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9,543,002 | 1. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, comprising: a memory layer including a memory cell array; a transistor layer including a transistor, the transistor being included in a control circuit that controls the memory cell array; and a wiring line layer that connects the memory layer and the transistor layer, the memory cell array comprising: a plurality of first wiring lines arranged in a first direction perpendicular to a principal plane of a substrate; a plurality of second wiring lines that are configured so as to extend in the first direction and that intersect the plurality of first wiring lines; a plurality of memory cells disposed at intersections of the plurality of first wiring lines and the plurality of second wiring lines, one memory cell including a variable resistance element; a third wiring line extending in a second direction, the second direction intersecting the first direction; a select transistor connected between the second wiring line and the third wiring line; and a plurality of select gate lines connected to gates of a plurality of the select transistors aligned in a third direction, the third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction, the wiring line layer comprising: a first connecting wiring line connected to a first select gate line of the plurality of select gate lines and extending in the third direction; and a second connecting wiring line connected to a second select gate line adjacent in the second direction to the first select gate line, and the second connecting wiring line comprising: a first portion extending in the third direction; and a second portion extending from the first portion to a layer below the first connecting wiring line. | 19,999 |
9,184,674 | 1. A power conversion apparatus comprising: a bridge circuit disposed between an AC end, to which an AC power supply is connected, and a DC end, to which a DC power supply is connected; a converter circuit disposed between the bridge circuit and the DC end; and a control device that controls the converter circuit, wherein: the converter circuit includes: the control device includes: the first control portion sets the stop period in a period, during which the AC voltage falls below a threshold voltage; the threshold is set by a DC voltage across the DC end and a coefficient less than 1; the first control portion defines a period, during which the AC voltage exceeds the threshold voltage, as a switching period; and the first control portion performs switching at least one of the first switch element and the second switch element during the switching period. | 901 |
8,441,152 | 1. A renewable energy transmission device comprising: a. an renewable energy receiving component; b. an actuator capable of using an energy received by the renewable energy receiving component, so that the actuator is capable of causing a first member moving in a rotational manner; and c. a second member magnetically coupling with the first member, so that a rotational movement of the first member is able to drive the second member moving in the rotational manner, thereby the energy received is able to be transmitted from the renewable energy receiving component to the second member, wherein the second member comprises a first set of one or more magnets, wherein the first set of one or more magnets are arranged in a way capable of coupling with a second set of one or more magnets of the first member, so that the first member is capable of driving the second member moving in a substantially synchronized manner. | 22,073 |
9,407,152 | 1. A current regulation apparatus comprising: a trans unit comprising an auxiliary winding unit; a first switching unit controlling an operation of the trans unit; an error voltage detection unit connected to the auxiliary winding unit of the trans unit; and a control unit adjusting a turn-on section of the first switching unit according to an output voltage of the error voltage detection unit, wherein the control unit includes a feedback terminal and a control terminal, and wherein the error voltage detection unit has one end connected to the auxiliary winding unit and another end connected to the control terminal of the control unit. | 15,174 |
9,643,912 | 1. A composition configured for topical administration, comprising a compound of formula (I): wherein R n is an integer from 4 to 10; and R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 3,761 |
9,231,849 | 1. An apparatus for controlling virtual switches, the apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store first table information in which physical port identification information identifying a physical port of a plurality of physical switches is stored in association with virtual port identification information identifying a virtual port of a plurality of virtual switches so that each of the plurality of virtual switches is defined as a set of virtual ports each associated with one of physical ports of the plurality of physical switches; a plurality of controllers each assigned to a different one of the plurality of virtual switches and configured to perform, on the assigned virtual switch, a control process that outputs control information determined based on a predetermined protocol and manages the control information that has been received from a physical switch; and a converter configured to: | 40,240 |
9,559,565 | 1. An electromagnetic actuator with an integrated rotational speed sensor for radial support of a rotor having a rotational axis, the electromagnetic actuator comprising: a first and a second radial control poles adjacent to an outer surface of the rotor, separated from the outer surface of the rotor by first and second radial control air gaps, respectively, and configured to communicate magnetic flux with the outer surface of the rotor, the first radial control pole and the second radial control pole magnetically coupled to each other, and the first radial control pole, the second radial control pole and the rotor forming a radial control magnetic circuit; a first and a second electrical windings wound around the first and the second radial control poles respectively and producing radial control magnetic flux in the radial control magnetic circuit when energized with electrical currents; a bias magnetic flux return pole spaced axially from the radial control poles, adjacent to the outer surface of the rotor, separated from the outer surface of the rotor by an air gap and configured to communicate magnetic flux with the outer surface of the rotor, and the rotor, the first radial control pole, the second radial control pole and the bias magnetic flux return pole forming a magnetic bias circuit; a permanent magnet magnetically coupled to the first radial control pole, the second radial control pole and the bias magnetic flux return pole and configured to generate magnetic bias flux in the magnetic bias circuit; the radial control magnetic flux and the magnetic bias flux exert a radial force on the rotor when superimposed in the first and the second radial control air gaps; a Hall effect sensor configured to measure a magnetic field in the air gap between the magnetic flux return pole and the rotor; and a speed sensor triggering notch on the outer surface of the rotor that produces a circumferentially local discontinuity in the magnetic field measured by the Hall effect sensor. | 12,781 |
9,832,614 | 1. A method for information interaction, comprising the steps of: obtaining, at a server, position information of a first terminal running a social network application, direction information of the first terminal shooting a scene image, and an information search range corresponding to the first terminal, wherein the information search range corresponding to the first terminal represents a coverage area with a center of the first terminal location and a radius of a preset distance, and the preset distance is set according to an image capture ability of an image shooting apparatus in the first terminal; searching, at the server, among a plurality of social information items published by one or more terminals running the social network application, for an information collection in the information search range corresponding to the first terminal according to the position information of the first terminal and the direction information of the first terminal shooting the scene image, wherein the information collection includes a subset of the plurality of social information items published by the one or more terminals and has a position identifier corresponding to position information of one of the one or more terminals when it submits a corresponding social information item to the server, each social information item being a message posted by a respective user of a terminal using the social network application, and the position identifier is within a direction defined by the direction information of the first terminal when shooting the scene image and within the information search range corresponding to the first terminal; and sending, at the server, the information collection to the first terminal so that the first terminal displays the information collection along with the scene image shot by the first terminal. | 23,872 |
8,552,685 | 1. An electric power supply system for vehicle comprising: at least one power transmitting antenna, which is arranged on or under the ground, and a power receiving antenna, which is arranged in or on at least one vehicle, wherein the power transmitting and receiving antennas form a pair of resonators that couples with each other by producing resonant magnetic coupling between them, and wherein supposing that the direction in which the vehicle is traveling is Y direction and the direction perpendicular to the Y direction is X direction, the lengths of the power transmitting antenna as measured in the Y and X directions are greater than those of the power receiving antenna as measured in the Y and X directions, respectively, and the lengths of the power transmitting antenna as measured in the Y and X directions are greater than those of the vehicle as measured in the Y and X directions, respectively, and wherein if the length of the power transmitting antenna as measured in the X direction is W wherein power is supplied from the power transmitting antenna to the power receiving antenna by a non-contact method when the power transmitting antenna faces the power receiving antenna, and wherein while power transmission is carried out between the power transmitting antenna and the power receiving antenna, the entire power receiving antenna projected onto the plane defined by the outer periphery of the power transmitting antenna is positioned inside the outer periphery of the power transmitting antenna. | 29,864 |
9,405,745 | 1. A method implemented by a browser executing on a client computer, the browser for interactively browsing Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) pages, the method comprising: obtaining, via a network, an HTML page requested by a user interacting with the browser running on the client computer to select the HTML page, the obtained HTML page containing markup elements including a first element comprising text in a first human language, the markup elements including a script element comprising a uniform resource indicator (URI) identifying a network address and a location thereat of a script provided to arbitrary client computers via the network by a network service corresponding to the network address, the script configured to, when executed, instantiate a translation component, the script not included in the HTML page when the HTML page is obtained by the browser via the network, the script further configured to, when executed, provide a displayable interactive user interface element; processing the obtained HTML page by a renderer of the browser, the browser generating a document object model (DOM) of the HTML page by parsing the elements of the obtained HTML page, wherein the renderer produces a rendering of the HTML page according to DOM, the rendering comprising the text in the first human language; displaying the rendering of the HTML page, including the text in the first human language, on a display of the client computer; the processing including responding, by the renderer, to finding the script element in the obtained HTML page by using the URI therein to load the script from the network service, wherein responsive to loading the script the script is executed by the browser in a browser context comprising the DOM, and wherein the executing the script provides an instance of the translation component; displaying, by the browser, an instance of the interactive user interface element provided by the script executing in the context; while the rendering is being displayed, displaying the instance of the interactive user interface element by: responding to a user input directed to the displayed instance of the interactive user interface element by: | 31,457 |
