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9,661,940 | 1. A glazed element comprising: a. at least one insulating glazing comprising at least a first glass sheet and a second glass sheet joined together by means of a spacer which keeps them at a certain distance from one another, said spacer extending along lateral, upper and lower edges of said at least two glass sheets and, between said at least two glass sheets, at least one internal space that comprises a cavity filled with an insulating gas and that is closed by a first peripheral seal and a second peripheral seal that are positioned around said internal space, b. at least one frame that supports said at least one insulating glazing, said frame comprising: i. a fixed support and ii. a mobile support hinged to the fixed support that enables opening and closing of the glazed element, wherein the spacer, the first peripheral seal and the second peripheral seal extending along at least one of the lateral edges of said at least two glass sheets are formed from a transparent resin, and said mobile support lacks at least one lateral crosspiece. | 1,599 |
8,987,237 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a solubilizing agent comprising: progesterone; and estradiol, the estradiol being at least about 90% solubilized in the solubilizing agent; wherein the estradiol and the progesterone are present in the solubilizing agent, and the estradiol and suspended progesterone are uniformly dispersed. | 30,446 |
8,722,237 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly; a case containing the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing an opening of the case; an electrode terminal protruding outside the case; and a collector electrically connected between the electrode assembly and the electrode terminal, wherein the collector comprises: wherein one of the first and second coupling portions comprises a protrusion part, and the other of the first and second coupling portions comprises an accommodation part, the protrusion part being received in the accommodation part. | 18,362 |
8,745,554 | 1. An integrated circuit (IC) design method comprising: providing an IC design layout of a circuit in a first technology node; migrating the IC design layout of the circuit to a second technology node, wherein migrating the IC design layout comprises shrinking, gridding, and compacting the IC design layout; determining an electrical patterning (e-Patterning) modification according to: applying the electrical patterning (e-Patterning) modification to the migrated IC design layout, wherein applying the electrical patterning (e-Patterning) modification is carried out by a computer programmed to apply the modification; and thereafter fabricating a mask according to the migrated IC design layout of the circuit in the second technology node. | 9,062 |
9,181,916 | 1. A system for determining the on and off time of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine to obtain and maintain desired level cabin thermal comfort and optimum fuel economy, the system comprising: a temperature controller operatively associated with the engine, said controller having logic for determining and for responding to climate load demand and for identifying optimum cabin thermal comfort based on the slope of cabin temperature/time; a cabin temperature sensor; an outside ambient temperature sensor; an evaporator temperature sensor; a cabin humidity sensor; a temperature control door position sensor; and an engine coolant temperature sensor, said sensors being operatively associated with said controller. | 6,533 |
9,831,786 | 1. A switching power-supply device, comprising: a switching power-supply main unit that receives a DC input voltage from a DC source and converts said DC input voltage to a DC output voltage, the switching power-supply main unit including: a transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil; a main switching element that controls a current flowing in the primary coil of the transformer; and a voltage output circuit that generates a DC output voltage by rectifying a voltage induced in the secondary coil of said transformer; and a switching control circuit that receives a feedback signal representing said DC output voltage and controls a switching operation of said main switching element so as to feedback-control said DC output voltage to be a prescribed constant voltage, wherein said switching control circuit includes: | 29,622 |
8,475,568 | 1. A process for enrichment of an isotope composition, comprising a. providing a chromatographic column having a stationary phase b. saturating the stationary phase with at least partially an isotope composition to be enriched c. injecting the composition to be enriched into the column together with a carrier gas d. enriching the composition by exploiting the difference in the isotope mass diffusivity. | 1,515 |
9,564,583 | 1. A storage device, comprising: a plurality of memory elements, each memory element including (a) a silicon substrate portion with an impurity imparting electric conductivity to the silicon substrate portion, (b) a first electrode portion on said silicon substrate portion, (c) an electrically insulating layer on said first electrode portion, (d) an opening in said electrically insulating layer exposing at least a section of said first electrode portion, (e) a thin-film on said electrically insulating layer and in contact with said first electrode portion within a perimeter of said opening, (f) a second electrode on said thin-film within said perimeter of said opening, said second electrode containing germanium (Ge), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), and copper (Cu), (g) an electrode layer on the second electrode within said perimeter of said opening, and (h) a conductive layer on said electrode layer and in electrical communication with said second electrode, said conductive layer being unique to that memory element and being shorter parallel to a surface of said silicon substrate portion than said first electrode portion, wherein, said first electrode does not contain Cu in a memory state, for each memory element, said thin-film is a non-phase changing, amorphous material comprising Ge, Sb, and Te, | 41,267 |
9,327,433 | 1. A process for compacting a polymeric powder in a press, wherein the process comprises supporting the polymeric powder during compaction in the press by a powder carrier, wherein the powder carrier comprises a layer of a thickness (T), wherein the layer comprises a material with a static coefficient of friction (COF), and wherein T×COF is at least 10 μm. | 16,762 |
9,338,943 | 1. A finger ( 118 ) that is elongate and has a longitudinal extent, for a reel ( 102 ) of an agricultural harvesting head, the reel ( 102 ) having a plurality of bats ( 114 ) disposed about a longitudinal rotational axis ( 116 ), wherein each of the plurality of bats ( 114 ) is configured to support a plurality of the fingers ( 118 ) that are spaced apart and mounted side-by-side on each of the plurality of bats, the finger ( 118 ), as considered in an upright position and facing in a forward direction of travel, comprising: an upper end configured for being mounted to one of the bats and an elongate upper portion joined to, and extending downwardly from, the upper end, the upper portion being in the form of an I-beam including a front flange ( a rear flange ( a web ( struts ( | 35,342 |
9,263,712 | 1. A secondary battery pack comprising: a battery cell having electrode terminals, including a cathode terminal and an anode terminal; a first safety element electrically connected to the battery cell via one of the electrode terminals; a printed circuit board having a terminal connection part; and a first case and a second case each independently having an open face, a first face opposite the open face and a side face depending from a perimeter of the first face, wherein the first case and the second case are coupled to each other so that the open faces of the first case and the second case are opposite to each through an assembly type fastening structure, the printed circuit board being disposed in a space defined through the open faces and the side face, wherein the first case has openings for electrode terminals and a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the side face, wherein the side face of the second case overlies the side face of the first case, the side face of the second case having openings to receive the protrusions on the first case when the side face of the second face overlies the side face of the first case, wherein the first case and the second case, in which the printed circuit board is disposed, are mounted to an end of the battery cell, and wherein the second case has on has an opening over the first safety element. | 42,915 |
9,238,923 | 1. Wind turbine assembly system comprising: a lifting structure comprising at least: a climbing element displaceable upward with respect to the lifting structure by means of guiding mechanisms, the climbing element incorporating second structural support elements dimensioned to at least partly support the weight of the lifting structure, wherein the first structural support elements are further configured to transmit to the tower at least half of the stresses associated to the hoisting of the wind turbine component. | 27,701 |
9,817,649 | 1. A method for installing software applications on a mobile computing device, the method comprising: monitoring, by the mobile computing device, a position of the mobile computing device; selecting, by the mobile computing device, from a local list stored in the mobile computing device, one or more software applications available to form selected software applications to be installed as temporary applications and executed on the mobile computing device according to the position of the mobile computing device; defining, by the mobile computing device, one or more control policies that set a usage threshold limiting usage of processing power and network bandwidth of the mobile computing device by the selected software applications to be installed as the temporary applications; configuring, by the mobile computing device, a dedicated container of the mobile computing device according to the one or more control policies to limit the usage by the temporary applications in an internal execution environment of the dedicated container to the processing power and the network bandwidth in an external execution environment of the mobile computing device that is outside of the internal execution environment based on the limit set by the usage threshold; and installing, by the mobile computing device, the selected software applications as the temporary applications in the dedicated container of the mobile computing device providing the internal execution environment for the temporary applications with controlled access by the temporary applications within the dedicated container to the processing power and the network bandwidth in the external execution environment of the mobile computing device to limit the usage of the processing power and the network bandwidth in the external execution environment by the temporary applications executing in the internal execution environment of the dedicated container based on the usage threshold set by the one or more control policies. | 36,279 |
8,972,658 | 1. A memory card for a game machine, comprising: a card body having length, width and thickness dimensions, a top, a bottom, a forward edge, and first and second side edges; a plurality of electrically conductive terminal strips located on the top of the card body and adjacent the forward edge; and a first notch located on the second side edge adjacent the forward edge wherein the first notch is open at least toward the top of the card body, wherein the first notch is at least defined by a lower surface that is substantially parallel to and between the top and bottom of the card body and a backwall that extends from the lower surface to a top of the card body, and wherein the backwall of the first notch is located forward of rearward edges of the terminal strips, and wherein at least a portion of the backwall forms an oblique angle with respect to the second side edge of the card body. | 3,985 |
