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9,337,649 | 1. A fault processing system comprising: a first processing engine wrapper having: an inbound pipe configured to obtain a first claimcheck data packet comprising a first claimcheck token; a processing engine component configured to: process a first context message, the first context message being identified using the first claimcheck token, according to a fault rule included in the processing engine component, wherein the fault rule is selected from: a fault detection rule, a fault location rule, a fault isolation rule, or a fault restoration rule, wherein the first claimcheck token within the claimcheck data packet is smaller than the first context message in terms of data size; and generate a second context message, the second context being generated by adding data processed according to the selected fault rule to the first context message; and an outbound pipe configured to provide a second claimcheck data packet derived from the second context message and including a second claimcheck token for identifying the second context message, wherein the second claimcheck token within the claimcheck data packet is smaller than the second context message in terms of data size. | 17,249 |
9,754,890 | 1. A microelectronic structure comprising: a microelectronic substrate having a cavity defined therein extending from a first surface of the microelectronic substrate, wherein the cavity includes at least one sidewall and a bottom surface, wherein the microelectronic substrate includes a plurality of conductive routes extending from the substrate first surface and a plurality of conductive routes extending from the substrate cavity bottom surface; a bridge, disposed within the microelectronic substrate cavity, having a plurality of signal lines formed on or in a first surface of the bridge and a plurality of through-bridge conductive vias extending from the bridge first surface to an opposing second surface of the bridge, wherein the plurality of through-bridge conductive vias are electrically connected to the plurality of conductive routes extending from the microelectronic substrate bottom surface; and a plurality of microelectronic devices, wherein each of the plurality of microelectronic devices are electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of conductive routes extending from the substrate first surface, at least one of the plurality of the bridge signal lines, and at least one of the plurality of through-bridge conductive vias. | 20,084 |
8,716,159 | 1. A non-destructive method for silicon elimination from alumina based materials without destroying such alumina based materials, which comprises: a) mixing alumina based solid material which contains silicon with an alcohol extraction agent at a temperature between 10 and 300° C., for 10 minutes to 96 hours to form a mixture; b) separating solids from the mixture by centrifugation, decantation or filtration to obtain separated solids; c) washing the separated solids with at least one of water, alcohol or an ammonium hydroxide solution to form washed solids; and d) drying the washed solids to obtain regenerated alumina based solid material. | 42,180 |
8,899,043 | 1. An offshore power generation structure comprising: a submerged portion comprising; | 35,256 |
9,522,611 | 1. A moving body comprising: a wheel; a main body for supporting the wheel rotatably in a pitch direction; a driving control unit for controlling driving of the wheel; angular change detection means for detecting an angular change of the main body in the pitch direction; rotational angle detection means for detecting a rotational angle of the wheel; and a storage unit for storing a program implementing a first control mode in which rotation of the wheel is controlled on the basis of an output of the angular change detection means such that the angular change of the main body becomes zero and such that an angle of the main body with respect to a vertical direction becomes a first angle, and a second control mode in which rotation of the wheel is controlled on the basis of an output of the rotational angle detection means such that a change in the rotational angle of the wheel becomes zero, wherein the driving control unit implements the first control mode and the second control mode by reading out and expanding the program, and the driving control unit includes switching means for switching between the first control mode and the second control mode, wherein a part of the main body includes touch detection means for detecting whether a person is touching the main body, wherein the switching means switches between the first control mode and the second control mode in accordance with an output of the touch detection means, and switches from the second control mode to the first control mode when a user is touching the grip. | 21,485 |
9,362,751 | 1. A method of controlling the power input to a high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission link, the HVDC transmission link is connected to an alternating-current (AC) power plant via a first voltage source converter and to an AC grid via a second voltage source converter, the method comprising: performing voltage control of the HVDC transmission link during a no-fault mode of operation of the grid via the second voltage source converter; monitoring a HVDC transmission link parameter to detect an unbalanced fault; regulating the output of the AC power plant via the first voltage source converter in the event of an unbalanced fault, which is on the basis of the monitored HVDC transmission link parameter; and wherein the regulating the output of the AC power plant comprises providing unbalanced multi-phase voltage reference signals at a collector network of the AC power plant; and wherein the unbalanced multi-phase AC voltage reference signals are comprised of three voltage signals of different magnitudes for the collector network of a three-phase AC power plant. | 7,942 |
9,136,741 | 1. A flywheel device comprising: a sealed housing section; a rotor disposed within the housing section; a first bearing housing comprising lower contact bearings and a second bearing housing comprising upper contact bearings disposed between the rotor and a plate; and an off-loading electromagnet configured to provide a vertical off-loading force that lifts the rotor against the upper contact bearings in a vertical direction and off of the lower contact bearings. | 14,263 |
8,727,785 | 1. A system for functional rehabilitation of at least one of strength and balance in a mammalian subject, the system comprising: (a) a substantially flat surface plate capable of supporting a mammalian subject in a supine position; (b) a frame operably connected to said surface plate by at least one air bearing disposed on said frame, the frame structured to be attached to the mammalian subject and the at least one air bearing being adapted to provide a uniform or substantially uniform air pressure exerted on said surface plate; (c) an exercise tool operably connected to said surface plate, said exercise tool positioned along an axis perpendicular to said surface plate and in operable contact with said subject; (d) an air pressure control system for providing air at a predetermined controllable pressure to the plurality of air bearings; (e) a cable having first and second ends, said first end connected to said frame and said second end threaded through a pulley system and connected to a force actuator for simulating a pseudo-gravitational force on the mammalian subject in the supine position; and (f) a system of pulleys supporting said cable and operably connected to a linear bearing assembly, said linear bearing assembly operably attached to an edge of said surface plate, said linear bearing assembly allowing unrestricted mediolateral movement of the cable thereby providing a gravity-like load that maintains a direction perpendicular to the exercise tool with which the mammalian subject is in contact. | 27,983 |
9,179,408 | 1. A node probing method using an adaptive and asynchronous rendezvous protocol in an opportunistic network, comprising: selecting, by each of nodes in the opportunistic network, a prime number larger than two; using, by the node, the selected prime number to generate a wake-up pattern according to the following equation: where n represents an n-bit slot in a node, Xn=1 represents a wake-up slot, Xn=0 represents a sleeping slot, and ‘mod p’ represents a modulo operation for the prime number p; and searching, by the node, for a neighbor node according to the generated wake-up pattern. | 7,699 |
8,608,523 | 1. A lightweight, hydroplane watercraft device, comprising: a unitary foam structure that forms a central portion and two opposing lateral sections with a sweeping underside hull and an upper surface being flat; said foam structure encased in layers of a composite material to form an outer shell; a center plank running along a centerline of structure; a pilot chair mounted on said center plank; a transom board mounted on a stem of said structure; said transom board supports an outboard motor and steering mechanism; said lateral sections extend forwardly of said central portion and converge toward said transom board; said center plank is bonded between outside layers within said structure outer shell; said transom band is further supported by an L-bracket, which fastens to said transom board and said structure; said outboard motor is an all-electric motor. | 7,793 |
9,203,097 | 1. A water vapor separator plate assembly comprising: a pair of wet side separator plates each defining a wet side flow channel region therein; a pair of water vapor transfer membranes disposed on respective surfaces of the pair of wet side separator plates such that a generally planar dry side flow channel region is formed therebetween; at least one discrete support positioned within the dry side flow channel region, wherein the discrete support is selected from the group consisting of a dot, projection, thread and combinations thereof; at least one spacing member positioned between and disposed on respective surfaces of the pair of water vapor transfer membranes such that-the dry side flow channel region possesses a thickness defined substantially by the at least one spacing member is formed; and wherein the height of the dry side flow channel region is about 0.22 millimeters. | 49,771 |
9,449,764 | 1. An electric storage device, comprising: a negative electrode; a positive electrode; and a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode layer, the negative electrode layer comprising: the negative electrode layer having a thickness of 30 μm to 300 μm, and a ratio S | 34,217 |
9,175,591 | 1. A method for reducing the amount of CO 2 discharged into the atmosphere with an exhaust gas stream emitted by an internal combustion engine (ICE) used to power a vehicle, the method comprising: a. contacting the exhaust gas stream with a CO b. separating the sorbent having captured CO c. passing the sorbent having captured CO d. recycling the regenerated CO e. discharging the treated exhaust gas stream having a reduced CO f. recovering an essentially pure CO g. compressing the recovered CO h. temporarily storing the recovered CO | 17,988 |
8,743,633 | 1. An integrated semiconductor device comprising: first and second semiconductor devices, wherein the first semiconductor device includes: the second semiconductor device includes: | 45,804 |
9,807,693 | 1. A method of minimizing power consumption of an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving a signal through a plurality of receivers of the electronic device; checking a status of the received signal; determining whether the received signal satisfies a preset amplifier control condition based on the status of the received signal; determining whether it is possible for the signal to be received and processed using at least one of the plurality of receivers based on the preset amplifier control condition; and adjusting a gain of an amplifier which is connected to other receivers of the plurality of receivers, excluding the used at least one of the plurality of receivers, when it is possible for the signal to be received and processed using the at least one of the plurality of receivers. | 44,618 |
9,169,544 | 1. A method of manufacturing an aluminium rolled product, the method comprising the steps of: casting an aluminium alloy consisting of the following composition in wt. %: Mg 3.5 to 6.0 Mn 0.4 to 1.2 Fe≦0.14 Si≦0.12 Cu≦0.05 Zr 0.05 to 0.25 Cr 0.05 to 0.1 Ti 0.05-0.11 Sc 0.1 to 0.3 Zn 0.2 to 0.65 Ag<0.4, and impurities or incidental elements each <0.05, total <0.15, and the balance being aluminum, | 25,288 |
9,695,363 | 1. A low toxicity method of applying a cosmetic material, a medicament or other therapeutic component to an organism comprising: (a) providing a composition comprising: (i) the cosmetic, medicament or other therapeutic component and (ii) low toxicity propellant comprising at least about 5% by weight of 1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein said 1,1,1,3-tetrafluorpropene consists of trans-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropene (transHFO-1234ze); and (b) introducing said composition to the organism. | 19,376 |
