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9,109,522 | 1. A method of controlling a combustion engine including at least one cylinder, an intake manifold, a compressor for compressing intake air and a cooler for cooling compressed intake air and an exhaust gas recirculation circuit including an EGR valve which injects exhaust gas into the intake manifold upstream from the compressor and the cooler comprising: a) measuring a pressure difference in a portion of the exhaust gas recirculation circuit including the EGR valve which is upstream from the compressor and the cooler; b) selecting a burnt gas fraction set point in the intake manifold; c) calculating an opening set point for the EGR valve from a pressure drop relation in the portion of the exhaust gas recirculation circuit including the EGR valve, the pressure drop relation relating an opening of the EGR valve to the pressure difference in the portion of the exhaust gas recirculation circuit including the EGR valve, and to the burnt gas fraction set point in the intake manifold; and d) controlling the EGR valve as a function of the opening set point of EGR valve. | 37,139 |
9,322,872 | 1. A testing apparatus for monitoring a testing environment, including: a computer system comprising a first storage medium section adapted to store and read non-transitory machine readable instructions operable to be read by said system that further comprises a processor that executes said non-transitory machine readable instructions, said non-transitory machine readable instructions comprising: a first processing sequence read and executed by said system that receives and stores operational data from an electrical device under test that interfaces with a first and second automated data source that said electrical device under test is in communication with during operation in said testing environment onto a second storage medium section, the electrical device operational data including information regarding processor operation successes, errors, exceptions, and failures, wherein the electrical device operational data includes an indication of called process retries associated with more than one components in said testing environment comprising said first and second automated data source, wherein the first processing sequence further includes machine instructions read and executed by said system for receiving and storing said operational data from said electrical device under test onto said second storage medium section that was input to the electrical device under test and receiving and storing output data generated by the electrical device under test in response to said inputs; a second processing sequence read and executed by said system that receives and stores operational data related to a test chamber that imparts environmental conditions upon the electrical device under test; a third processing sequence read and executed by said system that correlates and saves into a correlated data output on said second storage medium section the operational data from the electrical device under test and the operational data related test chamber received in the first and second processing sequences; a fourth processing sequence read and executed by said system that correlates and saves into said correlated data output on said second storage medium section data streams from a testing interface computer within said testing environment that is controlling one or more sections of said testing environment comprising said electrical device under test and said first and second automated data sources that said electrical device under test is in communication with during operation in said testing environment; a fifth processing sequence read and executed by said system that reads the correlated data output; and a sixth processing sequence read and executed by said system that displays the correlated data output such that a real-time representation of the correlated data output is provided; wherein said automated data sources comprises equipment that said device under test requires input from to function and are positioned outside of said test chamber. | 9,511 |
8,531,112 | 1. A light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit, comprising: an LED module; an inductor, coupled to the LED module; a flywheel unit, having one end coupled to the LED module, and another end coupled to the inductor, for providing a continuous current conduction of the inductor; a converting switch, having one terminal coupled to the LED module, and another terminal coupled to ground through a current detection unit that generates a current feedback signal; a controller, coupled to a control terminal of the converting switch to control a magnitude of the current flowing through the LED module according to the current feedback signal, so as to stabilize a current flowing through the LED module; and a protecting circuit, detecting a potential of one end of the LED module to generate a detection signal, and making the converting switch to be turned off responsive to the detection signal, wherein when the protecting circuit determines that the LED driving circuit is short-circuited, the converting switch is locked to a turn-off state. | 7,711 |
