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8,376,656 | 1. An electrical power generating system for installation in association with a water pipeline that is sloped to generate water flow driven by gravity, the electrical power generating system comprising: at least one electrical power generator; and driving means coupled to drive the at least one electrical power generator in response to the water flow; at least one actuator, coupled to the waste water pipeline, for controlling an amount of the water flow to the driving means; a diversion system, coupled to the waste water pipeline, for diverting solid materials present in the water away from the driving means; and a storage system, coupled to the at least one electrical power generator, that stores at least a portion of electrical power generated by the at least one electrical power generator in response to the water flow. | 10,839 |
8,738,094 | 1. A method comprising: detecting, by a telecommunication device, an occurrence of a charging event associated with the telecommunication device, wherein the telecommunication device is in an on mode and a wireless communication transceiver of the telecommunication device is in an off mode when the occurrence is detected; and based at least in part on the charging event, automatically transitioning, by the telecommunication device, the wireless communication transceiver from the off mode to an on mode to cause the wireless communication transceiver to connect to and communicate over a wireless data network, the on mode and off mode of the wireless communication transceiver being separate and distinct from the on mode and an off mode of the telecommunication device. | 46,958 |
8,361,281 | 1. A method, comprising: providing a desalinization apparatus comprising a chamber; directing airflow to the desalinization apparatus at a pressure higher than an ambient atmospheric pressure; directing salt water to the desalinization apparatus at a pressure higher than an ambient atmospheric pressure; forming a vortex in the airflow within the chamber and delivering the salt water into the vortex to evaporate water vapor from the salt water; and delivering the water vapor in the airflow to a condenser to obtain purified water. | 24,028 |
9,187,082 | 1. A control device for a vehicle, said vehicle including a wheel including at least a driving wheel, an output shaft coupled to said driving wheel, a power generation device including an internal combustion engine, a first rotating electric machine and a second rotating electric machine driven by electric power supplied from a power storage device via a power line for generating driving power to rotate said output shaft, a transmission device including a planetary gear mechanism having a first rotational element connected to said internal combustion engine, a second rotational element connected to said first rotating electric machine and a third rotational element connected to said output shaft, and a transmission provided between said second rotating electric machine and said output shaft, and an open/close device for opening and closing a conduction path between said power storage device and said power line, said control device comprising an electronic control unit having a central processing unit and memory, the electronic control unit further comprising: a stop unit stopping an operation of said power generation device when said first rotating electric machine is disconnected from said internal combustion engine due to a malfunction of said planetary gear mechanism, wherein the operation is the generation of driving power to the vehicle, a determination unit determining whether rotation of said wheel has stopped or not after the operation of said power generation device is stopped, and a control unit maintaining said open/close device at a closed state until said determination unit determines that rotation of said wheel has stopped, after operation of said power generation device is stopped, and switching said open/close device to an open state when said determination unit determines that rotation of said wheel has stopped. | 32,777 |
9,065,332 | 1. A power conversion apparatus, comprising: a drive circuit configured to generate, at periodic intervals, a drive signal having a first fundamental frequency, wherein the drive signal is generated based on an alternating input signal having a first voltage magnitude; and a first resonant circuit coupled to the drive circuit and configured to generate, based on the drive signal, an output signal at a second voltage magnitude that is greater than the first voltage magnitude, wherein the output signal has a second fundamental frequency that is approximately half the first fundamental frequency, wherein the drive circuit comprises a switch coupled to a second resonant circuit, wherein the switch supplies current to the second resonant circuit when the switch is turned on, the second resonant circuit being configure to provide the drive signal to the first resonant circuit when the switch is turned off. | 8,849 |
9,761,896 | 1. A method for stopping a fuel cell system including: a fuel cell unit configured to generate electric power using a fuel in an anode and an oxidant in a cathode; a fuel gas supply unit configured to supply a fuel gas containing the fuel to the anode; an oxidant gas supply unit configured to supply an oxidant gas containing the oxidant to the cathode; and an oxidant gas concentration reducing unit configured to reduce a concentration of the oxidant gas in the cathode, the method comprising lowering an output voltage of the fuel cell unit while controlling a slope of a temporal change in the output voltage such that an output current of the fuel cell unit has a predetermined relationship with a predetermined current reference value, wherein the oxidant gas concentration reducing unit includes a shutoff unit configured to shut off the supply of the oxidant gas to the cathode through the oxidant gas supply unit, and the shutoff unit shuts off the supply of the oxidant gas to the cathode when the output voltage becomes lower than a predetermined voltage. | 41,406 |
8,800,164 | 1. A washing machine comprising: a motor; a communication unit receiving power rate information for each time period from an energy management system (EMS); an input unit receiving an operation command from a user; and a controller determining the power rate of the predetermined time duration in a spinning cycle is higher than a standard power rate before finishing the spinning cycle when a washing operation command and a drying operation command are input, executing a first spinning cycle if the power rate is lower than the standard power rate, and executing a second spinning cycle if the power rate is higher than the standard power rate. | 21,586 |
9,625,390 | 1. A method for determining weight percent of solids in a suspension, comprising: mixing the suspension; acquiring Raman spectral data of the solids in the suspension; and processing the Raman spectral data to determine weight percent of the solids in the suspension. | 3,543 |
8,613,958 | 1. A method for delivering nitric oxide therapy to a subject comprising: exposing a composition including a nitric-oxide releasing agent, silica, and an antioxidant to water in a chamber of a gas delivery device that includes an inlet, an outlet, a particle filter at the outlet, and the chamber, wherein the nitric-oxide releasing agent is polymeric composition including a polymer and at least one nitric oxide releasing N administering the gas delivery device to the subject; generating an air flow through the inlet, the composition in the chamber, and the outlet by subject inhalation; and releasing a therapeutic amount of nitric oxide from the composition into the air flow. | 41,502 |
9,314,821 | 1. Method for extracting puree or juice from vegetable or animal food, said method comprising the steps of: providing a sieve having a plurality of holes and defining an interior portion and an exterior portion; providing a rotor disposed longitudinally within the sieve, the rotor comprising a plurality of planar blades extending longitudinally and radially therefrom; feeding said food within said sieve and causing the rotor to rotate, the rotation of the rotor causing the food that is present in the sieve to be pushed by centrifugal force through the holes of the sieve during an extraction operation; and providing an inlet for the food in communication with the interior portion; providing an outlet for extracted puree or juice in communication with the exterior portion; providing an outlet for waste product in communication with the interior portion, separate from the inlet; providing a washing step of the sieve during the extraction operation, the washing step of the sieve consisting of feeding a diluting liquid in the interior portion of the sieve and longitudinally to the sieve, the diluting liquid forming a locally diluted puree or juice that is pushed, by the centrifugal force produced by the blades of the rotor, from the interior portion to the exterior portion of the sieve, in such a way to prevent that any food can obstruct the holes of the sieve; wherein the diluting liquid is supplied by at least a feeding member integral to a fixed part of the machine and oriented longitudinally to the sieve, the feeding member being positioned at the end of the sieve that is opposite to the inlet, the feeding member feeding the diluting liquid for a predetermined time and at predetermined intervals. | 27,824 |
8,572,020 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at one or more computer servers, a first query, the syntax of the first query being based on a recommendation-specific language corresponding to a multidimensional recommendation model, wherein the recommendation-specific language further includes commands associated with a data definition language for specifying a multidimensional space, including specification of each dimension of the multidimensional space and elements of each dimension, and wherein the multidimensional space includes at least three dimensions; defining the multidimensional space using the data definition language, the defining comprising defining the dimensions of the multidimensional space and defining elements of each dimension of the multidimensional space; translating, by one or more processors associated with the one or more computer servers, the first query into a second query, the syntax of the second query being based on a structured query language including commands to retrieve information stored according to a relational data model, wherein the translating is based on a mapping between the multidimensional recommendation model and the relational data model; retrieving, by the one or more processors, information from the multidimensional space based on the second query; generating, by the one or more processors, at least one recommendation based on the retrieved information, wherein the at least one recommendation includes at least one multidimensional suggestion; and providing, by the one or more processors, the at least one recommendation in response to the first query. | 12,179 |
8,739,962 | 1. A solids supply system comprising: (i) a solids deaeration zone, and (ii) a solids pump zone; wherein said solids deaeration zone is in flow communication with said solids pump zone; said solids deaeration zone comprises: (a) a roller system comprising a plurality of porous roller assemblies, or (b) a belt system comprising a plurality of porous belt assemblies, operable to deaerate and convey the solids to said solids pump zone, wherein said solids become sufficiently compacted prior to and upon entry into said solids pump zone to be effectively conveyed through said solids pump zone; wherein the solids pump zone is comprised of a belt (tractor) pump, and the tangential velocity of the solids at the porous roller assemblies or porous belt assemblies in the solids deaeration zone is from 80% to 120% of the tangential velocity of the solids at the belt assemblies of the solids pump zone; wherein said solids deaeration zone is capable of being pressure regulated; and wherein said belt (tractor) pump is operable to convry said to an application. | 5,561 |
