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9,589,876 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a first semiconductor die including an active surface and a back surface; a second semiconductor die including an active surface and a back surface, wherein the active surface of the first semiconductor die is attached to the back surface of the second semiconductor die; a vertical interconnect structure disposed adjacent to the first semiconductor die; an encapsulant deposited around the vertical interconnect structure, wherein the vertical interconnect structure extends partially through the encapsulant from above the active surface of the first semiconductor die to beyond a first surface of the encapsulant; and a conductive layer formed over the first semiconductor die and a second surface of the encapsulant opposite the first surface of the encapsulant, wherein the conductive layer extends into a first via in the encapsulant to contact the vertical interconnect structure. | 12,265 |
9,120,381 | 1. An infotelematic system for a road vehicle, comprising: at least one liquid-crystal display; and a control device for controlling the information appearing on the display and comprising a plane plate presenting a top surface in view; wherein the control device comprises: a first cross-shaped path, which is obtained on the top surface of the plane plate, is made of touch-sensitive material, and is constituted by two continuous elongated areas of touch-sensitive material that are perpendicular each to other and do not present any interruption of the touch-sensitive material; a second, closed, path of a circular shape, which is obtained on the top surface of the plane plate, is made of touch-sensitive material, and surrounds the first cross- shaped path; a slider, which is slidably mounted so as to slide along the circular closed path under the thrust of the user's finger; a first sensor device coupled to the plane plate for detecting a tactile pressure on the first cross-shaped path and to detect a tactile pressure on the second circular closed path; wherein the first cross-shaped path is highlighted by means of a differentiation of height with respect to the rest of the top surface of the plane plate; wherein the plane plate has at the top an aluminum plate that constitutes the top surface of the plane plate; and wherein the first sensor device comprises a sensitive film set immediately underneath the aluminum plate. | 6,766 |
9,232,216 | 1. A method for assessing the quality of a transmitted video signal sequence at the receiver side, the method comprising the steps of: a) capturing the received input video bit stream prior to decoding and supplying it to a video bit stream analyzer; b) extracting, during a measurement time window, one or more features from the captured packet headers by the bit stream analyzer, without analyzing or decoding the packet payload; c) computing from the one or more features, a single parameter, xwpSEQ, representing an estimate of the spatio-temporal extent of the signal degradation due to packet-loss, wherein the single parameter, xwpSEQ, is based on the number (N) of Group of Pictures (GOPs) in the measurement window and the spatio-temporal extent (xl_k) of the losses occurring in the affected Group of Pictures (k), wherein the spatio-temporal extent (xl_k) of the losses occurring in a Group of Pictures (k) is calculated based on the proportion of impaired pixels in the hit frame due to a loss event (xl_i), the loss location relative to the start of the GOP (t_i), and the length of the GOP (T_k) using the relation xl_k=Σ d) supplying the determined parameter to a quality estimation module; and e) calculating, by the quality estimation module, a quality measure due to packet loss (Q | 48,435 |
8,654,525 | 1. A mounting system comprising: a carrier mountable to a component, including a first tab and a second tab, the carrier insertable into a compartment of a computing device along a first direction; a clip associated with the compartment to receive the first tab along a second direction non-parallel to the first direction; and a latch associated with the compartment including a latching portion deflectable along the first direction from a locked position to an unlocked position, in response to receiving the carrier in the compartment, wherein the carrier is movable along the second direction to enable the second tab to engage a retention portion of the latch, and the latching portion to assume the locked position, to isolate the carrier from movement in three dimensions relative to the latch. | 36,147 |
9,406,446 | 1. A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising: a supporting body made of a light-transmissive material; a laminate in which a conductive layer, a photoelectric conversion layer having a porous semiconductor layer with a dye adsorbed therein, a porous insulation layer, a counter electrode conductive layer, and a catalyst layer are laminated in an order presented, the counter electrode conductive layer being in direct contact with the catalyst layer, said photoelectric conversion layer and said porous insulation layer being filled with a carrier transport material, wherein pores are formed in said counter electrode conductive layer, wherein said catalyst layer material does not reach said porous insulation layer; and wherein said counter electrode conductive layer is made of one type of material selected from the group consisting of indium-tin complex oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, and zinc oxide. | 26,989 |
9,562,211 | 1. A cleaning composition, comprising: 1) at least one redox agent; 2) at least one first chelating agent, the first chelating agent being a polyaminopolycarboxylic acid; 3) at least one second chelating agent different from the first chelating agent, the second chelating agent comprising at least two nitrogen-containing groups; 4) at least one metal corrosion inhibitor, the metal corrosion inhibitor being a substituted or unsubstituted benzotriazole; 5) at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of water soluble alcohols, water soluble ketones, water soluble esters, and water soluble ethers; 6) water; and 7) optionally, at least one pH adjusting agent, the pH adjusting agent being a base free of a metal ion; wherein the composition is free of a metal halide of the formula W | 17,159 |
9,162,437 | 1. A frame assembly for supporting a printing screen, the frame assembly comprising: a frame unit to which a printing screen is in use supported; and a screen loading mechanism for loading the printing screen into and unloading the printing screen from the frame unit, wherein the screen loading mechanism comprises a screen loading member which is adapted to receive and support the printing screen in a screen-receiving position which is spaced from the frame unit and in which the printing screen can be loaded into or removed from the screen loading member, and the screen loading member is movably coupled to the frame unit between the screen-receiving position and a loaded position which is spaced from the screen-receiving position and in which the printing screen is moved towards the frame unit and loaded into the frame unit, and at least one actuator element which is coupled to the screen loading member and actuatable to move the screen loading member between the screen-receiving and loaded positions. | 3,171 |
8,638,579 | 1. Method for controlling a conversion structure for converting direct current to alternating current formed by at least one DC/AC stage with its respective control loops and modulator, comprising: calculating the input voltage reference value of each DC/AC stage by means of a regulator, in order for each DC/AC stage to function in a saturated manner for a controlled period of time; and maintaining the transistors of each DC/AC stage switched off during the saturation period. | 19,442 |
9,251,111 | 1. A data processing system, comprising: an interconnect; a plurality of processing nodes coupled to the interconnect; a fabric controller of the interconnect configured such that the fabric controller: | 2,180 |
8,461,183 | 1. A compound of formula: in which, G represents: R R R R R Y Y X with at least one of the groups X R′ X R″ R W represents: R′″ | 42,359 |
8,772,012 | 1. A nucleic acid selected from any of the following nucleic acids: a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence having at least 85% sequence identity with any of the full-length cDNA sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and the full-length nucleotide sequences complementary thereto; and a cDNA coding for a polypeptide having xylose isomerase activity comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity with any of the full-length amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14. | 43,029 |
9,067,500 | 1. A self rechargeable synergy drive apparatus of a motor vehicle equipped with a power supply and a plurality of wheels, comprising: conductive elements within confines of at least one wheel; induction means for generating a magnetic field in proximity of the conductive elements during the rotation of the at least one wheel; a motor/generator circuit means for passing electrical current from the power supply to the induction means and for passing induced electrical current from the induction means to said power supply as an energy boost; throttle pedal means for moving into and out of a throttle position that speeds rotation of the wheels of the motor vehicle; brake pedal means for moving in and out of a braking position that slows or stops the wheels of the motor vehicle under certain traveling speed conditions; eddy current braking means responsive to said brake pedal moving into the brake position to send electrical current from the power supply to the induction means to create eddy currents to resist continued rotation of the at least one wheel and to generate heat and for ceasing to send the electrical current to the induction means and thereby cease creation of the eddy currents in response to release of said brake pedal means from the braking position, said motor/generator circuit means passing induced electrical current from the induction means to said power supply as the energy boost independent of the throttle pedal means moving in and out of the throttle position so as to allow the passing of the induced electrical current from the induction means to said power supply even as the throttle pedal means remains in the throttle position; and fan blades rotatable in unison with rotation of the wheel to create airflow that passes through the at least one wheel and takes away the heat generated by the eddy currents. | 14,830 |
9,441,532 | 1. An engine assembly comprising: an internal combustion engine having an exhaust; first and second turbines driven by said exhaust; an energy storage mechanism coupled to the second turbine for storing energy recovered from said exhaust by said second turbine; an exhaust treatment device in an exhaust stream between the first and second turbines; an exhaust gas recirculation loop including an inlet between the engine and the first turbine and an outlet connected to an engine air inlet between a compressor driven by the first turbine and the engine; and an engine control unit that controls the energy storage mechanism and that controls recirculation of exhaust gases in the exhaust gas recirculation loop by manipulating back pressure of the engine by varying the rate of storing energy in the energy storage mechanism. | 21,567 |
9,653,730 | 1. An electrochemically active material comprising a mixture or blend of two groups of particles, said groups having differing chemical compositions and being selected from (a) at least one kind of particles of compounds of formula wherein in formula (I): x+y is >2 to 6.5, x is 0.1 to 4.5; and y is 0.01 to 2; and (b) at least one kind of particles of compounds of formula wherein in formula (II): x is >0 to 8; M is one or more transition metals, comprising at least one metal which is capable of undergoing oxidation to a higher valence state; y is 0.8 to 3; PO and said particles of formula (I) and said particles of formula (II) are present in amounts of 5:95% by weight to 95:5% by weight. | 2,965 |
9,007,064 | 1. A method of evaluating an electric joint formed between a battery cell terminal and an interconnector busbar, comprising: at least partially separating a terminal portion of the battery cell terminal and a busbar portion of the interconnector busbar such that the terminal portion and the busbar portion are spaced apart from each other; and measuring electric resistance between the terminal portion and the busbar portion. | 23,397 |