8,403,687 | 1. A data storage device, comprising: a substrate on which at least a storage section configured to store information therein and a connection terminal configured to transmit information are mounted; a casing accommodating the substrate, the easing formed with an opening to expose a connection portion of the connection terminal to the outside; a shield plate configured to shield the opening of the casing; and a shield plate actuation mechanism configured to detect a connection state between the connection terminal and a receiving terminal to which the connection terminal is connected and actuate the shield plate, wherein the shield plate actuation mechanism actuates the shield plate to shield the opening when the shield plate actuation mechanism detects that the connection terminal is separated from the receiving terminal, wherein the shield plate actuation mechanism includes: the shield plate; an urging member that urges the shield plate in one direction; a first shield plate locking member that locks the movement of the shield plate; and a second shield plate locking member that releases locking of the first shield plate locking member and locks the movement of the shield plate when the shield plate actuation mechanism detects that the connection terminal is connected to the receiving terminal. | 24,121 |
8,905,598 | 1. A lighting device comprising: a base member, a light source disposed on a front portion of the base member, a light-transmitting cover attached to the base member so as to cover the light source and configured to emit light emitted from the light source to the outside, and a light guide body provided opposite the light source and configured to guide, to the rear relative to the light source, at least part of the light emitted in a forward direction from the light source, wherein the luminous intensity of the light emitted from the light source has strong forward directivity in the normal direction of the front of the base member, the light-transmitting cover comprises a back light-transmitting region having a plane-normal line directed rearwardly relative to the lighting device, the light guide body comprises a light-incident portion facing the front of the light source and a light guide-emitting portion curvedly extending outward from the light-incident portion, comprising a distal end portion extending along the back light-transmitting region and directed to the rear relative to the light source, and configured to guide and emit light incident on the light-incident portion through the distal end portion. | 26,432 |
9,719,913 | 1. An outer part for a device which is attachable to at least one further component of the device at least one of as a housing part and as an attachment part, the outer part comprising: an outer part arrangement, wherein a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface are formed on the outer part so that at least one signal emitted by a source of the device having the attached outer part is deflectable onto the second reflective surface with the aid of the first reflective surface, and the at least one signal reflected off the first reflective surface is deflectable with the aid of the second reflective surface so that the at least one signal is directly or indirectly deflectable onto at least one detector surface of a detector of the device having the attached outer part, wherein a path is configured as a continuous recess in an outer surface of the outer part arrangement, or as a depression in the outer surface of the outer part arrangement, and the path is configured to allow for at least one substance to be transferred into the path, the first reflective surface being formed at a first end of the path so that the at least one signal emitted by the source is deflectable through the path to the second reflective surface formed at a second end of the path with the aid of the first reflective surface. | 40,720 |
8,898,079 | 1. A method performed by a network system operated by a network operator, the method comprising: monitoring traffic over a wireless access network, the wireless access network communicatively coupling the network system to an end-user device, the end-user device including a plurality of applications, a first application of the plurality of applications enabling the end-user device to access, over the wireless access network, a particular network end point of one or more network end points accessible to the end-user device, the particular network end point being outside of the wireless access network and operated by or on behalf of one or more entities other than the network operator; identifying, within the traffic over the wireless access network, one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; obtaining an offset, the offset being based on a use of the wireless access network for the one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; allocating at least a portion of the offset to a first account, the first account being associated with a service sponsor responsible for paying for or subsidizing at least a portion of the use of the wireless access network for the one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application, wherein the service sponsor is not a user or a subscriber associated with the end-user device; and sending information to the end-user device, the information configured to assist in causing a user interface of the end-user device to present a notification. | 37,548 |
9,781,784 | 1. A method of controlling an illumination device by an output signal of a DC-DC converter, the method comprising: receiving a feedback signal based on the output signal of the DC-DC converter; and controlling the output signal of the DC-DC converter by: | 6,760 |
8,754,613 | 1. A charging device to charge a secondary battery, the charging device comprising: a DC/DC circuit to generate a charging current supplied to the secondary battery; an impedance measurement circuit to measure an impedance of the secondary battery; a first control circuit to output a duty-cycle decrease signal in accordance with the measured impedance: a charging-current monitor circuit to detect the charging current outputted from the DC/DC circuit when the duty cycle of the pulses generated by the DC/DC circuit is decreased by the duty-cycle decrease signal; and a second control circuit to compare the charging current detected by the charging-current monitor circuit and a charging-current threshold and to output to the DC/DC circuit a frequency change signal that increases a switching operation frequency in the DC/DC circuit, wherein the second control circuit determines from the comparison of the charging current detected by the charging-current monitor circuit and a charging-current threshold that the power supply for the secondary battery has decreased and in response outputs a frequency change signal to the DC/DC circuit to cause the switching operation frequency in the DC/DC circuit to change. | 31,742 |
8,637,739 | 1. An isolated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and wherein said polypeptide has nematicidal activity. | 33,952 |
8,528,410 | 1. A gage for sensing pressure, said gage comprising: a base member; a mounting base coupled to said base member; a resiliently flexible beam having a first end, a second end and a longitudinal axis, said first end of said beam coupled to said mounting base, said beam being resiliently flexible along said longitudinal axis in response to a sensed pressure; and a clamping member selectively positionable with respect to said beam along said longitudinal axis of said beam, said clamping member adapted to selectively clamp said beam to said mounting base at a selected distance from said second end of said beam to thereby provide said beam with a selected spring rate. | 43,291 |
9,528,101 | 1. A polypeptide comprising a serine protease variant of the human granzyme B set forth by SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said serine protease variant consists of SEQ ID NO: 1 with a substitution at the position Arg 201 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein the serine protease variant has greater apoptotic activity and reduced sensitivity to the activity-inhibiting substance Serpin B9, as compared to the human granzyme B of SEQ ID NO: 1. | 14,114 |
9,665,675 | 1. A process of forming an integrated circuit, comprising the steps: selecting a target transistor in a design data base of the integrated circuit with a target transistor active overlap of gate that is different than a reference active overlap of gate of a reference transistor; determining a target transistor gate length change that will match a drive current of the target transistor with a drive current of the reference transistor; applying the target transistor gate length change to the gate of the target transistor in the design data base; fabricating the transistor with the target transistor gate length change on a semiconductor wafer; and changing the gate length of the target transistor and the gate length of the reference transistor where the transistor gate crosses a boundary between isolation and active of the transistor and where a portion of the transistor gate that is lengthened extends onto the active less than about 20% of the transistor active width and where the target transistor and the reference transistor are transistors with nominal leakage. | 13,753 |
8,974,181 | 1. A rope-conveyor structure for supporting plates of a wind or water power generator in which the plates are coupled to a rope at positions spaced apart from each other so that a flowing force of a fluid applying to the plates rotates the rope, the rope-conveyor structure comprising: a plurality of couplings connected to the rope between the respective plates; and a plurality of connection wires having first ends thereof connected to the respective couplings and second ends thereof connected to the respective plates, wherein a fastener is provided at the first end of each of the connection wires, the fastener being detachably coupled to the corresponding coupling so that the connection wire is able to be selectively coupled to one of the couplings that is disposed either ahead of or behind the corresponding plate. | 46,410 |
9,171,077 | 1. A method comprising: generating, in a query pre-processor, a set of pre-computed materialized sub-graphs from a dataset by: receiving a search query having at least one search query term; accessing a particular one of said constructed corresponding sub-graphs; executing a dynamic authority-based keyword search on said particular accessed sub-graph; retrieving nodes in said dataset based on said executing; and responding to said search query with results including said retrieved nodes. | 15,836 |
8,413,312 | 1. A method of installing a photovoltaic structure on a support element having at least one first clip and at least one second clip, each of said clips being preassembled to the support element, each of said clips having a clip frame with a support area, a sidewall connected to the support area, and a top extension connected to the sidewall, each of said clips further having a holding element adapted to hold onto an edge portion of the photovoltaic structure, a length of the holding element of said second clip being shorter than a length of the holding element of said first clip, the top extension of each clip frame each comprising a top exterior surface and at least one structural feature located on the top exterior surface which cooperates with the respective holding element to hold the holding element in place with the clip frame, the method comprising: inserting a first edge portion of the photovoltaic structure into the respective holding element of the at least one first clip mounted on said support element; laying the photovoltaic structure parallel to the support element; and sliding the photovoltaic structure towards the at least one second clip such that a second edge portion opposite to the first edge portion of the photovoltaic structure in inserted into the respective shorter holder element of the at least one second clip mounted on said support element opposite to said at least one first clip. | 34,830 |