8,960,553 | 1. A check processing device comprising: a check transportation path through which the check is conveyed; a transportation path portion that is at least a part of the check transportation path; a device case that has a wall portion; an operating cover openably and closably attached to the device case; a support pivot that determines the opening and closing axis of the operating cover; a check supply unit that supplies checks to the check transportation path; and a check discharge unit that receives checks discharged from the check transportation path; wherein the transportation path portion is formed between the wall portion of the device case and the operating cover in the closed position; and a direction of the opening and closing axis is perpendicular to a direction of the check transportation path. | 7,885 |
9,845,959 | 1. A ventilation device for ventilation of rooms in buildings, comprising, in a common housing, a first air routing device for routing a first flow of air, having a first room-side outlet, a first flow space in which at least one first fan capable of bidirectional operation is arranged, and a first outside outlet, a second air routing device for routing a second flow of air, which is fluidically completely separate from the first air routing device and has a second room-side outlet, a second flow space in which at least one second fan capable of bidirectional operation is arranged, and a second outside outlet, an integral gas-solid heat exchanger, the solid of which extends inside the first and inside the second air routing devices, is arranged in both air routing devices between the respective room-side and outside outlets, has a plurality of passageways and is adapted to route the first flow of air and the second flow of air in a respective set of passageways, in a fluidically separated but thermally coupled manner, wherein the solid in the first and the second air routing devices additionally forms a respective regenerator, wherein the first and the second room-side outlets are arranged fluidically completely separately in a common room-side housing section, and the first and the second outside outlets are arranged fluidically completely separately in a common outside housing section, and wherein the first and the second flow spaces and the gas-solid heat exchanger are arranged in a common middle section of the housing. | 13,081 |
8,349,626 | 1. A method to texture a surface of a photovoltaic cell, the method comprising: buffing a first surface of a silicon body; etching the buffed first surface; and fabricating the photovoltaic cell, wherein the first surface is a light-facing surface in the photovoltaic cell, wherein, after the etching step, at least fifty percent of the first surface has a peak-to-valley height less than about one micron and an average peak-to-peak distance of less than about one micron, and wherein, in the completed photovoltaic cell, average reflectance for light having wavelength between 375 and 1010 nm at the light-facing surface is no more than about five percent. | 11,022 |
9,437,849 | 1. A battery comprising: an enclosed battery housing; an external set of battery terminals coupled to the battery housing; a battery cell disposed in the battery housing; and a visible indicator material disposed within the battery housing; wherein the visible indicator material comprises at least one of a liquid, a powder, or a foam; wherein the battery is configured to release the visible indicator material from an interior portion of the battery housing to the atmosphere in response to battery housing damage; and wherein the visible indicator material is spatially separated from electrolytes within the battery cell. | 20,025 |
9,597,674 | 1. A C—H activated olefin metathesis catalyst compound, wherein the compound has the structure of formula (VIII): wherein, Q is hydrocarbylene, or alkyl substituted hydrocarbylene; Q* forms a carbon-Ruthenium bond with the carbon from the R X R R Z is alkyl; and R | 47,361 |
8,665,683 | 1. A non-transitory machine readable information storage medium for storing data reproducible by a recording or reproducing apparatus, the non-transitory machine readable information storage medium comprising: a control area, said control area being configured to store, within a data structure, information usable by said recording or reproducing apparatus to record or reproduce the data on or from the non-transitory machine readable information storage medium, the data structure being configured to store the control area includes data ID, the data ID is configured to specify an area type corresponding to a lead-in area or another area, and the lead-in area includes the control area. | 23,787 |
9,354,818 | 1. A memory device, comprising: a non-volatile memory; a volatile memory that stores data read from the non-volatile memory; and a controller that controls operations of the memory device; wherein, the controller saves to a host device the data stored in the volatile memory without a saving request from the host device; the controller reads the data from the host device after the data is saved to the host device; and the controller verifies validity or accuracy of the data read from the host device based on verification data added to the data saved in the host device, wherein the verification data is a checksum or a hash; and wherein, when there is no match between a checksum or a hash determined from the data saved in the host device and a checksum or a hash added to the data saved in the host device, the controller accesses the non-volatile memory to recover the data saved in the host device. | 14,064 |
8,895,848 | 1. A solar cell, comprising: (a) a transparent substrate; (b) a tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) anode formed on the transparent substrate; (c) a nickel(II) oxide (NiO) layer formed on the ITO anode, wherein the NiO layer is a p-type semiconductor layer, and has a thickness of about 5-10 nm; (d) an active organic layer formed on the NiO layer, the active organic layer comprising poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), wherein the ratio of P3HT to PCBM in the active organic layer is about 1:1 in weight; (e) a lithium fluoride (LiF) layer formed on the active organic layer; and (f) a metallic cathode formed on the LiF layer, wherein the metallic cathode comprises an aluminum (Al) cathode, wherein the active organic layer is adapted such that when photo excited the active organic layer transports holes towards the ITO anode and transports electrons towards the cathode; and wherein the NiO layer is adapted such that the NiO layer blocks electrons leakage from the active organic layer to the anode and transports holes from the active organic layer to the anode. | 31,679 |
8,892,061 | 1. A method for tracking receipt of a radio broadcast signal having advertising information, comprising: transmitting, to a mobile communication device, time information indicating a time period when the radio broadcast signal having the advertising information will be sent by a radio station or a television station; receiving, from the mobile communication device, by a broadcast tracking device, a signal strength measurement signal indicating signal strength of the radio broadcast signal received, by the mobile communication device, via a communication channel over a particular time period; receiving, from the mobile communication device, by the broadcast tracking device location, location information indicating a location, within a geographic area, of the mobile communication device over the particular time period, the location information being calculated by the mobile communication device without using information related to the radio broadcasting signal; receiving, from the mobile communication device, transaction information associated with the advertisement information in the radio broadcast signal; and tracking, by the broadcast tracking device, the signal strength of the radio broadcast signal received within the geographic area at the mobile communication device over the particular time period, based on the signal strength measurement signal received, the location information received, and the transaction information received. | 29,532 |
9,146,570 | 1. A load current compensating output buffer circuit, comprising: an output buffer amplifier with a terminal for coupling to a supply voltage and having an inverting input and a non-inverting input, the inverting input being configured to receive an input voltage and the non-inverting input is coupled to an output capacitive load; a feedback impedance coupled to an output of the output buffer amplifier and to the output capacitive load, the feedback impedance includes a variable resistance circuit and a Miller capacitance coupled in series; a pass transistor configured to couple to the supply voltage and the output capacitive load, the pass transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the output of the output buffer amplifier and the feedback impedance, a load current passing through the pass transistor; and a sense circuit configured to sense the load current and apply a control voltage to the variable resistance circuit to vary the resistance of the variable resistance circuit based on the load current; the output buffer amplifier including: | 35,129 |
9,590,264 | 1. An electric storage device, comprising: an electrode assembly formed by stacking a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, the electrode assembly including a projection formed by at least one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate projecting in a stacked state, the projection including a bound portion formed by binding a distal end side of the projection and a sloping portion sloping from a proximal end side of the projection toward the bound portion; a backing member arranged to face at least one of both surfaces of the bound portion; a current collector including a connection piece arranged to face at least an other of both surfaces of the bound portion; a case housing the electrode assembly, the backing member, and the current collector, the electrode assembly being supported by the current collector within the case, wherein the backing member includes: | 45,689 |
9,281,629 | 1. A receptacle connector adapted for engagement with a complementary plug connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue; a metallic shield enclosing the housing to define a mating cavity in which the mating tongue is disposed; and an EMI element being assembled to the base to cover opposite top and bottom surfaces; wherein the EMI element defines a plurality of spring tangs to be seated around a rear portion of the mating tongue so as to allow a curved tip of a shell of the complementary plug connector to abut against either an exterior surface or an interior surface of the spring tang for EMI/RFI protection; wherein the EMI element is of a one-piece U-shaped metallic plate rearwardly assembled to the base, the plurality of spring tangs split from the plate and seated upon the root portion of the mating tongue for EMI/RFI protection; wherein the EMI element is of a pair of metallic bracelet, the metallic bracelets is assembled to the base from top and bottom side of the insulative housing. | 4,617 |
9,598,712 | 1. A process for preparing a compound of formula (II), or a salt, solvate, or hydrate thereof, Comprising enzymatically converting a compound of formula (I) to compound of formula (II), or a salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, wherein: the enzyme is SEQ ID NO: 134 the dashed line is a bond or absent; A is selected from C═O or C═NH; or when the dashed line is a double bond A-R R R R R R R n is 1 or 2. | 9,364 |
