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9,713,192 | 1. A device, comprising: an audio processor configured to perform audio processing during an audio communication connection between a first communication device and a second communication device; a memory configured to store at least a first audio processor wakeup schedule in accordance with a first predefined audio communication connection event; a controller configured to wherein the audio processor is further configured to enter a sleep mode after the audio processing is complete and to enter into a processing mode from the sleep mode in response to a wake up signal. | 43,013 |
9,404,643 | 1. A recessed light fixture, mountable on a wall, comprising: a trim including a trim frame having a trim opening for a recessed light source; a heat sink including a cavity to house a portion of the recessed light source, an open end which opens into the cavity, and a groove on a surface of the heat sink; fasteners; and springs each having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being connectable to the trim frame via a respective fastener from the fasteners, the second end to snap into and engage the groove of the heat sink to connect the heat sink to the trim frame, the second end being movable along the groove to allow rotational adjustment of the trim frame relative to the heat sink. | 45,609 |
9,638,923 | 1. An optical element for terahertz waves that transmits terahertz-wave incident beams through itself after being compressed into half or less a wavelength of the terahertz-wave incident beam, the optical element comprising: a substrate that allows terahertz waves to be transmitted through itself; and a conductive coat that covers a single surface of the substrate and is capable of blocking the terahertz waves, wherein the coat has an aperture having a center provided in a circular region, and wherein a plurality of concentric ring-shaped grooves are formed in both the conductive coat and the substrate, the plurality of concentric ring-shaped grooves having the same center as the circular region and having radii that successively increase by a fixed length, and wherein the plurality of concentric ring-shaped grooves comprises an innermost groove having an inner radius equal to the fixed length, and wherein four or more fan-shaped tips are formed in the circular region, each tip having an arc with the same radius of curvature as a radius of the circular region, the four or more fan-shaped tips being arranged at equal distances circumferentially around the center of the circular region, each tip having an apex pointing toward the center of the circular region circle without being in contact with each other in a state where the arc is in contact with an outer periphery of the circular region, and wherein the tips have an apex radius, r | 27,883 |
8,516,309 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving a first log comprising state data for a plurality of software processes; parsing the first log to retrieve a set of execution characteristics; wherein the repository includes error messages, error fixes, product release notes, a support knowledge base, and a defect tracking system; querying a repository with a characteristic from the set of characteristics; and returning a recommendation from the repository, wherein the recommendation is associated with the characteristic. | 4,048 |
9,582,095 | 1. A computing device, comprising: a touch screen, configured to display a representation of at least one portion of a document, wherein one or more portions of the document comprise a plurality of document locations, each accessible by one or more operations, and accept, in memory of the computing device, data representing user input within the displayed representation; and one or more processing units, configured to determine a user chosen command based on one or more user selected positional locations within the user input, process data comprises representation of said user chosen command to automatically determine one or more variables, associated with at least one operation, representing a plurality of at least one of starting locations and ending locations, and automatically determine one of said plurality of at least one of starting locations and ending locations, being within user chosen locations at which to apply said user chosen command, wherein: said at least one operation is configured to determine said user chosen locations within said plurality of document locations based on said user chosen command and said one or more variables, and said user chosen command is associable with one or more: text characters or graphic elements, at said user chosen locations. | 24,410 |
9,271,606 | 1. A fan assembly configured for mounting on a grill, said fan assembly including: a housing having a first end wall, a second end wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending between said first and second end walls, said perimeter wall including a front wall; a coupler being mounted on said housing, said coupler being configured to releasably engage an upper edge of a grill bowl; an air conduit being attached to said housing and being in fluid communication with an interior of said housing, said air conduit extending outwardly and downwardly from said housing, said air conduit having a first section extending outwardly relative to said housing such that said first section is configured for extending over the upper edge of the grill bowl, said air conduit having a second section extending from said first section, said second section being directed outwardly and downwardly such that an open end of said second section is configured for positioning over a grill grate positioned in the grill bowl, said second section being arcuate such that said second section is configured for extending around the grill bowl; a fan being positioned within said housing, said housing having at least one air inlet extending therethrough, said fan drawing air into said housing through said at least one air inlet and expelling air outwardly through said conduit when said fan is turned on wherein said second section is configured for directing the air downwardly into the grill bowl; a power supply being electrically coupled to said fan; and an actuator being electrically coupled to said fan to turn said fan on or off. | 14,689 |
8,904,661 | 1. A device for use in measuring material, comprising: a transparent substrate of rigid material having a plurality of lines formed thereon, at least one line of the plurality of lines formed of a transparent first color or hue and having a first width; and a plurality of clear windows enclosed within at the least one line of the plurality of lines, each window having a second width that is less than the first width so that each window is completely enclosed by the transparent first color or hue, one window of the plurality of windows being clear and at least one other window of the plurality of windows being a transparent color or hue that is either the first transparent color or hue or a second transparent color or hue. | 49,542 |
8,746,314 | 1. A machine for applying a heat shrinkable tubing on a generally planar paper fastener prong, comprising: a. tubing supply driver including first and second drive wheels each having a circumferential recess in their outer periphery, said drive wheels having their circumferential edges located adjacent each other, said recess together defining a space just smaller than the outer circumference of the tubing; said driver being actuatable to drive said tubing laterally onto said prong; b. a pusher for further sliding the tubing into a final position on the prong; said pusher including first and second opposing jaws, at least one of said jaws including a pivotal arm; and c. a reciprocating arm and lateral driver attached to a link and capable of sequentially moving the jaws between open and closed positions and then further moving the jaws laterally, thereby driving, through said link, the jaws between open and closed positions and then laterally toward said prong, wherein, in said closed position, said jaws engage said tubing to drive it onto said prong. | 35,341 |
8,633,066 | 1. A manufacturing method for a thin film transistor, comprising at least a process of forming an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein the process of forming the active layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode comprises: forming sequentially an active layer film and a source/drain metal film; applying a layer of photoresist on the source/drain metal film; exposing and developing the photoresist by using a double-tone mask so as to form a photoresist pattern including a photoresist-completely-remained region, a photoresist-partially-remained region, and a photoresist-completely-removed region; performing a first wet etch in which the source/drain metal film corresponding to the photoresist-completely-removed region is over-etched so that edges of the source/drain metal film are recessed inside edges of the photoresist pattern; performing a first dry etch in which the active layer film exposed by the photoresist is etched; thinning the photoresist by a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the photoresist-partially-remained region through an ashing process, so as to remove the photoresist in the photoresist-partially-remained region, outer edges of the photoresist in the photoresist-completely-remained region being aligned with or close to edges of the source/drain metal film after the ashing process; performing a second dry etch in which the source/drain metal film corresponding to the photoresist-partially-remained region is etched and the active layer exposed outside the source/drain metal film is simultaneously etched; performing a third dry etch in which a part of the active layer film corresponding to the photoresist-partially-remained region is etched; and removing the remained photoresist. | 1,518 |
8,916,019 | 1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell module which includes a solar cell element, the method comprising: providing a light reflection plate having a concavo-convex shape; bonding a first resin sheet made from an encapsulation resin for securing the solar cell element to the light reflection plate, thus forming a precursor structure; arranging the solar cell element on a surface of the precursor structure on a side opposite to the light reflection plate after the bonding; and arranging a second resin sheet made from the encapsulation resin so that the solar cell element is interposed between the second resin sheet and the precursor structure and laminating the solar cell element in the interposed state; wherein the light reflection plate is arranged in the solar cell module on a back surface side of the solar cell element so as to reflect sunlight incident from a front surface side of the solar cell element. | 17,486 |
9,444,461 | 1. A universal input buffer comprising: first and second input pins; a multiplexer with first and second inputs and an output, the first input of the multiplexer being coupled to the second input pin and the second input of the multiplexer being for receiving a common mode voltage of a differential signal applied to said first pin, said multiplexer being responsive to a selection signal to select either of said first and second inputs of said multiplexer; first and second single-input buffers, having an inputs coupled respectively to said first and second input pins; first and second differential buffers, each of said first and second differential buffers having first and second inputs, the first input of the first differential buffer being coupled to the first input pin, the first input of the second differential buffer being coupled to the second input pin, the second input of the first differential buffer being coupled to the output of the multiplexer, and the second input of the second differential buffer being for receiving a common mode voltage of a differential signal applied to said second pin. | 5,900 |
