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8,640,802 | 1. A radiator grill for a motor vehicle, comprising: a frame for securing the radiator grill to the motor vehicle, wherein a condition in which the radiator grill is mounted on the motor vehicle will be designated in the following as the reference condition of the radiator grill, and wherein the frame in the reference condition of the radiator grill is mounted substantially immovably on the motor vehicle relative to the motor vehicle, at least one air-conducting element which extends along an air-conducting element longitudinal axis and at least in sections forms at least one part of an outer side of the radiator grill, at least one air-passage opening which is designed to allow cooling air to flow into a motor vehicle interior region, which in the reference condition of the radiator grill and during travel operation of the motor vehicle flows to the outer side of the radiator grill counter to a travel direction, and at least one air flap with a flap outer surface and a flap axis, wherein the air flap can move, at least between a closed position and an open end position, relative to the air-conducting element in an adjusting movement which is a superposition of a pivoting movement about the flap axis and of a displacing movement of the flap axis along a displacement trajectory orthogonally to the flap axis, so as to vary an opening cross-section of the air-passage opening, wherein the air-conducting element completely obscures the air flap over more than half of the extension of the air conducting element along the air-conducting element longitudinal axis when the air flap is in its open end position, viewed counter to the travel direction, wherein the air flap comprises at each of its longitudinal ends a respective pair of pivots as guide pivots which are spaced apart perpendicularly to the flap axis, wherein each pair of guide pivots is mounted so as to be guided along a control cam provided on the frame of the radiator grill. | 34,822 |
9,831,393 | 1. An emitter package, comprising: a casing comprising a cavity extending into an interior of the casing from a top surface of the casing; an electrically conductive lead frame coupled to the casing and comprising a plurality of leads, each lead of the plurality of leads comprising a package mounting portion in a first plane, a device mounting portion in a plane other than the first plane, and an intermediate portion between the first plane and the second plane, at least one lead in the plurality of leads having a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface, in which the plurality of leads comprises a plurality of electrically conductive cathode parts and a plurality of electrically conductive anode parts, in which the plurality of electrically conductive anode parts are separated by a gap from the plurality of electrically conductive cathode parts; at least one lead of the plurality of leads comprising at least one feature in a first portion of the electrically conductive lead frame, wherein the at least one feature comprises at least one of a through-hole, a cut, a spot punch, a U-bend, a projection, and an indentation, in which a material of the casing contacts the at least one feature, wherein the at least one feature is distinct from the gap and in at least the first surface and the second surface, in which a portion of the first surface and a portion of the second surface comprising the at least one feature is entirely inside the casing; and a plurality of light emitting devices coupled to the electrically conductive lead frame, in which the plurality of light emitting devices and at least a second portion of the electrically conductive lead frame distinct from the first portion of the electrically conductive lead frame are exposed through the cavity. | 26,732 |
8,518,474 | 1. A method for producing a polarizing film comprising the step of dipping a polyvinyl alcohol film in/on which iodine is adsorbed and oriented in an aqueous solution containing boric acid at a temperature of 55 to 85° C. wherein contact between the aqueous solution and oxygen is suppressed, wherein a weight ratio of water:boric acid:potassium iodide in said aqueous solution containing boric acid is 100:(2-15):(2-20). | 26,552 |
9,608,285 | 1. A method for manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell stack, the method comprising the steps of: manufacturing a unit cell module comprising at least one unit cell formed on the outer surfaces of a flat tubular porous support and having a first gas channel inside of the tubular support and a second gas channel outside of the tubular support, a first electrical interconnector coated on the front end of the support and at least a portion of the outer surfaces so as to be connected to a first electrode of the unit cell, and a second electrical interconnector coated on the rear end of the support and at least a portion of the outer surfaces so as to be connected to a second electrode of the unit cell; and stacking the unit cell modules such that the electrical interconnectors come into contact with each other; wherein first gas channels are formed in the flat tubular support, second gas channels and unit cells are formed at the central portions of the outer surfaces of the flat tubular support, and the electrical interconnectors are formed on both side edges of the outer surfaces of the flat tubular support; and wherein the central portions of the outer surfaces of the support are grooved to a predetermined depth, and the grooved supports are stacked to form second gas channels. | 19,085 |
8,485,959 | 1. A centrifugal separator comprising: a bowl rotatable about an axis of rotation, said axis of rotation extending in a longitudinal direction of said bowl, a base plate provided at one longitudinal end of said bowl, said base plate having an internal side and an external side; an outlet opening provided in said base plate; a casing projecting at the outlet opening on the external side of said base plate, said casing comprises a casing side, where a normal to said casing side extends at an acute angle (β) relative to a circumferential direction of the bowl at said casing; a discharge opening provided in said casing side; and wherein said discharge opening is radially outwardly limited by a weir with an overflow edge and said discharge opening extending radially inwardly to a position above a highest intended level of liquid in the bowl. | 3,057 |
8,651,516 | 1. A curtain airbag device accommodated in an upper part of one side of a vehicle interior, comprising: a cushion part extending in a front to back direction of the vehicle, accommodated in a state rolled up from a lower end toward an upper end thereof, and inflating and deploying downward when gas is supplied thereto; an inflator for supplying the gas to the cushion part from a predetermined position at the upper end of the cushion part; and an elongated protector having an arc-like open curve cross section open downward and covering the cushion part, with an inner surface thereof making contact with the cushion part, the cross section of the protector being defined by the open curve including two end points, with one of the end points of the open curve on a vehicle inner side smoothly going up at a first end near the inflator in a flared manner so that the open curve has an increasing distance between the end points thereof. | 49,507 |
8,639,584 | 1. A method comprising: receiving an order request for service from a first terminal, the order request comprising: in response to receiving a request from the second terminal, modifying the first parameter associated with the service in conjunction with the condition; providing the service to the second terminal; monitoring a consumption of the service by the second terminal; providing the reward to the second terminal, the reward being amended in response to modifying the first parameter associated with the service; and sending a report based on the monitoring to the first terminal. | 31,417 |
9,568,380 | 1. A torque sensor comprising: a metal shaft having a rod shape as a measurement object of strain that is fixed to a base portion; a strain detection element of a surface acoustic wave type which is arranged in the base portion, and detects the strain of the metal shaft through the base portion; a fixing portion that is arranged between the base portion and the strain detection element, and fixes the strain detection element to the base portion; wherein the metal shaft has one end and a hole portion, which is prepared by recessing a part of the one end along a center axis of the metal shaft, wherein the base portion includes: wherein the strain detection element is fixed to the one surface of the metal frame through the fixing portion, and detects the strain of the metal shaft through the metal frame. | 26,554 |
9,593,384 | 1. A kit for detecting metronidazole resistance in Trichomonas vaginalis in a human, comprising: (a) one or a plurality of reagents for detecting the presence of A238T in tvntr6 in (b) an instruction for use of the reagent or a plurality of reagents in detecting the presence of A238T in trntr6 in | 36,337 |
8,895,457 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a thin film different from a silicon oxide film on a substrate by supplying a processing gas into a processing vessel in which the substrate is housed; removing a deposit including the thin film adhered to an inside of the processing vessel by supplying a fluorine-containing gas into the processing vessel in which a substrate is not housed, after executing the formation of the thin film a prescribed number of times; and forming a silicon oxide film having a prescribed film thickness on the inside of the processing vessel by alternately supplying a silicon-containing gas, and an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas into the processing vessel in which a substrate is not housed, after the removal of the deposit, wherein: the formation of the silicon oxide film having the prescribed film thickness on the inside of the processing vessel includes alternating: in the formation of the silicon oxide film having the prescribed film thickness on the inside of the processing vessel, fluorine remaining in the processing vessel is reacted with the reactive species containing the atomic oxygen, and is discharged, while forming the silicon oxide film on the inside of the processing vessel. | 23,041 |
9,421,212 | 1. A method of treating cancer mediated by HDAC1 or HDAC2 in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a compound selected from and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. | 4,359 |
9,252,620 | 1. A battery energy storage system which includes a function for controlling charge and discharge of power of a plurality of units, each unit including a capacitor and a power converter as one integrated unit, the plurality of units being electrically connected in parallel to each other, wherein, when said each unit performs the charge or the discharge by at least one or more times, the charge and the discharge of said each unit are controlled so as not to be performed until a predetermined pause time period elapses. | 1,854 |
9,220,122 | 1. A method, the method comprising: storing in an access node a set of allowed discovery cycles, the set comprising a minimum discovery cycle and integer multiples of the minimum discovery cycle, wherein each discovery cycle defines one interval for discovery; transmitting in a cell an indication of a specific discovery cycle selected from the set; and configuring at least one user equipment (UE) in the cell with a measurement gap chosen to overlap a subframe for discovery within the one interval for discovery of a different discovery cycle of the set that is in use in a neighbor cell. | 41,898 |
8,780,595 | 1. A controller for controlling a power converter comprising: an input configured to receive at least one grid feedback signal; a filter configured to receive the at least one grid feedback signal and configured to apply a linear low-pass filter to the at least one grid feedback signal to generate an output signal that does not deviate by more than a predefined amount from the at least one grid feedback signal; integrator portion coupled to the filter and comprising a first voltage limit and a second voltage limit, wherein the first voltage limit is determined by offsetting the at least one grid feedback signal by a first predefined value, and wherein the second voltage limit is determined by offsetting the at least one grid feedback signal by a second predefined value; and, an output configured to provide a voltage command signal to the power converter that is based at least partially on the output signal. | 8,021 |