8,776,609 | 1. A method for analyzing cement in the annulus of a well during a downhole operation, comprising: controlling internal pressure of a casing of the well; measuring internal pressure of the casing; measuring strain of the casing with a system comprising at least one string of interconnected sensors that is arranged such that the sensors are distributed along a length and the circumference of the casing, the measured strain being a function of internal pressure; and determining the quality of the cement as a function of strain of the casing and internal pressure, wherein determining the quality comprises determining the proportionality of strain of the casing to internal pressure so as to establish a line of proportionality; further comprising differentiating between the mechanical breakdown of cement and the initiation or propagation of a fracture in the formation, respectively, by identifying whether the strain of the casing deviates from the line of proportionality or moves up and back down the line of proportionality. | 47,342 |
9,136,766 | 1. A switching power converting apparatus comprising: a transformer including a first primary winding, a second primary winding, and a secondary winding, each of said first and second primary windings and said secondary winding having a dot-marked terminal and a non-dot terminal; a primary side control module including a switching unit coupled between said non-dot terminal of said first primary winding of said transformer and said non-dot terminal of said second primary winding of said transformer; and a secondary side control module including wherein said control unit of said secondary side control module is operable to | 41,464 |
9,803,537 | 1. A piston comprising: a center plenum recessed in an upper surface of the piston; an inner wall adjacent the center plenum and configured to define the shape and bounds of the center plenum; and a swirl chamber recessed in the upper surface of the piston around the center plenum and inset from a side of the piston, the swirl chamber and the center plenum being separated by the inner wall, the inner wall configured to permit a passage of fluid between the center plenum and the swirl chamber, the swirl chamber being smaller in area than the center plenum; wherein an area defined by the inclusion of the center plenum, the inner wall, and the swirl chamber is referred to as a piston crown; wherein the fluid is configured to pass from the larger center plenum into the smaller swirl chamber as the fluid is compressed so as to generate an increased pressure upon the piston crown. | 2,448 |
8,836,526 | 1. A monitoring device for zero-voltage-switched contact line installations comprising supporting cables, contact wires and hangers as well as grounding lines, overhead lines and cable installations, wherein contact lines or overhead lines or cable installations are divided into segments of, in each case, two parallel strands, and a line resistance is formed by short-circuiting the strands of each segment at one end, free ends of the segments are connected to, in each case, one measuring resistor of a predetermined size and, in each case, one voltage source to form a respective closed circuit, and each circuit is connected to a measuring apparatus for measuring loop current, which measuring apparatus is equipped with a monitoring device for triggering an alarm of an alarm device in the event that a predetermined limit value is exceeded or the loop current is interrupted. | 43,447 |
9,539,154 | 1. A medical device comprising a tubular body and a long axis, wherein the tubular body comprises: (a) at least one layer of porous silk fibroin matrix; and (b) at least one layer of knitted silk fibres, wherein the luminal layer is a layer of porous silk fibroin matrix, and wherein one or more of the layers of knitted silk fibres is present, partially or completely, in an annulate, helical, threaded, spiral, grooved, corrugated or crimped form or profile. | 31,856 |
9,327,279 | 1. A method for manufacturing high density fuels, comprising: reacting at least one terpene alcohol with at least one Ru-metathesis catalysts with a solvent or under solvent-free conditions to produce 1-methylcyclopent-2-enol and isobutylene; continuously separating said isobutylene by distillation; dehydrating said 1-methylcyclopent-2-enol with at least one heterogeneous dehydration catalyst to produce a mixture consisting of 2-methyl cyclopentadiene and 1-methyl cyclopentadiene; thermal dimerizing said methylcyclopentadienes to produce a mixture of methylcyclopentadiene dimers comprising greater than 50% 3,9-dimethyl-endo-tricyclo[5.2.1.0 hydrogenating said methylcyclopentadienes dimers with at least one hydrogenation catalyst to produce hydrogenated methylcyclopentadienes dimers; and isomerizing said hydrogenated methylcyclopentadienes dimers with at least one Lewis acid catalyst to produce high density fuels. | 25,972 |
8,502,084 | 1. A semiconductor chip carrier, comprising: multiple conductive layers separated from each other by dielectric layers, the multiple conductive layers comprising: a center position at an intermediate portion of a top surface of the semiconductor chip carrier; and a bonding region spaced apart from the center position, the bonding region being positioned on the first conductive layer, the bonding region comprising: wherein the first bonding region, the second bonding region and the third bonding region are electrically insulated from each other and wherein the first bonding region is configured to carry a first voltage, the second bonding region is configured to carry a second voltage and the third bonding region is configured to carry a third voltage that is less than the first voltage and less than the second voltage, the first voltage being a first power voltage and the second voltage being a second power voltage; wherein a lowermost conductive layer of the multiple conductive layers comprises a plurality of package lead bonding regions, and wherein the plurality of package lead bonding regions are within the bonding region. | 1,255 |
9,323,512 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a command from a requestor to copy a source application to a target system, the source application instantiated on a source computer system having an associated source operating system (OS) and the target system being a computer system having an associated target OS; determining whether the source OS is compatible with the target OS; when the source OS and the target OS are not compatible, starting a first automatic application copy process, the first automatic application copy process including: | 33,101 |
9,226,346 | 1. A method for performing a chemical reaction, said method comprising: a) providing a sample in an applicator, b) applying electromagnetic radiation to the sample for a first period of time at a first level of power and varying the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation between two values and with a given resolution, and determining a reflection factor of electromagnetic radiation from the sample at least two of the frequencies covered by the range of the two values by determining the level of a feedback signal, thereby obtaining a first set of reflection factors, c) changing at least one of the physical and chemical properties of the sample, d) applying electromagnetic radiation to the applicator at a second level of power and varying the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation between two values and with a given resolution, the range defined by the values being included in the range defined by the values in step b), and determining a reflection factor of electromagnetic radiation from the sample at least two of the frequencies covered by the range of the two values by determining the level of the feed-back signal, thereby obtaining a second set of reflection factors, and e) repeating step c) and d) until the difference in reflection factors calculated as the mathematical difference between the frequencies associated with the first and second set of reflection factors is within a given range. | 22,886 |
8,500,027 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by an optical code reader, over a range of distances, optical information with a range of optical quality, wherein the optical information defines an image of an optical code; decoding, by the reader, the optical information, wherein the optical information is decoded to: wherein the selected process is performed by the reader in parallel with decoding the optical information. | 23,981 |
8,389,149 | 1. A separator for a lead acid battery comprising a microporous web wherein the web further comprises a flexible rubber separator and is characterized by containing an irreversible porosity-controlling agent selected from the group consisting of microspheres derived from poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile) materials or methacrylonitrile-acrylonitrile materials, and wherein the porosity-controlling agent is effective to irreversibly decrease the porosity of the separator and increase the electrical resistance of the separator as the battery ages. | 22,333 |
9,528,410 | 1. A reducing agent supplying device for a fuel combustion system that includes a NOx purifying device with a reducing catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage to purify NOx contained in exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the reducing agent supplying device supplying a reducing agent into the exhaust passage at a position upstream of the reducing catalyst, the reducing agent supplying device comprising: a reaction container that has a reaction chamber therein in which fuel of a hydrocarbon compound is mixed with air and is oxidized with oxygen in the air; a computer, comprising a processor, the computer being configured to: the specified equivalent ratio range and the specified temperature range are set such that a cool flame reaction, through which the fuel inside the reaction chamber is partially oxidized with oxygen, is generated, and the fuel that is partially oxidized through the cool flame reaction is used as the reducing agent. | 10,344 |
9,349,894 | 1. A solar cell system, comprising: a plurality of solar cells arranged in two-dimensional array comprising a plurality of solar cells columns and a plurality of solar cells rows; wherein solar cells in the same one of the plurality of solar cells columns are stacked, in direct contact with each other and electrically connected to each other in series so that each of the plurality of solar cells columns has a curved surface, and solar cells in the same one of the plurality of solar cells rows are in direct contact with and electrically connected to each other in parallel; and the solar cell system has a common curved surface configured to receive incident light beams and a common planar surface opposite to the common curved surface; each of the plurality of solar cells comprising: an integrated structure comprising a first electrode layer, a P-type silicon layer, an N-type silicon layer, and a second electrode layer arranged in the above sequence; and a P-N junction at an interface between the P-type silicon layer and the N-type silicon layer; wherein adjacent P-type silicon layers in the same one of the plurality of solar cells rows are in direct and parallel contact with each other; and adjacent N-type silicon layers in the same one of the plurality of solar cells rows are in direct and parallel contact with each other. | 42,239 |
9,382,545 | 1. An oligonucleotide comprising the sequence JU*C-G*JU*C*G*A*C*G*A*T*C*G*G*C*G*C*G*C*G*C*C*G (SEQ ID NO: 33), wherein the JU is 5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine, the * is phosphorothioate internucleotide linkage, and the—is phosphodiester internucleotide linkage. | 33,357 |