9,103,276 | 1. A machine combination comprising: an internal combustion engine and a generator for charging a battery of a hybrid drive, the internal combustion engine having a pair of cylinder/piston units which are enclosed in a common housing and the two pistons of which are drive-connected via a connecting rod to in each case one dedicated crankshaft, and the two crankshafts being rotationally connected to one another so as to rotate in opposite directions via in each case one gearwheel, wherein the drive is transmitted from the crankshafts of the internal combustion engine to the drive shaft of the generator via gearwheels which are arranged in the same plane, both cylinder/piston units are arranged in-line with the generator, and the machine combination is enclosed in a common housing, the common housing comprising a cylinder head of the two cylinder/piston units, a crankcase which is provided for both crankshafts, and a generator housing and being formed as a unitary cast part; wherein, in order to balance inertial forces of the internal combustion engine, the position of a crank of one of the crankshafts is offset by 180° with respect to that of the other crankshaft, and the work cycles of both cylinder/piston units follow one another at a spacing of a crankshaft rotation of 360°, and the geometric axes of both cylinder/piston units are situated in a common first plane which extends perpendicularly with respect to the crankshafts, and the circulating path of in each case two balancing weights of both crankshafts also runs in each case in the same plane which is parallel to the first plane as the balancing weights of the other crankshaft; wherein, in order to form an inwardly directed offset, the cylinder axes which are parallel to one another are at a smaller spacing from one another compared to the spacing between the axes of both crankshafts. | 21,560 |
9,629,445 | 1. A carrying assembly configured to support an object on an arm of a user, said assembly comprising: a support being configured to be worn on an arm of a user, said support being configured to have a hot object placed thereon thereby facilitating the user to carry the hot object without being burned by the hot object, said support comprising: | 41,147 |
8,389,137 | 1. A method of reusing a rechargeable battery, the method comprising: collecting a plurality of used assembled batteries formed by a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each rechargeable battery holding initial individual information including at least a manufacturing date and an initial weight of the rechargeable battery; dismantling the plurality of collected used assembled batteries into the plurality of rechargeable batteries, each holding the individual information; calculating a weight decrease amount and usage period of each of the rechargeable batteries based on the initial individual information of the plurality of rechargeable batteries and individual information of the plurality of rechargeable batteries obtained after the dismantling; estimating a usage environmental temperature of a region in which each of the rechargeable batteries was used based on the calculated weight decrease amount and calculated usage period of each of the rechargeable batteries; classifying the plurality of rechargeable batteries of the dismantled assembled batteries into groups based on the estimated usage environmental temperature; and rebuilding a regenerated assembled battery reusing rechargeable batteries that have been classified into the same group. | 1,307 |
8,420,591 | 1. A method of inhibiting binding of MUC1-C to galectin-3 in a cancer cell that expresses MUC1-C, the method comprising: contacting the cancer cell with a peptide fragment that comprises the extracellular domain, of MUC1-C, wherein said peptide fragment inhibits binding of galectin-3 to the extracellular domain of MUC1-C. | 48,464 |
9,453,442 | 1. A method for regenerating an exhaust gas aftertreatment device in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine selectively operable to provide power to at least one driven wheel, the method comprising: operating the internal combustion engine with a user-operable ignition control in an ON-mode; receiving a user input to change the ignition control out of the ON-mode; and performing the following sequence in response to the user input to the ignition control: | 18,028 |
8,369,914 | 1. An optical measuring apparatus comprising: a light emitter for irradiating with light a layered structure which is an object of measurement, the layered structure comprising a plurality of layers including at least a superficial layer and a deep layer; a light receiver for receiving, at a position at a first predetermined distance from the light emitter, light emitted from the light emitter and transmitted through the superficial layer and the deep layer, and for receiving, at a position at a second predetermined distance from the light emitter, light which is emitted from the light emitter and transmitted through the superficial layer and the deep layer and which has a deep layer transmission distance which is different from that of the light received at the position at the first predetermined distance from the light emitter; a spatial slope computation device for obtaining a spatial slope based on intensities of the light received at the position at the first predetermined distance from the light emitter and the light received at the position at the second predetermined distance from the light emitter; storage means in which a computation parameter for computing a degree of light absorption in the deep layer is stored for each superficial layer; an input device for inputting a thickness for each superficial layer; and computing means for reading a stored computation parameter corresponding to an input superficial layer thickness, and obtaining the degree of light absorption in the deep layer based on a quadratic function of the spatial slope including the read computation parameter. | 40,624 |
8,862,591 | 1. A method for assessing sentiment of text, the method comprising using at least one programmed computer to perform steps including: collecting a plurality of user reviews from a plurality of websites, each user review associated with a rating value of a plurality of rating values; identifying parts of text from the plurality of user reviews; determining a distribution of each part of text across the plurality of rating values; calculating, based on the distribution, a probability score representing a probability of a strength of each part of the parts of text for a corresponding rating value of the plurality of rating values; storing the parts of text, the distributions, and the probability scores in a training corpus; receiving a block of text associated with a new review; extracting one or more parts from the received block of text, where the parts are identified as a first type; accessing the training corpus to identify probability scores associated with the parts; performing a central tendency calculation for the new review by evaluating the probability scores associated with the parts; and assigning an orientation value to the new review based at least on the central tendency calculation, the orientation value reflecting sentiment of the received block of text, wherein the probability of the strength of a part of text for a particular rating value is degraded by the probabilities of the strength of that part of text for other rating values. | 459 |
9,339,765 | 1. A method of reducing scale imparting ion content of a desalination unit (DSU) feed stream comprising: a) passing a direct current through a pair of electrodes in an electrolysis device (ED) so as to energize said pair of electrodes as a cathode and an anode respectively; b) feeding an aqueous stream to said ED, said aqueous stream having an anionic scale imparting species (ASIS), an anionic non-scale imparting species (ANSIS), a cationic scale imparting species (CSIS), and a cationic non scale imparting species (CNSIS) therein, said ASIS being present in a first ASIS concentration and said CSIS being present in a first CSIS concentration; c) contacting said aqueous stream in said ED along a first feed path and along a second feed path separated by a first membrane group, said second feed path also being in fluid communication with a second membrane, and said first feed path also being in fluid communication with a third membrane group, said first membrane group permitting transfer of ASIS from the first feed path to the second feed path and permitting transfer of CSIS from the second feed path to the first feed path, said second membrane permitting passage of ANSIS therethrough and out of said second feed path, said third membrane permitting passage of CNSIS therethrough and out of said first feed path, whereby after passage of said aqueous stream through said first feed path a first effluent is provided and after passage of said aqueous stream through said second feed path a second effluent is provided, wherein said first effluent has a reduced ASIS concentration compared to said first ASIS concentration and said second effluent has a reduced CSIS concentration compared to said first CSIS concentration; and d) feeding either or both of said first and second effluents to said DSU as said DSU feed stream, with the proviso that when both said first and second effluents are fed to said DSU, they are fed separately and are not mixed. | 4,476 |
9,027,681 | 1. A device of an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle via installation of the device to a wheel of the non-motorized wheeled vehicle, the device comprising: a static unit and a rotating unit around an axis of rotation, the static unit coupled to the non-motorized wheeled vehicle; an electric motor selectively operable to rotate the rotating unit relative to the static unit; a mechanical drive unit coupled to the rotational unit, the mechanical drive unit operable to rotate the rotational unit in response to a rotational input applied by the user; a sensing system mounted to the electrically motorized wheel, the sensing system adapted to identify parameters indicative of the rotational input; a control unit mounted to the electrically motorized wheel, the control unit in communication with the sensing system to continuously control the electric motor in response to the rotational input; and a power source mounted to the electrically motorized wheel, the power source electrically connected to the control unit and the electric motor. | 18,851 |
9,495,855 | 1. A method comprising: monitoring output from at least one sensor configured to sense activity associated with a fall; based on the monitoring of output from the at least one sensor, determining to capture one or more images of an area associated with the at least one sensor; based on the determination to capture one or more images of the area associated with the at least one sensor, capturing, with a camera, an image of the area associated with the at least one sensor; detecting, in the captured image, a state of a person included in the captured image; determining, based on the detected state of the person, a potential fall event in the area associated with the at least one sensor; and based on the determination of the potential fall event, sending, by a communication device and to a device associated with the person involved in the potential fall event, a message that indicates the potential fall event and provides the person with an opportunity to cancel the potential fall event. | 7,670 |
