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9,143,597 | 1. A method comprising: monitoring a state of a phone call with a first telephony application that runs on a first system software image, and a second telephony application that runs on a second system software image, wherein the first telephony application and the second telephony application are both executed on a device, wherein the first telephony application natively supports a signaling protocol stack running on the first system software image, and wherein the second telephony application lacks native support for the signaling protocol stack; changing the state of the phone call from a first state to a second state with the first telephony application through the signaling protocol stack; receiving an indication that the phone call has changed from the second state to a third state; broadcasting the indication, via a processor, to (i) the first telephony application, and a translator that translates the indication into a translated signaling message that is readable by the second telephony application and forwards the translated signaling message to the second telephony application; and changing the state of the phone call from the third state to a fourth state with the second telephony application. | 25,932 |
8,375,214 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store security processing information describing a security processing procedure that is to be applied to data generated by a service providing program, the security processing information including information identifying the service providing program and the data including data written in a structured language, wherein the security processing information can be read from or written to the storage unit by another program or user and includes element information specifying a part of the data written in the structured language and entirety-specifying information specifying the entire data written in the structured language, wherein an element to be encrypted can be specified when the part of the data is to be encrypted; a security processing unit configured to execute security processing to encrypt or give a digital signature to the data generated by the service providing program according to the security processing procedure described in the security processing information stored in the storage unit, wherein the security processing unit provides secure communications of the data generated by the service providing program with an external program, wherein the security processing unit security-processes the entire data or a specified element in the data based on the security processing information; and a modifying unit configured to modify the part of the data written in the structured language into data security-processed by the security processing unit in accordance with specification by the element information and modify the entire data security-processed by the security processing unit based on the entire-specifying information, wherein the security processing information further includes key information for defining an encryption key used in security processing of the data by the security processing unit according to the security processing procedure, and wherein the modifying unit adds information for decrypting the data encrypted by the security processing unit according to the securing processing procedure to the data written in the structured language. | 45,282 |
9,624,160 | 1. An ionic liquid of the general formula I in which: K where X denotes CH R′ denotes —(CH R denotes C R and A [F (C (C O—C(O)—C O—S(O) N(C(O)—C N(S(O) N(C(O)—C N(C(O)—C N(S(O) N(S(O) C(C(O)—C C(S(O) where y=1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 and m=1 to 8, where some of the CF denotes a 1,2- or 1,3-diol, a 1,2- or 1,3-dicarboxylic acid or a 1,2- or 1,3-hydroxycarboxylic acid; Y denotes B or Al; R | 46,995 |
9,576,151 | 1. A system for protecting data comprising: at least one processor configured to: | 46,480 |
9,193,923 | 1. An apparatus using heat from raw gas generated in an entrained flow gasifier, comprising: a gasification reactor connected via a slag removal body to a cooling chamber arranged therebelow along a central axis; a waste heat unit arranged in the cooling chamber arranged directly after the slag removal body; a quench sump located at the lower end of the cooling chamber; and a first raw gas outlet in a pressure shell bounding the cooling chamber arranged between the waste heat unit and the quench sump, wherein the waste heat unit is a radiation cooler, wherein the radiation cooler is embodied with a plurality of surface area planar modules arranged perpendicularly to the central axis, wherein the first raw gas outlet is connected to a separate washing container, the washing container comprising, wherein the raw gas is supplied to the washing container between the surface of the water bath and mounting height of the quenching nozzles, and wherein a second raw gas outlet is arranged at the to of the washing container. | 2,595 |
9,840,072 | 1. A method for arranging joints to 3D model, comprising: a) executing a slice process to a 3D model recorded in a 3D file for obtaining a plurality of cross sections; b) sequentially determining if differences between each two cross-section areas of two adjoined cross sections is larger than a threshold, c) if the difference between the two cross-section areas of two adjoined cross sections is larger than the threshold, obtaining a corresponding joint data, and arranging the joint data into a position between the two adjoined cross sections; and outputting the 3D model to a 3D printer, so as to produce a real 3D model. | 10,785 |
8,641,819 | 1. A cement composition having a Sr content of 0.065 mass % to 1.0 mass % and a MgO content of greater than 1.0 mass % to 3.0 mass %. | 3,587 |
8,389,565 | 1. A non-naturally occurring compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formula (I) and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: where X is selected from the group consisting of S, Se and NH; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of H, OH, SH, NH 2 and halogens; and R 6 is selected from the group consisting of H, OH and optionally substituted straight chain, branched, or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals. | 30,436 |
8,390,214 | 1. A power supply for powering a load, comprising: a boost circuit with power factor correction (PFC) that derives an operating voltage from an electrical power source; a current control circuit that controls a current supplied by the operating voltage through the load; and a voltage control circuit that generates a feedback voltage supplied to the boost circuit to control the operating voltage, wherein the feedback voltage is substantially equal to the sum of (a) a voltage required across the load to drive the current through the load, (b) half of a maximum peak-to-peak voltage of a ripple on the operating voltage, and (c) a minimum voltage drop across the current control circuit; wherein the current control circuit operates to control the current through the load, with minimal heat loss from the current control circuit and without ripple on the current. | 34,576 |
9,304,021 | 1. A measuring electronics for ascertaining between a first measuring electrode a first electrical potential and a second measuring electrode exhibiting a second electrical potential a potential difference, said potential difference containing a time variable wanted component, which is less than a maximum voltage value predetermined therefor and greater than a minimum voltage value predetermined therefor and said potential difference containing a disturbance component, which is constant in time, respectively changes more slowly than the wanted component, the disturbance component is less than a maximum voltage value predetermined therefor, which is greater than the maximum voltage value, of the wanted component, and greater than a minimum voltage value predetermined therefor, which is less than the minimum voltage value, of the wanted component, said measuring electronics comprising: a reference electrode exhibiting a reference potential; an input circuit including a first circuit input formed by means of a non-inverting input of a first impedance converter and electrically connectable with the first measuring electrode a second circuit input formed by means of a non-inverting input of a second impedance converter and electrically connectable with the second measuring electrode, a first signal voltage output formed by means of an output of the first impedance converter, and a second signal voltage output formed by means of an output of the second impedance converter a compensation circuit including: a first compensation voltage output, a second compensation voltage output, and a control signal input; a measuring and control circuit including: a first signal voltage input connected with the first signal voltage output of the input circuit a second signal voltage input electrically connected with the second signal voltage output of the input circuit, a third signal voltage input electrically connected with the first compensation voltage output of the compensation circuit, and a fourth signal voltage input electrically connected with the second compensation voltage output of the compensation circuit; and a compensation control output connected with the control signal input of the compensation circuit; wherein: said input circuit is adapted to provide on the first signal voltage output a first signal voltage referenced to the reference potential and dependent on the first electrical potential and on the second signal voltage output a second signal voltage referenced to the reference potential and at least dependent on the second electrical potential, said compensation circuit is adapted to provide on the first compensation voltage output a first compensation voltage, namely an adjustable first direct voltage referenced to the reference potential, and on the second compensation voltage output a second compensation voltage, namely a second direct voltage referenced to the reference potential, said compensation circuit includes at least two operating modes selectable by means of a compensation control signal appliable on the control signal input and is adapted in a first operating mode to set the first compensation voltage at a first voltage value, U said measuring and control circuit is adapted to convert a voltage difference between a first compensated signal voltage dependent on both the first signal voltage as well as also the first compensation voltage and a second compensated signal voltage dependent on both the second signal voltage as well as also the second compensation voltage using a predeterminable, sampling rate and a digital resolution, into a digital voltage measurement signal representing the voltage difference, namely a sequence of digital values selected from a predetermined, stepped collection and each representing a quantized measured value of the voltage difference and lying within a predetermined conversion range; and said measuring and control circuit is adapted to provide on the compensation control output a compensation control signal for selecting one of the selectable operating modes of the compensation circuit, in such a manner that the compensation control signal includes, for selecting the first operating mode of the compensation circuit a first signal value corresponding to the first operating mode of the compensation circuit, and, respectively, that the compensation control signal includes for selecting the second operating mode of the compensation circuit a second signal value corresponding to the second operating mode of the compensation circuit and different from the first signal value. | 23,640 |
8,343,943 | 1. A method for increasing sensitivity and decreasing resistance of breast cancer cells to chemotherapy, comprising: administering an anticancer agent and glucosamine, a glucosamine derivative or a salt thereof as a cancer sensitizer, simultaneously with or sequentially with said anticancer agent, to a subject having breast cancer and having resistance to the anticancer agent, wherein the method reduces a NF-κB activity and increases a I-κBα level in the subject. | 2,953 |
9,534,584 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a torque limiting brake, | 43,609 |
8,940,661 | 1. A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising a synergistically herbicidally effective amount of (a) fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) an acetolactate synthase(ALS) inhibitor herbicide, wherein the ALS inhibitor herbicide is from the imidazolinone class of herbicides. | 7,635 |
9,208,132 | 1. A computer readable storage device or storage disk comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to, at least: provide a visual representation of a product concept including a textual component with a dynamic element; retrieve a list of candidate variants corresponding to the dynamic element, the list including a first variant, a second variant, and a third variant receive a first selection of the first variant; in response to the first selection, display a constraint indicator adjacent the second variant, the constraint indicator visually representing an undesirability of displaying the first variant and the second variant simultaneously within the visual representation; in response to the first selection, display an allowability indicator immediately adjacent the third variant, the allowability indicator visually representing a desirability of displaying the first variant and the third variant simultaneously within the visual representation; and in response to a second selection of the second variant, generate a first instantiation of the visual representation including the first variant and the second variant, the first instantiation including the constraint indicator. | 25,375 |
