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8,500,768 | 1. A system to safely perform transseptal puncture in which an apparatus is capable of being employed from the left-atrium across the atrial septum into the right atrium comprising: a steerable left-sided catheter with an inner deployable and retractable transseptal element, and a right-sided, larger inner diameter female mating guide catheter, wherein the two catheters are capable of being guided towards one another to identify the inter-atrial septum, the steerable left-sided catheter's transseptal member being deployed across the septum and within the right-sided guide catheter, the steerable left-sided catheter then being advanced, without advancing the inner element, into the guide catheter, and then the right-sided guide catheter being advanced across the septum into the left atrium. | 7,622 |
9,249,541 | 1. A method of making a roof-covering element, for a sloping roof, said roof-covering element being fully impregnated with bitumen, the method comprising: a first step of making a plant fiber element by hot compression molding in a mold cavity of a mold from an aqueous composition of plant fibers that is compressed and heated in said mold until said plant fiber element has a dry matter content of at least 60%; a second step of after extracting the plant fiber element from the mold, drying said plant fiber element to a dry matter content of at least 98% in said plant fiber element; and a third step of fully impregnating said dried plant fiber element with a hot bitumen to produce a bitumen-impregnated element, wherein during the first step, prior to pressurizing and heating the mold, implementing a prior stage of concentrating the dry matter of the aqueous composition of plant fibers in the mold by applying suction to the mold cavity for a duration such that a dry fraction of the aqueous composition of plant fibers remaining in the mold at the end of the prior concentration stage is at least 20%. | 14,714 |
9,618,955 | 1. A power factor correction (PFC) controller, comprising: a driver circuit coupled to vary the switching frequency of the power switch of the PFC converter in response to an input current of a PFC converter and an input voltage of the PFC converter and to output a third signal to switch the power switch of the PFC converter to control the input current to substantially follow the input voltage; and a frequency adjust circuit coupled to receive an error voltage signal representative of an output of the PFC converter, wherein the frequency adjust circuit is further coupled to output an adjusted error signal to adjust the end of the off time of the power switch of the PFC converter in response to the error voltage signal; a first integrator coupled to integrate an input current of a PFC converter, wherein a first signal is generated in response to the first integrator to end an on time of a power switch of the PFC converter; and a second integrator coupled to integrate a difference between a constant voltage and an input voltage of the PFC converter, wherein a second signal is generated in response to the second integrator to end an off time of the power switch of the PFC converter; wherein the driver circuit is coupled to vary the switching frequency of the power switch of the PFC converter in response to the first signal and the second signal. | 1,318 |
8,915,955 | 1. A branch vessel stent graft system comprising: a stent graft having a first open end, a second open end, a side wall, and a fenestration in the side wall, the fenestration having a diameter; a branch vessel stent graft having a proximal end, a distal end; a body portion configured for placement in a body vessel branching from a main body vessel, and a fixation coupling positioned at or near the proximal end and configured for placement within the fenestration; where the fixation coupling comprises a proximal end, a distal end, a distal non-helical ring coupled to the distal end and having a diameter, a proximal non-helical ring coupled to the proximal end and having a diameter, and a hyperboloid shaped region positioned between the non-helical rings and having an apex with a diameter, and first and second outer extents, where the diameters of both of the non-helical rings are larger than any diameter of the hyperboloid shaped region, where the diameter of the apex of the hyperboloid shaped region is greater than the diameter of the fenestration, and where, when the fixation coupling is placed within the fenestration the hyperboloid shaped region provides a fluid tight seal with the fenestration while permitting multi-directional movement of the branch vessel stent graft. | 40,242 |
8,621,236 | 1. A method for activating a function of a chipset comprising at least a memory and a calculation module in charge of cryptographic operations, the memory containing at least a seed and the calculation module containing at least one cryptographic algorithm, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one of a segmentation key, a global key and a global cryptographic algorithm selector; transmitting at least two items selected from the group consisting of the seed, the received segmentation key, the global key and the global cryptographic algorithm selector to the calculation module, each of the items being provided by different entities among a chipset manufacturer, an entity in charge of a personalization of the chipset and a security provider; generating, in the calculation module, a temporary key by using one of said at least one cryptographic algorithm of the calculation module and at least the two items; receiving an activation message by the calculation module; receiving an authentication code of said message by the calculation module, said message authentication code being computed using the temporary key; verifying the authenticity of said received message by using the message authentication code and the temporary key; if the received message is authentic, activating a corresponding function of the chipset; and if the received message is not authentic, denying the activation of said corresponding function of the chipset. | 7,202 |
9,755,890 | 1. A method, implemented by a computer system that includes one or more processors, for collecting configuration data from one or more sources, the method comprising: beginning a parallel process of collecting configuration data from a configuration model that is comprised of multiple identified sub-models and identified sources, wherein at least one sub-model describes how to collect configuration information from at least one source; creating a partitioned configuration result store for a selected sub-model and source, wherein the selected sub-model includes metadata that provides information indicating how often updated configuration data from the selected source is to be gathered; at least partially based on the information indicating how often updated configuration data from the selected source is to be gathered, invoking the selected sub-model against the selected source to collect updated configuration data, wherein the invoked sub-model includes a script that runs to collect the configuration data and instructions for validating the collected configuration data; receiving, at a repository server, the updated configuration data from the selected sub-model and source based upon one or more requests defined within the selected sub-model; and storing the updated configuration data in the created partitioned configuration result store for the selected sub-model and source. | 43,415 |
8,897,473 | 1. An acoustic generator, comprising: a film; a frame member disposed on an outer peripheral edge of the film; a plurality of piezoelectric elements disposed on the film and inside the frame member; and a resin layer disposed inside the frame member so as to cover the piezoelectrics elements, wherein a total thickness of a first piezoelectric element, a part of the film on which the first piezoelectric element is disposed, and a part of the resin layer on which the first piezoelectric element is disposed, is different from a total thickness of a second piezoelectric element, a part of the film on which the second piezoelectric element is disposed, and a part of the resin layer on which the second piezoelectric element is disposed. | 33,852 |
9,108,374 | 1. A curing bladder comprising an elastomeric composition comprising 100 parts by weight of elastomer, a curative, and from 1 phr to 50 phr of a hydrocarbon polymer modifier, wherein the elastomer comprises at least one isobutylene based elastomer, wherein the hydrocarbon polymer modifier comprises monomers selected from the group consisting of piperylenes, cyclic pentadienes, aromatics, limonenes, pinenes, amylenes, and combinations thereof, and wherein the cyclic pentadienes comprise at least 10 weight percent of the monomers by total weight of the monomers, wherein the hydrocarbon polymer modifier has a number average molecular weight in the amount of about 350 g/mole to about 450 g/mole and a Ring and Ball Softening Point in the amount of about 120° C. to about 125° C. | 38,535 |
8,603,699 | 1. A proton conductive electrolyte made of AB( 1-x )M x O 3 structure perovskite, wherein: the x is 0.1 to less than 0.3; the A is Ba; the B is Ce; and the M is Lu. | 19,924 |
8,781,666 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine; an electric motor connected to the engine via a gear; and a controller configured to perform noise reduction control that includes at least one of increasing a rotational speed of the engine to a value that is equal to or higher than a given value and changing an output torque of the electric motor to a value that is out of a given range including zero, provided that a target output torque of the electric motor is within the given range including zero and a target rotational speed of the engine is lower than the given value, during deceleration accompanied by motoring of the engine in which an output shaft of the engine is rotated using torque from at least one of the electric motor and drive wheels of the vehicle when an ignition of the engine is off. | 27,099 |
9,139,301 | 1. A curtain divider for an aircraft interior containing pivot stow bins, comprising: a first fabric curtain, having: | 25,243 |
8,667,212 | 1. A method comprising: coalescing a first one of a plurality of logical partitions stored in a first one of a plurality of pages of a non-volatile, less-fine-grained memory and a second one of the plurality of logical partitions stored in a second one of the plurality of pages of the less-fine-grained memory into separate regions in a particular page of a write buffer in a volatile, fine-grained memory, wherein each of the plurality of pages of the less-fine-grained memory is enabled to store a respective two or more of the plurality of logical partitions, and wherein a minimum writable unit of the less-fine-grained memory is one of the plurality of pages of the less-fine-grained memory; writing, subsequent to the coalescing, the particular page of the write buffer to a third one of the plurality of pages of the less-fine-grained memory, wherein the first page, the second page, and the third page are all different ones of the plurality of pages of the less-fine-grained memory; and maintaining a map comprising a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries associating a respective one of a plurality of elements with a respective one of the plurality of logical partitions of a respective one of the plurality of pages of the less-fine-grained memory, and wherein prior to the writing, a first one of the plurality of elements is associated with the first logical partition via a first one of the plurality of entries of the map, and a second one of the plurality of elements is associated with the second logical partition via a second one of the plurality of entries of the map. | 12,275 |
9,542,091 | 1. A computing device that is in communication with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, comprising: one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: | 1,611 |