9,385,568 | 1. A stator of an electric motor, comprising: a ring-shaped stator core; a plurality of tooth sections being radially extended from the stator core; an even number of slots, each of which is formed between the tooth sections; an insulator covering the tooth sections; and a plurality of motor coils being wound on the tooth sections with the insulator and formed in the slots, wherein the insulator is formed into a ring shape and has guide projections, each of which corresponds to each of the tooth sections so as to guide a magnet wire, the guide projections respectively have guide sections, each of which includes a base end part and a front end part, in each of the guide projections, each of the guide sections comprises: a thin part, which is at least one part of the base end part and whose radial thickness is made thin; a thick part, which is a part of the front end part and whose radial thickness is thicker than that of the base end part; and a groove, which is formed, in the base end part, by a thickness difference between the thin part and the thick part, the guide sections are respectively formed in same side faces of the guide projections arranged in the circumferential direction, and a retainer projection is formed on an outer circumferential face of the thick part of the front end part of each of the guide projections. | 38,884 |
8,634,414 | 1. A telecommunications satellite payload processing system comprising: one or more identical independent generic integrated processor modules each defining a respective independent path for a signal, wherein a number of integrated processor modules is selected in accordance with antenna and bandwidth characteristics of a specified mission uplink and downlink in relation to characteristics of a respective integrated processor module and wherein each integrated processor module comprises: | 5,848 |
8,771,910 | 1. An electrophotographic photoreceptor, comprising: a conductive supporting body; a photosensitive layer; and a protective layer, wherein at least the photosensitive layer and the protective layer are sequentially layered on the conductive supporting body, the protective layer includes P-type semiconductor particles, and the P-type semiconductor particles are a compound ex pressed by a general formula (1) wherein M is an element of group 13 in periodic table. | 11,443 |
9,328,183 | 1. A polymerisation process comprising the steps of: 1) Polymerising a monomer and a comonomer in a polymerisation reaction, 2) Withdrawing an effluent stream comprising solid polymer and a mixture comprising unreacted monomer and unreacted comonomer, and passing the effluent to a high pressure recovery system, said high pressure recovery system being at a pressure of at least 0.5 MPa, and comprising 3) Passing the solids from the high pressure recovery system to a low pressure recovery system, said low pressure recovery system being at a pressure of less than 0.5 MPa, and comprising wherein a portion of the vapour separated in step 2(a) is passed to the low pressure recovery system by deliberately letting down in pressure a portion of the recovered high pressure recycle stream and passing this to the low pressure treatment system. | 4,972 |
9,366,926 | 1. A pixel unit comprising a pixel electrode, a data line and a TFT, the pixel unit further comprising: a backup TFT provided beside the TFT and configured to replace the TFT when the TFT is damaged, a source electrode of the backup TFT being isolated from the data line, and a drain electrode of the backup TFT being isolated from the pixel electrode; a first repair line, one end of the first repair line and the source electrode of the backup TFT being isolated from each other and there being an overlapping region between one end of the first repair line and the source electrode of the backup TFT, and the other end of the first repair line and a source electrode of the TFT being isolated from each other and there being an overlapping region between the other end of the first repair line and a source electrode of the TFT; and a second repair line, one end of the second repair line and the drain electrode of the backup TFT being isolated from each other and there being an overlapping region between one end of the second repair line and the drain electrode of the backup TFT, and the other end of the second repair line and a drain electrode of the TFT being isolated from each other and there being an overlapping region between the other end of the second repair line and the drain electrode of the TFT. | 47,511 |
8,387,315 | 1. A microclimate cooling system for an indoor/outdoor stadium comprising: a partially rotatable roof, the rotatable roof having a first position environmentally sealing an interior of the stadium, and a second position exposing a portion of the interior to the atmosphere; a field surrounded by the stadium; a tiered seating approximately the length of the field positioned adjacent a first side of the field; a raised concrete barrier adjacent a second side of the pitch field opposing the first side of the field; a first wall adjacent a third side of the field, the first wall perpendicular to the tiered seating extending between at least a portion of the tiered seating and the raised concrete barrier; a second wall adjacent a fourth side of the field, the second wall perpendicular to the tiered seating extending between at least a portion of the tiered seating and the raised concrete barrier; and a plurality of air handling units, the plurality of air handling units supplying cooling air to the tiered seating; wherein the first wall and the second wall funnel the cooling air so that the cooling air flows from the tiered seating down to the field creating a cooled microclimate around the tiered seating and the field. | 43,530 |
8,667,167 | 1. A method for controlling a transmission rate of a communication interface, comprising: detecting, for a plurality of times, data traffic that passes through a first communication interface of a first device within a preset period, wherein the communication interface supports adjustment among a plurality of transmission rates; determining a traffic rate of the detected data traffic; when traffic rates determined for the plurality of times within the preset period are lower than a first threshold, sending a rate reduction request message to a second device that includes a second communication interface, so that the second device configures a transmission rate of the second communication interface as a first transmission rate that is lower than a current transmission rate of the second communication interface and is supported by both communication interfaces after the second device receives the rate reduction request message, wherein the second communication interface and the first communication interface are located at two ends of a link for data transmission, respectively; and receiving a rate reduction response message that indicates an agreement to use the first transmission rate, wherein the rate reduction response message is sent by the second device after receiving the rate reduction request message; and configuring a transmission rate of the first communication interface as the first transmission rate after receiving the rate reduction response message; and after configuring the transmission rate of the first communication interface as the first transmission rate, sending a rate reduction success message at the first transmission rate to the second device, wherein the rate reduction success message is used to indicate that the first device successfully configured the transmission rate of the first communication interface as the first transmission rate; when a rate reduction acknowledgment message returned by the second device as a response to the rate reduction success message is received by using the first transmission rate, communicating subsequent data transmission with the second device at the first transmission rate, wherein the rate reduction acknowledgment message is used to indicate that the second device successfully configured the transmission rate of the second communication interface as the first transmission rate; and when a rate reduction acknowledgment message returned by the second device as a response to the rate reduction success message is not received by using the first transmission rate, starting a rate self-negotiation mode to negotiate a transmission rate of the first communication interface and second communication interface with the second device. | 17,449 |
8,421,356 | 1. In a gas discharge device comprising a single substrate and a multiplicity of gas discharge cells, the improvement wherein each gas discharge cell is confined within a microshell filled with an ionizable gas, each said microshell being located on the surface of the single substrate and electrically connected to one or more electrodes, each said electrode being connected to said microshell on a side or bottom portion of the microshell so as not to obstruct viewing of the microshell from a top position. | 25,962 |
8,562,001 | 1. A tool holder, comprising: a collet chuck main body having a tapered hole formed in its tip end portion so as to be tapered toward an axial rear end; a tapered collet having a tool insertion hole that extends in an axial direction, a main tapered surface that fits in said tapered hole, and a tip end tapered surface that is positioned on an axial tip end side of said main tapered surface and is tapered toward an axial tip end; a cylindrical lock nut having a nut body with internal threads that are screwed on external threads formed on an outer periphery of said tip end portion of said collet chuck main body, and a flange portion that protrudes radially inwardly from said nut body and that has a first annular flat surface extending perpendicular to said axial direction, for reducing a diameter of said tool insertion hole by pressing said tapered collet into said tapered hole; a tip end tapered member having a tapered abutting surface that fits on said tip end tapered surface, and an annular portion that protrudes radially outwardly and that has a second annular flat surface extending perpendicular to said axial direction, said tip end tapered member being pressed toward said axial rear end by said lock nut; and a plain bearing positioned on a plane perpendicular to said axial direction in which said tip end tapered member is pressed by said lock nut through said plain bearing, said plain bearing being inserted between said first annular flat surface of said lock nut and said second annular flat surface of said tip end tapered member, whereby said plain bearing reduces sliding friction and establishes a sliding contact of said first and second annular flat surfaces through said plain bearing and thereby allows said tip end tapered member to move slightly along said plane perpendicular to said axial direction. | 46,623 |
9,318,373 | 1. A method for forming a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a charge passage device coupled to the substrate; forming one or more thin film devices coupled to the charge passage device, wherein at least one of the one or more thin film devices includes at least one high impedance thin film device; and forming an at least semiconductive layer connected to the one or more thin film devices, wherein in-process charges generated therein, during and since formation of the at least semiconductive layer is dissipated to the substrate through a connection provided by the one or more thin film devices and the charge passage device. | 43,199 |
9,759,194 | 1. A portable electrical power generator comprising: A case having: a wind turbine including: | 16,450 |
9,441,615 | 1. A fluid power-generating system operatively disposed between a first support and a second support with a substantially horizontal axis of rotation therebetween, the system characterized by an absence of a centrally disposed rotor member disposed along and at the axis of rotation, the system comprising: a machine capable of acting as a motor and as a generator, the machine coupled to the first support; at least one flexible wing having an arcuate shape, a distal end coupled to the machine, and a proximal end coupled to the second support, for catching and passing a flowing fluid, each flexible wing adapted to rotate about the substantially horizontal axis and comprising a plurality of airfoil-shaped profiles covered by a membrane and a first cable disposed through an aperture proximate a leading edge of each airfoil-shaped profile, to orient and balance the at least one flexible wing; a tensioned balancing system coupled to the supports for stabilizing operation of the power-generating system; and at least one rigid strut disposed between each flexible wing and the balancing system for supporting each flexible wing. | 19,351 |