9,115,896 | 1. A fuel-air mixer comprising: an outer ring; an intermediate hub disposed coaxially within said outer ring such that a first plenum is formed therebetween; an inner hub disposed coaxially within said intermediate hub such that a second plenum is formed therebetween; a first swirler comprising a plurality of first swirler vanes positioned between said outer ring and said intermediate hub, said first swirler configured to rotate fluid flowing therethrough in a first direction; a second swirler comprising a plurality of second swirler vanes positioned between said intermediate hub and said inner hub, said second swirler configured to rotate fluid flowing therethrough in a second direction; and a plurality of fuel injection conduits defined within the fuel-air mixer for channeling fuel to said first and second plenums; a center body positioned within said inner hub, said center body configured to channel fuel to said second plenum, wherein said plurality of fluid injection conduits are configured to inject fuel into said first and second plenums at a leading edge of the fuel-air mixer; and wherein said plurality of fluid injection conduits includes a fluid injection conduit that extends through said outer ring, at least one vane of said plurality of first swirler vanes, and injection orifices through said intermediate hub for injecting fuel to said second plenum. | 26,206 |
8,755,708 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; a reading device that is disposed above the forming section; a connecting section that is disposed at one of two opposing lateral sides of the image forming apparatus, the connecting section connecting the forming section and the reading device; an operating section that is disposed in front of the reading device; a sensor configured to detect a human, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a detection range, the detection range including a first range in front of the forming section, but excluding a second range in front of the forming section, the second range being directly adjacent to a vertical midline of a front side of the forming section, wherein an optical axis of light of the sensor is horizontally inclined at a predetermined angle from the vertical midline, and wherein the sensor is disposed at a surface of the front side of the image forming apparatus and is disposed on the connecting section. | 1,107 |
9,769,102 | 1. An information sharing system in which, on a computer network formed of terminals of users and a server, information about a posted message posted by a user is shared among the users, the information sharing system comprising: an electronic control unit including a processor programmed to: | 41,345 |
9,351,152 | 1. A method comprising: receiving one or more of the following: performing one or more of the following: | 44,655 |
8,357,590 | 1. A method for producing semiconductor wafers composed of silicon, comprising: pulling a single crystal with a conical section having an increasing diameter and an adjoining cylindrical section having a diameter of at least 450 mm and a length of at least 800 mm from a melt contained in a crucible, at a pulling rate which, in the course of pulling the transition from the conical section to the cylindrical section, is at least 1.8 times higher than the average pulling rate during the pulling of the cylindrical section; cooling the growing single crystal with a cooling power of at least 20 kW; feeding heat from the side wall of the crucible to the growing single crystal, wherein a gap having a height of at least 70 mm is present between a heat shield surrounding the growing single crystal and the surface of the melt; and slicing semiconductor wafers from the cylindrical section, wherein a plurality of the semiconductor wafers have a region with v-defects that extends from the center of the semiconductor wafers to the edge of the semiconductor wafers. | 21,353 |
9,195,546 | 1. A method for backing up a database, comprising: identifying n portions of a database, wherein each of the n portions is greater than 0% and less than 100% of the database, and wherein at least one portion of the n portions overlaps at least in part with another portion of the n portions; performing a complete backup of a first portion of the n portions of the database and performing less than a complete backup of one or more of the remaining portions of the database; and for each subsequent backup of a cycle comprising n successive backups, performing a complete backup of a next portion of the database and performing less than a complete backup of one or more of the remaining portions of the database, wherein performing a less than complete backup of one or more of the remaining portions of the database includes performing a backup of updates each of the one or more remaining portions have incurred since the last time each of the one or more remaining portions was completely backed up. | 32,398 |
9,398,006 | 1. A smart space access method, comprising: determining, by a controller, that the controller enters a smart space in a smart space list stored by the controller based on an obtained smart space number and current location information of the controller, wherein the smart space corresponds to the smart space number; receiving, by the controller, a main mobile code that is sent by an interface server of the smart space and corresponds to the smart space; loading and executing, by the controller, the main mobile code; displaying, by the controller, a main service interface of the smart space, generating a smart space request according to a service number of a selected application that is selected by a user; sending, by the controller, the smart space request to the interface server of the smart space; receiving, loading, and executing, by the controller, a result mobile code sent by the interface server of the smart space; and displaying a processing result of the selected application. | 28,080 |
8,674,535 | 1. A method for operating an underwater power plant, the power plant including a water turbine to take up kinetic energy from a surrounding flow, and an electrical generator coupled directly to the water turbine, the method comprising: regulating power in a generator mode by at least one of a feedback control and a feedback regulation of a load moment produced by the electrical generator for freely adjusting rpm speed of the water turbine; wherein a setpoint value of the load moment produced by the electrical generator in a first, power-optimized operating range is established by at least one of a feedback control based on state space representation and a search mechanism for a maximum power taken up by the water turbine from the surrounding flow to operate the water turbine with power-optimal speed; wherein the setpoint value of the load moment produced by the electrical generator in a second, power-limited operating range is set so the rpm speed of the water turbine is above the power-optimal speed; wherein switching occurs from the first, power-optimized operating range to the second, power-limited operating range when the power taken up by the water turbine from the surrounding flow reaches a rated power of the underwater power plant. | 27,451 |
8,560,820 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: in response to a software component received at a device, executing security code to verify the software component, wherein the device includes one or more keys and one or more configurable settings, the execution of the security code comprising: | 35,101 |
8,947,025 | 1. A regeneration control device of an electrically powered vehicle, comprising: a motor generator configured to perform electric power regeneration by braking a driving wheel of the electrically powered vehicle; a battery to which electric power regenerated by the motor generator is supplied; monitoring means including at least one of charging rate detection means configured to detect a charging rate of the battery and voltage value detection means configured to detect a voltage value of the battery; and control means configured to control the electric power regeneration of the motor generator according to at least one of the charging rate and the voltage value of the battery detected by the monitoring means, wherein the control means is configured to decrease regenerative electric current of the motor generator as at least one of the charging rate and the voltage value is increased, and wherein the control means is configured to perform a series of regenerative controls by performing the electric power regeneration a plurality of times, and a value of the regenerative electric current during a succeeding regenerative control is set smaller than a value of the regenerative electric current during a preceding regenerative control. | 13,851 |
8,377,606 | 1. A process to generate an electrical current comprising: feeding to the anode compartment of a fuel cell comprising an anode compartment and a cathode compartment and hermetically sealed there between an electrolytic proton conducting ceramic membrane consisting essentially of: BaCe 0.85-e Hf e L f Y 0.05-0.25 O (3-δ) Hf, e is from 0.1 to 0.5, L is a lanthanide and f is from 0 to 0.25 and δ is the oxygen deficiency in the ceramic at a temperature from 500° C. to 900° C. a gaseous stream comprising at least 75 weight % of one or more C 2-8 alkanes and removing from the anode compartment a stream comprising unreacted alkane feed one or more corresponding C 2-8 alkenes and isomers thereof, feeding to the cathode compartment of said fuel cell a gaseous stream comprising at least 20 weight % of oxygen and removing from the cathode compartment unreacted cathode feed and water. | 27,446 |
9,564,641 | 1. An active material comprising: a LiVOPO a first carbon powder; and a second carbon powder, wherein: a relational expression of 0.05≦A1/A2≦0.5 is satisfied, where A1 represents a ratio of a G band peak height observed around 1580 cm A1 for the first carbon powder is 2.00, 2.19, or 1.60; and A2 for the second carbon powder is 13.89 or 14.41. | 3,813 |
9,320,212 | 1. A seed of Tagetes patula variety ‘PAS1077384’, a sample of seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-122800. | 22,759 |
9,225,275 | 1. A power tool comprising: a housing able to be coupled to an electrical power source; a motor contained in the housing and selectively connectable to the power source; a light unit coupled to the housing and selectively connectable to the power source; a switch unit coupled to the housing, wherein the switch unit can be selectively activated to cause power to be delivered to the motor and to the light unit, and selectively deactivated to cause power delivered to the motor to be interrupted; a control circuit connected to the switch unit and to the light unit, and having a timer configured to keep the light unit illuminated for a predetermined amount of time after the switch unit has been activated or deactivated; and a boot circuit connected to the control circuit, the boot circuit configured to connect the control circuit and the light unit to the power source when the switch unit is deactivated subsequent to being activated to enable the light unit to remain illuminated after the switch unit has been deactivated. | 30,328 |
9,778,636 | 1. A method for classifying and correlating simulation components to functional models, the method performed by a data processing system and comprising: receiving a simulation component library comprising a plurality of simulation components into a memory of the data processing system; parsing the plurality of simulation components from the simulation component library; analyzing a plurality of extracted functions into a plurality of function graphs for each of the plurality of simulation components, wherein the plurality of extracted functions includes one or more of a plurality of interface-derived functions, a plurality of structural-derived functions, a plurality of equation-derived functions, a plurality of algorithmic-derived functions, a plurality of parameter-derived functions, and a plurality of internal variable-derived functions, and wherein the plurality of function graphs includes one or more of an interface function graph, a structural function graph, an equation function graph, an algorithmic function graph, a parameter function graph, and an internal variable function graph; composing an extracted functions graph with the plurality of extracted functions of the plurality of function graphs; and storing the extracted functions graph of the plurality of extracted functions in a components-to-function database. | 27,730 |