8,505,700 | 1. Security braking device mounted between a hydraulic fluid tank and actuation members capable of acting on braking members, comprising: a loading and non-compression position locking mechanism for a master cylinder hydraulically connected to the tank and to the braking members, said mechanism being dependent upon a control member for unlocking the mechanism in order to concomitantly urge the master cylinder to apply a predetermined hydraulic pressure for acting on the braking members, wherein the mechanism includes: an articulated lever connected via a link rod system to one end of a body of the master cylinder; a rocking member coupled, in an articulated way, to a rod of a piston of the master cylinder, said rocking member being dependent upon a resilient return member capable of storing energy; and a swivelling hook connected to the control member for engaging with a part of the rocking member to hold the rocking member in a locked position corresponding to non-compression of the master cylinder, said hook being returned to the locked position by a spring. | 643 |
9,238,458 | 1. A method for starting an engine comprising: applying an engine cranking torque subject to a first engine cranking torque limit for a first predetermined period of time; and applying an engine cranking torque subject to a second engine cranking torque limit higher than the first engine cranking torque limit if a number of engine revolutions within the first predetermined period of time is less than a threshold value. | 11,284 |
8,945,979 | 1. A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus by using an organic layer deposition apparatus for forming an organic layer on a substrate, the method comprising: fixing the substrate on a transfer unit in a loading unit; conveying, into a chamber, the transfer unit on which the substrate is fixed, by using a first conveyer unit installed to pass through the chamber; forming an organic layer by depositing a deposition material discharged from an organic layer deposition assembly on the substrate while the substrate is moved relative to the organic layer deposition assembly with the organic layer deposition assembly in the chamber being spaced apart from the substrate by a set distance; separating the substrate on which the depositing of the deposition material has been completed from the transfer unit in an unloading unit; and conveying the transfer unit from which the substrate is separated to the loading unit by using a second conveyer unit installed to pass through the chamber, and wherein the forming of the organic layer comprises measuring a distance between the substrate and a patterning slit sheet while the substrate relatively moves with respect to the organic layer deposition assembly. | 10,836 |
8,429,734 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: executing on a host computer system a credential manager application, wherein the executing includes: | 47,010 |
8,572,768 | 1. A urinal seal comprising: a pipe insert portion having a frusto-conical shape; a seal portion radially extending outward from said pipe insert portion; a circumferential flange extending from said seal portion and substantially uniformly spaced from said pipe insert portion; a sealant applied to said seal portion and wherein said sealant is applied to the opposing side of said seal portion from said circumferential flange and wherein said circumferential flange is free of said sealant applied to said seal portion; and a circumferential adapter sealing surface located between said pipe insert portion and said circumferential flange. | 12,011 |
8,717,173 | 1. An alarm device configured to detect and deter an unauthorized opening of a lid of a product container, the alarm device comprising: a circuit board portion and a sensing unit mounted under the lid of the product container, the lid having an open state and a closed state detectable by the sensing unit; an audible alarm mounted on the circuit board portion; the sensing unit comprising: a switching unit mounted on the circuit board portion and comprising a magnetically-operated pin capable of selectively extending into the ovate-shaped opening to lock the first and second electrical terminals of the first and second cantilevers into the electrically-connected state regardless of the open/closed state of the lid; and wherein the audible alarm is activated upon opening of the lid if the switching unit does not have the magnetically-operated pin selectively extended into said ovate-shaped opening, and responsive to the first and second electrical terminals being in the electrically non-contacted state. | 5,222 |
9,063,299 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a conduit configured to direct radiation at a wavelength λ from a light source to a target location of a patient, the conduit comprising: a flexible optical waveguide extending along a waveguide axis, the flexible optical waveguide having a melting point less than 900 degrees C., having a hollow core and being configured to guide radiation at λ through the hollow core along the waveguide axis; and a second optical waveguide extending along the waveguide axis, the second optical waveguide having an outer surface, having a hollow core, terminating in a distal tip having an open output end, and being coupled to the flexible optical waveguide to receive radiation from the flexible optical waveguide and to deliver radiation through the open output end to the target location, wherein the second optical waveguide is different from the flexible optical waveguide and has a melting point higher than the melting point of the flexible optical waveguide. | 19,772 |
8,845,464 | 1. A method comprising: (a) using a crossbow and a target, taking at least three shots at the target with the crossbow and a first bolt of a set of multiple bolts, wherein, for each one of three vanes of fletching on the first bolt, at least one of the shots is taken with that corresponding vane extending downward into a rail slot of the crossbow when the first bolt is loaded onto the crossbow; (b) repeating step (a) for each additional bolt of the set of multiple bolts; (c) for each shot taken in steps (a) and (b), noting a corresponding position of each bolt on the target and the corresponding vane that was in the crossbow rail slot; and (d) for each bolt of the set, selecting and marking only one of the three vanes, wherein the vane selected for each bolt results in a grouping of the corresponding positions on the target of the bolts of the set, which grouping is smaller than any other grouping of the positions of the set of bolts on the target, wherein each bolt includes: (i) the fletching having exactly three of the vanes with corresponding lines of attachment to a shaft of the bolt that are separated from one another by angles of about 120° about a longitudinal axis of the bolt; and (ii) a nock member attached to a rear end of the shaft with a rearward surface that includes exactly three grooves that are separated from one another by angles of about 60° about the longitudinal axis, (iii) wherein each one of the grooves is substantially perpendicular to a diameter of the shaft that coincides with the line of attachment of one corresponding vane of the fletching. | 33,604 |
9,048,511 | 1. A metal-air battery comprising: an air electrode that includes: a negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte interposed between the air electrode and the negative electrode and in contact with the air electrode. | 5,494 |
9,329,662 | 1. A method comprising: sending, by a user equipment, an indication to a network, wherein the indication represents whether there is a preference for power savings at the user equipment; and performing, at the user equipment when the indication is sent, one or more actions to implement power savings at the user equipment; wherein the one or more actions include at least one of the following: deactivating a secondary cell associated with a carrier aggregation configuration; releasing, by the user equipment, a secondary cell associated with the carrier aggregation configuration; releasing a physical up l link control channel configuration; terminating a timing advance timer before expiration of the timing advance timer; releasing a connection; configuring a longer discontinuous receive cycle; configuring a longer measurement cycle; releasing a radio resource control connection; inhibiting one or more measurements performed by the user equipment; inhibiting one or more inter-frequency measurements while continuing one or more intra-frequency measurements; inhibiting evaluation by the user equipment of one or more measurement events; inhibiting the user equipment from sending one or more measurement reports to the network; removing at the user equipment one or more measurement objects; deactivating at the user equipment one or more measurement objects; or performing by the user equipment one or more measurements less frequently when compared the user equipment not preferring power savings. | 31,236 |
8,723,435 | 1. An electronic ballast comprising: an inverter circuit; a variable inductor unit electrically coupled between the inverter circuit and an illumination device; and a control circuit configured to control the variable inductor unit according to an operation mode of the inverter circuit such that an equivalent inductance of the variable inductor unit has a variation fed back to the inverter circuit to switch the operation mode of the inverter circuit; wherein the control circuit regulates the variable inductor unit when the inverter circuit operates under a capacitive mode of operation, such that an equivalent inductance of the variable inductor unit increases and the inverter circuit switches to operate under an inductive mode of operation. | 28,656 |
8,553,155 | 1. A method for generating a signal indicative of a quality of a current signal processed utilizing three-dimensional comb filtering, the current signal being from a current video line of a current video field, the method comprising: generating a first signal indicative of inter-field and inter-line signal difference substantially inside a chroma frequency band; determining a quality indication based at least in-part on the first signal; and generating a quality signal indicative of the quality indication. | 18,448 |
9,625,973 | 1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a display unit; a detection unit configured to detect a distance between said display unit and an object; and a control unit configured to change an operation mode of said display unit according to the distance between said display unit and the object detected by said detection unit, wherein the operation mode includes at least a display mode in which said display unit displays an image, and first and second power saving modes in which power consumption is smaller than power consumption in the display mode, wherein the power consumption in the second power saving mode is larger than the power consumption in the first power saving mode, and shifting time to the display mode from the second power saving mode is shorter than shifting time to the display mode from the first power saving mode, and wherein said control unit sets said display unit to the display mode when the object is at a position of which distance from said display unit is shorter than a predetermined first distance, sets said display unit to the second power saving mode when the object is at a position of which distance from said display unit is longer than the first distance and is shorter than a predetermined second distance, and sets said display unit to the first power saving mode when the object is at a position of which distance from said display unit is longer than the second distance. | 26,529 |