8,574,154 | 1. A surgical retractor component system, comprising: a blade body including an alignment member and a retractor attachment structure, wherein the alignment member and the retractor attachment structure are both adjacent a first end portion of the blade body; a pedicle screw extender having a first end portion, a second end portion and an elongated extension portion extending between said end portions, wherein the elongated extension portion includes an alignment member receiving channel extending longitudinally along a length thereof and wherein the alignment member receiving channel is configured for having the alignment member engaged therewith for allowing blade body to be translated longitudinally along the length the elongated extension portion of the pedicle screw extender while the alignment member is engaged with the alignment member receiving channel; and a blade body surround including a slot extending through a first end portion of the blade body surround, wherein the blade body surround and the blade body are jointly configured to form a generally cylindrical-shaped structure when the blade body is in a seated position within the slot; wherein the blade body surround includes a blade body attachment structure at the first end portion thereof and a surround engagement member moveably dispose within a passage extending through the blade body attachment structure; and wherein the surround engagement member is aligned with a passage extending within the retractor attachment structure when the blade body is in the seated position within the slot, and wherein the surround engagement member being of sufficient length for allowing simultaneous engagement thereof within the passage of the retractor attachment structure and the passage of the blade body attachment structure when the blade body is in the seated position within the slot thereby limiting displacement of the blade body with respect to the blade body surround. | 5,300 |
9,585,076 | 1. A method in a wireless device for managing handover from a source cell to a target cell, the source cell being serviced by a source network node, and the wireless device, the source network node, the source cell, and the target cell being comprised in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: when a first difference of a first quality measurement of a downlink, DL, signal from the target cell minus a first quality measurement of a DL signal from the source cell is above a first threshold value for a first time period, sending a measurement report to the source network node, wherein the measurement report indicates the first difference, receiving a message from the source network node to handover to the target cell, when a second difference of a second quality measurement of a DL signal from the target cell minus a second quality measurement of a DL signal from the source cell is above a second threshold value, for a second time period, triggering the handover to the target cell, and when the second difference of the second quality measurement of the DL signal from the target cell minus the second quality measurement of the DL signal from the source cell is not above the second threshold value, for the second time period, cancelling the handover from the source cell to the target cell. | 30,766 |
8,957,553 | 1. A brushless motor comprising: a stator including a stator iron core and windings wound thereon molded together by a layer of resin mold; a printed wiring board with a drive circuit mounted thereon for energizing the windings, no part of the printed wiring board being molded in the resin mold; a rotor of a disk-like iron core arranged to face the stator about a shaft; a pair of bearings rotatably supporting the shaft; two conductive brackets fixing the pair of bearings, respectively; and a conducting member electrically connecting the two brackets to each other, wherein the conducting member runs inside the layer of resin so that the conducting member is electrically insulated from the stator iron core, and no part of the conducting member is in physical contact with the printed wiring board. | 29,002 |
8,745,534 | 1. An information processing device comprising: a display unit to display display items belonging to a predetermined layer among display items divided into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers being arranged in a hierarchy; a detection unit to detect a number of one or more manipulating bodies moving on a sensing region along with a movement direction and a movement amount of the one or more manipulating bodies; and a display control unit including a processor to perform display control so that display items belonging to the predetermined layer are scroll-displayed on the basis of detection results of the movement direction and the movement amount when a movement of one or more manipulating bodies of a number that corresponds to the predetermined layer is detected, display items belonging to another layer that are among the display items divided into the plurality of layers are displayed when a movement of one or more manipulating bodies of another number that corresponds to the other layer is detected, and the display items belonging to the other layer are scroll-displayed on the basis of detection results of the movement direction and the movement amount. | 38,377 |
9,106,109 | 1. A generator, comprising: a rotor arranged for rotation about an axis of rotation; a statically arranged stator and including a yoke which has cooling channels distributed over a length of the yoke and extending in a circumferential direction of the yoke, and a fan which draws air from air surrounding the generator for blowing into an entry duct which is arranged to distribute the air over a length of the yoke in a direction of the axis of rotation, said stator having an exit duct is arranged with an offset in the circumferential direction around the yoke relative to the entry duct, said entry duct being linked via the cooling channels with the exit duct to enable air from the entry duct to flow through the cooling channels into the exit duct for subsequent discharge into air surrounding the generator, wherein the yoke has two opposite sides which are spaced from one another in the direction of the axis of rotation, wherein the entry duct is located on one of the two opposite sides of the yoke and the exit duct is located on the other of the two opposite sides of the yoke; wherein the entry duct and the exit duct each have a wall which is located radially inside the yoke substantially between its opposite sides and is inclined towards the cooling channels; wherein the generator is constructed in the form of an external rotor machine. | 23,542 |
9,586,895 | 1. A process for producing dimethyl sulfoxide, comprising: (1) contacting hydrogen sulfide with methanol to produce a mixture containing dimethyl sulfide, and separating dimethyl sulfide from the mixture; and (2) in the presence of a solvent, contacting a dimethyl sulfide feed obtained in step (1) with at least one oxidant and a catalyst to produce a mixture containing dimethyl sulfoxide, wherein said catalyst comprises at least one Ti—Si molecular sieve, and wherein the solvent is water. | 45,137 |
9,413,921 | 1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to generate RAW image data representing an undeveloped image which is captured by an image sensor in response to a capturing instruction; a development unit configured to generate image data by applying, to the RAW image data, a first development process or a second development process that can provide an image having higher image quality than that obtained by the first development process; a recording unit configured to read and write data from and to a recording medium; and a control unit configured to control the recording unit so as to write, to the recording medium, the RAW image data and first image data obtained by applying the first development process to said RAW image data, and thereafter control the development unit and the recording unit so as to generate second image data by applying the second development process to the RAW image data written to the recording medium and write the second image data to the recording medium, wherein the control unit is further configured to: control the development unit so as to generate a plurality of pieces of third image data from the RAW image data by using a plurality of different development parameters; and decide, from among the plurality of pieces of third image data, a development parameter corresponding to image data selected by a user as a development parameter used in a development process for the RAW image data that is applied after the RAW image data has been written to the recording medium. | 794 |
9,816,801 | 1. An optical arrangement comprising: a beam splitter/combiner unit and at least two optical elements for receiving light from an off-axis interferometer device, which has a certain off-axis interferometric FOV and at least two substantially overlapping optical paths towards an optical detector, wherein said beam splitter/combiner unit is configured for receiving a reference beam and a modulated beam from the off-axis interferometer device and splitting said modulated beam into first and second light beams of the same amplitude and phase modulation, said at least two optical elements accommodated in first and second optical paths of said first and second light beams and configured for reflecting said first and second light beams back towards said beam splitter/combiner unit; at least one of the two optical elements being configured for rotating said first and second light beams and; said beam splitter/combiner unit is configured for receiving and combining reflections of each of the first and second light beams with the reference beam to produce at least two output combined beams propagating along said at least two substantially overlapping optical paths; said at least two output combined beams being thereby two off-axis overlapping interferograms to be optically multiplexed into a single off-axis interferogram having an extended off-axis interferometric FOV, as compared to the certain off-axis interferometric FOV. | 18,928 |
9,144,789 | 1. A diesel exhaust gas purification catalyst, comprising: a substrate; a catalyst layer formed on the substrate, the catalyst layer comprising a carrier, a noble metal and/or an oxide thereof supported by the carrier, and a composite oxide of cerium and one or more Group III and/or Group IV elements; and a first part containing the composite oxide of cerium and one or more Group III and/or Group IV elements to which exhaust gas is fed and a second part containing the composite oxide of cerium and one or more Group III and/or Group IV elements to which the exhaust gas that has passed through the first part is fed, the first part consisting of a smaller content of the composite oxide of cerium and one or more Group III and/or Group IV elements per unit volume than that of the second part, | 45,214 |
9,686,781 | 1. A method for use by a system including a base station (BS) and a medical device (MD), wherein the BS is capable of transmitting a link request to the MD over any one of a plurality of different radio frequency (RF) channels, the MD is capable of receiving a link request from the BS over any one of the plurality of different RF channels, and the MD does not know, a priori, which one of the plurality of different RF channels over which a BS will transmit a link request to the MD, the method comprising: the base station (BS) selecting one of the plurality of different radio frequency (RF) channels over which to transmit a link request to the MD; and transmitting the link request to the MD over the selected one of the plurality of different RF channels, and transmitting along with the link request the medical device (MD) sniffing the plurality of different RF channels over which the BS may transmit a signal for the presence of a signal that may include a link request and to identify the one of the plurality of different RF channels over which the BS may be transmitting a signal that may include a link request; in response to detecting the presence of a signal that may include a link request from the BS, tuning to the one of the plurality of different RF channels that the MD identified, as a result of the sniffing, as the channel over which the BS may be transmitting a signal that may include link request; receiving a signal that may include a link request from the BS over the one of the plurality of different RF channels that the MD is tuned to and demodulating the received signal that may include a link request from the BS; determining, based on a portion of the demodulated signal including the device identifier, whether the detected signal that may include a link request from the BS is intended for the MD; in response to determining that the detected signal that may include a link request from the BS is intended for the MD, determining, based on a portion of the demodulated signal including the channel identifier, the specific one of the RF channels over which the BS is actually transmitting; and in response to determining that the MD is not tuned to the one of the plurality of different RF channels over which the BS is actually transmitting, changing the channel to which the MD is tuned to the channel specified by the channel identifier. | 28,610 |