9,306,200 | 1. A battery holding device configured to hold a capacitor including at least one storage cell, the battery holding device comprising: a cell holder provided at a flat side surface of at least one storage cell and having a concave-convex surface facing the flat side surface of the at least one storage cell to allow cooling air to flow between the concave-convex surface and the flat side surface of the at least one storage cell, the concave-convex surface having a protrusion contacting the flat side surface of the at least one storage cell; and a heater wire at least a portion of which is embedded in the protrusion and extends along the protrusion, wherein the cell holder includes a planar portion, the planar portion extending from an upper surface of the at least one storage cell to a lower surface of the at least one storage cell, and the planar portion extending from a left side surface of the at least one storage cell to a right side surface of the at least one storage cell, and wherein the protrusion extends from the planar portion toward the flat side surface of the at least one storage cell. | 13,417 |
8,802,229 | 1. Meltblown lyocell fibers present in a fiber matrix comprising at least one polyolefinic polymer, wherein said polymer is in domains randomly and uniformly distributed throughout the lyocell fibers present in the fiber matrix, wherein said polymer has an acid number <8 mg KOH/g, and wherein said polymer has a weight average molecular weight of less than 50,000. | 9,092 |
8,707,368 | 1. A digital television receiver comprising: a tuner to receive a digital broadcasting signal including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and a master guide table (MGT), the VCT defining a virtual channel and including a program number field and a service location descriptor, and the VCT being segmented into one or more sections, wherein a maximum number of one or more sections being 256 and each section contains information for one or more virtual channels but information for one virtual channel is not segmented and put into two or more sections, and wherein each section includes a section header and a section body and the section body includes a predefined data field which is set to zero for an inactive channel, wherein the inactive channel is a channel that is not presently carrying a broadcast program; however, the same inactive channel is scheduled to carry a broadcast program at a predetermined later time from a broadcasting station without local viewer interaction; and a display processor to process display of the corresponding virtual channel, wherein when the virtual channel is currently inactive, the receiver is capable of skipping over the virtual channel while a user is surfing. | 48,790 |
8,981,121 | 1. A process of manufacture of substantially optically pure 2-aminotetralins of formula will (I) by diastereoisomeric salt resolution of compound of formula (II), wherein salt resolution of compound of formula (II) is performed by (i) reacting free base of compound of formula (II) with a substantially optically pure acid (IV) selected from the group consisting of (R)-2-methoxy-2-phenyl acetic acid, (R)-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxyacetic acid, (S)-2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropionic acid and (R)-(−)-2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-propionic acid, in a solvent to afford diastereoisomeric salts (V) and (V′); and (ii) converting (V) to (I) by wherein R 1 and R 2 are alkyl and R 3 is hydrogen. | 22,462 |
8,523,961 | 1. A method for manufacturing a briquetted solid fuel comprising: mixing a mixed oil comprising a heavy oil and a solvent oil with a pulverized porous coal having a moisture content of 30%-70% to obtain a slurry; dewatering the slurry by heating to obtain a dewatered slurry; separating the solvent oil from the dewatered slurry to obtain a cake; heating the cake to further separate the solvent oil from the cake to obtain a modified coal in powder form; adding pulverized porous coal having a moisture content of 30%-70% to the modified coal to obtain a moist modified coal with a moisture content of 3 wt % to 10 wt %; and briquetting the moist modified coal under pressure to produce said briquetted solid fuel. | 20,679 |
9,409,575 | 1. A vehicle control device comprising: an object detection device configured to detect an object in front of an own vehicle; a processor configured to recognize the object detected by the object detection device as an object requiring the vehicle to be controlled, and perform travel control in accordance with the object requiring the vehicle to be controlled; and a travel control switch which a driver of the own vehicle manually operates with intention to start or stop the travel control, wherein the processor is configured, when starting the travel control from when the own vehicle is in a stopped state with the travel control switch in an ON state, to recognize the object requiring the vehicle to be controlled when a determination has been made that the own vehicle has moved from the stopped state to a travel state, and the travel state is at least one of a state in which the own vehicle has moved a predetermined distance from the stopped state and a state in which a predetermined time has elapsed since the own vehicle started traveling. | 4,772 |
9,530,723 | 1. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, comprising: (a) a step of preparing a chip mounting part; (b) a step of preparing a lead frame including a lead and a hanging part; (c) a step of preparing a metal plate including a main body part and an extension part; (d) a step of mounting a semiconductor chip on an upper surface of the chip mounting part via a first conductive adhesive; (e) after the step (d), a step of arranging the lead frame above the chip mounting part on which the semiconductor chip is mounted; (f) after the step (e), a step of arranging the main body part of the metal plate via a second conductive adhesive so as to overlap an electrode pad of the semiconductor chip and a part of the lead when seen in a plan view and arranging the extension part of the metal plate on the hanging part of the lead frame; and (g) after the step (f), a step of forming a sealing member by sealing the semiconductor chip. | 49,037 |
8,533,362 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first adapter from an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network, first account credit data, the first adapter and first account credit data associated with a first premise network, the first account credit data received using an AMI communication protocol; converting, at the first adapter, the first account credit data for transmission via a first premise communication protocol and transmitting, from the first adapter to a first premise display device the first account credit data using the first premise communication protocol; receiving, at the first adapter from a first meter associated with the first account credit data, first meter demand data; processing, at the first adapter, the first account credit data and the first meter demand data; identifying, at the first adapter, a first low credit alarm based on the first account credit data falling below a first predetermined threshold after subtracting a first cost based on the first meter demand data; transmitting, from the first adapter to the first premise display device, the first low credit alarm using the first premise communication protocol; receiving, at a second adapter from the AMI network, second account credit data, the second adapter and second account credit data associated with a second premise network, the second account credit data received using the AMI communication protocol; converting, at the second adapter, the second account credit data for transmission via a second premise communication protocol and transmitting, from the second adapter to a second premise display device the second account credit data using the second premise communication protocol, wherein the second premise communication protocol is different than the first premise communication protocol; receiving, at the second adapter from a second meter associated with the second account credit data, second meter demand data; processing, at the second adapter, the second account credit data and the second meter demand data; identifying, at the second adapter, a second low credit alarm based on the second account credit data falling below a second predetermined threshold after subtracting a second cost based on the second meter demand data; transmitting, from the second adapter to the second premise display device, the second low credit alarm using the second premise communication protocol. | 44,324 |
9,417,816 | 1. A method, comprising: in a memory device: | 38,526 |
8,436,202 | 1. A process to operate a biodiesel production facility, comprising the steps of: a. reacting biodiesel feedstock in a reactor selected from the group consisting of a transesterification reactor and a esterification reactor to produce a product stream comprising fatty acid esters, water and alcohol; b. separating alcohol and water from the product stream to produce a first mixed stream containing water and alcohol; c. condensing the first mixed stream; d. feeding the first mixed stream into a pressure swing adsorption system to produce a first alcohol stream and a second mixed stream containing water and alcohol; e. distilling the second mixed stream in a distillation column to produce a relatively purified water stream and a third mixed stream containing alcohol and water; f. combining the third mixed stream with the first mixed stream; and g. feeding the first mixed stream and the third mixed stream into the pressure swing adsorption system. | 16,143 |
9,491,899 | 1. An apparatus for processing clusters of rhizomes to condition the clusters of rhizomes for replanting to grow miscanthus plants comprising: a hopper for receiving quantities of clusters of rhizomes, a first inclined ramp conveyor positioned to receive the clusters of rhizomes from the hopper and having a live bottom mounted to move the clusters of rhizomes up the first inclined ramp conveyor, including upright posts that move with the live bottom to catch and push the clusters of rhizomes up the first inclined ramp conveyor, the first inclined ramp conveyor provided with superstructure bars extending above the live bottom and having obstructers extending downward from the superstructure bars toward the live bottom, so the upright posts on the live bottom catch and push clusters of rhizomes and soil up the first inclined ramp conveyor and as the clusters of rhizomes encounter the obstructers, the clusters of rhizomes are reduced in size and soil is loosened from the clusters of rhizomes, a second inclined ramp conveyor positioned to receive reduced-size clusters of rhizomes from the first inclined ramp conveyor and having a vibrator to impart vibration to the reduced-size clusters of rhizomes to shake soil from the reduced-size clusters of rhizomes, a washer conveyor downstream of the second inclined ramp conveyor to receive the reduced-size clusters of rhizomes and having a liquid supply apparatus to apply liquid to the reduced-size clusters of rhizomes to wash soil from the reduced-size clusters of rhizomes, and a collector to receive the washed, reduced-size clusters of rhizomes to supply the reduced-size clusters of rhizomes to a planter. | 12,624 |
9,251,160 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a first fingerprint, wherein identifying a first fingerprint type associated with the first fingerprint; performing a migration operation, wherein the migration operation comprises transmitting an indication to the source computing device that the first data segment has been migrated to the destination computing device, wherein | 13,638 |
8,886,399 | 1. A vehicle-based computer-implemented method for controlling a component of the vehicle, the method comprising: identifying a first component of the vehicle based on a first selecting input performed by the user within the vehicle; receiving a first data signal representing a gesture performed by the user, the gesture performed in a capture region inside the vehicle; performing gesture recognition on the first data signal to determine a first command for controlling the first identified component; identifying a second component of the vehicle based on a second selecting input performed by the user within the vehicle, the second identified component different from the first identified component; receiving a second data signal representing the same gesture performed by the user in the same capture region within the vehicle; and performing gesture recognition on the second data signal to determine a second command for controlling the second identified component, the second command different from the first command. | 37,541 |
