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9,161,399 | 1. A power supply for light emitting diode arrangements ( 11 ) having a current source ( 3 ), comprising: the power supply ( 1 ) being dimensioned for a power class and comprises an adjustable current source ( 3 ) and an adjustable power limitation ( 4 ), the power limitation ( 4 ) is adjustable within limits of the power class, a control component ( 5 ) for controlling the current source ( 3 ) and the power limitation ( 4 ), the control component ( 5 ) is adapted to run an operating program ( 8 ) whose input parameters ( 7 ) are a number of light emitting diodes to be controlled and a method of connection for the light emitting diodes and, based on the input parameters, the control component is adapted to adjust and regulate a current intensity of the current source ( 3 ) and the power limitation ( 4 ). | 32,296 |
9,033,068 | 1. A hammer bit, comprising: a bit body coupled to a hammer drill; a housing bit connected to the bit body; at least one wing bit coupled to the housing bit to move up and down along a plane slanted relative to a longitudinal axis of the hammer bit; at least one guide groove formed in the bit body at a lower portion thereof; and at least one spacer formed at a top of the wing bit to slide within the guide groove in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the hammer bit, wherein the housing bit is coupled to the bit body to rotate at a predetermined angle, and at least one stopper is formed on an end portion of the bit body; wherein the stopper hangs the wing bit to prevent the wing bit from moving down when the bit body rotates at a predetermined angle; wherein a hanging groove is formed on the wing bit, the stopper moving to the hanging groove when the bit body rotates at a predetermined angle so that the stopper prevents the wing bit from moving down slantly. | 1,460 |
9,319,978 | 1. A method, in a network node, for assisting a wireless terminal to select an access node for a communication in a wireless communication network, wherein the wireless communication network comprises a cellular network access node and a wireless local network access node, the method comprising: establishing, by the network node, a state of a wireless local network unit in the wireless terminal; obtaining, by the network node, information of at least one of: determining, by the network node, which access node to use out of the wireless local network access node and the cellular network access node for the communication, the determining based on the established state of the wireless local network unit and at least one of: transmitting a control signal to the wireless terminal to set the wireless terminal to a reduced-power mode after the wireless terminal has communicated over the determined access node; wherein the wireless local network unit only performs radio condition measurements at predefined time instances that comply with a time pattern for monitoring paging messages from the network node by a cellular unit in the wireless terminal while the wireless terminal is set to the reduced-power mode. | 20,622 |
8,992,043 | 1. A luminaire comprising: a reflector comprising an inner surface defining at least one reflector cavity; a plurality of light emitting diodes positioned within the luminaire to direct light into the at least one reflector cavity; and an optical element at least partially positioned within the reflector cavity to receive light reflected from the at least one reflector cavity, wherein the optical element is positioned within the reflector cavity such that light received on the optical element from the reflector cavity exits the luminaire unimpeded. | 4,583 |
8,707,701 | 1. A thermodynamic system, comprising: a working fluid; a fluid pump for pumping the working fluid through a cycle; a thermal input for supplying heat to the working fluid; an expansion device downstream of the thermal input for converting motion of the working fluid to useful work; and a heat pump, said heat pump pumping heat from a first portion of said working fluid to a second portion of the working fluid that is at a higher temperature than is said first portion of said working fluid, said second portion of the working fluid being at or upstream of said thermal input, wherein said heat pump comprises a vapor compression heat pump, wherein said system comprises an air-breathing engine having a fuel combustor and fuel and air intakes to said combustor, wherein said air-breathing engine comprises a jet engine having a nozzle connected with said fuel combustor and wherein said thermal input removes heat from said nozzle. | 33,458 |
9,425,458 | 1. A method for making an electrode material of lithium-ion battery, comprising: providing a lithium source solution and a plurality of titanium source particles; mixing the lithium source solution and the plurality of titanium source particles, wherein a molar ratio of lithium element to titanium element is in a range from about 4:5 to 9:10, thereby forming a sol; spray drying the sol to form a plurality of precursor particles, wherein the spray drying comprises following substeps: heating the plurality of precursor particles, thereby forming a plurality of secondary lithium titanate particles; immersing a carbon source compound into a solvent to form a carbon source solution, and uniformly dispersing the plurality of the secondary lithium titanate particles into the carbon source solution by agitating, thereby forming a liquid mixture, a concentration of the carbon source compound in the carbon source solution ranges from about 10 wt % to about 40 wt %; and vaporizing the solvent of the liquid mixture, and pyrolyzing the carbon source compound. | 46,474 |
8,754,002 | 1. A method of fabricating medium-high temperature CO 2 sorbents made of alkali metal promoted calcium aluminate carbonates, comprising steps of: (a) mixing a source of Ca ions and Al(NO (b) mixing NaOH and a carbonate to obtain an alkali solution, (c) mixing said acid solution and said alkali solution to obtain a mixed solution and staying still said mixed solution; and (d) after staying still said mixed solution, filtering said mixed solution to remove impurities and drying said mixed solution to be sintered in an oven to obtain a CO | 4,088 |
9,218,764 | 1. A display device, comprising: a display panel including a display area having a plurality of pixel areas, and a non-display area surrounding the display area, the display area including a plurality of groups of first power lines for providing a first power to the plurality of pixel areas; and a driver electrically connected to the plurality of first power lines of a particular group among the plurality of groups of first power lines, the driver including: | 29,484 |
9,798,628 | 1. A system comprising: a memory controller; and a memory channel coupled to said memory controller, said memory channel comprising: | 22,374 |
8,564,982 | 1. A power supply circuit comprising: a rectifier to rectify a voltage output from a power source; a power factor compensation circuit including a plurality of reactors to store and output currents output from the rectifier, a plurality of switches switched such that the currents are stored in the reactors or are output, and a plurality of current detectors to output voltages according to the currents from the reactors; a power factor compensation circuit controller to control switching of the switches and to control a power factor compensation operation; and a power factor compensation circuit protection circuit to receive the voltages output from the plurality of current detectors and to stop the operation of the power factor compensation circuit controller if at least one of the voltages output from the plurality of current detectors is abnormal. | 33,731 |
8,865,567 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising: forming ineffective chips in a circumference of a first main surface of a semiconductor wafer; forming effective chips in a region surrounded by the ineffective chips; forming a front electrode on the effective chips and the ineffective chips; providing an insulating film on dicing lines which partition the effective chips and the ineffective chips; forming a rear electrode on a second main surface of the semiconductor wafer; forming polyimide on an outer circumferential portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor wafer with a predetermined width from an outer circumferential end of the semiconductor wafer such that the polyimide continuously covers the ineffective chips from the outer circumferential end of the semiconductor wafer to the inside and continuously covers a portion which is a predetermined distance away from the outer circumferential end of the semiconductor wafer to the effective chip in the dicing line interposed between the ineffective chips; forming a metal film on the front electrode formed on the effective chips using plating; and cutting the semiconductor wafer into semiconductor chips along the dicing lines using a blade. | 48,538 |
8,440,075 | 1. A cartridge for a chemical release system, the cartridge comprising: a cartridge body coupled with a cartridge head at a first end and coupled with an end plug at a second end, the cartridge head comprising a through hole configured to engage with an annular flange in a main head, the cartridge body forming a substantially annularly cylindrical housing having an internal cross section; a flow restrictor plate disposed within the cartridge body between the first end and the second end wherein the flow restrictor plate is oriented substantially parallel to the cartridge head within the cartridge body, includes only one opening therethrough, and substantially conforms with the internal cross section of the cartridge body; and an internal flow body coupled to the flow restrictor plate at a first side of the internal flow body and at a side of the flow restrictor plate that faces the second end, the internal flow body substantially conforming with the internal cross section of the cartridge body and comprising: wherein the cartridge body comprises one or more second through holes in a side of the cartridge body located between the flow restrictor plate and the cartridge head. | 34,698 |
8,888,979 | 1. An electrochemical carbon monoxide sensor comprising: a housing comprising: a micro electrode assembly comprising: | 27,629 |
8,403,011 | 1. A method comprising: removeably coupling an interchangeable flap to a handbag body to cover an opening of the handbag body in a first position and removeablely coupling the interchangeable flap to a portion of itself in a second position to form a separate handbag using an attachment mechanism, the attachment mechanism comprising a first component completely concealed between an inner wall and an outer wall forming the interchangeable flap and a second component completely concealed within the handbag body, and wherein the interchangeable flap comprises a first side flap and a second side flap attached around an edge of the interchangeable flap and a gap formed between the first side flap and the second side flap such that when the interchangeable flap is in the first position, the first flap and the second flap cover a surface of the inner wall and in the second position, the first flap and the second flap form side walls of the separate handbag. | 31,468 |
9,457,653 | 1. A self-propelled construction machine, comprising: a machine frame; a working unit arranged on the machine frame and configured to carry out work for a building operation; a drive unit arranged on the machine frame and configured to drive the working unit, the drive unit including at least one internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas treatment system; a first tank formed as an integral component of the machine frame, the first tank being either a fuel tank configured to hold fuel for the at least one internal combustion engine or a water tank; an operating material tank received in the first tank, the operating material tank being configured to hold liquid operating material; and wherein the operating material tank is configured to hold a liquid urea solution additive for the exhaust gas treatment system, the liquid urea solution additive being the liquid operating material. | 16,689 |
8,675,523 | 1. A method, comprising: providing a parameter of a bridged packet-switched network; correlating the parameter to an algorithm if the parameter is selected; and constructing an optimized spanning tree if the parameter is correlated to the algorithm, the optimized spanning tree to improve a performance of the network with respect to the selected parameter. | 10,637 |