8,414,457 | 1. A control device for an automatic transmission that has a plurality of hydraulic frictional engagement elements including a first element and a second element, comprising: a first shift unit that performs a first shift for upshifting from a first gear ratio to a second gear ratio that is higher in speed than the first gear ratio by executing control for releasing the first element and control for engaging the second element; and a second shift unit that performs a second shift for downshifting from the second gear ratio to the first gear ratio by executing control for engaging the first element and control for releasing the second element, wherein during the second shift, the automatic transmission is configured to: (1) enter a state where no power is transmitted between an input shaft and output shaft of the automatic transmission when the first element is released and the second element is released, and (2) enter a state where power is transmitted between the input shaft and output shaft of the automatic transmission when any one of the first element and the second element is engaged, and wherein when the first shift in execution is stopped before completion to perform the second shift, the second shift unit executes control for engaging the first element and executes suppressing control for controlling the second element so as to suppress a decrease in rotational speed of the input shaft of the automatic transmission until the rotational speed of the input shaft starts to increase as the control for engaging the first element progresses, and executes control for releasing the second element after the rotational speed of the input shaft has started to increase. | 3,483 |
9,304,173 | 1. A method for determining the internal resistance of a battery cell of a battery, comprising: connecting the battery to a controllable motor/generator in such a way that a flow of energy takes place (i) from the battery to the motor/generator and (ii) from the motor/generator to the battery; modulating a magnetic field-forming portion of the motor/generator by alternating the direction of flow of energy between the battery and the motor/generator, wherein the modulation of the magnetic field-forming portion of the motor/generator takes place when the motor/generator is in a no-load state; determining a change in voltage at the battery cell and a change in the current flow through the battery cell during the modulation of the magnetic field-forming portion of the motor/generator; and calculating the internal resistance of the battery cell as a quotient of the determined change in voltage and the determined change in the current flow. | 33,890 |
9,445,303 | 1. A capacity station activation method, comprising: sending first activation control information to a capacity station in a first capacity station group S receiving a first pilot signal measurement result sent by the user, and selecting a second capacity station group S sending second activation control information to the second capacity station group S receiving a second pilot signal measurement result sent by the user, calculating a load of each capacity station in the second capacity station group S sending activation information to the capacity station that needs to be activated, activating the capacity station that needs to be activated and enabling it to work at the second transmit power after it is activated. | 22,708 |
8,852,776 | 1. A power tool comprising: a motor; a housing configured to house the motor, the housing defining a body axis and having a hand grip, wherein the hand grip and the motor are positioned between a first end and a second end of the housing and the body axis extends through the hand grip, the motor, and the first end and the second end of the housing; a tool element positioned at the first end of the housing, the tool element pivotable about a tool axis; an actuator adjacent the hand grip and configured to operate the motor to pivot the tool element about the tool axis; a battery pack; and a battery connection port positioned at the second end of the housing and adapted to receive the battery pack; wherein the battery connection port defines a removal axis for the battery pack, wherein the battery connection port includes a first portion located at one end of the removal axis and a second portion located at an other end of the removal axis opposite the first portion, wherein the second portion is positioned closer to the first end of the housing than the first portion such that the removal axis forms an angle less than ninety degrees with respect to the body axis, wherein the tool axis and the body axis lie in a common plane, the body axis dividing the plane into an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion intersecting the tool element and the upper portion intersecting the battery pack, and wherein the second portion of the battery connection port intersects the lower portion of the plane. | 45,646 |