9,358,896 | 1. An energy management system comprising: an electric power supply part that supplies electric power to an electric vehicle; a reservation information acquisition unit that acquires reservation information before said electric vehicle arrives at the electric power supply part, said reservation information including at least estimated connection time that said electric vehicle is connected to said electric power supply part and estimated parallel-off time that said electric vehicle is paralleled off from said electric power supply part; a connection-and-parallel-off control unit that controls connection-and-parallel-off information indicating a connection state and parallel-off state of said electric vehicle to said electric power supply part; an electric vehicle result control unit that controls said reservation information and said connection-and-parallel-off information; an electric vehicle tendency evaluation unit that prepares tendency information of said electric vehicle using a difference between said estimated connection time and actual connection time indicated by said connection-and-parallel-off information, and a difference between said estimated parallel-off time and actual parallel-off time indicated by said connection-and-parallel-off information; a charging plan preparation unit that predicts an electric power demand in said electric power supply part and prepares a charging plan for said electric vehicle based on said tendency information; and a charging controller that controls electric power supply for said electric vehicle in said electric power supply part based on said charging plan. | 21,891 |
8,838,396 | 1. A system for detecting the presence of water droplets in vehicle emissions, the system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: (i) a quantity module configured to obtain measurements of quantities of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and carbon dioxide present in an exhaust plume emitted by a vehicle based on information related to intensities of electromagnetic in a plurality of absorption wavelengths, the plurality of absorption wavelengths comprising a first absorption wavelength that corresponds to carbon monoxide, a second absorption wavelength that corresponds to hydrocarbons, and a third absorption wavelength that corresponds to carbon dioxide; (ii) a residual module configured to determine an impact on determinations of the quantity of carbon monoxide caused by blockage of electromagnetic radiation at the first absorption wavelength by water droplets by: (iii) a water analysis module configured to detect the presence of water droplets based on a comparative analysis of the measured quantities of hydrocarbons and the determined impact on determinations of the quantity of carbon monoxide caused by blockage of electromagnetic radiation at the first absorption wavelength by water droplets. | 14,544 |
8,671,693 | 1. A honeycomb structure in an engine comprising a first region with an engine-core exhaust stream having a temperature greater than 1100° F. and a second region cooler than the first region, the honeycomb structure comprising: a plurality of cells, defined by a plurality of cell walls bonded to a first surface of the first region and a second surface of the second region, wherein each of the cell walls comprises: | 781 |
8,940,288 | 1. A method for treating cancer, comprising administering to a human in need thereof a composition, wherein the composition comprises: (a) a purified interleukin-15 (IL-15) polypeptide and a purified soluble form of an interleukin-15 receptor alpha (IL-15Ra) polypeptide; or (b) a purified complex comprising an IL-15 polypeptide bound to a soluble form of an IL-15Ra polypeptide, wherein said administration results in treating cancer. | 46,941 |
8,434,715 | 1. A thrust reverser nozzle for a gas turbine engine nacelle, the thrust reverser nozzle comprising: opposite and asymmetrically pivoting first and second doors defining an aft section of the nacelle, the first and second doors including first and second trailing edges respectively adjacent to a nozzle outlet of the nacelle, the first and second doors being pivotable simultaneously between a stowed position and a deployed position, the first trailing edge of the first door being positioned behind the second trailing edge of the second door in the deployed position, first and second fairings attached to the first and second doors in relative fixed positions to the first and second doors respectively, and having complementary adjoining contours permitting relative rotation to avoid interference as said doors are deployed open the first fairing including leading, middle, and trailing portions correspondingly adjoining leading, middle, and trailing portions of the second fairing when the doors are stowed, and the leading portions of the first and second fairings overlapping the trailing portions of the second and first fairings, respectively, as the fairings move about the middle portions when the doors are deployed. | 49,535 |
8,608,835 | 1. An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising: a first particulate filter element; a second particulate filter element connected downstream of the first particulate filter element and through which flows exhaust gas emanating from the first particulate filter element, wherein the second particulate filter has a lower porosity compared to the first particulate filter; a charge sensor that provides a magnitude correlating with a particle charge of the second particulate filter element; and an evaluation unit that evaluates the magnitude provided by the charge sensor in relation to a deposit effect of the first particulate filter element, wherein the first particulate filter element is structurally configured with a removal rate of more than 95% with respect to particulate mass. | 35,640 |
9,783,000 | 1. A wheel hub for vehicle axle, comprising: a cylindrical central body comprising a longitudinal axis, a first lateral end and a second lateral end; a plurality of radial projections that surround the cylindrical central body and that vertically extend from a median region of the cylindrical central body; radial openings formed by the plurality of radial projections so that open passages are formed between the plurality of radial projections that extend from the first lateral end to the second lateral end of the cylindrical central body; an orifice disposed at an end portion of each of the plurality of radial projections; and ribs respectively integrated into the plurality of radial projections, at least three of the ribs equipped with guides for wheels, each rib formed by a radial protrusion with a lateral dimension that extends from a corresponding one of the radial projections in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, a width of each rib being substantially constant along the lateral dimension and less than a width of a corresponding radial projection, the ribs beginning from the median region of the cylindrical central body and extending vertically up to the guides. | 32,976 |
9,606,790 | 1. A server system for updating electronic modules installed in respective vehicle models in a vehicle fleet, comprising: a database of update files maintained in the server system for reflashing of respective electronic modules; a depletion database maintained in the server system storing data defining a respective current draw by the electronic modules involved in each respective reflashing and defining a respective reflash time associated with each respective update file when applied in each respective vehicle model; a telematics unit within each vehicle model communicating data wirelessly to and from each vehicle model; a controller in the server system coupled to the databases and configured to A) receive pedigree information from a particular one of the respective vehicles to the server system via the telematics unit, B) identify relevant update files and corresponding current draw and reflash time data for outdated modules in the particular vehicle in response to the pedigree information, C) send the relevant update files and corresponding data to the particular vehicle model, D) receive a report of an actual reflash time from the particular vehicle model after applying a respective update file via the telematics unit, E) receive a report of an actual current draw from the particular vehicle model via the telematics unit after applying the respective update file, and F) updating the current draw and reflash time data maintained on the server system in response to the reported actual reflash time and actual current draw. | 41,659 |
9,296,079 | 1. A dust collecting device, which is attached to a power tool that performs a predetermined operation on a workpiece by driving a tool bit coupled to a front end region of a tool body, and collects dust generated by operation, comprising: a dust collecting part that covers the tool bit over a predetermined range in an axial direction and collects dust generated by operation, wherein the dust collecting part comprises (i) a dust collecting part component, which has a tool bit covering part having a predetermined inside diameter, one end of the dust collecting part component being configured to be attached to the power tool, and (ii) a fitting part, which is formed separately from the dust collecting part component and has a substantially constant inside diameter, the fitting part being detachably attached to another end of the dust collecting part component such that the fitting part is configured to form a suction port and is configured to be detachably attached to another dust collecting part component which is formed separately from the fitting part, and wherein the tool bit covering part comprises a cylindrical accordion part which can contract and extend, and the fitting part comprises a ring-like reinforcing member which is formed separately from the accordion part. | 13,169 |
8,871,384 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising: (I) a solvent for dissolving an electrolyte salt comprising (A) a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate represented by the formula (A1): wherein X (B3) a fluorine-containing chain carbonate, and (C) at least one fluorine-containing solvent selected from the group consisting of (C1) a fluorine-containing lactone, (C2) at least one fluorine-containing solvent selected from the group consisting of monofluorobenzene, hexafluorobenzene, difluorobenzene, trifluorobenzene, tetrafluorobenzene and pentafluorobenzene and (C3) a fluorine-containing sulfolane derivative, and (II) an electrolyte salt, and wherein the solvent (I) for dissolving an electrolyte salt comprises 10 to 60% by volume of the fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate (A), 40 to 90% by volume of the fluorine-containing chain carbonate (B3) and 0.5 to 20% by volume of fluorine-containing solvent (C), based on the whole solvent (I). | 9,516 |
9,444,254 | 1. A system comprising: a compensation device connected to a bus of a power system; and a boost device coupled to the compensation device, the boost device comprising multiple portions, each of the multiple portions comprising: | 11,162 |
9,284,144 | 1. A document validator comprising: a transportation unit comprising a document path, wherein at least a portion of the document path has an adjustable path height, wherein the transportation unit is configured to transport a document from a first location past a sensor to a second location; an actuator configured to transition the adjustable path height between a plurality of different path heights including a first path height and a second path height different from the first path height; and a controller configured to automatically cause the actuator to transition the adjustable path height between the first path height and the second path height. | 29,171 |
9,193,447 | 1. An aircraft landing gear assembly comprising: a landing gear arranged to be moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein the landing gear assembly includes landing gear structure carrying aircraft landing loads, said structure including at least one void having a volume, and where the at least one void is defined at least in part by two walls in the structure, each wall having an edge defining at least in part a rim of the at least one void; and a removably mounted cover plate that substantially overlies and closes off the at least one void, wherein the removably mounted cover plate extends to the two walls or over the edges of the two walls, and wherein the cover plate covers the void without filling a majority of the volume of the at least one void. | 23,892 |