9,383,558 | 1. A zoom lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein the following conditional expression (11) is satisfied: where, f f | 30,452 |
8,901,793 | 1. A magnet carrier for a pole housing ( 10 ) for attaching magnets ( 111 , 112 ) to an interior pole housing wall ( 101 ), wherein the magnet carrier ( 1 ) can be arranged between at least two magnets ( 111 , 112 ), characterized in that the magnet carrier ( 1 ) comprises a positioning element ( 12 , 22 , 32 42 , 52 ) and a securing element ( 13 , 23 , 33 , 43 , 53 ), wherein the positioning element ( 12 , 22 , 32 42 , 52 ) can be arranged on the interior pole housing wall ( 101 ) and is designed to fix the at least two magnets ( 111 , 112 ), and wherein the securing element ( 13 , 23 , 33 , 43 , 53 ) can be arranged on an exterior pole housing wall ( 102 ) which is situated opposite the interior pole housing wall ( 101 ) having the positioning element ( 12 , 22 , 32 , 42 , 52 ) and is designed to engage with the positioning element ( 12 , 22 , 32 , 42 , 52 ) and to firmly hold the positioning element ( 12 , 22 , 32 , 42 , 52 ) on the interior pole housing wall ( 101 ), characterized in that the positioning element ( 12 , 22 , 32 , 42 , 52 ) has at least one lateral projection ( 123 , 223 ) which has an engagement element ( 124 , 224 ) disposed radially exterior of the exterior pole housing wall ( 102 ) for engagement with the securing element ( 13 , 23 , 33 , 43 , 53 ). | 29,770 |
9,188,069 | 1. A direct injection gas engine system, comprising: an engine including at least one engine cylinder that forms a variable volume between a reciprocating piston, a bore, and a flame deck; a liquid fuel system including a liquid fuel injector adapted to inject liquid fuel into the variable volume as an ignition source; a gaseous fuel system including a tank, a pumping element, a drive assembly, and a gaseous fuel injector, wherein: a controller in electrical communication with the drive assembly, the controller adapted to control the drive assembly such that the pumping piston moves in the intake direction over the intake stroke with an average intake velocity and moves in the power direction over the power stroke with an average power velocity, the average intake velocity being less than the average power velocity; wherein the drive assembly comprises: a hydraulic pump in electrical communication with the controller, the hydraulic pump adapted to provide a source of pressurized hydraulic fluid with a variable flow, a hydraulic actuator in selective fluid communication with the source of pressurized hydraulic fluid, the hydraulic actuator operably arranged with the pumping piston of the pumping element to selectively reciprocally move the pumping piston, and a directional control valve in electrical communication with the controller, the directional control valve in fluid communication with the source of pressurized hydraulic fluid and in selective fluid communication with the hydraulic actuator, the directional control valve including a valve element movable over a range of travel between an intake flow position, in which pressurized hydraulic fluid flows from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic actuator such that the hydraulic actuator moves the pumping piston of the pumping element in the intake direction, and a power flow position, in which pressurized hydraulic fluid flows from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic actuator such that the hydraulic actuator moves the pumping piston of the pumping element in the power direction, wherein the controller is adapted to selectively move the valve element between the intake flow position and the power flow position; wherein the controller is adapted to control the hydraulic pump such that pressurized hydraulic fluid flows with an average intake flow rate that is proportional to the average intake velocity of the pumping piston during the intake stroke when the valve element is in the intake flow position and such that pressurized hydraulic fluid flows with an average power flow rate that is proportional to the average power velocity of the pumping piston during the power stroke when the valve element is in the power flow position; and wherein the hydraulic actuator comprises a cylinder and a hydraulic piston reciprocally movable within the cylinder over a range of travel between a retracted position and an extended position, the hydraulic piston including a piston head and a rod extending from the cylinder, the rod of the hydraulic actuator being operably arranged with the pumping piston of the pumping element such that moving the hydraulic piston of the hydraulic actuator moves the pumping piston of the pumping element. | 3,328 |
9,323,929 | 1. A method of pre-identifying a rootkit in a wireless computing device, comprising: receiving, by a processor of the wireless computing device, from an application a proposed contract before the application attempts to obtain root access, wherein the proposed contract comprises a set of operations listed in an order that the application intends to perform; determining, by the processor, whether any of the set of operations in the proposed contract require or involve root access; determining, by the processor, whether executing the set of operations that the application intends to perform in the order listed in the proposed contract would result in malicious behavior in response to determining that any of the set of operations in the proposed contract requires or involves root access; preventing, by the processor, the application from executing in response to determining that executing the set of operations in the order listed in the proposed contract would result in malicious behavior; accepting, by the processor, the proposed contract in response to determining that executing the set of operations in the order listed in the proposed contract would not result in malicious behavior; and enforcing, by the processor, the accepted contract by enabling execution of a set of pending operations that the application will perform next in an order that matches the set of operations in the order listed in the accepted contract and preventing execution of the set of pending operations not in the order listed in the accepted contract. | 35,943 |
8,764,039 | 1. A suspension system for a vehicle including a chassis, the suspension comprising: a first trailing arm rotatably coupled to the chassis; a second trailing arm rotatably coupled to the chassis, wherein the second trailing arm is spaced apart vertically from the first trailing arm; a first lateral link rotatably coupled to the vehicle and extending laterally outwardly from the vehicle; a second lateral link rotatably coupled to the vehicle and extending laterally outwardly from the vehicle, wherein the second lateral link is spaced apart longitudinally from the first lateral link; a third lateral link rotatably coupled to the vehicle and extending laterally outwardly from the vehicle, wherein the third lateral link is spaced apart vertically from at least one of the first or second lateral links; and a knuckle configured to carry a wheel, the knuckle being rotatably coupled to the first trailing arm, the second trailing arm, the first lateral link, the second lateral link, and the third lateral link; wherein the first and second trailing arms are generally J-shaped having a first portion extending rearward from the vehicle, a second portion extending laterally outwardly from the vehicle, and an elbow portion connecting the first portion and the second portion. | 30,294 |
9,612,970 | 1. A method for partitioning a system cache, comprising: loading a component cache configuration table configured to store a plurality of component cache identifiers correlated with a set shift trait configured to indicate a number of set groups in the system cache, a set offset trait configured to indicate a set group comprising a plurality of sets in which a component cache is located, and a target ways trait configured to indicate one or more ways in which the component cache is located, wherein the set shift trait is greater than zero indicates the component cache partitioned from the system cache by a plurality of set groups; receiving a system cache access request comprising a component cache identifier from a client; retrieving a first set shift trait, a first set offset trait, and a first target ways trait from the component cache configuration table correlated with the component cache identifier in the component cache configuration table; and partitioning system cache locations into a first component cache defined by the first set shift trait, the first set offset trait, and the first target ways trait. | 5,319 |
9,604,194 | 1. A sequential carbon synthesis method for forming a methane microporous carbon adsorbent, the method comprising the steps of: introducing an organic precursor gas comprising an organic precursor for a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) period to a crystalline zeolite that is maintained at a CVD temperature such that a carbon-zeolite composite forms, where the introduced organic precursor adsorbs via CVD into the crystalline zeolite, the organic precursor converts into carbon within the crystalline zeolite forming a carbon template of a zeolite; introducing a non-reactive gas for a thermal treatment period to the carbon-zeolite composite maintained at a thermal treatment temperature such that the thermally-treated carbon-zeolite composite forms, where the carbon template of the zeolite within the crystalline zeolite converts into a thermally-treated carbon template of the zeolite; introducing an aqueous strong mineral acid mixture to the thermally-treated carbon-zeolite composite such that crystalline zeolite dissolves and the methane microporous carbon adsorbent forms, where the methane microporous carbon adsorbent is a negative replica of the crystalline zeolite, has a BET specific surface area, a micropore volume, a micropore to mesopore volume ratio, a stored methane value and a methane delivered value; and forming the crystalline zeolite, wherein forming the crystalline zeolite comprises ion-exchanging a first crystalline zeolite with calcium ions to form a second crystalline zeolite. | 21,809 |
9,333,753 | 1. An ink jet printer or a print head for an ink jet printer, the printer or print head having a printing position from which ink can be ejected for printing and the printer or print head being suitable for mounting alongside a conveyor for ejection of ink in a direction sideways across the conveyor so that the conveyor can convey products, to be printed onto, past the printing position of the printer or print head in a conveying direction, the printer or print head comprising: a ramp portion extending away from the printing position, the ramp portion being suitable to be mounted, when the printer or print head is mounted alongside a conveyor for ejection of ink in the direction sideways across the conveyor, so that it extends upstream, relative to the conveying direction, of the printing position and so that it has a ramp surface facing across the conveyor, the ramp surface being angled relative to the conveying direction with (a) the end of the ramp surface that is furthest from the printing position being further in a direction sideways from the conveyor than the printing position, and (b) a place on the ramp surface spaced from the end being no further in the direction sideways from the conveyor than the printing position, whereby a product conveyed by the conveyor that strikes the ramp surface between its end and the said place will be forced sideways relative to the conveying direction as it is conveyed past the ramp surface so as to be no further in the direction sideways from the conveyor than the printing position before it reaches the printing position; a first sensor, for sensing the presence of a product passing the first sensor, the first sensor being mounted on the said ramp portion; and a second sensor, for sensing the presence of a product passing the second sensor, the second sensor being spaced from the first sensor in the direction from the first sensor towards the printing position. | 47,612 |
8,688,362 | 1. A method of providing navigational notifications, the method comprising: identifying a current route; determining whether the current route is a familiar path comprising: storing a list of route segments over which a device has traveled; storing a number of times the device has traveled each of the route segments; storing dates when the route segments were traveled; computing a route familiarity quotient based on the number of times a route segment was traveled and how long ago the route segment was traveled; comparing the route familiarity quotient to a predetermined threshold to determine whether the route is to be classified as familiar; and varying a frequency of the navigational notifications based on whether the current route is a familiar path and also based on one or more of weather data, road condition data and traffic data, wherein the one or more of the weather data, road condition data and traffic data are received wirelessly by a radiofrequency transceiver of the device. | 16,101 |