8,850,281 | 1. A digital signature generation device comprising: a hardware public physically unclonable circuit comprising a plurality of interconnected components, each of the components having an inherent characteristic, not all of the components having an identical value for the inherent characteristic, the inherent characteristics causing transitory states at outputs of at least some of the components during a transition period, the transition period being between a time that an input to the hardware public physically unclonable circuit is changed and a time that all outputs of the hardware public physically unclonable circuit have reached a final value in response to the input being changed, the interconnection of the components and the inherent characteristics providing the hardware public physically unclonable circuit with unique operational characteristics capable of being parameterized; an input register for loading input signals into the hardware public physically unclonable function; and two or more output registers respectively connected to outputs of selected components within the hardware public physically unclonable circuit for sampling the outputs of the selected components for at least one predetermined time during the transition period to provide a digital signature value, wherein the sampled outputs result in differing digital signature values depending on when the output values of the selected components are sampled by the output registers. | 29,675 |
8,482,211 | 1. A driver circuit for at least one LED, the driver circuit comprising: input terminals to be connected to an input or operating voltage in the form of a direct current (DC) voltage or a rectified alternating (AC) voltage, output terminals to be connected to a load circuit, said load circuit containing the at least one LED, an inductor, a clocked switch, an open-loop control circuit for clocking the switch, said open-loop control circuit comprising an integrated circuit (IC) having input and output pins, wherein the open-loop control circuit generates a clock signal for the switch based on at least two actual value signals, wherein the two actual value signals are associated with different switching phases of the switch, wherein the inductor is connected in such a way that it is charged in one switching phase of the switch and is discharged in another switching phase, and wherein a current is driven through the load circuit, at least in the other switching phase, such that the two actual value signals are tapped off in different time periods or at different times, but at a common measurement point in the driver circuit. | 26,018 |
9,680,503 | 1. A node comprising: a memory storing a sequence of instructions; and a hardware processor operable to execute the sequence of instructions to encode data according to a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) matrix, the encoded data corresponding to a code word comprising a payload and a parity, the payload length being the product of a first number and a second number, the parity length being the product of the first number and a third number, the LDPC matrix comprising: | 31,776 |
8,941,101 | 1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising: a substrate; an organic light emitting element positioned over the substrate; and a first thin film transistor electrically connected to the organic light emitting element and having a driving channel region, wherein at least one groove is formed in the driving channel region and wherein the groove only partially penetrates the driving channel region. | 12,158 |
8,398,586 | 1. An infusion system for delivery of a fluid from a remote source into a patient's body comprising: a main fluid infusion unit having a cannula, said cannula attached at a near end to an underside of said main fluid infusion unit, a first fluid channel in fluid communication with said cannula, and a first hinge section; a fluid connection line having a near end and a removed end, said fluid connection line engagable at said removed end to a remote fluid source; and a fluid connector assembly having a second fluid channel attachable to said near end of said fluid connection line, and a second hinge section; | 35,068 |
8,393,007 | 1. A computer-implemented method of distributing digital content to at least one recipient computing device to be rendered by the at least one recipient computing device in accordance with usage rights information, the method comprising: determining, by at least one sending computing device, if the at least one recipient computing device is trusted to receive the digital content from the at least one sending computing device; sending the digital content, by the at least one sending computing device, to the at least one recipient computing device only if the at least one recipient computing device has been determined to be trusted to receive the digital content from the at least one sending computing device; and sending usage rights information indicating how the digital content may be rendered by the at least one recipient computing device, the usage rights information being enforceable by the at least on recipient computing device. | 1,764 |
9,830,857 | 1. A method of compensating for common unwanted signals present in pixel data measurements of a pixel circuit in a display having a plurality of pixel circuits each including a storage device, a drive transistor, and a light emitting device, the method comprising: programming a first pixel circuit with first data; measuring a first sample of pixel data from the first pixel circuit through a monitor line; programming the first pixel circuit with second data that is different from the first data; measuring a second sample of pixel data from the first pixel circuit through the monitor line wherein said second sample of pixel data is different from said first sample of pixel data; and producing cleaned pixel data by subtracting one of the first and second measured samples of pixel data from the other of the first and second measured samples of pixel data in an analog or a digital domain to remove any common unwanted signals. | 14,415 |
9,583,166 | 1. A memory device, comprising: a magnetic storage element; and an access transistor, coupled to the magnetic storage element, having a first gate and a second gate, wherein the first gate and the second gate are configured to be isolated electrically from each other, and wherein the first gate is configured to activate the access transistor and the second gate is configured to adjust a threshold voltage value of the access transistor; a word line coupled to the access transistor; and first and second fin field effect transistor (FinFET) based sources, wherein the first FinFET based source is configured to be at a greater potential than the second FinFET based source to orient a magnetization direction of the magnetic storage element in a first direction corresponding to a logical one or at a lesser potential than the second FinFET based source to orient the magnetization direction of the magnetic storage element in a second direction corresponding to a logical zero, and wherein the access transistor is configured to be activated, in response to controlling the word line, to provide a first current from the first FinFET based source to the second FinFET based source to orient the magnetization direction of the magnetic storage element in the first direction or to provide a second current from the second FinFET based source to the first FinFET based source to orient the magnetization direction of the magnetic storage element in the second direction. | 38,072 |
8,793,416 | 1. A method for managing a logical data object (LO) stored in a storage device, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a continuous stream of data; compressing the continuous stream of data with respect to time; and compressing the continuous stream of data with respect to position in the LO such that the continuous stream of data is compressed with respect to both time and position in the LO, | 47,192 |
8,499,739 | 1. A fluid injector for an exhaust treatment device of an internal combustion engine system, comprising: a housing at least partially forming a fluid chamber and having a central bore oriented along a central axis of the housing; a nozzle member disposed within the central bore and oriented along the central axis of the housing, the nozzle member being configured to introduce fluid into an engine exhaust stream, the nozzle member including an upper surface at least partially forming the fluid chamber, the upper surface having a female taper directed toward a tip of the nozzle member; and a fluid passageway configured to supply fluid to the fluid chamber in a tangential direction relative to the central axis such that the tangential supply of fluid to the fluid chamber initiates a swirling motion of the fluid into the central bore. | 29,621 |
8,869,075 | 1. A method for cleaning lithographic hotspots, comprising: identifying, using a computer device, a hotspot in a lithographic pattern; identifying a location proximate the hotspot to place a stitch marker; placing a stitch marker at the location; and re-coloring the lithographic pattern proximate the stitch marker to a different color to clean the hotspot, relative positions of polygons in the lithographic pattern remaining unchanged. | 27,844 |
9,225,247 | 1. A boost converter, comprising: a comparator having: | 37,994 |
9,618,747 | 1. A Head Mounted Display (HMD) for viewing a media file including omnidirectional image data and corresponding audio data, said HMD comprising: a housing, said housing being configured to be worn on a user's head with one or more portions of said housing positioned in front of said user's eyes; a computer processor, said processor being located inside the housing; a power source; at least one display for receiving image data from said processor and displaying said received image data to the user; at least one speaker for receiving audio data from said processor and playing said audio data to said user; at least one input control said input control being located on the exterior of the housing; an orientation sensor for measuring the rotation of said HMD about its x-axis, y-axis and z-axis; and a system memory having stored thereon computer-processor executable instructions for operating said HMD, said computer-processor executable instructions comprising instructions for displaying a media file including omnidirectional image data and corresponding audio data in a media viewer executing on said HMD via the at least one display, said instructions comprising: | 20,487 |
9,641,424 | 1. A network management system for shaping outgoing traffic of network packets, the network management system comprising: a first network interface configured to receive a plurality of network packets associated with a plurality of user devices in a first order; a second network interface configured to transmit the plurality of network packets associated with the plurality of user devices in a second order; a hardware processor configured to: | 11,233 |
9,543,583 | 1. A composite electrode material, comprising: particles (A) comprising an element capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, carbon particles (B) capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (C), and carbon nanofibers (D), wherein the carbon nanofibers (D) are bridges between two or more of the carbon particles (B), the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (C) are bridges between two or more of the particles (A), and the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (C) are present between the carbon particles (B) and the carbon nanofibers (D). | 20,019 |
9,299,730 | 1. A thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate comprising: a substrate; a first insulation layer on the substrate; a capacitor comprising a lower electrode on the first insulation layer, and an upper electrode arranged to overlap with the whole lower electrode, the upper electrode extending beyond an edge of the lower electrode and having an opening, wherein the upper electrode is insulated from the lower electrode by a second insulation layer; an inter-layer insulation film covering the capacitor; a node contact hole in the inter-layer insulation film and the second insulation layer, and within the opening; and a connection node on the inter-layer insulation film and electrically coupling the lower electrode and at least one TFT to each other through the node contact hole. | 16,607 |