9,517,861 | 1. An expandable food preservation and storage heat-sealable vacuum hag, comprising: a first and second sidewall having a first thickness and a first oxygen transmission rate, wherein said first sidewall is positioned to overlay the second sidewall during heat sealing of an open end of said heat-sealable vacuum hag; a first gusseted sidewall including at least a first fold, said first gusseted sidewall having a second thickness less than the first thickness and a second oxygen transmission rate substantially equal to the first oxygen transmission rate, said first gusseted sidewall interconnecting one side of the first and second sidewalls; a second gusseted sidewall including at least a second fold, said second gusseted sidewall having the second thickness and the second oxygen transmission rate, said second gusseted sidewall interconnecting an opposite side of the first and second sidewalls; and wherein at least said first and second folds of said first and second gusseted sidewalls are sandwiched and encompassed entirely between the first and second sidewalls at the open end of said heat-sealable vacuum hag during heat sealing. | 17,909 |
9,261,922 | 1. A system, comprising: a computing rack comprising a framework that includes a plurality of vertical support posts and a plurality of pairs of rail assemblies interconnected between pairs of the vertical support posts to define a plurality of receiving bays for slidably receiving a respective plurality of field replaceable units (FRUs); a central management server fixed to the computing rack, wherein the central management server is configured to perform out of band (OOB) management of the plurality of FRUs; a plurality of housings respectively fixed to the computing rack adjacent a rear of the plurality of receiving bays, wherein each housing is configured to electrically interface with a respective one of the FRUs upon the FRU reaching at least a substantially fully mounted position within a respective one of the receiving bays; and a fixed interconnect topology in the computing rack, wherein the central management server uses the fixed interconnect topology to perform the OOB management of the plurality of FRUs, and wherein the fixed interconnect topology comprises: | 26,615 |
8,492,918 | 1. A combined hybrid water pressure energy accumulating tower assembly and a wind turbine comprising: a tower attached to a base; said tower adjacent and electrically connected to at least one wind turbine or a wind or solar power plant; an electric motor coaxially connected to a water pump; wherein the electricity produced by the adjacent wind turbine(s) or power plants driving the electric motor and the water pump of said tower and directly charging a battery pack storage assembly; a lower water reservoir positioned at the base; said water pump connected to said lower water reservoir via a conduit, lifting water from said lower water reservoir and delivering it into a smaller elevated water container between the middle and the top of said tower; a hydro-turbine rotated by the kinetic power of the water from said smaller elevated container, wherein said water is passing down through another conduit at the bottom of said smaller elevated container; an auxiliary electric generator coaxially connected to a shaft of said hydro-turbine, converting the power of said shaft into electric current; said water, after striking a propeller of said hydro-turbine, being discharged back into said lower water reservoir; and a drain conduit pipe directing overflow water from said smaller elevated water container back into said lower water reservoir; and wherein an additional large water reservoir is positioned on top of said tower; said additional large water reservoir connected to the smaller elevated water container and the lower water reservoir. | 18,136 |
9,597,981 | 1. An apparatus for locking a vehicle seat-rail, comprising: a locking pin configured to pass through a fixing bracket and configured to be linearly movable; and a detachment preventing means configured to inhibit the locking pin from being detached from the fixing bracket in a direction, while allowing the linear movement of the locking pin, wherein the detachment preventing means comprises: | 36,556 |
9,252,983 | 1. A communication method comprising: at a first end of a communication channel, receiving a data signal that has been distorted in shape and exhibits an intersymbol interference from the output of a low-pass filter at a second end of the communication channel, wherein a cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter is set to distort a shape of the data signal in comparison to an original signal at an input of the low-pass filter and to introduce the intersymbol interference, wherein the low-pass filter suppresses a frequency content above a threshold prior to transmission over the communication channel; at the first end of the communication channel, processing the received data signal with an equalizer to restore the suppressed frequency content and a shape of the original signal, and to remove the intersymbol interference; at the first end of the communication channel, applying amplification to the processed and received data signal; and at the first end of the communication channel, detecting the amplified, processed, and received data signal with a receiver. | 19,663 |
9,410,352 | 1. A door closer comprising: a housing which is fixed to a door; a link of which one end is connected to a door frame; a link shaft which is inserted into the housing, of which an upper end projecting to the outside of the housing is connected to the other end of the link, and which is elastically pressurized to rotate in a direction that the door is closed; and a power adding unit which adds power to close the door, wherein the power adding unit comprises a cam which coaxially rotates with the link shaft in the housing and a cam pusher which is elastically pressurized to be in close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the cam, wherein the outer circumferential surface of the cam comprises an arc surface portion which is spaced apart an equal distance from the rotation axis of the cam, a concave surface portion which is spaced apart a distance shorter than the arc surface portion from the rotation axis of the cam, and a pair of projection corner portions which connect the arc surface portion and the concave surface portion, wherein when the outer circumferential surface of the cam, with which the cam pusher comes into contact, is switched from the arc surface portion to the concave surface portion as the cam rotates, the rotation force of the link shaft is increased by the elastic pressing force of the cam pusher, and wherein the door closer further comprises: a pinion gear which coaxially rotates with the link shaft; a piston which extends in the longitudinal direction of the housing, is inserted into the housing to reciprocate in the longitudinal direction of the housing, and comprises a rack gear portion which is formed on one end thereof and engaged with the pinion gear; and a first coil spring which elastically pressurizes the piston such that the link shaft rotates in a direction that closes the door. | 44,399 |
9,643,625 | 1. A system, comprising: a first door assembly operable to at least partially cover a top hatch of a rail car; an actuator; a first common linkage coupled to the actuator and operable to rotate about a longitudinal axis; a first secondary linkage coupled to the first common linkage and coupled to an exterior surface of the first door assembly; a bracket, wherein the first secondary linkage is coupled to the first common linkage with the bracket; and wherein the actuator is coupled to the bracket and operable to cooperate with the first common linkage and the first secondary linkage to move the first door assembly between a closed position and an open position over the top hatch of the rail car by rotating the first common linkage about a longitudinal axis of the first common linkage. | 37,741 |
8,864,017 | 1. A reusable plastic container, the container comprising: a plastic container body having opposing side panels and opposing end panels; the container body having top side panel flaps attached to a top portion of each side panel, and bottom side panel flaps attached to a bottom portion of each side panel; the container body having top end panel flaps attached to a top portion of each end panel, and bottom end panel flaps attached to a bottom portion of each end panel; and the top and bottom side panel flaps each defined with respect to the side panels by a fold line, each of the fold lines including at least a first scored portion and a separate at least a first welded portion, wherein the scored and welded portions alternate along a continuous section of the fold line. | 40,080 |
8,710,307 | 1. A seed of soybean variety CL1013663, wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety CL1013663 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12557. | 11,723 |
8,545,359 | 1. A drive force adjustment apparatus comprising: a differential gear, into which a drive force is input from a drive source, the differential gear configured to absorb a difference in the number of revolutions between two output shafts; a motor configured to generate a difference in torque between the output shafts, wherein the number of revolutions of the motor is 0 when a vehicle travels straight; and a first gear mechanism and a second gear mechanism, which increase or decrease torque of one of the output shafts by a magnitude and decrease or increase torque of the other of the output shafts by the magnitude, the first gear mechanism including a first rotating element, a second rotating element and a third rotating element, the second gear mechanism including a fourth rotating element, a fifth rotating element and a sixth rotating element, wherein an element that is connected to a rotating element into which torque of the differential gear is input and the fourth rotating element of the second gear mechanism is an input element, a rotating element of one of the output shafts is a first output element, a rotating element of the other of the output shafts is a second output element, and one of the first output element and the second output element is connected to the first rotating element of the first gear mechanism, an element that is connected to the second rotating element of the first gear mechanism and the motor is a motor input element, an element that is connected to the fifth rotating element of the second gear mechanism and a casing is a fixed element, the number of revolutions of which is 0, an element that is connected to the third rotating element of the first gear mechanism and the sixth rotating element of the second gear mechanism is a connecting element, wherein the first gear mechanism includes: the second gear mechanism includes: wherein the number of teeth of the first sun gear and the number of teeth of the third sun gear are equal to each other, the number of teeth of the first planetary gear and the number of teeth of the third planetary gear are equal to each other, the number of teeth of the second sun gear and the number of teeth of the fourth sun gear are equal to each other, and the number of teeth of the second planetary gear and the number of teeth of the fourth planetary gear are equal to each other, ratio of the number of teeth of the first sun gear to the number of teeth of the first planetary gear is smaller than ratio of the number of teeth of the second sun gear to the number of teeth of the second planetary gear, and ratio of the number of teeth of the third sun gear to the number of teeth of the third planetary gear is smaller than ratio of the number of teeth of the fourth sun gear to the number of teeth of the fourth planetary gear, and wherein a rotating speed (Nc) of the connecting element is determined by following formulas: where (G) indicates a system gain, (Ni) indicates number of revolutions of the differential gear, (ΔT) indicates a difference in torque between the two drive shafts, and (Tm) indicates a motor torque, such that the rotating speed of the connecting element always assume a positive value and a rotating direction of the connecting element is always the same as a rotating direction of the rotating element into which torque of the differential gear is input. | 31,137 |