9,581,605 | 1. A method for detecting a metabolite in a sample, the method comprising: contacting a sample comprising a metabolite and a compound of Formula (I) or (II): wherein the metabolite and the compound of Formula (I) or (II) react to form an adduct; and detecting the adduct; wherein: each instance of R each instance of R R R provided at least one of R 5 and R 6 is a group of Formula (i); each instance of R each instance of R n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; and X | 37,593 |
9,513,662 | 1. A system, comprising: a processor; a plurality of Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) ports; and a memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations comprising | 11,722 |
9,806,337 | 1. An electrode comprising: a current collector; and a multi-layer active material formed on the current collector comprising: | 24,630 |
9,749,935 | 1. A method for scanning cells by a mobile station in a wireless network, wherein the mobile station comprises a plurality of radio frequency (RF) chains, the method comprising: scanning for one or more neighboring base station cells in a same frequency band as a serving base station cell using one or more receive beams, wherein the one or more receive beams used for scanning are different than receive beams used for data communication with the serving base station cell; and using at least one first RF chain for data communication with the serving base station cell and using at least one second RF chain for scanning the one or more neighboring base station cells, wherein the data communication and the cell scanning are concurrent. | 41,297 |
9,343,430 | 1. A wafer-level package device comprising: a semiconductor device having at least one electrical interconnection and at least one integrated circuit formed therein, the semiconductor device including a first surface and a second surface, where the at least one electrical interconnection includes at least one micro-through-silicon-via, where the at least one micro-through-silicon via has a size from ten (10) micrometers to fifty (50) micrometers and a depth from fifty (50) micrometers to one hundred and fifty (150) micrometers; a semiconductor package device positioned over the first surface of the semiconductor device; at least one micro-solder bump coupled to the semiconductor package device and coupled to the micro-through-silicon via; and a single encapsulation structure supported by the semiconductor device that encapsulates all sides of the semiconductor package device including a side of the semiconductor package device that is distal from the semiconductor device, where the encapsulation structure includes a polymer, and where the encapsulation structure abuts the semiconductor device including at least one integrated circuit, wherein the at least one micro-solder bump is in contact with the at least one electrical interconnection when the semiconductor package device is positioned over the first surface of the semiconductor device and the at least one electrical interconnection is configured to provide electrical connectivity to the semiconductor package device. | 8,731 |
9,235,782 | 1. A method for searching images and identifying images with similar facial features, the method comprising: receiving a facial image, the facial image including a query image; applying a transformation to the facial image based on a set of key points associated with the facial image, the transformation of the facial image conforms to a first canonical depiction associated with an orientation of the facial area; identifying at least one facial area associated with the transformed facial image based on the set of key-points, the facial area including at least one facial feature; generating a similarity model for the at least one facial feature associated with the facial area of the facial image, the similarity model including determining similarity between the at least one facial feature associated with the facial area of the facial image and at least one corresponding facial feature associated with a plurality of training images using online machine learning, the plurality of training images including a second canonical depiction independent of the first canonical depiction associated with the facial image; applying the similarity model of the at least one facial feature associated with the query image to a plurality of other images; determining at least one similar facial feature between the query image and at least one other image of the plurality of other images using the similarity model, the at least one similar facial feature in the at least one other image of the plurality of other images satisfying a similarity measure threshold; and responsive to the at least one similar facial feature satisfying the similarity measure threshold, presenting for display the at least one other image including the similar facial feature. | 37,468 |
8,398,945 | 1. A process for scrubbing ammonia nitrogen and/or ammonium nitrogen and/or urea nitrogen from waste gases in which these nitrogen compounds have accumulated, in plants for producing ammonia or urea, comprising first forming an intermediate of the nitrogen compounds with a hypochlorite-containing solution in a scrubber: and reacting said intermediate under acidic or neutral conditions to form elemental nitrogen and salt, the reaction of the intermediate to form elemental nitrogen and salt taking place in a pH range from 4 to 5.5. | 5,595 |
9,316,192 | 1. An injector device for gaseous fuel, comprising: a valve body, including: a front wall, a cylindrical wall extending on one side from said front wall, an axial tubular projection having a first portion projecting from a bottom wall on a side within said cylindrical wall, so as to define an annular chamber between said cylindrical wall and said first portion of said tubular projection, said axial tubular projection also having a second portion projecting from said front wall on an opposite side with respect to said cylindrical wall, said axial tubular projection having an axial passage extending throughout its length, between an inner end of the tubular projection located inside a space within said cylindrical wall and an outer end of said tubular projection located outside said space, said axial passage constituting an outlet passage for the gaseous fuel directed to a delivery nozzle, and the axial passage has an axis and is in a lower portion of the device, said cylindrical wall having at least one main inlet for gaseous fuel to be supplied into said annular chamber, said inner end of said tubular projection constituting a valve seat, said device further comprising: a valve member cooperating with said valve seat and carried by a metal disk, said disk being provided on its outer surface with a sealing ring and being slidably mounted within said cylindrical wall, an annular supporting body mounted within said cylindrical wall on one end thereof opposite to said front wall, a solenoid carried by said annular supporting body, controlling a stem slidably mounted within said annular supporting body and rigidly connected to said metal disk carrying said valve member, at least one spring urging said stem and said metal disk with said valve member towards a valve closed position, where the valve member closes the communication of said annular chamber with said axial passage, said solenoid being energizable to move said stem and said metal disk with said valve member towards a valve opened position, in which the valve member is spaced from said inner end of the tubular projection so as to open communication of said annular chamber with said axial passage, wherein at least one auxiliary inlet opening is located above the at least one main inlet, in a direction that is away from the lower portion of the device, wherein the at least one auxiliary inlet opening is formed through a side portion of the valve body's cylindrical wall that is parallel to the axis of the axial passage, and wherein the at least one auxiliary opening opens toward the metal disk, so that when the valve member is in said valve opened position, a flow of gaseous fuel is established from said main inlet towards said axial passage, and a further flow of gaseous fluid is established from said at least one auxiliary inlet opening towards said axial passage, said further flow passing around said metal disk, and performing thereby a flushing action which prevents formation of deposits on areas of said injector device adjacent to said metal disk. | 2,780 |
9,412,898 | 1. An apparatus for testing a characteristic of a substrate, comprising: an actuator; a supporting nest having a surface for supporting a substrate thereon, wherein the supporting nest comprises: a plurality of testing probes that are supported by one or more movable arms that are coupled to the actuator, wherein each of the testing probes are positioned so that each testing probe is configured to pass through at least a portion of a corresponding testing hole of the plurality of testing holes when the actuator moves the one or more movable arms relative to the supporting nest, wherein | 10,720 |
9,331,369 | 1. A metal gas battery, comprising: an anode comprising a metal as an active anodic ingredient; a porous cathode in contact with a gas comprising nitric oxide (NO) such that the NO is an active cathodic ingredient; a separator located between the anode and cathode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte; wherein the battery is rechargeable. | 33,361 |
8,853,484 | 1. A process for producing a renewable fuel, said process comprising: (a) utilizing a bio-oil having an oxygen content in the range of 15 to 50 weight percent; (b) separating said bio-oil into at least a light fraction and a heavy fraction, wherein the mid-boiling point of said heavy fraction is at least 100° C. greater than the mid-boiling point of said light fraction; (c) hydrotreating at least a portion of said light fraction to thereby provide a hydrotreated light fraction; and (d) blending said hydrotreated light fraction with a petroleum-derived distillate or a petroleum-derived gasoline. | 9,011 |
9,718,702 | 1. A method for treating water extracted from Lake Kivu, said method comprising the steps of: (a) extracting water from an extraction depth of Lake Kivu to obtain extracted water; (b) degassing the extracted water so as to remove at least a portion of carbon dioxide gas from the extracted water and provide degassed water having a density lower than the extracted water and having a pH higher than the extracted water; (c) photosynthetic treatment of the degassed water by growth of an algal biomass to convert bicarbonate anions to carbon dioxide and hydroxyl anions, such that the pH of the degassed water is increased and magnesium and calcium precipitate out of the degassed water to provide de-densified water and precipitate; (d) separating the de-densified water from the algal biomass and the precipitate; (e) optionally adjusting the pH of the de-densified water by adding carbon dioxide thereto, wherein the carbon dioxide is obtained from the degassing step and by combustion of methane also obtained in the degassing step; and (f) reinjecting into Lake Kivu a return flow of the de-densified water separated from the biomass and precipitate, wherein the de-densified water is reinjected into Lake Kivu at a reinjection depth which is shallower than the extraction depth and which is density-matched with the de-densified water. | 41,540 |
9,596,651 | 1. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a processor configured to: a transmitter configured to: | 43,635 |
9,142,975 | 1. A discharge system comprising: a vehicle having a battery mounted thereon; and a discharge device configured to be connected to said vehicle from the outside and discharge said battery, wherein said vehicle includes: | 28,179 |
8,750,097 | 1. A method of managing a ring-based overlay network configured to allow routing of messages across an underlying IP network to destinations not specified by an IP address, the method comprising: sending a Probe message from an initiating node of the overlay network around the ring, with each peer node forwarding the Probe message to a next hop successor or predecessor node such that, in the absence of a partition failure within the network, the Probe message is returned to the initiating node, wherein sending the Probe message comprises: simultaneously or alternately sending a first Probe message from the initiating node around the overlay network in a first direction and sending a second Probe message from the initiating node around the overlay network in a second direction opposite the first direction; in response to detection at a given node in the ring of a forwarding failure, sending a probe error message from that given node to the initiating node; and responsive to receipt of the probe error message at the initiating node when the probe error message indicates that a disconnect has arisen in the overlay network, initiating connection of two nodes at respective immediately-neighboring starting points of a disconnected section of the overlay network to reconnect the overlay network. | 37,419 |
9,828,728 | 1. A modified cellulose pulp treated by a process comprising a step of adding during bleaching starch chemically modified by etherification. | 43,713 |