8,637,560 | 1. A method of inhibiting p97 associated deubiquitination and/or inducing ER stress in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject, an effective amount of a compound of the following Formula (II), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof: wherein R Z is an optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heteroaryl; and n is 0-3. | 47,810 |
8,881,498 | 1. A method for primary regulation of a combined gas and steam turbine installation in network operation, wherein the combined gas and steam turbine installation includes a gas turbine and a steam turbine arranged along at least one shaft, the method comprising: operating at least one steam turbine actuating valve on a restricted basis along a working steam supply line to at least one pressure stage of the steam turbine so as to provide a steady-state steam turbine reserve power, wherein the at least one steam turbine actuating valve is changed to a less restricted state if a network frequency decreases so as to require network frequency support; detecting a frequency discrepancy between an actual frequency and a frequency nominal value, the actual frequency being dependent on a rotation speed of the at least one shaft connected to the gas turbine; determining a primary regulation nominal power based on the frequency discrepancy; determining a power discrepancy between the primary regulation nominal power and a calculated primary regulation gas turbine actual power emitted from the gas turbine; determining a primary regulation steam turbine nominal power based on the power discrepancy; and positioning one of the at least one steam turbine actuating valve such that a steam turbine actual power emitted from the steam turbine corresponds to the primary regulation steam turbine nominal power. | 16,297 |
8,679,560 | 1. A process for manufacturing pet jerky treats comprising: grinding proteinaceous material, mixing said proteinaceous material with preservatives and flavor enhancers to form a blend of foodstuff, extruding said foodstuff through at least one die opening that is at least partially irregular to form at least one strip of extrudate that is at least partly irregular in shape, transporting said strip in a first longitudinal direction to a first cutting operation, cutting said strip at a first cutting angle to form a first set of pieces, placing said first set of pieces in an oblique orientation along a second longitudinal direction; transporting said first set of pieces in the second longitudinal direction to a second cutting operation, and cutting said first set of pieces in said second cutting operation at a second angle to form a second set of pieces, such that said second set of pieces cumulatively produced during a process run generally appear to be of random sizes and shapes, and appear to have notched, jagged, ripped or shredded edges. | 35,819 |
8,621,827 | 1. A sonotrode comprising: a head which defines a sealing surface elongated along a first direction; and at least one first and one second drive unit distinct from one another, each comprising at least one piezo-electric element; wherein said first and second drive units are electrically connectable to a unique generator so as to cause oscillation of said head along a second direction transversal to said sealing surface with a wave having a given wavelength during operation; the height of said head measured along said second direction being substantially equal to the half of said wavelength of said oscillation in the direction of said second direction; said sonotrode further comprising: at least one first slot which extends through said head transversally to said first and second directions; at least a finite number of nodal points where an amplitude of the oscillation of said head during operation is substantially equal to zero; and a plane on which at least some of said nodal points lie and which divides said head into a first portion and in a second portion; wherein said at least one first slot extends completely within one only of said first portion and said second portion, said at least one first slot being spaced apart from said plane. | 12,347 |
8,794,233 | 1. A system for administering nitrous oxide to a patient, comprising: a fluid control system for controlling the flow of nitrous oxide and oxygen; a nasal delivery interface system fluidly connected to the fluid control system; a nitrous oxide and oxygen supply fluidly connected to the control system; a vacuum source fluidly connected to a scavenging tube for scavenging excess gases; the fluid control system includes a safety scavenge system, the safety scavenge system comprising: | 10,431 |
9,499,159 | 1. A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle that has an engine, a motor generator, and an electricity storage part that charges and discharges electric power to and from the motor generator, the vehicle control apparatus comprising: a processing system, including a computer processor and memory, the processing system being configured to at least perform: a requested drive power calculator calculating a requested drive power based on driver operation information and vehicle speed information; and a travel mode selection for selecting one of plural travel modes as a travel mode of the hybrid vehicle, the travel modes including: control of the hybrid vehicle based on ht selected one of he plural travel modes, wherein a fuel consumption decrease effect, which is an EV effect that is calculated based on (i) a fuel consumption decrease amount and (ii) a consumed electric power when the motor generator outputs the requested drive power, a fuel consumption increase cost, which is an engine generated power cost that is calculated based on (i) a fuel consumption increase amount and (ii) a charge electric power when the engine drives the motor generator to generate an electric power, and the travel mode selector selects | 29,041 |
9,317,424 | 1. A storage device comprising: an address conversion table configured to store a first physical address at a first logical address and to store a second physical address at a second logical address; a first memory unit configured to store units of data in continuous regions of the first memory unit; a second memory unit configured to store units of information in continuous regions of the second memory unit, an access speed of the first memory unit differing from an access speed of the second memory unit; and a control circuit configured to transfer one of the units of data from the first memory unit to the second memory unit and to transfer one of the units of information from the second memory unit to the first memory unit, wherein the control circuit is configured to use the second logical address to locate said one of the units of information in the second memory unit. | 48,246 |
9,427,718 | 1. A chemical reaction process comprising concomitantly: feeding by a reaction stream of a fluidized bed of catalyst particles into a reaction zone disposed in a chamber of a reactor, withdrawing a stream comprising reaction products at an outlet of the reaction zone, passing, using separating means, the catalyst particles of the fluidized bed from the reaction zone to a regeneration zone disposed inside the chamber of the reactor, feeding the regeneration zone by a regeneration stream, regenerating the catalyst particles and pneumatically entraining the catalyst particles into the regeneration zone, withdrawing an exhaust gas at the outlet of the regeneration zone, and returning the entrained catalyst particles to the reaction zone; wherein the deactivation time of the catalyst is from 1 to 20 times greater than regeneration time, the deactivation time being a time when the catalyst particles lose 25% of their initial efficiency and the regeneration time being a time from the deactivation time until the catalyst particles regain up to about 100% of said initial efficiency; wherein the separation means comprises a tubular wall and wherein the reaction zone is disposed outside the tubular wall and the regeneration zone is disposed inside the tubular wall. | 23,400 |
8,902,516 | 1. An imaging lens substantially consisting of six lenses of a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens and a positive sixth lens in this order from an object side, wherein an object-side surface of the second lens has a shape having negative refractive power at a center, and including a part having positive refractive power in an area between the center and an effective diameter edge, and having negative refractive power at the effective diameter edge, and the refractive power at the effective diameter edge being weaker than the refractive power at the center, and wherein an object-side surface of the third lens is convex toward the object side, and wherein the following conditional formulas (17-4), (14-3) and (20) are satisfied: f123: a combined focal length of the first lens, the second lens and the third lens, f: a focal length of an entire system, R3: a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens, R4: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens, and f4: a focal length of the fourth lens. | 4,461 |
9,010,112 | 1. A system comprising: an outlet duct having a bend with an opening in the bend; and a condensation trap comprising: | 13,904 |
9,205,409 | 1. A process for preparing a cobalt-containing hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst precursor, which process includes calcining a loaded catalyst support comprising a catalyst support supporting a cobalt salt, the calcination involving decomposing the cobalt salt and/or causing the cobalt salt to react with oxygen, the calcination converting the cobalt salt into a cobalt oxide, and the calcination including subjecting the loaded catalyst support to heat treatment by heating the loaded catalyst support to a temperature, T, of 220° C. at a heating rate below 10° C./minute; and effecting gas flow at a space velocity of at least 19 m | 44,791 |
8,985,080 | 1. An engine start system comprising: a motor which is energized by supply of electric power from a battery through a motor circuit to produce torque; an output shaft which rotates when subjected to the torque, as produced by said motor; a pinion gear through which the torque, as produced by said motor, is transmitted to a ring gear coupled to an engine; a pinion movable body which is movable along said output shaft together with said pinion gear; a solenoid switch which works to produce a magnetic attraction to attract a plunger to thrust said pinion gear toward the ring gear and has a first and a second terminal bolt connectable with the motor circuit; a motor on-off relay which has relay contacts disposed in the motor circuit and opens or closes the relay contacts electrically; a controller which electrically controls an operation of said solenoid switch and an operation of said motor on-off relay when the engine is restarted during deceleration of the engine prior to stop of the engine; and delay means for delaying a second operation time that is a time when said motor on-off relay is to be energized until after a first operation time that is a time when said solenoid switch is to be energized on when the engine is restarted, wherein said solenoid switch does not work to establish or block flow of the electric power to said motor and has the first and second terminal bolts disconnected from the motor circuit, wherein said motor on-off relay works to open or close the relay contacts to block or establish flow of the electric power from the battery to said motor, and wherein said delay means produces a time lag between the first and second operation times so as to turn on said motor on-off relay to establish the flow of the electric power to said motor after said pinion gear is moved by said solenoid switch to the ring gear and then engages the ring gear at least partially or to a maximum movable position where engagement of said pinion gear with the ring gear is to be established and then engages the ring gear. | 48,053 |