8,891,374 | 1. A wireless communication device in a wireless communication system including nodes and a base station, the nodes including the wireless communication device and other nodes, the wireless communication device comprising: a radio transceiver configured to transmit a radio transmission signal to the base station, and to receive a radio reception signal transmitted from the other nodes to the base station; and a processor configured to perform packet analysis for specifying exposed nodes based on reception packets included in the radio reception signal, the exposed nodes being the other nodes that the packet analysis specifies successfully, generate at least two of first information relating to a length of a first period, second information relating to a length of a second period, and third information relating to a length of a third period, the first period during which just one of the exposed nodes transmits, the second period during which at least two of the exposed nodes transmit, the third period during which none of the exposed nodes transmits, generate fourth information relating to a length of a fourth period based on at least two of the first information, the second information, and the third information, the fourth period during which none of hidden nodes transmits, the hidden nodes being the other nodes that the packet analysis fails to specify, and generate a packet error rate of transmission packets transmitted in the radio transmission signal, based on the fourth information. | 30,071 |
9,081,389 | 1. A water flow control device including: a conduit for connection to a water supply; a plurality of valves arranged in parallel and connected to the conduit to receive water therefrom; a programmable controller operatively associated with the valves to cause operation thereof between a closed and an open configuration; a water outlet conduit connected to each of the valves so that said conduit receives water from each of the valves when the valves are in the open configuration; and, a pressure sensor downstream of the valves and operatively associated with the controller to provide a signal thereto indicative of water pressure downstream of the valves. | 34,280 |
8,551,299 | 1. A method of producing hydrogen chloride, comprising: collecting chlorine gas from a redox flow cell battery system; introducing hydrogen and the collected chlorine gas into at least one photochemical chamber containing at least one source of ultraviolet radiation; activating the at least one source of ultraviolet radiation, thereby exposing the hydrogen and the chlorine to ultraviolet radiation to produce chlorine gas; and collecting the produced hydrogen chloride; wherein the at least one photochemical chamber further comprises at least one sensor for monitoring the ratio of the concentration of hydrogen to chlorine in the chamber; and wherein the method further comprises monitoring the ratio of the concentration of hydrogen to chlorine in the chamber. | 20,618 |
9,812,173 | 1. A signal recording apparatus for recording an AV signal containing at least one of video or audio, comprising: a camera configured to form an object image to provide a video signal of the object image and setting information of the camera; a metadata generator configured to generate recorded metadata which is metadata recorded with the AV signal; a classification determinator configured to determine, upon receipt of the recorded metadata, which playlist a portion of the AV signal corresponding to the recorded metadata is classified into by referring to a classification database storing a classification rule and to output classification information indicating a determination result, the classification rule being a rule used for determining the classification information based on the recorded metadata; a playlist generator configured to generate, according to the classification information, a playlist for the AV signal; and a recorder configured to record the AV signal, the recorded metadata, and the playlist on at least one recording medium, wherein the metadata generator generates the recorded metadata using the setting information of the camera, the classification rule includes a plurality of classification conditions and a plurality of classification information items, the plurality of classification conditions each corresponding to one of the plurality of classification information items, the plurality of classification information items each including an identifier of a different playlist, the plurality of classification conditions include a classification condition using the setting information of the camera, and the classification determinator outputs as the classification information, the classification information item corresponding to a first classification condition among the plurality of classification conditions when the recorded metadata satisfies the first classification condition while not satisfying another of the plurality of classification conditions. | 6,755 |
9,163,318 | 1. A process for producing an oxygen-consuming electrode, comprising the steps of: a) precipitating silver oxide by metering a silver salt solution to an initial charge of an alkaline solution to form a suspension and then stirring the suspension over a period of at most 10 minutes, in the course of which the temperature of the suspension is kept within a range from 10 ° C. to 50 ° C., b) removing the precipitated silver oxide from step a) from the suspension, c) drying the silver oxide at a temperature in the range from 80 ° C. to 200 ° C., d) further processing the resulting silver oxide with an electrically conductive support material, a catalyst comprising silver particles, and a finely divided fluorinated polymer to give a flat oxygen-consuming electrode. | 38,579 |
9,299,967 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: a jelly-roll having a cathode, an anode, and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode structure in a cylindrical battery case; a plate-shaped insulator mounted on the top of the jelly-roll, the insulator including: | 1,106 |
8,343,240 | 1. A manufacturing method for a film-covered electrical device, comprising: holding, in a vacuum container, a bag-shaped laminate film that contains a power generating element and that has an opening, by pinching the bag-shaped laminate film at positions corresponding to two principal surfaces of the power generating element, the power generating element having a positive layer and a negative layer stacked via a separator; reducing pressure in the vacuum container; pouring an electrolytic solution into the bag-shaped laminate film through the opening with the pressure in the vacuum container kept reduced until the level of the electrolytic solution becomes higher than the top end of the power generating element; and increasing the reduced pressure in the vacuum container, wherein the electrolytic solution is poured under conditions given by: where L and W are length and width of the power generating element; V L is a volume formed between the laminate film and an edge surface at a bottom opposite to an edge surface located at the opening from among the edge surfaces of the power generating element; V W is a volume formed between the laminate film and an edge surface, which joins the edge surface at the bottom and the edge surface at the opening from among the edge surfaces of the power generating element; and V TOTAL is a total volume of the electrolytic solution poured into the bag-shaped laminate film. | 12,791 |
9,664,408 | 1. A vent cover for an air duct comprising: a. a base; b. a plurality of concentric segments retractably connected to each other and to said base; and c. a locking element connected to said base and surrounded by the innermost of said plurality of concentric segments, wherein said locking element has an open position when said innermost of said plurality of concentric elements is pulled away from the other concentric elements and a closed position when said innermost of said plurality of concentric elements is pushed toward the other concentric elements and wherein in the closed position said plurality of concentric segments are retracted preventing air from being released from said vent cover and in said open position said plurality of segments are expanded allowing air to pass through said vent cover, wherein said locking element is one or more magnets on said plurality of concentric segments that make contact when said vent cover is in said closed position. | 29,238 |
8,879,450 | 1. A method, comprising: obtaining, by a network controller, a group-addressed packet destined for multiple subscriber stations (SSs) belonging to a group to receive the group-addressed packet; determining that a particular SS in the group is currently unable to receive group-addressed packets due to being in a sleep mode; transmitting the group-addressed packet to the multiple SSs belonging to the group to receive the group-addressed packet when the particular SS in the group to receive the group-addressed packet is in the sleep mode; retaining, by the network controller, the group-addressed packet in a buffer; receiving a poll from the particular SS; and retransmitting the group-addressed packet in response to said receiving the poll. | 7,969 |
8,416,553 | 1. A bias and discharge system for discharging at least one differential capacitor of an input filter coupled to an AC differential input of a power supply, wherein the power supply includes a full wave rectifier coupled to the input filter for developing a DC bus voltage and includes a voltage converter with a controller for converting the DC bus voltage to a regulated output voltage, said bias and discharge system comprising: a rectifier for coupling to the AC differential input which cooperates with the full wave rectifier to develop a DC bias voltage on a DC bias node; a bias system receiving said DC bias voltage and providing at least one start-up voltage for use by the controller; and wherein said bias system includes at least one current discharge path coupled between said DC bias node and a reference node for discharging the at least one differential capacitor within a predetermined time period when AC line voltage is removed. | 47,291 |
9,701,034 | 1. A shaver comprising: a handle with an elongated handgrip portion and a mounting portion, a shaver head attached to the mounting portion, the shaver head having a back structure, a removable cartridge, the cartridge including at least one blade, the cartridge being adapted to be attached to the shaver head and removed from the shaver head, and a button provided on the shaver head, the button being slidable, the button being adapted to attach and disengage the cartridge to or from the shaver head. | 41,390 |
8,924,138 | 1. A system for determining a minimum amount of fuel required for a series of time frames in a sortie, the system comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect fuel use information of a vehicle during operation of the vehicle; a data storage device; and a controller, coupled to the data storage device, the controller comprising: a categorization module configured to obtain the fuel use information from the at least one sensor for each time frame in the series of time frames and to categorize the fuel use information for each time frame into either at least one of a plurality of normal fuel use categories or at least one of a plurality of wasted fuel use categories; and a determination module configured to subtract a total amount of fuel used during each time frame in the series of time frames where the fuel use information is categorized in the plurality of wasted fuel use categories from a total amount of fuel used over the series of time frames for storage in the data storage device as the minimum amount of fuel required for the series of time frames. | 26,611 |