9,324,983 | 1. A module for a battery for a vehicle comprising: a metal shielding case for housing a battery pack; and a junction box being housed inside the metal shielding case, the junction box having resin cases of a relay, an electric component, and a resin case cover, wherein: the resin cases of the relay and the electric component are fixed to a bottom wall of the shielding case or to a surface of a metal plate fixed to the bottom wall, and a first electric wire is laid out on the metal plate, the resin case cover of the junction box is put on in a state where the relay and the electric component fixed to the bottom wall or the metal plate as well as the first electric wire are covered with the case cover, upper surfaces of the relay and the electric component are exposed through openings provided in the case cover, the case cover is fixed to the shielding case by fastening and electrically connecting contact portions provided on the upper surfaces of a second electric wire and a bus bar disposed on the case cover, and contact portions of the relay and contact portions of the electric component, which are connected to the first electric wire, are provided on a side surface of the relay and a side surface of the electric component such that the first electric wire passes through a through hole provided on a side wall of the case cover. | 8,941 |
9,764,733 | 1. A driveline method, comprising: adjusting an electric machine to a first speed responsive to a request to start an engine; adjusting the electric machine to a second speed, lower than the first speed, after achieving the first speed responsive to the request to start the engine; and starting the engine via closing a driveline disconnect clutch while or after transitioning the electric machine to the second speed responsive to the request to start the engine. | 47,093 |
8,502,914 | 1. A circuit-substrate support structure comprising: a circuit substrate having electronic components mounted thereon; a rear panel to which at least a portion of the circuit substrate is affixed; a first substrate-holding member provided to hold the circuit substrate at one side edge of the circuit substrate; a second substrate-holding member, separate from the rear panel, provided to hold another side edge of the circuit substrate, opposite the one side edge; and an elastic member, separate from the rear panel, provided at a side of the second substrate-holding member opposite the circuit substrate to hold the circuit substrate by applying elasticity in a surface direction of the circuit substrate. | 10,241 |
8,952,901 | 1. A mobile device, comprising: a pressure detecting unit for detecting a magnitude of pressure; a manipulation unit for receiving a user-manipulation; and a control unit for controlling the manipulation unit to activate if the pressure detecting unit detects pressure and for determining a function to be performed in response to a manipulation input through the manipulation unit, in accordance with the magnitude of pressure detected at the pressure detecting unit. | 25,741 |
9,219,492 | 1. A load-less two-stage Successive-Approximation Register (SAR) assisted pipeline Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) comprising: a first stage which comprises: a second stage which comprises: a connecting amplifier which comprises: whereby the second-stage switched capacitors are used for op amp feedback and for binary conversion. | 46,789 |
9,819,958 | 1. A drawing system comprising: an information processing apparatus including the terminal apparatus including wherein, when the decoding of the video data catches up with the drawing timing, | 37,443 |
9,730,397 | 1. A greenhouse, comprising: a growing section; and an air or gas distribution system within said growing section, said distribution system comprising one or more conduits for distributing air or gas within said greenhouse, said conduits comprising an inner conduit within an outer conduit, said conduits carrying air or gas, with a main airflow entering said growing section from said distribution system passing into said conduits, said inner conduit comprising inner conduit holes to allow said main air flow within said conduits to pass from within said inner conduit and said outer conduit comprising outer conduit holes that allow air or gas passing from said inner conduit to pass into said growing section, wherein said inner and outer conduit holes are offset such that each inner conduit hole is offset from each outer conduit hole such that said inner and outer conduit hole offset is configured to compensate for turbulence or pressure within said conduits, such that a substantially equal distribution of air or gas exits said outer conduit from along the length of said outer conduit to provide substantially equal distribution or air or gas throughout said growing section. | 46,127 |
8,986,633 | 1. A method of separating copper from iron in an aqueous solution containing dissolved copper and iron values, the method comprising: contacting the aqueous solution with a water-immiscible organic solution comprising a hydrocarbon solvent and a 3-methyl ketoxime having a structure represented by: separating the organic phase from the resultant aqueous phase; and recovering copper values from the organic phase. | 45,904 |
8,632,702 | 1. A dispersion of silicon/germanium nanoparticles comprising a polar organic liquid and at least about 0.1 weight percent silicon/germanium nanoparticles, wherein the silicon/germanium nanoparticles have an average primary particle diameter of no more than about 100 nm, and a volume-average secondary particle diameter of no more than about 250 nm and a hydrogenated surface with Si/Ge—H bonds, wherein the silicon/germanium nanoparticles comprise a dopant selected from the group consisting of B, Al, Ga, P, As, Sb, and combinations thereof, and wherein the dispersion has no settling without mixing after one hour. | 27,572 |
8,556,703 | 1. A method of gaming for use with a gaming system having a gaming controller, the method comprising: conducting a game via the gaming controller requiring a player to make a choice between at least one optimal action and at least one sub-optimal action having a lower return to player than said at least one optimal action such that the difference between the sub-optimal action and the optimal action represents a lost return to player; receiving via the gaming controller a player choice of one of the actions; conducting via the gaming controller a trial for an award 1) irrespective of whether the player chooses an optimal or sub-optimal action and 2) in which the probability of success of the trial is determined based on a relationship between the lost return to player and the award, such that an expected return to player from the trial compensates the player for the lost return to player in response to the choice being a sub-optimal action; and adjusting via the gaming controller the probability of winning the award during play of the trial based on whether the player chooses an optimal action or sub-optimal action. | 34,839 |
8,894,540 | 1. A vehicle control system comprising: an engine; an electric machine; a disconnect clutch; a transmission selectively receiving torque from one or both of the engine and the electric machine; and wherein the electric machine may be engaged through the disconnect clutch in response to an engine shut down signal to reduce speed of the engine and to cut fuel to the engine until the engine is stopped, wherein in response to the engine shut down signal the vehicle control system is configured to: | 35,546 |
8,654,288 | 1. A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device, the device including: an LCD panel that has a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; and a number of pixels that are arranged in matrix, the first substrate including: a pixel electrode, which is arranged in an associated one of the pixels; a switching element, which is electrically connected to the pixel electrode; a scan line for supplying a scan signal to the switching element; and a signal line for supplying a display signal to the switching element, the second substrate including a counter electrode that faces the pixel electrode, each said pixel including: a liquid crystal capacitor that is formed by its associated pixel electrode, the liquid crystal layer and the counter electrode; and a storage capacitor that is formed by a storage capacitor electrode, an insulating layer and a storage capacitor counter electrode, the storage capacitor electrode being electrically connected to the pixel electrode, the storage capacitor counter electrode facing the storage capacitor electrode with the insulating layer interposed, the LCD panel further including: two alignment films, one of which is arranged between the pixel electrode and the liquid crystal layer and the other of which is arranged between the counter electrode and the liquid crystal layer; and alignment sustaining layers, each of which is arranged on the surface of an associated one of the alignment films so as to contact with the liquid crystal layer, is made of a photopolymerization product, and defines the pretilt directions of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer when no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the method comprises the steps of: | 23,211 |
9,599,637 | 1. An embedded sensor apparatus comprising: a substrate with a cavity; a wireless sensor embedded in the cavity of the substrate; a protective cover coupled to the wireless sensor; and a ferrite layer covering the protective cover, wherein the ferrite layer comprises a ferrite material selected based in part on an operating frequency of the wireless sensor. | 14,693 |
9,584,400 | 1. A method comprising: identifying at least two routers accessible to a source node via a mesh network; determining one or more link layer metrics for links between the source node and each of the at least two routers; determining network layers metrics for the at least two routers; determining that the link layer metrics override the network layer metrics; determining, using the link layers metrics, a selected router from among the at least two routers for routing traffic from the source node to a network other than the mesh network in response to the link layer metrics overriding the network layer metrics; and causing traffic to be routed from the source node to the network other than the mesh network through the selected router in response to determining the selected router from among the at least two routers. | 34,112 |
9,402,280 | 1. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit data at a first frequency on a first radio access technology; a receiver configured to receive data at the first frequency on the first radio access technology; a processor configured to: a first phase lock loop associated with the transmitter and a second phase locked loop associated with the receiver, wherein tuning the transmitter comprises tuning the first phase locked loop to the first frequency and tuning the receiver comprises tuning the second phase locked loop from the first frequency to the second frequency. | 34,914 |
9,517,539 | 1. A substrate-retaining device comprising: a substantially circular first surface having a perimeter defined thereupon; a plurality of contact regions disposed at the perimeter; and a plurality of noncontact regions disposed at the perimeter and interspersed with the plurality of contact regions, wherein the contact regions extend above the noncontact regions towards a retained substrate, wherein the first surface within each of the noncontact regions extends past the first surface within each of the contact regions, and wherein a contact surface of each of the contact regions is configured to contact an edge of the retained substrate without contacting either of two surfaces of the retained substrate that extend from the edge. | 29,538 |
9,595,368 | 1. A cable assembly, comprising: a conductor; a self-cleaning layer surrounding the conductor, the self-cleaning layer comprising one or more of a photocatalyst and an electrocatalyst; and an intermediate layer surrounding the conductor and disposed between the conductor and the self-cleaning layer, the intermediate layer formed from an inorganic, non-photocatalytic material; and wherein the one or more of the photocatalyst and electrocatalyst are in a crystalline state and have an average particle size of 1 nm to 100 nm, and the cable assembly comprises a water contact angle smaller than a cable assembly without the self-cleaning layer when measured in accordance with ASTM D5725-99 (2008) after exposure to ultraviolet light for 60 minutes or more. | 29,201 |