8,782,373 | 1. A method of accessing data from a memory system that has multiple parts including at least a first part of the memory system and a second part of the memory system, the first part of the memory system being different from the second part of the memory system in that the first part of the memory system has different access characteristics than the second part of the memory system or the first part of the memory system is used for a different type of memory-dependent operation than the second part of the memory system, the method comprising: receiving a command from an application to access a data structure associated with multiple virtual addresses mapped to the memory system; querying, based on the virtual addresses associated with the data structure, a table that manages first virtual addresses associated with first physical addresses in the first part of the memory system and second virtual addresses associated with second physical addresses within the second part of the memory system; identifying, based on results of querying the table, a first subset of the virtual addresses for the data structure having constituent addresses that are mapped to the first part of the memory system and a second subset of the virtual addresses for the data structure having constituent addresses that are mapped to the second part of the memory system; in response to identifying the first subset of virtual addresses for the data structure that are mapped to the first part of the memory system, identifying, from among the first physical addresses in the first part of the memory system, a first subset of physical addresses in the first part of the memory system that correspond to the first subset of virtual addresses for the data structure and accessing data from the first part of the memory system using the first subset of physical addresses; in response to identifying the second subset of virtual addresses for the data structure that are mapped to the second part of the memory system, identifying, from among the second physical addresses within the second part of the memory system, a second subset of physical addresses within the second part of the memory system that correspond to the second subset of virtual addresses for the data structure and accessing data from the second part of the memory system using the second subset of physical addresses; generating a response to the command received from the application to access the data structure by integrating the data accessed from the first part of the memory system using the first subset of physical addresses and the data accessed from the second part of the memory system using the second subset of physical addresses; and providing the generated response to the application without providing the application with an indication of whether the data included in the response was accessed within the first part of the memory system or the second part of the memory system. | 31,204 |
8,761,417 | 1. A method of inducing tactile stimulation of musical tonal frequencies in a transducer interface comprising: providing a transducer that generates vibrations in response to an electrical signal that is encoded with said musical tonal frequencies, such that said vibrations have a frequency that corresponds to said musical tonal frequencies; providing a first diaphragm disposed on a first side of said transducer that is mechanically coupled to said transducer so that said vibrations are transferred from said transducer to said diaphragm; providing a first interface layer that is capable of transmitting said vibrations having frequencies corresponding to said musical tonal frequencies; placing said first diaphragm in contact with said first interface layer to transfer said vibrations from said diaphragm to said first transducer layer that correspond to said musical tonal frequencies. | 44,126 |
9,847,900 | 1. A receiver for detecting and recovering payload data from a received signal, the receiver comprising radio frequency demodulation circuitry configured to detect and to recover the received signal, the received signal carrying the payload data in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols in one or more of a plurality of time divided frames, each frame including a preamble including a plurality of bootstrap OFDM symbols, one or more of the bootstrap OFDM symbols of the preamble carrying signalling data represented as a relative cyclic shift of a signature sequence which has been combined with the one or more of the bootstrap OFDM symbols, a bootstrap processor configured to detect the signalling data from the bootstrap OFDM symbols using an estimate of the channel transfer function determined from one or more of the bootstrap OFDM symbols, and a demodulator circuit configured to recover the payload data from the payload OFDM symbols using the signalling data, wherein the bootstrap processor comprises a channel shaper, which is configured to convolve a time domain copy of the signature sequence with the estimate of the channel impulse response to generate a channel shaped signature sequence, a cross-correlator circuitry configured to cross-correlate the useful part of each of the one or more bootstrap OFDM symbols with the channel shaped time domain copy of the signature sequence, and a cyclic shift detector configured to estimate the signalling data conveyed by each of the one or more bootstrap OFDM symbols by detecting a cyclic shift of the signature sequence present in each of the one or more bootstrap OFDM symbols from a peak of the samples representing a result of the cross-correlation. | 2,488 |
8,888,299 | 1. A light source device comprising: a discharge lamp that has a first electrode and a second electrode; a driving device that supplies a driving current to the first electrode and the second electrode; and a voltage detecting unit that detects an inter-electrode voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein if the inter-electrode voltage decreases to a first value, the driving device supplies a first driving current having a first frequency to the discharge lamp, wherein if the inter-electrode voltage increases to a second value larger than the first value, the driving device supplies a second driving, current having a second frequency to the discharge lamp, wherein the first frequency is higher than 1 kHz, and wherein the second frequency is equal to or lower than 1 kHz. | 40,934 |
8,798,760 | 1. A system for remotely programming a patient medical device (PMD), comprising: a non-regulated user interface configured to receive caregiver-selected programming instructions, wherein the non-regulated user interface is configured to limit the selection of programming instructions to a subset of all possible PMD instructions that are appropriate for programming remotely; a regulated device configured to translate the caregiver-selected programming instructions specified remotely at the non-regulated user interface into commands formatted for the patient medical device to control functionality thereof, and to check correctness of the PMD-formatted commands; a signing device to digitally sign the PMD-formatted commands prior to transmittal; and a remote programming device configured to control application of the PMD-formatted commands to the PMD during a programming session initiated and performed remotely, wherein the remote programming device confirms application of the PMD-formatted commands through interrogation of the PMD to verify the functionality modified. | 39,352 |
9,751,412 | 1. A cable installment type charging control device for charging an electric vehicle (EV) by using power of a grid-side, the cable installment type charging control device comprising: a first relay delivering power of the grid-side to an EV-side; a second relay delivering power of the grid-side to the EV-side; an AC-DC converter generating a driving voltage by using AC power between the grid-side of the first relay and the grid-side of the second relay; a first sub fusion detecting unit comprising: a third relay having one end connected to the EV-side of the first relay; a first resistor having one end connected to the third relay; a first pull-up resistor having one end supplied by the driving voltage; and a first photo coupler including a light emitting diode connected between another end of the first resistor and one end of the second relay and a transistor connected between another end of the first pull-up resistor and a ground, wherein the transistor is turned on when the light emitting diode is emitting light, and wherein the first sub fusion detecting unit outputs a logic high signal or a logic low signal corresponding to the driving voltage according to whether a current flows through the light emitting diode; and wherein the cable installment type charging control device further comprises a control unit configured to: turn off the third relay in a state where the first and second relays are turned off; and determine that the first relay is not fused on when the logic low signal is input and that the first relay is fused on when the logic high signal is input. | 14,266 |
9,254,721 | 1. The base tire comprising: a base rubber forming an outer periphery of the base tire to which a tread rubber is applied; a pair of mini side rubbers, each provided at an axial edge of the base rubber; and a pair of outer rubber layers, each provided axially outside of a corresponding one of the mini side rubbers, each outer rubber layer overlapping an axially outer side of the corresponding mini side rubber, wherein: | 2,312 |
9,522,148 | 1. A method of treating traumatic brain injury or a symptom of traumatic brain injury in a patient who suffered a primary injury to the head during a traumatic event resulting in physical damage, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a combination of levocetrizine and montelukast, wherein the traumatic brain injury occurs as a result of a traumatic event selected from the group consisting of skull fracture and cerebral contusion. | 23,160 |
8,779,700 | 1. A system for use with a voltage source and a load and a capacitor, the voltage source defining first and second nodes, the capacitor connected to the second node and thereby defining a third node, the load connected with the first node and the third node, the voltage source comprising a plurality of series-connected energy sources; a module connected with the energy sources of the voltage source, the module connected with the capacitor at the second node and the third node; the module comprising an inductor; the module further comprising a plurality of first bidirectional circuits, each first bidirectional circuit connected with a respective energy source of the voltage source and connected with the inductor; the module further comprising a second bidirectional circuit, the second bidirectional circuit connected with the capacitor and connected with the inductor; the module further comprising a controller connected with the first bidirectional circuits and with the second bidirectional circuit and disposed to control the bidirectional circuits to pass energy therebetween. | 21,697 |
9,806,083 | 1. A static random access memory (SRAM) bit cell comprising: a plurality of tracks employed in a first metal layer; a write wordline employed in a second metal layer different from the first metal layer; a first read wordline employed in a third metal layer different from the first metal layer and the second metal layer; a second read wordline employed in a fourth metal layer different from the first metal layer, the second metal layer, and the third metal layer; each first read wordline landing pad of a plurality of first read wordline landing pads disposed on a corresponding track of the plurality of tracks, wherein: each second read wordline landing pad of a plurality of second read wordline landing pads disposed on a corresponding track of the plurality of tracks, wherein: each write wordline landing pad of a plurality of write wordline landing pads disposed on a corresponding track of the plurality of tracks, wherein: | 14,711 |