8,977,990 | 1. A reticle, comprising: an exposure region that is to be exposed to light during an exposure process; a non-exposure region surrounding the exposure region and not to be exposed to the light during the exposure process; and exposure monitoring keys disposed across a boundary between the exposure region and the non-exposure region, the exposure region comprising a pattern region in which target patterns are disposed, one part of each of the exposure monitoring keys disposed in the exposure region from out of the pattern region, and another part of the each exposure monitoring key disposed in the non-exposure region. | 7,952 |
9,375,112 | 1. A method of delivering a beverage comprising the steps of: at least partially filling an extraction chamber with roasted ground coffee; passing an aqueous medium through the extraction chamber to form the beverage; and discharging the beverage from the extraction chamber; wherein the roasted ground coffee has a dry Helos particle size distribution D50 of less than or equal to 200 microns; wherein the aqueous medium has a temperature of 1° C. to 40° C.; and wherein the flow rate of the aqueous medium through the extraction chamber is 0.5 to 5 ml/s. | 13,654 |
8,929,285 | 1. A software defined radio (SDR)-enabled wireless device comprising: programmable circuitry; software encoded on at least one computer-readable storage to program the programmable circuitry to implement an SDR; system parameters indicating capabilities of the programmable circuitry and/or the software of the SDR-enabled wireless device; a verification module that, when executing, responds to the SDR-enabled wireless device attempting or requesting concurrent communication using a first wireless protocol and a second wireless protocol by: configuring the SDR for concurrent use of the first and/or second wireless protocols responsive to the verification module determining that the system parameters satisfy the first system requirements and satisfy the second system requirements. | 40,932 |
9,468,076 | 1. An outdoor lighting network management system, comprising: at least a first and a second outdoor lighting network each including a plurality of outdoor lighting network devices, wherein each of said first and said second outdoor lighting networks use a respective a first or second protocol to communicate with their respective plurality of outdoor lighting network devices; a central management system in communication with each of said outdoor lighting networks, said central management system sending outdoor lighting network configuration commands to each of said outdoor lighting networks using a common network protocol and receiving outdoor lighting network device information from each of said outdoor lighting networks using the common network protocol, said outdoor lighting network device information including details of said lighting network devices; wherein said outdoor lighting network configuration commands from said central management system using the common protocol is translated by said first and said second outdoor lighting networks to said first or said second protocol and used to set a configuration of at least one of said outdoor lighting network devices; a first vendor management system in communication with only said first outdoor lighting networks. | 2,728 |
8,433,448 | 1. An irrigation control device comprising: a first processor of a first irrigation control unit; and a computer readable medium coupled to the first processor and storing a first set of machine code adapted to be executed by the first processor, the first set of machine code based on a portion of source code on which a second set of machine code stored in a second irrigation control unit is based, wherein the first set of machine code and the second set of machine code are not identical to each other, wherein the computer readable medium does not store the second set of machine code; the second irrigation control unit having a predefined hierarchical control relationship with the first irrigation control unit; wherein the second set of machine code is adapted to be executed by a second processor of the second irrigation control unit. | 15,173 |
9,549,183 | 1. A method for estimating video quality on a bit-stream level, the video quality being an estimated quality of a decoded video after error concealment and the method being performed by a computer on the bit-stream level before said error concealment, the method comprising: at least one of extracting and calculating a plurality of global condition features from a video bit-stream, wherein the global condition features comprise at least two of a frame type, a ratio of intra-macroblocks versus inter-macroblocks, a motion index and a texture index, wherein the motion index is an average length of received motion vectors of a frame, and wherein the texture index is obtained from texture smoothness values of interested macroblocks of the frame; determining that a macroblock is lost; at least one of extracting and calculating a plurality of local effectiveness features for the lost macroblock, wherein the local effectiveness features comprise at least two of a spatial motion vector homogeneity, a temporal motion vector uniformity, and a macroblock texture smoothness; calculating a numeric error concealment level for the lost macroblock based on the plurality of global condition features and the plurality of local effectiveness features by emulating an error concealment method that is used in said error concealment; and providing the calculated error concealment level as an indication of said video quality. | 2,200 |
9,195,760 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, from a user system at a host system having a processor system including at least one processor and a memory system, user input for conducting a search, the user input including one or more input terms; automatically searching, by the processor system, a storage area in the memory system at the host system for stored search strings recorded from prior searches that are similar to the user input, the search strings each having one or more search terms; identifying a subset of the stored search strings that are similar to the user input, as a result of the searching; automatically determining, by the host system, a score for each of the search strings in the subset, the score being a value that indicates an expected likelihood that the user will be interested in the search string, wherein the score for each of the search strings is based on a plurality of factors including: a count of a number of the input terms in the user input that are the same as the one or more the search terms in the search string, a relevancy of a collection of documents found when a search is performed using the search string, and how often users have chosen the search string when suggested by the host system; ranking the search strings in the subset, in accordance with the determined scores; and sending, from the host system to the user system, the search strings in the subset, listed in order of the ranking as search suggestions. | 14,015 |
9,662,966 | 1. A device for a transmission assembly of a motor vehicle, comprising: an electrical machine ( a clutch ( an anti-dust flange ( a radial part of the anti-dust flange ( the anti-dust flange ( | 48,452 |
8,841,090 | 1. An ethanol producing yeast strain, comprising at least one heterologous polynucleotide encoding a yeast arabinose transporter that comprises an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:4, wherein the yeast strain is capable of growth and ethanol production utilizing arabinose as a carbon source. | 24,309 |
8,981,132 | 1. A multiple liquid phase composition, useful for preparing an oxirane product, comprising a reaction mixture of: (a) at least one olefin; wherein the olefin is selected from one of (i) an aliphatic olefin or substituted aliphatic olefin, with the proviso that the aliphatic olefin is not propylene, (ii) a cycloaliphatic olefin, (iii) an aromatic olefin and mixtures thereof; (b) at least one peroxide compound; and (c) a titanium silicalite catalyst with MFI structure (TS-1 catalyst) pretreated with methanol at a mole ratio of methanol to TS-1 catalyst from 0.1:1 methanol:TS-1 catalyst to 100:1 methanol:TS-1 catalyst at a temperature of from about −20° C. to about 60° C. for about 1 minute to about 24 hours and air-dried such that at least a portion of the methanol is chemically bound to the activated catalyst and a portion of the methanol is not chemically bound to the activated catalyst; and wherein the fraction of titanium that is chemically bonded with methanol in the activated catalyst comprises from 50% to 200% as determined by IR spectroscopy at a frequency of 950-970 cm −1 . | 44,081 |
8,484,222 | 1. A method for automatically determining if a location is a standalone location that can be identified by a name for the location, comprising: determining a name score for the location by determining an approximate number of pages that contain the name; generating a signature that includes the name for the location and an additional location specifier; determining a signature score for the location by determining an approximate number of pages that include the signature; and determining whether the location is a standalone location based on the name score and the signature score for the location by: | 7,721 |
9,392,510 | 1. A method of handover control by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message from a source cell; determining whether a full configuration option is configured in the received RRC connection reconfiguration message; if the full configuration option is determined to be configured in the received RRC connection reconfiguration message: performing an encryption and integrity verification using the reset value of the parameter. | 20,682 |
9,624,821 | 1. An air intake structure for an internal combustion engine, the air intake structure comprising: a compressor impeller of a turbo supercharger provided in an air intake passage of the internal combustion engine; a blow-by gas passage being coupled to the air intake passage on a downstream side with respect to all air filters included in an air cleaner, the blow-by gas passage being configured to introduce a blow-by gas from a crankcase of the internal combustion engine; and a capture member provided on a downstream side with respect to the blow-by gas passage and provided on an upstream side with respect to the compressor impeller in the air intake passage to capture an ice clump formed at an inner wall surface of the air intake passage when the ice clump peels off, wherein, the capture member is configured as a filter constituted by a meshed member to prevent the ice clump from passing through, and is disposed in the air intake passage so that air is constantly in a state of being allowed to flow within the air intake passage, from an upstream side to a downstream side of the capture member in the air intake passage and enter the compressor impeller without passing through the meshed member, wherein the capture member is disposed in a region where the air intake passage has a linear shape and is disposed laterally, such that an intake airflow direction is a horizontal direction, the capture member being disposed only at a lower one-third region in a vertical direction in the air intake passage so that air within the air intake passage passes by the capture member without passing through the meshed member before entering the compressor impeller. | 15,677 |
9,490,691 | 1. A power supply module of a tractor for providing electrical energy to a drive module of an implement having a capacitive load, the power supply module comprising: a three-phase inverter with first, second, and third load outputs, the three-phase inverter having a plurality of switching devices; and a control device for controlling the switching devices, the control device configured to control the switching devices to connect the first, second, and third load outputs with a first direct current voltage potential or a second direct current voltage potential that differs from the first direct current voltage potential; wherein, in a pre-charging mode, the control device is configured to control the switching devices to connect the capacitive load with the first direct current voltage potential through a current-limiting element, the current-limiting element being a current-limiting resistor or a current-limiting inductance, and to directly connect the capacitive load to the second direct current voltage potential so that a start-up current between the three-phase inverter and the capacitive load is limited; and wherein, in a normal operating mode following the pre-charging mode, the control device is configured to control the switching devices to directly connect the capacitive load with the first direct current voltage potential via the second load output and to directly connect the capacitive load with the second direct current voltage potential via the third load output. | 4,299 |