9,516,544 | 1. A telecommunication network, said network comprising a first security domain, called black domain, comprising at least one radio link, at least one second domain with higher security, called red domain, connected to the black domain, said telecommunication network including: said first and second predefined lists being predefined so that a service policy profile correspond to a detected congestion level, for all domains and in a consistent manner between the domains, the parameters of the profiles of the first and second predefined lists being defined according to the topology of the black domain, wherein, once the first and second predefined list of profiles are established in their respective domains, the black domain is configured for: and wherein, once the first and second predefined list of profiles are established in their respective domains, each red domain is configured for: | 40,965 |
8,767,462 | 1. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising: a substrate comprising a first region and a second region, which are spaced from each other; a string line group disposed above the substrate in the first region, the string line group comprising a string select line, word lines, and a ground select line; and a bias interconnection group disposed above the substrate in the second region, the bias interconnection group comprising a string select bias interconnection, cell bias interconnections, and a ground select bias interconnection, which are respectively electrically connected to the string select line, the word lines, and the ground select line in the string line group, wherein the string select bias interconnection is disposed between the ground select bias interconnection and the cell bias interconnections of the bias interconnection group. | 40,880 |
9,119,151 | 1. A signal transmission system comprising: a first communication device that transmits first information, and a second communication device that receives the first information, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are stationary devices located within the signal transmission system, at the time of transmitting the first information, the first communication device controls a strength of a transmission signal thereof on the basis of destination information of the second communication device, the second communication device stores signal strength information, which specifies the strength of the transmission signal addressed to the second communication device for determining if the transmission signal is addressed to the second communication device, the second communication device identifies a strength of the transmission signal received by the second communication device, the second communication device determines the transmission signal is addressed to the second communication device or not by determining if the identified strength of the transmission signal received by the second communication device corresponds with the signal strength information or not, the second communication device performs demodulation processing of the transmission signal in a case that the second communication device determines the transmission signal is addressed to the second communication device by determining the identified strength of the transmission signal received by the second communication device corresponds with the signal strength information, and the second communication device does not perform demodulation processing of the transmission signal in a case that the second communication device determines the transmission signal is not addressed to the second communication device by determining the identified strength of the transmission signal received by the second communication device does not correspond with the signal strength information. | 8,373 |
8,365,527 | 1. A drive unit, comprising: an internal combustion engine; a first turbocharger of a two-stage charge system for the internal combustion engine, the first turbocharger having a low-pressure turbine and a low-pressure compressor, the low pressure turbine arranged in an exhaust train segment of the internal combustion engine; a second turbocharger of the two-stage charge system for the internal combustion engine, the second turbocharger having a high-pressure turbine and a high-pressure compressor the high-pressure turbine arranged in the exhaust train segment of the internal combustion engine; an intermediate charge air cooler arranged between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor; a main charge air cooler arranged downstream of the high-pressure compressor; an exhaust gas discharge of the internal combustion engine configured to drive the high-pressure turbine and the low-pressure turbine; a cooling circuit comprising: a heat recovery circuit hydraulically decoupled from the cooling circuit and comprising: | 27,139 |
9,004,298 | 1. A plant propagation and display tray, which is capable of interlocking alignment with at least one other tray and which is capable of receiving and holding at least one plant pot, comprises: a back wall and a bottom ledge forwardly projecting from said back wall; said ledge being inclined towards the back wall and comprising a plurality of alternating projections and troughs, each of said troughs inclining towards a trough point of abutment with the back wall and being of a conformation to securably hold one plant pot such that an open proximal end of the plant pot is exposed to view and a distal end of the plant pot is adjacent to the back wall; each of said projections having an upper surface which inclines towards a projection point of abutment with the back wall, wherein the projection point of abutment is higher than the trough point of abutment with the back wall; wherein said tray is capable of being attached to a wall surface; and wherein the back wall, on one side, comprises a substantially flat upper portion and a lower portion, adjacent the ledge, which is thicker than the upper portion and which is defined by a plurality of substantially V-shaped depressions, each of which points towards a trough on the ledge, and wherein the back wall, on the other side, is defined by a flat surface for alignment with a wall surface, when the tray is in use. | 1,118 |
8,596,584 | 1. A high-lift system for an aircraft, comprising: a main wing; and a slat that is adjustable relative to said main wing to various adjustment states by means of an adjustment device, resulting in a gap between a rear surface of the slat and a forward surface of the main wing, where the rear surface of the slat faces the forward surface of the main wing, and a size of the gap results from the adjustment state of the slat relative to the main wing, wherein: an interior of the slat includes an air guidance channel with at least one air guidance channel inlet and at least one air guidance channel outlet, and the air guidance channel inlet is arranged at a rear portion of the slat, which faces the main wing, so that air external to the aircraft flows from the gap through the air guidance channel inlet into the air guidance channel. | 13,164 |
9,575,480 | 1. A system comprising: a solar thermal receiver having a plurality of panels; a plurality of heliostats configured to reflect flux from the Sun toward the solar thermal receiver; and a processor having an addressable memory, the processor configured to: | 13,555 |
9,824,882 | 1. A method comprising: forming a structural layer of a first material over a first surface of a substrate, wherein the structural layer of the first material can be at least one of etched and damaged by hydrofluoric acid; forming a protective layer configured to protect the structural layer against etching with hydrofluoric acid, the forming of the protective layer including: forming a sacrificial layer of a second material over the protective layer; forming at least one structural region in contact with the sacrificial layer; selectively removing the sacrificial layer and rendering the structural region at least partially free-standing above the protective layer by etching the sacrificial layer using hydrofluoric acid or a mixture that includes hydrofluoric acid; forming an electrical interconnection region over the structural layer, wherein forming the protective layer comprises forming the protective layer over the electrical interconnection region and covering the electrical interconnection region, and wherein forming the at least one structural region includes forming a portion of the at least one structural region through the sacrificial layer and the protective layer and in electrical contact with the electrical interconnection region; and forming a support layer, of a third material that can be at least one of etched or damaged by hydrofluoric acid over the structural layer and coplanar with said electrical interconnection region, wherein the protective layer is formed over the support layer. | 41,248 |
9,046,634 | 1. A device comprising: a side-emitting, none-lasing light emitting diode (LED) die, the LED die comprising: a solid light guide having a top surface through which light is emitted, the light guide having a cavity, of approximate dimensions as the LED die, in which the side-emitting LED die is positioned, whereby light emitted from the sides of the LED die is optically coupled into the light guide; a reflector layer on a bottom surface of the light guide and covering the cavity; a reflector around side walls of the solid light guide; a submount supporting the LED die; a metal support structure, connected to the submount and the light guide, that acts as a heat sink for the LED die; a driver electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode of the LED die for supplying power to the led die to illuminate a subject for recording an image of the subject; and a camera, the LED die and driver being mounted within the camera, wherein the first side of the LED die faces the same direction as the top surface of the light guide, and wherein the submount and the metal support structure are located above the top surface of the light guide. | 26,642 |
9,291,419 | 1. A patch grip for cleaning the interior of a barrel of a firearm comprising: an arbor, comprising: a cylindrical plug comprising an elongate passage; wherein the winged elongate crest of the arbor passes through said elongate passage; and wherein after passing through said elongate passage, said arbor is rotated such that said winged elongate crest locks into place in a pair of transverse cavities on a face of the plug adjacent to said elongated passage, or locks against one or more protrusions on a face of the plug adjacent to said elongated passage. | 48,219 |
8,623,281 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising a pair of electrodes separated from each other to define a channel region in an organic semiconductor layer, a gate structure for controlling said channel region, and a receptor layer at least partially overlapping said channel region, said receptor layer comprising a nitric oxide coordination complex selected from Formula I or Formula II: wherein M is Pb or a transition metal ion selected from group 3 to group 12 transition metals, wherein R is an unsubstituted or substituted arylene or heteroarylene functional group and wherein X is a nitride or a halide ion. | 13,361 |
9,410,340 | 1. A plated transition piece assembly comprising a central column connected to a tower base and a jacket, the central column having a curved exterior surface being connected to at least one leg by a shear plate, the shear plate being bounded and connected to an inclined plate thereby enabling load transfer from the central column to the leg or a leg stub, a combination of the inclined plate and the shear plate has a T-shaped cross-section and the inclined plate has a stress relieving wing provided at an upper end of the T-shaped cross-section with termination ends close to a horizontal neutral axis of the T-shaped cross-section, wherein the stress relieving wing engages with and is coupled to the exterior surface of the central column. | 12,611 |