8,882,400 | 1. A solids feeder in communication with a flow of solids from a solids source and a flow of conveying fluid from a fluid source, the solids feeder comprising: a feeder body; a disc disposed within the feeder body, wherein the disc at least partially imparts flow to the flow of solids; an outlet channel of feeder body with the flow of the solids therein; and a discharge port in fluid communication with the outlet channel, wherein the outlet channel supplies the flow of solids to the discharge port, wherein the discharge port comprises: | 12,860 |
9,688,462 | 1. An egg holder comprising: a top portion comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface comprises a first vertical connector; a plurality of legs protruding from the lower surface and disposed vertically, wherein a bottom of the plurality of legs comprises a second vertical connector configured to mate and releasably connect with the first vertical connector of another egg holder; a plurality of sides formed by the plurality of legs, wherein a first side comprises a first elongated tab protruding therefrom and a fourth side comprises a second elongated tab protruding therefrom, wherein each of the first elongated tab and the second elongated tab are disposed horizontally and comprise a rectangular shape having a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface wherein a second side comprises a first elongated slot disposed horizontally and a third side comprises a second elongated slot disposed horizontally, wherein the elongated tabs are configured to horizontally insert into the elongated slots of other egg holders; and an egg cup comprising an ovoid shape formed on the top portion and sized to secure an egg within, wherein the cup extends downwards from the top portion and is disposed in between the plurality of legs, wherein the plurality of legs comprises a perimeter sized to border no more than one egg cup in between. | 41,233 |
8,827,851 | 1. A power transmission belt, comprising: an endless band-like ring, and a plurality of elements stacked and bonded in pressable relationship with one another through the endless band-like ring, each of the elements, respectively, having both side end surface portions at its both ends in the belt width direction to be held in pressing engagement with pulleys, a rocking edge portion rockably engaged with either one of a pair of other elements adjacent to the both side surfaces of the element, and a concave-convex engagement portion engageable in concave and convex relationship with the pair of other elements, each of the elements including a plate-like portion having the both side end surface portions, a first convex portion projecting from one surface of the plate-like portion toward either one of the pair of other elements, and a second convex portion projecting from the one surface of the plate-like portion to be in spaced relationship with the first convex portion to constitute the rocking edge portion projecting from at least one surface of the plate-like portion to both sides of the slate-like portion in the belt width direction, each of the elements and the pair of other elements being engaged in pressable relationship with one another by the first convex portion and the second convex portion, and a projection height of the first convex portion from the one surface of the plate-like portion is larger than a projection height of the second convex portion from the one surface of the plate-like portion. | 27,419 |
8,946,678 | 1. A photodetector comprising: an array of semiconductor nanowires either standing vertically on a conducting substrate and capped by a conductor transparent to light, or lying horizontally on a non-conducting substrate and capped by conductors at both ends; and wire leads attached to the conductors and conducting substrate for connection to an electrical circuit; wherein an insulating layer is disposed between the semiconductor nanowires and one of the conductors or the conducting substrate at one end. | 25,431 |
9,562,948 | 1. A control device of a secondary battery using, as a positive electrode material, a positive electrode active material that shows a difference of an open circuit voltage curve between during charge and discharge, comprising: a storing unit that stores a reference SOC-open circuit voltage curve showing a relationship between an SOC and an open circuit voltage, which becomes a reference upon calculating a current SOC of the secondary battery; and an SOC calculating unit that calculates the current SOC of the secondary battery from a current open circuit voltage of the secondary battery on the basis of the reference SOC-open circuit voltage curve, and during the charge of the secondary battery, the SOC calculating unit calculating, as the current SOC of the secondary battery, a value that is lower than a value of the SOC corresponding to the current open circuit voltage of the secondary battery on the reference SOC-open circuit voltage curve, and during the discharge of the secondary battery, the SOC calculating unit calculating, as the current SOC of the secondary battery, a value that is higher than the value of the SOC corresponding to the current open circuit voltage of the secondary battery on the reference SOC-open circuit voltage curve. | 8,740 |
9,669,891 | 1. A bicycle comprising a frame having a seat-tube, the frame having mounted thereon a front wheel, a rear wheel, a pair of handlebars coupled to the front wheel through a front fork, and a saddle having a seat-post for insertion into the seat-tube, and in which there is provided a detachably mounted drivetrain for releasable engagement of the frame to allow conversion of the bike to and from a balance bicycle and a pedal bicycle, and in which the bicycle frame itself is configurable to provide a frame that is height-adjustable to allow alteration of the height of the seat tube above the ground and reach-adjustable to allow alteration of the distance between the saddle and the handlebars, and in which the frame comprises a two part frame, a first part and a second part, and in which the second part is adjustably mounted on the first part to allow alteration of the height of the seat tube above the ground and alteration of the distance between the saddle and the handlebars, and in which the first part comprises a front frame part having a head tube and the second part comprises a rear frame part having a pair of chainstays and the seat-tube, and in which the rear frame part is rotatable relative to the front frame part. | 37,933 |
8,439,065 | 1. An automatic bleed valve comprising: a plenum chamber; an air detection system comprising an LED and a photoelectric diode, the LED configured to illuminate the photoelectric diode when air is detected in the plenum chamber; a first comparator circuit which takes in the output voltage of the photoelectric diode, the first comparator circuit provides a generally constant output voltage when the output voltage of the photoelectric diode corresponds to a voltage signaling that air is detected in the plenum chamber; an integrator circuit in series with the first comparator circuit, the integrator circuit providing an output voltage to a second comparator circuit which takes in an output of the integrator circuit; and a vent solenoid which can be actuated to bleed gas from the valve when a predetermined threshold voltage of the second comparator circuit is met by the output voltage of the integrator circuit. | 27,670 |
8,863,518 | 1. An integrated process for the gasification of waste automotive tires in an oil refinery comprising: a. preparing the waste tires so that they are substantially free of metal; b. shredding the waste tires to produce a free-flowing mass of hydrocarbon-containing particles that are substantially free of metal; c. introducing the waste tire particles into a moving fluid feedstream containing residual oil produced in the refinery's operation to form a pressurized fluidized feedstock containing the solid waste tire particles that is a pumpable dispersion; d. injecting the fluidized feedstock containing solid waste tire particles in residual oil into the combustion chamber of a tubular wall membrane partial oxidation gasification reactor and introducing into the reactor a predetermined amount of oxygen, where the amount of waste tire particles and oxygen entering the reactor are controlled to provide a stoichiometric balance for partial combustion based on the hydrocarbon content of the waste tire particles; e. operating the gasification reactor at a temperature in the range of 900° C. to 1700° C. and a pressure of from 20 to 100 bars; f. subjecting the feedstock to partial oxidation to maximize the production of synthesis gas consisting of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and to produce a slag material; g. recovering the hydrogen and carbon monoxide synthesis gas from the reactor; h. passing the hot synthesis gas to a water-cooled heat exchanger to cool the synthesis gas; and i. recovering high pressure steam from the heat exchanger and introducing the steam into a turbine to produce electricity for use in refinery operations. | 6,026 |
9,352,886 | 1. A container comprising: a thermoformed thermoplastic base having a bottom wall with an upwardly extending side wall and an upper wall which extends from the side wall, a product compartment being defined above the bottom wall; portions of the base upper wall which define a retention tab, the retention tab being surrounded by a weakened line of material formed in the base upper wall; a thermoformed thermoplastic lid which overlies the base and the product compartment, the lid having an upper wall which overlies the base upper wall; an enclosure element positioned between the base and the lid and engaged between the lid upper wall and the base upper wall; and portions of the retention tab which are connected through an opening in the enclosure element to engage the lid to thereby define a secured connection between the lid and the retention tab which engages portions of the enclosure element between the retention tab and the lid, such that when the lid is separated from the base the retention tab is detached from the base along the weakened line of material and retained by the secured connection to the lid, the enclosure element being retained by the retention tab to the lid upper wall. | 22,893 |
9,425,481 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: a cathode; an anode; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the cathode includes any one of a first lithium-containing compound and a second lithium-containing compound, the first lithium-containing compound having a bedded salt-type crystal structure, wherein the second lithium-containing compound having an olivine-type crystal structure, wherein the cathode includes a cathode active material layer and a coat provided on the cathode active material layer; wherein the photoelectron spectrum of oxygen 1s associated with the first lithium-containing compound and the photoelectron spectrum of oxygen 1s associated with the second lithium-containing compound are obtained by surface analysis of the coat; wherein the coat includes a polymer compound; wherein the polymer compound includes a repeating unit that includes oxygen; and wherein the polymer compound includes a carbonic acid bond (—O—C(═O)—O—) in the repeating unit. | 8,769 |
9,839,952 | 1. A die for a punching device, comprising: a) a die base body, b) a workpiece support body provided on the die base body to support a workpiece to be machined, c) a cutting to length mechanism for producing a recess in the workpiece by cutting a workpiece part to length, which is fixedly connected to the remaining workpiece by means of a connection end piece during the cutting to length and is bent from the remaining workpiece for the cutting to length into the die, wherein the cutting to length mechanism comprises: d) a guide mechanism for guiding the workpiece part, and wherein the cutting to length element is arranged on the die base body, the counter-cutting to length element is arranged on the workpiece support body, and the workpiece support body is movable relative to the die base body along a cutting to length stroke axis of the die. | 43,867 |