8,819,329 | 1. A nonvolatile storage device which is capable of communicating with an access device and performs writing and reading of data based on commands from the access device, comprising: a nonvolatile memory in which the writing and reading of data are performed based on a physical address corresponding to a logical address and which is capable of multilevel writing; and a memory controller for controlling writing operation and reading operation of the nonvolatile memory, wherein the nonvolatile memory includes a plurality of blocks serving as an erase unit, each of the plurality of blocks includes a plurality of pages serving as a write unit, and each of the plurality of pages belongs to a first cell page or a second cell page, the first cell page and the second cell page sharing a memory cell of the nonvolatile memory, the memory controller includes: a conversion table storing correspondence information of a logical address and a physical address of data stored in the blocks; a control unit for specifying the physical address from the conversion table based on the logical address received from the access device, and controlling the writing and reading of data to and from the blocks of the nonvolatile memory; a writing mode table for storing one of a first writing mode of protecting data against a power shutdown during writing and a second writing mode of writing data at a higher speed than the first writing mode; and a setting unit for setting the first writing mode or the second writing mode received from the access device in the writing mode table, and wherein the control unit performs data writing based on the writing mode that has been set in the writing mode table, wherein, if the first writing mode is set in the writing mode table, the control unit performs single level mode writing only in the pages belonging to the first cell page within the block with the physical address specified from the conversion table, and thereafter performs aggregation processing of copying data of a plurality of blocks with data written therein corresponding to the logical address designated from the access device, to an unused block with no data written therein based on multilevel writing, and if a power shutdown occurs during the aggregation processing, the control unit protects data against the power shutdown by abandoning the data written in the block during the aggregation processing when the power is restored and if the second writing mode is set in the writing mode table, the control unit performs multilevel mode writing to the physical address specified from the conversion table. | 43,588 |
9,054,378 | 1. A cathode active material, comprising: a lithium composite oxide, wherein, the lithium composite oxide is Li | 24,853 |
9,546,734 | 1. A split mechanical seal for mounting to a housing containing a rotating shaft, comprising a gland assembly configured for mounting to the housing and forming a chamber, the gland assembly having a housing that includes an axially outermost top surface having a gland groove formed thereon, wherein the gland groove is formed at least in part by a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, discrete raised wall portions that extend axially outwardly from the axial outermost top surface, and the axially outermost top surface further has formed therein a plurality of spaced apart, discrete cut-out sections formed into the top surface and extending axially inwardly relative to the top surface and relative to the raised wall portions, wherein the cut-out sections are sized and dimensioned for seating at least a portion of a biasing clip assembly, and wherein the plurality of cut-out portions are alternately disposed between the plurality of raised wall portions within the axially outermost top surface, such that one of the plurality of cut-out sections is disposed between at least two of the plurality of raised wall portions, a stationary seal ring seated within the chamber of the gland assembly and coupled thereto, the stationary seal ring having a sealing surface and an opposed axially outer top surface, a holder assembly disposed in the chamber and positioned so as to be in a cooperative sealing relationship with the gland assembly, the holder assembly defining a space and capable of rotating with the shaft, and a rotary seal ring disposed within the space of the holder assembly and is coupled thereto. | 26,381 |
9,093,906 | 1. A controller for a primary-side regulated power converter, the controller comprising: a feedback circuit operable to receive a feedback signal representative of an output of the power converter, the feedback circuit further operable to generate a first feedback signal sample based on the feedback signal; a missing feedback voltage protection circuit comprising: a driver circuit coupled to the missing feedback voltage protection circuit, wherein the driver circuit is operable to generate a drive signal for controlling a power switch. | 25,442 |
8,370,670 | 1. An electronic apparatus, comprising: a first communication unit configured to connect the electronic apparatus and an external device in a one-to-one relationship for data communications; a second communication unit configured to connect the electronic apparatus and one or more other external devices via a network for data communications; a first detection unit configured to detect a connection status of the first communication unit; a second detection unit configured to detect a connection status of the second communication unit; and a power control unit configured to control power to the electronic apparatus, wherein the first detection unit is configured to determine the connection status of the first communication unit when the electronic apparatus is turned on, the power control unit is configured to monitor the connection statuses of the first communication unit and the second communication unit via the first detection unit and the second detection unit after the first detection unit detects a connection to the first communication unit and to keep the electronic apparatus turned on while a connection to at least one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit is detected, and if connections to both the first communication unit and the second communication unit become undetectable after an initial connection to the first communication unit is detected by the first detection unit after the electronic apparatus is turned on and if a time period from when the connection to the first communication unit has become undetectable to when the connection to the second communication unit has become undetectable is greater than or equal to a predetermined time period, the power control unit is configured to return to an initial state where the power control unit waits until the first detection unit detects a connection to the first communication unit. | 43,994 |