9,778,475 | 1. A universal polarization converter comprising: a first polarizer configured to receive unpolarized light, the polarizer further configured to split the received unpolarized light in to a first and second polarized state; a second polarizer configured to combine the first and second polarized states into a collinear beam; and a quarter wave retardation plate configured to receive the collinear beam and cover the collinear beam into right and left handed circularly polarized light. | 26,542 |
9,351,858 | 1. An endovascular graft comprising: a tubular graft body having a proximal end and an opposed distal end and further having a longitudinal axis and a circumferential axis, said tubular graft body comprising a plurality of layers of fusible materials; wherein said plurality of layers of fusible materials comprise: (i) a base layer of polytetrafluoroethylene having a preferential tensile strength in a uniaxial direction substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis or substantially aligned with the circumferential axis; and (ii) additional layers of polytetrafluoroethylene disposed about said base layer; wherein said graft body comprises an inflatable channel or cuff comprising at least two seams of fusible material among said plurality of layers of fusible materials to define the inflatable channel or cuff disposed between at least two of said plurality of layers of fusible material; a polymeric connector member disposed near the proximal end of the tubular graft body; and a joint disposed about the polymeric connector member, the joint comprising at least one flap of at least one of the additional layers of polytetrafluoroethylene folded back over the tubular graft body and secured thereto to form a loop portion about the polymeric connector member. | 32,713 |
9,320,030 | 1. A method for transmitting channel status information (CSI) via uplink in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a rank indicator (RI) at a first subframe, wherein the RI is Rank- transmitting a wideband channel quality indicator (WB CQI), a first wideband precoding matrix indicator (WB PMI) and a second WB PMI at a second subframe, wherein, if the RI is Rank- wherein, if the RI is Rank- | 2,405 |
8,518,588 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell configured to generate electric power using fuel gas supplied to an anode and oxidant gas supplied to a cathode; a circulation path through which off-gas discharged from the fuel cell is returned to the fuel cell again; a water reservoir that is disposed in the circulation path and that is configured to store water separated from the off-gas; a water level detector configured to detect or estimate a level of the water stored in the water reservoir; a water discharger configured to discharge the water stored in the water reservoir; and a controller programmed to monitor the fuel cell system using an output of the water level detector in a state where the fuel cell system is left to stand after the fuel cell is stopped, wherein the controller is programmed to operate the water discharger, during monitoring after stop of the fuel cell to discharge the water stored in the water reservoir when the controller determines that the level of the water detected or estimated by the water level detector is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference water level. | 21,576 |
8,674,593 | 1. A diode comprising: a light emitting or absorbing region having a diameter between about 20 and 30 microns and a height between about 2.5 to 7 microns; a first terminal coupled to the light emitting or absorbing region on a first side, the first terminal having a height between about 1 to 6 microns; and a second terminal coupled to the light emitting or absorbing region on a second side opposite the first side, the second terminal having a height between about 1to 6 microns. | 5,637 |
9,515,689 | 1. A user equipment (UE) operable to communicate a UE power consumption configuration, the UE having computer circuitry configured to: determine, at the UE, Power Preference Indication (PPI) information, wherein the PPI information includes a preferred power consumption configuration of the UE; send the PPI information to a source evolved node B (eNB); receive instructions, from the source eNB, to perform a handover from the source eNB to the target eNB; receive instructions, from the source eNB, to begin a PPI Prohibit Event Interval during the handover from the source eNB to a target eNB, wherein the UE cannot send the PPI information to the source eNB during the PPI Prohibit Event Interval; receive, at the UE, the instructions to begin the PPI Prohibit Event Interval before the source eNB sends a handover request message to the target eNB; and send, from the UE, the PPI information to the target eNB that is configured to accept the PPI information, wherein the PPI information contains a most recent preferred power consumption configuration of the UE regardless of when the UE last sent PPI information to the source eNB. | 47,435 |
9,476,184 | 1. A lock assembly for an excavator wear assembly, the lock assembly comprising: a locking pin having a flange portion and a longitudinal axis; and a retaining assembly having a locking member with a tab, the retaining assembly being adapted to receive the locking pin; wherein the locking member of the retaining assembly is adapted to deform perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the locking pin as the locking pin is inserted longitudinally into the retaining assembly; wherein the locking member of the retaining assembly is adapted to engage with the flange portion of the locking pin to prevent withdrawal of the locking pin from the retaining assembly when the lock assembly is in a locked position; and wherein the tab is in the form of a segment of a circle generally across an inner wall of the locking member and the tab engages the flange portion in a manner to assist in preventing relative rotation therebetween. | 45,249 |
8,454,263 | 1. A manhole cover consisting of: a base constructed of a fiberglass-reinforced, duroplastic material, the base having a roughened interior surface and having a maximum material thickness of 5 mm; a concrete filling that is filled into the base, the concrete filling being a pure mineral concrete and having a lower surface and an upper surface; an adhesive agent between the interior surface of the base and the lower surface of the filling; and a lifting means that includes a recess formed in the concrete filling and a lifting handle having two ends that are embedded in the concrete filling and a lifting portion that extends across the recess. | 43,146 |
8,801,904 | 1. A drag chain carbonizer for a carbonaceous waste feedstock material comprising: at least one atmospherically sealed reactor tube being single or double decked and having an inlet end and an outlet end, said reactor tube having a feed tube inlet located proximal to the inlet end and a feed tube outlet located proximal to an outlet end; a feed lock system for metering the carbonaceous waste feedstock material to said at least one atmospherically sealed reactor tube in an oxygen depleted environment; at least one drive chain sprocket mounted on a rotatable drive axle extended through said reactor tube; a drag-chain mechanically interconnected to said at least one drive chain sprocket; an adjustable bed depth mechanism for controlling a bed depth of the carbonaceous waste feedstock material in said reactor tube; a gearbox attached to said reactor tube and mechanically connected to said drive axle; a plurality of blades joined to said drag-chain for moving the carbonaceous waste feedstock material in a circuit through said reactor tube; a heating mechanism for controllably heating said reactor tube and configured to retain the structure of the carbonaceous waste feedstock material; and a chain tensioning mechanism for said drag-chain, said tensioning mechanism is mechanically connected to said at least one chain drive sprocket, said tensioning mechanism containing at least one position sensor for communication of an actuator position to at least one programmable logic controller (PLC). | 9,281 |
9,511,789 | 1. A stroller, comprising: a stroller frame comprising two side support assemblies disposed oppositely, a front seat space and a rear seat space being formed between the two side support assemblies; a front seat assembly disposed between the two side support assemblies and located in the front seat space; a rear seat structure moveably disposed between the two side support assemblies and located in the rear seat space; and an accommodating basket disposed between the two side support assemblies and located under the front seat assembly, the accommodating basket comprising a main portion and an expansible side portion connected to the main portion, the main portion forming an accommodating space, the rear seat structure being moveable relative to the stroller frame such that when the stroller is in an open position, the expansible side portion is capable of spreading upward to be fixed on the two side support assemblies so as to extend the accommodating space upward into the rear seat space. | 36,179 |
9,011,040 | 1. A hand tool, comprising: a generally shoe-shaped member of a generally uniform diameter having a right face, a left face, a vertical axis, a horizontal axis, and a continuous peripheral edge defining an ankle margin and a heel margin at a distal end, a toe margin at a proximal end, and a base margin between the heel and toe margins; a pair of opposing spaced vertically-oriented elongated adjustment apertures formed within the member proximate the ankle margin; a horizontally-oriented elevation guide of a defined length and second uniform diameter, said elevation guide having an elongated slot aperture defined therein; said elevation guide adjustably retained flush against the shoe-shaped member proximate to, and generally parallel to, the ankle margin; said elevation guide capable of slidable adjustment and retention against the shoe-shaped member along the vertical axis at a point of overlap between the slot aperture of the elevation guide, on the one hand, and the adjustment apertures formed within the shoe-shaped member, on the other hand; a horizontally-oriented elongated base aperture formed within the shoe-shaped member proximate the base margin; a base bar capable of slidable secure adjustment and retention along the horizontal axis of the base margin; said base bar comprising a corner finder at the distal end; said base bar slidably retained against the base margin by a pair of spaced bolts and respective wing nut screws tightened against respective washers, said bolts extending through respective points of overlap between a pair of holes defined within the base bar, on the one hand, and the base aperture, on the other hand; and, at least one handle attached to the member. | 10,328 |
8,729,759 | 1. A spindle motor comprising: a base on which a sleeve is mounted; a rotor bound together with a shaft rotatably mounted on the sleeve and rotating by electromagnetic interaction with a stator; a pulling plate mounted on the base to generate a magnetic force in a rotary axis direction of the rotor; and an escape portion provided on the base at a position corresponding to the pulling plate and providing a space into which an adhesive escapes when bonding the pulling plate, wherein a receiving recess is recessed into the pulling plate, and the adhesive is received within the receiving recess when the pulling plate is bonded to the base. | 14,779 |
9,709,002 | 1. A method of mixing in a discharge conduit in a turbine engine with two flows being a primary flow and a secondary flow, the two flows emerging in said discharge conduit by two coaxial ducts, separated by an internal housing which has a downstream end, the two coaxial ducts being defined upstream of the downstream end of the internal housing by a primary duct in which the primary flow circulates and a secondary duct in which the secondary flow circulates, the secondary flow surrounding the primary flow, the method comprising: disposing a divergent radial deflection means in the primary duct, spaced apart from walls of said primary duct. | 2,631 |