8,711,095 | 1. A programmable user input device comprising: a microcontroller carried by the programmable user input device; a plurality of control inputs; and a nonvolatile memory for storing user-defined programming instructions, said user-defined programming instructions executable by the microcontroller and adapted to program at least one of the plurality of control inputs to correspond to at least one user-defined depression, the at least one user-defined depression performed on at least one other control input of the plurality of control inputs; wherein the microcontroller is configured to program individually each of the plurality of control inputs in response to user depression of at least one of the plurality of control inputs; wherein the microcontroller is configured to be switchable from a standard mode to a programmable mode in response to actuation of a first predefined set of the plurality of control inputs; wherein the programming of each of the plurality of control inputs is performed when the microcontroller is in the programmable mode; wherein the microcontroller is configured for creating and storing a plurality of user-defined profiles on the nonvolatile memory; wherein each user-defined profile within the plurality of user-defined profiles corresponds to an assignment of at least one of the plurality of control inputs to a particular one of the plurality of control inputs; and wherein a user-defined profile is switchable to a different user-defined profile in response to actuation of a second predefined set of the plurality of control inputs. | 29,817 |
9,028,847 | 1. A sodium alginate crosslinked moxifloxacin sustained-release microsphere, comprising: a drug carrier, adsorbent, anti-tuberculosis drug active ingredient, strengthening agent and curing agent, wherein the carrier is sodium alginate, the adsorbent is human serum albumin or bovine serum albumin, the anti-tuberculosis drug active ingredient is water-insoluble moxifloxacin, the strengthening agent is gelatin or hyaluronic acid, and the curing agent is a salt of a divalent metal cation, wherein the water-insoluble moxifloxacin is dissolved in an aqueous solution comprising the adsorbent before preparing the microsphere. | 1,425 |
9,358,493 | 1. A swing adsorption contactor system comprising: a plurality of hollow rigid liners each having an inner surface and open axial ends, adjacent liners being fixedly connected to each other; a monolith adsorbent contactor being disposed within each liner, each monolith adsorbent contactor having an outer surface spaced from the inner surface of the liner; and a bonding agent being disposed in the space between the outer surface of the monolith adsorbent contactor and the inner surface of the liner to form a seal to prevent gaseous flow in the space. | 14,690 |
8,564,203 | 1. A discharge lamp unit comprising: a supporting member supporting a discharge lamp; a circuit substrate for supplying electric power to the discharge lamp; a housing case member which supports the circuit substrate in an inside space thereof and supports the supporting member so that the supporting member is exposed to an outside of the housing case member; a separation wall which separates the supporting member from the circuit substrate in the inside space of the housing case member; a hollow part formed between the separation wall and the circuit substrate; and a plurality of component mounting parts having a cup shape formed at the supporting member side observed from the separation wall, wherein each of the component mounting parts has a bottom part, and the bottom part is a part of the separation wall; wherein the housing case member supports the supporting member and the separation wall so that the supporting member is separated from the separation wall, and the supporting member is arranged at a predetermined distance from the separation wall. | 14,852 |
9,520,529 | 1. A method of forming a p-type diffusion layer, the method comprising: providing a composition for forming a p-type diffusion layer, the composition comprising a glass powder and a dispersion medium, wherein the glass powder has a diameter of 10 μm or less and includes an acceptor element and a total amount of a life time killer element in the glass powder is 1000 ppm or less; applying the composition for forming a p-type diffusion layer to a semiconductor substrate; and conducting a thermal diffusion treatment to diffuse the acceptor element into the semiconductor substrate. | 48,534 |
8,561,232 | 1. An apparatus for protecting a person from an item in contact with said person, comprising: a first case comprising a proximal side configured to be positioned in contact with the person and a distal side configured to be positioned in contact with the item in contact with the person, wherein the proximal and distal sides are fastened together to define a first internal cavity; a first cushion device positioned inside the first internal cavity; at least one first distal fastener strap affixed to said distal side of the first case, wherein the first distal fastener strap is configured to fasten the apparatus to the item in contact with the person; a buckle fastener means having a first portion affixed to an end of the first case and a second portion affixed to a buckle adaptor defining a buckle opening configured to allow at least a portion of a buckle to pass through, wherein the first and second portions of the buckle fastener means are configured to affix the buckle adaptor to the first case, wherein said buckle fastener means comprises one of a snap, a button, a zipper, and a hook and loop; a second case comprising a proximal side configured to be positioned in contact with the person and a distal side configured to be positioned in contact with the item in contact with the person, wherein the proximal and distal sides are fastened together to define a second internal cavity; a second cushion device positioned inside the second internal cavity; at least one second distal fastener strap affixed to said distal side of the second case, wherein the second distal fastener strap is configured to fasten the apparatus to the item in contact with the person; and an angled fastener means having a first portion affixed to the distal side of the first case and a second portion affixed to and end of the second case, wherein the first and second portions are configured to affix the second case to the first case at a predetermined angle, wherein said angled fastener means comprises one of a snap, a button, a zipper, and a hook and loop. | 3,327 |
8,587,929 | 1. A high density uninterruptible power supply comprising: an enclosure configured to be installed in an information technology (IT) rack and being separate from the IT rack; at least two uninterruptible power supplies positioned in the enclosure; and a battery associated with each of the at least two uninterruptible power supplies and positioned in the enclosure, the at least two uninterruptible power supplies and the associated batteries being configured to provide at least thirty seconds of backup power and no greater than about one minute of backup power to a load connected thereto. | 29,876 |
9,421,965 | 1. A powertrain comprising: an engine; a motor; a disconnect clutch connected between the engine and the motor; a transmission connected to the motor and selectively connected to the engine; a torque converter and lock-up clutch connected between the motor and the transmission; and a controller configured to limit engine torque to a disconnect clutch capacity limit, and limit motor torque to a negative disconnect clutch capacity limit when the lock-up clutch is open or slipping. | 19,258 |
9,061,681 | 1. A control device that controls a vehicle drive device in which a rotary electric machine is provided in a power transfer path that connects between an internal combustion engine and wheels and in which a first friction engagement device is provided between the internal combustion engine and the rotary electric machine and a second friction engagement device is provided between the rotary electric machine and the wheels, wherein: the control device executes rotational state control in which a rotational state of the rotary electric machine is controlled such that a target rotational state is established with torque of the internal combustion engine transferred to the wheels while a hydraulic pressure supplied to the first friction engagement device is controlled such that a rotational state of the internal combustion engine coincides with a target rotational state with both the first friction engagement device and the second friction engagement device in a slip engagement state, or with torque of the internal combustion engine transferred to the wheels with the first friction engagement device in a direct engagement state and with the second friction engagement device in a slip engagement state; and the control device executes hydraulic pressure regulation control in which a hydraulic pressure supplied to the second friction engagement device in the slip engagement state is controlled on the basis of torque of the rotary electric machine produced during the rotational state control while the second friction engagement device is transitioned from the slip engagement state to a direct engagement state, wherein: the control device further executes target torque decision control in which target torque for the rotary electric machine is decided on the basis of a difference between a required drive force for driving the wheels and torque transferred from the internal combustion engine to the rotary electric machine; the control device executes as the rotational state control rotational speed feedback control in which a rotational speed of the rotary electric machine is controlled so as to coincide with a target rotational speed by adding correction torque to the target torque; and the control device executes the hydraulic pressure regulation control on the basis of the required drive force and the correction torque for the rotational speed feedback control. | 1,791 |
9,112,503 | 1. An electromagnetic coil drive device, comprising: a semiconductor switch connected in series with an electromagnetic coil for controlling a current supplied to the coil; a capacitor; a comparator for comparing a voltage to charge and discharge the capacitor with two different voltages, for generating a signal to operate on-off of the semiconductor switch in accordance with a result of a comparison; a first charging circuit to charge the capacitor based on a voltage applied to the coil; and a discharging circuit to discharge the capacitor; wherein the first charging circuit has a first resistor and at least one compensating circuit connected in parallel with the first resistor, and the compensating circuit includes: a first compensating circuit in which a second resistor and a first Zener diode are connected in series, and a second compensating circuit in which a third resistor and a second Zener diode are connected in series; and the first Zener diode and the second Zener diode have different Zener voltages. | 32,292 |
9,684,337 | 1. A mounting stand for a portable electronic device comprising: a. a base, where the base is rectangular in shape; b. a LED light surrounding the perimeter of the base; c. a pedestal at one end of a top surface of the base; d. an arm extending from the pedestal; e. a cradle at a distal end of the arm; and f. a audio speaker on the top surface of the base abutting the pedestal. | 34,608 |
9,181,885 | 1. A method for drive control of a motor vehicle having a drive train which comprises a turbo-charged internal combustion engine, an automated friction clutch which functions as a startup and shifting clutch, and an automatic stepped transmission, to overcome a torque deficiency of the turbo-charged internal combustion engine that occurs when a driver demands power corresponding to a target torque (M soll ) of the turbo-charged internal combustion engine which is greater than a spontaneously attainable maximum torque (M max ), the method comprising the steps of: initiating the drive control, with either an engine control unit or transmission control unit, when the target torque of the turbo-charged internal combustion engine demanded by the driver, via a gas pedal, is greater than the spontaneously attainable maximum torque, initially disengaging the friction clutch up to a slipping operation, accelerating the turbo-charged internal combustion engine to either a boost threshold speed (n increasing a load on the turbo-charged internal combustion engine up to a substantially full load torque (M fully engaging the friction clutch to end slipping operation thereof. | 26,386 |