9,702,288 | 1. An emissions cleaning module for removing emissions from an exhaust gas, comprising: a first support; a second support, wherein the first support and the second support are generally planar and parallel to each other; a mixer module comprising a first end and a second end, the mixer module extending between the first support and the second support; wherein the mixer module comprises: at least one fluid treatment module located upstream of the mixer module and comprising an end coupling fluidly connecting an output of the at least one fluid treatment module with an inlet of the mixer module, wherein the at least one fluid treatment module extends between the first support and the second support; and a urea injector module upstream of the mixer module and disposed on a fluid flow coupling, the fluid flow coupling being disposed on one of the first support and the second support and defining a portion of a path of the exhaust gas entering the inner body of the mixer module. | 48,336 |
8,657,582 | 1. A lightning protection mesh for a blade of a wind turbine, comprising: a first set of wires running in a first direction, and a second set of wires running in a second, different direction, each wire in each set of wires having a certain conducting cross-sectional area, wherein the mesh comprises at least one tapered end comprising wires from at least one of the first and second set of wires, wherein the wires are bundled at the tapered end to provide an electrical connection point to the mesh, and wherein the total conducting cross-sectional area formed by the at least one of the first and second set of wires is maintained within the tapered end. | 48,505 |
8,607,076 | 1. A solid-state memory device that stores data in response to data accesses under control of a memory control circuit, the memory device comprising: a primary solid-state memory circuit configured and arranged to maintain data integrity in the absence of primary operating power and to store data in response to a write request from the memory control circuit; a caching volatile memory circuit mapped to the primary memory circuit, configured and arranged to provide the memory control circuit with access to a set of data representing a cached portion of data that is stored in the primary memory circuit; a circuit for carrying primary operating power to the memory device; and a backup power circuit-based structure including | 25,033 |
9,185,748 | 1. A method for producing an electrical panel heating device, the method comprising the steps of providing a building material in a liquid or pasty state and comprising a mixture of at least one inorganic binding agent selected from cement and gypsum, at least one electrically non-conductive additive selected from sand and rock flour, and at least one further additive composed of electrically conductive particles selected from ferrosilicon fibers, carbon fibers, and carbon chips, and recycled material from carbon fiber mats, wherein said building material is adapted to yield a laminar product provided with low-resistance contacts for injecting a laminarly distributed current, and wherein the building material is cured in place in the form of a selected one of a floor fill, plaster, mortar and adhesive as a first laminar heating layer provided with first electrical contacts, wherein an outer side of this first laminar heating layer is covered with an electrically insulating layer, and wherein a second laminar heating layer provided with second electrical contacts is applied on the outer side of the electrically insulating layer, which first and second contacts are connected to different terminals of one or more current or voltage source(s) in such a way that during operation of the heating device a voltage offset occurs between the first and second laminar heating layers. | 32,904 |
8,675,359 | 1. A protective cover structure, comprising: a main body having a frame structure with an accepting space, a lid opening formed on a bottom of said main body, a buckling recess being respectively formed on opposing sides of said main body at said opening, and a groove being respectively disposed on peripheries of upper and lower surfaces of said main body; a lid having buckling projections corresponding to said buckling recesses of said main body, the lid configured to cover said lid opening of said main body; a bottom plate having a multilayer structure and attached to and secured in said groove of said lower surface of said main body, the bottom plate formed by stacking together at least an outer layer, a cushioning interlayer, and a supporting sheet; and a decorative body attached to and secured in said groove of said upper surface of said main body. | 15,146 |
9,767,759 | 1. A gate driver comprising: a precharge signal generating circuit configured to generate a precharge signal which varies based on a previous data signal corresponding to a previous gate line and a present data signal corresponding to a present gate line; and a signal adding circuit configured to add the precharge signal and a non-precharge signal to generate a gate signal, wherein a width of a high duration of the precharge signal increases as a difference between a value of the present data signal and a value of the previous data signal increases. | 27,553 |
9,273,459 | 1. A foundation anchor for anchoring an industrial-scale machine in a concrete foundation comprising: an anchor box having at least two side walls, and a number of anchor rods attached to the anchor box, wherein the anchor box has a fastening section for fastening the industrial-scale machine by means of fastening bolts, wherein the anchor rods are connected to the at least two side walls in such a way that forces are distributed from the at least two side walls into the number of anchor rods essentially linearly along the axis of longitudinal extent of the at least one of the number of anchor rods, wherein the at least one of the number of anchor rods is connected to the at least two side walls via at least one anchor socket, and wherein the anchor socket is welded to the at least two side walls in such a way that a connecting line through weld seams of at least one of the number of anchor rods, running perpendicularly to the longitudinal extent of an anchor socket, runs through the center of gravity of the anchor socket in a cross-section through the longitudinal extent of the anchor socket. | 16,158 |
9,726,154 | 1. A steam power plant comprising: a fossil fuelled steam generator; a turbine; a condenser; at least one solar collector; a receiver for receiving solar radiation collected by the at least one solar collector and for generating steam by utilization of the solar radiation, wherein the receiver is mounted on or integrated in the fossil fuelled steam generator; a conduit for combining steam generated by the fossil fuelled steam generator and the steam generated by the receiver and for providing the combined steam to the turbine; and at least one opening in a housing of the fossil fuelled steam generator for directing the solar radiation to water walls of an economizer, a vaporizator, a separator, super heaters and/or reheaters. | 37,122 |
9,621,375 | 1. A method of controlling the flow of data-packet traffic through an Ethernet telecommunications network having a multiplicity of nodes interconnected by multiple network links, comprising receiving incoming Ethernet data-packet traffic from multiple customer connections at a first node of said multiplicity of nodes for entry into the network via said first node, obtaining Ethernet flow control messages each representing a state of said first node or one or more nodes of said multiplicity of nodes upstream from said first node, and using the state represented in each of said Ethernet flow control messages as factors in controlling the rate at which Excess Information Rate (EIR) traffic of said incoming Ethernet data-packet traffic is admitted to the network at said first node, wherein said controlling is based on a technique used to generate the Ethernet flow control messages with a step up in the rate being linear and a step down in the rate being exponential, wherein the step up and the step down are proportional to prescribed Ethernet traffic descriptors, wherein said multiplicity of nodes in said network comprise queues for said Ethernet data-packet traffic being transmitted through respective nodes, and each of said multiplicity of nodes with queues generates said Ethernet flow control messages and transmits such messages to downstream nodes, wherein the Ethernet flow control messages comprise indications of which of a plurality thresholds are reached in said queues and the Ethernet flow control messages are used to shape the Ethernet data-packet traffic without stopping transmission of Ethernet data-packets, and wherein said Ethernet flow control messages are selectively transmitted from said multiplicity of nodes directly in a backward path via hairpin connections at said multiplicity of nodes. | 11,073 |
9,302,923 | 1. A wastewater treatment apparatus comprising: an air diffusing unit that supplies gas to nitrogen-containing water throughout substantially a whole area in a flow direction of the nitrogen-containing water, so that ammonia contained in the nitrogen-containing water is nitrified to nitrate according to a flow of the nitrogen-containing water in a reaction tank, and each desired proportion of nitrate is denitrified at each position along the flow direction; a denitrification confirming unit provided at a first predetermined position along the flow direction of the nitrogen-containing water between an upstream-side denitrification zone for obtaining a requisite minimum denitrified nitrogen amount and a downstream-side nitrification zone for obtaining ultimately required nitrified water quality, which follows the upstream-side denitrification zone on a downstream side thereof, to confirm a denitrification state whether a desired proportion of the nitrate has been denitrified at the first predetermined position; a nitrification confirming unit provided at a second predetermined position, which is on a downstream side in the downstream-side nitrification zone, to confirm a nitrification state whether a desired proportion of the ammonia has been nitrified at the second predetermined position; and a gas supply-amount control unit that controls a gas supply amount from the air diffusing unit at least on an upstream side of the denitrification confirming unit along the flow direction of the nitrogen-containing water, so that the desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at the first predetermined position based on the denitrification state confirmed by the denitrification confirming unit, and controls the gas supply amount from the air diffusing unit at least on an upstream side of the nitrification confirming unit along the flow direction of the nitrogen-containing water, so that the desired proportion of the ammonia is nitrified at the second predetermined position based on the nitrification state confirmed by the nitrification confirming unit. | 42,173 |
9,359,941 | 1. A method for a charge air cooler, comprising: responsive to a condensate level in the charge air cooler being greater than a threshold condensate level, increasing boost pressure and maintaining a requested level of torque by routing a portion of air flow exiting the charge air cooler to an intake passage upstream of a compressor. | 40,623 |
8,460,525 | 1. A device for use in assaying glycated hemoglobin in a blood, blood-containing, or blood-derived sample, comprising: an electrochemical cell comprising: | 41,058 |
8,846,584 | 1. A method comprising: providing a degradable material supercritical fluid mixture that comprises degradable material into a wellbore penetrating a zone within a subterranean formation; providing an orifice between the wellbore and the zone within the subterranean formation wherein the pressure in the zone within the subterranean formation is less than the pressure in the wellbore; feeding the degradable material supercritical fluid through the orifice into the zone within the subterranean formation such that the degradable material supercritical fluid mixture expands through an orifice into the zone within the subterranean formation; and, allowing degradable particulates to form. | 5,748 |