9,334,287 | 1. A composition of high-fluidity and non-caking dianhydrohexitol pellets comprising between 90% and 100% by weight of dianhydrohexitols on a dry basis, wherein at least 90% by weight of said pellets exhibit a particle size on sieves of greater than or equal to 2000 μm and wherein said pellets are selected from the group consisting of tablets, pebbles, granules, bars, beads, other shapes obtained by pelleting, and mixtures thereof. | 44,798 |
9,647,952 | 1. A method of improving the performance of an access network used for coupling one or more user devices to an application server, said method comprising configuring one or more proxy servers to communicate with the one or more user devices and with the application server; creating one or more encoding channels to carry one or more types of traffic between one of said one or more proxy servers and one of the one or more user devices; setting one or more target loss ratios for one or more encoding channels; encoding by said user devices data using a network performance enhancing coding (NPEC) before transmission over said one or more encoding channels; transmitting the encoded data over said one or more encoding channels; decoding by said one of said one or more proxy servers the encoded data using said NPEC; monitoring a weighted average performance of said one or more encoding channels; comparing said weighted average performance with a weighted average performance of other encoding channels; applying different encoding levels based on said comparison; and transmitting, by said one of said one or more proxy servers erver the decoded data to said application server. | 28,018 |
9,677,418 | 1. A turbine housing for an internal combustion engine, the turbine housing comprising: a coolant passage; and an exhaust gas flow path configured to pass exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine, a turbine wheel being arranged in the exhaust gas flow path and having an axis of rotation, the exhaust gas flow path including an extending portion, the extending portion being disposed downstream of the turbine wheel in the exhaust gas flow path, and an inner diameter of the extending portion gradually increasing toward the exhaust gas downstream side, wherein | 40,246 |
9,266,483 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute; a step of detecting a vehicle driving state of a vehicle including a communication device; and a step of instructing a start of a supply power to a charging coil mounted to the vehicle in response to detecting the vehicle driving state, wherein the vehicle driving state is detected by a combination of an engine operation state signal of the vehicle and at least one of a brake release signal of the vehicle and a speed pulse signal from a speed pulse detection unit, wherein the step of instructing the start of supplying power to a charging coil is performed in response to detecting that both the engine is driven and the brake is released. | 40,987 |
9,028,843 | 1. An immunogenic composition against Plasmodium falciparum comprising an isolated polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and an adjuvant, wherein the adjuvant is a combination of aluminium hydroxide gel and the K-type CpG adjuvant, K3. | 844 |
9,646,773 | 1. A lithium ion capacitor produced using an electrolyte solution comprising: an organic solvent; and a quaternary ammonium salt or lithium salt dissolved in the organic solvent, the organic solvent containing acetonitrile, a chain alkyl sulfonic compound represented by the formula (1), and sulfolane represented by the formula (2): wherein R 1 and R 2 , which may be the same as or different from each other, each independently represents a straight or branched chain C1-C4 alkyl group. | 32,347 |
9,283,955 | 1. A vehicle comprising: an engine having a starter; a stepped gear ratio automatic transmission operatively connected to the engine by a clutch; a motor operatively connected to the transmission; and a controller that provides an engine start signal when the engine is stopped to: | 32,190 |
9,049,360 | 1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; at least one camera configured to obtain a first image and a second image; a display unit; and a controller configured to: set a user-drawn reference region on the display unit, display a guide image corresponding to the reference region, output position information regarding a position of an object included in the image obtained by the at least one camera and the set reference region, control the at least one camera to capture the first image, when the first object is located on the set reference region, said first image further including a second object in proximate relationship to the first object, receive a selection signal indicating a selection of the first object, control the at least one camera to obtain the second image, said second image including the first and second objects, receive a zooming selection indicating a zooming of the second image, zoom only the second object included in the second image while fixing the first object included in the second image, and control the at least one camera to capture the second image including the fixed first object and zoomed second object. | 29,249 |
8,846,855 | 1. A compound comprising the formula 100 or 101: wherein a, m, and n are independently integers of one or greater; each X independently comprises a conjugated group, wherein a>1 and X is not aryl or heteroaryl; and R 1 and R 2 are, independently, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, aryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, aralkyl, amino, ester, aldehyde, hydroxyl, alkoxy, thiol, thioalkyl, halide, acyl halide, acrylate, or vinyl ether. | 9,256 |
9,105,768 | 1. A solar cell comprising a contact prepared by a mixture, wherein, prior to firing, the mixture comprises: a. a solids portion and b. an organics portion c. wherein the solids portion comprises: | 14,729 |
9,074,504 | 1. A ceramic honeycomb structure having a large number of flow paths partitioned by porous cell walls, said cell walls having porosity of 40-60%; pores opening on the cell wall surface having an opening area ratio (the total opening area of pores opening on the cell wall surface per a unit area) of 15% or more; when the opening diameter of each pore opening on the cell wall surface is expressed by an equivalent circle diameter (a diameter of a circle having the same area as the opening area of each pore), the median opening diameter of said opening pores being 10 μm or more and less than 40 μm; the density of pores having equivalent circle diameters of 10 μm or more and less than 40 μm being 350/mm the average circularity of pores having equivalent circle diameters of 10 μm or more and less than 40 μm being 1-2. | 12,097 |
9,609,303 | 1. An image generation apparatus that generates a range image indicating a subject distance by comparing, a first image with a second image, the first and second images having a parallax, the image generation apparatus comprising: a holding unit configured to acquire and hold pixel values of pixel groups that serve as targets for comparison from the respective first and second images; a reading unit configured to sequentially read out, from the pixel values of the respective pixel groups that are held in the holding unit, pixel values while shifting a reading area in one direction; a calculation unit configured to calculate an evaluation value based on the pixel values read out by the reading unit; an estimation unit configured to estimate the subject distance based on the evaluation value; and a generation unit configured to generate a range image based on the subject distance estimated by the estimation unit, wherein the reading unit reuses, by alternately changing a direction in which pixel values are read out every time the pixel values of the pixel groups held in the holding unit are renewed, a read-out result that is obtained immediately before the direction in which pixel values are read out is inverted. | 49,011 |
9,325,872 | 1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a processor; an acceptance unit, operable on the processor, that accepts image data and reading data read by an image reading apparatus from a medium on which an image of the image data is formed by an image forming apparatus; an extraction unit, operable on the processor, that extracts rectangular images by segmenting one image of the image data and the reading data to have a size based on a tolerable error which occurs from the image forming apparatus and/or the image reading apparatus, the tolerable error being predetermined in design specification of the image forming apparatus and the image reading apparatus; a first searching unit, operable on the processor, that searches for a matching position of a selected rectangular image in the other image of the image data and the reading data within a search range, the selected rectangular image being selected from at least one of the rectangular images, and the search range being set from the tolerable error; an estimation unit, operable on the processor, that estimates a matching position of a rectangular image in the other image on the basis of the matching position of the selected rectangular image in the other image; a second searching unit, operable on the processor, that searches for a matching position of the other rectangular image in the other image using the matching position estimated by the estimation unit as a reference; and a comparison unit, operable on the processor, that compares the rectangular image extracted by the extraction unit with a corresponding rectangular image in the other image. | 36,038 |
9,085,488 | 1. A method of making a stable, sulfur binding composite comprising: i) providing a solid aggregate having a surface, the solid aggregate being selected from the group consisting of mineral fillers, ash, silica sand, industrial waste, and combinations thereof; ii) impregnating the solid aggregate with an organic modifier comprising unsaturated hydrocarbons with at least one double or triple covalent bond between adjacent carbon atoms to create a modifier-impregnated aggregate; iii) heating and drying the modifier-impregnated aggregate to activate the surface of the modifier-impregnated aggregate for reaction with sulfur; iv) adding a powdered solid or molten elemental sulfur to the modifier-impregnated aggregate; v) mixing the elemental sulfur and modifier-impregnated aggregate at a temperature high enough to melt any solid sulfur or maintain a molten state of elemental sulfur in combination with modifier-impregnated aggregate; and vi) cooling the liquid mixture to form a solid product. | 33,899 |
9,670,725 | 1. A load control system for controlling an amount of daylight entering a space of a building through at least one window of a non-linear façade of the building, the non-linear façade characterized by at least two distinct façade angles, the load control system comprising: at least two motorized window treatments located along the non-linear façade for controlling the amount of daylight entering the space; and a system controller configured to transmit digital commands to the at least two motorized window treatments for controlling the at least two motorized window treatments, the system controller configured to: | 16,992 |
9,810,158 | 1. A bleed air system for an aircraft comprising: a turbo-compressor comprising a compressor, a turbine, and a first drive shaft coupled between the compressor and the turbine, the first drive shaft to enable the turbine to selectively drive the compressor, the compressor having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet, the compressor outlet to be fluidly coupled to a system of the aircraft that receives pressurized air, the compressor inlet to receive bleed air from a low-pressure compressor of an engine of the aircraft; a gearbox operatively coupled to the first drive shaft to drive the compressor, the gearbox operatively coupled to and powered by a second drive shaft extending from the engine; and a clutch disposed between the first drive shaft and the gearbox to selectively connect the first drive shaft to the gearbox to enable the engine to drive the turbo-compressor. | 3,922 |
8,471,318 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a bit line having a substantially uniform width over a semiconductor substrate; an active region obliquely arranged at a predetermined angle with respect to the bit line; and a spacer provided over a sidewall of the bit line, wherein a width of the bit line is smaller than a width of a contact pad coupled to a lower portion of the bit line. | 45,375 |