9,373,507 | 1. A method for semiconductor fabrication, comprising: forming a material stack of at least one semiconductor layer and at least one dielectric layer on a bulk semiconductor substrate including a well region; forming a pocket in the well region directly under the at least one dielectric layer by ion implanting dopant through the material stack, wherein the pocket and the well region provide a p-n junction; and creating defects at the p-n junction to reduce junction leakage. | 34,213 |
8,865,512 | 1. A method of forming an interfacial layer between a thin film of p-type semiconductor Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S) 2 light absorbing layer (CIGS-layer) and a thin film of n-type conductive window layer on a substrate of a thin film solar cell structure, comprising: vacuum deposition of the CIGS-layer in a CIGS process chamber; transporting the substrate with deposited CIGS-layer to an atomic layer deposition process chamber without exposing the substrate to an atmosphere; and providing said interfacial layer in the atomic layer deposition process chamber initially by depositing a first sulphur containing buffer layer on a surface of the CIGS-layer using atomic layer deposition and finally by depositing a second ZnO buffer layer on top of the first sulphur containing buffer layer using atomic layer deposition. | 17,090 |
9,221,514 | 1. A scooter comprising a frame, a front wheel carried by the frame, a rear wheel carried by the frame, a pair of reciprocating pedals attached to the frame, a drive assembly for transferring force from the reciprocating pedals to the rear wheel, the drive assembly comprising: a pedal cam having a plurality of openings disposed at various distances from a rotational center of the pedal cam; a drive pin extending from one of the reciprocating pedals and configured to engage with one of the openings; a gear shifting cable attached to the drive pin, the gear shifting cable configured to cause the drive pin to engage with one of the openings of the pedal cam so that the pedal cam is rotated by movement of the reciprocating pedal, wherein a rotational power output that the pedal cam operably exerts on the rear wheel is varied based upon which one of the openings is engaged with the drive pin; and the scooter further comprising a duplexer having an upper gear shift wire carried by a radiused cam attached to a lower gear shift wire, wherein the radiused cam is configured to be rotated by the upper gear shift wire so as to operably cause the lower gear shift wire to put tension on the drive pin and disengage the drive pin from the pedal cam. | 23,339 |
9,184,372 | 1. A piezoelectric polymer material comprising a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, the piezoelectric polymer material having: crystallinity as obtained by a DSC method of from 40% to 80%; a transmission haze with respect to visible light of 50% or less; a product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc, which is measured with a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter at a reference thickness of 50 μm, of from 40 to 700; less than 1% by mass of an inorganic filler based on the total mass of the piezoelectric polymer material; and a piezoelectric constant d | 17,712 |
9,553,724 | 1. A car-charging system for a charge-accumulating device in a car operable to be charged through a power-supplying line from a power source outside the car comprising: an authentication-managing device provided in a power supplying device outside the car; and a Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) onboard device provided in the car, the DSRC onboard device communicating with the authentication-managing device, wherein the DSRC onboard device is equipped with an interface module connecting to an external device, wherein authentication of the car is performed via communication between the authentication-managing device and the DSRC onboard device, and wherein said authentication-managing device and the DSRC onboard device are operable, through the interface module, to separately perform authentication via both the power-supplying line and a DSRC channel. | 17,080 |
8,492,219 | 1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising: forming a first semiconductor region including a narrow portion and a wide portion in an upper portion of a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate insulating film on at least side surfaces of the narrow portion; forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film; forming a mask pattern that covers the wide portion; performing ion implantation of an impurity with the mask pattern as a mask to form an extension impurity region in the narrow portion; removing the mask pattern; performing a heat treatment after performing the ion implantation to activate the impurity; forming a gate sidewall on a side surface of the gate electrode; performing epitaxial growth of a semiconductor film on the narrow portion and the wide portion after removing the mask pattern and after forming the gate sidewall; and forming source-drain regions on both sides of the gate electrode after performing the epitaxial growth of the semiconductor film. | 47,547 |
8,739,416 | 1. A rolling bearing strip for a power operated rotary knife providing bearing support for rotation of a rotary knife blade with respect to a blade housing, the rolling bearing strip comprising: a plurality of rolling bearings disposed in spaced apart relation; and a flexible separator cage for positioning the plurality of rolling bearings, the flexible separator cage including interlocking first and second ends, the first and of the separator cage including a wall defining a projecting member and the second end of the separator cage including a wall defining a receiving member, the first end projecting member and the second end receiving member being in opposed facing relationship and the first end projecting member extending into the second end receiving member to secure the first end to the second end and form a continuous ring. | 4,712 |
8,439,226 | 1. A dispensing valve for dispensing liquid from a cartridge having a barrel defining a volume containing the liquid and a coupling element for coupling the cartridge with the dispensing valve, comprising: a valve body adapted to receive at least a portion of the cartridge therein; a valve member disposed in said valve body and including a liquid flow passage inside said valve member and adapted for fluid communication with the cartridge, and said valve member including a coupling element adapted to mate with the coupling element on the cartridge for coupling the cartridge with said valve member; and a valve seat element disposed in said valve body, said valve seat element including a liquid chamber inside said valve seat element and in communication with a liquid outlet and said liquid flow passage, and said valve seat element mounted for reciprocating movement between a closed position engaged with said valve member to prevent liquid from exiting said liquid chamber through said liquid outlet and an open position disengaged from said valve member to allow liquid to flow from the cartridge through said liquid flow passage, and then through said liquid chamber and through said liquid outlet. | 2,214 |
8,747,806 | 1. A process for producing hydrogen comprising the steps of: (i) passing a hydrocarbon feed though one or more purification sorbents to generate a purified hydrocarbon stream, (ii) combining steam with the purified hydrocarbon and passing the hydrocarbon/steam mixture adiabatically through a bed of steam reforming catalyst disposed in a pre-reformer vessel to generate a pre-reformed gas mixture, (iii) passing the pre-reformed gas mixture through externally-heated catalyst filled tubes in a fired steam reformer to generate a crude synthesis gas mixture comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and steam, (iv) passing the crude synthesis gas mixture through one or more beds of water-gas shift catalyst in one or more shift vessels to generate a shifted synthesis gas mixture, (v) passing the shifted synthesis gas mixture to a membrane shift reactor containing a bed of water-gas shift catalyst and a CO (vi) cooling the hydrogen-enriched gas mixture to below the dew point and separating off the condensate to generate a de-watered hydrogen-enriched gas mixture, (vii)passing the de-watered hydrogen-enriched gas mixture to one or more stages of CO (viii) recycling at least a portion of the purge gas stream as fuel to the fired steam reformer or to the hydrocarbon feed or purified hydrocarbon feed streams. | 1,784 |
8,344,667 | 1. A circuit for enabling the use of timing characterization data in a configurable light timer, the circuit comprising: a connector adapted to receive a portable memory device having timing characterization data; a control circuit coupled to receive the timing characterization data; a switch coupled between a reference voltage and an output terminal of the configurable light timer, wherein the switch is controlled by the control circuit to disconnect the reference voltage from the output terminal according to the timing characterization data; and a multiple setting selection actuator enabling the selection of one of a plurality of sets of data of the timing characterization data. | 47,768 |
9,634,326 | 1. A method for preparing an antimony based anode material, which comprises nanoparticles or nanocrystals of composition SbM x O y , where M is an element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Ni, Cu, In, Al, Ge, Pb, Bi, Fe, Co, and Ga, with 0≦x<2 and 0≦y≦2.5+2x, wherein the nanoparticles form a substantially monodisperse ensemble with an average size between 5 nm and 30 nm and a size deviation not exceeding 15%, said method comprising: injecting an antimony precursor in an organic solvent into a solution comprising trioctylphosphine (TOP), organometallic amide, and oleylamine (OLA); and precipitating the nanoparticles or nanocrystals of composition SbM | 46,760 |
8,676,312 | 1. An external defibrillator for defibrillating a person, and for receiving resuscitation event data from a transmitting device distinct from the external defibrillator, the transmitting device including a second housing and a second wireless communication module, the external defibrillator comprising: a first housing; an energy storage module in an interior of the first housing configured to store an electrical charge; a defibrillation port configured to guide via electrodes the electrical charge to the person; a first wireless communication module configured to establish a wireless communication link with the second communication module, the first communication module being further adapted to receive wirelessly a data signal transmitted by the second communication module over the communication link, the data signal encoding the resuscitation event data stored in the transmitting device; a memory configured to store the resuscitation event data that has been decoded from the data signal; a processor configured to monitor a reception parameter of the communication link while the data signal is being received, and to set an alert flag if the processor determines from the reception parameter that reception of the data signal may be discontinued prematurely; and a user interface configured to output an alerting user notification responsive to the alert flag being set, in which | 41,558 |
8,434,716 | 1. An aircraft crown panel assembly for withstanding in-flight foreign object strikes against an aircraft, the assembly comprising: an aircraft crown panel comprising a compliant area and an edge reinforcing feature; a cockpit window frame including at least one window post and an aft window frame; the edge reinforcing feature integrally formed in the aircraft crown panel and coupled with the aft window frame; at least one transverse reinforcing feature integrally formed in the aircraft crown panel and aligned with the at least one window post; and the crown panel is configured to absorb impact energy from in-flight foreign object strikes against the crown panel by flexing. | 15,085 |