8,963,046 | 1. A self-adjusting liner assembly for a welding torch comprising: an elongated tubular body having a forward end, a rearward end, and a central bore extending from said forward end to said rearward end, said elongated tubular body being defined at least in part by a power pin; an elongated fixed tube mounted in said central bore; an elongated tubular slide having an inner end, an outer end, and a shoulder proximate said outer end; said elongated fixed tube being received in said inner end of said elongated tubular slide, and said elongated tubular slide cooperating with said elongated fixed tube in a telescoping relationship in said central bore; a resilient member disposed in said central bore and enveloping a portion of said elongated fixed tube and said elongated tubular slide, said resilient member engaging said shoulder of said elongated tubular slide and urging said elongated tubular slide away from said elongated fixed tube and toward the forward end of said elongated tubular body; and a front loading liner providing a channel for welding wire from said elongated tubular body, said elongated tubular slide including a retainer at said outer end that receives said front loading liner in said forward end of said elongated tubular body. | 27,027 |
8,602,939 | 1. A method for controlling vehicle creep, comprising: (a) if desired creep speed exceeds vehicle speed while an accelerator pedal is released, controlling motor speed to produce the desired creep speed; (b) if desired motor torque exceeds actual motor torque, controlling motor torque to produce the desired motor torque; (c) if vehicle speed is decreasing and exceeds the desired speed while the accelerator pedal is released, controlling motor torque to decelerate the vehicle to desired creep speed. | 43,442 |
8,858,710 | 1. A chemical solution vaporizing tank for producing a processing gas by supplying a vaporization gas to a chemical solution stored in the chemical solution vaporizing tank, and supplying the processing gas to a work for performing processing, comprising: a tank body having an internal space airtightly sealed by a partition member, the partition member laterally partitioning the internal space into a liquid level monitoring chamber and a plurality of vaporizing chambers; a chemical solution passage formed in the partition member and located under a liquid level in the liquid level monitoring chamber and each of the vaporizing chambers for passing the chemical solution between the monitoring chamber and the vaporizing chambers; a gas passage formed in the partition member and located above the liquid level in the liquid monitoring chamber and each of the vaporizing chambers to communicate the liquid level monitoring chamber and the vaporizing chambers with each other for uniformizing pressures in the liquid level monitoring chamber and the vaporizing chambers; a vaporization gas supply unit arranged at each of the vaporizing chambers for supplying the vaporization gas to the chemical solution in the respective vaporizing chambers and producing the processing gas in a space above the liquid level of the chemical solution; a processing gas takeout passage arranged for each of the vaporizing chambers for externally taking out the processing gas produced in the respective vaporizing chambers; a chemical solution supply passage for supplying the chemical solution to the vaporizing chambers; and an atmospheric opening for exhausting the vaporizing tank to an external atmosphere, wherein the liquid level monitoring chamber is configured to isolate the liquid surface of the chemical solution in the liquid level monitoring chamber from the liquid surface of the chemical solution in the plurality of vaporizing chambers, such that there is no propagation of waves between the liquid surface in the vaporizing chambers and the liquid surface in the liquid level monitoring chamber the liquid level monitoring chamber is provided with a liquid level sensor for sensing a liquid level in the liquid level monitoring chamber in addition to the plurality of vaporizing chambers, the vaporizing tank is configured to supply the chemical solution to the vaporizing chambers based on the liquid level sensed by the liquid level sensor, the chemical solution supply passage is arranged in the liquid level monitoring chamber, and the vaporizing chambers surround the outer periphery of the liquid level monitoring chamber. | 29,797 |
8,827,717 | 1. A method for modifying the effect of an operator controlled input device on an interactive device to encourage the self-regulation of at least one physiological activity by the operator, the operator controlled input device utilizing one or more position reference signal elements to provide motion and/or position-sensing capability relative to the one or more position reference signal elements, the interactive device comprising a display area that depicts images and an apparatus for receiving at least one input from the operator controlled input device to thus permit the operator to control and interact with at least some of the depicted images, the method for modifying comprising the steps of: measuring at least one physiological activity of the operator to obtain at least one physiological signal having a value indicative of the level of the at least one physiological activity; and modifying the motion and/or position sensing capability of the operator controlled input device by modifying one or more position reference signal elements in response to (a) changes in the measured at least one physiological signal and/or (b) differences between the measured at least one physiological signal and a corresponding predetermined desired physiological signal level, thereby modifying the ability of the operator to control and interact with at least some of the depicted images, wherein the one or more position reference signal elements comprise a plurality of LEDs, two of which emit light at any particular time; wherein the operator controlled input device comprises a light detector for detecting light emitted from the LEDs, and wherein the step of modifying one or more position reference signal elements comprises the step of changing which two of the LEDs are emitting light at any particular time. | 12,904 |
8,640,457 | 1. A method for controlling a percentage of exhaust gas recirculation in a turbocharged engine system, comprising: controlling an exhaust gas recirculation valve to: | 8,287 |
9,556,778 | 1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: a shaft rotatably driven by the engine; a waste heat recovery system, including: a clutch operable in an engaged position to drivingly connect the shaft to the feedpump and a disengaged position to disconnect the shaft from the feedpump; and a controller operable to receive a waste heat recovery command signal, and to generate and transmit a clutch control signal to the clutch to move the clutch between the engaged position and the disengaged position, based on the waste heat recovery command signal, wherein at the engaged position, the controller selectively places the feedpump in connection to at least one of the receiver through a first flow path, the sub-cooler through a second flow path, the recuperator through a third flow path, and the EGR boiler through a fourth flow path based on the waste heat recovery command signal, wherein the controller, based on a length of time interval for which the engine has been operating, controls the engaged or disengaged position of the clutch and which flow path from the first, second, third, and fourth flow paths to connect the feedpump at the engaged position of the clutch to prevent a two-phase working fluid flow from reaching the energy conversion system. | 18,475 |
9,422,210 | 1. A process for recovery of the olefins from a methanol to olefins reactor effluent, the process comprising: feeding an effluent from a methanol-to-olefins reactor system comprising methane, ethylene, and ethane to an absorber demethanizer; contacting at least a portion of the effluent with an absorbent in the absorber demethanizer to recover an overheads vapor fraction comprising methane and ethylene and a bottoms fraction comprising the absorbent, ethylene, and ethane; separating the bottoms fraction via one or more extractive distillation and/or distillation stages to recover an ethylene fraction and an ethane fraction; cooling and partially condensing the overheads vapor fraction in a first heat exchanger to a temperature of about −40° C. or greater; cooling and partially condensing at least a portion of the cooled and partially condensed overhead vapor fraction, via indirect heat exchange with a mixed refrigerant in a second heat exchanger, to a temperature of less than about −40° C.; separating non-condensed vapors from the liquids condensed in the first and second heat exchangers to form an overhead liquid fraction and a methane fraction; feeding the overhead liquid fraction to the absorber demethanizer as a reflux; combining at least a portion of the methane and ethane fractions to form the mixed refrigerant. | 16,559 |
8,790,044 | 1. A bolt for a mine roof that is positioned in place in the mine roof with an installation tool of a mine roof bolting machine and resin of a resin capsule comprising: a tube to be positioned in the mine roof, at least a portion of which is hollow, having a top and the bottom and at least one dimple formed from the tube so the tube with the dimple is one continuous piece, the dimple extends inward toward the tube's center, the hollow portion disposed between the dimple; and an insert permanently fixed and held in place to the interior of the tube in proximity to the dimple, the hollow portion of the tube extending above and below the insert, the installation tool of the mine roof bolting machine extending in and through the tube to press against and contact the insert for the installation tool to contact and rotate the tube by the tool pushing against the dimple's side as the tool rotates while the insert is fixed and held in place to the interior of the tube and the insert is disposed above the installation tool between the top and the installation tool with the installation tool pressing against the insert while the installation tool rotates against the dimple which rotates the tube, the insert acting as a stop and drive member in conjunction with the installation tool, the installation tool contacts the insert and enables an uplifting pressure against the insert while the resin is hardening and therefore leaves an installed tension on the bolt. | 4,384 |
9,713,258 | 1. An electrical circuit device, comprising: a printed circuit board with a cavity extending from a top surface of said printed circuit board to a top surface of an embedded conductor, said printed circuit board contacting an upper surface and a lower surface of said embedded conductor inside the printed circuit board; an integrated circuit chip that is disposed on a lower surface of said cavity inside the printed circuit board such that said printed circuit board extends below the integrated circuit chip and covers a side surface of the integrated circuit chip; an electrical connection between said integrated circuit chip and said embedded conductor; a plurality of connections each electrically connecting said integrated circuit chip to a corresponding one of a plurality of embedded conductors, which are embedded within the printed circuit board in addition to the embedded conductor; a ground plane embedded within the printed circuit board; a flip chip package connected to the printed circuit board; a thermal slug disposed on a top surface of said integrated circuit chip, the top surface of said integrated circuit chip being located above the side surface of the integrated circuit chip; and a heat sink mounted to an outer surface of the thermal slug for transferring a thermal energy away from the printed circuit board, the heat sink extending above the top surface of said printed circuit board, wherein the embedded conductor and each of the plurality of embedded conductors are disposed on a same side of the integrated circuit chip such that said each of the plurality of connections and said each of the plurality of embedded conductors are located above the top surface of the embedded conductor, said each of the plurality of connections and said each of the plurality of embedded conductors being located between the side surface of the integrated circuit chip and the flip chip package, wherein said electrical connection between said integrated circuit chip and said embedded conductor comprises a ribbon bond, and wherein an upper one of said plurality of connections comprises a ball bond that connects said integrated circuit chip to an upper one of the plurality of embedded conductors, among the plurality of embedded conductors, the upper one of the plurality of embedded conductors being located with a longest distance from the top surface of the embedded conductor. | 38,523 |