8,730,271 | 1. A method comprising: controlling power of an active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) by: checking whether each of pixels is a brightness pixel using a portion of an RGB color information of each of pixels in at least some of an image to be displayed; calculating a ratio of a quantity of brightness pixels to a total quantity of pixels in at least some of the image to be displayed; determining a luminance reducing amount according to the calculated ratio; and controlling and displaying an entire luminance of the image according to the determined luminance reducing amount. | 49,327 |
8,940,904 | 1. An organic light-emitting diode comprising at least one transition metal-carbene complex of formula (I) in which the symbols are each defined as follows: M L is a mono- or dianionic ligand which may be mono- or bidentate selected from the group consisting of Cl m is from 0 to 5; o is 0; n is from 1 to 6; p is the charge of the complex: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4; W where m, n and p are dependent upon the oxidation state and coordination number of the metal atom used and upon the charge of the ligands and the overall charge of the complex, and carbene is a carbene ligand selected from the group consisting of in which the symbols are each defined as follows: R X R wherein the carbene ligand(s) in the transition metal complexes of the formula I is bonded to the transition metal exclusively via carbene carbon atoms. | 24,506 |
8,553,327 | 1. A wavelength beam combiner comprising: an optical rotator configured to selectively rotate beams emitted by a plurality of beam emitters; a transform optic configured to receive and combine the selectively rotated beams along a beam combining dimension; a dispersive element positioned to receive and transmit the combined beams; and a partially-reflecting output coupler arranged to receive the combined beams from the dispersive element, to reflect a portion of the combined beams toward the dispersive element, and to transmit the combined beams as a multi-wavelength beam comprising optical radiation having a plurality of wavelengths. | 15,128 |
9,165,269 | 1. A point in phasetime system for reporting at least an effort of an element on an end product from a group including art, industry, and nature by a point in phasetime thereof within an appropriate phase of development thereof, wherein the point in phasetime method reports efforts for past, present, and future projects by the effort's phasetime macro, micro, and nano points in phasetime views, wherein the point in phasetime system comprises: a master computer, housing a relational phasetime database, for receiving and storing points in phasetime data on a development event and efforts of elements related to a project development of an end product, receiving and storing element effort data and phasetime data thereof in the phasetime database as to a phase of development thereof, receiving and storing general profile data on elements having development event efforts in the project development of a product, structuring effort and phasetime data as to the number and types of phases in the project development of the product, and reporting the phasetime data in a phasetime matrix report; a mode of communication, including a computerized device, for scientifically gathering phasetime effort data for elements having project development event efforts on the end product; a client machine electronically linked to the master computer for submitting points in phasetime effort data for elements having project development event efforts, querying the phasetime database and receiving a search return report from the phasetime database with a link to a phasetime matrix report of a selected element; and a search system wherein element development efforts and phasetime data are queried by the client machine, retrieved from the phasetime database of the master computer by a phasetime report generator module, and dynamically reported to the client machine; wherein the phasetime matrix report includes a project header, a phasetime matrix, and a matrix point in phasetime effort, wherein the phasetime matrix and the matrix point in phasetime effort form a two-dimensional graphical display with three-dimensional attributes that appears in two interactive windows at least displaying data regarding a project's phases of development and start and end date timeframes thereof, and an element's effort and point in phasetime of the element effort, which is proportionally displayed within a context of the effort's appropriate phase of production development, an arrow of phasetime x-axis which graphically depicts a project's past, present, and future phase of development, a graphical display of other element efforts in that same phase of development, and a graphical display that accesses effort's phasetime macro, micro, and nano storyline views; wherein the phasetime matrix at least comprises: a first part, wherein matrix header displays a project name, past, present, and future indicator icons indicating if the reported project is a past project already published, a present project currently in production for which a release date has been contracted, or a future project not yet in production but for which a projected release date has been contracted, and macro, micro and nano indicator icons indicating if the reported effort is a phasetime macro landscape view, a phasetime micro portrait view, or a phasetime nano close-up view; a second part, a phasetime matrix window segment, comprising an effort owner's name and effort, a production artifacts link, an effort owner's point of contact, a y axis vertically displaying all the phases of production in the project's development, selecting from a group including concept development, pre-production, production, post production, manufacturing/distribution/promotion, and post manufacturing/distribution/promotion; an x axis horizontally comprising an arrow of phasetime which is divided into segments that correspond to a duration of each of the production phasetimes on a project, with an arrow pointing left indicating past project data, an arrow pointing right indicating future project data, and a clockworks function that tracks both project phasetimes and product content runtimes wherein individual arrow of phasetime clockwork icons representing each phase of development of the project enable a browser to access phasetime macro, micro, and nano views for display within the lower third section of the phasetime matrix; an open phase box indicator wherein proportional box size graphically approximates the duration of a development phasetime's reported start and end dates for each development phasetime reported by an x axis arrow of phasetime and y axis phasetime designations; a shaded phase box inside the open phase box depicting an effort's start and end dates and in which phasetime the effort occurred, a third part, a phasetime point in phasetime effort window segment which interacts with part two's arrow of phasetime, comprising a window automatically displaying efforts of other elements with efforts occurring within the same phase of development as the owner's effort which appears in part two's effort display box, with links from those other element efforts to that element's effort report; a window dynamically displaying other element efforts which occurred on the same project within different phases of development when a user rolls over and clicks on an open phase box in part two's phasetime matrix window with links from each of those displayed other element efforts to that element's individual effort report; and a window dynamically displaying all element efforts which occurred on the same project in all phases of development with phasetime macro, micro, and nano storyline views when a user rolls over and clicks on an appropriate arrow of phasetime clockworks icon from which a user then accesses a selected storyboard beats in phasetime macro, micro, and nano storyline view. | 191 |
9,238,995 | 1. A system comprising: a mode module that generates a mode signal based on a temperature of an engine and at least one of a deceleration signal and a regenerative braking signal; and an energy module that, based on the mode signal, increases cooling of a coolant of the engine during at least one of a deceleration event of a vehicle and a regenerative braking event, wherein the energy module, while increasing the cooling of the coolant, supplies an overvoltage to a cooling pump of the engine. | 19,743 |
9,590,481 | 1. A rotor for an electric motor, the rotor comprising: a plurality of laminated rotor sheets arranged in layers, each of the sheets being provided with magnet slots and rotor bar slots; a number of permanent magnets arranged within the magnet slots in the laminated rotor sheets, where an end area of each magnet slot is a magnet free area; a plurality of rotor bars arranged in rotor bar slots; and a rotor sheet band provided between the end area and an adjacent rotor bar slot, wherein at least one notch extends from an edge of the rotor bar slot and divides the rotor sheet band into a first area and a second area, where a smallest width of the first area is smaller than a smallest width of the second area, wherein a length of the first area is smaller than a fourth of a length of a side of the rotor bar slot that faces a side of an adjacent magnet slot, wherein said second area is a notch free area. | 34,702 |
8,685,691 | 1. A method for production of an aminopeptidase comprising (a) transforming host (b) culturing in a medium the host (c) collecting the aminopeptidase thus produced and released by the host wherein the aminopeptidase, in the form of the preproprotein thereof, has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and wherein the vibriolysin, in the form of the mature protein thereof, has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18. | 33,022 |
8,404,929 | 1. A method for decreasing the expression level of at least one polynucleotide of interest in a plant or part thereof, said method comprising a) introducing into a cell of said plant a DNA suppression cassette comprising a silencing element flanked by a first operably linked convergent seed-preferred promoter at one terminus of the silencing element and a second operably linked convergent seed-preferred promoter at the opposing terminus of the silencing element, wherein the first and the second convergent promoters are capable of driving expression of the silencing element wherein the first and the second convergent promoters have a different expression profile, said silencing element is transcribed as a hairpin RNA and expression of said silencing element decreases the expression level of reversibly glycosylated polypeptide-1 (RGP1); wherein said silencing element comprises, in the following order, a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, wherein b) expressing said silencing element from both the first and the second convergent promoters, and thereby decreasing the level of expression of the target polynucleotide encoding RGP1. | 35,698 |
9,474,898 | 1. Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising: stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve; an electrode array connectable to said stimulation means, said electrode array comprising a plurality of electrodes for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve, said electrodes having a pre-formed geometry and known electrode-skin contact area size when in complete contact with the user's skin; monitoring means electrically connected to said stimulation means for monitoring the impedance of the electrical stimulation through said electrode array; and analysis means for analyzing said impedance to estimate a change in the electrode-skin contact area; wherein said stimulation means alters the electrical stimulation of said stimulation means when said analysis means determines that the monitored electrode-skin impedance value has changed significantly; and further wherein the change in the impedance value at a given time is quantified by an impedance ratio between the impedance value at that time and a baseline impedance value. | 25,557 |