8,815,109 | 1. A computer implemented method of monitoring a polishing process, comprising: storing a library having a plurality of reference spectra, each reference spectrum of the plurality of reference spectra representing a spectrum resulting from reflection of white light from a reference substrate; for each sweep of a plurality of sweeps of an optical sensor across a substrate undergoing polishing, obtaining a plurality of current spectra, each current spectrum of the plurality of current spectra being a spectrum resulting from reflection of white light from the substrate undergoing polishing; for each sweep of the plurality of sweeps, determining a difference between each current spectrum of the plurality of current spectra obtained in the sweep and each reference spectrum of the plurality of reference spectra from the library to generate a plurality of differences; for each sweep of the plurality of sweeps, determining a smallest difference of the plurality of differences, thus generating a sequence of smallest differences; and determining a polishing endpoint based on the sequence of smallest differences. | 10,694 |
9,331,378 | 1. An active load modulation antenna structure comprising: a first loop antenna having an outer perimeter that defines a first area on a first face of a substrate having an area, the first loop antenna having two ends with a ground pad at one end and a driver pad at the other end, the driver pad for driving an active load signal; and a second loop antenna having an outer perimeter that defines a second area on a second face opposite to the first face of the substrate, the second loop antenna having two ends with the ground pad at one end and a receiver pad at the other end, the receiver pad for receiving a carrier signal, the ground pad being common to both the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna; wherein the driver pad, the receiver pad, and the ground pad are on the same side of the substrate for connection to an integrated circuit; wherein the outer perimeter of the first loop antenna is the same as the outer perimeter of the second loop antenna and the first area is the same as the second area; wherein the outer perimeter of the second loop antenna is displaced a lateral distance, relative to the first face and the second face of the substrate, from the outer perimeter of the first loop antenna to define an overlapping area of the first area with the second area that is less than the first area and less than the second area; wherein the first loop antenna operates to transmit the active load signal and the second loop antenna operates to receive the carrier signal. | 28,181 |
8,478,627 | 1. A method of reducing risk associated with a task, comprising: obtaining a plurality of tasks required to achieve an overall task; determining risk impact of each task, the risk impact being an impact of each task on the likelihood of failure of the overall task; computing, by a processor, risk of overall task based on risk impacts of the tasks; and utilizing said risk impact of each task to reduce said risk of overall task, including determining a schedule for performing said each task based on said risk impact and determining whether and when to perform the task based on said risk impact, wherein the determining risk impact of each task includes estimating one or more parameter values and upper and lower bounds associated with said each task, constructing probability distribution for said one or more parameter values within its value range, and determining a variance of the probability distribution, and wherein the schedule for performing said each task includes scheduling the tasks in the order of declining variance and dependency of the plurality of tasks, wherein the scheduling includes: beginning with a first list that initially includes tasks that have no predecessors, sorting the tasks in the first list in an order of declining risk impact, creating a second list which is initially empty, and performing following steps until the first list is empty: wherein the predecessor to the second task is a task that needs to be performed before the second task can be performed. | 13,226 |
8,603,589 | 1. A method for printing on glass boards, the method comprising: heating a portion of a glass board prior to being printed; jetting from an inkjet printing system a glass-based ink having solid glass particles to form part of a printed image on the heated portion of the glass board; heating the portion of glass board after being printed to fix the ink onto the glass board; repeating said heating and jetting for one or more portions of the glass board until a printed glass board comprising the printed image is formed; changing orientation of the printed glass board from horizontal to vertical orientation; conveying the printed glass board to a furnace; and firing the printed glass board in the furnace at temperature of no less than 550° C. to melt the solid glass particles onto the glass board and complete fixation of the glass-based ink. | 5,957 |
9,268,935 | 1. A method, comprising: monitoring metrics at a mobile computing device; identifying a change in operating conditions, based upon the monitored metrics; and in response to the change in the operating conditions, automatically applying a smart container to a particular resource of the mobile computing device, the smart container defining an enhanced security access policy; wherein the enhanced security access policy increases the level of protection to the particular resource; and wherein the metrics comprise a time, a date, a digital signature of the mobile computing device, network activity, a volume of data sent or received from the mobile computing device, a location of the mobile computing device, a location of a remote resource that the mobile computing device is attempting to communicate with, a device IP address, and a level of certainty of user identity based upon an authentication level of the user. | 42,647 |
8,840,864 | 1. A method of preparing ZSM-5, comprising: providing a nanocrystalline ZSM-5 seed having a size of about 70 about 150 nm from organic structure-inducing material, a silica source and an alumina source, adding the nanocrystalline ZSM-5 seed to a stock solution including water glass as a silica source, an alumina source, a neutralizer and water to form a reaction mixture, wherein the solution has a composition represented by [Na maintaining the reaction mixture at about 150 to about 200° C. to crystallize the reaction mixture. | 27,770 |
9,183,166 | 1. An integrated circuit device for use in a memory system comprising memory sockets, the integrated circuit device comprising: an internal data path formed by a first number of internal signaling links that convey data to be output from the integrated circuit device; a signaling interface having a second number of interface nodes to be coupled to the memory sockets via respective external signaling links, the second number being greater than the first number; and switch circuitry to switchably couple the internal data path to one of a plurality of different subsets of the interface nodes in accordance with occupancy of the memory sockets, each of the different subsets of the interface nodes being constituted by the same number of the interface nodes as the others of the different subsets of the interface nodes. | 11,548 |
9,467,386 | 1. A communication terminal configured to control a packet transmission amount based on the number of packets transmittable to a destination device without receiving an acknowledgement signal (ACK) transmitted from the destination device to indicate its acceptance for the packets transmitted from the communication terminal, the communication terminal comprising: a processor configured to execute a procedure, the procedure comprising: determining whether it is appropriate timing for packet transmission, based on an amount of tokens which are accumulated according to a target transmission rate, the transmission timing including timing when receiving the ACK and timing when a timer value updated at each timing of the packet transmission executed in the communication terminal expires; and transmitting a packet at the transmission timing in which it is determined that transmission is appropriate. | 19,830 |
8,603,962 | 1. A method of treating fabric in a dryer comprising: (a) contacting a first fabric with a reusable fabric treating device in a dryer, wherein the fabric treating device incorporates a fabric treatment composition comprising: (b) transferring a portion of the fabric treatment composition from the dryer device to the fabric. | 5,998 |
9,507,649 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving by a web browser executed by one or more processors, a first request for a supported web browser feature, the supported web browser feature to be executed by hardware within special purpose hardware; emulating by the web browser, the supported web browser feature via general purpose hardware separate from the special purpose hardware, while the special purpose hardware is in a low power state, the general purpose hardware including the one or more processors, the emulating including creating an emulation context associated with an emulator module configured to emulate the supported web browser feature, the emulation context including state information associated with the supported web browser feature; and returning by the web browser, a response to the first request. | 44,348 |
9,365,513 | 1. A fullerene derivative having 60 or more carbon atoms, wherein said derivative comprises at least one structure of the following formula (I): wherein R 1 and R 3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted monofunctional heterocyclic group, or a group having the following formula (II) or (III), and at least one of R 1 and R 3 is a group having the formula (II) or (III): wherein R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 and R 11 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted monofunctional heterocyclic group, or a methoxy group, and at least one or more thereof are methoxy groups; wherein R 12 and R 13 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted monofunctional heterocyclic group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 8. | 37,028 |
9,766,649 | 1. A system that is disposed on an integrated circuit (IC), which functions with a core supply voltage, the system comprising: a first component comprising a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and configured to generate a clock signal for clocking the IC at a target operating clock frequency for operation, wherein the VCO is configured to output the clock signal, wherein a period that corresponds to the target operating clock frequency exceeds a duration of a longest critical path associated with the IC, and wherein the first component and a synchronous logic component of the IC clocked therewith each function with the core supply voltage supplied to the first component and the synchronous logic component from a same power supply rail; and a second component configured to detect frequency related errors related to an operation of the IC at the target operating clock frequency, wherein the second component is configured to determine a level for adjusting the core supply voltage to reduce the frequency related errors. | 44,481 |
8,729,602 | 1. An avalanche photodiode comprising: a semi-insulating substrate; a first mesa comprising a first laminate constitution in which a p-type electrode layer, a p-type light absorbing layer, a light absorbing layer with a low impurity concentration, a band gap inclined layer, a p-type electric field control layer, an avalanche multiplier layer, an n-type electric field control layer, and an electron transit layer with a low impurity concentration are stacked in this order on a surface of the semi-insulating substrate; and a second mesa having an outer circumference provided inside an outer circumference of the first mesa as viewed from the laminating direction and having a second laminate constitution in which an n-type electrode buffer layer and an n-type electrode layer are stacked in this order on a surface on the electron transit layer side of the first mesa, wherein a total donor concentration of the n-type electric field control layer is lower than a total acceptor concentration of the p-type electric field control layer in a range of 2×10 | 24,083 |
9,458,734 | 1. A system, comprising: a gas turbine system model configured to model a turbine system operational behavior of a gas turbine system; and a shaft contribution model (SCM) comprising a bottoming cycle performance (BCP) model configured to model a bottoming cycle behavior of a bottoming cycle system, wherein the gas turbine system model is configured to receive a SCM output from the SCM and to use the SCM output to control an actuator, wherein the bottoming cycle system comprises a heat recovery steam generator (HSRG), a steam turbine system, and additional mechanical loads, and wherein the actuator is operatively coupled to the gas turbine system. | 25,893 |