8,989,940 | 1. A method for controlling a powertrain system configured to transfer torque among a plurality of torque actuators, a multi-mode transmission and an output member, comprising: in response to an output torque request: | 37,202 |
8,782,312 | 1. A method for data transmission by telegram via fieldbus of process automation technology, comprising the steps of: transmitting information via the fieldbus in the form of data in a first data format; and transmitting the same information in a second data format, wherein: the first data format differs from the second data format; said information represents a measured value or a parameter of the field device; exactly one telegraph is used for transmission of said information in the first data format and the second data format via the fieldbus from the field device to a receiver of the telegram which telegram comprises a wanted data block which contains said information in the first data format and the second data format; and the information contained in the first data format is compared to the information contained in the second data format by the receiver of said telegram. | 44,599 |
8,697,428 | 1. A method of using a heat-stable carbonic anhydrase for extraction of carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide-containing medium, comprising contacting a carbon dioxide-containing medium with a heat stable carbonic anhydrase that maintains activity at temperatures above 60° C. for at least 15 minutes, wherein the heat stable carbonic anhydrase is an alpha-carbonic anhydrase which is at least 85% identical to the alpha-carbonic anhydrase from Bacillus halodurans (SEQ ID NO: 16), wherein carbon dioxide is extracted from the carbon dioxide-containing medium, and wherein the carbon dioxide-containing medium has a temperature between 45° C. and 80° C. | 25,322 |
9,472,392 | 1. A method of forming a silicon oxide layer, the method comprising: placing a patterned substrate in a substrate processing region of a substrate processing chamber, wherein the patterned substrate comprises a high aspect ratio gap; (i) flowing a silicon-containing precursor into the substrate processing region and forming a silicon-containing plasma by applying a silicon-containing plasma power to the substrate processing region, wherein the patterned substrate is maintained at below 200° C. during operation (i), (ii) removing process effluents including unreacted silicon-containing precursor from the substrate processing region, (iii) flowing an oxygen-containing precursor into the substrate processing region and forming an oxygen-containing plasma by applying an oxygen-containing plasma power to the substrate processing region, wherein the patterned substrate is maintained at below 200° C. during operation (iii), and (iv) removing process effluents including unreacted oxygen-containing precursor from the substrate processing region. | 13,925 |
9,835,210 | 1. A method for learning a clutch torque of a Dual Clutch Transmission for a vehicle, the method comprising: judging whether shifting begins; controlling a torque transmission of a coupling-side clutch and a release-side clutch to cross each other while following a coupling-side target clutch torque when shifting begins; and calculating and storing a learning value, after the controlling step has begun, using a function determined by a relationship between an average value of an engine angular acceleration and a coupling-side shifter input-shaft angular acceleration, an engine rotation inertia, and a torque compensated to the torque transmission of the coupling-side clutch for reducing a slippage of the release-side clutch by feedback control during a torque handover interval, wherein the calculating step calculates the learning value by adding the torque compensated to the torque transmission of the coupling-side clutch to a value acquired by multiplying the engine rotation inertia by the average value of the engine angular acceleration and the coupling-side shifter input-shaft angular acceleration. | 4,236 |
9,338,940 | 1. A drive system of a self-propelled machine incorporating engine stall protection, the drive system comprising: an engine in communication with a control unit, the engine configured for transmitting power and an engine load signal to the control unit; an actuation mechanism that is selectively actuatable by an operator to assign a desired ground speed of the self-propelled machine, the actuation mechanism being in communication with the control unit and configured to transmit a control signal to the control unit corresponding to the desired ground speed; and a transmission motor in communication with the control unit and configured to propel the self-propelled machine along a ground surface; wherein the control unit is configured to control the transmission motor to achieve an actual ground speed of the self-propelled machine along the ground surface based on both the control signal and a transmission motor current setpoint corresponding to a stall protection factor associated with the engine load signal that is determined by the control unit from a stall protection lookup table. | 46,872 |
9,223,460 | 1. A system for organizing presentation of web browser toolbars, comprising: one or more processors configured to: present a toolbar of a web browser, the toolbar having a search input area; and present one or more application icons on each of at least two sides of the search input area, wherein the one or more application icons are presented directly next to the search input area; upon receipt of an indication that a user has engaged a first application icon of the one or more application icons, present a first application window comprising content associated with the application icon, wherein the first application window is presented directly beneath the search input area of the toolbar such that the content associated with the application icon is utilized at least in part as a suggested search query for the search input area; receive user input associated with the first application window; determine the suggested search query based on the user input and the content associated with the application icon; and populate the search input area with the suggested search query. | 9,391 |
8,544,906 | 1. A pet waste removal system comprising: a waste container comprising: a lid operatively connected to the waste container, wherein the waste container is configured to rotate relative to the lid and, wherein further, when the waste container is in a first position relative to the lid, the lid substantially covers the opening and when the waste container is in a second position relative to the lid, the lid opens the opening; a handle operatively connected to a top portion of the lid; wherein the handle further comprises a handgrip located at a top portion of the handle; and wherein the handgrip further comprises a ring located at a top portion of the handgrip. | 46,485 |
8,828,622 | 1. A power generating cell comprising: a rectangular frame; an electrolyte membrane accommodated inside the frame; a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer provided to contact opposing surfaces of the electrolyte membrane; and a positive electrode-side separator and a negative electrode-side separator provided to contact opposing surfaces of the frame and the positive and negative electrode layers, respectively, the positive electrode-side separator and the negative electrode-side separator each comprising: an auxiliary belt-like groove is provided in a middle portion in a widthwise direction of each top wall, each auxiliary belt-like groove is parallel with each protrusion, and each auxiliary belt-like groove in each top wall is a recessed portion in each top wall, each recessed portion having a thickness that is thinner than a thickness of each top wall. | 19,057 |
9,236,511 | 1. A method for producing a semiconductor thin-film comprising: (a) electrodepositing, onto a substrate, from an aqueous bath into which a first metallic salt has been dissolved, a first layer comprising a first metal; (b) electrodepositing, onto the first layer, a second layer comprising a second metal; (c) electrodepositing, onto the second layer, from a non-aqueous ionic liquid into which a second metallic salt has been dissolved, a third layer comprising a third metal; and (d) annealing the first, second and third layers in chalcogen. | 23,982 |
9,643,721 | 1. An airborne device for generating power in a crosswind power generating phase, comprising: a body; at least one non-planar wing including at least two wing segments and at least two interconnecting side segments, the at least two wing segments extending substantially parallel to each other and positioned at a positive dihedral angle relative to a horizontal; a coupling mechanism arranged to couple the airborne device to a tether; an adjustment mechanism arranged to change a position of the at least two side segments of the at least one non-planar wing relative to the body allowing the airborne device to follow a predetermined flight path of increasing altitude during the crosswind power generating phase; and wherein the side segments are configured to generate aerodynamic lift in a direction substantially perpendicular to an actual flight path when the airborne device is directed to make turns during the crosswind power generating phase. | 38,865 |
9,729,102 | 1. A solar energy collection system, comprising: a frame comprising a plurality of tracking units for mounting the system on a suitable substrate, said frame lying along an axis, a plurality of said plurality of tracking units being disposed linearly along a portion of said frame to form a tracking assembly; and a plurality of solar panels disposed adjacent to one another on said frame, each of said solar panels comprising a top surface for collecting solar energy and directly converting the solar energy into electricity; a first set of said solar panels being movable about daily axes relative to a second set of said solar panels, the second set of said solar panels also being movable about daily axes relative to the first set of said solar panels, for tracking movement of the sun during the day, the daily axes lying in orientations which are generally orthogonal to an orientation of the frame axis, solar panels of said first set being arranged in alternating fashion with solar panels of said second set, each of said tracking units comprising a solar panel from each of said first and second sets; the plurality of said plurality of tracking units being arranged end-to-end on each tracking assembly, wherein the daily axes of each tracking unit are not coincident with one another on that tracking assembly; each of the first and second panels in each said tracking unit pivoting about its daily axis independently of the other of said first and second panels in that same tracking unit; and a drive system for pivoting each of said first and second panels in a tracking unit, said drive system being disposed on said frame; wherein a first solar panel in said first set is pivotally connected to a second solar panel in said second set, about one of said daily axes, on a hinge disposed therealong, to form one of said tracking units, the hinge being at a lowest position relative to each of the first and second solar panels, as measured from the frame, such that neither of the first and second solar panels is pivotable to an orientation where any part of the first or second solar panel is located at a position lower than the position of the hinge. | 38,244 |