8,822,815 | 1. A photovoltaic solar cell with a backside semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide nonvolatile charge storage structure, comprising: a surface structure including a semiconductor front-surface layer and associated front-side contact; a semiconductor bulk layer including semiconductor-based light absorbing material that absorbs photons and generates electrons using a photovoltaic effect, wherein the semiconductor bulk layer comprises a semiconductor substrate region; and a backside structure contacting the semiconductor substrate region and including a semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide charge storage layer structure and a backside contact, wherein the semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide charge storage layer structure is programmed electrically to eliminate backside losses due to recombination of photo-generated minority charge carriers created by incident sunlight in said semiconductor substrate region. | 36,654 |
8,795,897 | 1. A cathode active material comprising a lithium mixed transition metal oxide having a composition represented by Formula I: wherein: M=M′ A is a dopant; 0≦k<0.05; and x+y=2 and 0.95≦x≦1.05, wherein the lithium mixed transition metal oxide has a Li wherein the solid-state reaction includes a sintering process at 600° C. to 1100° C. for 3 to 20 hours, and wherein an amount of air exceeding 2 m | 41,273 |
9,318,334 | 1. A method for fabricating semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate having a first region and a second region defined thereon; forming a plurality of fin-shaped structures on the substrate; forming a gate layer on the fin-shaped structures; forming a material layer on the gate layer; patterning the material layer for forming sacrificial mandrels on the gate layer in the first region; forming sidewall spacers adjacent to the sacrificial mandrels; forming a dielectric layer on the sidewall spacers and the sacrificial mandrels; planarizing the dielectric layer, the sidewall spacers, and the sacrificial mandrels so that the top surfaces of the sidewall spacers and the sacrificial mandrels are even with the top surface of the dielectric layer; removing the sacrificial mandrels and the dielectric layer; forming a patterned mask on the second region, wherein the patterned mask is not formed by sidewall image transfer (SIT) process; and utilizing the patterned mask and the sidewall spacers to remove part of the gate layer until reaching the bottom of the gate layer. | 651 |
9,240,919 | 1. A polar modulator comprising: a modulation generator arranged to generate phase modulation data and amplitude modulation data; a phase modulation stage arranged to generate a phase modulated, PM, carrier signal and a PM clock signal, wherein: a re-timing circuit arranged to generate an amplitude modulation, AM, clock signal by re-timing the PM clock signal with the PM carrier signal; an amplitude modulation stage arranged to employ the AM clock signal to clock the amplitude modulation data into the amplitude modulation stage and arranged to amplitude modulate the PM carrier signal with the amplitude modulation data; an error detection stage arranged to generate an indication of a magnitude of a first deviation of the AM clock signal from a target condition; and a control stage arranged to select the target value of the relative delay by determining, by controlling the adjustment of the relative delay by the adjustable delay stage, a first value of the relative delay that maximizes the magnitude of the first deviation, and applying an offset to the first value of the relative delay. | 19,815 |
9,092,494 | 1. A method of converting data item formats, comprising: placing a new data format in a conversion database, the new data format previously not included in the conversion database; adding, by a processor, one or more conversion rules to the conversion database, creating, by the processor, at least one conversion subscription in the conversion database, storing, by the processor, the one or more converted data items in the information index; and updating, by the processor, the information index with parameters of the one or more converted data items. | 1,501 |
8,903,385 | 1. A wireless communication system in which a wireless communication terminal which is being employed by a user performs data communication via a wireless communication apparatus which is wirelessly connectable to a public wireless communication network, wherein: said wireless communication apparatus comprises: a first wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with wireless communication terminal; a second wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with said public wireless communication network; a detection unit which detects connection establishment information between said wireless communication apparatus and said public wireless communication network by said second wireless communication unit; and a control unit which controls transmitting said connection state information which has been detected to said wireless communication terminal via said first wireless communication unit; and said wireless communication terminal comprises: a third wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with said wireless communication apparatus; and a notification unit which notifies said connection establishment information received between said wireless communication apparatus and said public wireless communication network via said third wireless communication unit to the user before said wireless communication terminal accesses said public wireless communication network. | 8,707 |
9,043,971 | 1. A seed, plant, plant part, or cell of inbred maize variety PH18TA, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-121903. | 26,881 |
9,048,316 | 1. A semiconductor device structure, comprising: a substrate; a word line cell disposed over the substrate; a memory gate disposed over the substrate and adjacent to the word line cell; a spacer on a sidewall of the memory gate, wherein the spacer and the word line cell are at opposite sides of the memory gate; and a contact formed over the memory gate, wherein the contact further comprises an extending portion extending into the spacer, wherein an angle between a top surface of the memory gate and the sidewall of the memory gate is in a range from about 75° to about 90°. | 33,591 |
9,027,828 | 1. A media processing device capable of connecting to an external device via a communication unit, comprising: a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium; an information reading unit that reads information recorded on the recording medium in the recording medium conveyance path; a verification result acquisition unit that sends information read by the information reading unit through the communication unit to the external device, and acquires the result of verifying the read information from the external device through the communication unit; and a control unit that starts conveyance by the conveyance unit of the recording medium to be processed next after the recording medium that was read, and has | 35,626 |
9,346,649 | 1. A finisher comprising: an ejection port from which sheets of paper are ejected; a stacking tray on which the sheets of paper ejected from the ejection port are stacked; a light-emitting element configured to emit light to the top sheet of a paper stack on the stacking tray; a light-receiving element configured to receive light that is emitted from the light-emitting element and then reflected off the top sheet of the paper stack on the stacking tray; a communication section configured to perform data communication with an image forming apparatus and acquires a coverage rate of a side of the top sheet of the paper stack on the stacking tray, the side being exposed to light emitted from the light-emitting element; and a paper-amount determination section configured to determine whether or not the amount of paper stacked on the stacking tray exceeds a predetermined allowable stack capacity of the stacking tray by comparing a predetermined threshold value with an amount of light received by the light-receiving element, wherein the paper-amount determination section corrects the threshold value by using the coverage rate acquired by the communication section, compares the corrected threshold value with the amount of light received by the light-receiving element, and determines that the amount of paper stacked on the stacking tray exceeds the allowable stack capacity of the stacking tray if the light amount is equal to or greater than the corrected threshold value. | 34,232 |
8,653,552 | 1. A light-emitting device having a semiconductor structure layer in which there are sequentially stacked a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer of the opposite conduction type to the first semiconductor layer, a surface of said first semiconductor layer serving as a light-extraction surface, the light-emitting device having: a groove passing through said second semiconductor layer and said light-emitting layer from said second semiconductor layer side, to reach said first semiconductor layer; a first ohmic electrode formed so as to be in contact with said first semiconductor layer within said groove; a connection electrode passing through said first semiconductor layer from the surface of said first semiconductor layer, and electrically connected to a portion of said first ohmic electrode; an insulating layer for covering said second semiconductor layer on a surface thereof opposing said first semiconductor layer, the insulating layer having an opening through which an opposing surface is partially exposed; a second ohmic electrode formed so as to be in contact with said second semiconductor layer in said opening; a metal layer formed over said insulating layer, and connected to said second ohmic electrode; and a support bonded to said metal layer via a bonding layer. | 37,344 |
9,777,649 | 1. An alcohol concentration estimation apparatus which receives a crank pulse supplied from a pickup coil which detects passing of a plurality of reluctors provided on a crank pulse rotor which rotates in synchronism with a crankshaft of an engine, said alcohol concentration estimation apparatus comprising: an ignition controlling section configured to drive and control an ignition system of the engine; and a fuel injection controlling section configured to drive and control a fuel injection system of the engine, wherein said alcohol concentration estimation apparatus is operable to estimate an alcohol concentration of a fuel based on the values of the first variation amount (Δω wherein the ignition controlling section controls the ignition system based on the estimated alcohol concentration and the fuel injection controlling section controls the fuel injection system based on the estimated alcohol concentration. | 11,987 |
8,616,394 | 1. A container cap comprising: a cap having a closed end and an open end; a handling outer portion enclosing the cap and including a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions; and a plurality of connecting walls connecting an outer wall of the cap and an inner wall of the handling outer portion, wherein the connecting walls are disposed radially, wherein a plurality of voids are provided between the outer wall of the cap, the inner wall of the holding outer portion, and the connecting walls, wherein at least one of the recesses comprises one or more first through-holes, wherein at least one of the protrusions comprises one or more second through-holes, wherein one of the connecting walls comprises one or more third through-holes. | 20,299 |
9,444,520 | 1. A wireless power converter comprising: at least one receiving high-Q magnetic resonator configured to capture electrical energy received wirelessly through a first oscillating magnetic field characterized by a first plurality of parameters; and at least one transferring high-Q magnetic resonator configured to generate a second oscillating magnetic field characterized by a second plurality of parameters different from the first plurality of parameters; wherein the electrical energy from the at least one receiving magnetic resonator is used to energize the at least one transferring magnetic resonator to generate the second oscillating magnetic field; wherein the first plurality of parameters includes a first frequency parameter different from a second frequency parameter of the second plurality of parameters. | 48,235 |
8,821,418 | 1. Apparatus comprising: a sensor configured to sense motion of a subject and generate a motion signal in response thereto; an output unit; and a control unit configured to: the control unit being configured to adapt a threshold for the alerting of the clinician based on an input selected from the group consisting of: an input indicative of a characteristic of a medication administered to the subject, an input indicative of the subject having undergone surgery, and an input indicative of a time of day, wherein the sensor is further configured to generate a signal indicative of whether the subject is in or out of bed, and wherein the control unit is further configured to (a) drive the output unit to generate an alert if the subject has been out of bed for at least a defined period of time, and (b) withhold driving the output unit to generate the alert if the subject has been out of bed for less than one minute. | 27,772 |