9,673,718 | 1. A method in a voltage converter, wherein the method comprises in each of successive drive cycles: switching on for an on-period a first electronic switch connected in series with a primary winding of a transformer; before switching on the first electronic switch, pre-magnetizing the transformer for a pre-magnetizing period; receiving an input voltage by the voltage converter; and adjusting the pre-magnetizing period dependent on a voltage level of the input voltage, wherein there is a first delay time between an end of the pre-magnetizing period and a beginning of the on-period. | 13,822 |
8,591,108 | 1. A defective pixel detection apparatus used in an X-ray radiation imaging system, the X-ray radiation imaging system including a grating, an intensity modulator, and an X-ray radiation image detector, the grating passing X-ray radiation emitted from an X-ray radiation source to form a first fringe image, the intensity modulator modulating intensity of the first fringe image at each of relative positions to form two or more second fringe images, the relative positions differing in phase with respect to a period pattern of the first fringe image, the X-ray radiation image detector detecting the second fringe image, the defective pixel detection apparatus comprising: a characteristic value obtaining section for obtaining a characteristic value from an intensity modulated signal on a pixel-by-pixel basis, the intensity modulated signal representing a relation between a relative position and a pixel value; and a defective pixel detecting section for detecting a defective pixel based on the characteristic value. | 40,631 |
9,388,146 | 1. A method of treating pain in a patient, comprising: administering to a patient in need of said treating, a crystalline polymorph Form A of Compound I, sodium 4-((3-(4-cyclohexylpiperazin-1-yl)-6-oxo-6H-anthra[1,9-cd]isoxazol-5-yl)amino)benzoate, with the following structure: characterized by having x-ray powder diffraction pattern peak positions at degree two-theta of 10.0±0.3, 20.1±0.3, and 23.6±0.3. | 8,934 |
9,051,859 | 1. An exhaust gas purification device comprising: an exhaust gas processing device provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine; an in-exhaust pipe fuel injector provided in said exhaust passage on an upstream side of said exhaust gas processing device in order to supply fuel to said exhaust gas processing device; a NOx detecting sensor provided on a downstream side of said exhaust gas processing device; a temperature detecting sensor for detecting a temperature in said gas processing device; and an engine control unit configured to control combustion in said internal combustion engine; wherein said engine control unit is further configured to cause said in-exhaust pipe fuel injector to supply said fuel to said exhaust gas processing device to burn and remove PM trapped in said exhaust gas processing device; said engine control unit is further configured to store a detection value from said NOx detecting sensor as a NOx value at said outlet of said internal combustion engine when a fixed time has elapsed, an amount of variation in a temperature detection value from said temperature detecting sensor that has remained at or below a predetermined value continuously for said fixed time, and an amount of variation in said detection value from said NOx detecting sensor that has remained at or below a predetermined value continuously for said fixed time after said fuel has been supplied to said exhaust gas processing device from said in-exhaust pipe fuel injector; and said engine control unit is further configured to control combustion in said internal combustion engine based on said NOx value. | 39,666 |
9,586,837 | 1. A method for disinfecting water mains using ultraviolet (UV) light, the method comprising: providing one or more UV light sources that are secured to a movable device configured to move axially through a pipe, a size of the movable device being mechanically adjustable with scissor hinges such that the movable device can move axially inside one of a plurality of pipes, each of the plurality of pipes having different diameters, wherein a frequency and an intensity of the UV light from the one or more UV light sources is selected based at least on a material and a size of the pipe, and wherein the pipe is to be disinfected prior to transporting a substance from one location to another location; and remotely causing the movable device to move axially inside of the pipe at a rate that is determined based on one or more characteristics of the pipe, wherein the frequency and the intensity of the UV light and the rate of the movable device through the pipe indicate a dosage of the UV light in relation to the pipe. | 32,309 |
9,695,710 | 1. A transfer bearing assembly including: a transfer bearing shaft; an oil transfer bearing surrounding the transfer bearing shaft, wherein the oil transfer bearing includes a stationary outer bearing and a rotating inner bearing attached to the transfer bearing shaft; and a radially extending tube attached to the transfer bearing shaft configured to engage a carrier on a speed reduction device. | 45,263 |
9,441,132 | 1. A method to form a coating comprising a blend of ionomer and poly(vinyl alcohol) on a substrate, the method comprising (1) providing a blend composition comprising (a) about 99 to about 1 weight %, based on the combination of (a) and (b), of a poly(vinyl alcohol) composition comprising a poly(vinyl alcohol) characterized by a hydrolysis level of from about 85 to about 93 mol % and a 4 weight % aqueous viscosity at 20° C. of from 16 to about 75 centipoise (cp); and (b) about 1 to about 99 weight %, based on the combination of (a) and (b), of an ionomer composition comprising a parent acid copolymer that comprises copolymerized units of ethylene and about 18 to about 30 weight % of copolymerized units of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, based on the total weight of the parent acid copolymer, the acid copolymer having a melt flow rate (MFR) from about 200 to about 1000 g/10 min., measured according to ASTM D1238 at 190° C. with a 2160 g load, wherein about 50% to about 70% of the carboxylic acid groups of the copolymer, based on the total carboxylic acid content of the parent acid copolymer as calculated for the non-neutralized parent acid copolymer, are neutralized to carboxylic acid salts comprising potassium cations, sodium cations or combinations thereof; wherein the ionomer disperses readily in 80 to 100° C. water without need for additional dispersants or reagents; (2) providing a substrate; and (3) coating the blend composition onto the substrate. | 4,505 |
8,447,395 | 1. An apparatus for selectively destroying or inhibiting the growth of bacteria located within a target region of a patient, the apparatus comprising: a first pair of insulated electrodes, wherein each of the electrodes has surface configured to facilitate capacitive coupling of an electric field into the patient's body; and an AC voltage source operatively connected to the electrodes; wherein the AX voltage source and the electrodes are configured so that, when the electrodes are placed against the patient's body and the AC voltage source is activated, an AC electric field is capacitively coupled into the target region of the patient via the electrodes, wherein the frequency of the electric field is between 5 MHz and 20 MHz, wherein the strength of the electric field in at least a portion of the target region is between 2 V/cm and 100V/cm, wherein the imposed electric field has frequency characteristics that correspond to a vulnerability of the bacteria, wherein the electric field is strong enough to damage, during cell division, a significant portion of the bacteria whose long axis is generally aligned with the lines of force of the electric field, and wherein the electric field leaves non-dividing cells located within the target region substantially unharmed. | 450 |
9,417,638 | 1. An intelligent thermostatic control method for an air conditioner blowing cold and hot air, wherein the air conditioner includes an electric compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator, the condenser has a cooling fan mounted outside the condenser and the evaporator has a blower mounted outside the evaporator, the method is performed by the air conditioner and comprises steps of: calculating an estimated thermal load according to an indoor temperature, an outdoor temperature, a configured temperature, and a sunlight intensity, and an estimated cooling/heating capacity corresponding to the estimated thermal load; adjusting the air conditioner according to the estimated thermal load and providing the estimated cooling/heating capacity; determining a difference value between an actual cooling/heating capacity and the estimated cooling/heating capacity and adjusting the air conditioner according to the difference value for thermostatic control, wherein the actual cooling/heating capacity is calculated according to an input power of the electric compressor and enthalpy values at the electric compressor, the condenser, the expansion valve and the evaporator of the air conditioner; lowering a speed of the blower of the evaporator or the cooling fan of the condenser for the actual cooling/heating capacity to approach the estimated cooling/heating capacity when the actual cooling/heating capacity is greater than the estimated cooling/heating capacity; and increasing the speed of the electric compressor for the actual cooling/heating capacity to approach the estimated cooling/heating capacity when the actual cooling/heating capacity is smaller than the estimated cooling/heating capacity. | 16,860 |
9,327,581 | 1. A method for regulating a stationary climate control system for a vehicle that includes at least one first energy source, the method comprising: determining an actual value of a climate parameter from an interior of the vehicle; generating a difference value from the actual value and a reference value; determining a projected usage time for the vehicle; determining a time interval from a current time and the determined projected usage time; determining a quantity of energy required to set the climate parameter to a desired value based on a length of the time interval and the difference value; and setting the actual value for the climate parameter within the time interval to the desired value based on the required quantity of energy and the quantity of energy available from the first energy source. | 733 |
8,788,070 | 1. A field device comprising a process variable transmitter, comprising: a process variable sensor configured to sense a process variable of an industrial process; a microprocessor; a memory operably coupled to the microprocessor; a plurality of diagnostic inputs operably coupled to the microprocessor; wherein the microprocessor implements field device resident algorithms based upon instructions stored in the memory including: I/O circuitry configured to transmit information related to the sensed process variable and further configured to transmit the service message including the corrective service action and an augmented service interval to another location. | 16,283 |
9,252,297 | 1. An optoelectronic device, comprising: an optoelectronic semiconductor stack layer; a conductive layer on the optoelectronic semiconductor stack layer, the conductive layer comprising a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a side surface connecting between the top and the bottom surface; a first barrier layer covering the top surface; a second barrier layer covering the bottom surface; and a first metal oxide layer, wherein the first metal oxide layer covers the side surface, the first barrier layer, and the second barrier layer, and wherein the first metal oxide layer is in direct contact with the side surface of the conductive layer, wherein the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer comprise Pd. | 7,595 |
8,588,882 | 1. A method for processing sensor data from an analyte sensor, comprising: receiving or generating sensor data from an analyte sensor, wherein the sensor data comprises a plurality of sensor data points; calculating a change in an offset associated with the received plurality of sensor data points over a predetermined time period or a change in a slope associated with the received plurality of sensor data points over a predetermined time period, wherein the offset and the slope are determined from a regression performed on a calibration set comprising at least one matched data pair; determining, with an electronic device, a level of stability of the analyte sensor based at least in part on a change selected from the group consisting of the change in the offset, the change in the slope, and combinations thereof; and controlling an output based on the determined level of stability. | 31,123 |