8,940,014 | 1. An elongated member having a central longitudinal axis, comprising: a first elongated rod mandrel including a first flattened distal portion; a second elongated rod mandrel including a second flattened distal portion; a third elongated rod mandrel including a third flattened distal portion; wherein the first, second, and third elongated rod mandrels are fixed together such that the first, second, and third flattened distal portions are arranged perpendicular to radii extending out from the central longitudinal axis at 120-degree radial intervals; a coupling element having a lumen therethrough; and an elongate shaft; wherein the first, second, and third elongated rod mandrels are disposed within the lumen; wherein the coupling element fixes the first, second, and third elongated rod mandrels to the elongate shaft; wherein the coupling element includes a proximal portion having a first outer diameter and distal portion having a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter; wherein the proximal portion of the coupling element is inserted into a distal end of the elongate shaft such that the distal portion of the coupling element abuts the distal end of the elongate shaft to form a joint. | 17,755 |
9,800,159 | 1. A buck converter comprising: an output node; a ground node; an output capacitor coupled between the output node and the ground node; an inductor; a main switch that in a first portion of a switching cycle of the buck converter conducts a first current in a first current path, wherein the first current path extends through the main switch, and through the inductor, and to the output node of the buck converter; and a self-driven bipolar junction transistor (BJT) synchronous rectifier that conducts a second current in a second portion of the switching cycle in a second current path, wherein the second current path extends from the ground node of the buck converter, through the self-driven BJT synchronous rectifier, and through the inductor, and to the output node, wherein the self-driven BJT synchronous rectifier is off in the first portion of the switching cycle, wherein a collector of a bipolar transistor of the self-driven BJT synchronous rectifier is connected to a first end of the inductor, and wherein a base of the bipolar transistor of the self-driven BJT synchronous rectifier is connected to a first end of a second inductor, wherein a second end of the second inductor is connected to the output node, wherein a first plate of the output capacitor is connected to the second end of the inductor, and wherein a second plate of the output capacitor is connected to an emitter of the bipolar transistor of the self-driven BJT synchronous rectifier. | 24,196 |
8,793,278 | 1. A method for gathering data comprising: searching for storage devices coupled to a computer environment by communicating with an agent discovery service; receiving from the agent discovery service network configuration information for enabling communication with at least one of the storage devices; authenticating the at least one of the storage devices based on a first predetermined criterion; searching the authenticated at least one of the storage devices for data; sorting the data using a second predetermined criterion; binding matching data to an entity that collected the matching data; and presenting a user with a list of sorted data. | 561 |
8,480,922 | 1. A method for forming a lithium-metal composition, comprising: providing Li mixing a metal (M) powder into the Li heating the alloy phase from 310° to 480° C. to cause a reaction that forms a free flowing powder comprising grains of a metal nitride coated with a Li-metal alloy or lithium, wherein the Li-metal alloy is a nitrogen free Li-metal alloy or the lithium is a nitrogen free lithium. | 15,768 |
8,610,358 | 1. A lighting system, comprising: at least one light emitting diode; a power supply coupled to the at least one light emitting diode and operable to convert a received power signal into a feedback-regulated power signal that is provided to the at least one light emitting diode, the power supply, including: a feedback circuit coupled between the at least one light emitting diode and the switch and operable to vary a magnitude of the feedback-regulated power signal. | 15,532 |
9,097,197 | 1. A method of engine control optimization, the method comprising: detecting one or more operating conditions of a vehicle engine; determining a value for each of a plurality of engine control parameters including a first engine control parameter and a second engine control parameter based on the detected one or more operating conditions of the vehicle engine; tracking a duration during which a value of the one or more operating conditions are detected during operation of the vehicle engine; identifying a range of operating condition values including the values of the one or more operating conditions that are detected for durations greater than a threshold duration; defining a region of optimization based on the identified range; and initiating an engine control optimization routine when the one or more operating conditions of the vehicle engine are within the defined region of optimization, and wherein the engine control optimization routine includes | 29,123 |
9,822,746 | 1. A fuel injection control apparatus which controls a fuel injection valve that is equipped with a valve seat, a valve element, a movable core independent of the valve element, and a stationary core stopping displacement of the movable core, the fuel injection control apparatus comprising: a first valve opening timing determination portion configured to determine a first valve opening timing on the basis of a first collision signal that is included in input signals input from a detection portion detecting an operating state of the fuel injection valve and indicates a timing at which the valve element starts to be opened; and a second valve opening timing determination portion configured to determine a second valve opening timing on the basis of a second collision signal that is included in the input signals input and indicates a timing at which the valve element is fully opened. | 6,483 |
8,391,183 | 1. A method of relaying data, for use with a wireless network having a grid of cells, while reducing the computational work load of each wireless member unit (WMU) in a given cell with respect to a path between an originating WMU and a destination WMU, the method comprising: querying other available WMUs within signal range to acquire cell identification data of each other available WMU within signal range in the grid of cells, wherein the grid of cells is an ordered set of cells and each cell within the grid of cells has a multi-dimensional geographical shape; completing calculations, based on the acquired cell identification data, to create a cell level routing table based on those portions of said path that are within said cell; and relaying the data toward the destination WMU using said routing table to deliver said data to a first WMU on the path, the first WMU selected based on defined criteria for reducing the computational work load of each WMU in the given cell with respect to the path. | 37,209 |
9,182,797 | 1. A method comprising: setting a minimum performance operating limit and a maximum performance operating limit for each of a plurality of processing units in a system, wherein the minimum performance operating limit and the maximum performance operating limit are set in accordance with performance rules imposed on the system; and in response to a request to change operation of a first processing unit of the plurality of processing units to a requested operational setting, the first processing unit, | 49,594 |
8,523,726 | 1. A hybrid drive for a motor vehicle comprising: a combustion engine; a transmission ( an electric machine being positioned between the combustion engine and the transmission ( the transmission input shaft ( the rotor ( a radial shaft seal ( wherein a bearing circlip ( | 31,423 |
9,426,636 | 1. A method of providing a circuit-switched (CS) service to a User Equipment (UE) over an SAE core network and an LTE radio access network, said method comprising the steps of: extending an SGs interface to provide an SGs+ interface between a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in the SAE core network and a Mobile Switching Center Server (MSC-S), wherein the SGs+ interface supports transmission of upper layer packet data units; transferring CS service messages in SGs+ messages sent between the MSC-S and the MME utilizing the SGs+ interface, wherein the step of transferring CS service messages includes sending from the MSC-S to the MME, an SGs+ downlink data transfer message including upper layer packet data units destined for a terminating UE, or sending from the MME to the MSC-S, an SGs+ uplink data transfer message including upper layer packet data units originated by an originating UE; and transferring CS service message contents between the MME and the UE via the LTE radio access network in non-access stratum (NAS) messages; wherein the CS service is a Short Message Service (SMS) and the step of transferring CS service messages includes sending from the MSC-S to the MME, an SGs+ downlink data transfer message, said SGs+ downlink data transfer message comprising SMS message content destined for the terminating UE. | 12,458 |
8,891,617 | 1. A method for processing video data, the video data being contained in a matrix, the method comprising: reading the video data along a predetermined scanning pattern through the matrix; determining a first context model for a first element of the matrix along a scanning line of the scanning pattern based on neighboring elements of the first element that are not along the scanning line by: processing the element based on the first context model. | 32,643 |
9,558,994 | 1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: forming an interlayer insulating layer on a substrate including a first region and a second region, the interlayer insulating layer filling a space between first conductive patterns on the first region and a space between second conductive patterns on the second region, the first conductive patterns being spaced apart from each other by a first distance and the second conductive patterns being spaced apart from each other by a second distance greater than the first distance; etching the interlayer insulating layer to expose sidewalls of the first conductive patterns and form at least one recess region disposed between the second conductive patterns, the recess region having a width corresponding to the first distance; and forming a diffusion barrier insulating layer on the substrate, the diffusion barrier insulating layer forming a first gap between two of the first conductive patterns and a second gap in the recess region. | 43,743 |
9,829,051 | 1. A synchronizer for a gearbox comprising at least one secondary shaft, a hub rotationally coupled to said secondary shaft and having internal splines, and a sleeve comprising internal splines and suitable for being translated with respect to said hub so that the internal splines of the hub are closely coupled to dogs of an idling pinion; said hub and sleeve defining at least one ratio of the gearbox, said synchronizer further comprising a flange comprising a sub-hub which is fixedly secured to said secondary shaft and which is provided with external splines; said internal splines of said hub being capable of cooperating with said external splines of said sub-hub to allow translation of said sleeve with respect to the sub-hub and to ensure a narrow coupling of said inner splines of the sleeve to said dogs with a minimum translational margin regardless of dimensional manufacturing variations of said sleeve and idling pinion. | 11,551 |
9,499,695 | 1. A polycarbonate resin composition comprising polycarbonate resin (A) and a total of 5 to 30 parts by mass of an oligomeric phosphoric acid ester flame retardant (B1) and a phosphazene flame retardant (B2), 3 to 9.7 parts by mass of a siloxane-based core/shell elastomer (C) and 0.8 to 5 parts by mass of carbon black (D) with respect to 100 parts by mass of polycarbonate resin (A), wherein a content ratio of the oligomeric phosphoric acid ester flame retardant (B1) to the phosphazene flame retardant (B2) is 1 to 49 mass % of (B1):99 to 51 mass % of (B2), the siloxane-based core/shell elastomer (C) has a silicon content of 9.1 to 30 mass % and a number-average particle size in the range of 50 to 1,000 nm, and a flow rate per unit time of the resin composition is 15 to 50×10 | 33,669 |