9,783,214 | 1. An operation management device that manages an operation of a plurality of vehicles traveling along a track, the operation management device comprising: a vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires positions of the plurality of vehicles present on the track; a density calculation unit that calculates density of the plurality of vehicles traveling within a predetermined range on the track; and a departure determination unit that adjusts a departure time of a predetermined target vehicle by changing a time to transmit a departure instruction to the target vehicle on the basis of one or both of: front direction density indicating density of vehicles traveling in a range which is defined ahead of the target vehicle within a predetermined distance therefrom and moves with the target vehicle, and rear direction density indicating density of vehicles traveling in a range which is defined behind the target vehicle within a predetermined distance therefrom and moves with the target vehicle. | 47,411 |
8,796,990 | 1. A system for charging a rechargeable battery, comprising: a power transformer including a semi-permeable magnetic membrane comprising an epoxy binder and a ferromagnetic material embedded within the epoxy binder, wherein | 16,310 |
8,643,375 | 1. A circuit system comprising: a master circuitry; at least one slave circuitry which has a battery sensor, having an input, for checking battery status of a power supply battery and a shut down mechanism for controlled shut down upon detection of low battery by the battery sensor; and a battery sensor manipulation circuit controlled by the master circuitry, the battery sensor manipulation circuit being arranged to manipulate sensed battery status for the battery sensor of at least one of the at least one slave circuitry to force the controlled shut-down of the at least one of the at least one slave circuitry upon provision of a shut-down control signal from the master circuitry. | 44,500 |
9,114,558 | 1. A method of making a non-clogging porous bonded fibrous mass comprising the steps of: providing an intimately-blended fibrous mass, said fibrous mass comprising a first group of staple fibers and a second group of staple fibers, said first group of staple fibers and said second group of staple fibers being non-absorbent of and non-reactive with a liquid to be wicked by and evaporated through the surface of said non-clogging fibrous mass, said first group of staple fibers having i) a percent weight W1 (%) of weight of said fibrous mass, ii) an average fiber denier D1, iii) a ratio N1 where N1 is equal to W1/D1, iv) a staple length L1, in the range of 1.5 to 3.5 inches, v) a tack point T1 and vi) a percentage longitudinal stress-free shrinkage S1 (%) at said tack point T1, said second group of staple fibers having i) a percent weight W2 (%) of weight of said fibrous mass, ii) an average fiber denier D2, iii) a ratio N2 where N2 is equal to W2/D2, iv) a staple length L2, in the range of 1.5 to 3.5 inches, v) a tack point T2, where T2 is higher than T1 by at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit, vi) a percentage longitudinal stress-free shrinkage S2 (%) at said tack point T1, vii) a ratio R equal to N1/N2 and being within the range of 0.5 to 3.0, and viii) a percentage longitudinal stress-free shrinkage difference SD (%) equal to the difference between S1 (%) and S2 (%) and being at least equal to 5.0%, heating said fibrous mass to a temperature of at least T1 but lower than T2 by feeding said fibrous mass into a heat bonding die, said bonding die having a feed zone, an axis, a heating zone, a tapered compaction zone, a cross-section-forming zone for shaping the final cross sectional shape of said fibrous mass and an exit end, said heating zone of said die being fed with hot steam or hot air at a temperature of at least T1 but lower than T2, said compaction zone being tapered, towards the exit end of said die, at an angle within the range of 10 degrees to 45 degrees, per side, relative to the axis of said die, pulling said fibrous mass through said die, and cutting the bonded fibrous mass to a desired length. | 39,174 |
9,706,964 | 1. A system comprising: a wearable member including: a digital device including: | 13,502 |
9,207,499 | 1. A method of manufacturing a display substrate, the method comprising: providing a substrate comprising a first pixel area including a first light-blocking region, and a second pixel area adjacent to the first pixel area and including a second light-blocking region; forming an insulating layer in the first and second light-blocking regions; forming a light-blocking material layer on the insulating layer, the light-blocking material layer extended across the first and second light-blocking regions; and simultaneously forming from the light-blocking material layer extended across the first and second light-blocking regions: | 6,791 |
9,509,081 | 1. A connector comprising: a male connector; an aligning plate; and a female connector, wherein the male connector includes a male terminal and a locking portion, the aligning plate is configured such that the aligning plate engages with the male terminal so as to perform at least one of the protection of the male terminal and the correction of alignment of the male terminal, the aligning plate is movable relative to the male connector in a projecting direction of the male terminal, the aligning plate includes a engaged portion and a locked portion formed on a surface faced to a proximal end side of the male terminals, and the locked portion is brought into contact with the locking portion of the male connector in a state where the aligning plate is temporarily mounted in the male connector thus preventing the movement of the male terminal toward the proximal end, and the female connector is configured such that the female connector is mounted on the male connector together with the aligning plate by moving toward the male connecter side, the female connector includes an engaging portion, and in removal of the female connector from the male connector due to the movement of the female connector toward a side away from the male connector from a state where the female connector is mounted on the male connector, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion of the aligning plate, and the aligning plate is moved toward a side away from the male connector, wherein an engaging portion is formed on the male connector, a projection is formed on the engaged portion of the aligning plate, and the connector is configured such that in mounting the female connector on the male connector by moving the female connector toward the male connector side, the engaging portion of the female connector is brought into contact with a locking portion of the male connector so that a state where the locked portion of the aligning plate is locked to the locking portion of the male connector is released, and the connector is also configured such that until releasing of the state where the locked portion of the aligning plate is locked to the locking portion of the male connector is finished, the projection of the engaged portion of the aligning plate is brought into contact with the engaging portion of the male connector thus preventing movement of the aligning plate toward a proximal end side of the male terminals. | 5,506 |
8,865,243 | 1. A smooth and creamy acidified dairy food composition comprising: a smooth and creamy acidified dairy food; whole ground cocoa shells, and not more than 3 mass % cocoa powder; the whole ground cocoa shells including both fiber and fat from the cocoa shells, having a total fat content of about 6 to about 8 mass %, and a D wherein the smooth and creamy acidified dairy food is selected from the group consisting of cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, kefir and fromage frais; wherein the smooth and creamy acidified dairy food composition is free of added hydrocolloids; wherein the whole ground cocoa shells provide stability to the smooth and creamy acidified dairy food composition without inclusion of the added hydrocolloids; and wherein the smooth and creamy acidified dairy food composition having the whole ground cocoa shells exhibits reduced sour notes as compared to an otherwise identical smooth and creamy acidified dairy food composition at the same pH but without the whole ground cocoa shells. | 24,507 |
9,548,466 | 1. A method of forming a hydrophilic thin film, comprising: coating one side of a transferring stamp including a support and a hydrophilic polymer layer with a hydrophilic solution to form a transfer layer, the hydrophilic polymer layer including a curable resin and a hydrophilic compound, the hydrophilic compound including a hydroxyl group; and transferring the transfer layer to a substrate, wherein the hydrophilic polymer layer has a hydrophilic property, and the hydrophilic polymer layer is formed entirely on one side of the support, and wherein the curable resin comprises polyurethane acrylate, and the hydrophilic compound comprises poly(ethylene glycol)diacrylate and 2-hydroxy-2-methyl propiophenone. | 12,498 |
8,905,781 | 1. A coaxial electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; a shielded shell covering the insulative housing, said shielded shell having a ring portion and defining a bottom face and a mating face opposite to the bottom face; a terminal retained in the insulative housing; said terminal has a contacting section located in an inner side of the ring portion of the shielded shell; wherein a pair of retaining arms are formed on two opposite sides of the bottom face of the ring portion and extend to the mating face, wherein said retaining arm protrudes beyond the mating face, the shielded shell defines a shielding portion pressing against a bottom face of the insulative housing, said shielding portion extends out of a side of the ring portion and bends downwardly to form the retaining arm. | 26,184 |
8,774,107 | 1. A radio transmitting apparatus comprising: a selector device, for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, that selects a localized resource block scheme, in which frequency resources comprised of subcarriers localized in a frequency domain are allocated to a receiving apparatus, or a distributed resource block scheme, in which frequency resources comprised of subcarriers distributed in the frequency domain are allocated to the receiving apparatus, as a resource allocation scheme; an allocator device that allocates the frequency resources to the receiving apparatus according to the selected resource allocation scheme and maps transmission data for the receiving apparatus to the frequency resources allocated to the receiving apparatus; and a transmitting device that performs plural transmissions of the transmission data to the receiving apparatus, wherein the selector selects the localized resource block scheme at a first transmission, and switches the resource allocation scheme from the localized resource block scheme to the distributed resource block scheme according to a number of transmissions at a transmission subsequent to the first transmission among the plural transmissions. | 43,071 |
9,184,789 | 1. A communication apparatus comprising: a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence of a data pulse in accordance with a logical value of a data signal, and generate a constant voltage signal, which have a certain constant voltage, indicating absence of the data pulse in accordance with a logical value of the data signal, wherein the positive pulse and the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit have a power spectrum density with notches arisen at frequencies equal to integer multiples of communication speed; a band-pass filter configured to filter the positive pulse or the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit; and a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the amplified signal as a transmission signal; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a pulse generator configured to shorten a pulse width of a return-to-zero signal, and to alternately generate the positive pulse and the negative pulse; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a trigger flip-flop configured to invert an output signal for each one cycle of the return-to-zero signal, and the pulse generator receives the output signal of the trigger flip-flop and the return-to-zero signal. | 14,119 |