9,334,311 | 1. A nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence with at least 98 percent sequence identity with the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 172; (b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence comprising the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 172; (c) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence consisting of the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 172; (d) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide with at least 98 percent sequence identity with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 173; and (e) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 173, the polypeptide having a conservative substitution of one to 5 amino acids; (f) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 173, the polypeptide having an insertion of one to 5 amino acids; (g) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 173, the polypeptide having an internal deletion of one to 5 amino acids; (h) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 173, the polypeptide having a C- or N-terminal truncation of one to 5 amino acids, or a combined C- and N-terminal truncation of one to 5 amino acids; (i) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 173, the polypeptide having a modification of one to 5 amino acids selected from amino acid substitutions, amino acid insertions, amino acid deletions, a C-terminal truncation, or an N-terminal truncation; (j) a nucleotide sequence complementary to any of (a) to (i). | 6,064 |
8,868,273 | 1. An apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle, comprising: an engine; a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed of the hybrid vehicle; an accelerator pedal sensor configured to detect an opening degree of an accelerator pedal; a motor-generator disposed in a drive system extending from the engine to a driving wheel for performing an engine start and a drive for the driving wheel according to a motor acceleration and a power generation according to a regeneration driven by the driving wheel; a mode switching device disposed in a linkage section between the engine and the motor-generator for switching between a hybrid vehicle mode, in which the hybrid vehicle is powered by both of the engine and the motor-generator, and an electric vehicle mode, in which the hybrid vehicle is powered by the motor-generator; and mode transition control means for implementing a delay time from a time at which an engine stop allowing an accelerator opening is confirmed based on the detected vehicle speed and the detected opening degree of the accelerator pedal to a time at which a mode transition from the hybrid vehicle mode to the electric vehicle mode is initiated in a high vehicle speed area that is higher than a delay time in another vehicle speed area, the vehicle traveling in the high vehicle speed area when it is traveling at or above a vehicle speed threshold level, wherein the mode transition control means sets a vehicle speed threshold value as a vehicle speed equal to or higher than a vehicle speed at which, in the electric vehicle mode, a constant speed run can be made, or as a vehicle speed equal to or higher than another vehicle speed at which a constant acceleration from the constant speed run can be made; wherein the high vehicle speed area is equal to or higher than the vehicle speed threshold value; and wherein the delay time is longer as the vehicle speed becomes higher in the high vehicle speed area. | 42,805 |
9,192,886 | 1. A cyclone for a cyclone mist eliminator, said cyclone comprising: an inner wall having a generally frusta-cortical configuration and enclosing an inner chamber having an inlet end that is open to permit a fluid to enter the inner chamber through the inlet opening and an opposed outlet end; an outer wall having a generally frusta-conical configuration and surrounding and spaced outwardly from the inner wall to create an outer chamber in a spacing between the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein said opposed outlet end of the inner chamber is open to permit a portion of the fluid when present in said inner chamber to pass through said opposed outlet end and out of the cyclone without passing through the outer chamber; openings formed in said inner wall to permit another portion of said fluid when present in said inner chamber to pass through the openings and into said outer chamber; a swirler positioned at the inlet end of the inner chamber to impart a swirling motion to said fluid when present in said inner chamber; and a fiber pad positioned in said outer chamber. | 20,258 |
8,938,932 | 1. A rail-less roof mounting system for installing a plurality of photovoltaic (PV) modules on a roof structure, the rail-less roof mounting system comprising: a base mount assembly attached to the roof structure comprising: a clamp assembly attached to the base mount assembly having a clamp member with a plurality of apertures on an inner surface and a plate member with a plurality of slots, the clamp member interconnects a frame member of a PV module to a frame member of adjacent PV module; whereby the plurality of PV modules are interlocked in a way to provide a corner-to-corner coupling arrangement which enables the connection of PV module corners to adjacent PV module corners by sandwiching above and beneath frame members of the plurality of PV modules. | 14,578 |
9,476,108 | 1. A method of inhibiting the accumulation of mineral scale deposits in a process solution distribution system, the process solution distribution system comprising a pump for distributing a scale control reagent and piping and emitter tubing fluidly connected to the pump, wherein the piping and emitter tubes are exposed to weather and direct sunlight, the method comprising locating a section of tubing within 1000 feet of the pump, the section of tubing comprising the same materials as the emitter tubing, the section of tubing characterized as not being in fluid communication with the process solution distribution system; affixing a sensor to the section of tubing; measuring or calculating a temperature with the sensor optionally in combination with at least one additional sensor; and distributing a scale control reagent to at least a portion of the process distribution system in response to the measured or calculated temperature. | 30,637 |
8,897,923 | 1. In an electricity supply system by which electricity is supplied by a utility to consumers, a method of controlling a demand response of consumers comprising: informing consumers as to a price of electricity, including increases in the price thereof as demand increases, via price signals transmitted from the utility to the consumer over a communications channel available to the consumer; a consumer, using means for interpreting the price signals, assessing a desirability of maintaining a selected load level for an appliance installed at a consumer's location and at what level, if any, the consumer wishes to maintain that load level whenever a price increase occurs or a consumer's individual situation changes; programming a control device responsive to an input from the utility that a price increase point has been reached at which the consumer wants to change a level of continuing service from that previously selected by the consumer for that price point, the consumer being capable of overriding an output from the control device based on their individual situation so to operate the appliance at a different load level; the utility, if an unplanned, critical event occurs that affects the utility's ability to continue to supply electricity to its consumers, being able to reduce a level of energy consumption by the consumer to a consumer's lowest selected level for continuing service, thereby to shed sufficient load on a system to maintain an adequate level of electricity supply for the system; and, whenever an appliance which is “off” at a start of a critical event is turned “on” during the event, a duty cycle of the appliance is whatever is programmed for the then current status of the utility for the duty cycle to immediately be at less than a 100% duty cycle. | 6,823 |
8,869,000 | 1. A method for decoding data, the method comprising: receiving data to be decoded; decoding the received data using first error correcting circuitry that decodes data in accordance with a first iterative decoding process; terminating execution of the first iterative decoding process used to correct the data before the first error correcting circuitry completes executing the first iterative decoding process; producing partially decoded intermediate data in response to the terminating, the partially decoded intermediate data resulting from the terminated first iterative decoding process; determining whether the partially decoded intermediate data requires further decoding by determining whether the first iterative decoding process has failed; and in response to determining that the first iterative decoding process has not failed, decoding the partially decoded intermediate data using second error correcting circuitry that decodes data in accordance with a second decoding process. | 6,950 |
8,844,116 | 1. A method of manufacturing a harness for a buoyancy control device for use in a diving application, the method including the steps of: providing polymeric material; moulding the polymeric material into separate components of the harness, said moulding step comprising utilizing a rotational moulding process to form a hollow body, the hollow body being an inflatable bladder for use in adjusting the buoyancy of the buoyancy control device; and connecting the components to one another so as to form the harness. | 26,624 |
8,746,637 | 1. A foldable frame comprising: at least one single-point folding unit having a first tube, a second tube, a rectangular tube and at least one base part, with the second tube connected to a first end of the rectangular tube and the first tube connected to the base part, with a second end of the rectangular tube pivotably connected to an extension portion of the base part by a pin, with the first tube pivotable about the pin relative to the second tube, with an outer tube movable on the second tube to extend over the rectangular tube, with a securing bolt securing the outer tube when the outer tube is moved to a position relative to the rectangular tube, and at least one two-point folding unit having a first tube, a second tube, a rectangular tube and two base parts, with the first and second tubes of the at least two-point folding unit connected to the two base parts of the at least one two-point folding unit, with the rectangular tube of the at least one two-point folding unit having two ends thereof pivotably connected to two respective extension portions of the two base parts of the at least one two-point folding unit by two pins, wherein the first and second tubes of the at least one two-point folding unit are pivotable about the two pins, wherein an outer tube is movable on the second tube between a first position located solely on the second tube and a second position extending between the first and second tubes, with the rectangular tube rotatable relative to the two respective extension portions when the outer tube of the at least one two-point folding unit is in the first position to change a folding direction, with the first and second tubes, the rectangular tube and the two respective extension portions aligned and relative rotation therebetween prevented when the outer tube of the at least one two-point folding unit is in the second position, and wherein a securing bolt secures the outer tube on the second tube of the at least one two-point folding unit. | 24,310 |
8,593,591 | 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, which are opposed to each other; a first electrode and a second electrode, which are over the first substrate; a projection between the first substrate and the second substrate; a spacer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the projection and the second substrate, wherein a distance between a first end of the projection and the second substrate is shorter than a distance between the first end of the projection and the first substrate, wherein a distance between a second end of the projection and the first substrate is shorter than a distance between the second end of the projection and the second substrate, and wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal molecule and a compound having a polymerizable group. | 17,375 |
8,822,192 | 1. A vaccine composition for inducing an immunological response against a rotavirus in a subject, comprising: a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier admixed with: an isolated rotavirus strain of CDC-9 or CDC-66 inactivated by inactivation treatment comprising one or more chemical agents and/or thermal inactivation. | 35,595 |
9,339,154 | 1. A compressible axle for installing between two depressions in a frame, the compressible axle comprising: a first portion that telescopically interfaces with a cavity in a second portion; a first end of the first portion has a first nub and a first end of the second portion has a second nub; a second end of the first portion has a well containing a lubricant, the well is sealed by a plunger except for at least one orifice through a side of the well; and a compression spring is positioned within the cavity between an inside surface of the cavity and the plunger; the compression spring urges the first portion away from the second portion such that a closing force applied to compress the first portion further into the cavity compresses the compression spring and applies force to the plunger, thereby expelling a portion of the lubricant from the at least one orifice to lubricate an area where the first portion telescopically interfaces with the cavity in the second portion; wherein the first nub and the second nub are sized and shaped to fit within corresponding depressions of the depressions in the frame. | 29,569 |