9,370,991 | 1. A hybrid powertrain for a vehicle comprising: an input shaft rotating in response to a power received from an engine; an output shaft arranged parallel to the input shaft; a first motor generator configured to transmit and receive a power to and from the output shaft; a second motor generator configured to transmit and receive a power to and from the input shaft; a first clutch structure for enabling or disabling transmission of the power between the first motor generator and the output shaft; a second clutch structure for enabling or disabling transmission of the power between the input shaft and the output shaft; and a third clutch structure for enabling or disabling transmission of the power between the second motor generator and the input shaft, wherein the first motor generator is configured to drive a first motor shaft separate from the input shaft, the first motor shaft cooperating with the output shaft to transmit the power along a separate power transmission path independent from a path along which the power is transmitted from the input shaft to the output shaft. | 36,541 |
9,480,016 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a processor, an indication of a version of a plurality of versions of an additional maximum power reduction table that is supported by a user equipment, wherein the indication is transmitted from the user equipment. | 47,451 |
9,337,440 | 1. An organic luminescent display device comprising: an element substrate; an organic film formed above the element substrate; and an organic electro luminescent element formed on the organic film, wherein the organic electro luminescent element includes: an anode formed on the organic film; a light emitting layer formed on the anode; and a cathode formed on the light emitting layer, and the anode includes: an adhesion layer formed in contact with an upper surface of the organic film; a reflection layer made of silver and formed in contact with an upper surface of the adhesion layer; and a light transmitting contact layer made of a transparent material having conductivity and formed in contact with an upper surface of the reflection layer, and an edge portion of an outer periphery of the adhesion layer and an edge portion of an outer periphery of the light transmitting contact layer are positioned outside an edge portion of an outer periphery of the reflection layer as viewed in a plan view. | 2,716 |
9,753,525 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of threshold registers to store respective voltage droop thresholds, each voltage droop threshold stored in the threshold registers corresponding to a unique license mode of a processor core or domain; an interface to receive a license grant message indicating a license mode for the processor core or domain, the license mode corresponding to a selected set of execution units in the processor core or domain; a voltage droop correction module comprising: | 23,272 |
8,354,583 | 1. A solar energy conversion system comprising: a substantially flat waveguide arrangement having a longitudinal core axis and having at least one light input and being configured to provide radiation propagation along the longitudinal core axis by effect of total internal reflection, the waveguide arrangement comprising: | 17,498 |
8,954,874 | 1. A method comprising: maintaining, by a computing device, a first portal configured to present a plurality of content items related to a common topic and a plurality of links to the plurality of content items related to the common topic of the first portal, and wherein the plurality of content items includes at least one on-demand content item and at least one scheduled content item; automatically determining, by the computing device, that a particular content item matches the common topic of the first portal by detecting a specific field identifier within metadata fields associated with the plurality of content items and that identify the particular content item as matching the common topic of the first portal, the metadata fields being provided to a user device as interactive programming guide signals; and populating, by the computing device, at least a portion of the first portal with the particular content item based on the detecting the specific field identifier. | 31,486 |
9,718,871 | 1. A method of generating a variant of an antibody, an antigen-binding domain of the antibody or a T-cell receptor (TCR), wherein the variant binds to an antigen with increased antigen-binding affinity, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a polynucleotide comprising: (ii) introducing the polynucleotide into a recombination-competent host cell, (iii) culturing the host cell in vitro under conditions allowing recombination and expression of the nucleic acid sequence, and (iv) identifying variants of the antibody, antigen-binding domain, or TCR with increased antigen-binding affinity relative to affinity of the antibody, the antigen-binding domain of the antibody, or the TCR to the antigen. | 45,784 |
9,447,955 | 1. A windage and elevation control mechanism comprising: a longitudinal and lateral mobile unit adapted to receive a device to be adjusted, the mobile unit having two aligned protrusions located respectively on longitudinal opposite sides thereof; and a receiving unit defining a cavity adapted to receive the mobile unit, the cavity being defined by facing surfaces having complimentary channels adapted to receive the protrusions of the mobile unit, whereby windage and elevation of the device is controlled by adjusting the mobile unit with respect to the receiving unit. | 43,700 |
8,636,462 | 1. A system for detecting defects in a turbine rotor blade of a combustion turbine engine while the combustion turbine engine operates, the system comprising: a turbine rotor blade that includes an insulator coating; a first electrode that is electrically connected to the turbine rotor blade; a second electrode that resides in proximity to the turbine rotor blade; means for inducing a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode; and means for detecting current flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 43,706 |
9,757,350 | 1. A method of treating cancer, comprising: (a) treating a patient with a therapeutically effective amount of a halo-ester isoborneol compound selected from the group consisting of or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein said halo-ester isoborneol compound at least partially inhibits the activity of Replication Protein A in vivo, wherein the cancer is non-small cell lung cancer or ovarian cancer. | 17,682 |
9,279,014 | 1. A method for preparing an active TNFR (tumor necrosis factor receptor)-Fc fusion protein, comprising: a) loading a sample comprising a mixture of TNFR-Fc fusion proteins produced in mammalian cells to a hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) column pre-equilibrated with an equilibration buffer comprising one or more salts selected from the group consisting of sodium citrate, sodium sulfate, and sodium phosphate, wherein the mixture of TNFR-Fc fusion protein is loaded in an amount of 10 to 14 g/L bed volume of chromatography resin; b) washing the column with a wash buffer comprising the same salt as in the equilibration buffer to remove clipped forms of TNFR-Fc fusion protein from the mixture of TNFR-Fc fusion proteins; and c) eluting the active TNFR-Fc fusion proteins from the column with an elution buffer having salt concentration lower than the equilibration buffer. | 37,840 |
8,660,604 | 1. A method for supporting wireless communication, the method comprising: providing near field communication (NFC) data via an NFC processor to an NFC transceiver; providing a first signal generated by a first programmable synthesizer to the NFC transceiver; modulating, in the NFC transceiver, the NFC data onto the first signal to generate a first modulated signal; transmitting the first modulated signal via the NFC transceiver; providing Bluetooth data via a Bluetooth processor to a Bluetooth transceiver, the Bluetooth processor being separate from the NFC processor; providing a second signal generated by a second programmable synthesizer to the Bluetooth transceiver; modulating, in the Bluetooth transceiver, the Bluetooth data onto the second signal to generate a second modulated signal; transmitting the second modulated signal via the Bluetooth transceiver; and controlling the first programmable synthesizer and the second programmable synthesizer via a same frequency controller communicatively coupled to the NFC processor and to the Bluetooth processor. | 44,630 |
8,897,943 | 1. A hybrid drive system for a combine, comprising: an engine driving an output; an engine control which produces a current engine load signal and an engine speed signal; a battery pack; a motor and a generator operatively connected to the output arranged to be used alternately, the motor usable to drive the output and the generator usable to be driven by the output; a motor/generator control that is signal-connected to the motor and to the generator to control operation of the motor and generator; a hybrid system control; and wherein the hybrid system control receives a battery pack state-of-charge (SOC) signal from the battery pack, and the hybrid system control also receives the current engine load signal and current engine speed signal from the engine control, and depending upon the SOC signal, the current engine load signal and the current engine speed signal, sends a torque command to the motor/generator control to provide a desired composite speed-torque curve from the engine and the motor; wherein the engine control governs engine speed at a selected isochronous speed. | 26,920 |
8,762,739 | 1. A node in a network, comprising: a meter configured to measure consumption of a resource comprising electricity, gas or water, and configured to generate encrypted data representing consumption of the resource and to record the encrypted data in a memory device located externally to a microcontroller unit; a first cache, located within the microcontroller unit, and configured to store a block of the encrypted data obtained from the memory device; a decryption engine, located within the microcontroller unit, and configured to obtain the block of the encrypted data from the first cache and to decrypt the block of the encrypted data, thereby producing a block of decrypted data; a second cache, located within the microcontroller unit, and configured to receive the block of decrypted data from the decryption engine; an address alignment module configured to receive input from a program counter within the microcontroller unit and to calculate an offset pointer to a particular word in the block of decrypted data within the second cache; an address generator configured to receive input from the address alignment module and to indicate a block of memory in the memory device to be loaded into the first cache; and an application having program statements configured for operation on the microcontroller unit, the program statements being stored on the external memory in encrypted form and being executed in decrypted form in an order indicated by the offset pointer. | 13,731 |
8,498,306 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions, the instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a network device, cause the processor to receive a data unit; one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate a plurality of successive classifications for the data unit, one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to progress the data unit through a series of re-order queues determined based on the plurality of successive classifications for the data unit; and one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to enqueue the data unit to an input queue determined based on a physical interface of the network device at which the data unit is received, the input queue being connected to the re-order queues. | 14,996 |