9,603,435 | 1. A stick-like material feeding container, comprising: a leading tube that has an opening at a distal end, the leading tube having a first female screw in an inner peripheral surface; a container main body to which the leading tube is mounted to be relatively rotatable; a pipe member disposed in the leading tube, a stick-like material being filled into a pipe part of the pipe member; a movable body that includes a piston and a shaft part, the piston being movable in the pipe member to extrude the stick-like material, the shaft part having a second male screw at an outer peripheral surface; and a screw member that includes a first male screw at an outer peripheral surface and a second female screw at an inner peripheral surface, the first male screw being screwed with the first female screw of the leading tube to constitute a first screw part, the second female screw being screwed with the second male screw of the movable body to constitute a second screw part, wherein a relative rotation of the leading tube and the container main body advances or retreats the screw member together with the pipe member by a screwing action by the first screw part, meanwhile, when the screw member and the pipe member advance for a predetermined distance, a screwing action by the second screw part advances the movable body to extrude the stick-like material to ensure projecting the stick-like material from the opening of the leading tube, at a distal end of the pipe member, a plurality of projections are disposed circumferentially, the plurality of projections extending frontward in an axial direction, at a tip end of the leading tube, a groove forming section is disposed, the groove forming section including a plurality of grooves circumferentially in an inner peripheral surface, the plurality of grooves extending in an axial direction, each of the plurality of projections of the pipe member respectively entering one of the plurality of grooves, an inner diameter of a convex part between the plurality of grooves circumferentially arranged at the tip end of the leading tube, an inner diameter of the plurality of projections at the distal end of the pipe member, and an inner diameter of a pipe part that houses the stick-like material rearward with respect to the plurality of projections of the pipe member are identical size, and the screwing action by the first screw part advances or retreats a distal end of the plurality of projections of the pipe member within the groove forming section. | 22,957 |
8,763,568 | 1. A cooling structure for an internal combustion engine in which: a spacer is fitted inside a water jacket formed to surround a periphery of a cylinder bore of a cylinder block in the internal combustion engine; and a cooling condition of the cylinder bore is controlled by regulating a flow of cooling water in the water jacket by use of the spacer, wherein a first space formed between an inner peripheral surface of the spacer and an inner wall surface of the water jacket is smaller than a second space formed between an outer peripheral surface of the spacer and an outer wall surface of the water jacket; and the inner peripheral surface of the spacer is provided with a plurality of protruding parts which protrude toward the inner wall surface of the water jacket that is opposed to the inner peripheral surface of the spacer and a third space between a tip end portion of each of the protruding parts and the inner wall surface of the water jacket is set smaller than said second space, wherein said protruding parts are positioned on an intake side and an exhaust side of the cylinder bore. | 29,603 |
8,973,178 | 1. A shower tray comprising: a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is arranged below the shower tray for heat recovery from waste water for heating fresh water, wherein a first heat exchanger surface is in contact with the waste water and a second heat exchanger surface is in contact with the fresh water, wherein the first heat exchanger surface forms the base or a part of the base of the shower tray, wherein the first heat exchanger surface serves as a run-off surface for the waste water over which the waste water flows, and wherein the first heat exchange surface is planar, a lid is arranged above the first heat exchanger surface and serves as a foot surface or a foot plate for a user, the lid is inclined in one direction, and the first heat exchanger surface is inclined in a direction opposite to the one direction. | 30,474 |
8,830,494 | 1. A duplex printing apparatus, comprising: a sheet entrance and a sheet exit; a sheet feeding channel connected to said sheet entrance; a sheet transfer channel arranged between said sheet feeding channel and said sheet exit; an inverting channel, wherein a first end of said inverting channel is connected to a junction between said sheet feeding channel and said sheet transfer channel, and a second end of said inverting channel is connected to said sheet transfer channel; an image reading module located in said sheet transfer channel for reading an image of a document; a transfer roller assembly for transferring said document when said document is located within said sheet feeding channel, said sheet transfer channel and said inverting channel; and a sheet sensing module comprising: | 16,886 |
8,537,751 | 1. A method of operating a packet core network entity characterized by: obtaining information regarding plural base station nodes of a heterogeneous radio access network, the plural base station nodes comprising a first base station node and a second base station node, at least one of the first base station node and the second base station node being a macro base station node and another of the first base station node and the second base station node being a low power base station node, the obtained information comprising: the packet core network entity receiving,from the first base station node: (1) the tracking area for the first base station node and an indication of cell type for the cell served by the first base station node: (2) the tracking area for the second base station node and an indication of cell type for a cell served by the second base station node in a eNB CONFIGURATION UPDATE message; and generating a list of tracking areas using the indication of cell type for the first base station node and the indication of cell type for the low power base station node, the list comprising the tracking area for the macro base station node and the tracking area for the low power base station node, the packet core network generating the list using the tracking area of the first base station node and the tracking area of the second base station node if the cell types of the cell served by the first base station node and the cell type of the cell served by the second base station node are different. | 6,504 |
8,861,150 | 1. A battery system comprising: a plurality of batteries; a voltage detector which links the batteries to detect their voltage; an equalizer which links the batteries to fine-tune their charging and discharging efficiency; a battery protection board on which there is a MCU used to receive signals from the voltage detector for characteristic differences between batteries balanced by the equalizer and batteries with similar charging and discharging efficiency; and a digital interface connected between the MCU and an upper-level control system as one interface of signal transmission. | 9,860 |
9,694,970 | 1. A method of providing fracking proppant to a well site for use when hydraulic fracking is to be performed, the method comprising: removing, by use of a forklift positioned at the well site, a series of a plurality of individual containers that each contains fracking proppant and are each positioned on a respective trailer of a respective transport road vehicle, upon arrival to and when positioned adjacent a well site at a location where hydraulic fracking is to be performed, each of the separate trailers having a single one of the plurality of containers positioned thereon, each of the plurality of containers having an outlet positioned at a bottom thereof, a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls, a plurality of ramps extending downwardly and inwardly from a plurality of the walls toward the outlet, one or more support braces positioned at an elevation above the ramps and between frame members of the container to structurally support the container when fracking proppant is positioned therein, a gate positioned to prevent proppant from flowing from the outlet when in a closed position and to allow proppant to flow from the outlet when in an open position, and one or more fork receptacles positioned adjacent the bottom of the container to receive forks from the forklift therein thereby to lift the container; transferring, after removal from each separate trailer of the road vehicle, each of the plurality of containers with the forklift to a support structure positioned at the well site, the support structure having a frame with top portions thereof extending substantially in a horizontal plane, the horizontally extending top portions of the frame of the support structure including a plurality of cradles each positioned to receive one of the plurality of containers so that each of the plurality of containers is positioned in a side-by-side relationship along the top portions of the support structure; actuating the gate of each of the plurality of containers, by use of an actuator connected to the support structure, to move the gate from the closed position to the open position; and discharging, responsive to actuation of the gate of each of the plurality of containers, by gravity feed the fracking proppant contained within each of the plurality of containers after a respective one of the plurality of containers is positioned on the support structure and within a cradle of the plurality of cradles, the proppant within each of the plurality of containers flowing along the plurality of ramps and through the outlet positioned at the bottom of each container. | 350 |
9,626,927 | 1. A driving circuit for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD), the driving circuit comprising a signal edge cutting circuit for implementing a signal edge cutting procedure of a scanning signal in order to eliminate a pixel charging voltage loss when the scanning signal is turned off, wherein the signal edge cutting circuit comprises: a first switch unit, for inputting the scanning signal; a second switch unit, for controlling either a turn-on status or a turn-off status of the first switch unit; and a third switch unit, for executing the signal edge cutting procedure; wherein the third switch unit decreases a voltage amplitude of the scanning signal by an edge-cutting resistor for implementing the signal edge cutting procedure of the scanning signal; wherein an input end of the first switch unit is coupled to the scanning signal and an output end of the first switch unit outputs the scanning signal; a control end of the first switch unit is coupled to an input end of the second switch unit, an output end of the second switch unit grounds, and a control end of the second switch unit is coupled to a first edge-cutting control signal; and an Input end of the third switch unit couples to the output end of the first switch unit, an output end of the third switch unit grounds by way of the edge-cutting resistor, and a control end of the third switch unit couples to a second edge-cutting control signal; wherein a polarity of the first edge-cutting control signal is opposite to that of the second edge-cutting control signal; the first edge-cutting control signal and the second edge-cutting control signal are a square waveform with a duty cycle ratio of 0,5, respectively; wherein the signal edge cutting circuit further comprises a plurality of fourth switch units and an edge cutting selection chip; wherein the edge cutting selection chip transmits a turn-on signal to the fourth switch units based on a gray level range of a display image to implement the signal edge cutting procedure of the scanning signal; wherein an input end of the fourth switch units is coupled to the output end of the third switch unit, a control end of the fourth switch units receives a turn-on signal, and an output end of the fourth switch units grounds by way of the corresponding edge-cutting resistor; and wherein each of the fourth switch units has a different resistance; when the driving circuit performs a pixel charging procedure, the second switch unit turns on; when the first switch unit turns on, the first switch unit outputs the scanning signal; and when the third switch unit turns off, the scanning signal is inputted to a corresponding scan line; and when the driving circuit implements the signal edge cutting procedure of the scanning signal, the first and second units turn off and the third switch unit turns on such that a voltage amplitude of the scanning signal is decreased by way of the third switch unit and the edge-cutting resistor. | 3,753 |
8,773,333 | 1. A display device comprising: a scanning line; a first signal line and a second signal line, each intersecting with the scanning line; a first transistor at a first intersection of the scanning line and the first signal line; a second transistor at a second intersection of the scanning line and the second signal line; and a light emitting element is operationally connected to the first transistor, wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to the first signal line, and wherein the second transistor is not electrically connected to the second signal line. | 39,716 |
8,546,627 | 1. A process for preparing a renewable jet fuel comprising: (a) treating biomass to form a feedstock; (b) fermenting the feedstock with one or more species of microorganism, thereby forming one or more C (c) dehydrating at least a portion of the one or more C (d) isolating the one or more C (e) oligomerizing at least a portion of the one or more C (d), thereby forming a product comprising one or more C (f) optionally hydrogenating at least a portion of the product of step (e) in the presence of hydrogen, thereby forming a product comprising one or more C (g) combining the product of step (f) with one or more C | 37,966 |