9,030,799 | 1. A valve metal powder having a particle shape factor mean value f, as determined by SEM image analysis, of 0.65≦f ≦1, wherein the valve metal powder is tantalum wherein the powder has an average agglomerate particle size D50 value, as determined with a MasterSizer in accordance with ASTM B 822, of 40 to 200 μm. | 43,460 |
8,859,596 | 1. A compound according to formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein X A X each occurrence of R R R R R R R A A G R R R R each occurrence of G G each occurrence of G X R G R R R R q4, at each occurrence, is independently 2, 3, 4, or 5; q3, at each occurrence, is 1, 2 or, 3; q5 and q6, at each occurrence, are each independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; z is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; and the monocyclic cycloalkyl and the monocyclic heterocycle, as a substituent or as part of a substituent, of R with the proviso that when X R then A | 6,063 |
9,388,790 | 1. A fan device comprising: two base plates mounted parallel to each other; multiple fans circularly mounted between the base plates and with intervals between the fans, wherein each fan is elongated and has a spindle mounted on one of the base plates, located in a middle position of said one of the base plates that is mounted with the spindle, being nearer to the inner sides of the fans than to the outer sides of the fans, and having a longitudinal direction parallel with the longitudinal directions of the fans; wherein a connecting line that connects the inflection point and the spindle is located out of an area defined between a connecting line that connects the outer side and the spindle and a connecting line that connects the inner side and the spindle when the inflection point, the inner side, and the outer side are located at the horizontal plane; a vane module is connected with the spindle and has | 45,845 |
9,696,894 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing a presentation of a user interface with a first component that represents a first step in a data analysis process, and a second component that represents a second step in the data analysis process; receiving input indicating that a connection between the first component and the second component that represents a transfer of data between the first step and the second step in the data analysis process should be created; creating the connection between the first component and the second component in the presentation; determining, for each output in the connection that exists between the first component and the second component concurrently in real time with creating the connection between the first component and the second component in the presentation, whether a respective output variable type matches an input variable type for an input in the connection for the second component while providing the presentation of the user interface with the first component, the second component, and the connection that exists between the first component and the second component; updating the presentation of the user interface with a warning in response to determining, for at least one of the outputs of the first component in the connection between the first component and the second component, that the respective output variable type does not match an input variable type for an input in the connection for the second component; receiving input indicating a selection of the connection that exits in the user interface; and updating the presentation of the user interface to include details about the connection, including a one-to-one mapping of outputs for the first component to inputs for the second component, in response to receipt of the input indicating the selection of the connection. | 12,674 |
8,855,851 | 1. A diagnosing device for a vehicle having a flow passage for circulating a liquid medium for cooling an inverter of the vehicle, and a pump provided on said flow passage to circulate said liquid medium, the diagnosing device comprising: a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature related to a temperature of said liquid medium; and a calculating unit for calculating a concentration of said liquid medium, wherein said calculating unit calculates a viscosity of said liquid medium based on a flow rate of said liquid medium flowing through said flow passage and performance of said pump, and when the calculation as to the viscosity of said liquid medium is executed under a plurality of temperature conditions, said calculating unit calculates the concentration of said liquid medium based on a relationship between the plurality of temperature conditions and the viscosity of the liquid medium. | 34,426 |
9,828,542 | 1. A method of hydraulically fracturing a well, the method comprising: a. preparing at least about 100,000 gallons of a hydraulic fracturing fluid, the hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising a polysiloxane derived ceramic proppant made by the process of first curing a polysiloxane precursor batch to form a cured bead and pyrolizing the cured bead to form the polysiloxane derived ceramic proppant; b. pumping at least about 100,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluid into a borehole in a formation, and out of the borehole into the formation; whereby fractures are created in the formation; and, c. leaving at least some of the proppant in the fractures. | 7,080 |
9,708,966 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: at least two movable bodies; an outer body defining a respective internal cavity for each of the at least two movable bodies, each of the at least two movable bodies being sealingly and movably received within the respective internal cavity to define at least one combustion chamber of variable volume; a pilot fuel injector for each of the at least two movable bodies; a main fuel injector for each of the at least two movable bodies; a first chamber of a common rail in fluid communication with each main fuel injector; a second chamber of the common rail in fluid communication with each pilot fuel injector; a first metering or pressure regulating valve in fluid communication with the first chamber; and a second metering or pressure regulating valve providing selective fluid communication between the first and second chambers, the first and second metering or pressure regulating valves being settable at different pressure values from one another. | 47,489 |
8,653,757 | 1. A DC-DC converter for driving one or more LED, which converter comprises an integrated circuit having a switch mode power circuit and a temperature sensing circuit for providing an output indicating a temperature of said integrated circuit, the arrangement being such that, in use, said integrated circuit consumes power, some of which power is dissipated in said integrated circuit as heat causing a rise in said internal temperature, and wherein a change in said output from said temperature sensing circuit is used by said integrated circuit to adjust said consumed power whereby said internal temperature may be controlled; and wherein integrated circuit is configured to compare said output from said internal temperature sensing circuit with a first temperature level and a second temperature level higher than said first, and if said internal temperature is higher than said first temperature level and lower than said second, to adjust said consumed power in proportion to the difference between said output and said first temperature level. | 43,100 |
8,987,158 | 1. A composition for forming a friable-resistant dielectric porcelain material, said composition comprising either (A) or (B) as follows: (A) feldspar at about 21% to about 27% by weight, wherein at least 99.9% of the feldspar has a particle size less than about 72 microns and the feldspar has a potash to soda ratio of at least 10 to 1; calcined alumina at about 32% to about 38% by weight, wherein at least 99.9% of the calcined alumina has a particle size less than about 44 microns; and clay at about 37% to about 43% by weight, wherein at least 99.9% of the clay has a particle size less than about 22 microns; (B) feldspar at about 28% to about 34% by weight, wherein at least 99.9% of the feldspar has a particle size less than about 72 microns and the feldspar has a potash to soda ratio of at least about 10 to 1; crystalline silica at about 22% to about 28% by weight, wherein at least 99.9% of the crystalline silica has a particle size less than about 44 microns; and clay at about 41% to about 47% by weight, wherein at least 99.9% of the clay has a particle size less than about 22 microns. | 11,805 |
8,481,208 | 1. A bipolar article, the article comprising: (a) a housing comprising an inside surface and an outside surface; wherein the inside surface has an arbitrary form factor which is independent of the form factor of the outside surface and is not cylindrical or prismatic; (b) a bipolar structure comprising a cathode current collector, an anode current collector, an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte in contact with and separating the anode and cathode; wherein the anode and cathode are interpenetrating; the cathode current collector is in electronic communication with the cathode; and the anode current collector is in electronic communication with the anode; wherein the bipolar structure as a whole has an arbitrary form that is not cylindrical or prismatic; and at least one of the cathode, the anode, and their respective current collectors has an arbitrary form that is not cylindrical or prismatic and is conformal to the inside surface of the housing. | 6,567 |
9,233,141 | 1. A composition comprising at least one mRNA, wherein said at least one mRNA comprises a first region of linked nucleosides, said first region encoding SEQ ID NO 909, and wherein said first region comprises a coding region having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO: 9244. | 6,943 |
9,127,702 | 1. A clamping connection for mounting plate-like components, the clamping connection comprising: a bearing having a central support bar longitudinally arranged thereon and a pair of wing strips extending laterally outwardly therefrom, each of the wing strips including a bearing surface formed thereon, the bearing having a passage formed therein; a clamping cap opposing the bearing and having a longitudinal groove formed therein configured to receive the support bar therein, the clamping cap including a pair of clamping surfaces disposed opposite the bearing surfaces of the wing strips; a holding pin disposed on the clamping cap and configured to be received in the passage of the bearing; and a spring disk disposed in the passage of the bearing and having a central aperture formed therein configured to receive a portion of the holding pin therein. | 12,901 |
9,117,278 | 1. A method of geometrical modeling comprising: acquiring from a scene 3D data to provide an acquired point-cloud having N points in a 3D coordinate system: acquiring from said scene a 2D image defined over a two-dimensional array of M pixels; and based on both said 2D image and said acquired point-cloud, using a processor to create additional points in said 3D coordinate system by associating pixels in said 2D array with direction vectors deduced using said 3D data, and generating a three-dimensional model of said scene using said additional points in said 3D coordinate system, said three-dimensional model being defined over a reconstructed point-cloud having P points at a higher density than that of said acquired point-cloud, wherein said P, said N and said M satisfy the relation N<P≦M. | 16,649 |
9,638,164 | 1. A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine, the rotor blade assembly comprising: a rotor blade extending lengthwise between a root and a tip, the rotor blade including a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a chord extender including an attachment portion coupled to at least one of the pressure side or the suction side and an extension portion extending outwardly from the attachment portion beyond the trailing edge, the extension portion extending in a spanwise direction of the rotor blade between an inboard end and an outboard end opposite the inboard end, the extension portion extending in a chordwise direction of the rotor blade between a first end disposed adjacent to the trailing edge and a second end disposed opposite the first end, the second end of the extension portion being spaced apart from the trailing edge and defining a straight outer edge of the extension portion extending from the inboard end to the outboard end of the extension portion, the extension portion including a surface defined between the first and second ends and the inboard and outboard ends, the extension portion further including at least one stiffening rib projecting outwardly from the surface. | 40,717 |