8,943,140 | 1. A computer implemented method for sharing photos and videos related to an event through a central location comprising: creating an event owned by an event owner; sending invitations for said event to zero or more invitees; assigning said event owner and zero or more of said invitees as photographers; sending to said photographers a request to share photos or videos taken during said event; receiving from said invitees an invitee response to said invitation; receiving from said photographers a photographer response to said request to share; providing said photographers an upload option for identifying an upload preference to upload said photos or videos to said central location, wherein said upload option is selected from the group comprising (a) automatically, (b) manually, or (c) by confirmation; creating a digital album for collecting said photos and videos corresponding to said event; uploading to said central location said photos or videos taken by said photographers during said event; providing said photographers the option to change said upload preference at a later time; sending a notification to said photographers prior to the beginning of said event reminding said photographers of said photographer response, and informing said photographer that event is about to start; providing said photographer the opportunity to change said upload preference upon receiving said notification; converting said request to share into an invitation to said event when said request to share is forwarded to another person; defining a pre-event duration and/or post-event duration of zero or more hours during which additional said photos or videos corresponding to pre-event and/or post-event activities can be taken; providing said invitees with the opportunity to choose a new invitee response when said event date or time, said pre-event duration, or said post-event duration is changed; defining a manual upload duration during which said photographers may continue to manually upload said photos or videos after said event, but before said digital album is shared; providing said photographers with the opportunity to choose a new photographer response when said event date or time, said pre-event duration, said post-event duration, or said manual upload duration are changed; uploading said photos or videos; displaying a border frame on the screen of said device to visually indicate to said photographer that said photos or videos taken during said event will be uploaded; uploading from a supported device said photos or videos which may have been taken using an unsupported photo or video taking device and caused to be moved to said supported device; limiting said photos or videos which are uploaded to only those produced by the camera of said photographer's photo or video device during said event, pre-event duration, or post-event duration; providing said event owner with the option to share said digital album at time T with a group of persons selected from the group comprising, (a) all event invitees, (b) event attendees only; or (c) nobody; sharing said digital album; providing said event owner with the option to manually share said digital album at any time; sharing said digital album even when empty, allowing access to said digital album even before any of said photos or videos have been uploaded; and generating recurring event invitations, including requests to share, for recurring events. | 5,262 |
8,829,623 | 1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a memory area and a peripheral circuit area, said memory area including, a contact region, a select gate region, and a memory cell region having plural memory strings each including memory cell transistors interconnected in a first direction, said contact region and said select gate region arranged in a second direction transverse to said first direction; a first element isolation region formed in the contact region and having a first depth within a first distribution of depths; a second element isolation region formed in the select gate region and having a second depth within a second distribution of depths; and a third element isolation region formed in the memory cell region and having a third depth within a third distribution of depths, which is smaller than the first depth; wherein all depths are measured in a third direction normal to said first and second directions. | 49,180 |
8,532,857 | 1. A power-assisted system being assembled to a derailleur-equipped bicycle for providing an auxiliary force to the bicycle and comprising: a microcomputer; a pedaling-rate sensor that is assembled to the bicycle and electrically connected to the microcomputer for sensing a pedaling rate of the bicycle and converting the sensed pedaling rate into a pedaling-rate signal that is then transmitted to the microcomputer; a bicycle-speed sensor that is assembled to the bicycle and electrically connected to the microcomputer for sensing a running speed of the bicycle and converting the sensed running speed into a bicycle-speed signal that is then transmitted to the microcomputer; a shift-position source that is electrically connected to the microcomputer for informing the microcomputer of a shift position or a gear ratio that the bicycle presently employs; an auxiliary-force database that is for the microcomputer to read and includes data about at least the pedaling rate, the running speed, the current gear ratio and the auxiliary force, for defining a ratio between the running speed and the current gear ratio as a first comparison value, and defining the pedaling rate as a second comparison value, wherein an auxiliary-force comparison table is made of levels of the auxiliary force to be output corresponding to the first and second comparison values; an auxiliary-force providing device that is electrically connected to the microcomputer and assembled to the bicycle, for providing the auxiliary force to the bicycle, wherein the microcomputer uses a determining logic circuit to determine the suitable level of the auxiliary force to be output and control the auxiliary-force providing device to output the auxiliary force in the determined level; in which the determining logic circuit is for: (1) when the first comparison value and the second comparison value are both small, determining that the pedaling rate is low and the level of the auxiliary force to be output is high; (2) when the first comparison value and the second comparison value are both moderate, determining that the pedaling rate is average and the level of the auxiliary force to be output is moderate; (3) when the first comparison value and the second comparison value are both great, determining that the pedaling rate is high and the level of the auxiliary force to be output is low; and (4) determining not to provide the auxiliary force when none of the above three cases is true, wherein, for the determining logic circuit, there are three segments between a maximum value and a minimum value of the motor auxiliary force and the three segments are indicative of the output high, moderate, and low auxiliary forces, respectively, and | 19,344 |
9,089,819 | 1. A filter comprising two or more nanopores, wherein each of the nanopores has a diameter of about 5 nm or less, wherein the filter comprises a layer consisting essentially of silicon dioxide and wherein the nanopores are present in the layer consisting essentially of silicon dioxide and wherein each of the nanopores has the diameter across an entire thickness of the layer. | 23,341 |
9,457,524 | 1. An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers with a blow mould which has at least two blow mould parts which are arranged so as to be movable with respect to each other and which in a closed state of the blow mould form a cavity, in the interior of which the plastics material pre-forms are expanded to form the plastics material containers by being acted upon with a flowable medium, comprising: the first blow mould part is arranged in a removable manner on a first blow mould carrier shell part and the second blow mould part is arranged in a removable manner on a second blow mould carrier shell part and the first blow mould carrier shell part is movable with respect to the second blow mould carrier shell part in order to open and close the blow mould; a holding device is provided in order to hold at least one blow mould part on the blow mould carrier shell part associated with it; the holding device has an actuating member which extends through an opening formed in a wall of the blow mould carrier shell part and/or a blow mould carrier part, wherein said actuating member is movable with respect to the wall; a first holding element for holding the blow mould part is arranged on the actuating member; and at least one blow mould carrier shell part is arranged on a blow mould carrier part and a pressure pad arrangement is arranged between the blow mould carrier part and the blow mould carrier shell part, wherein a second holding element, which co-operates with the first holding element to fasten the blow mould part to the blow mould carrier shell part, is fastened to the blow mould part, wherein the second holding element projects with respect to the wall of the blow mould part, and wherein two pressure pads are arranged at a distance from each other by continuous seals and which exert force components that are oriented at a pre-set angle relative to each other upon the blow mould or the carrier shell for the blow mould respectively. | 40,666 |
8,650,577 | 1. A mobile terminal comprising: a memory storing an operating system having a scheduler, wherein the scheduler is configured to: a processor configured to perform an operation related to the operating system and process the plurality of the tasks according to at least the first or second processing order, wherein each of the plurality of tasks is processed according to the second processing order after the second scheduling function is performed, the at least a first task being processed preferentially among the plurality of tasks ordered according to the second processing order, wherein: the plurality of the tasks are classified into a plurality of groups including a first group haying a top priority processing order, a second group haying a second processing order, a third group having a third processing order and a fourth group having a fourth processing order, the first group includes a plurality of tasks using a resource capable of completing a task performance when used at a specific timing only, the second group includes a plurality of tasks using a resource capable of completing a task performance when used at a random timing, the third group includes a plurality of tasks using a resource capable of completing a task performance when used at a preset ratio for a random interval irrespective of timing, and the fourth group includes a plurality of tasks except for the tasks included in the first group, the second group, or the third group. | 14,935 |
9,759,980 | 1. A display layer comprising an electrophoretic medium and having a first surface on a viewing side and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface; the electrophoretic medium sandwiched between a common electrode and a layer of pixel electrodes comprises a first type of particles, a second type of particles, a third type of particles and a fourth type of particles which are additive particles, all dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture; the first, second and third types of particles having respectively first, second and third optical characteristics differing from one another; the first type of particles having a charge of one polarity and the second, third and fourth types of particles having charges of the opposite polarity, and the second type of particles having an electric field threshold; such that: (a) application of a voltage potential difference between the common electrode and a pixel electrode to generate an electric field stronger than the electric field threshold and the voltage potential difference having the same polarity as the second type of particles, will cause a pixel corresponding to the pixel electrode to display the second optical characteristic at the first surface; (b) application of a voltage potential difference between the common electrode and a pixel electrode to generate an electric field stronger than the electric field threshold and the voltage potential difference having the same polarity as the first type of particles, will cause a pixel corresponding to the pixel electrode to display the first optical characteristic at the first surface; and (c) once the first optical characteristic is displayed at the first surface, application of a voltage potential difference between the common electrode and a pixel electrode to generate an electric field weaker than the electric field threshold and the voltage potential difference having the same polarity as the third type of particles, will cause a pixel corresponding to the pixel electrode to display the third optical characteristic at the first surface. | 20,008 |
