke a first adaptive predictive algorithm, a second adaptive predictive algorithm, or both first and second adaptive predictive algorithms to predict one or more virtual metrology variables in a manufacturing facility based on the error switching threshold; invoking the first adaptive predictive algorithm for updating a first component vector that is a zero'th order term of a virtual metrology prediction equation if an error is greater than the error switching threshold; and subsequently invoking the second adaptive predictive algorithm for updating the first component vector and a second component vector that represents a matrix of the virtual metrology prediction equation, wherein the first adaptive predictive algorithm is different than the second adaptive predictive algorithm, wherein the virtual metrology prediction equation includes a predicted output that is based on an input factor, the first component vector, and the second component vector. | 36,943 |
9,099,959 | 1. A fractional frequency dividing circuit comprising: an integral frequency dividing circuit configured to convert a reference signal to K (K is a positive integer) phase signals each having a frequency of one nth (n is a positive integer) of the reference signal and having different phases from each other; and an adjustment circuit configured to add the K phase signals, each with some gains and to generate a fractional-frequency-divided signal having a frequency of m times (m is a positive integer that is not multiplies of n) of each of the plurality of phase signals. | 14,915 |
9,543,054 | 1. A method of making a binderless electrode material, the method comprising: combining an electrochemically active precursor material comprising iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles and an electrically conductive material comprising carbon nanoparticles to form a material; mixing the material with a sodium dodecyl sulfate solution to form a mixed material; filtering the mixed material to form a mixed electrode material; transferring the mixed electrode material to a conductive substrate; and heating the transferred mixed electrode material and the conductive substrate in an inert atmosphere, such that at least a portion of the iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles is converted to iron oxide nanoparticles suspended within the electrically conductive material. | 35,753 |
9,182,160 | 1. A dedicated heat recovery chiller heater system, comprising: a building conditioning fluid dedicated heat recovery cooling loop, a building conditioning fluid dedicated heat recovery heating loop, a two-stage dedicated heat recovery chiller in fluid connection with said dedicated heat recovery cooling loop on one side and said dedicated heat recovery heating loop on another side, said two stage dedicated heat recovery chiller having a low temperature side, a high temperature side, and a working fluid heat exchanger between said low-temperature side and said high-temperature side, a low temperature evaporator, a high temperature condenser, a low temperature working fluid loop having a low temperature working fluid, a high temperature working fluid loop having a high temperature working fluid, said low temperature evaporator in thermal connection with said low temperature working fluid loop, said low-temperature working fluid loop being in thermal connection with a low temperature side of said working fluid heat exchanger, said working fluid heat exchanger being in thermal contact with said high-temperature condenser, wherein heat is transferred from said building conditioning fluid dedicated heat recovery cooling loop into said working fluid heat exchanger, heat is transferred out of said working fluid heater exchanger into said high-temperature condenser, and heat is transferred from said high temperature condenser into said building conditioning fluid dedicated heat recovery heating loop. | 31,918 |
9,556,444 | 1. A non-recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain that produces an increase in biomass in the range of 2-fold to 49-fold when grown in 50 ml xylose minimal medium shaken at 220 rpm in a 250 ml Erlenmeyer flask at 30° C. for 48 hours, wherein the strain is inoculated into the xylose minimal media to an OD 600nm of 0.1 to 0.2 after being grown for 72 hours at 30° C. on a Glucose Yeast Extract Bacteriological Peptone agar plate, and wherein the xylose minimal media is 5% xylose and 0.67% DIFCO Yeast Nitrogen base without amino acids in distilled water. | 11,074 |
9,665,533 | 1. A memory appliance system comprising: a plurality of memory devices storing data in a plurality of containers, the plurality of containers comprising a first container and a second container that each comprise: metadata, a payload, and relationship information, the relationship information of the first container associating the first container with a first number of related containers stored in the memory devices and the relationship information of the second container associating the second container with a second number of related containers stored in the memory devices, wherein the second number of related containers are different than the first number of related containers; and a controller configured to perform data operations on the payload of the respective first and second containers and on payload of the respective related containers based on the relationship information associating the respective containers with the respective related containers. | 16,312 |
8,566,389 | 1. A server to process a transaction on a remote client hardware, including: an interface; a processor; and a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to: | 31,522 |
9,279,136 | 1. A method for producing a triacylglyceride composition comprising: (a) cultivating at a first pH, in a seed production phase, a seed culture of a recombinant oleaginous microalgal cell comprising at least one acyl-ACP thioesterase gene under the control of a promoter of a (b) seeding a lipid production phase with the seed culture to produce triacylglyceride, the lipid production phase comprising cultivation at a second pH. | 46,728 |
9,058,208 | 1. A method of scheduling a plurality of tasks for a plurality of memories in a memory system, the method comprising: classifying each task among the plurality of tasks to a task type among a plurality of task types; disposing a plurality of task queues according to the plurality of task types, each task queue storing tasks which are of one of the plurality of task types and to be executed within the plurality of tasks; assigning a priority for each task type among the plurality of task types; disposing at least one execution queue; and converting a first task stored in a first task queue among the plurality of task queues into at least one command to be stored in a first execution queue among the at least one execution queue; wherein the at least one command in the first execution queue is executed according to the priority of a first task type corresponding to the first task queue; wherein the first task is chosen according to the priority of the first task type corresponding to the first task queue when a sum of throughputs of all of the tasks in the plurality of tasks queues is greater than a bandwidth of the memory system. | 34,388 |
8,734,857 | 1. A hydrolysate prepared by: a) Extracting dried plant material, wherein the dried plant material comprises b) separating the solvent from the plant material to obtain an extract and c) hydrolytically treating the extract of part (b) with hydrochloric acid having a concentration of 1 M to 10M at 80° C. to 100° C. for 30 minutes to 120 minutes. | 4,129 |
9,643,826 | 1. A forklift comprising: an engine; a travel hydraulic pump which is a variable displacement pump driven by the engine; a hydraulic motor which forms a closed circuit with the travel hydraulic pump and is driven with working fluid discharged from the travel hydraulic pump; a driving wheel driven by the hydraulic motor; a lift pressure detecting device which detects lift pressure in a lift cylinder which raises or lowers a fork for mounting a load; a pump pressure detecting device which detects a pump pressure that is a pressure of working fluid discharged from the travel hydraulic pump; a storage unit which stores a first output characteristic group, a second output characteristic group, and a predetermined lift pressure setting value, the first output characteristic group including a plurality of output characteristics each of which represents a relation between a rotational speed of the engine and a torque generated in the engine for each of a plurality of lift pressures, the second output characteristic group including a plurality of output characteristics each of which represents a relation between the rotational speed and the torque for each of a plurality of pump pressures; and a control device which determines a greater one of a first target torque and a second target torque as a target torque of the engine, the first target torque being calculated from an output characteristic selected from the first output characteristic group, using the lift pressure setting value or an actual lift pressure detected by the lift pressure detecting device, and the rotational speed of the engine, the second target torque being calculated from an output characteristic selected from the second output characteristic group, using the pump pressure, and the rotational speed of the engine. | 134 |
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