8,973,356 | 1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder block defining at least one cylinder; a cylinder head coupled to the cylinder block; a modular exhaust manifold coupled to the cylinder head and configured to receive exhaust gas from the cylinder head, the modular exhaust manifold including a plurality of exhaust manifold segments coupled together along a common axis, and each of the exhaust manifold segments includes a segment of a water jacket tube defining a plurality of liquid coolant passages and a segment of an exhaust tube received within the water jacket tube segment; and the plurality of exhaust manifold segments including at least two adjacent exhaust manifold segments and a joint disposed between the at least two adjacent exhaust manifold segments, the joint having a first sealing member configured to seal at least one of the exhaust tube segments at the joint and a second sealing member configured to seal at least one of the liquid coolant passages at the joint, the first and second sealing members being supported on and movable with different components, and the second sealing member including at least one o-ring seal, wherein adjoining ends of the adjacent exhaust manifold segments each include a radial flange defining an engagement face configured for coupling the adjacent exhaust manifold segments together, and wherein the first sealing member includes a gasket positioned between the engagement face of each of the adjoining ends of the adjacent exhaust manifold segments. | 41,212 |
9,069,655 | 1. An on-vehicle apparatus comprising: a storage device including a plurality of storage areas; a positional information generating section for generating, at every one of a first prescribed timing, a positional information piece representing a position of the vehicle which occurs at said every one of the first prescribed timing, and for writing the generated positional information piece into one of the storage areas, wherein the positional information generating section includes a GPS receiver; a positional information controlling section for sending positional information pieces in the storage areas to a positional information collecting apparatus at every one of a second prescribed timing, and for allowing new positional information pieces to be written into the storage areas in which the sent positional information pieces are stored; and wherein in cases where the positional information controlling section is not sending the positional information pieces in the storage areas to the positional information collecting apparatus, the positional information controlling section allows a new positional information piece or pieces to be written into one or more of the storage areas which store a positional information piece or pieces having not been sent yet; an angle deciding section for, in cases where the positional information pieces having not been sent yet include a first positional information piece, a second positional information piece generated after generation of the first positional information piece, and a third positional information piece generated after generation of the second positional information piece, calculating a first straight line connecting a position represented by the first positional information piece and a position represented by the second positional information piece, calculating a second straight line connecting the position represented by the second positional information piece and a position represented by the third positional information piece, calculating an angle formed between the first straight line and the second straight line, and deciding whether or not the calculated angle is smaller than a prescribed threshold angle; wherein in cases where the angle deciding section decides that the calculated angle is smaller than the prescribed threshold angle, the positional information controlling section inhibits a new positional information piece from being written into the storage area storing the second positional information piece. | 40,971 |
9,234,290 | 1. A process for metal plating, comprising plating metal using an electrolyte solution comprising at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of a carbonate, heterocyclic compound, ester, ether, aromatic compound and a mixture thereof, as component A, at least one electrolyte as component B and from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the total electrolyte solution, of at least one compound of the formula (I), wherein X X X m is an integer from 0 to 4, R the radicals R | 44,025 |
8,854,844 | 1. An AC/DC converter, comprising: a rectifier circuit, which converts an alternate current (AC) into a direct current (DC), having an input port and an output port, wherein the input port receives the AC, and the DC comes out via the output port; and a power factor correction circuit comprising a first inductor, a second inductor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first diode and a second diode; | 25,256 |
9,013,574 | 1. A machine vision inspection system comprising an imaging portion, a stage for holding one or more workpieces in a field of view of the imaging portion, a control portion including a processor, a display, and a user interface, wherein the machine vision inspection system further comprises: a run mode configured such that it is operable to execute a previously created part program using a run mode of execution; a learn mode configured such that it is operable to receive user input to control operations of the machine vision inspection system and record associated part program instructions corresponding to the controlled operations in order to create a part program, the learn mode including a learn mode user interface comprising: wherein the learn mode is configured such that when user input is received that provides a first respective set of controlled operations of the machine vision inspection system that include operations that determine and display a first respective set of results in the results window, then the learn mode is operable to automatically provide operations comprising: wherein the learn mode user interface is configured such that the results window and the editing window operate according to a set of inter-window auto scroll operations including: marking at least one instruction representation of the first respective set of instruction representations displayed in the editing window with an indicator to indicate that it corresponds to the member of the first respective results selected by the user in the results window. | 23,933 |
9,493,036 | 1. A film for a tire inner liner comprising: a base film layer comprising a copolymer comprising a polyamide-based segment and a polyether-based segment, and a polyamide-based resin; and an adhesive layer formed on at least one side of the base film layer and comprising a resorcinol-formalin-latex (RFL)-based adhesive, wherein a tensile recovery rate of the base film layer according to the following Formula 1 is 30% to 80%: in Formula 1, L | 18,864 |
9,039,918 | 1. A lithium ion conducting ceramic material having the general formulation: wherein M wherein 0.05<x<0.5, 0.05<y<2, 0≦z<3, 0<δ<0.5; wherein M wherein M wherein M wherein M | 35,854 |
8,660,067 | 1. Apparatus for communicating between a server of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system and a distribution automation (DA) device, the AMI system comprising a wireless network of metering devices that communicate in accordance with a first communications protocol, each metering device defining a node on the wireless network and each node having a unique identifier on the wireless network, the DA device being adapted to communicate in accordance with a second protocol that is different from the first protocol of the wireless network of metering devices, the apparatus comprising: a first communications interface that operates in accordance with the first communications protocol to communicate via said wireless network of the AMI system; a second communications interface adapted to enable the apparatus to be connected to a corresponding interface of the DA device; a memory containing one or more ANSI C12.19-compliant data tables; and a processor that operates to: | 43,966 |
9,019,879 | 1. In a method for receiving system information update control information by a mobile station operating in a sleep mode in a wireless communication system, the method comprises: receiving system information update control information from a base station during a listening window, the system information update control information including information on whether or not a change has occurred in each of a plurality of secondary super frame header subpacket information elements (hereinafter referred to as “S-SFH SP IEs”); and receiving a changed S-SFH SP IE by using the received system information update control information, wherein the system information update control information includes a first field and a second field, wherein the first field indicates version information of an S-SFH that is to be transmitted at a time point when the system information update control information is being transmitted, or after a time point when the system information update control information is being transmitted, and wherein the second field indicates which S-SFH SP IE has been changed. | 17,626 |
8,555,760 | 1. An apparatus for detaching a workpiece from a cutting table, which workpiece comprises a cutting cut out from a flexible web made of fiber material, the apparatus comprising: a raising device which is displaceable relative to the cutting table receiving the web with the cutting and which comprises a run-up surface for the workpiece ascending from the cutting table for progressively lifting the workpiece from the cutting table, a receiving device progressively receiving the workpiece after the run-up surface, and a lifting device for the edge of the workpiece facing the raising device, the lifting device being provided at a distance above the cutting table, comprising a receiver which can be adjusted to the length of the boundary section of the cutting facing the raising device, the lifting device lifting the workpiece off of the cutting table and holding the received boundary section in a transfer position lifted off from the cutting table, wherein the raising device is displaceable between the lifting device and the web resting on the cutting table, and wherein the raising device and the lifting device are oriented such that the raising device is movable to be between the lifting device and the flexible web lying on the cutting table and to be underneath the received boundary section of the cutting in the transfer position lifted off from the cutting table by the lifting device. | 38,350 |
9,849,768 | 1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a first panel member and a second panel member configured to form part of a framework of a vehicle extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a first frame member and a second frame member configured to form part of the framework of the vehicle and extending in a vehicle width direction between the first and second panel members; a power storage device including a battery portion and a controlling portion, an entire part of the battery portion being accommodated in a space between a floor in a passenger compartment and a floor panel and between the first frame member and the second frame member, wherein the floor panel includes a first floor panel portion, a second floor panel portion, and a swelling portion that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction along a vehicle central axis, the first floor panel portion extending beneath the battery portion and the controlling portion from the first panel member to the swelling portion, the second floor panel portion extending from the second panel member to the swelling portion, the swelling portion protruding from the first and second floor panel portions toward the floor, the battery portion and the controlling portion are accommodated entirely on opposite sides of the first frame member, the entire controlling portion is disposed closer than an upper surface of the swelling portion to the first floor panel portion, the battery portion and the controlling portion are accommodated entirely on one side of the swelling portion, and a cooling device configured to cool down the power storage device is accommodated on the other side of the swelling portion, the second floor panel portion extending beneath the cooling device. | 16,534 |