8,709,376 | 1. A process for recovering an acid catalyst from aqueous glycolic acid, comprising (A) extracting an aqueous glycolic acid mixture, comprising (B) separating the aqueous raffinate and organic extract phases; and (C) extracting the organic extract phase from step (B) with an aqueous formaldehyde solution to form an aqueous formaldehyde extract comprising a major amount of the acid catalyst contained in the organic extract phase from step (B) and an organic raffinate phase comprising a minor amount of the acid catalyst contained in the organic extract phase. | 17,023 |
9,753,264 | 1. An assembly for collecting light, comprising: a set of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubular support structures, each of the PVC tubular support structures with a first end and a second end, and each of the PVC tubular support structures being associated with but separate from at least one solar collecting assembly; at least one solar collecting assembly mechanically coupled to at least one of the PVC tubular support structures; a first set of cables arranged in a substantially perpendicular to each other in an x-direction and y-direction in a first plane substantially parallel to earth, the first set of cables forming a grid of cables in which at least one cable in the x-direction intersects with at least one cable in the y-direction at the first end of each of the PVC tubular support structures thereby permitting the PVC tubular support structures to move in a first direction, each of the first set of cables includes a first set of swage alignment fittings, each of the swage alignment fittings in the first set securely hydraulically fastened with a hydraulic press at a predetermined position along the first set of cables, and the first end of each of the PVC tubular support structures attached to one of the swage alignment fittings in the first set of cables; a set of a plurality of winches; a set of cable segments each with a first end coupled to one of the winches in the set of the plurality of winches and a second end of the cable segments coupled to one of the first set of cables, whereby exerting a pulling force on one of the set of cable segments by one of the set of the plurality of winches changes a pitch between adjacent cables in the first set of cables in the x-direction, the y-direction, or both; and a second set of cables arranged in a substantially perpendicular to each other in an x-direction and y-direction in a second plane substantially parallel to earth, the first set of cables forming a grid of cables in which at least one cable in the x-direction intersects with at least one cable in the y-direction at the second end of each of the PVC tubular support structures thereby permitting the PVC tubular support structures to move in a second direction, each of the second set of cables includes a second set of swage alignment fittings, each of the swage alignment fittings in the second set securely hydraulically fastened with a hydraulic press at a predetermined position along the second set of cables, and the second end of each of the PVC tubular support structures attached to one of the second alignment fittings in the second set of cables, and the first set of cables and the second set of cables are independently moveable. | 32,682 |
9,580,820 | 1. A self-breathing electrochemical oxygenerator comprising an outer housing which comprises an upper housing part and a lower housing part, and characterized in that: a cavity formed by the upper housing part comprises a battery installation cavity, a controller installation cavity and an electrochemical assembly installation cavity, batteries are installed within the battery installation cavity, a controller is installed within the controller installation cavity, a self-breathing electrochemical pure oxygen generation assembly is installed within the electrochemical assembly installation cavity, an upper housing body of the upper housing part corresponding to the electrochemical assembly installation cavity has air holes, an upper housing body of the upper housing part corresponding to the controller installation cavity has a display screen assembly hole, a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery installation cavity are respectively connected with a positive electrode and a negative electrode of an input end of the controller via leads, a power switch and a pressure sensor are mounted on the controller, an output end of the controller is connected with a display screen, the display screen is inserted into the display screen assembly hole, an anode pin of the pure oxygen generation assembly, a cathode pin thereof, and a pressure educing pipe are respectively connected with a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the output end of the controller, and an input end of the pressure sensor, an oxygen outlet of the pure oxygen generation assembly is communicated with the pressure educing pipe, the lower housing part is mounted on the upper housing part, a joint through-hole and a switch through-hole are respectively provided at two positions where the lower housing part is corresponding to an oxygen joint of the pure oxygen generation assembly and the lower housing part is corresponding to the power switch of the controller, the oxygen joint of the pure oxygen generation assembly penetrates through the joint through-hole of a top surface of the lower housing part, and the power switch of the controller penetrates through the switch through-hole of the top surface of the lower housing part; the pure oxygen generation assembly comprises a porous gas end plate, a membrane electrode assembly, an oxygen end plate, and a gas gathering base, wherein the membrane electrode assembly comprises an anode gas diffusion layer, an anode catalytic layer, a proton exchange membrane, a cathode catalytic layer, and a cathode gas diffusion layer, the porous gas end plate, the membrane electrode assembly and the oxygen end plate are sealedly connected with each other in turn, a plurality of small holes are evenly distributed in a middle of the porous gas end plate and face to the cathode gas diffusion layer, the cathode gas diffusion layer is connected with the negative electrode of the output end of the external controller, an oxygen through-hole is provided at a middle of the oxygen end plate and is communicated with an oxygen output pipe, the anode gas diffusion layer is connected with the positive electrode of the output end of the external controller, an outer surface of a connecting portion of the membrane electrode assembly with the porous gas end plate and with the oxygen end plate has a package slot, the two package slots are filled with the adhesive. | 24,722 |
9,196,847 | 1. A complex of formula (I) in which: F represents one or more groups capable of grafting chemically to a substrate of semiconductive porous oxide ceramic; S represents a sensitizing group for the semiconductive porous oxide ceramic; C is an electrically conductive polymer; E is a deconjugating spacer group which makes it possible to electrically isolate the sensitizer (S) from the electrically conductive polymer (C). | 6,610 |
8,676,365 | 1. A method for attenuating pre-echoes in a digital audio signal produced based on a transform coding, in the case where a reference signal arising from a temporal decoding and specific auxiliary information transmitted from a coder are not available, in which, upon decoding, for a current frame of this digital audio signal, the method comprising: defining a concatenated signal, based on at least a reconstructed signal of the current frame; dividing said concatenated signal into sub-blocks of samples of determined length; calculating a temporal envelope of the concatenated signal; detecting a transition of the temporal envelope to a high-energy zone; determining the sub-blocks of low energy preceding a sub-block in which a transition has been detected; and attenuating the determined sub-blocks, wherein the attenuation is performed utilizing an attenuation factor calculated for each of the determined sub-blocks, as a function of the temporal envelope of the concatenated signal and of the temporal envelope of the reconstructed signal of the previous frame; and calculating and storing the temporal envelope of the current frame after the step of attenuation in the determined sub-blocks. | 24,484 |
9,474,449 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a signal indicative of a single user selected imaging protocol for scanning, wherein the imaging protocol includes a weighted aggregate of a colonography procedure and at least one other imaging procedure; performing a single scan with an imaging system using the single user selected protocol; and generating a single set of image data that includes colonography and bone mineral density data information. | 12,930 |
8,862,696 | 1. A method of communicatively connecting a local application on a mobile terminal to a Web application on a personal computer, the method comprising: communicating a first session ID for the Web application and a corresponding first code from a connector application on a Web server to the personal computer in response to a connection request from the personal computer, wherein communicating the first session ID for the Web application and the corresponding first code from the connector application on a Web server to the personal computer comprises responding to a user selection, via the personal computer, of a connector application that is associated with the Web application by operating the personal computer to request communication of the first session ID and the first code from the connector application on the Web server and to display the received first code to a user; communicating a second code and user ID from the mobile terminal to the connector application on the Web server, wherein communicating the second code and user ID from the mobile terminal to the connector application on the Web server comprises operating a connector application on the mobile terminal to receive the first code manually entered by the user through a user interface on the mobile terminal and to respond thereto by communicating the code entered by the user as the second code along with the user ID to the connector application on the Web server; operating the connector application on the Web server to determine whether the first code matches the second code from the mobile terminal and, if so, communicatively connecting the local application on the mobile terminal to the Web application on the personal computer; operating the connector application on the Web server to respond to its determination that the first code matches the second code from the mobile terminal by assigning and communicating a second session ID to the local application on the mobile terminal and by locally associating together the first session ID and the second session ID; and operating the connector application on the Web server to respond to a data request and/or a data response received from the personal computer that contains the first session ID by identifying the correlation of the first session ID to the second session ID and by responding to the identification by forwarding the received data request and/or data response to the local application on the mobile terminal; wherein communicatively connecting the local application on the mobile terminal to the Web application on the personal computer comprises operating the connector application on the Web server to forward data requests and data responses that are received from the Web application on the personal computer to the local application on the mobile terminal and to forward data requests and data responses that are received from the local application on the mobile terminal to the Web application on the personal computer. | 6,664 |
9,474,012 | 1. A method in a mobile device for determining a position fix in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining a first position fix of the mobile device; receiving, at the mobile device, a linked database from a location server, wherein the linked database is in response to the first position fix of the mobile device, comprising a first set of access points associated with the first position fix of the mobile device, and wherein searching for access points in the first set of access points utilizing at least one radio frequency (RF) scan conducted in the coverage area of a first access point in the first set of access points; and discovering for position determination a second set of access points based on the first access point that is visible and the at least one link between the first access point and the corresponding set of access points associated with the first access point provided in the linked database, and wherein the second position fix for the mobile device is determined using the second set of access points. | 34,254 |
9,124,180 | 1. A resonant converter apparatus comprising: a plurality of resonant converters connected in parallel; and a control module configured to output a pulse width modulation (PWM) control signal to the plurality of resonant converters, wherein: the control module comprises a voltage control loop and a current control loop; a voltage sensing end of the control module is configured to receive a sensed output voltage of the plurality of resonant converters; a current sensing end of the control module is configured to receive a sensed output current of each of the plurality of resonant converters; the voltage control loop of the control module is configured to compare the sensed output voltage with a predetermined reference voltage, and output a PWM control signal to one resonant converter of the plurality of resonant converters according to a voltage comparison result so that an output voltage of the one resonant converter is equal to the predetermined reference voltage; and the current control loop of the control module is configured to use the sensed output current of the one resonant converter as a reference current, compare the reference current with the sensed output current received from each of the plurality of resonant converters other than the one resonant converter, generate a frequency adjusting variable of the PWM control signal for each of the plurality of resonant converters other than the one resonant converter based on the current comparison result, and calculate the PWM control signal for each of the plurality of resonant converters other than the one resonant converter based on the PWM control signal provided to the one resonant converter and the frequency adjusting variable to adjust the output current of each of the plurality of resonant converters other than the one resonant converter to be equal to the output current of the one resonant converter. | 6,920 |