8,534,127 | 1. An angular rate sensor comprising: a base; at least three substantially planar masses disposed substantially in a plane parallel to and above the base, the at least three substantially planar masses move in an extension mode; wherein in the extension mode the at least three substantially planar masses move in the plane simultaneously away or simultaneously towards a point; wherein at least one of the at least three substantially planar masses moves along a different axis than the others of the at least three substantially planar masses; and an X-axis capacitive sensor including an electrode formed on the base; a Y-axis capacitive sensor including an electrode formed on the base; a Z-axis capacitive sensor including a moveable electrode attached to the at least one of the at least three substantially planar masses and a fixed electrode substantially parallel to the moveable electrode and in the plane; wherein the X-axis capacitive sensor, the Y-axis capacitive sensor, and the Z-axis capacitive sensor sense angular velocity of the angular rate sensor about three different input axes of the angular rate sensor. | 44,386 |
8,995,858 | 1. A power supply device comprising: a power supply part to convert an AC voltage of an AC power source into a direct current and output a DC voltage; a zero cross detector to detect zero cross timings of the AC voltage and to output zero cross signals on the basis of the zero cross timings; a power supply controller to control supply of the AC voltage to the power supply part and the zero cross detector, wherein the power supply controller controls the supply of the AC voltage to the power supply part and the zero cross detector based on the zero cross timing; a clock generating unit to generate a clock of a specified period; a first switching unit to switch between supplying and not supplying the AC voltage to the power supply part; and a second switching unit to switch between supplying and not supplying the AC voltage to the zero cross detector, wherein the power supply controller synchronizes the clock of the specified period with the zero cross timing to obtain a synchronized clock, and controls the supply of the AC voltage to the power supply part and the zero cross detector at a timing of the synchronized clock, wherein the power supply controller controls the supply of the AC voltage to the power supply part with the first switching unit and controls the supply of the AC voltage to the zero cross detector with the second switching unit, and wherein the power supply controller provides for the supply of power or stopping of the supply of power to the zero cross detector based on whether the second switching unit is switched on or is switched off, wherein the power supply controller stops the supply of power to the zero cross detector after the clock has been synchronized with the zero cross timing, wherein, after the power has been stopped from being supplied to the zero cross detector, the power supply controller controls the supply of power to the power supply part based on the synchronized clock, wherein upon starting of supply of power to the power supply part after the stoppage of the power to the zero cross detector, the power supply controller starts supply of the power to the power supply part based on the synchronized clock while maintaining the stoppage of power to the zero cross detector, and wherein upon stopping of supply of power to power supply part after the stoppage of the power to the zero cross detector, the power supply controller stops supply of the power to the power supply part based on the synchronized clock while maintaining the stoppage of power to the zero cross detector. | 16,007 |
9,459,916 | 1. A system, comprising: a plurality of information processing devices; and a management device having a memory storing executable instructions configured to manage execution of jobs by the plurality of information processing devices, wherein the management device is configured to: | 14,456 |
9,057,378 | 1. A method of cooling an electronics enclosure comprising: providing at least one fan module, the fan module comprising a multi-phase motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed and a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor; sensing the rotational speed; detecting with the microcontroller a locked rotor event when the sensed rotational speed falls below a target speed by at least a threshold amount; and providing an alert to indicate recommended inspection of the fan in response to a predetermined plurality of shut down and restart sequences. | 35,879 |
8,595,020 | 1. A system of systems for generating tradable products that separately quantify biogenic and fossil carbon flux in at least one forest comprising: (a) a carbon data collection system for collecting carbon data in the at least one forest comprising (b) a global reference system including a (c) a calibration system for standardizing the measured amount of (d) a data processing system for converting said one or more of the measured amounts of | 14,732 |
9,618,849 | 1. A pattern forming method of forming a pattern on a substrate using a block copolymer PS-b-PMMA, the pattern forming method comprising the steps of: forming a film of a block copolymer PS-b-PMMA containing at least two kinds of polymers on the substrate; heating the film of the block copolymer; irradiating the heated film of the block copolymer with ultraviolet light, from an Xe excimer lamp, in an atmosphere of an inert gas; and supplying an organic solvent to the film of the block copolymer irradiated with the ultraviolet light. | 35,774 |
9,380,104 | 1. A method for streaming content, the method comprising: creating and initializing a counter for a streaming output service; receiving a request for streaming content; incrementing the counter in response to receiving the request for streaming content; signaling a condition based on the counter, the condition including whether a monitoring process has timed out; monitoring the condition using a processor; detecting a disconnect state based on whether the counter satisfies the condition; and creating a detection message, wherein the condition is that the counter equals zero, and wherein the monitoring process waits for a multiple of a playlist duration. | 11,983 |
9,074,573 | 1. A system for cranking an automatically stopped internal combustion engine with an output shaft to which a ring gear is coupled using a starter comprising a pinion shiftable to and engageable with the ring gear, and a motor that rotates the pinion when energized, the system comprising: an engaging unit that shifts, in response to when an engine restart condition is met during a drop of a rotational speed of the output shaft due to an automatic stop of the internal combustion engine, the pinion to the ring gear for engaging the pinion with the ring gear; an electronic control unit operably coupled with the engaging unit and the motor, the electronic control unit being configured to: | 28,786 |
9,526,050 | 1. A method of tracking neighbor cells associated with a wireless device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, at the wireless device, a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols from one or more transmitting devices in the wireless communication system; deriving from the OFDM symbols, using one or more processing devices, initial channel estimates for subcarriers carrying a set of reference signals; determining, using the one or more processing devices, a first metric (R) from the initial channel estimates; determining, using the one or more processing devices, a second metric (R determining, using the one or more processing devices, a third metric (R selecting, using the one or more processing devices, a maximum metric from among the first metric R, the second metric R estimating from the timing offset, using the one or more processing devices, a reference timing drift for a given one of the neighbor cells; determining, using the one or more processing devices, a reference metric from the maximum metric; and using the estimated reference timing drift and the determined reference metric to assist the wireless communication device in tracking the neighbor cells for handover or cell reselection. | 681 |
9,192,651 | 1. An isolated polynucleotide which is an mRNA, said mRNA comprising: a first region of linked nucleosides, said first region encoding SEQ ID NO: 2626 and said first region having at least 85% identity to SEQ ID NO: 15265. | 18,648 |
8,381,760 | 1. A stepper-motor regulated gas valve control, comprising: an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path therebetween; a main diaphragm chamber; a main diaphragm coupled to a valve and configured to displace the valve relative to a valve opening in response to changes in pressure in the main diaphragm chamber; a servo-regulator diaphragm configured to regulate fluid flow to the main diaphragm chamber, to control a rate of fuel flow through the valve opening, the servo-regulator diaphragm being fluidly disconnected from the outlet when the valve is closed; a stepper motor coupled to the servo-regulator diaphragm and configured to move in a stepwise manner to displace the servo-regulator diaphragm to selectively block fluid flow into the main diaphragm chamber; and a control circuit coupled to the stepper motor, the control circuit configured to receive an input control signal having a current between 0 and 180 milliamps, the control signal indicative of a requested fuel flow, the control circuit configured to convert the input control signal to a reference value having a voltage between 0 and 5 volts, the control circuit configured to determine a motor step value that corresponds to the converted reference value, and the control circuit configured to energize the stepper motor according to the determined motor step value, to thereby regulate the rate of fuel flow through the valve opening. | 47,878 |
8,690,082 | 1. An LPI injector, comprising: an injector body that is supplied with a fuel from an upper portion thereof and injects the fuel down; an icing tube formed in a pipe-shape, having a fuel injection channel through which the fuel flows, and having an upper end coupled to an lower portion of the injector body; a valve seat disposed between the injector body and the icing tube and fitted in the lower portion of the injector body; an injection hole formed at a center portion of a lower portion of the valve seat to inject the fuel; and a tube-fastening groove formed in the valve seat for facilitating insertion of the icing tube around the injection hole; and a ball valve that is seated at the valve seat and opens/closes the injection hole; wherein a locking protrusion is formed to radially protrude on an outer circumference of the upper end of the icing tube and a locking groove is formed at an interior surface of the valve seat around the injection hole so that the locking protrusion is engaged with the locking groove. | 1,953 |
9,612,070 | 1. An apparatus for loading cartridges into a firearm magazine, comprising: a funnel; a hopper slide having a first end and a second end; and a cassette to releasably fixture a firearm magazine to said apparatus wherein: said first end of said hopper slide is attached to said funnel; and said second end of said hopper slide is attached to said cassette. | 23,646 |
9,481,700 | 1. A compound of the formula where PG is a hydroxyl protecting group. | 2,799 |