9,828,391 | 1. A method of treating an upper or lower respiratory tract infection, a urinary tract infection, an intra-abdominal infection, or a skin infection; the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or Formula (Ia), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, polymorph, stereoisomer, tautomer, or N oxide, thereof: wherein: p is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; | 27,365 |
8,637,641 | 1. An antibody comprising: a) a variant heavy chain constant domain polypeptide comprising a variant of SEQ ID NO:2 wherein said variant comprises the amino acid substitutions S119E/K133E/T164E/K205E/N208D/K210E; and b) a variant light chain constant domain polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:8; wherein numbering is according to the EU index as in Kabat. | 19,033 |
8,432,140 | 1. A dual mode boost regulator in an integrated circuit device ( 102 ), comprising: a power source terminal ( a power source common terminal ( an inductor terminal ( a external transistor gate control terminal ( a voltage output terminal ( a boost regulator mode select terminal ( a voltage sense terminal ( a transistor switching control circuit ( a first power transistor ( a voltage feedback circuit ( a start-up circuit ( an oscillator ( a second power transistor ( a first voltage measurement device ( a second voltage measurement device ( a mode selection switch ( wherein | 48,882 |
9,325,487 | 1. A system for transferring a signal from a first clock domain to a second clock domain, the system comprising: a metastability detector configured to detect a metastability state between circuitry in a first clock domain and circuitry in a second clock domain, the metastability state occurring when the circuitry in the second clock domain receives an input data signal in the first clock domain that violates a timing requirement of the circuitry in the second clock domain, the metastability detector being configured to (i) determine a relationship between the input data signal and a clock signal of the second clock domain, and (ii) detect the metastability state based on the relationship; and a metastability mitigator configured to force the circuitry in the second clock domain out of the metastability state to a correct logic level value in response to the metastability state being detected. | 9,987 |
9,685,950 | 1. An energy-saving electronic touch switch comprising: a touch sensing module; a power supply module; and a switch driving module, wherein the touch sensing module is used for receiving a touch sensing signal inputted by a capacitive touch switch, and for controlling an action of the switch driving module according to the touch sensing signal, so as to switch on a power supply circuit for a load; the power supply module feeds power to the touch sensing module; the power supply module receives power from a circuit that includes a rectifying bridge group that comprises three rectifying bridges (BD the three rectifying bridges are connected in parallel to output to a first primary input terminal of a transformer T; positive output terminals of the rectifying bridge BD a common point of the current limiting resistance R the audion Q a filter capacitor C a resistance R the resistance R the second terminal of the phototriode in the optocoupler OP an output of a secondary main coil is outputted to the touch sensing module and a relay and driving module to feed power via a rectifying diode D | 44,127 |
8,788,496 | 1. A method of organizing information, said method comprising: accessing a plurality of diverse data items related to a physical location, said diverse data items including geospatial data associated with individual data items of said diverse data items, said diverse data items comprising at least a non-visual data item and a visual imagery data item; parsing said diverse data items by data type; storing said diverse data items in a data store such that said diverse data items are accessible by one or more of said geospatial data associated with said individual data items; and in response to receiving a request regarding said physical location, processing said diverse data items related to said physical location to produce an integrated image displayable via a web viewer, said integrated image comprising an integration of at least two of said stored diverse data items, wherein said at least two of said stored diverse data items comprises a first image of an as-built condition of said object of interest at said physical location and a second image of a design of said object of interest, wherein said processing comprises: adjusting an opacity of at least one of said first image and said second image such that said first image and said second image may be overlapped without obscuring visible content of either said first image or said second image. | 38,561 |
9,271,238 | 1. An application aware method of mobile network radio state transitioning from a higher power state to a lower power state, comprising: providing a radio access network that receives mobile network radio signals including an information element, the radio access network further selectively transmitting a transition radio signal following receipt of the information element; providing user equipment that transmits mobile network radio signals and that receives transition radio signals and then transitions the user equipment from a higher power state to a lower power state, wherein providing user equipment includes operating a fast dormancy optimizer that: determines that the information element is to be sent to cause a transition from a higher power state to a lower power state based on a monitoring of a running application; implements context awareness and learning and modifies, following the determination that the information element is to be sent, a send time at which the information element is to be sent based on said context awareness and learning; and sends the information element, following the modification of the send time at which the information element is to be sent, at the modified send time. | 29,204 |
8,561,737 | 1. A charging cable-housing device comprising: a charging cable that supplies electric power from an external electric power source to a vehicle; a rotatable bobbin on which the charging cable is wound, the bobbin is disposed in a rear portion of the vehicle; a shaft portion that rotatably supports the bobbin; a casing that houses the bobbin, the casing has an extraction opening through which the charging cable is extracted out, the extraction opening is provided at a position on a rotation center line of the bobbin; a side wall portion that is fixed to the shaft portion. the side wall portion is disposed nearer to the extraction opening than the bobbin; and a guide member having a lead-out portion and a guide portion, the lead-out portion leads out the charging cable wound around the bobbin, the guide portion includes a first guide portion and a second guide portion. the first guide portion guides the charging cable led out by the lead-out portion to a location that is above the extraction opening, the second guide portion guides the charging cable guided by the first guide portion to the extraction opening. | 47,431 |
9,255,724 | 1. A system for supporting an evaporable getter or a vacuum gauge, comprising: a clip shaped support having a homogeneous thickness, and made of a single piece that includes two pins, each of the two pins including a lower part, and an upper part, the lower part of each of the two pins being folded to form a deformed “S” shape having a lower segment, a middle segment, and an upper segment, the lower, middle, and upper segments being generally parallel to each other, wherein the lower and middle segments of the lower part of each of the two pins are joined at a first end of the middle segment and the middle and upper segments of the lower part of each of the two pins are joined at a second end of the middle segment opposite the first end, and the upper parts of the two pins are bent to depart substantially perpendicularly upward from the upper segments and are joined together to form a ring; an expansion compensator element; and a bridge-shaped attaching element having a central portion and two ends, the two ends affixed to a surface of the expansion compensator element and the central portion spaced from the surface of the expansion compensator element, forming an opening between the central portion of the bridge-shaped attaching element and the surface of the expansion compensator element; wherein the lower part of each of the two pins is fastened by the bridge-shaped attaching element. | 17,109 |
8,647,276 | 1. An ultrasonic diagnostic device comprising, an ultrasound probe for transmitting a focused beam toward each of multiple focused points in a tissue of a living body to generate displacement of the tissues at focused points, thereby producing multiple shear waves, then transmitting a beam for displacement detection toward a displacement detector point where interference between the shear waves is caused for detecting the displacement of the tissue according to the shear wave, and receiving an echo signal of the beam for displacement detection from the living body; a focused point setter for setting the focused points, and the displacement detector point wherein interference between the shear waves is caused; and a displacement detector for detecting the displacement of the tissue at the displacement detector point according to the shear wave from the echo signal, and estimating a shear wave velocity based on the displacement of the tissue. | 5,727 |
8,587,651 | 1. A surveillance video system comprising: a surveillance image database storing a sequence of surveillance image files for a common area having image acquisition time metadata associated therewith, the sequence of surveillance image files defining an image acquisition rate; and a processor cooperating with said surveillance image database and configured to | 10,056 |
9,820,640 | 1. A camera system for minimally-invasive surgery, comprising: a camera comprising an optics, wherein the optics is connected to at least one transparent film and the at least one transparent film is removable, wherein the at least one transparent film comprises a plurality of portions that have been folded onto each other in a meandering configuration. | 23,013 |
9,235,246 | 1. A computing device, comprising: a connection module, comprising: a processing unit and a logic expansion unit, wherein the processing unit and the logic expansion unit are coupled to each other, and when the computing device is at a normal mode, the processing unit provides the power switching signal, acquires a connection status between the connection module and the external peripheral device, and controls the logic expansion unit to record the connection status; and a switching unit coupled to the processing unit and the logic expansion unit and configured to switch the power switching signal provided by the processing unit and the logic expansion unit according to which mode, the normal mode or a power saving mode, the computing device is under; wherein when the computing device is converted from the normal mode to the power saving mode, the logic expansion unit provides the power switching signal according to the connection status, such that the power switch stop providing electric power to the connection module which is not connected with the external peripheral device, and wherein the logic expansion unit continuously receives the electric power when the computing device is in the power saving mode. | 14,009 |
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