8,943,825 | 1. A Helmholtz damper for a combustor of a gas turbine having a combustion chamber disposed in a housing and closed off by a front plate at which a plurality of burners are exchangeably fastened, the plurality of burners being supplied with fuel via fuel lances which extend from outside the housing through a bushing of the housing to an associated burner, the Helmholtz damper comprising: a first damping volume having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first damping volume being configured to attach a connecting passage extending to a front panel such that the Helmholtz damper is connectable with the front plate of the combustion chamber in place of one of the plurality of burners; a second damping volume having a first end and a second end, the second damping volume being arranged in series with the first damping volume along an axis of the Helmholtz damper with the first end of the second damping volume being detachably connected to the second end of the first damping volume so as to form a combined larger damping volume, the second end of the second damping volume being configured to attach a connecting tube extending from the second damping volume and through the bushing in place of a respective one of the fuel lances wherein the first and second damping volumes are cylindrical formed and disposed concentrically with respect to each other along the axis; wherein the second damping volume includes at least two flange connections at each of the first end and the second end configured to respectively attach to the first damping volume and the connecting tube; and wherein an inside diameter of the second damping volume is configured to be adjustable in steps by detaching the at least two flange connections and exchanging the second damping volume with a corresponding component having equal axial length and different inside diameter. | 8,742 |
9,811,419 | 1. A computer system for programming flash memory, the computer system comprising: one or more computer processors; one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media; program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to pack a non-integer count of logical pages into a first codeword payload data container such that the codeword payload data container contains (i) a first logical page that does not straddle boundaries of the first codeword payload data container and (ii) a first portion of a second logical page, wherein a codeword payload data container size is greater than a size of a single logical page and less than a size of two logical pages; program instructions to pack a second portion of the second logical page into a second codeword payload data container, the second logical page thereby straddling a boundary of the first codeword payload data container and a boundary of the second codeword payload data container; program instructions to associate a first set of three validation bits with the first logical page, wherein the first set of three validation bits describes an arrangement of the first logical page in the first codeword payload data container using a programmed validation bit that indicates that the first logical page is a self-contained logical page; program instructions to associate a second set of three validation bits with the first portion of the second logical page, wherein the second set of three validation bits describes an arrangement of the first portion of the second logical page in the first codeword payload data container using a first pair of consecutive, programmed validation bits, and wherein the first pair of consecutive, programmed validation bits are arranged in the second set of three validation bits such that the second set of three validation bits indicates that the first portion of the second logical page straddles out of the first codeword payload data container; program instructions to associate a third set of three validation bits with the second portion of the second logical page, wherein the third set of three validation bits describes an arrangement of the second portion of the second logical page in the second codeword payload data container using a second pair of consecutive, programmed validation bits, and wherein the second pair of consecutive, programmed validation bits are arranged in the third set of three validation bits such that the third set of three validation bits indicates that the second portion of the second logical page straddles into the second codeword payload data container; program instructions to generate a codeword payload header that includes data describing an offset to the first logical page in the first codeword payload data container; program instructions to concatenate the first codeword payload data container and the codeword payload header to generate a codeword payload; program instructions to generate error-correcting code data based, at least in part, on the codeword payload using a systematic error-correcting code; program instructions to concatenate the codeword payload and error-correcting code data to generate a codeword; and program instructions to program a physical page with the codeword, wherein the physical page stores a non-zero integer count of codewords. | 45,281 |
8,906,034 | 1. An instrument for compression and distraction of vertebrae using screw extenders, comprising: a first receiver including a second receiver including a second positioner aperture, a second guide aperture, and a second receiver aperture for attachment to a second extender; a positioner member that translates one of the first and second receivers relative to the other of the first and second receivers; a guide member that guides the translation of the one of the first and second receivers relative to the other of the first and second receivers; and a lock member that disengages the rotatable portion from the fixed portion in the rotatable configuration and engages the rotatable portion with the fixed portion in the fixed configuration, wherein the lock member includes a lock shaft extending through a first lock aperture of the fixed portion and pivotally couples with a lever arm at a first end and a lock cap at a second end within a second lock aperture of the rotatable portion. | 4,211 |
8,839,910 | 1. A food and drink conveying device to be used while on a conveying apparatus, said food and drink conveying device comprising: a plate loading portion for supporting a plate having at least one of food and drink thereon; a detection member for detecting a presence of the plate to be supported on said plate loading portion; a retaining member located above said loading portion, said retaining member being configured to detachably retain a plate cover; and a removal member for releasing said plate cover from said retaining member; wherein said detection member, said retaining member, and said removal member are interconnected and configured such that when said detection member detects the presence of the plate supported on said plate loading portion, said removal member automatically releases said plate cover from said retaining member so as to allow said plate cover to drop onto the plate supported on said plate loading portion to thereby cover the plate with said plate cover; wherein said detection member comprises a detection rod portion configured to extend upwardly from and retract downwardly into said plate loading portion, and said removal member comprises a removal rod portion configured to retract upwardly into and extend downwardly from an interior of said retaining member based on respective corresponding movement of said detection member interlocked to said removal member; and wherein said detection rod portion and said removal rod portion are configured and interconnected such that when the plate is loaded onto said plate loading portion, said detection rod portion is pressed so as to retract downwardly into said plate loading portion while said removal rod portion simultaneously extends downwardly from said retaining member so as to release said plate cover retained by said retaining member from said retaining member and thereby drop said plate cover onto the plate supported on said plate loading portion whereby the plate is covered by said plate cover. | 25,839 |
8,363,163 | 1. A method for composition of subtitles, the method mixing and switching video and graphics data, the data being read from a storage medium or received from a network and comprising at least one of still picture data and MPEG video data, data for at least two layers of subtitles or animations, and data for non-synchronized graphics, the method comprising the steps of: superimposing in a mixer video data of a back layer, at least two middle layers and a front layer; superimposing in a mixer and scaler video data of a back layer, a middle layer and a front layer, wherein the superimposed back layer, middle layer and front layer video data are scaled and the output of the mixer and scaler is communicated to the mixer; decoding in at least one decoder at least one of video and still pictures, wherein the output of the at least one decoder is communicated to the mixer and scaler, decoding in at least two simultaneously working decoders synchronized graphics or subtitles, the output of each decoder being selectively communicated to at least one of the mixer and the mixer and scaler, a selected one one of the two decoders communicates respective input data for display; and communicating output data of a renderer for the non-synchronized graphics to the mixer. | 11,116 |
8,885,133 | 1. A display device comprising: a display panel; a liquid crystal panel for enabling stereoscopic view by separating a left-eye image and a right-eye image; and a flexible wiring substrate attached to the liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel has a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other, the first substrate has a projection part that projects further beyond the second substrate, the flexible wiring substrate is attached to a surface of the projection part of the first substrate at the second substrate side, the liquid crystal panel is superimposed on the display pane, and the second substrate is formed to be thinner than the first substrate and provided at a side of the display panel. | 12,643 |
8,792,354 | 1. A network switch comprising: a first port adapted to transmit data; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause the processor to: | 12,135 |
8,981,917 | 1. An in-vehicle emergency report apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus transmitting a signal of an emergency report to a center apparatus, as an emergency reporting, via a communication network when determining that the vehicle collides, the apparatus having a plurality of functions for the emergency report with an operating power that includes an electric power supplied from a vehicle battery mounted in the vehicle, the in-vehicle emergency report apparatus comprising: a backup battery to supply an operating power when the electric power supplied from the vehicle battery declines, the backup battery being a rechargeable battery that is charged with the electric power supplied from the vehicle battery; a measurement device to measure a battery capability of the backup battery; and a restriction device to restrict a function for the emergency report when the battery capability measured is lower than a predetermined value; a battery temperature detector to detect a temperature of the backup battery; and a heating controller to in cases that the detected temperature of the backup battery is lower than the first predetermined temperature when the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned into the on state, the heating controller classifies the detected temperature of the backup battery into one of a plurality of temperature ranges lower than the first predetermined temperature, and as the detected temperature of the backup battery is classified into a lower temperature range among the plurality of temperature ranges, the heating controller applies the electric currents from the backup battery to a load of said plurality of loads of which consumed electric current is smaller, whereas as the detected temperature of the backup battery is classified into a higher temperature range among the plurality of temperature ranges, the heating controller applies the electric currents from the backup battery to a load of said plurality of loads of which consumed electric current is larger. | 37,730 |