9,126,024 | 1. A trans-endoscopic hydraulic balloon dilation apparatus, comprising: a balloon; a hydraulic fluid reservoir having a leading end and a trailing end; an elongate hollow shaft having a lumen in open fluid communication with the balloon at a first end and the hydraulic fluid reservoir at a second end, whereby fluid in the fluid reservoir may flow through the lumen of the shaft into the balloon to cause expansion of the balloon; a centrally apertured hub secured to a trailing end of the fluid reservoir; a piston, secured to the leading end of an elongate piston rod, slideably positioned within a lumen of the fluid reservoir, wherein a trailing end of the piston rod extends through the hub and is external to the fluid reservoir; whereby displacement of the piston rod in a trailing-to-leading direction causes expansion of the balloon; and a retention mechanism positioned on the piston rod wherein the retention mechanism comprises whereby the retention mechanism locks the piston in a preselected position within the lumen of the fluid reservoir when the elongate opening is not aligned with the plurality of ratchet members. | 1,537 |
9,472,792 | 1. A vehicle traction battery cell retainer, comprising: a sidewall defining a plurality of windows, each surrounded by a window flange extending therefrom, a top channel extending from the sidewall and terminating in a top flange, and a generally U-shaped bottom channel extending from the sidewall, defining a plurality of air bypass windows, and terminating in a bottom flange, the top and bottom flanges arranged for interlocking with an adjacent retainer of a vehicle traction battery. | 21,524 |
8,663,867 | 1. A method of manufacturing an MEA having a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between a pair of electrode catalyst layers, at least one of said electrode catalyst layers having a first electrode catalyst sub-layer and a second electrode catalyst sub-layer, said first electrode catalyst sub-layer having a larger volume of fine pores of 1.0 μm or less in diameter, which is obtained by mercury porosimetry and a conversion by cylinder approximation, than said second electrode catalyst sub-layer, said method comprising: coating a second catalyst ink on a substrate and drying said second catalyst ink to form said second electrode catalyst sub-layer followed by coating a first catalyst ink on said substrate and drying said first catalyst ink to form said first electrode catalyst sub-layer; and forming said first electrode catalyst sub-layer and said second electrode catalyst sub-layer on at least one surface of said polymer electrolyte membrane in such a way that said first electrode catalyst sub-layer is arranged closer to said polymer electrolyte membrane than said second electrode catalyst sub-layer, said first catalyst ink being a dispersion solvent which cont ns catalyst loaded particles, a polymer electrolyte and a solvent, said second catalyst ink also being a dispersion solvent which contains catalyst loaded particles, a polymer electrolyte and a solvent, and a solvent removal rate when drying said first catalyst ink to form said first electrode catalyst sub-layer being higher than a solvent removal rate when drying said second catalyst ink to form said second electrode sub-layer. | 5,453 |
9,722,436 | 1. A method for equalizing capacities of electric storage devices that are connected in series in an electric storage device assembly charged and discharged by a charger/discharger, the method comprising: charging/discharging the electric storage device assembly at a charging/discharging rate of 1 C or lower; individually measuring voltages of the electric storage devices, respectively; determining whether a time rate of change in voltage of one electric storage device of the electric storage devices has reached a time-rate-of-change reference value and then a time rate of change in voltage of another electric storage device of the electric storage devices has reached the time-rate-of-change reference value; individually discharging, based on a determining result, the electric storage device by a discharging circuit provided separately from the discharger; determining whether the electric storage device assembly is under charging; measuring an elapsed time period since the time rate of change in voltage of the one electric storage device has reached the time-rate-of-change reference value; and measuring a time period from when the time rate of change in voltage of a first electric storage device has reached the time-rate-of-change reference value to when the time rate of change in voltage of a second electric storage device has reached the time-rate-of-change reference value if the electric storage device assembly is under charging and the elapsed time period has passed a reference time. | 40,412 |
9,740,613 | 1. A cache memory system comprising: a first cache memory comprising one or more levels, to store data corresponding to addresses; a second cache memory comprising a plurality of non-volatile memory cells, which has higher speed capability than a main memory, has a larger capacity than the first cache memory and stores data corresponding to addresses; and a first storage to store address conversion Information from a virtual address issued by a processor to a physical address and to store flag information indicating whether data is stored in the second cache memory by a page having a larger data amount than a cache line, the first cache memory being accessed by the cache line. | 2,579 |
8,591,979 | 1. A food ingredient delivery system for delivering food ingredients during manufacture of a food product, the system comprising: combined dry ingredients, the dry ingredients comprising flour; and a milkfat-in-water-in-oil emulsion, the milkfat-in-water-in-oil emulsion comprising: wherein the emulsion is delivered in liquid form for thoroughly mixing with the dry ingredients to form dough for cooking; and wherein the milk derived fat of the oil1 has a melting point of higher than about 90° F. | 36,971 |
8,479,412 | 1. An article of footwear having an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper, at least one of the upper and the sole structure incorporating a chamber comprising: an outer barrier formed from a polymer material that defines an interior cavity, the barrier having (a) a first portion that forms a first surface of the chamber and (b) a second portion that forms an opposite second surface of the chamber; a first tether element located within the interior cavity and attached to and extending from the first portion to the second portion, thereby defining a first tether element length; the first tether element including a single tether extending between a first tie piece and a second tie piece, the single tether of the first tether element being a first tether, the first tie piece being secured to the first portion of the chamber, and the second tie piece being secured to the second portion of the chamber; and a second tether element located within the interior cavity and attached to and extending from the first portion to the second portion, thereby defining a second tether element length, the first tether element length being greater than the second tether element length; the second tether element including a simile tether extending between a third tie piece and a fourth tie piece, the simile tether of the second tether element being a second tether, the third tie piece being secured to the first portion of the chamber and the fourth tie piece being secured to the second portion of the chamber; wherein the first tie piece of the first tether element is attached to the first portion of the outer barrier of the chamber independently of the third tie piece of the second tether element; wherein the second tie piece of the first tether element is attached to the second portion of the outer barrier of the chamber independently of the fourth tie piece of the second tether element. | 24,932 |
8,393,710 | 1. Ink jet printing device with a head or with various heads of the parallel type, comprising: a plurality of ejection modules, each comprising a plurality of ejection chambers adapted to contain and eject ink, associated relative heating elements adapted to command ejection of the ink onto a print medium, the print medium capable of a continuous feeding displacement; and one or more cartridges of ink for the head or for the heads; wherein said modules are adapted for alternating motion in relation to the displacement of the print medium to parallel print in a single pass at a printing resolution greater than the physical resolution of the pitch between the nozzles, and said cartridge or said cartridges of ink are removably connected to said modules through one or more elastic joints to decouple the modules and said cartridge. | 43,569 |
9,846,607 | 1. A method for linking information, comprising; determining a crash on a computing resource; gathering crash information related to said crash, the crash information being comprised in a crash report; extracting a globally unique identifier (GUID) from the crash information, the GUID identifying the computing resource and comprising usage data of one or more applications executing in the computing resource; accessing the crash report from a database communicatively coupled to the crashed computing resource and comprising a storage of a plurality of GUIDs; identifying a plurality of computing resources corresponding to the crashed computing resource, wherein the GUID is pre-pended with a tag identifying the GUID as one of the plurality of GUIDs, further wherein, extracting the GUID comprises parsing the crash report for the tag. | 34,939 |
8,522,488 | 1. A modular architectural system for use in a healthcare facility room with a finished wall including studs and facing sheets covering the studs, the modular architectural system comprising a service unit including a plurality of modular panels and at least one service outlet coupled to at least one of the modular panels, a wall-masking panel adapted to extend over the facing sheets of the finished wall, the wall-masking panel having a front surface, a back surface facing away from the front surface, and an interface surface arranged to extend between and interconnect the front surface and the back surface, the interface surface formed to include a groove that extends into the wall-masking panel between the front surface and the back surface, the wall-masking panel spaced apart from and arranged along an edge of the service unit with the interface surface facing the service unit, and an interface strip coupled to the service unit and arranged along the edge of the service unit between the service unit and the wall-masking panel to interconnect the service unit and the wall-masking panel, the interface strip formed to include a tongue that extends into the groove formed in the interface surface of the wall-masking panel and a flange that extends parallel to the front face of the wall-masking panel to cover a portion of the front face, wherein the interface strip includes an accessory track, and the accessory track has a C-shape arranged to form an opening facing away from the back surface of the wall-masking panel. | 46,492 |
8,526,428 | 1. A control system for selectively prohibiting a communications connection between an origin and destination within a communications network, the system comprising: at least one list of prohibited destination identifiers; at least one list of exempted destination identifiers including an exemption key and date of contact associated with each exempted destination identifier, the exemption key identifying a corresponding exemption category and the date of contact corresponding to a business transaction or inquiry by a customer associated with the exempted destination identifier, wherein the exemption category is selectively enabled or disabled by a user of the control system through a management interface; and a control unit that prohibits or allows the communications connection between the origin and destination based on the lists of prohibited and exempted destination identifiers, the control unit identifying a particular exemption category from the exemption key and determining whether to apply the identified exemption to allow the communications connection depending on a duration that the exemption is valid from the date of contact. | 33,457 |
8,540,804 | 1. A method of removing sulfur from a gas stream comprising the steps of: a. contacting the gas stream with a solvent to selectively absorb at least a portion of elemental sulfur from the gas stream such that the gas stream has a sulfur concentration that is substantially less than prior to the gas stream being contacted with the solvent; b. filtering entrained liquid droplets from the gas stream so that sulfur does not become deposited on a gas separation membrane; and c. passing the gas stream through the gas separation membrane. | 34,445 |