9,066,432 | 1. A copper foil for a printed wiring board, comprising: a copper foil base material; and a coating layer which coats at least a part of a surface of the copper foil base material, wherein the coating layer is formed of a Ni—V alloy layer containing Ni and V and a Cr layer, which are laminated in order from the surface of the copper foil base material, the Cr layer contains 15 μg/dm the Ni—V alloy layer contains 3 wt % to 70 wt % of V. | 33,553 |
9,260,385 | 1. A process for the production of surfactant compounds from a feed obtained from renewable sources, comprising an oil or fat of vegetable or animal origin, or mixtures thereof, said oil or fat containing triglycerides and/or free fatty acids and/or esters, said process comprising: a) hydrotreatment of said feed in the presence of hydrogen in excess of theoretical hydrogen consumption and under hydrotreatment conditions, in a fixed bed reactor having a plurality of catalytic zones disposed in series and comprising a hydrotreatment catalyst, in order to produce an effluent containing at least linear paraffin hydrocarbon compounds, i) dividing the total flow of feed F into a certain number of different part flows, F1 to Fn, equal to the number of catalytic zones Zn in the reactor, injecting the first part flow F1 into a first catalytic zone Z1, injecting a second part flow F2 into a second catalytic zone, if n is greater than 2, up to n, various part flows being injected into successive catalytic zones in increasing proportions such that F1/F is less than or equal to F2/F, which itself is less than or equal to F3/F if present until F(n−1)/F is less than or equal to Fn/F, the temperature of a flow injected into the inlet to the first catalytic zone Z1 comprising part flow of the feed F1 mixed with a hydrogen-rich flow H1 entering the zone Z1 and with a liquid recycle R, (F1+R+H1), being greater than 250° C. and the temperature of flows at the inlet to the subsequent zones Z2 to Zn being greater than 300° C.; ii) separating from said effluent containing linear paraffin hydrocarbon compounds, a gaseous fraction containing hydrogen, CO, CO iii) recycling at least a portion R of said liquid hydrocarbon fraction containing linear paraffins is recycled to the first catalytic zone Z1 such that the weight ratio between flows of said recycle R and the part flow F1 introduced into the first catalytic zone Z1, R/F1, is 8 or more; b) transforming at least a portion of said liquid hydrocarbon fraction containing linear paraffins obtained from a) into surfactant compounds, by alkylating of at least a portion of said liquid hydrocarbon fraction containing linear paraffins obtained from a), with aromatic hydrocarbons that are benzene, toluene, xylenes or mixtures of these hydrocarbons, in order to produce aromatic compounds alkylated by long chain paraffins; or sulfonating of at least a portion of said liquid hydrocarbon fraction containing linear paraffins obtained from a) in order to produce paraffinic sulfonate compounds. | 28,394 |
8,427,065 | 1. A driving circuit for light emitting elements comprising a rectifying unit having a first terminal and a second terminal, being connected to an external power source that provides alternating current (AC) power being sinusoidal and having alternating negative and positive segments, inverting the negative segments of the AC power to positive segments and forming a pulsating direct current (DC) voltage; a first constant current unit having a first end and a second end; a first driving transistor comprising a first voltage control unit comprising at least one first light emitting element having | 8,605 |
8,691,495 | 1. A photoresist pattern forming method comprising: a first step of forming on an underlayer a photoresist film which includes a convex portion and a concave portion having a thickness thinner than a thickness of the convex portion, wherein an upper surface of the photoresist film has a curved shape; and a second step of processing the photoresist film to form, in a portion which has been the convex portion, an opening having a width narrower than a width of the convex portion, wherein in the second step, the convex portion of the photoresist film is at least partially exposed, and the photoresist film is then developed, and exposure light is condensed by the convex portion in exposing the photoresist film. | 1,471 |
8,677,603 | 1. A tool for fabricating drop tubes for use in the collection of sap comprising: a base capable of being mounted on a stable surface; adjustable measuring means mounted on said base for measuring the length of plastic tubing to be formed into a drop tube; tube cutting means mounted on said base for cutting a measured length of plastic tubing; tube clamping means mounted on said base for clamping a piece of cut tubing in a position to accept a tube coupling fitting; and an operating lever mounted on said base, said lever being hinged at one end and being connected for operating said cutting means and having an anvil portion positioned over said tube clamping means whereby when said lever is actuated, tubing placed at said cutting means can be cut and a tube coupling fitting can be forced by said anvil portion into a piece of tubing clamped in said clamping means. | 3,021 |
9,229,523 | 1. A memory controller for application in a memory system having one or more memory devices, the memory controller comprising: a transaction queue to store memory access requests and that transitions over time, as memory access requests are serviced and cleared from the transaction queue, between an occupied state in which one or more memory access requests are stored therein, and an empty state in which no memory access requests remain therein; and power mode circuitry to implement a first power mode within the memory system in response to detecting that the transaction queue has remained in the empty state for at least a first time interval, the power mode circuitry including control circuitry to disable oscillation of one or more timing signals required to time data signaling operations within synchronous communication circuits of the one or more memory devices in the first power mode, and to additionally disable one or more power consuming circuits within the synchronous communication circuits of the one or more memory devices in the first power mode. | 36,980 |
9,642,022 | 1. A method of commissioning networks of wireless devices with a commissioning tool, the method comprising: broadcasting a device query at a first power level; broadcasting the device query at a second power lever when a query response is not received after broadcasting the device query at the first power level, wherein the second power level is greater than the first power level; receiving a first query response comprising first device information for a first wireless device within a network of wireless devices; receiving a second query response comprising second device information for a second wireless device within the network; selecting the first wireless device; transmitting a first wink message to the first wireless device, wherein the first wink message causes the first wireless device to provide a visual indicator of receipt of the first wink message; and associating location information stored in a database with the first wireless device in response to the visual indicator. | 40,359 |
9,077,474 | 1. A network element comprising: an electronic switch configured to route traffic between a plurality of client access ports and a plurality of electro-optic (EO) ports; a respective EO interface coupled to each one of the plurality of EO ports, wherein the plurality of EO interfaces includes at least one Make Before Brake (MBB) EO interface; a wavelength selective switch configured to optically switch optical channels between the EO interfaces and a set of optical transmission fibers; and a control system operative to: | 18,950 |
8,480,776 | 1. An air filtration device for a compressor, and the compressor having an opening, and the air filtration device comprising: a sealing head, being a hollow cylinder fixed to the opening, and having a first-end opening, a second-end opening formed at a position opposite to the first-end opening, and a screw hole, and the first-end opening having a plurality of first threads; a sealing cap, coupled to a side of the second-end opening, and including a cover plate, a screw coupled to the cover plate and a first positioning portion disposed on the screw, and the screw being screwed into the screw hole; and an air filter, coupled to a side of the first-end opening of the sealing head, and including a filter core and a filter cover installed to an end of the filter core, and the filter cover having a plurality of second threads and a second positioning portion, and the second threads being combined with the corresponding first threads, and the second positioning portion being positioned on the first positioning portion; wherein when the air filter is rotated, the cover plate is moved with the filter cover to seal or leave the second-end opening. | 3,376 |
9,241,681 | 1. A method for acquiring a plurality of breast tissue images using an imaging system, the imaging system comprising an image acquisition device operatively associated with a system controller, the method comprising: acquiring a first image of the breast tissue using the image acquisition device; processing the first image using an image processor operatively associated with the controller to determine a physical characteristic of the breast tissue; and acquiring ultrasound image data of the breast tissue using an operating parameter that is based upon the determined physical characteristic of the breast tissue. | 46,529 |
9,260,104 | 1. A vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle including a rotating electric machine serving as a drive source, a power storage device for supplying electric power to said rotating electric machine, and a sensor used for estimating a state of charge of said power storage device, comprising: a computer including a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodied with program instructions, the computer programmed to: | 39,332 |
8,535,013 | 1. A fan assembly of a gas turbine engine, the fan assembly comprising: a fan disc; an array of radially extending blades fitted into the fan disc and defining gaps therebetween; and an annulus filler located within at least one gap, wherein said annulus filler includes at least two individual bodies arranged circumferentially adjacent one another with at least one of said bodies contacting a blade, and wherein at least one of said bodies includes a flexible wall arranged to centrifuge outwardly against an adjacent one of said bodies during engine operation, thereby urging at least the adjacent body against a blade adjacent thereto, and securing the bodies and the blade. | 36,530 |
9,085,956 | 1. A finger valve comprising a base pipe comprising a sliding sleeve comprising a fixed sleeve fixed around said base pipe near a first side of said sliding sleeve; and an actuator connecting said fixed sleeve to said sliding sleeve, said actuator capable of moving sliding sleeve from said first position to said second position. | 24,509 |
8,453,004 | 1. A microcomputer for executing at least one task in normal operation mode, the microcomputer comprising: a reset pin, the microcomputer being configured to be reset upon a reset signal with an active level being inputted to the reset pin; a first clock generator configured to generate a first clock with a first frequency, the microcomputer operating on the first clock as its operation clock; a disabling unit electrically connected to the reset pin and configured to disable the first clock generator in response to the reset signal with the active level being inputted to the reset pin so that the microcomputer is in shutdown state; a second clock generator configured to continuously generate a second clock with a second frequency while being activated, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency; a first switching unit configured to switch an operation clock of the microcomputer from the first clock to the second clock upon the reset signal input to the reset pin being shifted from the active level to an inactive level so that the microcomputer is shifted from the shutdown state to second-clock operation state in which the microcomputer operates on the second clock; an enabling unit electrically connected to the reset pin and configured to enable the first clock generator to start the generation of the first clock in response to a shift of the reset signal being inputted to the reset pin from the active level to the inactive level; and a second switching unit configured to determine whether the first clock generated by the first clock generator is stable and switch the operation clock of the microcomputer from the second clock to the first clock when it is determined that the first clock generated by the first clock generator is stable so that the microcomputer is shifted from the second-clock operation state to first-clock operation state in which the microcomputer operates on the first clock. | 7,910 |