9,638,406 | 1. A surgical light, comprising: a suspension or support system; one or multiple light heads carried on the suspension or support system, wherein each of the light heads comprises a housing, one or multiple grips mounted to the housing for hand holding and moving the light head to a predetermined location, multiple light clusters mounted in the housing and each comprising at least one light source, and multiple detection pairs mounted in the housing and each comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver, wherein the infrared emitter transmits a signal that is reflected and redirected by an external object to the infrared receiver to detect the external object at a specific location and a specific distance from the light head during surgery; a light source driver connected to operation interfaces, the detection pairs, and the light clusters for driving the light clusters according to settings of each of the operation interfaces and detection result of each of the detection pairs; and one or multiple operation interfaces, which are each configured with at least energy saving modes of fixed light intensity and compensation light intensity, wherein when a mode of fixed light intensity is set, the light source driver automatically deactivates some of the light clusters according to the detection result of each of the detection pairs, but does not alter light intensity emitting from the remaining ones of the light clusters; and when a mode of compensation light intensity is set, the light source driver automatically deactivates some of the light clusters according to the detection result of each of the detection pairs and increases the light intensity emitting from the remaining ones of the light clusters. | 30,249 |
8,391,294 | 1. A method for estimating a system state that is applied in a network comprising a plurality of nodes, each node having means for receiving and sending information and means for processing information, and each node being connected to selected other nodes of the network, the method comprising, at each node: (i) maintaining a set of particles and associated weights, which represent an estimate of the system state, (ii) representing the estimated system state as a mixture of Gaussian distributions, and communicating said mixture to neighbouring nodes, and (iii) in response to receiving said mixture from a neighbouring node, updating the estimate of the system state that is maintained at the node by resampling the particles to provide new weights for each particle, wherein each new weight includes said mixture of Gaussian distributions received from a neighbouring node divided by said mixture of Gaussian distributions formed from the existing particle set in the node. | 42,034 |
8,387,385 | 1. A method, comprising: transmitting a first flow of exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold to a first turbine; transmitting a second flow of exhaust gas from the exhaust manifold to a second turbine when a level of exhaust pressure in the manifold exceeds a threshold; regulating the second flow of exhaust gas to the second turbine in direct relation to the level of exhaust pressure above the threshold; converting pressure energy in the second flow to kinetic energy in the form of increased velocity of the stream; and introducing the second flow of exhaust gas to the second turbine while a substantial portion of the converted energy remains in the second flow. | 9,627 |
9,582,465 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a flexible biodegradable substrate configured to conform to at least one of internal or surface biological tissue; one or more non-volatile memory arrays configured as flexible biodegradable memory formed of biodegradable circuit components integrated onto the flexible biodegradable substrate; and one or more processors configured as a flexible biodegradable integrated circuit formed of biodegradable circuit components integrated onto and distributed spatially and functionally over the one or more non-volatile memory arrays and integrated onto the flexible biodegradable substrate, the one or more processors configured to accumulate information relating at least in part to contact with the internal or surface biological tissue, wherein the flexible biodegradable integrated circuit integrated onto the flexible biodegradable substrate, the one or more non-volatile memory arrays, and the one or more processors are configured in a flexible structure that conforms to the at least one of internal or surface biological tissue. | 23,364 |
8,385,610 | 1. A face detection and recognition method, comprising: acquiring an image received from an image stream including one or more face regions; calculating an integral image for at least a portion of the image or a sub-sampled version of at least a portion of the image, or both; applying face detection to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of one or more candidate face regions; using a database, including applying face recognition to one or more candidate face regions and providing an identifier for a recognized face; storing the identifier for the recognized face in association with at least one image or portion thereof that include the recognized face from the image stream; and adjusting white balance, color balance, focus, or exposure, or combinations thereof, for the recognized face. | 12,997 |
9,440,742 | 1. An aircraft lavatory for an aircraft, the aircraft lavatory comprising: an aft partition; and a forward partition, including wherein the aft partition and forward partition define a lavatory space disposed therebetween. | 33,087 |
8,868,065 | 1. A method implemented on a wireless client comprising: registering, by the wireless client, the wireless client with a push notification service over a first communication interface, the push notification service to push notifications of events to the wireless client in response to detecting the events; detecting, by the wireless client, that a reliable connection exists over a second communication interface, the second communication interface being an interface through which the wireless client is connected to a service other than the push notification service simultaneously with the first communication interface being connected to the push notification service; responsively disconnecting, by the wireless client, the wireless client from the push notification service over the first communication interface and re-connecting the wireless client to the push notification service over the second communication interface; and temporarily powering down, by the wireless client, the first communication interface. | 41,119 |
8,548,551 | 1. A method for processing sensor data from a continuous glucose sensor, the method comprising: receiving sensor data from a continuous glucose sensor, wherein the sensor data is indicative of a glucose concentration in a host; and calibrating, using an electronic device, the sensor data based on predetermined calibration information without reference data from a reference glucose monitor, wherein the predetermined calibration information comprises predetermined sensitivity information and predetermined baseline information associated with the continuous glucose sensor, and wherein the predetermined calibration information is derived from in vivo testing of at least one other continuous glucose sensor or in vitro testing. | 41,688 |
9,605,223 | 1. An apparatus for processing at least two media by comminuting a first medium and mixing with a heated second medium, the apparatus comprising: i) a casing having at least one inlet for a first medium, wherein said first medium is a biomass in the form of pulp, ii) rotating means inside the casing, said rotating means generating mixing zones while being rotated, iii) at least one inlet for feeding a heated second medium to said mixing zones, iv) channels being located in said rotating means for dosing/injecting said heated second medium into said mixing zones v) at least one outlet for said first medium after being mixed with said heated second medium wherein said inlet for said first medium is adapted to advance the first medium towards the rotating means in a direction being parallel to or substantially parallel to a radius of the rotating means, and wherein said rotating means comprises protrusions adapted to comminute said first medium. | 3,530 |
9,178,105 | 1. A method of solar cell construction, the method comprising: providing a silicon donor substrate; forming a porous layer on the silicon donor substrate; constructing a first portion of a solar cell on the porous layer of the silicon donor substrate wherein the action of constructing the first portion of the solar cell further comprises the actions of: bonding the first portion of the solar cell to a flexible substrate; separating the flexible substrate and the first portion of the solar cell from the silicon donor substrate at the porous layer; and constructing a second portion of the solar cell on the first portion of the solar cell. | 9,549 |
9,413,226 | 1. A power factor correction system comprising: a bridge rectifier with output terminals and input terminals for receiving an AC power signal; a first capacitor coupled to the outputs of the bridge rectifier; a second capacitor; a third capacitor with a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a first inductor with its one terminal connected to the positive output of the bridge rectifier; the first inductor and the second capacitor being connected in series and then being coupled to the output terminals of the bridge rectifier; a second inductor; a first diode; the first inductor, the first diode and the third capacitor being coupled in series and then being coupled to the output terminals of the bridge rectifier; the cathode of the first diode being connected to the positive terminal of the third capacitor; a second diode; a third diode; a fourth diode; a forward transformer with three windings: a first winding, a second winding and a third winding; the second winding of the forward transformer and the third diode being connected in series and then being connected to the second diode in parallel; the second inductor, the second diode and the third capacitor being connected in series and then being coupled to the output terminals of the bridge rectifier; the cathode of the second diode being connected to the positive terminal of the third capacitor; the third winding of the forward transformer and fourth diode being connected in series and then being connected to the third capacitor in parallel; a switch with a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal; the control terminal being coupled to the control circuit unit; the first inductor, the first winding of the forward transformer and the switch being connected in series and then being coupled to the output terminals of the bridge rectifier; the second terminal of the switch being coupled the negative output terminal of the bridge rectifier. | 40,191 |
8,374,523 | 1. A developing cartridge comprising: a frame; a developer carrying member that is rotatably supported on the frame and carries a developer, the developer carrying member having a first rotational axis defining an axial direction; a developer supplying member that is rotatably supported on the frame and contacts the developer carrying member to supply the developer to the developer carrying member, the developer supplying member having a second rotational axis parallel to the first rotational axis, both of the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis lying in a first plane; and an electrode member that is provided on the frame, the electrode member having a U-shape and forming a ridge line, the electrode member being configured to receive an electrical power from an external power supplying member, the electrode member having a contact portion that is configured to contact with the external power supplying member, the contact portion having a linear shape and lying in an imaginary plane that extends parallel to the first rotational axis, the contact portion being at an apex of the U-shape of the electrode member, the first plane intersecting with the imaginary plane at an angle between 45 degrees and 90 degrees, the imaginary plane including the ridge line. | 8,261 |
8,793,202 | 1. A method for determining back-feed paths to one or more out-of-service load areas in a network after fault isolation, the method comprising: i. defining a chromosome architecture for creating a plurality of unique chromosomes, each said chromosome being a string of characters, each said character representing one of a list of actions for a normally open switch in said network, said list of actions including (1) remaining open, (2) closing, or (3) swapping with a normally closed switch selected from a group of corresponding normally closed switches; ii. initializing a chromosome list; iii. using said chromosome architecture, creating initial chromosomes for a first chromosome population, for each said initial chromosome, if valid and not in said chromosome list, adding said initial chromosome to said initial chromosome population; for each said initial chromosome created, adding said initial chromosome to said chromosome list; v. generating fitness function values for each chromosome in said initial chromosome population; vi. sorting said chromosomes by fitness function value, said chromosome having the lowest fitness function value being the best candidate chromosome; vii. determining if the fitness function value of said best candidate chromosome is below a threshold fitness value, and if so, outputting a network configuration corresponding to said best candidate chromosome; viii. if said fitness function value of said best candidate chromosome is not below said threshold fitness value, using genetic manipulation to create new chromosomes for a new chromosome population, during said creation of said new chromosome population, rejecting any new chromosomes already in said chromosome list and adding said new chromosomes in said new population to said chromosome list; ix. generating fitness function values for each chromosome in said new population; and x. repeating steps vi-ix until the fitness function value of said best candidate chromosome is below said threshold fitness value or until a predetermined number of new populations are created, whereupon a network configuration corresponding to said best candidate chromosome is output. | 7,725 |