8,963,351 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: a power storage device storing electric power for traction, an internal combustion engine, a rotating electric machine receiving supply of electric power from said power storage device, and generating torque required to start said internal combustion engine, and a control device temporarily switching output allowable power indicating a value of output power allowed from said power storage device at a startup requested time of said internal combustion engine from first allowable power for said startup requested time to second allowable power greater than said first allowable power, when electric power required for said power storage device at a startup time of said internal combustion engine exceeds the output allowable power, said control device suppressing increase of said output allowable power for a next startup time of said internal combustion engine, when electric power exceeding said output allowable power is output from said power storage device at a startup time of said internal combustion engine, deviated from a period of time during which said output allowable power is switched to said second allowable power. | 48,030 |
9,123,519 | 1. A system for inspecting a suspect area in an object, comprising: a nano-second pulsed deuteron generator configured to generate at least 10 a tritium target, which produces pulsed neutrons upon being impinged by the pulsed beam of deuterium ions and wherein a current of the pulsed beam of deuteron ions impinging on the tritium target is in the range of 100 μA; a movable collimator configured to generate a collimated beam of pulsed neutrons and aim the pulsed neutrons at the suspect area; gamma ray detectors to detect gamma rays produced after an interaction of pulsed neutrons with the suspect area; and a processing unit that analyzes time-of flight (ToF) data from the gamma ray detectors to determine identities of materials in the suspect area. | 247 |
9,729,005 | 1. A fluorescent LED illumination device fittable between a pair of sockets already provided for a fluorescent lamp, comprising a first power supply circuit that illuminates LED's by using a DC power obtained by converting and rectifying an AC power supplied from the sockets, a second power supply circuit that illuminates the LED's by using an internal buttery, and a controller that discriminates one of a normal lighting mode wherein the LED's are lightened via said first power supply circuit or said second power supply circuit when a light switch is ON, a normal light-out mode wherein the LED's are not lightened when said light switch is OFF and an emergency lighting mode wherein the LED's are lightened as emergent lights via said second power supply circuit when an AC power supply is not alive, said controller further operating, in response to a result of said discrimination, to select an applicable one among said normal lighting mode, said normal light-out mode and said emergency lighting mode, said contoller detecting a change, within a predetermined time interval, of a voltage or current value of electricity flowing into the illumination device to discriminate such that, when detecting that, within the predetermined time interval, said value is lowered only one time from a predetermined value of electricity that will normally flow when the light switch is ON to substantially zero, which remains standstill, a power failure interrupts the AC power supply, to control such that the normal lighting mode should be switched to the emergency lighting mode, whereas, when detecting that, within the predetermined time interval, there occurs a change of the current or voltage value including a decrease from the predetermined value of electricity that will normally flow when the light switch is ON to substantially zero, followed by an increase to said predetermined value, the normal light-out operation has been carried out to control such that the normal lighting mode should be switched to the normal light-out mode. | 35,505 |
9,663,448 | 1. A compound represented by the structure of Formula XII, or its-salt, hydrate, or N-oxide thereof: wherein Z is carbon; R R R | 1,414 |
9,318,693 | 1. A method comprising: forming an opening in an insulating layer over a contact in a planar surface of a substrate to expose at least a portion of the contact; forming a self-aligned contact (SAC) electrically coupling to the contact, the SAC medially located in the opening and proximal to a sidewall thereof; forming an insulating cap in a lower portion of the opening, the insulating cap on an exposed portion of the contact; forming a ferroelectric spacer in the opening medially of the SAC and on said insulating cap; and forming a top electrode spacer in the opening medially of the ferroelectric spacer and on said insulating cap. | 48,826 |
9,147,120 | 1. A method of reading a utility meter having a plurality of analog dials, the plurality of analog dials each having a rotatable dial indicator, the method comprising: receiving a digital image of the plurality of analog dials of the utility meter; analyzing the received digital image to identify the dial indicators in the digital image by determining a centroid of a first object, determining a centroid of a second object, determining a centroid of a third object, and determining whether the centroids are spaced equally distant from each other or whether the centroid are substantially collinear; and analyzing the identified dial indicators to determine a value of each dial. | 25,708 |
8,566,378 | 1. A sync mark detection circuit, wherein the circuit further comprises: a storage circuit operable to store a data input as a stored input; a plurality of noise predictive filters operable to receive a processing input, wherein at least one of the noise predictive filters is selectably modifiable between increasing the probability of finding a sync mark in the processing input and maintaining a baseline probability of finding the sync mark in the processing input; and a controller circuit, wherein the controller circuit is operable to determine an operational mode selected from a group consisting of: a standard operational mode, a bit flipping mode, and a filter modification mode, and wherein: upon selecting the standard operational mode the controller circuit is further operable to: select the data input as the processing input; and selectably modify the at least one of the noise predictive filters to maintain a baseline probability of finding the sync mark in the processing input; upon selecting the bit flipping mode the controller circuit is further operable to: modify at least one bits in the stored input to yield a modified input; select the modified input as the processing input; and selectably modify the at least one of the noise predictive filters to maintain a baseline probability of finding the sync mark in the processing input; and upon selecting the filter modification mode the controller circuit is further operable to: select the stored input as the processing input; and selectably modify the at least one of the noise predictive filters to increase the probability of finding a sync mark in the processing input. | 27,401 |
8,644,737 | 1. A developing device to supply toner in a developer comprising the toner and a carrier to an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier and to develop the electrostatic latent image, the developing device comprising: a first developer housing portion comprising a development member to attach the developer to an outer circumference thereof to supply the toner to the image carrier, and a first agitator to agitate and transfer the developer in a first axis direction; a second developer housing portion comprising a toner loading hole to load the toner, and a second agitator to agitate and transfer the developer in a second axis direction that is opposite with respect to the first axis direction; and a barrier wall to divide the developing device into the first developer housing portion and the second developer housing portion, and has a first communication opening located on a lower stream side of the second axis direction and a second communication opening located on a lower stream side of the first axis direction to allow the developer to be transferred in the first axis direction and the second axis and circulated between the first developer housing portion and the second developer housing portion, wherein the developing device satisfies 1.8≦Wa/Wb≦3.0, wherein Wa represents a mass of the developer in the first developer housing portion and Wb represents a mass of the developer in the second developer housing portion at an equilibrium state. | 26,070 |
9,440,717 | 1. A hull cleaning robot comprising: a body; at least one cleaning apparatus for cleaning the hull of a vessel; at least one drive track holding the robot on the hull as the robot maneuvers about the hull; and at least one turbine driven by water flowing into the body of the robot as generated by the vessel being in motion and underway, the turbine being oriented substantially parallel to the hull, and in a direction of the water flow within the body, the turbine operating the at least one cleaning apparatus and the at least one drive track, wherein the robot is adapted to operate underwater and within the water flow to maneuver about and clean the hull of the vessel. | 13,915 |
8,590,276 | 1. A tower element for a tower having a plurality of tower elements mounted on top of each other, wherein the tower element comprises: an outer surface, a periphery and an inner surface, wherein the periphery of the tower element is made up of a plurality of segments wherein each segment is provided with one or more inwardly facing flanges at longitudinal sides thereof, wherein each flange is adapted to be connected to one or more corresponding flanges on laterally arranged and abutting segments of the tower element when the tower element is assembled, thus constituting an element of a casing for the tower, wherein each segment is made with an upper portion configured to overlap with a lower portion of another tower element when two elements are arranged on top of one another, thereby producing joints being transverse to the longitudinal extent of the tower; wherein each segment is adapted to form a butt joint with another segment of another element at the inwardly facing flanges, such that a lowermost edge of a flange of a segment of an upper element rests on an uppermost edge of a flange of a segment of a lower element when the upper and lower elements are arranged on top of one another. | 26,079 |
9,397,242 | 1. A silicon substrate for a solar cell, the silicon substrate having orientation (111 ) and a textured surface used as a light-receiving surface on which a textured structure is formed, wherein the textured surface has a plurality of projections each having three slant faces, and a height of the projections is in a range from 100 nm to 8 μm, a silicon oxidized layer is located on each of the projections, the plurality of projections include a first projection having a first apex, and a second projection having a second apex, the first projection is adjacent to the second projection, the silicon oxidized layer includes (i) a first silicon oxidized part in direct contact with the first apex and covering the first apex, and (ii) a second silicon oxidized part in direct contact with the second apex and covering the second apex, the silicon oxidized layer does not directly contact a recessed portion of the silicon substrate located between the first apex and the second apex, each of the three slant faces has orientation (110 ), (101 ), or (011 ), and the recessed portion of the silicon substrate is located at an intersection of a bottom of the first projection and a bottom of the second projection. | 22,599 |
9,239,183 | 1. A method for reducing defrost noise in a heat pump, comprising: energizing a fan configured to urge a heat transfer medium across a heat exchanger; initiating a defrost cycle to warm the heat exchanger, comprising: de-energizing a compressor fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger; delaying for a first delay period with the fan energized and the compressor de-energized; energizing a reversing valve after the first delay period, to reverse a flow of a refrigerant flow between the compressor and the heat exchanger, such that the refrigerant warms the heat exchanger; delaying for a second delay period with the fan energized, the compressor de-energized, and the reversing valve energized; energizing the compressor after the second delay period and then de-energizing the fan; defrosting the heat pump during the defrost cycle; and terminating the defrost cycle. | 32,035 |