9,664,514 | 1. A laser level assembly comprising: a base kit having a base and a frame unit connected to the base, the frame unit having one end connected to the base, the other end of the frame unit pivotably connected to an adjustment unit, the frame unit having two installation holes; the adjustment unit having a block, a pivotal member, multiple shafts and multiple bearings, the block having a first hole defined through a center thereof, two second holes located on two ends of the first hole, two first shaft holes, two second shaft holes and two third shaft holes defined through the block, the first shaft holes communicating with the first hole, the second shaft holes communicating with one of the two second holes, the third shaft holes communicating with the other one of the two second holes, an axis of the two first shaft holes being perpendicular to an axis of each of the second shaft holes and the third shaft holes, the pivotal member pivotably located in the first hole, the pivotal member having an engagement hole, each of the two installation holes having a bearing received therein, another bearing received in the engagement hole, each of the two installation holes and the engagement hole having a flange projecting from an inner periphery thereof so as to be in contact with the bearing corresponding thereto, one of the shafts extending through the two first shaft holes, the bearing in the engagement hole and the engagement hole of the pivotal member, the shaft extending through the first shaft holes contacting an inside of each of the two first shaft holes and the bearings in the pivotal member at multiple points, another one shaft extending through one of the installation holes and the bearing in the installation hole, and the two second shaft holes, the shaft extending through the second shaft holes contacting an inside of each of the two second shaft holes and the bearing in the installation hole at multiple points, yet another one shaft extending through the other one of the installation holes and the bearing in the installation hole, and the two third shaft holes, the shaft extending through the third shaft holes contacting an inside of each of the two third shaft holes and the bearing in the installation hole at multiple points, the block being pivotable about the two shafts extending through the second and third shaft holes, the pivotal member being pivotable about the shaft extending through the first shaft holes, and being pivotable relative to the block. | 31,589 |
9,429,982 | 1. A method of operating a last level clock driver, the method comprising: in a first stage, enabling the last level clock driver to store energy in an inductor-capacitor (LC) tank; and in a second stage, fully or partially disabling the last level clock driver and recirculating the energy stored in the LC tank into a clock distribution network. | 40,596 |
8,678,141 | 1. An electromagnetic coupling device, comprising: an electromagnet supported on one of an elevator car door or a hoistway door; a vane member that is supported on the other of the hoistway door or the elevator car door, the vane member being positioned to be selectively magnetically coupled with the electromagnet; and a nonmagnetic slider layer supported on the electromagnet such that the slider layer is between the electromagnet and the vane member for maintaining a spacing between the electromagnet and the vane member, the spacing maintained by the non-magnetic slider layer being sufficient to decrease residual magnetism associated with any residual magnetic flux of the electromagnet after power is turned off to the electromagnet; wherein the electromagnet comprises a plurality of core surfaces facing toward the vane member and wherein the slider layer engages at least one of the core surfaces; wherein the slider layer comprises a mounting feature that is received against at least one of the core surfaces for securing the slider layer in a desired position relative to the core surfaces; and wherein the mounting feature comprises a plurality of tabs that engage at least one of the core surfaces. | 42,366 |
8,739,768 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a block defining a crankcase chamber and at least one bore extending from and in fluid communication with the crankcase chamber; and at least one cylinder head attached to the block and defining at least one intake port in direct fluid communication with the at least one bore; wherein the block and the at least one cylinder head cooperate to define at least one Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) port extending internally between and interconnecting in fluid communication the crankshaft chamber and the at least one intake port; and wherein the at least one PCV port vents gases from the crankcase chamber directly into the at least one intake port. | 23,135 |
9,759,113 | 1. An injector for injecting a liquid, comprising: a tubular housing; an axially translatable valve member positioned within the housing; an electromagnet surrounding the housing, the electromagnet positioned such that the valve member moves between a seated position and an unseated position relative to an orifice in response to energizing the electromagnet; and a one-piece monolithic inner body positioned within the housing and including a channel, wherein a supply passageway axially extends through the channel between the inner body and the tubular housing, the inner body including a bypass passage and a plurality of swirl slots, wherein liquid flows through the supply passageway, through the swirl slots and out of the orifice when the valve member is in the unseated position, the inner body including a central bore defining a return passageway in fluid communication with the bypass passage, the fluid flowing through the bypass passage and the return passageway when the valve member is in the seated position. | 25,324 |
8,596,478 | 1. A closure for a container for sealing the contents of the container comprising: a cap assembly having a first portion that is insertable into a dispensing opening formed in the container and a second portion that is rotatable relative to the first portion and positionable between at least a dispensing position in which the contents of the container can be dispensed through the cap assembly and a closed position in which the contents are sealed in the container from atmospheric conditions, and a rollable, flexible liner for receiving and holding the contents, the liner being fixedly attached to the cap assembly at an interface and in fluid communication therewith so that the liner can initially receive the contents through the cap assembly and later dispense the contents through the cap assembly, wherein the liner can be rolled up to allow the liner to expand and unroll itself into an inside of the container when the contents are delivered to the liner, the interface between the liner and the cap assembly being located between and spaced from an inner surface of the container, thereby permitting removal of the combined cap assembly and liner in an attached state from the inside of the container; wherein the first portion includes a base section and a stem extending outwardly therefrom for reception into the container opening, the stem and base section including at least a vent channel for delivering air into the container but outside of the liner and a main channel that is in fluid communication with the interior of the liner and the second portion is a cap that is rotatably coupled to the base section. | 10,064 |
9,605,579 | 1. A system comprising: a controller comprising a processor programmed to: | 5,314 |
9,625,981 | 1. An electronic device including an insertion portion for insertion of a connection terminal, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: detect an acceleration when the electronic device is moved, detect whether or not the connection terminal is inserted in the insertion portion, based on a potential of a connection line coupled with the insertion portion, the connection line maintaining coupling of a voltage source and the connection terminal when the connection terminal is inserted in the insertion portion, start coupling the voltage source and the connection line when the detected acceleration varies from a value less than a threshold to a value equal to or greater than the threshold, and stop coupling the voltage source and the connection line in response to the processor detecting the connection terminal is released from the insertion portion after starting the coupling of the voltage source and the connection line. | 12,137 |
9,619,813 | 1. A method, comprising: at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: | 39,714 |
8,646,563 | 1. A work machine, comprising: a frame; a plurality of ground wheels supported by said frame for ground movement; a transmission system for connecting a rotary input to at least one of said ground wheels; an engine compartment within said frame, said engine compartment being constrained by available space to provide a minimal overall volume; an internal combustion (IC) engine mounted within said engine compartment and having a rotary power output shaft bounded by a flange to which a flywheel housing can be mounted; a gear housing having a flange corresponding to and mounted on said engine flange; an input shaft journaled within said gear housing and connected at one end to the rotary power output shaft of said engine, said input shaft having a first gear mounted thereto; a second gear journaled in said gear housing about an axis parallel to the axis of said input shaft, said second gear being substantially in the same plane as and being driven by said first gear and, said second gear having a first output shaft; a generator mounted to the exterior of said gear housing and being driven by said first output shaft to produce an electrical output in response to the power input of said IC engine; a third gear journaled in said gear housing about an axis parallel to axis to said input shaft, said third gear being substantially in the same plane as and being driven by said first gear, said second gear having a second output shaft having an interim contained within said gear housing and an outer end adapted to drive an externally mounted load; and, an electric motor connected to the rotary input of said transmission and receiving a controlled electrical input from said generator for driving said transmission, whereby said generator and motor fit within a minimal volume. | 47,913 |
8,516,288 | 1. A microcomputer comprising: a plurality of IO buffers that operate with an IO power supply system, the plurality of IO buffers being disposed on a periphery of an always-on power supply area and a power supply cut-off available area; at least one cut cell that operates with the IO power supply system, the at least one cut cell being disposed such that it isolates the IO buffers from each other; a standby control unit that outputs an IO output hold signal used to instruct the IO buffers whether or not the IO buffers should hold an IO output value of the power supply cut-off available area during a power saving mode, a power supply being cut off in the power supply cut-off available area during the power saving mode; and at least one line wired such that the at least one line is connected to the at least one cut cell and connected indirectly to the IO buffers, the at least one line is also connected to the standby control unit, wherein the standby control unit outputs the IO output hold signal to the line, the at least one cut cell comprises a level shifter that operates with the IO power supply system, the level shifter retrieves the IO output hold signal from the line corresponding to an adjacent power supply cut-off available area, the level shifter shifts a level of the IO output hold signal to a level of a power supply system with which an adjacent IO buffer operates, and the level shifter supplies the signal whose level is shifted to the adjacent IO buffer as a latch enabling signal used to instruct whether or not an IO output value should be held, and the IO buffer holds an IO output state of the adjacent power supply cut-off available area based on the latch enabling signal. | 11,313 |