8,580,211 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a microchannel; and a fin assembly positioned in the microchannel, the fin assembly comprising a plurality of parallel spaced fins mounted on a fin support, the fin assembly being made of an alumina forming material, the surface of the fin assembly being oxidized to form an alumina skin, the fin assembly supporting a catalyst, the fin assembly including fin channels positioned between the fins providing a passageway for fluid to flow through the fin channels in contact with the catalyst, the fin assembly being made separately from the microchannel and inserted into the microchannel. | 5,851 |
9,003,105 | 1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a plurality of blocks in a memory cell, each of the blocks acting as an erasure unit of data, and including a plurality of pages, each of the pages including a plurality of memory cell transistors, each of the memory cell transistors being configured to be in an erasure state or in a first retention state based on a threshold voltage thereof; and a controller configured to search in each said block with respect to data, to write a first flag to denote effective into a prescribed page of the block with the prescribed page in the erasure state, to write the first flag to denote non-effective into the prescribed page of the block with the prescribed page in the first retention state, to read out the prescribed page of the block with the prescribed page in the first retention state, and to determine that the block is writable when the first flag denotes effective. | 46,024 |
9,157,332 | 1. A hydrodynamic energy generation system, comprising: a vertically aligned housing comprising a hollow interior and an opening at a top, wherein the housing is at least partially submerged in a body of water; a valve coupled to a top of the housing for regulating an amount of water that enters the opening at the top and falls into the housing, wherein the valve is located at or under a water line; a first water wheel located below the valve and within the housing, wherein the first water wheel is mechanically coupled to a first generator that produces electrical power when the first water wheel is moved by water that falls into the housing; a reservoir located below the first water wheel and within the housing, wherein the reservoir holds the water that has travelled via the first water wheel; at least one pump for removing water from the reservoir, wherein the at least one pump is at least partially powered by an external power source; a first water jet for receiving water from the at least one pump and jettisoning water towards the first water wheel, so as to move the first water wheel and cause the first generator to produce electrical power, wherein the first water jet is at least partially powered by the external power source; a coupling for conductively coupling the hydrodynamic energy generation system with the external power source a second water wheel located below the first water wheel and within the housing, wherein the second water wheel is mechanically coupled to a second generator or gear box that produces electrical or mechanical rotational power when the second water wheel is moved; a second water jet for receiving water from the at least one pump and jettisoning water towards the second water wheel, so as to move the second water wheel and cause the second generator to produce electrical power; and a mechanical chain between the first generator or first gear box and the second water jet, such that the first generator provides power to the second water jet via the mechanical chain. | 42,829 |
8,436,508 | 1. A meta-material comprising: a deformable or reconfigurable structure adapted to move or deform in a first lateral direction; and a plurality of activation elements that mechanically couple to the deformable structure and are configured to change between a first activation state and a second activation state, wherein the first activation state permits relative motion in said first lateral direction in the deformable or reconfigurable structure, and wherein the second activation state includes an electrostatic clamp that restricts relative motion in said first lateral direction in the deformable or reconfigurable structure between two of said plurality of activation elements participating in the electrostatic clamp, said electrostatic clamp providing an electrostatic force between said two activation elements that is substantially perpendicular to said first lateral direction. | 9,100 |
9,065,777 | 1. A method for operating a communication device for scheduling transmission of data packets, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of data packets from a communication network; determining at least one application that is associated with at least one of the data packets; inserting each of the data packets into one of a plurality of data queues; determining a scheduler parameter for one or more of the plurality of data queues, the scheduler parameter corresponding to the at least one application; scheduling the data packets from one or more of the plurality of data queues to an output queue based at least in part on the scheduler parameter for the one or more of the plurality of data queues; and transmitting the data packets from the output queue to the communication network. | 4,310 |
9,035,491 | 1. A voltage setting device for setting a voltage to a current from a solar battery and outputting the current at the voltage to outside, comprising: a voltage changing circuit capable of changing the voltage; output power detection means for detecting a power from the voltage changing circuit; voltage determination means for determining what voltage is to be set by the voltage changing circuit so that an output power detected by the output power detection means is maximum; a bypass circuit via which the current from the solar battery bypasses the voltage changing circuit to be outputted to outside; bypass determination means for determining whether the current from the solar battery is to be outputted to outside via the voltage changing circuit or via the bypass circuit; power measurement means for measuring a power from the solar battery; a short-circuit switching circuit for switching between a state where a cathode output terminal for outputting a voltage to outside and an anode output terminal are short-circuited and a state where the cathode output terminal and the anode output terminal are not short-circuited; and short-circuit determination means for, when the power measured by the power measurement means is not more than a predetermined value, switching the short-circuit switching circuit to the state where the cathode output terminal and the anode output terminal are short-circuited. | 8,139 |
8,656,894 | 1. A gas intake device for allowing gases into an inlet volume of a cylinder head of a motor vehicle combustion engine, the gas intake device comprising: a heat exchanger; a valve configured to supply the cylinder head with gas, the valve communicating with the inlet volume of the cylinder head directly and indirectly via the heat exchanger; and a plate having a front face, a rear face directly opposite to the front face, a first aperture, and a second aperture, the first and second apertures being formed between the front face and the rear face, the plate being configured to be mounted directly on the cylinder head, the valve and the heat exchanger being mounted on the plate, the valve being mounted to the first aperture of the plate through which gas passes directly from the valve into the cylinder head, the heat exchanger being mounted to the second aperture of the plate through which gas passes directly from the heat exchanger into the cylinder head, the valve and the heat exchanger being mounted at the rear face of the plate directly opposite to the front face of the plate at which the plate is to be mounted directly on the cylinder head. | 11,370 |
9,206,057 | 1. A method of operating a water treatment system positioned in a tank, the system comprising a membrane module including a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, a chamber positioned below the membrane module and having a liquid feed inlet and a gas inlet, the method comprising: introducing a liquid feed into the chamber; applying a vacuum to the plurality of hollow fiber membranes; and introducing a gas to the gas inlet of the chamber at a constant flow rate to displace the liquid feed within the chamber and to distribute a gas/liquid flow at randomly spaced intervals into the membrane module. | 4,193 |
9,356,240 | 1. A capacitor having a thin film material, comprising: at least two conductive plates having metal or metal oxides, wherein each said metal/metal oxide plates are spaced apart in that they do not prematurely discharge, wherein one said plate is positively charged and one said plate is negatively charged, wherein said plates are a donor cathode and an acceptor anode in the form of a thin film, wherein said acceptor anode is Pz-BBL; and at least one separator having a dielectric insulator, wherein said separator is associated between each said conductive plates forming a thin film. | 20,619 |
9,566,679 | 1. A computer-implemented method for determining spatial locations of fixture element fixturing points on a part to be manufactured, comprising: retrieving a part model and a constraint volume for a part to be manufactured, the part model and the constraint volume comprising geometric representations of the part respectively defining the boundary of the part and a region defined about the boundary of the part; identifying locations on the boundary of the part against which to contact a plurality of fixture elements that are affixed to a base plate, each identified location being both reachable by at least one fixture element and situated where that fixture element will not interfere with a manufacturing tool's approaches to the part; and evaluating a plurality of potential configurations as exhibiting form closure over the part when fixtured by a select plurality of the fixture elements in contact with the part at the identified locations comprised in each of the potential configurations, comprising: | 17,422 |
9,649,925 | 1. A heavy road vehicle comprising a hybrid propulsion system, system comprising a first traction wheel forming part of a first propulsion system comprising a mechanical drive train including an internal combustion engine which provides a traction force to the first traction wheel via a gearbox, a second traction wheel forming part of a second propulsion system comprising a hydraulic pump unit for powering a hydraulic motor in order to provide a traction force to the second traction wheel, a control unit for controlling the second propulsion system, a hydraulic pressure accumulator which is connected to the second propulsion system, the pressure accumulator being connected to the hydraulic motor in order to maintain a pressure in the hydraulic motor, wherein the pump unit comprises a main pump, delivering a high pressure flow, and a charge pump, delivering a low pressure flow. | 23,037 |
9,356,101 | 1. A polycrystalline aluminum nitride base material for use as a substrate material for grain growth of GaN-base semiconductors, the polycrystalline aluminum nitride base material containing 1 to 10% by weight of a sintering aid component and having a thermal conductivity of not less than 150 W/m·K, and the substrate having a surface free from recesses having a maximum diameter of more than 200 μm, wherein the sintering aid component comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements, rare earth element oxides, and rare earth element-aluminum oxides, the recesses are any one of pores, traces after dropping of AlN crystal grains, and traces after dropping of the sintering aid component, the polycrystalline aluminum nitride base material comprises an aluminum nitride crystal and a grain boundary phase, grains of the aluminum nitride crystal having a mean diameter of not less than 1 μm and not more than 7 μm, and the substrate surface has a skewness (R the substrate has a diameter of not less than 50 mm. | 17,631 |