8,510,019 | 1. A control device for controlling automatic engine stop and start comprising a starter, a detection means, and at least two control means, wherein the starter is comprised of a starter motor for rotating a pinion gear and an actuator capable of meshing the pinion gear with a ring gear which is fixed to a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine, and the starter independently drives the starter motor and the actuator, respectively, and the control device is capable of stopping the internal combustion engine when an automatic engine stop request is issued, and restarting the internal combustion engine when an engine restart request is issued; at least the two control means are selected from an engine self-restart control means, a pre-gear synchronizing control means, and a pre-gear meshing control means, the engine self-restart control means executes an engine self-restart control of restarting the internal combustion engine by restarting a fuel injection without performing a cranking of the starter when the engine restart request is issued while a current rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is within a first rotation speed range which is higher than a first rotation speed and the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is dropping due to the automatic engine stop, the pre-gear synchronizing control means executes a pre-gear synchronizing control of restarting the internal combustion engine by performing the cranking by the starter after driving the starter motor to synchronize a rotation speed of the pinion gear with a rotation speed of the ring gear, and then driving the actuator to mesh the pinion gear with the ring gear when the engine restart request is issued while the current rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is within a second rotation speed range which is not more than the first rotation speed and higher than a second rotation speed and while the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is dropping due to the automatic engine stop, the pre-gear meshing control means executes a pre-gear meshing control of restarting the internal combustion engine by performing the cranking of the starter in which the pre-gear meshing control means drives the starter motor to rotate the pinion gear after or during a gear meshing between the pinion gear and the ring gear when the engine restart request is issued while the current rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is within a third rotation speed range which is not more than the second rotation speed and while the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is dropping due to the automatic engine stop, and the detection means detects a failure of the engine restart control performed by one control means in the engine self-restart control means, the pre-gear synchronizing control means, and the pre-gear meshing control means, and when the detection means detects the failure of the engine restart control, the control device instructs the control means of the engine restart failure to prohibit the execution of its engine restart control until a predetermined time period counted from the detection time of the engine restart failure is elapsed. | 33,582 |
9,107,258 | 1. A light emitting diode (LED) integrated circuit controller, comprising: a voltage regulator circuit configured to operate with an alternating current (AC) power source, wherein the voltage regulator circuit includes a first depletion device configured to receive a varying voltage of 110V or 220V and to generate a unregulated voltage, and a band gap voltage reference circuit configured to receive the unregulated voltage and to generate a substantially constant direct current (DC) voltage; a current setting circuit configured to receive the substantially constant DC voltage and to provide a substantially constant direct current to drive a series of light emitting diodes, wherein the current setting circuit is coupled to an external resistor, wherein the current setting circuit is configured to detect modes of operation of the LED integrated circuit controller, and the current setting circuit is further configured to program one or more current levels supported by the LED integrated circuit in accordance with whether the external resistor exists and in accordance with the resistance value of the external resistor; and a second depletion device configured to protect the LED integrated circuit controller from external high voltages, wherein the second depletion device is configured to handle voltages of 110V or 220V and is further configured to perform current multiplication. | 17,978 |
9,090,173 | 1. A charging control apparatus for controlling wireless charging between (i) one of a plurality of charging apparatuses which are configured to perform wireless charging on a battery installed in a vehicle and (ii) the vehicle which communicates with the one charging apparatus via a communication relay apparatus which is configured to relay communication between the plurality of charging apparatuses and the vehicle, said charging control apparatus comprising: an outputting device for transmitting a first signal which is a signal for designating a signal outputted from each of the plurality of charging apparatuses, to each of the plurality of charging apparatuses when the one charging apparatus and the vehicle are correlated; a detecting device for detecting a third signal which is transmitted by wireless communication from the vehicle and which is a signal corresponding to a second signal which is a signal outputted from the one charging apparatus due to the transmitted first signal when the one charging apparatus and the vehicle are correlated; and a distinguishing device for correlating the one charging apparatus with the vehicle on the basis of the transmitted first signal and the detected third signal when the one charging apparatus and the vehicle are correlated. | 874 |
8,754,587 | 1. A power supply circuit for supplying a stable DC current output, the power supply circuit comprising: an LLC converter stage for converting a DC voltage input into a DC voltage output; and at least one hysteretic converter stage having a DC voltage input coupled to the DC voltage output of the LLC converter stage, and having a DC current output, wherein the LLC converter stage lacks a feedback control. | 21,618 |
9,185,931 | 1. An oral product, comprising a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity, the body comprising: between 40 weight percent and 80 weight percent of a mouth-stable polymer forming a mouth-stable polymer matrix, wherein the mouth-stable polymer matrix comprises polyurethane; at least 10 weight percent of non-tobacco cellulosic fibers comprising cellulose having an average fiber size of less than 200 micrometers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix; between 0.1 weight percent and 5.0 weight percent of a mouth-soluble binder dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, wherein the mouth-soluble binder comprises guar gum, xanthan, carboxymethyl cellulose, or a combination thereof; and between 0.1 mg and 6 mg nicotine. | 40,286 |
9,705,825 | 1. A method comprising: recording a packet stream transmitted from a first device to a second device, the recorded packet stream comprising multiple distinct data blocks; identifying in the recorded packet stream a first packet having a final portion of a first data block, wherein in the recorded packet stream a second packet is next after the first packet; determining a time period between transmission of the identified first packet and transmission of the second packet; using the recorded packet stream to generate another packet stream comprising multiple distinct data blocks; identifying in the generated packet stream a third packet that includes a final portion of a second data block that corresponds to the first data block, wherein in the generated packet stream a fourth packet is next after the third packet; and transmitting the generated packet stream to the second device, wherein transmitting the generated packet stream to the second device comprises: (i) transmitting the third packet and (ii) following at least the determined time period after transmitting the third packet, transmitting the fourth packet. | 1,624 |
8,896,228 | 1. Electrical apparatus for controlling back-to-back light-emitting diodes (LEDs) powered by an alternating current (AC) line voltage, the apparatus comprising: a pair of electrically controlled switches connected in parallel with one another, and with the switches in parallel being connected in series with the LEDs; a voltage divider outputting a signal representative of the AC line voltage; an electrical component having a value providing a signal that determines the brightness of the LEDs through a range of brightness levels up to a maximum brightness level; a control circuit in electrical communication with the voltage divider, the electrically controlled switches, and the electrical component, the control circuit being operative to independently control the electrically controlled switches to adjust the brightness level of the LEDs as a function of the signals received from the voltage divider and the electrical component; and wherein the value of the electrical component is intentionally selected to produce an LED brightness level below the maximum brightness level, such that the light produced by the LEDs is substantially constant over a wide range of AC line voltages. | 35,703 |
8,582,022 | 1. A method for manufacturing a plurality of optical modules on a wafer scale, each of said optical modules being an optical module for an electro-optical device having a functional element arranged on a base substrate portion, the optical module having at least one generally transparent lens substrate portion with at least one lens element, and at least one spacer, wherein each of the optical modules is intended to be placed on top of the base substrate portion with the at least one spacer keeping the lens substrate portion at a predetermined distance from the base substrate portion, each of the optical modules further having an electrically conductive shield which is an integral part of the respective module, the method comprising the following steps: Providing a generally transparent lens substrate having a front surface and a rear surface and a plurality of lens elements; providing a spacer layer having a front surface and a rear surface and comprising a plurality of separated or interconnected spacers with inner side surfaces extending between the front surface and the rear surface; providing at least one electrically conductive shield which is an integral part of at least one of the spacer layer and the lens substrate; stacking and connecting the lens substrate and the spacer layer in such a way that the lens elements and at least one spacer are arranged in a well defined spatial relationship; dicing the package formed in the step of stacking and connecting the substrates along predetermined planes to produce individual ones of said optical modules. | 29,696 |
8,791,451 | 1. A composition for use as a hole injection layer or hole transport layer comprising: at least one conjugated polymer, wherein the conjugated polymer is a polythionhene, at least one second polymer having a glass transition temperature of at least about 25° C. and consisting essentially of repeat units represented by: (I) —[CH (II) —[CH wherein Ph is a phenyl ring and R comprises an alkyl group, wherein the alkyl group has 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and wherein the molar amount of repeat unit (I) is greater than the molar amount of repeat unit (II) and wherein the weight percentage of the second polymer is at least three times as much as the weight percentage of the first polymer. | 46,135 |
8,766,917 | 1. A device comprising: a first rotational sensor for determining rotation of said device about a first axis and generating a first rotational output associated therewith; a second rotational sensor for determining rotation of said device about a second axis and generating a second rotational output associated therewith; an accelerometer for determining an acceleration of said device and outputting an acceleration output associated therewith; and a processing unit for modifying said first and second rotational outputs based on said acceleration and for generating an output based on said modified first and second rotational outputs, | 5,353 |
9,808,749 | 1. A device for suction filtration of fluids, the device comprising: a tank storing a fluid to a filling level height corresponding to a part of a filling volume of said tank and having a bottom; a filter element disposed in said tank, said filter element having a filter medium separating contents of said tank from a clean-side inner filter cavity inside said filter medium and extending from said bottom of said tank to the filling level height; and a suction connection on said filter cavity discharging cleaned fluid from said filter cavity by suction pressures corresponding to system operating pressures said filter medium being air-impermeable within a range of the system operating pressures and the suction pressures, said suction connection being arranged at an end of said filter cavity spaced from said bottom of said tank. | 1,005 |