9,690,338 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a housing comprising two opposite side plates each defining a plurality of vents; a motherboard mounted in the housing; a plurality of hard disk drives (HDDs) mounted in the housing, and a suction member moveably mounted in the housing, and the suction member comprising a bracket moveably mounted between the two side plates; wherein the plurality of HDDs are located at one side of the suction member, and the motherboard is located at another opposite side of the suction member; wherein the suction member comprises an air guiding tube and two fans, the air guiding tube is hollow and defines a plurality of air holes, the air guiding tube comprises a plurality of air shields, and the plurality of air shields is selectively shielded on the plurality of air holes, the bracket is configured to receive the air guiding tube, and the two fans are disposed at opposite ends of the air guiding tube and aligned with the plurality of vents of the two side plates. | 15,570 |
9,051,048 | 1. A bias steered landing gear system comprising: a bogie beam; a first landing gear axle pivotally mounted to the bogie beam, the first landing gear axle pivotable through an axle steering range which includes a maximum inboard steering angle and a maximum outboard steering angle, the steering angles defined relative to a neutral steering position; and a steering actuator assembly operable to apply a steering force to steer the first landing gear axle through the axle steering range between the maximum inboard steering angle and the maximum outboard steering angle, the maximum inboard steering angle being substantially larger than the maximum outboard steering angle; wherein the steering actuator assembly has an actuation range defined by a minimum stroke and a maximum stroke, the minimum stroke corresponding to one of the maximum inboard steering angle and the maximum outboard steering angle, and the maximum stroke corresponding to the other of the maximum inboard steering angle and the maximum outboard steering angle; and wherein a midpoint of the actuation range corresponds to a bias steering position of the first landing gear axle, the bias steering position forming a nonzero bias steering angle measured relative to the neutral steering position. | 23,939 |
8,860,762 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a display to display a visualization comprising a plurality of elements; an input device to receive user input; and a processor to: | 7,162 |
8,851,388 | 1. An RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag for receiving a driving signal and sending an identification signal to an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader in response to the driving signal, the RFID tag comprising: a grounding casing made from a conductive material; a coupling casing made from the conductive material and disposed opposite to the grounding casing, the coupling casing including an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) module installed within said coupling space defined between said coupling part and said grounding casing, said RFID module including wherein, upon receipt of one of the driving signal and the identification signal, a surface current is generated on an upper surface of the RFID tag, which, in turn, induces a resonant electromagnetic field or energy within said coupling space, thereby increasing a detecting strength of said RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) module relative to said one of the driving signal and the identification signal; and wherein the length of an open circuit state of said coupling casing is a half wavelength. | 39,441 |
8,901,883 | 1. A charger for electric vehicles, the charger comprising: a noise filter connected to a commercial power source to remove high-frequency noise; an interleave Power Factor Correction (PFC) unit connected to the noise filter to correct a power factor in a continuous current mode; a DC/DC converter connected to the interleave PFC unit to convert a DC voltage via soft switching operation using phase control; and a series-parallel conversion unit connected to the DC/DC converter to output a DC voltage of about 150V to about 420V by changing a turns ratio of a boosting transformer. | 34,125 |
8,996,885 | 1. A secure processing system comprising: a host processor; a virtual machine instantiated on the host processor; a virtual unified security hub (USH) instantiated on the virtual machine, wherein the virtual USH emulates a hardware-based USH and provides a plurality of security services to an application executing on the host processor; and a plurality of authentication input devices coupled to the virtual USH, wherein each of the plurality of authentication input devices are included in a separate integrated circuit chip coupled to the host processor; wherein the virtual machine includes an application programming interface (API) configured to expose the plurality of secure services provided by the virtual USH to the application and the API is configured to provide, to a plurality of applications, a unified interface for enrolling or provisioning a user credential in a credential container. | 7,740 |
9,053,072 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an upstream-communication end node that upon a receipt of an indication of threshold-partial fullness of transaction-storage space on a downstream-communication end node modifies transaction-selection for delivery to the downstream-communication end node to exclude all transactions originated on the upstream-communication end node, wherein the upstream-communication end node upon the receipt of the indication of threshold-partial fullness of transaction-storage space on the downstream-communication end node proceeds to send to the downstream-communication end node only all transactions targeted for final delivery to the downstream-communication end node and received by the upstream-communication end node from one or more additional end nodes and exclude from sending to the downstream-communication end node transactions originated on the upstream-communication end node, wherein the upstream-communication end node, the downstream-communication end node, and the one or more additional end nodes are each configured to serve as a final destination for transactions, and wherein each transaction comprises a header including an address identifying a final destination for the transaction and a payload including data to be delivered to the final destination. | 46,650 |
8,900,410 | 1. A process for producing a fine fibrous cellulosic material suitable for a hydrolytic glycation reaction, comprising the steps of: preliminarily pulverizing a cellulosic material containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin to make a fibrous or powdered fine cellulosic material; mixing the fine cellulosic material with a fibrillation material constituted of water and an inorganic alkali to form a mixture, the inorganic alkali constituting from 0.1-99.9% of the total weight of the fibrillation material and being at least one member selected from the group consisting of lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide; and carrying out mechanical pulverization of the mixture to produce a fine, fibrous cellulosic material having a width of no more than 1 μm and a length of no more than 5,000 μm. | 46,517 |
9,066,543 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a box having a plurality of compartments; a first cover movable to open a first compartment, the first compartment being configured to hold one or more fluid vaporization related products; and a second cover movable to open a second compartment, the second compartment being configured to hold an electronic charging device, the second compartment being further configured such that movement of the second cover is restricted when one or more objects are inserted through a partition between the first and the second compartments. | 16,627 |
9,478,835 | 1. A hybrid device comprising: an energy converting unit comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and an energy converting medium arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the energy conversion takes place between the first electrode and the second electrode of the energy converting unit; an energy charge storing unit comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and an electrolyte medium arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein: | 31,224 |
8,846,230 | 1. A battery cell, comprising: a jelly roll that varies in thickness, comprising layers that are wound together, including a cathode with an active coating, a separator, and an anode with an active coating; wherein the anode comprises a sheet having a length in a direction of winding, a width perpendicular to the direction of winding and a thickness, wherein the width of the anode tapers diagonally along the length of the anode; wherein the cathode comprises a sheet having a length in a direction of winding, a width perpendicular to the direction of winding and a thickness, wherein the width of the cathode tapers diagonally along the length of the cathode; and wherein after the jelly roll is formed by winding the layers together, the diagonal taper of the anode and the diagonal taper of the cathode cause the jelly roll to vary in thickness by tapering along an axis of winding. | 2,908 |
9,806,598 | 1. An active filtering system designed to be connected in parallel with an electric power supply network providing a main power supply current including a disturbing current, said system comprising: at least one capacitor; a controlled current generator comprising an electric power supply configured to generate a positive determined voltage or a negative determined voltage and being connected in series with at least one the capacitor; and a control device configured to determine a control value for said controlled current generator so that the controlled current generator generates a compensation current to be applied to the main power supply current in order to compensate the disturbing current, said control value being determined by implementing: | 31,767 |
9,311,782 | 1. A gaming system comprising: a cabinet; a plurality of input devices supported by the cabinet, the plurality of input devices including a first input device, a second input device, an acceptor and a cashout device; at least one processor; at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the plurality of input devices to: | 15,918 |
9,608,263 | 1. A secondary battery comprising an anode, a cathode and a non aqueous electrolyte, the anode comprising a porous agglomerated mass of a sintered particulate material, wherein the particulate material comprises a semiconductor material core and a metal-semiconductor alloy layer thereon and has a diameter of about 0.001 micrometers to 100 micrometers, the volume of the metal-semiconductor alloy layer is about 0.1% to 5% of the total particle volume; and wherein particles within the agglomerated mass are adhered together by the metal-semiconductor alloy layer. | 21,340 |
9,561,676 | 1. A film for thermal transfer printing comprising: a biaxially oriented base film comprising polyester, wherein the polyester in the base film comprises bio-based polyester and has a radiocarbon content of at least 12 pMC, wherein the film is a thermal transfer ribbon for carrying inks or dyes used in thermal transfer printing and the film has a thickness of 0.5-10 μm. | 44,737 |
9,512,052 | 1. An adsorption desulfurization reaction apparatus, comprising: a fluidized bed reactor, a catalyst regenerator, a catalyst reducer, a catalyst fine powder catcher, and a fine powder classificator, | 17,822 |
9,327,113 | 1. An implantable lead having a proximal section, a distal section, and a curved section between the proximal section and the distal section, the implantable lead comprising: an outer tubular portion extending from the proximal section to the distal section, the outer tubular portion defining an exterior surface of the implantable lead, the outer tubular portion having a bias such that the implantable lead assumes a curved shape along the curved section; an inner tubular portion extending within the outer tubular portion, the inner tubular portion comprising an inner coil conductor and an inner polymer jacket over the inner coil conductor along the curved section, the inner coil conductor extending from the proximal section to the distal section and having a steeper filar pitch along the curved section than along the proximal section, the inner polymer jacket having a plurality of slots along the curved section that increases the flexibility of the inner tubular portion; and an active fixation element on the distal end, the active fixation element in electrical connection with the inner coil conductor, the active fixation element configured to affix to tissue by rotation of the inner tubular portion relative to the outer tubular member. | 41,817 |