9,043,138 | 1. A system for automatically updating a map database, comprising: an input subsystem configured to provide vehicle readings, each vehicle reading corresponding to a vehicle and comprising a location of the vehicle; a map database comprising information associated with roads; and an information inference module configured to determine that a type of traffic control at an approach to an intersection is either a stop sign or a traffic light, the stop sign being indicated by substantially all the vehicle readings corresponding to the approach indicating substantially all vehicles stopping, and the traffic light being indicated by a first portion of the vehicle readings corresponding to the approach indicating vehicles stopping at the intersection at some times and a second portion of the vehicle readings corresponding to the approach indicating vehicles not stopping at other times, the information inference module further configured to update the map database to reflect the type of traffic control. | 38,260 |
8,463,079 | 1. A system for dimensioning items or spaces, comprising: a two-dimensional imaging optical device having range finding capability; and a processor and a memory associated with the optical device, wherein the memory stores calibration information related to dimensions of a full field of view of the optical device for a given distance to an object; wherein the optical device is operable to acquire an image of the item or space to be dimensioned, and to communicate with the processor so that the processor computes the dimensions of the item or space using the range finding capability and the calibration information. | 6,116 |
9,739,657 | 1. An optical sensor comprising: an optical waveguide containing a photochromic material; a light emitter configured to emit visible light to be incident on the optical waveguide; and a light receiver configured to detect the visible light emitted from the light emitter and progressing through the optical waveguide, wherein a transmittance of the optical waveguide in relation to the visible light is changed by the photochromic material as the optical waveguide is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. | 28,390 |
8,509,320 | 1. A communication circuit comprising a transmission unit and a reception unit, the transmission unit being configured to transmit an information bit string to the reception unit, wherein the transmission unit includes: wherein the reception unit includes: | 9,991 |
9,555,957 | 1. A method for forming a beverage, comprising: providing a cartridge having a container with an interior space having first and second chambers, a rim defining an opening to the interior space, a lid attached to the rim and closing the opening of the container, a filter attached to the lid at a periphery that is spaced inwardly and away from the rim, the filter extending from the periphery into the interior space and separating the first and second chambers, the filter being otherwise unattached to the container, and a beverage medium in the interior space that is arranged to interact with liquid introduced into the container to form a beverage; piercing the lid near a center of the lid and away from the rim to form a first opening to access the first chamber; introducing liquid into the first chamber via the first opening; forming a beverage by interaction of the liquid with the beverage medium; piercing the lid to form a second opening to access the second chamber, the second opening being located nearer the rim than the first opening and between the periphery and the rim; and removing the beverage from the cartridge via the second opening. | 16,194 |
8,363,718 | 1. A method to correct a quantized data value generated by a first quantization of an input data value, followed by a first inverse quantization and subsequently by a second quantization, where the first quantization has first quantization intervals and first reconstruction values and the second quantization has second quantization intervals, second reconstruction values and a second inverse quantization, comprising: generating, using a processor, third quantization intervals by shifting interval boundaries of each of the second quantization intervals to nearest-located interval boundaries of the first quantization intervals; establishing a third reconstruction value for and within each of the third quantization intervals; generating, a corrected data value by a third inverse quantization of the quantized data value, based on the third quantization intervals and each third reconstruction value associated therewith; and transcoding a digital signal using the corrected data value. | 25,987 |
8,521,404 | 1. A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine including: a fuel injector having a leading end portion that has an internal space in which fuel is accumulated and an injection port for injecting fuel; and an adsorbent disposed in the internal space, the adsorbent being capable of selectively adsorbing an alcohol component in a blended fuel of gasoline and alcohol, the fuel injection apparatus controlling an injection amount from the fuel injector such that an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine is a control target air-fuel ratio based on a first alcohol concentration of a blended fuel supplied to the fuel injector, the adsorbent having a characteristic that an adsorbed amount of alcohol is small when a fuel pressure is low and large when the fuel pressure is high, the fuel injection apparatus comprising: means for determining whether or not there is a requirement for a second alcohol concentration of fuel injected from the fuel injector to be lower than the first alcohol concentration; means for changing the fuel pressure to a predetermined high fuel pressure when it is determined that there is the requirement; means for estimating an adsorbed amount of alcohol on the adsorbent; and means for correcting any deviation in an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine based on the adsorbed amount of alcohol. | 29,279 |
8,839,364 | 1. A method for authenticating requests by a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server, comprising: establishing a persistent connection between a user agent (UA) and the SIP server; initiating an idle connection timeout countdown timer subsequent to establishing the persistent connection; initiating authentication of an initial REGISTER request using a first level of authentication subsequent to initiating the idle connection timeout countdown timer; terminating the persistent connection when the initial REGISTER request is not authenticated before expiry of the idle connection timeout countdown timer; and cancelling the idle connection timeout countdown timer when the initial REGISTER request is authenticated before expiry of the idle connection timeout countdown timer. | 19,558 |
8,494,920 | 1. A method for retrieving product codes from one or more Vendor Websites over a network and inserting the product codes into an Affiliate Website, comprising: receiving a unique identification code associated with a Vendor Website; receiving a keyword list containing one or more keywords; establishing a connection to the Vendor Website over the network; searching the Vendor Website for products offered for sale relating to the one or more keywords; acquiring product codes, each including graphic data and descriptive text for products obtained in the search of the Vendor Website along with a link to the Vendor Website; inserting the unique identification code into the product codes; storing the product codes in a products database; displaying the product codes along with manually activatable editing buttons which allow a user to individually and globally select, de-select and update products to modify the products database; and uploading the products database to a server to serve the products database along with the Affiliate Website so that viewers of the Affiliate Website can link to make a purchase. | 11,026 |
9,455,637 | 1. A method of extending power supply hold-up time by controlling a transformer turn ratio, comprising: receiving, with an input capacitor, an input voltage of a transformer unit; switching, with a first control transistor, a first transformer winding to an on state in response to the input voltage being above a voltage threshold level; switching, with the first control transistor, the first transformer winding to an off state in response to the input voltage being below the voltage threshold level; and switching, with a second control transistor, a second transformer winding to an on state in response to the input voltage being below the voltage threshold level, wherein the first transformer winding and the second transformer winding comprise separate windings located on a same side of a magnetic core of the transformer unit. | 13,339 |
9,440,209 | 1. A device for performing chemical reactions over a fixed bed of catalyst, in which at least one starting substance is in the liquid phase and at least one product is in the gaseous phase, comprising a reaction zone which includes at least two catalytic sections situated one under the other, each section having a feed channel and an overflow well which simultaneously acts as the feed channel for the next section in the liquid flow direction, such that liquid from each section passes into the overflow well of this section and via it enters the lower part of the next section, the overflow well of the last section in the liquid flow direction being open to permit free outflow of the liquid phase, while a distributor is situated above the feed well of the first section in the liquid flow direction to feed liquid phase into the first section in the liquid flow direction, the device being designed to permit the removal of the gaseous products of each section, bypassing the remaining sections. | 11,416 |
9,835,881 | 1. An optical system, comprising: a tunable filter having a filtering spectrum with an adjustable peak wavelength and increasing attenuation at wavelengths away from the adjustable peak wavelength, the tunable filter configured to receive first input light, having a first wavelength; and spectrally filter the first input light to form first output light; a detector configured to detect at least a fraction of the first output light; and circuitry coupled to the detector and the tunable filter, the circuitry being configured to tune the tunable filter to maximize a signal from the detector and adjust the peak wavelength to match the first wavelength, the tunable filter further configured to receive second input light and spectrally filter the second input light to form second output light, the second output light being spectrally filtered wife a peak at the first wavelength and increasing attenuation at wavelengths away from the first wavelength. | 41,834 |
8,394,158 | 1. An air cleaner comprising: a case in which a filter element is housed and which has an opening; a cover that covers the opening of the case to be opened or closed; a hinge structure having a hinge formed to the cover and a hinge receiver formed to the case to be engaged with the hinge in a detachable manner such that the cover is pivotal around the hinge with respect to the case; and an engagement maintaining mechanism provided to side surfaces of the case and the cover so as to maintain the engagement between the case and the cover in a range in which the cover closes the case and in a range in which the cover is opened by a predetermined angle, wherein the engagement maintaining mechanism includes a first engaging member provided to a side surface of the cover and a second engaging member provided to a side surface of the case, the first engaging member is composed of a rib having a substantially S-shape projecting from the side surface of the cover, the rib being provided with a protruded portion pivotal along a circular-arc portion with the hinge being the center of pivotal motion and an oblique surface portion extending from the protruded portion, the rib includes the protruded portion projecting downward, the oblique surface portion, and a pocket portion formed continuous to the oblique surface portion, the second engaging member is composed of a rib projecting from the side surface of the case, in the range in which the cover closes the case and in the range in which the cover is opened by the predetermined angle with respect to the case, the oblique surface portion of the first engaging member slidably contacts the second engaging member, and a distance between the pivotal center of the hinge and the second engaging member as viewed from a horizontal direction of the cover is set to be smaller than a radius of the circular-arc portion of the protruded portion of the rib of the first engaging member, and the second engaging member is formed so as to have a substantially U-shape and provided with an oblique portion opposing to the oblique surface portion of the first engaging member, and the protruded portion is mounted detachably along the oblique portion of the second engaging member in a state of the cover being opened by an angle more than the predetermined angle with respect to the case. | 35,013 |