9,108,277 | 1. A process for manufacturing a device comprising at least one support and at least one component, comprising: precipitating a soluble metal salt by oxalic acid or ammonium oxalate to obtain a metal oxalate; dissolving the metal oxalate in an aqueous-alcoholic solvent to obtain at least one of a suspension and a paste; heating an assembly of the at least one support and the at least one component at a heating rate greater than around 150° C./h; and joining the at least one support and the at least one component by brazing with the at least one of a suspension and a paste, wherein the metal oxalate generates nanoscale metallic particles, wherein a melting temperature of the nanoscale metallic particles is lower than a melting temperature of the metal in a bulk state. | 41,796 |
9,815,641 | 1. A sheet conveying device comprising: a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a predetermined conveyance path; a first cover configured to be pivotable on a first axis between a closed position and an opened position, wherein the first cover is configured to form a part of an outer covering surface of the sheet conveying device by a first surface at the closed position and to function as a support member configured to support a sheet to be fed to the conveyor or a sheet discharged from the conveyor on a second surface opposite to the first surface at the opened position; a second cover configured to be pivotable on a second axis between a first position and a second position, and configured to be in conjunction with the first cover, wherein the second cover is located at the first position when the first cover is located at the closed position and is configured to form a part of the outer covering surface at a position adjacent to the first cover at the first position, and wherein the second cover is configured to be moved from the first position to the second position when the first cover is moved from the closed position to the opened position; and a restricting portion movable between a restricting position at which the second cover is restricted from being moved from the first position toward the second position and an allowable position at which the second cover is allowed to be moved from the first position toward the second position, wherein the restricting portion is located at the restricting position when the first cover is located at the closed position, wherein the restricting portion is moved from the restricting position to the allowable position in conjunction with the first cover when the first cover is moved from the closed position toward the opened position, wherein the restricting portion is configured to be contactable and separable with respect to the first cover, and wherein the restricting portion and the first cover are separate parts and the restricting portion is configured to movable relative to a third axis which is different from the first axis and the second axis. | 6,023 |
8,722,861 | 1. A monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to an epitope present in the V3 loop of the envelope glycoprotein gp120 of the AIDS virus, which is any one selected from the following antibodies: (a) an antibody having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 as the amino acid sequence of a H chain variable region (VH), and having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 as the amino acid sequence of a L chain variable region (VL); and (b) an antibody having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 as the amino acid sequence of a H chain variable region (VH), and having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4 as the amino acid sequence of a L chain variable region (VL). | 39,740 |
8,577,580 | 1. A control device for an internal combustion engine with a turbocharger, the control device comprising: an exhaust bypass path that is installed in an exhaust system for the internal combustion engine to bypass the turbocharger; a WGV that is installed in the exhaust bypass path and capable of arbitrarily adjusting the opening thereof upon receipt of an operation request from the internal combustion engine; acquisition means for acquiring, during a transient operation of the internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas flow rate of exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, a WGV opening, and a boost pressure correlation value having a correlation with boost pressure of the internal combustion engine as a transient exhaust gas flow rate, a transient WGV opening, and a transient boost pressure correlation value, respectively; virtual exhaust gas flow rate acquisition means for acquiring, as a virtual exhaust gas flow rate, a virtual value indicative of the exhaust gas flow rate prevailing when the transient boost pressure correlation value and the transient WGV opening are achieved during a steady operation of the internal combustion engine; virtual turbine flow rate acquisition means for acquiring, as a virtual turbine flow rate, a virtual value indicative of a flow rate of exhaust gas passing through a turbine for the turbocharger (hereinafter referred to as a turbine flow rate), the virtual value prevailing when the transient boost pressure correlation value and the transient WGV opening are achieved during the steady operation; flow rate ratio acquisition means for acquiring a flow rate ratio of the virtual turbine flow rate to the virtual exhaust gas flow rate; and turbine flow rate calculation means for calculating the turbine flow rate during the transient operation by applying the flow rate ratio to the transient exhaust gas flow rate. | 34,054 |
9,318,225 | 1. A reactor containment vessel comprising: an outer wall of the reactor containment vessel; a dry well containing a reactor pressure vessel that contains a core, an outer wall part of the dry well partly constituting the outer wall of the reactor containment vessel; a wet well containing a pressure suppression pool communicated with the drywell by way of a vent pipe, an outer wall part of the wet well partly constituting the outer wall of the reactor containment vessel; a primary containment vessel including the dry well and the wet well; an upper secondary containment vessel arranged above the primary containment vessel and partly constituting the outer wall of the reactor containment vessel; and a gas-phase vent pipe communicating a gas-phase of the wet well and the upper secondary containment vessel so as to equalize a pressure in the gas-phase of the wet well and a pressure in the upper secondary containment vessel by releasing a non-condensable gas in the gas-phase of the wet well to the upper secondary containment vessel and limit a pressure in the primary containment vessel below a design pressure of the primary containment vessel even if a severe accident occurs, wherein the primary containment vessel and the upper secondary containment vessel are integrally forming the reactor containment vessel as a single structure so as to provide an enhanced strength. | 20,901 |
9,556,093 | 1. A method for producing alkylphenol, comprising: charging phenol and an olefinic compound with a boiling point lower than a boiling point of the phenol into a reaction zone of a reactive distillation tower for a reaction; and separating a product stream containing the alkylphenol from the reactive distillation tower, wherein the phenol is charged into the reactive distillation tower at a charging position located above a position for charging the olefinic compound, and the molar ratio of the charged phenol to the charged olefinic compound is from 1 to 1.5. | 21,995 |
9,523,341 | 1. A method, comprising: operating a first group of engine cylinders at a first spark timing retarded from a threshold spark timing via a controller in response to a gear shift request; and operating a second group of engine cylinders at a second spark timing retarded from the threshold spark timing via the controller in response to the gear shift request, the second spark timing different from the first spark timing. | 20,471 |
8,787,891 | 1. A base station apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to wirelessly receive a media access control (MAC) address of a proximal terminal apparatus located in a vicinity of the base station apparatus, the MAC address being transmitted upon the proximal terminal apparatus being turned off; a storage configured to store the received MAC address; and a processor configured to: when the wirelessly distributed start instruction was not received by the proximal terminal apparatus, the processor wirelessly redistributes the start instruction to the proximal terminal apparatus, when the processor determines that the MAC address contained in the start request has already been stored in the storage, the storage registers the MAC address of the proximal terminal apparatus, the receiver waits for a success message from the proximal terminal apparatus, in response to the start instruction, the storage unregisters the MAC address of the proximal terminal apparatus after receipt of the success message, and the processor wirelessly redistributes the start instruction when the success message is not received within a predetermined period of time. | 36,602 |
9,623,917 | 1. An airdam for a motor vehicle, comprising: an extruded body having a first section and a second section, said body further having a J-shaped cross-section defining a forward tilt angle and a curved tip, wherein said body is co-extruded with the first section of said body above said forward tilt angle made from a first material with a first durometer D | 46,899 |
9,341,143 | 1. A method of operating a spark ignition gas piston engine, comprising the steps of: preserving residual gases from a previous ignition cycle and having a temperature within a range of 500° C. to 700° C., in the ignition chamber; letting in, during a compression stage, a lean gas-air mixture from an engine cylinder into an ignition chamber; wherein the residual gases that include hydrocarbons are used for initiating, upon contact and mixing with the gas-air mixture, a reaction converting lowermost alkanes contained in the hydrocarbons, into hydrogen and carbon monoxide; and wherein the reaction in a compression cycle is intensified by increasing pressure up to 5-5.5 MPa and temperature of the gas-air mixture 500-600° C. in the engine cylinder and in the ignition chamber, at a moment of a spark formation. | 35,286 |
9,440,685 | 1. A compact vehicle comprising: a chassis frame supporting a front wheel, a rear wheel, a driving device for driving the front wheel or the rear wheel, and a steering device for steering the front wheel or the rear wheel; a passenger compartment arranged generally at a center of the chassis frame; and a single passenger seat in a width direction of the vehicle, the passenger seat being arranged in the passenger compartment; wherein a passenger protecting structure is formed by an outer shell of the passenger compartment and a sub-frame; the passenger protecting structure is formed by a seat section protecting structure and a front section protecting structure; the seat section protecting structure covers lateral sides and an upper side of the seat; has a single opening on a front side of the seat, allowing the passenger to get on/off; and is supported on the chassis frame so that the seat section protecting structure can swivel horizontally together with the seat; and the front section protecting structure is capable of coupling to the seat section protecting structure so as to shut the opening of the seat section protecting structure; and is supported on the chassis frame independently of the seat section protecting structure. | 17,018 |