9,584,305 | 1. A source-synchronization interface circuit, comprising: a sender synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter that, during operation, receives sender data and a sender clock having a first period and a sender phase, wherein the sender synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter has regenerative gain to resolve metastability during phase synchronization of the sender clock and a receiver clock; an asynchronous first-in, first-out (FIFO) buffer electrically coupled to the sender synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter, wherein the asynchronous FIFO buffer includes multiple stages and, during operation, conveys data from the sender synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter to a receiver synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter; the receiver synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter, electrically coupled to the asynchronous FIFO buffer, which, during operation, receives a receiver clock having a second period, which is one of the first period and a rational multiple of the first period, and a receiver phase, wherein the receiver synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter has regenerative gain to resolve metastability during the phase synchronization, and wherein the asynchronous FIFO buffer conveys information corresponding to the sender phase to the receiver synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter and information corresponding to the receiver phase to the sender synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter; and wherein the data is transferred from the sender to the source-synchronization interface circuit, and from the source-synchronization interface circuit to the receiver with a data-transfer period that is the same as one of the first period and the rational multiple of the first period; and control logic, electrically coupled to the asynchronous FIFO buffer, which, during operation, initializes the source-synchronization interface circuit by: | 19,193 |
9,631,210 | 1. A genetically modified host cell transformed with a nucleic acid construct encoding a fusion protein comprising a phosphatase capable of catalyzing the dephosphorylation of dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) linked to an isopentyl pyrophosphate (IPP) isomerase capable of converting IPP to DMAPP, wherein the nucleic acid construct is operably linked to a promoter. | 20,237 |
9,388,497 | 1. A method of electroless gold plating comprising: forming an underlying alloy layer on a base material; and forming a gold plate layer directly on the underlying alloy layer by means of electroless reduction plating using a cyanide-free gold plating bath, wherein the underlying alloy layer is formed of an M1-M2-M3 alloy, M1 is at least one element selected from Ni, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn and Sn, M2 is at least one element selected from Pd, Re, Pt, Rh, Ag and Ru, and M3 is at least one element selected from P and B, and M1-M2-M3 alloy having 20 to 50 at. % of M1, 30 to 50 at. % of M2, and 20 to 30 at. % of M3. | 21,646 |
9,577,542 | 1. A constant on-time (COT) isolated converter connected to an input terminal for receiving an input voltage, the constant on-time isolated converter comprises: 1 1 1 1 1 1 receives either the output voltage or the output current, and the wake-up signals to generate a control signal accordingly and to transmit the control signal to the driver through the coupling element, wherein the driver amplifies the control signals to generate a first digital signal; 1 1 | 31,501 |
9,326,362 | 1. A two-level LED security light, comprising: a light-emitting unit; a loading and power control unit; a light sensing control unit; a motion sensing unit; a power supply unit; and an external control unit, coupled with the loading and power control unit; wherein the light-emitting unit comprises at least one LED; wherein the loading and power control unit comprises a microcontroller electrically coupled with a semiconductor switching device, wherein the semiconductor switching device is electrically connected in series with the power supply unit and the light emitting unit, wherein the microcontroller with program codes outputs a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to a gate electrode of the semiconductor switching device to control a conduction period (T on ) and a cut-off period (T off ) of the semiconductor switching device for delivering different average electric currents from the power supply unit to drive the light-emitting unit for generating different illuminations, wherein the microcontroller controls the semiconductor switching device respectively to have a short conduction period (T on ) and a long conduction period (T on ) such that the light-emitting unit respectively generates a first level and a second level illumination characterized by light intensity and/or color temperature according to the signals received from the light sensing control unit and the motion sensing unit; wherein the external control unit is used in at least one of two setting modes respectively for setting illumination characteristics of one of the first level and the second level illumination; wherein the first setting mode is a manual setting incorporating with the external control unit when the light-emitting unit generates one of the first level and the second level illumination, in which the illumination characteristic of the light-emitting unit is changed directly by operating the external control unit; wherein the second setting mode is a free-running setting, in which the light-emitting unit performs a free-run of one of the first level and the second level illumination by gradually and periodically changing illumination characteristics, wherein the free-run is terminated by operating the external control unit at a time point corresponding to a specific illumination characteristic, such that, following the free-running illumination variation, the illumination characteristics of one of the first level and the second level illumination is set by operating the external control unit at the time point when the light-emitting unit performs the specific illumination characteristic; wherein the light-emitting unit performs one of the first level and the second level illumination characterized by the specific illumination characteristic being set thereof. | 30,524 |
8,785,043 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: at least one cathode comprising one or more compounds, at least one of the compounds with an olivine structure comprising the general formula LiMPO at least one lithium anode. | 13,560 |
8,892,819 | 1. A multi-core system comprising: a plurality of processor cores having caches; an external input/output bus connected to each of the processor cores; a memory accessed by each of the processor cores by way of the external input/output bus; profile information including information concerning the volume of a write access to the memory by each task to be allocated to the processor cores and information as to whether a cache miss will occur in a read access to the caches; and an operating system that controls a clock frequency of the external input/output bus so as to be set at a first frequency, based on the volume of the write access to the memory by each of the tasks to be concurrently allocated to the processor cores and the bus width of the external input/output bus when a cache miss in read access is judged to not occur in execution of the tasks, based on the profile information and that controls the clock frequency of the external input/output bus so as to be set at a second frequency higher than the first frequency when a cache miss in read access is judged to occur in the execution of the tasks to be concurrently allocated to the processor cores. | 3,475 |
9,312,234 | 1. A semiconductor module comprising: a substrate made of metal; an insulating layer formed on the substrate; a plurality of wiring patterns formed on the insulating layer; a bare-chip transistor mounted on a first wiring pattern out of the plurality of wiring patterns via soldering; a copper connector constituted of a copper plate for jointing an electrode formed on a top surface of the bare-chip transistor and second wiring pattern out of the plurality of wiring patterns via soldering; and a packaged surface mounting device other than the bare-chip transistor mounted on a third wiring pattern out of the plurality of wiring patterns via soldering, the third wiring pattern being different from the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern; wherein the bare-chip transistor is a bare-chip FET having a source electrode and a gate electrode formed on a top surface thereof; wherein the copper connector includes a source electrode copper connector and a gate electrode copper connector; wherein the source electrode of the bare-chip FET and the second wiring pattern are jointed by the source electrode copper connector via soldering; wherein the gate electrode of the bare-chip FET and a fourth wiring pattern out of the plurality of wiring patterns is jointed by the gate electrode copper connector via soldering; wherein the gate electrode copper connector falls into one type, and the source electrode copper connector comprises one of two types, the two types including: a first source electrode copper connector arranged 180 degrees straightly with respect to the gate electrode copper connector, and a second source electrode copper connector arranged 90 degrees perpendicularly with respect to the gate electrode copper connector; and wherein the gate electrode copper connector and the source electrode copper connector are used in combination with each other on the same bare-chip FET. | 41,309 |
9,511,511 | 1. A resin-coated saw wire, comprising: a steel wire; and a resin coating covering a surface of the steel wire, comprising substantially no abrasive grain, and having a hardness of 0.07 GPa or more at 120° C., wherein: the hardness of the resin coating is adapted to resist intrusion of abrasive grains into the resin coating, where the abrasive grains are sprayed during cutting of a workpiece. | 40,726 |
8,920,391 | 1. A container for use in a system for spray coating a human subject, the container comprising: a container body configured to hold a skin coating composition; a first end portion having a male disconnect coupling valve, where the male quick disconnect coupling valve is configured to open when coupled to a female fitting disposed in a spraying apparatus, where the male quick disconnect coupling valve is further configured to prevent flow of the skin composition from the container in an inverted position while the male quick disconnect coupling valve is not coupled to the female fitting; and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, where the container is configured for inverted connection to the spraying apparatus such that when the male quick disconnect coupling valve is connected to the female fitting, the male quick disconnect coupling valve permits flow of the skin composition from the container after pressure is equalized in the container, the male quick disconnect coupling valve is at a location below the second end portion, and where opening of a vent on the second end portion allow airflow into the container through the vent as the skin coating composition flows out of the container through the male quick disconnect coupling valve. | 47,091 |