9,142,871 | 1. A cavity power divider, comprising a cavity and at least three connectors, wherein the cavity is provided with one of the connectors at an input end thereof and at least two of the connectors at an output end thereof, and a connecting element is included in the cavity, the connecting element comprises an input end and an output end, the input end and the output end of the connecting element are connected with the input end and the output end of the cavity respectively, and the connecting element is in a sheet form; wherein the connecting element increases in width gradually from the input end to the output end thereof. | 29,791 |
9,005,198 | 1. A surgical instrument configured to deliver electrical energy to tissue of a patient, comprising: a handle; a first conductor configured to be electrically coupled with a power source; a second conductor configured to be electrically coupled with the power source; a first electrode comprising a first distal portion configured to contact the tissue, wherein said first electrode is electrically coupled with said first conductor; a second electrode comprising a second distal portion configured to contact the tissue, wherein said second distal portion surrounds said first distal portion, wherein a first gap is defined between said first distal portion and said second distal portion, and wherein said second electrode is electrically coupled with said second conductor; a third electrode comprising a third distal portion configured to contact the tissue, wherein said third distal portion surrounds said second distal portion, wherein a second gap is defined between said second distal portion and said third distal portion, and wherein said third electrode is electrically coupled with said first conductor; and wherein said first electrode comprises a sharp end, wherein said sharp end is configured to penetrate the tissue, and wherein said second distal portion comprises a plurality of projections extending toward said third distal portion. | 13,075 |
8,545,753 | 1. An ultra-violet lamp assembly for an HVAC or A/C unit having a condenser coil with air flow moving from an upstream position relative to the condenser coil to a downstream position relative to the condenser coil, the assembly comprising: a support positioned upstream relative to the coil; an ultra violet lamp for emitting UV radiation on the condenser coil; and a reflector/shield extending along the length of the ultraviolet lamp and comprising: an inner reflector surface comprising a parabolic configuration, the ultraviolet lamp being adjustably mountable to the inner reflector surface so as to sit therein thereby providing a uniform illumination pattern on the condenser coil, the inner reflector surface providing reflecting UV radiation on the ultra-violet lamp thus preventing cooling thereof; and an outer shield surface comprising a convex configuration and being mountable to the support, the convex outer shield surface provides for air flow in the vicinity of the ultra-violet lamp to be deflected thereby thus preventing cooling of the ultra-violet lamp; wherein the distance between the UV lamp and the inner reflector shield can be adjusted to increase or decrease the spread of the reflected radiation on the condenser coil. | 19,543 |
8,577,221 | 1. An optical burst switch in an Optical Burst Switched (OBS) communication network, said optical burst switch comprising: means for monitoring and maintaining mesh of virtual optical paths from a communication node to a plurality of other communication nodes, arranged in a ring network, enabling traffic data to be transmitted and/or received between nodes via a physical optical path; and means for sending a data packet probe on a virtual path from a node to each other node in the OBS communication network, wherein data packet probe information received at said switch provides information of availability of the physical optical path for sending traffic data between nodes. | 4,631 |
8,604,631 | 1. A wave energy converting device comprising: at least one air or gas filled, substantially gastight variable volume primary container configured and oriented to be substantially submerged below a mean water level and to receive wave fronts at least partially horizontally from a wave front receiving end, wherein the horizontal direction is defined as the direction in which wave fronts are travelling, wherein the container is selected from the group consisting of substantially gas-tight flexible bladders, bags, diaphragms, bellows and combinations thereof; a rearward substantially rigid substantially fixed surface oriented distal from the wave front receiving end, integral to or secured to the at least one primary container; a forward substantially rigid movable surface oriented proximal to the wave front receiving end, integral to or secured to the primary container, wherein the container is positioned between the rearward surface and the forward surface, and wherein the container is configured to be compressed by the weight and increased hydrostatic pressure of wave crests above and surrounding the container and by the kinetic energy and velocity pressure of waves impacting the substantially rigid forward movable surface, wherein the container compresses and expands along an axis of movement wherein the axis of movement is inclined toward the oncoming wave fronts and wherein the incline orientation is selected from the group consisting of sloped downward, sloped upward, horizontal and combinations thereof relative to the direction of wave reception; a vent secured to the primary container, wherein the vent is configured to permit direct or indirect gaseous communication with atmospheric air; a device support and stabilization structure secured at least to the substantially rigid substantially fixed surface; and, a power take-off apparatus secured between the rearward surface or device support structure and the forward surface and configured to receive a least one force generated by compression or expansion of the at least one primary container and to convert the at least one force into either a direct or indirect pressurized fluid flow or to drive a generator. | 2,598 |
8,688,885 | 1. A hardware acceleration apparatus, comprising: a first processor core that fails to acquire a lock variable and does not have an exclusive access right to a shared resource; a second processor core that succeeds to acquire the lock variable and has the exclusive access right to the shared resource; a memory controller to manage the lock variable, to generate a wakeup signal when the lock variable is returned from the second processor core, and to activate the first processor core operated in a low power sleep mode using the wakeup signal; and a shared memory to store the lock variable and the shared resource, the first processor core and the second processor core attempting to access the shared resource, wherein the first processor core is operated in the low power sleep mode until the lock variable is acquired. | 30,235 |
9,479,863 | 1. A combo-jack detecting circuit for use in an audio codec, connecting with an audio apparatus electrically, the audio apparatus comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the combo-jack detecting circuit comprising: a switch unit, being coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal, and selectively switching to output a first voltage signal of the first terminal or a second voltage signal of the second terminal; a detecting unit, being coupled to the switch unit to receive the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal, and determining a jack type of the audio apparatus according to the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal; a low pass filter, being coupled between the switch unit and the detecting unit; wherein the low pass filter receives the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal via the switch unit and provides a first direct current signal of the first voltage signal and a second direct current signal of the second voltage signal respectively, and the detecting unit determines the jack type of the audio apparatus according to the first direct current signal and the second direct current signal; and a first stage buffer, having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal and a second output terminal, wherein the first input terminal of the first stage buffer is coupled between the switch unit and the low pass filter to receive the second voltage signal, the second input terminal of the first stage buffer is coupled between the low pass filter and the detecting unit to receive the second direct current signal, the first output terminal and the second output terminal of the first stage buffer respectively output a first alternating current signal corresponding to the second voltage signal and a second alternating current signal corresponding to the second direct current signal, and phases of the first alternating current signal and the second alternating current signal are opposite. | 16,759 |
8,943,334 | 1. A processor comprising: a multi-core processor having a single semiconductor die including a plurality of cores, a plurality of integrated voltage regulators each associated with one of the plurality of cores and to each provide an independent voltage to at least one of the plurality of cores, and a control logic to receive a performance state change request from an operating system (OS) for dynamic update during OS operation of a voltage/frequency of one or more cores of the plurality of cores, the control logic to determine whether to update a voltage/frequency of a first core of the plurality of cores based at least in part on a workload, a thermal design power (TDP) margin and a temperature of a portion of the single semiconductor die in which the first core is located, and control provision of the voltage/frequency to the first core independently of provision of a voltage/frequency to at least a second core of the plurality of cores, wherein the control logic is to provide a control signal to each of the plurality of integrated voltage regulators to enable the corresponding integrated voltage regulator to provide an independent voltage to the corresponding core, and wherein a first voltage is to be coupled to the multi-core processor to provide a first regulated voltage to the plurality of integrated voltage regulators. | 22,444 |
9,567,973 | 1. A pitch system for a wind turbine rotor, comprising: a first bearing and a separate, detached second bearing, each of the first and second bearings provided with at least one row of rolling elements, the first and second bearings arranged between a hub and a blade root portion to allow rotation of the blade with respect to the hub, wherein the first bearing is arranged nearer to the hub than the second bearing in an axial direction; a separate intermediate body absent of rolling elements aligned between the first bearing and the second bearing along a common line in the axial direction, the intermediate body comprising at least a blade-side part extending between a race of the first bearing that is associated with the blade and a race of the second bearing that is associated with the blade, wherein the race of the first and second bearings that is associated with the blade, and the blade-side part of the intermediate body, comprise a plurality of bores in the axial direction; and a plurality of studs, each stud extending through a bore of the race of the first bearing, a bore of the blade-side part of the intermediate body, and a bore of the race of the second beating, to attach the races and blade-side part to the blade root portion. | 37,393 |