8,429,870 | 1. A plank comprising: a first edge having a tongue; a second edge having a downwardly-extending rib, wherein said first and second edges are on opposite sides of said plank and comprise different mechanical interlocking structures; and a disengageable connector comprising a bottom, a first arm, a second arm and a third arm, each arm extending from the bottom, the bottom comprising a flat bottom surface portion that lies on a first horizontal plane, the connector further having a groove between the second arm and the third arm being detachably connectible with said tongue and a rib-receiving portion between the third arm and first arm being detachably connectible with said rib, wherein said connector being detachably connected at the first edge or the second edge of the plank, wherein the first arm extending upward from the bottom having first and second sidewalls extending vertically upward from the bottom, and a top planar surface extending between the first and second sidewalls, the second arm curving upwardly from the bottom surface portion of the connector and extending away from the third arm, and the third arm being located intermediate the first and second arms, said third arm extending upward from the bottom and including an initial upward extending portion and an integral horizontal extension extending toward a distal end of the second arm, wherein the horizontal extension having lower and upper planar sides. | 28,272 |
8,460,906 | 1. A system for making a solvent or organic acid, comprising a bioreactor that comprises: a) growth medium in contact with a solid or semi-solid support; and b) product tolerant microorganisms of the | 8,094 |
9,116,700 | 1. A computer memory system comprising: a memory array with a plurality of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices; an error correcting code decoder configured to: a power switching logic configured to: | 24,713 |
9,290,290 | 1. A blank for being repeatably assembled into a box configuration without the use of adhesives, the blank comprising: a one-piece slab of fluted plastic material, the slab comprising a plurality of flutes, each of the plurality of flutes having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axes of the plurality of flutes oriented parallel to one another, the one-piece slab of fluted material defining at least: | 15,700 |
9,805,668 | 1. A method of reducing artefacts in an image displayed by an active matrix non-volatile electro-optic display and non-volatile electro-optic display driver, the non-volatile electro-optic display driver comprising a plurality of active matrix pixel drivers each driving a respective pixel of the non-volatile electro-optic display, each active matrix pixel driver having an associated storage capacitor coupled to a common backplane connection of the non-volatile electro-optic display driver, pixels of the non-volatile electro-optic display having a common pixel electrode, the method comprising: disconnecting said common pixel electrode from a common pixel electrode power supply such that said common pixel electrode is floating; controlling a common backplane power supply to clamp said common backplane connection to a first defined voltage level, wherein said first defined voltage level is a zero volts level; and after said disconnecting and said controlling, driving the non-volatile electro-optic display with a null frame during a power-down procedure of the display, wherein the non-volatile electro-optic display is driven with the null frame whilst the common pixel electrode is floating and the common backplane connection is clamped to the first defined voltage level, and wherein said null frame comprises a frame of data values defining no change in a displayed colour or brightness level. | 33,461 |
8,354,356 | 1. A process for preparing a DMC catalyst comprising reacting a cyanometalate compound with a metal salt, wherein the reacting is carried out in a solvent or a suspension media consisting of an ionic liquid to form a precipitation suspension comprising the DMC catalyst, and separating the DMC catalyst from the precipitation suspension. | 24,900 |
8,360,950 | 1. A brachytherapy device for irradiating tissue surrounding a body cavity within a patient, comprising: an elongated shaft having an inner lumen, a wall at least in part defining the inner lumen, a plurality of lumens within the wall and a central longitudinal axis; a distal shaft portion having a treatment location and a plurality of longitudinally separated wall segments, with at least one of the wall segments having a lumen extending therein configured to receive a radiation source; and a support member extending within the distal shaft portion to support the plurality of longitudinally separated wall segments in off-set positions, wherein the support member has an inner lumen which is in fluid communication with the inner lumen defined by the wall of the elongated shaft and which is configured to receive the radiation source, wherein the inner lumen of the support member has a tubular member therein which has a lumen that receives the radiation source, and wherein the inner lumen of the shaft has a tubular member therein which has a lumen in fluid communication with the lumen of the tubular member within the support member which directs the radiation source to the lumen of the tubular member within the support member. | 22,317 |
8,389,474 | 1. A method to improve the viability of a harvested allograft transplant tissue or organ, said harvested allograft tissue or organ having inflammation from compromised arterial perfusion and/or exposure to cold temperature, comprising: harvesting said allograft tissue or organ; and contacting said harvested allograft tissue or organ directly with a cold temperature storage medium containing an IL-1β targeted therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of an IL-1β receptor antagonist, an IL-1 TRAP, and an IL-1β monoclonal antibody; wherein said IL-1β targeted therapeutic agent neutralizes IL-1β derived from pro-IL-1β released from said harvested allograft tissue or organ and reduces said inflammation in said harvested allograft tissue or organ associated with compromised arterial perfusion and/or exposure to cold temperature, wherein said harvested allograft tissue or organ is flushed with said cold temperature storage medium containing an IL-1β targeted therapeutic agent immediately after time of harvest. | 39,347 |
8,771,039 | 1. A polishing jig for use in polishing ends of optical fibers connected to optical connectors, the jig comprising: at least first, second and third tube structures disposed on a front side of the jig, the first, second and third tube structures having first, second and third openings, respectively, formed therein that extend from the front side of the jig to a backside of the jig, the openings being generally cylindrical in shape and having first, second and third diameters, the first, second and third openings having first, second and third longitudinal axes, respectively, corresponding to first, second and third optical axes, respectively, of the first, second and third tube structures, respectively, wherein the first, second and third longitudinal axes are substantially parallel to one another, wherein the first and second longitudinal axes are separated from each other by a first distance, D | 9,977 |
9,047,185 | 1. A method for recovering from an abnormal termination error condition, the method comprising: detecting when an abnormal termination error condition has occurred; determining whether the abnormal termination error condition was due to a program referencing storage that has not been obtained; determining whether the storage that has not been obtained was recently freed storage; and, reobtaining the recently freed storage when the storage that has not been obtained is recently freed storage; and wherein the determining whether the storage that has not been obtained was recently freed comprises scanning a history of storage freeing operations; and, the abnormal termination error comprises a page translation exception event. | 5,436 |
9,629,214 | 1. A method of controlling current on a light emitting device path, comprising: (a) providing a light emitting device path including one or more light emitting devices connected in series; (b) detecting the state of the light emitting device path according to a comparison between a node voltage on the light emitting device path and a predetermined reference voltage, wherein when the node voltage is lower than the predetermined reference voltage, it is determined that the light emitting device path is in a normal operation state wherein each light emitting device on the light emitting device path creates a normal voltage drop, and when the node voltage is higher than the predetermined reference voltage, it is determined that the light emitting device path is not in the normal operation state wherein the light emitting device path has a voltage drop lower than a total of the normal voltage drops; (c) conducting a relatively high current on the light emitting device path in the normal operation state, and conducting a relatively low or no current on the light emitting device path when the light emitting device path is not in the normal operation state, such that when the light emitting device path is connected to a voltage level for supplying power to the light emitting device path but the light emitting device path has a voltage drop lower than a total of the normal voltage drops, there is only low or no current on the light emitting device path; and (d) after the light emitting device path has been determined not in the normal operation state, checking whether the light emitting device path resumes to the normal operation state by determining whether the node voltage is lower than the predetermined reference voltage. | 35,746 |
8,557,318 | 1. A method of fractionating oil seed extraction material, comprising the steps of: a) establishing an amount of oil seed extraction material in an amount of supercritical carbon dioxide in a first oil seed extraction material separation zone at a temperature of between about 60° C. and about 110° C.; b) adjusting pressure of said amount of oil seed extraction material in said amount of supercritical carbon dioxide in said first oil seed extraction material separation zone to between about 200 bar and about 400 bar to achieve a density of said supercritical fluid of between about 0.75 g/mL and about 0.85 g/mL; and c) separating a phosphatide fraction from said oil seed extraction material in said amount of supercritical carbon dioxide resulting in a triglyceride fraction and a fatty acid fraction remaining in said amount of supercritical carbon dioxide. | 42,787 |
8,429,196 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a query that requires one or more XML nodes that are binary-encoded; in response to receiving the query, requesting binary-encoded XML data from one or more data sources, wherein the binary-encoded XML data is a compact binary representation of textual XML data; determining that a particular node reflected in the binary-encoded XML data satisfies one or more criteria of the query; after determining that the particular node satisfies one or more criteria of the query and before extracting content of the particular node, determining whether the particular node is simple or complex, wherein a node is simple if the node has no child elements and no associated attributes, wherein a node is complex if the node has at least one child element or at least one attribute; if it is determined that the particular node is complex, then extracting, from the binary-encoded XML data, a scalar value of the particular node by performing a first set of one or more operations; if it is determined that the particular node is simple, then extracting, from the binary-encoded XML data, a scalar value of the particular node without performing the first set of one or more operations; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. | 49,177 |
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