8,493,367 | 1. A stylus used as an inputting device of a handwriting system, comprising: a jog ball arranged at a side of said stylus; a button-and-ball circuit, comprising: a second pair of sensing units respectively arranged near the left and right side of said jog ball for detecting the left and right movements of said jog ball, wherein each of the second pair of sensing units comprises a second roller, a second Hall sensing element, a second switch comprising an input terminal, an ON terminal, and an OFF terminal, and a second capacitor comprising an input terminal and an output terminal, in which said second roller is a hollow cylindrical magnet, said second roller contacts with said jog ball, said second Hall sensing element is arranged near to said second roller but not in contact with said second roller, said second Hall sensing element is coupled to the input terminal of said second switch, said ON terminal of said second switch is coupled to said input terminal of said second capacitor, and said output terminal of said second capacitor is coupled to said resonant circuit; and a mechanical switch arranged below said jog ball, a third switch with an input terminal, an ON terminal, and an OFF terminal, and a third capacitor with an input terminal and an output terminal, in which the input terminal of said third switch is coupled to said mechanical switch, and the ON terminal of said third switch is coupled to the input terminal of said third capacitor, and the output terminal of said third capacitor is coupled to said resonant circuit; a signal emitting circuit, for emitting an electromagnetic wave; and a resonant circuit, for determining the frequency of the electromagnetic wave; wherein when said jog ball is not rolled, said first switch is switched to said OFF terminal, and when said jog ball is rolled upward or downward, said first roller is rolled as well and said first Hall sensing element generates a first voltage to switch said first switch to said ON terminal, so as to change the circuit capacitance of said resonant circuit; wherein when said jog ball is not rolled, said second switch is switched to said OFF terminal, and when said jog ball is rolled left or right, said second roller is rolled as well and said second Hall sensing element generates a second voltage to switch said second switch to said ON terminal, so as to change the circuit capacitance of said resonant circuit; and wherein when said jog ball is not pressed, said third switch is switched to said OFF terminal, and when said jog ball is pressed, the mechanical switch triggers said third switch to said ON terminal, resulting a voltage being supplied to said third capacitor, so as to change the circuit capacitance of said resonant circuit. | 6,849 |
8,365,912 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a container comprising a sidewall that defines a container receptacle, the sidewall defining a first handle aperture and a second handle aperture; a bag disposed at least partially within the container receptacle and comprising: a wire stack disposed within the wire receptacle of the bag; wherein: | 43,070 |
9,388,767 | 1. An aircraft nacelle comprising: a lip extended by an inner conduit forming an air intake; a front frame defining with the lip a first annular channel within which hot air flows; and a panel for acoustic treatment, the panel comprising, from outside inwardly: at least one stabilization chamber in the form of a second annular channel with a cross-section in a longitudinal plane greater than that of the ducts, the second annular channel extending over at least a portion of a circumference of the aircraft nacelle, wherein the at least one stabilization chamber comprises a plurality of inlets in communication with the second annular channel, a plurality of outlets each communicating with one of the ducts, and a wedge for tilting flow of exhaust air in the inner conduit that is disposed inside the at least one stabilization chamber and pressed against the acoustic resistive layer in which output ports are located, and wherein the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets are not aligned in a longitudinal direction. | 20,655 |
9,126,977 | 1. A method of reducing antipsychotic induced weight gain comprising administering to the patient in need of treatment an effective amount of a compound of Formula I; wherein, A is chosen from —C(═O)NH R R R R R or together, R R | 38,098 |
8,412,385 | 1. A system, comprising: a processor configured to: an interface configured to output the control signal; wherein the operating condition comprises a phase shift of a critically delayed version of a current system clock relative to a non-delayed version of the current system clock, wherein the reference value comprises a predetermined amount of phase shift, and wherein to determine a manner in which to adjust input power comprises to determine to decrease input power if the real time value of the phase shift of the critically delayed version of the current system clock relative to the non-delayed version of the current system clock is less than the predetermined amount of phase shift. | 38,272 |
9,510,085 | 1. A headphone audio device, comprising: a body having: a processor carried within the cavity; a wireless receiver in data communication with the processor; a plug configured to fit within a port of an ear speaker and is conductively coupled to the processor; a shaft pivotally secured body and configured to attach the plug to the body, the shaft is configured to fit within the channel and pivots between an extended and folded position within the channel and relative to the top surface of the body; and a power source conductively coupled to the processor; wherein the plug attaches to a headphone; and wherein the receiver communicates with an external audio device. | 27,532 |
8,392,030 | 1. A system that manages power output from one or more energy generators, the system comprising: at least one power controller having an input for connection to an energy generator to receive electrical power generated by the energy generator and an output for connection to an electrical load to provide electrical power to the electrical load, the power controller including: switching circuitry to set an effective impedance of the energy generator to control a kinematic characteristic of the energy generator that influences motion of a mechanical system, and wherein the switching circuitry is arranged to provide an amount of power to the electrical load that meets a demand of the electrical load while maintaining the set effective impedance of the energy generator, wherein the amount of power provided to the electrical load is unequal to an amount of power provided by the energy generator to the power controller. | 37,768 |
9,212,094 | 1. A polycarboxylic acid copolymer comprising: a structural unit (I) derived from an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol monomer (a) represented by the following formula (1): wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; p is an integer of 0 to 2; q is 0 or 1; AOs are the same as or different from each other and each represent a C2-C18 oxyalkylene group; and n is an average number of moles of the oxyalkylene groups represented by AOs added, and is 20 to 300; and a structural unit (II) derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer (b), the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 5000 to 15000, the copolymer including a dimer including two units of the unsaturated polyalkylene glycol monomer (a) bonded to each other and having an area percentage of the dimer of 7% or greater, where the area percentage is defined through the following steps (1) to (8): (1) determining the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer by gel permeation chromatography (GPC); (2) drawing a base line between A (3) letting P (4) drawing a line vertically from P (5) similarly, letting P (6) letting S (7) letting S be the whole area surrounded by the resulting GPC chart and the base line; and (8) defining the percentage of the area S | 48,787 |
9,162,761 | 1. A partially-inflated rigid-structure glider comprises: a pair of wings; a tail; a frame; a wing skin; a tail skin; an inflatable bladder; an inflation tank; a left drogue brake; a right drogue brake; a left steering mechanism; a right steering mechanism; a pilot pod; said pair of wings comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge; said frame comprises a spar, a plurality of wing ribs, a plurality of battens, a keel, a tail frame, a plurality of tail ribs, a network of lines, a left tip wand, and a right tip wand; said wing skin comprises a left brake opening and a right brake opening; and said left steering mechanism and said right steering mechanism each comprise a control line, a down-tube, a vertical pulley, a horizontal pulley, and a tubular grip. | 42,423 |
8,666,051 | 1. A method for notifying users of events, said method comprising: monitoring, by a computer, user activity of a user, said monitoring based on user notification information in a storage location, said user notification information pertaining to a scheduled event; in response to a detection, from said monitoring, of a change in the user activity, said computer ascertaining that the change necessitates notifying the user of the scheduled event due to the change impacting whether the user can participate in the scheduled event; in response to said ascertaining, said computer notifying the user of the scheduled event; and said computer modifying the user notification information in the storage location, based on the detected change in the user activity, in response to having received an instruction from the user to change the user notification information in the storage location, wherein said monitoring user activity comprises monitoring an online travel center for the change in the user activity. | 21,745 |
9,476,310 | 1. A gas turbine engine system, comprising: a rotor wheel; a plurality of blades mounted about a periphery of the rotor wheel; and a retention device, comprising: | 36,493 |
8,643,290 | 1. A flat panel display (FPD), comprising: a display module for displaying an image; a power management circuit, which converts an input voltage to an output voltage according to a feedback signal; a plurality of light emitting modules for illuminating the display module, each light emitting module including: wherein the local feedback signal of each light emitting module is coupled to a first node for providing the feedback signal at the first node; and a common wiring cluster including: an output voltage common wire for delivering the output voltage; a feedback signal common wire for delivering the feedback signal; and a ground common wire; wherein each light emitting module is electrically coupled to each of the common wires. | 22,753 |
9,728,662 | 1. A device to detect light, comprising: a substrate formed of a first doped semiconductor material, the substrate including a first region and a second region; an array of multilayered nanowire structures protruding from the first region of the substrate, wherein the nanowire structures are formed of the first doped semiconductor material covered by a first layer of a second doped semiconductor material forming a core-shell structure, the first layer covered by an insulating layer providing electrical isolation of the nanowire structures, wherein the insulating layer includes one or more openings exposing the first layer; and an electrode formed in the second region and coupled to the first layer of the array of multilayered nanowire structures via the one or more openings in the insulating layer, wherein the multilayered nanowire structures in the first region function as an optical active region capable of detecting infrared sub-bandgap optical radiation that generates an electrical signal presented at the electrode. | 35,865 |
9,439,109 | 1. A method of operating a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) of a radio communication network, comprising: seizing resources for a Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) bearer and an Internet Protocol (IP) bearer for use on a terrestrial A-interface of the radio communication network; sending a handover request message identifying the TDM bearer and the IP bearer for use on the terrestrial A-interface, wherein the handover request message includes a circuit identifier code (CIC) of a selected TDM circuit with respect to the TDM bearer and a transport address of a media gateway (MGw) that will terminate an IP connection with respect to the IP bearer; receiving an acknowledgment of the handover; detecting that one of the TDM bearer and the IP bearer is selected; and releasing an unselected one of the TDM bearer and the IP bearer for use on the terrestrial A-interface. | 9,615 |
9,322,857 | 1. A method for determining an energy yield loss of a first wind turbine of a wind farm comprising a plurality of wind turbines, the method comprising: operating the first wind turbine in a reduced energy yield mode that is outside an energy-optimized normal operating mode; determining a reduced energy yield of the first wind turbine; selecting at least one second wind turbine according to a predeterminable criterion; determining the energy yield of the at least one second wind turbine; and determining an energy yield potential of the first wind turbine depending upon the energy yield of the at least one second wind turbine, determining a difference between the energy yield potential of the first wind turbine and the determined reduced energy yield. | 5,047 |
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