9,221,631 | 1. A loading ramp configured to be supported between a first surface and a second surface, the loading ramp including: a first ramp portion configured to be supported on the first surface, the first ramp portion including: a first rail portion extending between a first end, which is supported on the first surface, and an opposing second end, the first rail portion extending along a first non-linear axis; and at least one first tread portion slidably movable with respect to the first rail portion along the first non-linear axis such that the at least one first tread portion is removably attached to the first rail portion, the at least one first tread portion configured to support a weight when the least one first tread portion is attached to the first rail portion; a second ramp portion attached to the first ramp portion and configured to be supported on the second surface, the second ramp portion including: a second rail portion extending between a third end, which is attached to the second end of the first rail portion, and an opposing fourth end, which is supported on the second surface, the second rail portion extending along a second non-linear axis; and at least one second tread portion slidably movable with respect to the second rail portion along the second non-linear axis such that the at least one second tread portion is removably attached to the second rail portion, the at least one second tread portion configured to support the weight when the at least one second tread portion is attached to the second rail portion; wherein the at least one first tread portion defines a first tread opening into which the first rail portion is removably received when the at least one first tread portion is removably attached to the first rail portion the first tread opening bounded on all sides by sidewalls. | 30,450 |
8,561,194 | 1. A virus scanning method, adapted to a memory storage device coupled to a host system, wherein the memory storage device comprises a rewritable non-volatile memory chip, the rewritable non-volatile memory chip has a plurality of physical blocks, and each of the physical blocks has a plurality of physical addresses, the virus scanning method comprising: providing a virus signature database, wherein the virus signature database records at least one predetermined file segment and at least one virus signature corresponding to the at least one predetermined file segment; configuring a plurality of logical addresses to be mapped to a part of the physical addresses, wherein the host system accesses the logical addresses by using a file system, and the file system comprises a file allocation table (FAT); receiving at least one binary code, wherein the at least one binary code comprises a binary code to be written by the host system or a binary code to be read by the host system and corresponding to an excess address range; analyzing the FAT to identify a file segment containing the at least one binary code; identifying the file segment containing the at least one binary code in a logical address linked list; determining whether the file segment matches any one of the at least one predetermined file segment; when the file segment matches one of the at least one predetermined file segment, determining whether the at least one binary code matches any one of the at least one virus signature corresponding to the matched predetermined file segment; and when the at least one binary code matches one of the at least one virus signature corresponding to the matched predetermined file segment, not writing the at least one binary code into the memory storage device or not transmitting the at least one binary code back to the host system. | 46,989 |
9,172,331 | 1. A power supply circuit used for power amplification, comprising: a push-pull amplifier unit for amplifying an input signal by push-pull amplification schemes; a variable power supply unit for varying by a control signal a voltage level of a power supply voltage to be supplied to said push-pull amplifier unit in response; a timing adjustment unit for delaying an input signal inputted to said push-pull amplifier unit; and a control unit for outputting a control signal which controls the voltage level of the power supply voltage based on said input signal, characterized in that said control unit causes, in a case of rise-up of the control signal, said control signal to rise at an early timing adapted for a transition time of voltage level changeover with respect to a delay time in said timing adjustment unit and, in a case of fall-down of the control signal, causes said control signal to fall at a timing of said delay time. | 23,087 |
9,040,735 | 1. A process for hydrocyanating 3-pentenenitrile in a reaction zone in the presence of a catalyst complex comprising a phosphorus-containing ligand and nickel metal, said process comprising: a. charging the catalyst complex, 3-pentenenitrile, a Lewis acid and HCN to the reaction zone; b. withdrawing reactor effluent comprising hydrocyanation product and catalyst complex from the reaction zone; c. contacting the reactor effluent with an extraction solvent to recover catalyst complex and remove impurities from the catalyst complex; and d. recharging at least a portion of the recovered catalyst complex to the reaction zone, e. establishing disproportionation and hydrolysis deactivation percentages of the catalyst complex for the particular process, and f. controlling the amount of water in the catalyst complex recharged to the reaction zone in step d. to decrease the total percentage deactivation percentages established in step e. | 47,224 |
9,235,016 | 1. An electronic device with cable comprising: a circuit substrate on which a heat generating element is mounted; an electrical connector connected to one end of the circuit substrate; a cable connected to the other end of the circuit substrate; a first metal housing including an accommodation portion which accommodates the electrical connector, and a pair of wall portions which communicate with the accommodation portion; a second metal housing fitted to the first metal housing so as to cover a one-side opening of the pair of wall portions; and a third metal housing fitted to the second metal housing so as to cover the other-side opening of the pair of wall portions, wherein the circuit substrate is accommodated between the pair of wall portions, wherein the cable and the first metal housing are thermally connected to each other, and wherein a side surface of the second metal housing and a side surface of the third metal housing are fixed so as to overlap each other on the outside of the pair of wall portions, so that the first metal housing, the second metal housing, and the third metal housing are thermally connected to each other. | 8,025 |
9,823,552 | 1. A kit for converting a selected non-interchangeable lens digital camera to mount interchangeable camera lenses, wherein the camera comprises a camera body comprising a housing, a removable front cover, and an image processing system for electronically processing and storing digital photographic images from a digital sensor, said kit comprising: a front plate assembly configured to mount to said housing to replace the front cover of the camera body, said front plate assembly configured to retain a digital image sensor wherein electrical connectors from the image sensor may be routed to the interior of the camera body for the transmission of electrical signals from the image sensor to said image processing electronic components; wherein said front plate assembly is configured to retain at least one additional camera component selected from a digital image display, a power control member, and a light emitting member; and a lens mount for releasably mounting an interchangeable camera lens to said front plate assembly, said lens mount configured to mount at least one type of interchangeable camera lens, wherein the lens mount is configured to position the camera lens to focus an image from the camera lens on the image sensor. | 44,805 |
9,386,024 | 1. A method for analyzing a device connected to a computer system, the method comprising: storing, in at least one database, data relating to devices previously connected to the computer system and rules that specify at least one condition indicating when the device should be further analyzed as being possibly corrupted; receiving from the device data relating to the device or to a connection between the device and the computer system; performing, by a hardware processor, an analysis of the received data by comparing the received data and the stored data relating to devices previously connected to the computer system; applying, by the hardware processor, results of the analysis of the received data to the rules to determine whether the at least one condition is satisfied and indicates that the device is possibly modified or corrupted and should be further analyzed for presence of malware; and generating and storing an additional rule in the at least one database upon determining that the device is corrupted, wherein the additional rule is based on the analysis of the received data of the corrupted device. | 6,022 |
9,337,475 | 1. A power storage device comprising: a current collector; and a silicon layer having a function as an active material layer over the current collector, wherein the silicon layer comprises: wherein each of the first core and the third core comprises crystalline silicon, wherein each of the first shell and the third shell comprises amorphous silicon, and wherein the first shell is directly combined with the third shell. | 37,931 |
9,158,617 | 1. A method of performing a write operation in a memory system, comprising: compressing data of a first size unit to generate compressed data; generating a plurality of types of Error Checking and Correction (ECC) information based on the compressed data; combining the compressed data and the plurality of types of ECC information to generate combined information in units of a second size; and writing the combined information in units of the second size into a memory device, wherein the generating of the plurality of types of the ECC information comprises: dividing the compressed data into a plurality of pieces; generating a first type of the ECC information based on a first piece of the compressed data; and generating a second type of the ECC information based on the first piece of the compressed data, the first type of the ECC information, and a second piece of the compressed data. | 43,315 |
9,495,819 | 1. A lock device to be arranged in a vehicle including an inlet used for charging and a door lock device for locking doors of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is configured to perform a predetermined control operation in accordance with a control request signal transmitted through wireless communication from an electronic key when a normal operation is performed on a control switch of the electronic key, the lock device comprising: a lock mechanism configured to switch a locking subject related with the inlet between a lock state and an unlock state; and a controller that controls the lock mechanism to switch the locking subject between the lock state and the unlock state when detecting a special operation performed on the control switch, wherein the controller is configured to perform operations comprising: checking a condition of the door lock device to determine whether the doors of the vehicle are in a lock state or an unlock state, if the controller receives a first signal that corresponds to the special operation when the doors are in the lock state, switching the locking subject from the unlock state to the lock state via the lock mechanism, and if the controller receives a second signal that corresponds to the special operation when the doors are in the unlock state, switching the locking subject from the lock state to the unlock state via the lock mechanism. | 32,034 |
9,370,767 | 1. A method of forming a metal oxide composite in the form of beads, the method comprising: mixing a metal oxide, at least two monomers and a dispersant to produce a slurry; gel casting the slurry to produce a green metal oxide composite; wherein the gel casting comprises dropping the slurry into a gel casting media to form the green metal oxide composite as beads; and sintering the green metal oxide composite to produce the metal oxide composite in the form of beads; wherein the gel casting media comprises a graphite-oil media; and wherein the metal oxide comprises at least one of: a cobalt-based metal oxide, a yttria stabilized zirconia-based metal oxide, a nickel-based metal oxide, and a perovskite-based metal oxide. | 30,997 |
9,548,670 | 1. A method of calibrating an inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) resonant converter, said method comprising: operating, by a controller coupled to the LLC resonant converter, the LLC resonant converter in an open loop mode at a nominal resonant frequency and a predetermined input voltage during a calibration of the LLC resonant converter; measuring, by the controller, an open loop output voltage of the LLC resonant converter when operated at the nominal resonant frequency and the predetermined input voltage; comparing, by the controller, the measured open loop output voltage to a nominal output voltage stored in the controller to determine a polarity of a calibration factor of the LLC resonant converter; calculating, by the controller, an optimum input voltage for the LLC resonant converter as a function of the measured open loop output voltage, the calibration factor, a load current, and predefined operating tolerances that include a variation range of a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor of the LLC resonant converter; and operating, by the controller, the LLC resonant converter in a normal operation mode at the calculated optimum input voltage to improve efficiency of the LLC resonant converter at all load conditions while accommodating the predefined operating tolerances of the resonant inductor and the resonant capacitor. | 22,193 |