8,365,255 | 1. A method of controlling nodes in an access network, the access network including a Head End, the access network further including a plurality of upstream and downstream channels for providing communication between nodes and the Head End of the access network, the method comprising: receiving by the Head End a log-in request from a first node; sending information by the Head End to the first node for enabling the first node to obtain a specified configuration file from a trusted server; monitoring communications associated with the first node by the Head End in order to determine whether the first node fails to obtain the specified configuration file from the trusted server, wherein monitoring communications associated with the first node by the Head End includes determining whether a communication was sent from the first node to a destination address associated with the trusted server and determining whether the communication includes a request for accessing the specified configuration file; and performing by the Head End at least one action in response to the log-in request, wherein the at least one action is based at least in part on a determination that the specified configuration file has not been obtained from the trusted server. | 7,803 |
8,928,883 | 1. An agent detection system, comprising: a resonator device configured to: a filter device configured to filter the transmitted light having the altered peak wavelength such that the transmitted light having the altered peak wavelength does not reach one or more detectors of a detector array configured to receive transmitted light not filtered by the filter device, the filter device configured to receive the transmitted light from the resonator device and filter the transmitted light having a peak wavelength outside a first range of peak wavelengths, the known peak wavelength being within the first range and the altered peak wavelength being outside the first range; and a processing system operable to determine that the one or more detectors of the detector array are not generating a signal, the absence of the signal being generated by the one or more detectors of the detector array indicating the presence of the agent. | 20,091 |
9,659,739 | 1. An apparatus for controlling an X-ray tube with shiftable focal point capability having a movable anode, the focal point formed by an electron beam incident on the anode, the apparatus comprising: a focal point shift registering unit for detecting and registering an onset of a focal point shift across the anode, the focal point shift occurring along a trajectory traced out by the shifting focal point across at least part of the moving anode; and an electron beam mitigator configured to mitigate, in response to a command issued by the registering unit upon registering the focal point, the incident electron beam while the shifted focal point traces out the trajectory across the at least part of the moving anode, the mitigation action dependent on relative velocity between the focal point and the anode, wherein the mitigation includes reducing the electron beam power as a function of the square root of a ratio between i) a minimum relative velocity of the focal point during the shift and ii) an average velocity of the anode movement. | 19,633 |
9,109,839 | 1. A multi-layered liquid to air heat exchange apparatus through which liquid flows by gravity and is kept in a constant thermodynamic relationship with currents of passing air, comprising: a chamber; a first air opening occupying a surface area on an upper half of the chamber, connecting the chamber with ambient air; a second air opening occupying a surface area on a bottom half of the chamber, connecting the chamber with ambient air; an evaporative media module disposed inside of the chamber occupying the space between first and second air openings, comprising a plurality of evaporative media units assembled vertically in succession and in parallel to one another, wherein the evaporative media unit further comprises a plurality of horizontal evaporative media layers with a top and a bottom surface, the layers are assembled vertically in succession and in parallel to one another; a liquid circulation system embedded in the evaporative media module and configured to deliver steady streams of liquid from a swamp tank at a bottom of the chamber to a top surface of the evaporative media module, and to direct the liquid flowing downward by gravity via a plurality of descending pipes, wherein the descending pipes are vertical and parallel to each other, and are configured to intersect each evaporative media layer in succession; and a blower connected to the first air opening for moving currents of air between the first air opening and the second air opening through the evaporative media module. | 6,900 |
8,851,938 | 1. A terminal connection structure, comprising: a first terminal that is made in a plate shape and formed with a through-opening; a supporting section supporting the first terminal; a second terminal that is made in a plate shape and to be a connection counterpart of the first terminal; and a clip made of a plate-like material having an electrical conductivity, and having a central piece formed into a U-shape and opposed pieces continued from the central piece, the central piece being provided with a pair of projection portions projected from both side portions of the central piece so as to prevent the clip from excessively entering into the through-opening; wherein the first terminal is interposed between the opposed pieces facing to each other with the central piece inserted into the through-opening, and the second terminal is inserted between a surface of the first terminal facing the pair of projection portions and the clip. | 43,677 |
9,454,336 | 1. A mobile electronic device comprising: a transceiver configured to receive at least a first signal from a first end point and a second signal from a second end point; and a controller comprising processing circuitry configured to: | 38,334 |
9,147,898 | 1. A control system of a fuel cell power plant configured to generate electrical current from an oxidant reactant stream and a hydrogen-rich fuel reactant stream, the control system comprising: at least one fuel cell including a membrane electrode assembly having a proton exchange membrane disposed between an anode catalyst surface and an opposed cathode catalyst surface of the assembly, an anode flow field defined in fluid communication with the anode catalyst surface and with a fuel inlet line to direct flow of the hydrogen-rich fuel reactant stream from the fuel inlet line adjacent the anode catalyst surface and out of the anode flow field through an anode exhaust as an anode exhaust stream, a cathode flow field defined in fluid communication with the cathode catalyst surface and with a source of the oxidant to direct flow of the oxidant reactant stream from an oxidant inlet line adjacent the cathode catalyst surface and out of the cathode flow field through a cathode exhaust as a cathode exhaust stream; a sealed coolant flow field secured in thermal exchange with one of the anode flow field and the cathode flow field for directing to direct a coolant fluid from a coolant inlet of a coolant loop, through the coolant flow field and through a coolant loop outlet, the coolant loop configured to control a temperature of the coolant fluid within the coolant flow field; at least one water reservoir secured in fluid communication with at least one of the anode flow field and the cathode flow field and secured in fluid isolation from the sealed coolant flow field, the water reservoir configured to move water from the reservoir and into the reactant stream located in the at least one of the anode and cathode flow fields, and to move water from the reactant stream located in the at least one of the anode and cathode flow fields and into the at least one reservoir; and, a relative-humidity controller secured in communication with the fuel cell and configured to selectively control at least one of a pressure of the reactant streams, a flow rate of the reactant streams, and a temperature of the coolant fluid within the sealed coolant flow field, so that water moves from the water reservoir into the reactant gas streams whenever power generated by the fuel cell is between about eighty percent and about one-hundred percent of a predetermined maximum power output of the fuel cell, and so that water moves from the reactant gas streams into the water reservoir whenever power produced by the fuel cell is less than about seventy-five percent of the predetermined maximum power output of the fuel cell. | 46,938 |
9,012,707 | 1. A process for the autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon-comprising gas stream by means of an oxygen-comprising gas stream over a heterogeneous catalyst configured as a monolith to give a reaction gas mixture and regenerating the catalyst in a reactor in the form of a cylinder or prism, wherein the interior space of the reactor is divided by means of a cylindrical or prismatic gastight housing G arranged in the longitudinal direction of the reactor into an inner region A which has one or more catalytically active zones arranged after one another and in which a packing composed of monoliths stacked on top of one another, next to one another and after one another is provided in each catalytically active zone and a mixing zone having fixed internals is provided before each catalytically active zone and an outer region B arranged coaxially with the inner region A, and a heat exchanger is provided at one end of the reactor next to the housing G, with one or more feed lines for the hydrocarbon-comprising gas stream to be dehydrogenated, with one or more feed lines for the oxygen-comprising gas stream in each of the mixing zones, where each feed line supplies one or more distributor chambers, and with a discharge line for the reaction gas mixture of the autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation, where the outer region B is supplied with a gas which is inert under the reaction conditions of the autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation and the hydrocarbon-comprising gas stream to be dehydrogenated is introduced via a feed line into the heat exchanger, heated in the heat exchanger by indirect heat exchange in countercurrent with the reaction gas mixture and conveyed further to the end of the reactor opposite the heat exchanger, diverted there, introduced via a flow equalizer into the inner region A and mixed in the mixing zones with the oxygen-comprising gas stream, whereupon the autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation takes place in the inner region A of the reactor, wherein the reactor is operated alternately in the production mode of the autothennal gas-phase dehydrogenation and in the regeneration mode, where the production mode of the autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation is operated until the increase in temperature of the reaction gas mixture after exit from the last catalytically active zone viewed in the flow direction and before entry into the heat exchanger, based on the point in time after which the conversion does not fluctuate by more than 1%, based on the final conversion, does not exceed 5 K, whereupon the reactor is switched over to the regeneration mode with introduction of an inert regeneration gas which comprises at least 10% by weight of oxygen, based on the total weight of the regeneration gas. | 11,145 |
8,453,437 | 1. A secondary air supply device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an electric air pump that supplies secondary air into an exhaust pipe of the internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle; an electronic control unit programmed to control actuation of the electric air pump according to an operating state of the internal combustion engine; and an electric fan upstream of the electric air pump that pressurizes air and feeds the air to the electric air pump, the air causing the electric air pump to rotate and the air being supplied to the exhaust pipe, wherein the electronic control unit is programmed to rotate the electric air pump with the electric fan before energizing the electric air pump. | 755 |
8,945,561 | 1. A method of inducing in a subject superagonistic signaling by a cell surface receptor, the method comprising administering to the subject an antibody that induces superagonistic signalling by the cell surface receptor, wherein the cell surface receptor is the human Programmed Death-1 receptor (PD-1 receptor) and wherein said antibody binds to the extracellular portion of the human PD-1 receptor at a membrane proximal region and said antibody binds to an epitope comprising SEQ ID NO: 44, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, SEQ ID NO: 50, SEQ ID NO: 52, SEQ ID NO: 54, SEQ ID NO: 56 or SEQ ID NO: 61, wherein: a) said antibody does not only bind to a peptide consisting of LAAFPEDRSQPGQDCR (SEQ ID NO: 61), the human PD-1 equivalent of the C′-D loop of human CD28; and b) when immobilized on a substrate, said antibody induces superagonistic signaling of the PD-1 receptor by binding to a membrane proximal region of the human PD-1 receptor that is within 75 Å of a cell surface or wherein said antibody binds to a membrane proximal region of the human PD-1 expressed on the surface of a cell and holds the cell surface within 200 Å of the substrate to which said antibody is immobilized. | 16,162 |
9,374,274 | 1. An access switch comprising: a control unit; a memory coupled to the control unit; and a port coupled to the control unit and configured to couple the access switch to a networked device; wherein the control unit is configured to: | 38,619 |