9,168,176 | 1. A combination headgear and eyewear system comprising: headgear for a user to don; a lens to protect the user's eyes; two spaced temples coupled with the lens, each temple having a distal terminus; first attachment means oriented rearwardly on each terminus of the two temples; and second attachment means oriented forwardly on the headgear, the second attachment means magnetically attached to each of the first attachment means for removably attaching the headgear to both temples. | 13,749 |
8,983,674 | 1. An apparatus for cooling a data center having a plurality of racks and an adjustable cooling system that introduces chilled air to the data center, the apparatus comprising: a memory; and at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to: which is a function of at least a volume V(t) of air at the temperature T, the rate R(t) at which the chilled air at the temperature Tc is introduced to each of the racks, the rate R at which warm air from each of the racks at the temperature T is returned to the cooling system, and a disturbance P(t), wherein t is time, and wherein | 24,852 |
8,562,510 | 1. A neonatal incubator comprising: a neonatal incubator housing comprising a neonatal incubator enclosure comprising side walls and end walls with an opening in one of said side walls; a neonate patient reclining surface within said enclosure of said neonatal incubator housing, said neonatal incubator enclosure enclosing said neonate patient reclining surface, said side walls extending adjacent to respective sides of said neonate patient reclining surface, except for a side of said neonate patient reclining surface adjacent to said opening and said end walls extending adjacent to respective ends of said neonate patient reclining surface; a side pane having a pane surface, the opening being opened and closed by means of said side pane; essentially vertical guide elements for vertical transport of said side pane in a direction in parallel to the pane surface, the guide elements comprising a guide rail provided on said housing adjacent to said opening and a bracket connected to said side pane for movement along said guide rail, said guide rail running essentially vertically; a drive for driving said side pane along said guide elements between an open and a closed position; and an analysis unit for controlling said drive, wherein said analysis unit receives at least one of sensor and switching signals and automatically opens and closes said side pane by a preset time or sensor signal. | 7,300 |
9,343,738 | 1. An active electrode material comprising: a lithium transition metal oxide prepared by calcining a mixture of a lithium precursor and a transition metal oxalate; wherein: | 29,877 |
8,774,174 | 1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to facilitate performance of operations comprising: receiving from a unified messaging system a session initiation protocol subscribe message over a primary call leg requesting outdial event notification on a secondary call leg responsive to the unified messaging system placing a call outside of its local access and transport area, wherein the unified messaging system operates in an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem network, and wherein the primary and the secondary call legs bypass the Internet protocol multimedia subsystem network; placing a call on the secondary call leg responsive to receiving, on the primary call leg, outdial information from the unified messaging system, wherein receiving the outdial information is responsive to an autodial request to a voicemail message of the unified messaging system, and wherein the outdial information is directed towards a calling party of the voicemail message; submitting a session initiation protocol notify message to the unified messaging system that indicates outdial events associated with call status of the call on the secondary call leg; and responsive to the call on the secondary leg being unanswered: | 9,651 |
9,450,259 | 1. An impedance measuring device, comprising: a fuel cell having a plurality of stacked battery cells, a capacitance component, and a resistance component, the capacitance component and the resistance component changing in accordance with a state of the battery cells; a positive output unit configured to be connected to a positive electrode terminal of the fuel cell, the positive output unit outputting an AC signal having a predetermined frequency for measuring an internal impedance of the fuel cell; a negative output unit configured to be connected to a negative electrode terminal of the fuel cell, the negative output unit outputting the AC signal having the predetermined frequency; a detection unit configured to detect an AC potential difference between the positive electrode terminal and a midpoint of the fuel cell; an adjustment unit configured to adjust an amplitude of the AC signal at the positive output unit so as to converge a detection signal indicating the AC potential difference on a predetermined value, the predetermined value bringing about a match between the detection signal indicating the AC potential difference and an AC potential difference between the negative electrode terminal and the midpoint; an in-phase component extraction unit configured to multiply the detection signal indicating the AC potential difference by an in-phase signal, and extract a resistance component of the detection signal indicating the AC potential difference, the in-phase signal being in phase with the AC signal having the predetermined frequency; a calculation unit configured to calculate a positive real axis impedance on the basis of the resistance component and the output signal; an orthogonal component extraction unit configured to multiply the detection signal indicating the AC potential difference by an orthogonal signal, and extract a capacitance component of the detection signal indicating the AC potential difference, a phase of the orthogonal signal being orthogonal to a phase of the AC signal having the predetermined frequency; and a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a vector value of the detection signal indicating the AC potential difference on the basis of the extracted capacitance component and resistance component, wherein the adjustment unit configured to adjust the amplitude of the AC signal at the positive output unit so that the reproduced vector value equals the predetermined value. | 16,614 |
9,260,609 | 1. A lignin derivative recovered from a pulping process of a lignocellulosic biomass, wherein said lignin derivative has an aliphatic hydroxyl content of from 0.001 mmol/g to 2.35 mmol/g, and an alkoxy content of from 0.1 mmol/g to 2 mmol/g. | 16,146 |
8,827,835 | 1. A golf club head comprising: a face; a crown; a sole; and a first plurality of slots, wherein the first plurality of slots is disposed in at least one of the crown and the sole, wherein the first plurality of slots comprises at least five discrete slots, wherein at least one of the first plurality of slots extends parallel to the face and is disposed no more than 0.120 inch and no less than 0.020 inch from the face; wherein the first plurality of slots is arranged in a triangular pattern; and further comprising a second plurality of slots, wherein each of the second plurality of slots is disposed less than 0.080 inch from the face, and wherein each of the second plurality of slots extends perpendicular to the face. | 45,308 |
9,019,417 | 1. An imaging system comprising: an imaging device including an imaging condition storage that stores imaging conditions which are set values concerning imaging, an imaging unit that takes a picture of a subject in accordance with the imaging conditions stored in the imaging condition storage and generates an image signal, a first communication unit that communicates with a display device for displaying the image signal, and an imaging condition altering unit that alters the imaging conditions stored in the imaging condition storage in accordance with information received by the first communication unit; a display device including a second communication unit that communicates with the imaging device, a display condition storage that stores display conditions which are set values concerning display, a display unit that displays the image signal received by the second communication unit in accordance with the display conditions stored in the display condition storage, and a display condition altering unit that alters the display conditions stored in the display condition storage; and an imaging condition decision unit that determines the imaging conditions corresponding to the display conditions, wherein in the display device which provides relationships between the display conditions and the imaging conditions, when the display condition altering unit alters the display conditions stored in the display condition storage, the imaging condition decision unit determines the imaging conditions corresponding to the display conditions after the alteration, and in the imaging device, the imaging condition altering unit alters the imaging conditions stored in the imaging condition storage to the imaging conditions the imaging condition decision unit determines, wherein the imaging device includes an image sensor whose functionality is dependent on at least one of the imaging conditions stored in the imaging condition storage, the at least one of the imaging conditions being alterable by said imaging condition altering unit, and the imaging condition decision unit determines the imaging conditions from an amount of change of the display conditions so as to cause the display unit to display the same or nearly the same image as the image to be displayed on the display unit before altering the display conditions. | 8,172 |
8,622,694 | 1. A method of removably securing a reusable component to a replaceable component in a system with a bonding agent, the method comprising: preparing a first surface of the reusable component so that a bond strength between said first surface and the bonding agent has a first level; preparing a second surface of the replaceable component so that a bond strength between said second surface and the bonding agent has a second level, said second level being greater than said first level; and applying the bonding agent so that the bonding agent bonds said first and second surfaces together. | 22,473 |
9,029,030 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell that is a direct-current power source, and a voltage boost converter that raises output voltage of the fuel cell and supplies electricity to a load, wherein the voltage boost converter includes: a main voltage boost portion that has a first switch and a first coil, and that raises the output voltage of the fuel cell by using counter electromotive force of the first coil which is caused by the first switch performing a switching action on the first coil; and a subsidiary voltage boost portion which has a capacitor that adjusts potential difference between two poles of the first switch by an amount of electricity stored in the capacitor and which reduces switching loss of the first switch by adjusting the amount of electricity stored in the capacitor during the switching action, and the subsidiary voltage boost portion has a second switch and a second coil, the second coil is formed by winding a winding wire around at least a portion of a core that is formed of a magnetic body, the core has a first core member and a second core member that are spaced apart from one another with a space arranged in a first direction, wherein the space between the first core member and the second core member includes a gap and a core region, wherein the core region is adjacent to the gap in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the gap is formed of a non-magnetic body, and the core region is formed of a magnetic body. | 4,013 |
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