9,138,501 | 1. A decorative air freshener that may be personally prepared, comprising: a kit for making a personalized decorative air freshener; said kit including a blotter board, said blotter board being of one of a rectangular, polygon, triangle, circle, plant shape, flower shape, characters and cartoon character shapes, and said blotter board being formed of an absorbent material to form an absorbent device in said kit; non-toxic decorating materials provided in said kit, said decorating materials including crayons, markers, pens, paints, and dyes in a variety of colors and provided in said kit within containers holding the decorating materials, said decorating materials capable of being applied to said blotter board during its preparation by the user; non-toxic fragrances in sealed containers provided in said kit, said fragrances being formed of natural oils, said fragrances extracted with water, steam, oil, and ethanol, to make the fragrances soluble, said non-toxic fragrances selected from the group including food aromas, floral plant aromas, spice aromas, candy aromas, all provided within sealed containers and which may be applied on to the blotter board during its formation by the user; a quantity of carrier oil and water to induce the fragrances to become soluble in said water when provided for application to the blotter board, said carrier oil and water including ethanol to make the fragrance more soluble in water; and an open ended flow-wrapped plastic pouch formed as a container and of the size to contain the fragrance applied blotter board, said pouch having a flap to seal and reseal the reusable pouch as the blotter board is prepared for usage. | 49,085 |
9,208,957 | 1. An electric storage cell, comprising: a casing configured to house an electric storage element and electrolyte; a charging reception antenna connected to the electric storage element and configured to receive electric power transmitted from a power feeding unit in a contactless manner; and a discharging transmission antenna connected to the electric storage element and configured to transmit electric power stored in the electric storage element in a contactless manner, wherein the charging reception antenna and the discharging transmission antenna are arranged in the casing, the casing has a frame having a trench in an inner circumference to surround the electric storage element and a film body bonded to both surfaces of the frame, and the charging reception antenna and the discharging transmission antenna are arranged in the trench and are fixed using a mold material. | 29,803 |
8,449,021 | 1. A thermoplastic lower-leg device, comprising: corrugations in a direction perpendicular to an impact direction, wherein the corrugations have an angle “β” of 10 deg to 85 deg; and an interior section extending in the impact direction and having an outbound portion having an outbound length D wherein the device is configured to attach to a vehicle; wherein the angle α wherein the angle α | 8,767 |
9,470,013 | 1. A vertically adjustable railing, comprising: an elongate first baluster having a first end and a second end, said first baluster having a first connection element at the first end and a second connection element along the length of the first baluster; an elongate second baluster having a first end and a second end, said second baluster having a first connection element at the first end and a second connection element along the length of the second baluster; an elongate handrail having a first end and second end, said handrail being pivotally connected at the first end to the first connection element of said first baluster and being pivotally connected at the second end to the first connection element of said second baluster; an elongate lower rail having a first end and a second end, said lower rail being pivotally connected at the first end to the second connection element of said first baluster and being pivotally connected at the second end to the second connection element of said second baluster; wherein, the distance between the first end of the first baluster and the second connection element of the first baluster is greater than the distance between the first end of the second baluster and the second connection element of the second baluster by approximately 1 inch or more. | 47,675 |
9,714,941 | 1. A bio-sensing nanodevice comprising: a stabilized biologically-derived G-protein coupled olfactory receptor-immobilized on a support, a real time receptor-ligand binding detection system method, a test composition delivery system and a test composition recognition program, wherein the stabilized receptor is stabilized with surfactant peptides selected from the group consisting of: wherein: (Φ) represents independently for each occurrence a natural or non-natural amino acid comprising a hydrophobic sidechain; (+) represents independently for each occurrence a natural or non-natural amino acid comprising a sidechain that is cationic at physiological pH; (−) represents independently for each occurrence a natural or non-natural amino acid comprising a sidechain that is anionic at physiological pH; wherein the terminal amino acids are optionally substituted; m for each occurrence represents an integer greater than or equal to 5; and n for each occurrence represents an integer greater than or equal to 1; wherein the test composition delivery system is a microfluidic bubble logic operation. | 25,244 |
8,683,243 | 1. A method of dynamically switching cores on a heterogeneous multi-core processing system comprising: executing program code on a first processing core of the heterogeneous multi-core processing system, the first processing core being of a first type; monitoring performance and collecting statistics of the first processing core executing the program code; while the program code is executing on the first processing core, predicting performance of executing the program code on a second processing core of the heterogeneous multi-core processing system based at least in part on the monitored performance and collected statistics of the first processing core executing the program code, the second processing core being of a second type, different than the first type; and when the predicted performance of executing the program code on the second processing core is better than the performance of the first processing core executing the program code, switching execution of the program code from the first processing core to the second processing core. | 12,036 |
9,821,648 | 1. A hybrid vehicle drive device, comprising: a transmission coupled to an engine output shaft of an engine; a clutch coupled to a transmission output shaft of a transmission; a first gear coupled to a clutch output shaft of the clutch; a final reduction gear that constantly meshes with the first gear; a drive shaft coupled to the final reduction gear; and a power transmission mechanism having a first rotary element coupled to an electric motor and a second rotary element configured to mesh with the final reduction gear and rotate in response to the rotation of the first rotary element, the final reduction gear meshing with the first gear, on the opposite side of a vertical axis through a rotational axis of the final reduction gear; the power transmission mechanism being disposed so that, when viewed from the rotational axis direction of each gear, a line that connects a rotational axis of the first rotary element and a rotational axis of the second rotary element is inclined to the first gear side in relation to a vertical direction of a vehicle in a state when the power transmission mechanism is mounted to the vehicle. | 46,388 |
8,808,272 | 1. A modified medical device for delivery of a pharmaceutically active material comprising: (a) an incompatible polymeric delivery lumen which acts to substantially reduce pharmaceutical effectiveness of said pharmaceutically active material upon contact with said pharmaceutically active material; wherein said incompatible polymeric delivery lumen is modified by providing it with a layer of polymeric material such that said substantial reduction in the pharmaceutical effectiveness of the pharmaceutically active material is diminished upon contact with said drug delivery lumen; and (b) said pharmaceutically active material, wherein said polymeric lumen comprises a polymer selected from a polycarbonate, a polyimide, an acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymer, a poly ether ether ketone, an epoxy and a nylon. | 756 |
8,934,207 | 1. A protective circuit for protecting one of an input and an output of an electrical apparatus from an overvoltage, comprising: a series circuit arranged at one of the input and the output, the series circuit including: a first transistor and a second transistor, the first transistor being configured as an n-channel field effect transistor and the second transistor being configured as a p-channel field effect transistor, each of the first and second transistors comprising a gate terminal, a drain terminal and a source terminal; wherein the drain terminal of the first transistor is connected to a first terminal point, the source terminal of the second transistor is connected to one of the input and the output, and the source terminal of the first transistor is connected to the drain terminal of the second transistor; and wherein the gate terminal of the first transistor is connected via a first resistor to a first pole of a voltage source and the gate connection of the second transistor is connected via a second resistor to a second pole of the voltage source. | 11,845 |
8,922,658 | 1. A method for implementing a security system for a set of IP-enabled security devices connected by an Ethernet network to a set of local Ethernet ports on a network video recorder having a set of Ethernet controllers attached between the set of local Ethernet ports and a processor, the network video recorder including a memory and a storage device also connected to the processor, the method comprising the steps of: downloading a hybrid client program from the network video recorder to an IP client station; receiving a set of configuration preferences from the hybrid client program; the network video recorder searching the network for a set of IP-enabled security devices connected at the local Ethernet ports; the Ethernet controllers reporting device data on the set of IP-enabled security devices connected to the set of local Ethernet ports; the network video recorder automatically provisioning each device in the set of IP-enabled security devices with a device-specific configuration; the network video recorder receiving a set of video streams, a set of event transactions, and a set of alarm transactions with a scheduler service; the network video recorder storing the set of video streams in a media database; and, the network video recorder storing the set of event transactions and set of alarm transactions in the relational database; displaying a slider panel to track multiple video streams from the set of video streams; providing a set of playback controls on the slider panel; exporting a video stream to a local storage device on the IP client station from the slider panel; and, synchronizing the set of video streams using the slider panel. | 5,176 |
9,623,973 | 1. An aircraft, comprising: several air breathing engines; at least one electrical energy-requiring electrical device; at least one discharge valve configured to regulate airflow from the at least one passenger cabin to an environment external to the aircraft; at least one passenger cabin having a floor; a fuselage region situated outside the at least one passenger cabin and including a pneumatic connection connecting the fuselage region with the at least one passenger cabin; at least one heat-dissipating device in the form of a fuel cell disposed beneath the floor of the at least one passenger cabin in the fuselage region; at least one heat exchanger that subjects air to heat of the at least one heat-dissipating device and dissipates heat to the fuselage region, and at least one air conveying device configured to convey air from the at least one passenger cabin through the at least one heat exchanger, wherein mixing of the air subjected to heat from the at least one heat exchanger with air present in the fuselage region is induced in the fuselage region, wherein the pneumatic connection is at least one dado panel lining a cabin floor-to-wall transition wherein the discharge valve is configured to close in the event of engine failure of the several air breathing engines and to cause the mixed air to flow from the fuselage region to the at least one passenger cabin; and wherein the fuel cell is used for generating electrical energy. | 24,564 |
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