9,095,161 | 1. A process for preparing DL-methionyl-DL-methionine of formula (I), comprising: (A) reacting a urea derivative of formula IIa, IIb, and/or IIc, under a temperature and pressure in a solution at a pH of from 8 to 14 to yield a diketopiperazine of formula (III); hydrolyzing the diketopiperazine of formula (III) to yield a diastereomeric mixture DD/LL/DL/LD of formula (I); and isolating DL-methionyl-DL-methionine from the diastereomeric mixture; or (B) reacting a urea derivative of formula IIa, IIb, and/or IIc, in the presence of DL-methionine in an aqueous solution at a pH of from 8 to 14, removing a resultant diketopiperazine of formula III to obtain a solution comprising a diastereomeric mixture DD/LL/DL/LD of formula (I); and isolating DL-methionyl-DL-methionine from the diastereomeric mixture, wherein R | 17,356 |
9,427,690 | 1. An apparatus for fabricating an antimicrobial filter medium, comprising: an antimicrobial droplet generation unit configured to generate antimicrobial droplets by hydraulic pressure spraying an antimicrobial solution in which antimicrobial nanoparticles are dispersed; a dehumidifier unit configured to absorb and remove a solvent component of the antimicrobial droplet; an electric heater configured to generate antimicrobial nanoparticles by removing a solvent component remaining in the antimicrobial nanoparticles discharged from the dehumidifier unit: an antimicrobial nanoparticle coating unit configured to fabricate an antimicrobial filter medium by coating the antimicrobial nanoparticles generated by the electric heater on a filter medium; and a conductive member coating unit configured to coat conductive members on both sides of the antimicrobial filter medium, wherein the conductive member coating unit comprises a conductive member supply unit, an attachment support unit and a conveyor, and wherein the conveyor is configured to transport the antimicrobial filter medium fabricated by the antimicrobial nanoparticle coating unit, the conductive member supply unit comprises a roller above and below the conveyor and is configured to supply the conductive members, and the attachment support unit is configured to attach the conductive members on both sides of the antimicrobial filter medium by pressing them. | 40,731 |
9,368,814 | 1. A process for operating a fuel cell module comprising the steps of, a) sensing the electrical current drawn by a hydrogen recirculation pump to obtain a signal responsive to the density or humidity of gasses in a hydrogen recirculation loop; and, b) considering the signal when controlling one or more balance of plant elements that effect the removal of water from the stack. | 49,149 |
8,618,719 | 1. A power generation device, comprising: a piezoelectric energy harvesting device; and a battery coupled to the piezoelectric energy harvesting device by one or more wires; wherein the piezoelectric energy harvesting device covers a portion of an inner surface of an outward shell of an airborne platform. | 23,005 |
9,321,952 | 1. A rotary milled composite cement for use in oil and gas wells comprising: 1 to 99% of cement; 1 to 99% of fly ash; a maximum particle size of 25 microns; a mean particle size of less than 12 microns; and an average particle surface area of at least 14,500 cm2/g. | 21,125 |
9,343,188 | 1. A high-temperature gas reactor control rod comprising: first and second control rod elements each having a neutron absorber between an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder that form a double cylindrical tubular shape along a longitudinal direction of each control rod element; first and second columnar support members respectively disposed in the inner cylinder of the first and second control rod elements, each of the first and second columnar support members axially extending in each control rod element in its entire length of the longitudinal direction to allow the first and second columnar support members to be vertically aligned and connected, thereby joining the first and second control rod elements in the longitudinal direction; and a joint structure provided to at least one of the first and second columnar support members and configured to connect a lower end of the first columnar support member and an upper end of the second columnar support member, wherein each of the first and second control rod elements has a neutron absorber supporting flange extending toward the inner cylinder, the neutron absorber supporting flange being formed on each support member, each support member supporting the load of the neutron absorber from below by the neutron absorber supporting flange, each support member has a side wall assembly and a hollow portion, the side wall assembly having a plurality of flat plates which define and form the hollow portion inside each support member, the hollow portion extending in the longitudinal direction, the plurality of flat plates are made of composite materials which are selected from the group consisting of C/C composite materials and SiC/SiC composite materials, and the joint structure comprises a shaft and a loop-shaped joining belt, the shaft being inserted through the loop-shaped joining belt and two holes formed in the side wall assembly in each of the first and second support members to connect the lower end of the first columnar support member and the upper end of the second columnar support member. | 2,223 |
8,383,867 | 1. A method of preparing fluorinated organic compounds comprising (a) reacting at least one fluorinated C2 olefin with at least one addition agent under conditions effective to produce a compound of formula (I), where each X is independently Cl, I or Br; n is 1 or 2; m is 1, 2 or 3, a is 2 or 3, and a-m ≧0, provided that when n is 1, m is 1 or 2 and provided that valence of each carbon atom is satisfied, wherein at least one fluorinated C2 olefin comprises a compound of formula III where each Y is independently F, Cl, I or Br, provided that there is at least one F on each carbon atom, and wherein at least one addition agent comprises a compound of formula (IV) where m is 1, 2 or 3; a is 4, and a-m≧0; (b) dehydrohalogenating the at least one compound of formula (I) to at least one compound of formula (II) in the presence of hydrogen as a reducing agent that reduces at least one compound of formula (I) to at least one compound of formula (II), wherein each Z is independently H or F and where at least one compound of formula I is not the same as at least one compound of formula II. | 24,881 |
9,293,448 | 1. A three-dimensionally integrated semiconductor system, comprising: a semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) substrate comprising: at least one photoactive device formed on the layer of semiconductor material of the SeOI substrate; and at least one optical interconnect comprising a portion of the layer of semiconductor material of the SeOI substrate, the at least one optical interconnect operatively coupled to the at least one photoactive device; at least one current/voltage converter formed over the layer of semiconductor material of the SeOI substrate; at least one electrical pathway extending between the at least one photoactive device and the at least one current/voltage converter; at least one semiconductor device directly bonded over the SeOI substrate by a direct bonding process, wherein the at least one semiconductor device and the at least one photoactive device are disposed on opposing sides of the layer of electrically insulating material of the SeOI substrate; and at least one electrical pathway extending between the at least one current/voltage converter and the at least one semiconductor device bonded over the SeOI substrate. | 40,555 |
9,163,164 | 1. A support film for tape which is used for a tape, comprising: a film-shaped support formed of polyurethane; a barrier layer which includes polyvinyl alcohol and a layered inorganic compound and is formed on a surface of the support; and an undercoat layer which is disposed between the support and the barrier layer, and which causes the support and the barrier layer to adhere to each other, the undercoat layer being formed of a water-soluble resin, the water-soluble resin being one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin, polyurethane resins, polyester resins, vinyl acetate resins, styrene resins, shellac resins, polyamide resins, and a modified product thereof. | 4,471 |
8,490,407 | 1. A method of operating an integrated gasification combined cycle power generation system, comprising the steps of: providing a compressor having at least two multi-pressure outlets; delivering a first stream of air at a first pressure from a first of the outlets and into a first line; delivering a second stream of air at a second pressure greater than the first pressure from a second of the outlets; producing a stream of oxygen-enriched gas and a stream of oxygen-depleted air from the second stream of air in an air separation unit, wherein both the oxygen depleted air and the first stream of air are each in a pressure range of 160 to 285 psia; generating syngas by reacting a carbonaceous fuel with the oxygen-enriched gas; positioning an air chest in-line between the first line which receives the first stream of air from the first outlet and a second line which carries output from the air chest to a combustor, whereby the air chest receives air at the first pressure from the first outlet of the compressor, which air passes through the air chest and then into the second line through which it is received into the combustor; sending at least a portion of the stream of oxygen-depleted air in a third line to the air chest for mixing in the air chest with the air of the first stream received from the first outlet; mixing the oxygen-depleted air with air of the first stream in the air chest to generate a first mixture in the air chest; delivering the first mixture from the air chest through the second line to the combustor; and combusting a second mixture comprising the syngas and air from the first mixture in the combustor to generate power. | 3,471 |
9,642,142 | 1. A communication apparatus comprising: control circuitry which, in operation, a transmitter which, in operation, transmits configuration information indicative of the added or deleted component carrier to a terminal apparatus, the configuration information including the CIF value and the component carrier identification index of the newly added component carrier and the component carrier identification index of the deleted component carrier. | 10,457 |
9,027,289 | 1. A solar energy system with Fire Rating of at least Class A for mounting on an underlayment surface, the solar energy system comprising: a solar module assembly having an aperture region for receiving direct sun light and a backside region, and being substantially solid therebetween; a shaped thickness of material having a first side and a second side, the shaped thickness of material being characterized by at least Class A in UL Fire Rating; rail structures mounted on the underlayment surface; a frame assembly configured to hold and dispose the solar module assembly on the rail structures, the frame assembly retaining the shaped thickness of material with the rail structures from edge segments to have the first side of the shaped thickness of material facing up to substantially the entire backside region and the second side of the shaped thickness of material facing down to the underlayment surface; a first spatial zone defined at least in part by the backside region of the solar module assembly and the first side of the shaped thickness of material, the first spatial zone being coupled with a third spatial zone underneath the underlayment surface; and a second spatial zone provided between the second side of the shaped thickness of material and the underlayment surface, the second spatial zone being decoupled with the first spatial zone and isolated from the third spatial zone. | 3,994 |
8,791,858 | 1. A portable terminal device comprising: a location unit configured to repeatedly locate a current position of the portable terminal device; a microprocessor configured to intermittently access the location unit to acquire positional information of the portable terminal device from the location unit at access intervals; and a memory configured to store information on corresponding relationship between the access intervals and traveling speeds of the portable terminal device carried by a user, wherein the microprocessor is further configured to calculate a traveling speed of the portable terminal device based on the acquired positional information, obtain the access intervals corresponding to the calculated traveling speed by referring to the stored information on corresponding relationship, and switch the access intervals to the obtained access intervals so that the access intervals become longer stepwise as the traveling speed lowers, and wherein when the current position represented by the positional information newly acquired from the location unit is away from a previous position represented by the previously acquired positional information, the microprocessor is further configured to acquire map information corresponding to the current position represented by the newly acquired positional information via a communication network and display on a screen the current position in the corresponding map, and wherein the location unit is configured to constantly locate the current position of the portable terminal device at constant time intervals that are shorter than a minimum access interval stored in the memory, and, when accepting an acquisition request of the location result from the microprocessor, to output the latest location result to the microprocessor. | 36,175 |