9,357,391 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: displaying, on a touchscreen of an electronic device, the electronic device being in a locked state, two lines dividing the touchscreen into a set of four input quadrants, each input quadrant of the set of four input quadrants having a corresponding unique quadrant number; receiving, on the touchscreen of the electronic device, a plurality of numerical input gestures, each numerical input gesture being a representation of a corresponding numeral, and each numerical input gesture traversing at least two input quadrants of the set of four input quadrants; identifying, for each numerical input gesture and from the set of four input quadrants, a corresponding initial input quadrant containing a starting point of that numerical input gesture received on the touchscreen; generating a sequence of calculated password digits by calculating for each numerical input gesture, a corresponding password digit by adding the corresponding unique quadrant number of the corresponding initial input quadrant of that numerical input gesture to a value of that numerical input gesture; comparing the sequence of calculated password digits to a password stored in the electronic device; and unlocking, in response to the comparing and based on a match between the sequence of calculated password digits and the password stored in the electronic device, the electronic device. | 7,454 |
9,183,198 | 1. A method for computer-aided translation, comprising: receiving a document comprising one or more sentences to be translated; generating a suggestion pool of possible translations for each sentence in the document using a processor; providing a best suggestion from the suggestion pool to a user for a sentence being translated; updating the suggestion pool based on the user's input of a translation prefix; and providing an updated best suggestion from the updated suggestion pool to the user for the sentence being translated. | 27,237 |
9,199,542 | 1. A vehicle comprising: first and second driving sources generating driving power for running the vehicle; and a control device for controlling the first and second driving sources, | 9,275 |
9,619,380 | 1. A memory storage apparatus, comprising: a connecting interface unit configured to couple to a host system; a rewritable non-volatile memory module; a memory control circuit unit coupled to the connecting interface unit and the rewritable non-volatile memory module, wherein the memory control circuit unit includes a first buffer memory and the first buffer memory includes a first data buffer area; and a second buffer memory coupled to the first buffer memory, wherein the second buffer memory includes a second data buffer area and a transmission bandwidth of the second buffer memory is smaller than a transmission bandwidth of the first buffer memory, wherein the memory control circuit unit is configured to receive a write command, a start logical address corresponding to the write command and first data corresponding to the write command, wherein the memory control circuit unit is further configured to determine whether the first data is a successive big data, if the first data is the successive big data, the memory control circuit unit temporarily stores the first data into the first data buffer area and writes the first data from the first data buffer area into the rewritable non-volatile memory module, if the first data is not the successive big data, the memory control circuit unit temporarily stores the first data into the second data buffer area without storing the first data into the first data buffer area. | 32,664 |
9,423,582 | 1. A sensor structure, comprising: a waveguide structure bounded by one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structures; and a photodetector fully landed on the waveguide structure, adjacent to the one or more STI structures wherein the photodetector has a bottom and lateral sides, and the sensor structure further comprising an encapsulating material encapsulating the bottom and lateral sides of the photodetector, at least a portion of the encapsulating material encapsulating the lateral sides of the photodetector landing on the waveguide structure, the photodetector contacting the waveguide structure through a hole in the encapsulating material. | 12,401 |
8,968,134 | 1. A power transmission apparatus comprising: an input shaft having one end constantly connected to a driving power source and receiving power from the driving power source, the input shaft having a driving gear fixed mounted thereon; a deceleration unit connected to the driving gear and reducing rotating speed of the input shaft; a single pinion planetary gear set including a ring gear connected to the deceleration unit and receiving rotating speed of the deceleration unit, a planet carrier receiving power for gear shift, and a sun gear generating output speed; the ring gear works as a first actuating means, the planet carrier works as a second actuating means, and the sun gear works as a third actuating means a gear shift unit constantly connected to a gear-shifting power source to receive power for gear shift therefrom, the gear shift unit being coupled with the second actuating means to transfer the power for gear shift thereto; and an output shaft fixed to the third actuating means of the planetary gear set to transmit output speed, wherein a rotation axis of the second actuating means is perpendicular to a rotation axis of the deceleration unit, a torque control shaft is connected to the second actuating means to be supplied, through a power transferring means, with rotation force of the second actuating means, a generator for generating electricity is connected to the torque control shaft, and a storage battery for supplying electricity to the gear-shifting power source is connected to the generator. | 20,593 |
8,612,847 | 1. A system for displaying an electronic document, the system comprising: a display device for presenting a rendered electronic document; an electronic document including first embedded content and second embedded content within the first embedded content, wherein a file type of the electronic document differs from respective file types of the first and second embedded contents; a document handling application configured to invoke rendering engines to render documents on the display device; a plurality of rendering engines, each rendering engine having a common interface, wherein each of the rendering engines is configured to render content associated with at least one corresponding file type; and one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising: | 37,201 |
8,558,442 | 1. A plasma jet ignition plug comprising: a center electrode; an insulator having an axial bore extending in a direction of an axis and holding the center electrode within the axial bore; a metallic shell holding the insulator; and a ground electrode joined to the metallic shell and disposed frontward of the insulator; wherein the insulator has an insulator ledge in direct or indirect contact with the center electrode for holding the center electrode; the center electrode has a taper portion in direct or indirect contact with the insulator ledge, a trunk portion located rearward of the taper portion with respect to the direction of the axis, and a front portion located frontward of the taper portion with respect to the direction of the axis, wherein there is no contact between the front portion of the center electrode and the insulator; the metallic shell has a metallic shell ledge in direct or indirect contact with the insulator for holding the insulator; a front end surface of the metallic shell, a front end surface of the insulator, a front end surface of the center electrode, an imaginary plane S where the position P where the position P an axial distance A from the front end surface of the insulator to the imaginary plane S | 10,592 |
9,826,485 | 1. A method for power management of a mobile device comprising: detecting whether a removable power source has been removed from the mobile device; in response to detecting that the power source has been removed, entering a hot swap mode for a first time period by: initiating a hot swap timestamp in connection with entering the hot swap mode; saving to non-volatile memory a list of one or more applications executing on the mobile device when the hot swap timestamp is initiated; after the first time period, entering a suspend mode for a second time period by: determining whether the mobile device is likely to be used by a same user when the removable power source has been re-connected by comparing a current timestamp with the hot swap timestamp; and restarting the one or more applications on the list when it is determined that the mobile device is likely to be used by the same user. | 24,755 |
9,669,334 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a supply system comprising an orifice; a holder that houses the supply system, the holder comprising a face that opens to the orifice; and a filter comprising a plurality of channels extending from a first channel end at a first surface of the filter to a second channel end at a second, opposing surface of the filter, the first channel end of each channel being configured to be fluidly coupled at a first end to a reservoir, and the second channel end of each channel being configured to be fluidly coupled to the orifice, each channel comprising: | 25,896 |
9,498,072 | 1. A display case door assembly for a temperature-controlled storage device, the display case door assembly comprising: an opening into the temperature-controlled storage device; and a vacuum panel mounted within the opening, the vacuum panel comprising: | 33,247 |
8,539,173 | 1. A memory system comprising: a memory device comprising: a memory control device executing access control on the memory device, | 26,778 |
9,448,922 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a storage controller having an interface to receive commands from a host system; a first non-volatile, storage device coupled with the storage controller, the first non-volatile storage device to store data received from the host system; a non-volatile, solid-state memory device coupled with the storage controller, the non-volatile, solid-state memory device to store context information for data stored in the first non-volatile storage device, wherein periodic back-up stores of the context information into the first non-volatile storage device are substantially avoided on account of the context information being kept in non volatile memory, wherein the first non-volatile storage device is comprised of a different type of non volatile storage technology than what that the non-volatile, solid state memory device is comprised of. | 36,517 |
9,231,485 | 1. A power supply, comprising: a driving power supply unit converting input power to supply driving power to a load; and a power supply control unit performing a control to detect a change in a voltage level of the driving power and cut off the input power when the detected voltage level of the driving power is equal to or more than a first preset voltage level, in a preset standby mode. | 35,767 |
9,353,377 | 1. A method of producing multiple transgenic wheat plants from a single explant comprising: providing an explant presenting a plurality of meristems wherein said explant comprises a scutellar node; culturing said explant on a first multiple bud inducing media suitable for inducing production of a plurality of buds from at least one of said meristems; introducing exogenous DNA into at least one of said plurality of buds; removing said plurality of buds from said first media and transferring said plurality of buds to a second media suitable for induction of elongation of said buds into shoots; harvesting and transferring said shoots to a culture medium that promotes root development; and culturing said transferred shoots to produce multiple transgenic wheat plants, wherein the multiple bud inducing medium comprises a cytokinin and an auxin wherein the cytokinin is thidiazuron. | 39,449 |
9,325,491 | 1. A circuit comprising: a feedback node; a first phase-locked loop (PLL) coupled with the feedback node, the first PLL including a first voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and a first feedback loop to generate a first output signal based on a feedback signal at the feedback node; a second PLL coupled with the feedback node, the second PLL including a second VCO and a second feedback loop to generate a second output signal based on the feedback signal at the feedback node, wherein the second output signal has a higher output frequency than the first output signal; a frequency mixer coupled with the first and second PLLs to receive the first and second output signals, respectively, and generate a clock signal at an output node based on the first and second output signals. | 4,021 |