8,673,046 | 1. A process for selectively removing phosphorus from solid poultry or animal wastes containing phosphorus, nitrogen and carbon, said process comprising: (a) mixing said solid poultry or animal wastes with water and acid at a pH lower than about 5.0 and higher than 3.0 to form (i) a liquid extract that contains suspended solids of about 3.5 g/L and soluble phosphorus and (ii) a washed solid residue, wherein said washed solid residue has a N:P ratio of at least more than 4 expressed on an elemental basis and contains no more than about 40% of the total phosphorus in said solid poultry or animal wastes, (b) separating said liquid extract from said washed solid residue to form separated liquid extract and separated washed solid residue, (c) mixing said separated liquid extract with an alkaline earth base to a pH of about 8.0 to about 11.0, (d) mixing said liquid extract with a flocculant to form (i) precipitated phosphorus solids with P (e) separating said precipitated phosphorus solids from said liquid to form separated phosphorus solids and separated liquid; wherein said process is conducted at a temperature greater than about 5° C. and less than about 50° C., wherein said solid poultry or animal wastes are not pretreated prior to step (a), wherein said solid poultry or animal wastes are not incinerated before or during said process, and wherein steps (c) and (d) are either sequential or simultaneous. | 26,550 |
9,264,285 | 1. A communication system comprising one or more computers configured with: a server; and a communication device configured to communicate with the server and set a connection with a plurality of terminals, the communication device comprising: the server comprising: | 43,816 |
9,703,323 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a flexible display; a sensor; and at least one processor configured to: modify the displaying of at least one portion of the content based at least in part on the determination of the indication displayed on the content. | 39,684 |
9,625,566 | 1. A method for estimating a location of a stationary emitter located on the Earth surface, the method comprising: collecting data during a plurality of time periods, the data including Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) and Frequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA) measurements of a radar pulse sent from a stationary emitter located on the Earth surface and received by at least two antennas on an aircraft, and altitude measurements of the aircraft above the Earth surface; for each of the plurality of time periods, estimating a location of the stationary emitter based on the TDOA, FDOA, and altitude measurements associated with a respective time period, the result being an estimated location of the stationary emitter associated with the respective time period, the estimated location of the stationary emitter including a candidate longitude and a candidate latitude of the stationary emitter; averaging the estimated locations associated with the plurality of time periods forming an averaged estimated location of the stationary emitter, the averaged estimated location including an average of the candidate longitudes and an average of the candidate latitudes of the stationary emitter; and providing the averaged estimated location of the stationary emitter, wherein estimating includes calculating two solutions for each of the estimated locations, wherein averaging includes maintaining a first averaged estimated location and a second averaged estimated location, each being a running average of the solutions calculated for the estimated locations, and associating each of the solutions with either the first or second averaged estimated location based on proximity of each of the solutions to either the first or second averaged estimated location, and wherein providing includes selecting either the first or second averaged estimated location having a range to the aircraft closest in value to a computed range from the aircraft to the stationary emitter. | 44,042 |
8,615,998 | 1. A lubrication device of a turbocharger of an engine for a vehicle, in which a first turbocharger and a second turbocharger are provided at a one-side wall of the engine, the second turbocharger being located above the level of the first turbocharger, wherein: the first turbocharger comprises a shaft bearing portion to which lubricating oil is supplied from the engine and a metal-made return passage through which the lubricating oil from the shaft bearing portion is returned to an return portion of the engine; the second turbocharger comprises a shaft bearing portion to which lubricating oil is supplied from the engine and a metal-made return passage through which the lubricating oil from the shaft bearing portion is returned to the return portion of the engine; and a bellows-shaped vibration absorption portion is provided at the metal-made return passage of the second turbocharger; wherein the metal-made return passage of the first turbocharger joins the return passage of the second turbocharger at a junction; wherein the length of the metal-made return passage of the second turbocharger from the shaft bearing portion to said junction is longer than that of the metal-made return passage of the first turbocharger from the shaft bearing portion to said junction; and wherein the metal-made return passage of the first turbocharger comprises an upstream metal-made return passage and a downstream metal-made return passage, and the upstream and downstream metal-made return passages are connected to each other via a flexible hose. | 11,338 |
8,425,368 | 1. A transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; a first planetary gear set having a first, a second and a third member; a second planetary gear set having a first, a second and a third member, wherein the output member is directly connected for common rotation with the third member of the second planetary gear set; a planetary gear set assembly having a first member, a second member, a third member and a fourth member; a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the third member of the planetary gear set assembly with the first member of the first planetary gear set; a second interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the third member of the first planetary gear set with the second member of the second planetary gear set; and at least six torque transmitting mechanisms each selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the first, second, third and fourth members of the planetary gear set assembly or at least one of the first, second and third members of the first and second planetary gear sets with at least one of another of the first, second, third and fourth members of the planetary gear set assembly, another of the first, second and third members of the first and second planetary gear sets, or a stationary member, and wherein the at least six torque transmitting mechanisms are each selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish at least ten forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member, a first of the six torque transmitting devices is selectively engageable to interconnect the fourth member of the planetary gear set assembly and the input member directly to the first member of the second planetary gear set, and a second of the six torque transmitting devices is selectively engageable to interconnect the second member of the planetary gear set assembly directly to the first member of the second planetary gear set. | 37,129 |
9,699,841 | 1. A full color array of light emitting diode for aircraft interiors which runs on alternating current, without transformation to direct current, comprising: a plurality of light emitting diodes comprising substantially equal numbers of light emitting diodes of at least three different colors, wherein light emitting diodes of each color are arranged in a series configuration; said plurality of light emitting diodes in operative communication with a closed loop feedback circuit; said closed loop feedback circuit in operative communication with a source of alternating current; wherein said closed loop feedback circuit is configured to smooth and direct said source of alternating current to said light emitting diodes, thereby maintaining a substantially constant power to said light emitting diodes by accommodating changes in voltage of the alternating current through adjustment of the current provided to said plurality of light emitting diodes, whereby flicker is reduced to levels imperceptible to a typical human observer, and wherein said closed loop feedback circuit comprises a proportional-integral-derivative controller in operative communication with an analog to digital converter, configured to provide monitor line voltage communicate this information to the proportional-integral-derivative controller, and a current sense circuit, configured to monitor current and communicate this information to the proportional-integral-derivative controller. | 25,697 |
8,418,733 | 1. A purging apparatus for purging a container including a container body and an openable lid using a clean gas, the purging apparatus comprising: a detaching/attaching section that attaches the lid to the container body and removes the lid from the container body when it is possible to detach the lid; a moving mechanism that moves the detaching/attaching section with respect to the container; a locking member that locks the lid to the container body and releases the locked state of the lid; a drive mechanism that drives the locking member; a gas supplying-discharging mechanism; a first detector arranged to detect a position of the lid; and a control section programmed to control the moving mechanism, the drive mechanism, and the gas supplying-discharging mechanism; wherein the control section controls the gas supplying-discharging mechanism to start purging the container, based on the position of the lid detected by the first detector, while the control section controls the moving mechanism to move the detaching/attaching section and the lid toward the container body; and the control section controls the gas supplying-discharging mechanism to start purging the container before the control section controls the drive mechanism to drive the locking member to lock the lid to the container body. | 25,641 |
8,346,670 | 1. A system for controlling user access to a service comprising: a read device configured to read a payment card of a user; a first control block coupled to the read device and an entry gate, the first control block being configured to determine whether online payment authorization should be requested for said payment card, wherein if it is determined that online payment authorization should be requested, the first control block is further configured to make an online payment authorization request and to control the entry gate to allow said user access to the service prior to completing said online payment authorization for said payment card; a first memory coupled to said first control block and comprising a memory portion storing a white list indicating payment cards for which the first control block provides user access to the service without online payment authorization, wherein said first control block is configured to add said payment card to said white list if the online payment authorization is granted for that payment card; a further read device configured to read said payment card; a second control block coupled to the further read device and configured to control a second gate; and a second memory coupled to the second control block and comprising a memory portion storing the white list, wherein the white list is updated with modifications via a network and wherein the second control block, after the further read device reads the payment card, controls the second gate to open after determining whether the payment card is on the white list stored in memory. | 42,179 |
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