8,730,649 | 1. A method for decreasing resistivity of an electrolyte for an electric double-layer capacitor, comprising: preparing an aqueous electrolyte solution comprising LiNO purging the aqueous electrolyte solution with a gas having a flow rate of 0.8-1.2 L/min for 5-40 minutes, wherein the gas is nitrogen or oxygen. | 34,812 |
8,884,055 | 1. A process for producing terephthalic acid from para-xylene, the process comprising: forming a mixture comprising the para-xylene, a solvent, a bromine source, a catalyst and optionally ammonium acetate; oxidizing the para-xylene by contacting the mixture with an oxidizing agent at oxidizing conditions to produce a solid oxidation product, the solid oxidation product comprising terephthalic acid, 4-carboxybenzaldehyde, and para-toluic acid; wherein the solvent comprises a carboxylic acid having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a dialkyl imidazolium ionic liquid, and optionally water; and the catalyst comprises at least one of cobalt, titanium, manganese, chromium, copper, nickel, vanadium, iron, molybdenum, tin, cerium, and zirconium separating the solid oxidation product from the mother liquor; contacting the separated solid oxidation product with a second solvent at solvent contacting conditions including a second temperature to produce a purified solid oxidation product, separating the purified solid oxidation product from the second solvent, washing and drying the purified solid oxidation product to produce a purified terephthalic acid composition having a 4-carboxybenzaldehyde content of less than 25 ppm-wt; and wherein the amounts of various contaminants in the solid oxidation product can be controlled. | 2,732 |
9,550,314 | 1. A flotation system for crushing, separating and washing waste plastics, in a direction of transporting materials, comprising a crusher, a flotation tank, a multi-functional rubbing and separating device, a washing tank and a dehydrator which are connected in turn; wherein said flotation tank and said washing tank are disposed abreast; said flotation tank is a straight launder; said washing tank comprises a tank-body and a division plate; the tank-body is a U-shaped box, one end of the tank-body is a curve end, and the other end of the tank-body is a flat end, and the division plate is disposed at an intermediate position inside the tank-body; one end of the division plate is fixedly connected to the flat end of the tank-body, and a third flow channel is disposed between the other end of the division plate and the curve end of the tank-body, so that a first flow channel on one side of the division plate, a second flow channel on the other side of the division plate and the third flow channel form a continuous U-shaped washing flow channel; and a feeding port of said washing tank and a discharge port of said washing tank are disposed on said flat end of said tank-body; a discharge port of said flotation tank is disposed on one end of said flotation tank approximate to said flat end of said tank-body, the feeding port of said flotation tank is disposed on another end of said flotation tank; the discharge port of said flotation tank and the feeding port of said washing tank are connected via said multi-functional rubbing and separating device; the feeding port of said flotation tank connects with said crusher, and the discharge port of said washing tank connects with said dehydrator. | 44,472 |
9,549,304 | 1. A method for execution by a processing module of an application server, the method comprises: establishing, by the application server, information regarding a potentially adverse event, wherein the information includes one or more of: geographic location coordinates of the potentially adverse event, an identifier of the potentially adverse event, and a relevant time period of the potentially adverse event; determining, by the application server, group constraints for a group regarding the potentially adverse event, wherein the group constraints includes one or more of: family member devices, neighbor devices, friend devices, first responders, co-workers, and devices of other persons having an affiliating commonality; selecting, by the application server, one or more user devices of a plurality of user devices affiliated with the group to produce selected user devices, wherein each of the selected user devices is associated with a set of geographic location coordinates that is within the geographic location coordinates of the potentially adverse event; obtaining, by the application server, for each selected user device, a status associated with the selected user device; and issuing, by the application server, a status response message to at least some of the user devices of the plurality of user devices affiliated with the group, wherein the status response message includes the status associated with each selected user device. | 17,488 |
9,758,855 | 1. A method of controlling a reactive deposition process, comprising: providing power to a cathode with a power supply; providing a voltage set point to the power supply; receiving a power value of the actual power provided to the cathode from the power supply; and controlling a flow of a process gas based on the power value to provide a closed loop control. | 19,804 |
9,554,422 | 1. A heating system for microfluidic devices comprising: a) a microfluidic device having two or more reservoirs or channels; b) a heat spreader, wherein the heat spreader is affixed to the microfluidic device such that the reservoirs or channels disposed on said microfluidic device are in thermal communication with the heat spreader, wherein the heat spreader is made of anisotropic material and is aligned with the microfluidic device to provide uniformity of temperature between the two or more channels, wherein a high conductance orientation of the heat spreader is aligned parallel to the plane having the two or more reservoirs or channels; c) a heating means for heating the heat spreader; d) a measuring means for measuring one or more temperatures of the channels or reservoirs, wherein the measuring means comprises one or more temperature sensors; and, wherein (i) an external resistive heater and an external temperature sensor are attached to the heat spreader and (ii) the microfluidic device comprises at least one embedded temperature sensor. | 7,364 |
9,506,427 | 1. A system for recirculating engine exhaust gas, comprising: first and second cylinder groups which include cylinders selected from cylinders of an engine; a first manifold which is connected to the first cylinder group, and is configured to combine and discharge exhaust gas discharged from the cylinders of the first cylinder group; a second manifold which is connected to the second cylinder group, and is configured to combine and discharge exhaust gas discharged from the cylinders of the second cylinder group; a branching unit which is connected to the first manifold and the second manifold, and at which exhaust gas discharged from both the first manifold and the second manifold is combined; first and second exhaust lines each of which has one side that is connected to the branching unit, and has an other side that is connected to a turbine of a turbocharger, and which are configured to provide the turbine with the exhaust gas that branches off from the branching unit after being combined at the branching unit; and a combining recirculation line which branches off from the branching unit, and is configured to guide a part of the exhaust gas combined at the branching unit to be combined with air to be intaken to the engine, wherein all of the flow of the exhaust gas discharged from each of the first and second manifolds are combined at the branching unit, and then branch off to the first and second exhaust lines and the combining recirculation line. | 37,711 |
9,313,734 | 1. A method of selecting Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration by a user equipment, comprising: recording patterns of application usage as a function of geographic locations of the user equipment at different times of day; determining a set of DRX configurations to be applied in the different geographic locations of the user equipment at different times of day as a function of the application usage patterns; selecting a DRX configuration applicable in a particular geographic location at a specific time of a day from the set of DRX configurations when the user equipment is at the specific geographic location at the specific time of the day; and transmitting information associated with the selected DRX configuration to a network entity so that the network entity applies the selected DRX configuration for the user equipment. | 33,303 |
9,099,947 | 1. A device for recovering electric energy in a DC motor-driven electric vehicle, the device comprising: a) a battery; b) a first inverter; c) an inductor, the inductor comprising a primary coil and a secondary coil; d) a first rectifier bridge or a second inverter; e) a DC motor; f) a second rectifier bridge or a third inverter; and g) a charger; wherein: an anode of the battery and a cathode of the battery are connected to input ends of the first inverter, respectively; one output end of the first inverter is connected to one end (1) of the primary coil; another output end of the first inverter is connected to one input end of the first rectifier bridge or the second inverter; another end of the primary coil is connected to another input end of the first rectifier bridge or the second inverter; output ends of the first rectifier bridge or the second inverter are connected to the DC motor; output ends of the secondary coil are connected to input ends of the second rectifier bridge or the third inverter, respectively; output ends of the second rectifier bridge or the third inverter are connected to the anode of the battery and the cathode of the battery, respectively; the inductor is employed to rectify the current of the device and regulate the voltage of the device; the primary coil is in series connection with the DC motor; the secondary coil is in series connection with the second rectifier bridge or the third inverter and the battery; when the DC motor works, the current on the primary coil and the voltage on the primary coil induce the secondary coil to produce an AC current and an AC voltage on the secondary coil, the AC current and the AC voltage are rectified and inverted into a direct current by the second rectifier bridge or the third inverter, and the direct current is input to the battery; and the charger is connected to the anode of the battery and the cathode of the battery. | 19,112 |
9,843,482 | 1. A method comprising: calculating a packet metric for a first one of a plurality of links connected to a network element, wherein the packet metric is equal to a packet count over a period of time T divided by a maximum throughput of the first one of the plurality of links; determining based on the packet metric whether traffic on the first one of the plurality of links should be switched to another one of the plurality of links to optimize power usage; if a determination is made that the traffic on the first one of the links should be switched to the other one of the plurality of links: assigning the first one of the plurality of links to one of a plurality of subsets of the plurality of links based on a data throughput of the first one of the plurality of links for a previous predetermined time interval, wherein each one of the plurality of subsets is associated with a throughput range and each one of the plurality of links is assigned to one of the subsets based on a throughput of the link falling within the throughput range associated with the subset to which the link is assigned. | 10,176 |
9,794,877 | 1. A transmission method comprising: a data receiving step of receiving continuous data from a network, the continuous data including actual data and null data; a packetizing step of deleting at least a part of the null data from the continuous data to generate a packet for wireless communication; a transmitting step of modulating the packet into a radio carrier wave and wirelessly transmitting the resulting packet, wherein the transmitting step switches between a packet of fixed length with a predetermined data amount, and a packet of variable length with a variable data amount; and a control step of causing transmission of the radio carrier wave in the transmitting step to be stopped during at least a part of a time period in which no such packet is transmitted wirelessly. | 32,782 |
8,597,971 | 1. A method of producing a photovoltaic device comprising: a plurality of substantially spherical photovoltaic elements, each comprising: a spherical first semiconductor; a second semiconductor layer covering the surface of the first semiconductor, the second semiconductor layer having an opening through which a part of the first semiconductor is exposed; and an electrode formed on the exposed part of the first semiconductor; a support having a plurality of adjacent recesses for receiving said photovoltaic elements one by one on a frontside thereof, each of the recesses having an aperture in a bottom thereof, the aperture being smaller than each of said photovoltaic elements, said support serving as a second conductor layer that is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layers of the respective photovoltaic elements disposed in said recesses, each of said photovoltaic elements being fixed to each of said recesses with a conductive adhesive such that the second semiconductor layer thereof is in contact with an edge of said aperture of the recess and that the exposed part of the first semiconductor protrudes through a backside of the support; and an electrical insulator layer and a first conductor layer that are provided on the backside of the support such that said electrical insulator layer insulates the support from the first conductor layer, said electrical insulator layer having a plurality of through-holes, said first conductor layer being electrically connected to said electrodes of said photovoltaic elements via the through-holes of said electrical insulator layer, said method comprising steps of: wherein said steps (a) and (d) are performed, and then said steps (e), (f), (b), (c), (g), (h), and (i) are performed in this order. | 35,090 |