9,482,176 | 1. A method for operating an engine, comprising: determining a temperature of air entering the engine; determining a temperature of a gaseous fuel injected to the engine, the temperature of the gaseous fuel based on engine intake manifold pressure, on a calculation that does not include air temperature, and being a temperature of the gaseous fuel after it has expanded in an engine air intake; and adjusting a cylinder air charge via an electronic controller in response to the temperature of air entering the engine and the temperature of the gaseous fuel injected into the engine. | 3,615 |
9,677,787 | 1. Liquid-based adjusting device ( 100 ) for a solar system, comprising: a. at least one holding element ( b. a swivel device ( | 38,225 |
9,758,012 | 1. A multi-mode vehicle thermal management system, comprising: a battery thermal control loop comprising a first circulation pump, wherein said first circulation pump circulates a heat transfer fluid within said battery thermal control loop, and wherein said battery thermal control loop is thermally coupled to a vehicle battery pack; a drive train control loop comprising a second circulation pump, wherein said second circulation pump circulates said heat transfer fluid within said drive train control loop, wherein said drive train control loop is thermally coupled to at least one drive train component; a valve assembly, wherein said battery thermal control loop operates in parallel with and independent of said drive train thermal control loop when said valve assembly is configured in a first mode, and wherein said battery thermal control loop is serially coupled to said drive train thermal control loop when said valve assembly is configured in a second mode; a refrigerant-based thermal control loop, wherein said refrigerant-based thermal control loop is comprised of a refrigerant, a compressor, and a condenser/evaporator; a refrigerant-air heat exchanger coupled to said refrigerant-based thermal control loop by a first expansion valve, wherein said refrigerant-air heat exchanger is thermally coupled to a vehicle HVAC system; a refrigerant valve operable in at least two modes; and a refrigerant-fluid heat exchanger coupled to said battery thermal control loop, wherein said refrigerant valve in a first mode directs said refrigerant through said refrigerant-air heat exchanger and said first expansion valve, wherein said refrigerant valve in a second mode directs said refrigerant through said refrigerant-fluid heat exchanger, and wherein said heat transfer fluid within said battery thermal control loop is heated when said refrigerant is directed through said refrigerant-fluid heat exchanger. | 46,832 |
8,769,743 | 1. A cover, in particular a cover for beds, comprising: two or more groups of strips, wherein wherein at least one group of strips is produced from casings made of ticking material which are filled with a filler selected from feathers and/or down, natural fibers, synthetic fibers and foam particles. | 44,993 |
8,918,223 | 1. An apparatus for managing an energy consuming load in a group of energy consuming loads comprising the load and a plurality of other loads, the apparatus comprising: (a) a transmitter configured to transmit a set of load state data generated from the load; (b) a receiver configured to receive sets of load state data generated from the other loads; (c) a processor configured to generate the set of load state data from the load, to compile the set of load state data from the load with the sets of load state data from the other loads, and to process the compiled sets of load state data in order to make an enablement state decision for the load, wherein the enablement state decision reflects an enablement state of the load, wherein the enablement state is either a load enabled state or a load disabled state, wherein the load enabled state is a state where the load is capable of operating even when the load is not actually operating, and wherein the load disabled state is a state where the corresponding load is not capable of operating; and (d) a controller for implementing the enablement state decision. | 41,515 |
9,795,484 | 1. A pump adapted for use with an implantable penile prosthetic, the pump comprising: a pump bulb connected to a pump body, where the pump is attachable during implantation to a reservoir and an inflatable prosthetic of the implantable penile prosthetic, the pump bulb operable to move liquid from the reservoir to the inflatable prosthetic; an inlet valve disposed in the pump body; and | 49,060 |
9,674,821 | 1. A wireless communications system comprising: a base station; and a mobile station, wherein the base station determines at least one information among a number of second intervals in each interval other than first intervals, an interval of the second intervals, or timing of the second interval, the base station transmits a second control signal used for configuring the first interval during which a first control signal having a plurality of formats is monitored and the second interval that is different from the first interval and that is set within a third interval during which the mobile station does not receive a wireless signal, the third interval being an interval between first intervals, the second control signal includes the determined at least one information, and the mobile station monitors the first control signal for the plurality of the formats during the first interval, and monitors the first control signal for formats fewer than the plurality of the formats during the second interval. | 2,739 |
9,130,212 | 1. A method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, the method comprising: a first step, wherein an alkaline solution with a tungsten compound dissolved therein, in which solution a tungsten concentration is 0.05 or more mol/l, is added to and mixed with a lithium metal composite oxide powder represented by a general formula Li a second step, wherein, by heat treating the mixture of the alkaline solution with the tungsten compound dissolved therein and the lithium metal composite oxide powder, fine particles containing W and Li are formed on a surface of the primary particles of the lithium metal composite oxide powder. | 28,178 |
9,151,831 | 1. A distance measurement device for determining a distance from an object using a time-of-flight method, the distance measurement device comprising: a light source unit which emits modulation light; a sensor unit including a photosensitive region which generates charges according to incident light, a first accumulation region and a second accumulation region which accumulate the charges generated in the photosensitive region, a first transfer electrode provided between the photosensitive region and the first accumulation region, a second transfer electrode provided between the photosensitive region and the second accumulation region, a first reset switch provided between the first accumulation region and a reset potential, and a second reset switch provided between the second accumulation region and the reset potential; and a processing unit which controls an emission timing of the modulation light and the sensor unit to calculate a distance, wherein the processing unit: in a plurality of first charge transfer cycles in a frame period, causes the light source unit to emit in one or more emission periods, controls a voltage to be applied to the first transfer electrode in one or more first transfer periods synchronized with the one or more emission periods to cause charges generated in the photosensitive region to be accumulated in the first accumulation region, and controls a voltage to be applied to the second transfer electrode in one or more second transfer periods inverted in phase with the one or more first transfer periods to cause charges generated in the photosensitive region to be accumulated in the second accumulation region, wherein the frame period continues from a time at which the first accumulation region and the second accumulation region are connected to the reset potential with control of the first reset switch and the second reset switch to a time at which the first accumulation region and the second accumulation region are next connected to the reset potential; in a plurality of second charge transfer cycles which alternates with the plurality of the first charge transfer cycles in the frame period, controls a voltage to be applied to the first transfer electrode in a third transfer period to cause charges generated in the photosensitive region to be accumulated in the first accumulation region, and controls voltage to be applied to the second transfer electrode in a fourth transfer period inverted in phase with the third transfer period to cause charges generated in the photosensitive region to be accumulated in the second accumulation region, without causing the light source unit to emit the modulation light; in a plurality of first readout cycles corresponding to the plurality of first charge transfer cycles, acquires, from the sensor unit, first readout values corresponding to amounts of charges accumulated in the first accumulation region at time points between the first charge transfer cycles and the following second charge transfer cycles, respectively, and second readout values corresponding to amounts of charges accumulated in the second accumulation region at the time points, respectively; in a plurality of second readout cycles corresponding to the plurality of second charge transfer cycles, acquires, from the sensor unit, first other readout values corresponding to amounts of charges accumulated in the first accumulation region at time points between the plurality of second charge transfer cycles and the following first charge transfer cycles, respectively, and second other readout values corresponding to amount of charges accumulated in the second accumulation region at the time points, respectively; calculates a first value that is a value obtained by subtracting the first other readout values of the n calculates the distance based on the M first values and the M second values. | 6,783 |
9,388,353 | 1. A butanol gasoline blend having good cold start and warm-up (CS&W) driveability performance comprising: gasoline; and at least one biologically-sourced butanol isomer, blended so the butanol gasoline blend has a specific ASTM D4814 Table 1 vapor pressure/volatility class; and a HBDI wherein the value of HBDI | 44,053 |
8,915,354 | 1. A collapsible and foldable device for arranging and storing jewelry comprising: a rectangular, flexible substratum having a length and height, said substratum having a top edge and two opposing substantially planar surfaces; a plurality of flexible transparent members attached to a first of said two opposing substantially planar surfaces, each of said first plurality of flexible members having a plurality of side edges and a top edge and a bottom edge, each of said first plurality of flexible members attached to said first substantially planar surface along their respective plurality of side edges and respect the bottom edge to form a first plurality of pockets on said first substantially planar surface to create a natural fold line at the bottom edge for aiding in compactly folding and storing said device, said top edge of each said first plurality of flexible members attached to said first substantially planar surface to provide access with respect to the respective pocket of said first plurality of pockets; means attaching said substratum to a hanger along the top edge of said substratum, said hanger thereby supporting said substratum; and a respective rigid jewelry attachment releasable clasp disposed on said substratum adjacent the top edge of each of said pockets, each of the releasable clasps having a spring-loaded release that provides access to open said clasp. | 16,829 |
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