8,597,470 | 1. A plasma furnace comprising: an open-faced tray to support and carry tar sands from an entry point at one end of the plasma furnace to an exit point at another end of the plasma furnace; at least one pair of arc rods disposed between the entry point and the exit point and above the open-faced tray, the at least one pair of arc rods is operable to generate a plasma energy field for use in connection with vaporizing bitumen contained within the tar sands; one or more Faraday coils positioned underneath the open-faced tray to create a magnetic field proximate to the tar sands and cause the plasma energy field to penetrate the tar sands and heat the tar sands to a temperature sufficient to release a bond between the bitumen and the tar sands by focusing and drawing the plasma energy field through the tar sands; and a smooth interior surface on which the vaporized bitumen condenses and from which the condensed bitumen is collected. | 12,324 |
8,895,149 | 1. A method of making a coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the method comprising: disposing a first dielectric layer on the substrate; disposing a first sub-barrier layer comprising one or more of Nb, Ti, Cr, and Zr over the dielectric layer; disposing a first barrier layer comprising a Ni-inclusive alloy over the first sub-barrier layer; disposing an IR reflecting layer comprising silver over and contacting the first barrier layer comprising an Ni-inclusive alloy; disposing a second oxided barrier layer comprising 54-58 wt. % Ni, 20-22.5 wt. % Cr, and 12.5-14.5 wt. % Mo over and contacting the IR reflecting layer; and disposing a second sub-barrier layer comprising one or more of Nb, Ti, Cr, and Zr over the second oxided barrier layer. | 1,391 |
9,410,214 | 1. A genetically modified yeast host cell capable of producing an isoprenoid, acetyl-CoA or an acetyl-CoA derived compound, the genetically modified yeast host cell comprising: (a) a heterologous nucleic acid encoding a phosphoketolase (PK; EC 4.1.2.9); (b) a heterologous nucleic acid encoding a phosphotransacetylase (PTA; EC 2.3.1.8); and (c) a functional disruption of an endogenous glycerol-1-phosphatase enzyme (EC 3.1.3.21) that converts acetyl phosphate to acetate, wherein the genetically modified yeast host cell produces an increased amount of an isoprenoid, acetyl-CoA or an acetyl-CoA derived compound compared to yeast cells which are not geneically modified in the same way. | 41,826 |
9,758,244 | 1. As part of an autopilot for providing automatic control of a helicopter by actuating one or more flight controls of the helicopter, an actuator arrangement comprising: at least one electric motor including an output shaft and a motor coil arrangement for receiving a drive current that produces rotation of the output shaft; an actuator linkage that is operatively coupled between the output shaft of the motor and the flight controls such that rotation of the output shaft produces a corresponding movement of the actuator linkage and the flight controls; and a motor drive arrangement that is operable to provide said drive current from a power source during normal operation of the autopilot and at least for shorting the motor coil arrangement responsive to a failure of the power source such that the motor provides a braking force on said actuator linkage that serves to stabilize the flight of the helicopter during said power failure. | 21,230 |
8,889,940 | 1. A process for the conversion of a non-equilibrium C 8 -aromatic feedstock comprising contacting the feedstock with a catalyst bed, comprising particles of an unbound zeolitic aluminosilicate comprising an MFI zeolite and one or more metals selected from Groups VIII, Group VIB, and Group VIIB, having a particle intrusion pore volume of at least 0.65 cc/gram and a particle crystallinity gradient increasing in the proportion of crystallinity from an inner portion having a relative crystallinity from about 10 to about 50 weight percent to a high-crystallinity outer portion having a relative crystallinity from about 90 to about 100 weight percent, in a conversion zone at isomerization conditions comprising a temperature of from about 340° C. to 500° C., a pressure of from 100 kPa to 5 MPa, and a mass hourly space velocity of from about 2 to 50 hr 1 in the presence of hydrogen to convert ethylbenzene with low xylene loss and obtain an isomerized product comprising a higher proportion of at least one xylene isomer than in the feedstock. | 34,557 |
9,785,905 | 1. A method for determining overall equipment effectiveness of a robot cell comprising at least one industrial robot involved in producing products, the method comprising the steps of: collecting signals generated through processing, in a robot controller, of robot control instructions controlling activities of the at least one industrial robot; obtaining ideal robot operations data of the robot cell; obtaining actual robot operations data of the robot cell, the actual robot operations data comprising the collected signals; and determining the overall equipment effectiveness of the robot cell based on the ideal robot operation data and the actual robot operations data; wherein the step of collecting signals is performed as the least one industrial robot performs a production cycle. | 38,436 |
9,127,776 | 1. A method for operating a sleeve valve having a central axis, the method comprising: moving an inner sleeve of the sleeve valve to a first position relative to an outer sleeve of the sleeve valve to transition the sleeve valve to an open position; moving the inner sleeve from the first position to a second position relative to the outer sleeve to transition the sleeve valve to a closed position; moving the inner sleeve from the second position to a third position relative to the outer sleeve to align a deformation zone of the inner sleeve with a locking groove disposed on a radially inner surface of the outer sleeve, wherein the second position is between the first position and the third position; plastically deforming the deformation zone of the inner sleeve to permanently lock the sleeve valve in the closed position. | 4,896 |
8,862,309 | 1. A method for diagnosing and/or adapting at least one system ( 12 , 14 ) of a device ( 10 ), characterized in that said method comprises: (a) changing at least one manipulated variable ( (b) determining at least two state variables ( (c) making a decision ( | 42,906 |
9,529,377 | 1. An adaptive voltage scaling circuit comprising: a performance classification monitor disposed inside a chip and configured to detect working performance of the chip at a current working voltage; and an adaptive controller for receiving a detection result signal from the performance classification monitor; wherein the performance classification monitor comprises a source signal generating circuit, a comparison reference circuit, at least first and second delay circuits, at least first and second comparison branch circuits and at least first and second comparison detection circuits; and the adaptive controller comprises a configuration circuit; wherein an input end of the source signal generating circuit and first input ends of the comparison reference circuit, the first comparison branch circuit and the second comparison branch circuit each receives a clock signal as a drive; a first output end of the configuration circuit provides a first configuration signal connected to a first input end of the first delay circuit; a second output end of the configuration circuit provides a second configuration signal connected to a first input end of the second delay circuit; an output end of the source signal generating circuit configured to provide a source signal and connected to second input ends of the comparison reference circuit and the first and second delay circuits; an output end of the first delay circuit connected to a second input end of the first comparison branch circuit; an output end of the second delay circuit connected to a second input end of the second comparison branch circuit; an output end of the comparison reference circuit configured to provide a reference signal and connected to each of first input ends of the first comparison detection circuit and the second comparison detection circuit; an output end of the first comparison branch circuit connected to a second input end of the first comparison detection circuit, and an output end of the second comparison branch circuit connected to a second input end of the second comparison detection circuit; and each of an output ends of the first comparison detection circuit and the second comparison detection circuit connected to an input end of the control circuit and configured to provide the detection result signal. | 1,388 |
9,695,201 | 1. A process for preparing trialkylmetal compounds of the general formula where M=metal of group IIIA of the Periodic Table of the Elements (PTE) R=C which comprises the steps: a) reaction of metal trichloride (MCl b) heating of the reaction mixture to a temperature above 120° C. and separation of the trialkylmetal compound (R c) heating of the reaction mixture to a temperature in the range from 165° C. to 350° C. and separation of the remaining trialkylmetal compound (R | 25,826 |
8,958,657 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first generation unit configured to receive an input frame having an image and configured to generate an intermediate sub-frame from the input frame by performing filter processing on the input frame; a calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount of brightness of the input frame; a determination unit configured to determine a distribution ratio of luminance for a plurality of display frames to be displayed and correspond to the input frame; a second generation unit configured to generate a first display sub-frame as one of the plurality of display frames by using the distribution ratio determined by the determination unit and the intermediate sub-frame generated by the first generation unit; and an output unit configured to output, as the plurality of display frames, the first display sub-frame and at least one of the input frame and a second display sub-frame which is based on a difference between the input frame and the first display sub-frame, wherein the determination unit determines the distribution ratio for the plurality of display frames based on the feature amount of brightness of the input frame calculated by the calculation unit such that a first distribution ratio, not more than 0.5, for the first display sub-frame is higher, and a second distribution ratio, not less than 0.5, for other display frames of the plurality of display frames is lower, in a case where each of pixel values of the entire input frame corresponds to a highest luminance than in a case where each of the pixel values of the entire input frame corresponds to a lowest luminance, and wherein at least the first generation unit, the calculation unit, the determination unit, the second generation unit, and the output unit are implemented by a central processing unit in the image processing apparatus. | 44,714 |
8,625,310 | 1. A method of supplying power comprising: rectifying an input voltage received from an external device; transforming a first voltage across a first primary coil and a second primary coil into a second voltage across a secondary coil isolated from the primary coils, wherein the first voltage is based on the rectified input voltage; providing a feedback current from the secondary coil to the primary coils; using a series resonance to convert the second voltage to an output voltage; and outputting the output voltage, wherein the first primary coil is a first inductor, and the second primary coil is a second inductor connected in series to the first inductor. | 49,283 |
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