8,992,873 | 1. A method for producing hollow silica particles, comprising steps of: (A) mixing an amount of amine-ketimine compound and water to obtain a hydrophobic core dispersion; (B) adding an amount of an organic siloxane compound and/or an amount of a coupling reagent into the hydrophobic core dispersion to obtain a core-shell silica dispersion, wherein the coupling reagent includes an amino siloxane compound or a silicon-ketimine compound; (C) separating a core-shell silica precipitate from the core-shell silica dispersion; and (D) washing the core-shell silica precipitate by using a low carbon alcohol solution to obtain the hollow silica particles. | 31,592 |
8,829,816 | 1. A hardware device, comprising: an increment/decrement portion arranged to receive a modified clock signal and to linearly increment or decrement an intensity value toward a target intensity value, based on the modified clock signal; and a divider portion arranged to receive a clock signal and a transition time value and to modify the clock signal based on the transition time value to produce the modified clock signal, the transition time value representing a time for the intensity value to transition from an initial intensity value to the target intensity value. | 24,283 |
8,496,724 | 1. A plugged honeycomb structure comprising: a columnar honeycomb substrate having porous partition walls separating and forming a plurality of cells extending from one side end face to another side end face and functioning as gas passages, plugging portions for alternately plugging opening end portions on a gas inflow side and opening end portions on a gas outflow side of the cells, and porous particulate matter (PM) trapping layers being disposed to have a membrane shape on surfaces of the partition walls that define inflow cells whose opening end portions are open on the gas inflow side, and having pores with an average pore size smaller than that of the partition walls; wherein the PM-trapping layers extend up to inflow side end faces of outflow cells whose opening end portions are with plugging portions on the gas inflow side, and adjacent PM-trapping layers with the partition walls and the plugging portion therebetween are disposed so as to continue onto the inflow side end faces of the plugging portions in the outflow cells to form protruding portions having a protrusion height corresponding to 0.1 to 2 times the length of the plugging portions in the outflow cells. | 18,538 |
9,551,848 | 1. A stacked optoelectronics interconnects system comprising: a first board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first board comprises a second board, wherein the second board comprises wherein the second board is placed close proximity to the first surface of the first board, and wherein the first board is electrically connected to the second board by the conductive pins or members, or electrical contacts. | 18,257 |
8,626,425 | 1. A method for starting an engine, comprising: during an engine start and after an engine start request, selectively injecting fuel to a port of only a single engine cylinder having an open intake valve at a time fuel is injected to the port; and injecting fuel to each remaining engine cylinder at times when an intake valve of a cylinder receiving fuel is closed, the single cylinder being a second cylinder to enter an intake stroke during engine rotation after engine stop. | 4,602 |
9,305,908 | 1. An embedded Wafer-Level Packaging (eWLP) method comprising: disposing a plurality of components on an upper side of a first adhesive tape base such that a front side of each component is in contact with an upper side of the first adhesive tape base, each of the components having at least a first electrical contact element disposed on a front side thereof, at least a first type of component of said plurality of components having a second electrical contact element disposed on a back side thereof; placing a mold compound over the plurality of components such that the mold compound encapsulates the components and is in contact with portions of the upper side of the first adhesive tape base; curing the mold compound, wherein the first adhesive tape base having the components disposed thereon and encapsulated in the cured mold compound comprises an eWLP wafer, wherein a front side of the cured mold compound is coplanar with the front sides of the components and wherein a back side of the cured mold compound is opposite and parallel to the front side of the cured mold compound; removing cured mold compound from the back side of the eWLP wafer to provide the eWLP wafer with a predetermined thickness and to expose respective back sides of the respective components, wherein the second electrical contact element disposed on the back side of the first optoelectronic chip is exposed thru the back side of the eWLP wafer; and forming a first metal layer on the back side of the eWLP wafer such that the first metal layer is in contact with the back sides of the components. | 24,743 |
8,760,958 | 1. A dual-port random access memory system, said dual-port random access memory system comprising: a memory array, said memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells, each of said memory cells comprising a memory array controller, said memory array controller driving said power line at a first voltage level lower than a second voltage level provided on said first word line when performing a write operation to said first bidirectional memory port a voltage reference generation circuit; and a sense amplifier, said sense amplifier coupled to said voltage reference circuit and said first bit line; wherein a pseudo differential read operation may be performed by having said sense amplifier compare a data value on said first bit line with a reference voltage value generated by said voltage reference circuit. | 5,667 |
8,563,459 | 1. A fixed-bed catalyst complex comprising: a catalyst comprising a carbene chosen from those represented by at least one of Formulae (I), (II), (III), and (IV): wherein, in any of the Formulae I-IV, n is independently an integer of 0 to 2, and: X is independently chosen from a chlorine atom; the group OR 4 , wherein R 4 is independently chosen from a hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and the group NR 5 2 , wherein R 5 is independently chosen from a hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R | 36,557 |
9,702,789 | 1. A method for testing a tire on a wheel, the method comprising: providing a tire testing surface; providing a tire having a radially outer annular side including a road-engaging surface, the tire being retained on a tire retention member; engaging forcefully the radially outer annular side of the tire with the tire testing surface to create a footprint constituting an area of contact between the tire and the tire testing surface, the footprint having a width extending in an axial direction of the tire; rotating the tire while engaging forcefully a radially outer annular side of the tire with the tire testing surface; discharging a flow of particulate material from a particulate discharge outlet of a particulate discharging device, the outlet having a length extending at least substantially across the width of the footprint; and injecting a burst of gas into a particulate-receiving chamber arranged within the particulate discharging device to dislodge any particulate material remaining within the particulate-receiving chamber after performing the step of discharging the flow of particulate material from the particulate discharge outlet. | 9,199 |
8,480,790 | 1. A method of recycling carbon dioxide from a first syngas mixture of a gasification system, said method comprising: removing carbon dioxide-rich gas from the first syngas mixture in a separation device; compressing the carbon dioxide-rich gas; heating the compressed carbon dioxide-rich gas to a temperature of between about 550° F. (278.8° C.) to about 700° F. (371.1° C.); producing a second syngas mixture in a gasifier; mixing the second syngas mixture and at least a first portion of compressed carbon dioxide-rich gas to form a combined syngas mixture; and channeling the combined syngas mixture into a radiant syngas cooler to facilitate cooling the second syngas mixture. | 29,452 |
9,447,569 | 1. An operating device for a flush water tank assembly adapted to actuate a discharge valve disposed in a flush water tank so as to initiate delivery of flush water to a toilet main unit, the operating device comprising: an operating part for allowing user to select one of one direction and opposite direction of rotating operations, thereby selecting corresponding one of large-scale and small-scale flushing modes; a rotating shaft adapted to rotate either one of the one direction and opposite direction of rotation by rotating operation of the operating part; a connecting member connected to the discharge valve and adapted to open or close the discharge valve to switch an amount of the flush water delivered to the toilet main unit between an amount of the flush water in the large-scale flushing mode and an amount of the flush water in the small-scale flushing mode; and a drive unit pulling up the connecting member in response to the rotation of the rotating shaft; the drive unit comprising: | 1,823 |
8,606,244 | 1. A method of providing location information to a network application, said location information indicating a location of user equipment within a wireless telecommunications network, said method comprising: receiving details of a triggering event which is to be notified to said network application, said triggering event being a registration of a predetermined user equipment with a predetermined femto cell of said wireless telecommunications network; providing triggering information indicative of said triggering event to that femto base station providing wireless communications coverage to said predetermined femto cell to cause that femto base station to provide a trigger notification indicating when said triggering event occurs; in response to receipt of said trigger notification from said femto base station, providing location information to said network application, said location information providing said network application with an indication of said predetermined user equipment and said predetermined femto cell, together with an indication of when said triggering event occurred. | 38,782 |
9,067,850 | 1. A process for the synthesis of hydrocarbons comprising the steps of: (i) reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock containing one or more inert gases in one or more reforming stages to generate a synthesis gas comprising the one or more inert gases, steam, hydrogen and carbon monoxide, (ii) cooling the synthesis gas to below the dew point to condense water and removing the water to give a de-watered synthesis gas, (iii) synthesising hydrocarbons from said de-watered synthesis gas by the Fischer-Tropsch reaction and separating at least part of the synthesised hydrocarbons, to give a tail gas comprising the one or more inert gases, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, (iv) subjecting a mixture of at least part of the tail gas and steam to the water-gas shift reaction, thereby forming a shifted tail gas having increased hydrogen and carbon dioxide contents, (v) subjecting the shifted tail gas to one or more stages of membrane separation thereby generating an inert gas-containing gas mixture and one or more of a hydrogen-containing gas mixture, a carbon dioxide-containing gas mixture and a hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture, and (vi) using one or more of said hydrogen-containing gas mixture, said carbon dioxide-containing gas mixture and said hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture in a reformer feed stream, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is used as a component of the sweep gas on the permeate side of at least one of the membrane separation stages. | 20,848 |
9,333,274 | 1. A light fixture comprising: at least one first light source that emits at a peak wavelength in a range of approximately 380 nanometers (nm) to approximately 420 nm; at least one second light source that emits at a different peak wavelength, wherein a combined light output of the at least one first light source and the at least one second light source emits a colored light that is perceived as white light, and wherein the at least one second light source that emits at a different wavelength comprises a third light source and a fourth light source; wherein the white light comprises a color rendering index (CRI) value of more than approximately 50; wherein the at least one second light source that emits at a different peak wavelength consists of: an xy coordinate on a International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 xy color space diagram above a black body curve within a bounded area defined by a first line of approximately y=2.23989x−0.382773 and a second line of approximately y=1.1551x−0.195082; and wherein the combined light output has a proportion of spectral energy measured in the approximately 380 nm to approximately 420 nm range of greater than approximately 20%. | 8,548 |
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