9,703,095 | 1. An electromechanical display element comprising: a first and a second actuator and a shutter having a first and a second end, said shutter supported over a surface with a plurality of supports attached at said first and second ends, the supports attached at said first and second ends are inclined with respect to each other and are inclined with respect to the surface. | 12,889 |
8,904,027 | 1. A method of dynamically adjusting a bit rate at which data to be transferred over a network to a client is encoded, the method comprising: determining a first value reflective of a plurality of bit rates at which data was previously requested to be transferred to the client, the first value being determined at least based in part on one or more prior bit rate requests made by the client; determining a network congestion of the network; determining a second value reflective of a bit rate suitable given the network congestion; determining a third value based on the first and second values; requesting adjustment of the bit rate to approximately the third value; determining the third value according to the following equation: determining the first value according to the plurality of bit rates where at least portion of the plurality of bit rates correspond with bit rates specified in prior bit rate requests that were not correspondingly used to transfer data to the client. | 860 |
9,132,407 | 1. A biomass feedstock processing system comprising: one or more irradiating devices configured to irradiate a biomass feedstock with at least two separate doses of radiation; and a cooling device configured to cool the biomass feedstock between doses of radiation. | 44,603 |
9,119,245 | 1. A light emitting diode driving system with precise timing switched dimming control used for driving light emitting diode elements, comprising: a power detection unit electrically connected to a rectification unit, the rectification unit receiving an AC voltage and rectifying that as a DC voltage, the power detection unit detecting a voltage frequency of the DC voltage and the AC voltage supplied to a light emitting diode driving circuit; a timer control logic comprising an oscillator having a body oscillation frequency, a volatility memory module, and a recovery register; the volatility memory module storing recorded dimming data and a plurality of dimming setting values, the timer control logic obtaining a count value by sampling the voltage frequency of power source with the body oscillation frequency and storing the count value into the recovery register, the timer control logic serving as an oscillation number of the body oscillation frequency by the count value stored in the recovery register after the power source being cut for recovering the voltage frequency and serving as a reference period; wherein the reference period provides the timer control logic serving as a calculation standard of a predetermined time and a timing after the power source is cut, the timer control logic selects one of the plurality of dimming setting values according to the timing and the predetermined time to output a control signal corresponding to the dimming setting value; a light emitting diode dimming driver electrically connected to the power detection unit, the light emitting diode driving circuit and the timer control logic, respectively; the light emitting diode driving circuit receiving the DC voltage of the rectification unit and electrically connected to the light emitting diode light emitting elements and output the control signal according to the timer control logic to drive the light emitting diode to emit light, and detecting a feedback signal in the light emitting diode driving circuit to control an output current of the light emitting diode driving circuit so as to control the dimming; and a power supply unit electrically connected to the light emitting diode dimming driver, the power supply unit connected to a power maintenance capacitor through a switch unit, the power maintenance capacitor supplying desired power voltage to the timer control logic and the power detection unit in the light emitting diode driving system in power-off condition and comprising at least an electric capacity maintaining the light emitting diode driving system operated by the predetermined time. | 19,080 |
9,847,732 | 1. A controller for a use with a power converter, comprising: a sensor coupled to sense a signal on a secondary side of the power converter, wherein the sensor is coupled to detect a turn off of a power switch on a primary side of the power converter, wherein the sensor comprises a comparator to compare a current or voltage on the secondary side to a turn off reference value; a charge source coupled to charge a control terminal of a synchronous rectifier on the secondary side of the power converter in response to said detection of the turn off of the power switch to allow the synchronous rectifier to conduct a current of a secondary winding; and a linear amplifier having an output coupled to sink current from the control terminal of the synchronous rectifier in response to a difference between a voltage across the synchronous rectifier and an amplifier reference value. | 26,658 |
8,354,260 | 1. An enzyme preparation for cellulose degradation, comprising: a cellobiohydrolase comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4; and a non- | 21,268 |
8,940,453 | 1. An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell, the electrode catalyst comprising: a complex support comprising at least one metal oxide and a carbon-based material, wherein the metal oxide has crystallinity; and a palladium (Pd)-based catalyst supported by the complex support, wherein the Pd-based catalyst is a Pd catalyst or an alloy catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of iridium (Ir), cobalt (Co), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), niobium (Nb), Indium(In), tin (Sn), tungsten (W), and cerium (Ce), Pd. | 37,036 |
9,382,834 | 1. A method of operating an internal combustion engine with exhaust gas recirculation, comprising the steps of: in a region of an engine characteristics map for low to medium speed and/or low to medium load, establishing a first operating mode with a lean fuel/exhaust gas/air mixture that is ignited by compression ignition and combusts by controlled auto-ignition (RZV), and, upon a load or speed increase, establishing, a second operating mode based on another region of the engine characteristics map with low-NOx combustion (NAV), wherein at an ignition point (ZZP), a homogeneous, lean fuel/exhaust gas/air mixture with a combustion air ratio λ≧1 is provided and the mixture in a first combustion phase is compressed, at an angle of about 30 degrees before top dead center, the mixture is spark ignited by means of an ignition device, so that a flame front combustion (FFV) is initiated by the spark ignition whereby the mixture is further compressed and heated resulting in a second combustion phase with controlled auto-ignition (RZV) and combustion of the remaining lean fuel/exhaust gas/air mixture. | 34,779 |
9,794,872 | 1. A node B in a communication network, the node B comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit, to a user equipment (UE), information for cell re-selection including an indication indicating that a time required for a cell measurement is relaxed; and a receiver configured to receive, from the UE, a measurement report including a measurement result of at least one cell measured based on the information, and wherein the information further includes a scaling factor for scaling the time. | 3,648 |
9,775,679 | 1. An adapter device for use in a reprocessing device for reprocessing a plurality of types of surgical instruments, the adapter device comprising: at least one first fluid attachment, on an inlet side, the at least one first fluid attachment being configured to be connected to a coupling device of the reprocessing device; at least one second fluid attachment, on an outlet side, the at least one second fluid attachment being adapted geometrically to be uniquely connectable to an attachment of one type of surgical instrument of the plurality of types of surgical instruments; and an adapter identification feature configured to be detectable by the reprocessing device. | 25,009 |
9,010,137 | 1. An air conditioner, comprising: an outdoor unit which has a compressor of a capacity variable type and an outdoor heat exchanger; a plurality of indoor units, each having an indoor heat exchanger and a flow regulating valve; a first controller which is provided in each indoor unit and detects a difference between a room temperature and a set temperature as an air conditioning load for each indoor unit, the first controller informing the outdoor unit of a request capacity according to an air conditioning load for each indoor unit; a second controller which is provided in the outdoor unit and controls the capacity of the compressor of the capacity variable type according to a sum of the request capacities of the indoor units; an operation circuit which is provided in remote control operators operatively coupled to each indoor unit and designates a capacity restriction mode; a third controller which is provided in each indoor unit and sets a maximum value for the request capacity of the indoor unit where the capacity restriction mode is set without changing the set temperature and without stopping operation of each indoor unit before a sufficient increase or decrease of indoor temperature to the set temperature, when the capacity restriction mode is set by the operation circuit; a determining circuit which is provided in each indoor unit and determines whether the outdoor unit accepts the capacity restriction based on a signal from the outdoor unit; and a fourth controller which is provided in each indoor unit, allows setting of the maximum value by the third controller, when a determination result of the determining circuit is YES, and prohibits setting of the maximum value by the third controller, when the determination result of the determining circuit is NO; and a valve aperture controller which is provided in the outdoor unit and calculates an aperture of the flow regulating valve of each indoor unit according to the request capacity set by the third controller. | 8,407 |
9,246,505 | 1. A method for active cancellation for an analog to digital converter (ADC), the method comprising: receiving an input signal by the ADC and generating a differential pair, wherein the differential pair comprises the input signal and a negative signal, which is a negative copy of the input signal; providing the input signal to a first transmission gate, wherein the first transmission gate is capable of switching between on and off states; providing the negative signal to a second transmission gate, wherein the second transmission gate remains in the off state; and combining output signals from the first and second transmission gates, wherein the output signals of the first and second transmission gates cancel out when both the first and second transmission gates are in the off state to mitigate a leakage effect. | 4,412 |
8,558,608 | 1. A polysilicon resistor comprising: a first polysilicon resistor, and at least one of second polysilicon resistors coupled to the first polysilicon resistor in series, wherein the first polysilicon resistor and the at least one of the second polysilicon resistors comprise P-type polysilicon, a doping concentration of the first polysilicon resistor is different from a doping concentration of the at least one of the second polysilicon resistors, and the first polysilicon resistor includes a region that is not doped with P-type impurities. | 25,936 |
9,393,950 | 1. A method for operating a hybrid driveline, comprising: in response to an increase in a driver demand torque, supplying a portion of the increase in the driver demand torque to the hybrid driveline before starting an engine, where supplying the portion of the increased driver demand torque includes increasing torque to vehicle wheels, and where increasing torque to vehicle wheels includes increasing motor torque output to the hybrid driveline up to a first driver demand torque limit; starting the engine in response to the driver demand torque exceeding the first driver demand torque limit; supplying a remainder of the increase in driver demand torque to the hybrid driveline after starting the engine in response to speed of the engine being within a predetermined speed of a speed of a motor; increasing the driver demand torque limit to a second torque limit in response to a speed of the engine being within a predetermined speed of the motor; and partially closing a driveline disconnect clutch during starting the engine. | 31,540 |
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