9,553,448 | 1. A memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a control device, cause the control device to perform operations comprising: recharging a battery during a high-power mode of operation associated with an electronic device, wherein the battery is recharged by an AC to DC power supply configured to provide power to the electronic device; determining when the battery is recharged; receiving a control signal indicating that the power consumed by the electronic device is zero; and in response to receiving the control signal, turning off the AC to DC power supply during a power-off mode of operation. | 17,143 |
9,263,763 | 1. A sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an M 1 element, an M 2 element, a S element and an O element, wherein the M the M having a peak at a position of 2θ=20.18°±0.50°, 2θ=20.44°±0.50°, 2θ=26.96°±0.50° and 2θ=29.58°±0.50° in an X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray; and wherein when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as I | 15,303 |
8,376,271 | 1. An aircraft actuator comprising: a cylinder that is driven by hydraulic pressure, and is attached, at one end thereof, pivotally with respect to a control surface of an aircraft or a horn arm member attached to the control surface; a reaction link that comprises a pair of linear portions disposed alongside each other and each extending linearly, a coupling portion extending so as to couple one end of each of the pair of linear portions on the same side to each other, and a pair of bent portions formed as connection portions between the coupling portion and the pair of linear portions, the other end of each of the pair of linear portions being provided pivotally with respect to the other end of the cylinder, and a center portion of the coupling portion being provided pivotally with respect to the control surface, wherein the reaction link is made of fiber reinforced plastic, and is provided as a hollow member whose cross section at the pair of linear portions, the coupling portion, and the pair of bent portions is formed as a hollow cross section, an outer cross-sectional area of the hollow cross section at each of the pair of bent portions is larger than an outer cross-sectional area of the hollow cross section at each of the pair of linear portions, and fiber wound along a circumferential direction of a cross-sectional shape of the hollow cross section is provided at the pair of bent portions. | 38,813 |
8,485,244 | 1. A continuous casting device in which a molten metal pouring nozzle is arranged between a molten metal receiving portion and a mold, wherein the molten metal pouring nozzle is equipped with a cylindrical main body portion made of a fire-resistant substance and including a molten metal passage, wherein an annular member having a self-lubricating property is mounted in a stepped portion of the main body, on a mold-side end face of the main body portion, so as to surround the molten metal passage, and wherein an inner diameter of the annular member is larger than a diameter of the molten metal passage, and the main body portion is exposed at an inner side area continuing from the molten metal passage in a portion facing a molding hole of the mold. | 40,651 |
9,337,486 | 1. A spinel-type lithium-manganese composite oxide comprising a crystal structure belonging to the space group Fd-3m, and at least Li, Mn, Ni and Ti wherein when the spinel-type lithium-manganese composite oxide is placed in an ion-exchanged water at 20° C., stirred for 10 minutes, then, left to stand undisturbed for 2 minutes, separated into a supernatant and a precipitate, recovered them, the ratio of the “16 the ratio of the “8 | 43,589 |
9,183,018 | 1. A method for dynamically turning on or off just-in-time compilation in a dynamic translator using instruction code translation, comprising: fetching a non-native instruction from a plurality of non-native instructions; interpreting the non-native instruction to generate an instruction code; determining if the instruction code satisfies a criteria which prohibits compilation of the instruction code; and when the criteria is determined to be satisfied: wherein the criteria comprises a range of addresses in at least one of a shadow memory associated with the plurality of non-native instructions and a non-native memory, and the step of determining if the criteria is satisfied comprises at least one of determining if the instruction code is located within the range of addresses in the shadow memory and determining if the non-native instruction is located within the non-native memory. | 39,568 |
9,848,248 | 1. A method of processing ultra-high definition (UHD) video data in a digital television, the method comprising: receiving, by a receiver, a first signal containing first UHD video data and signaling data for identifying the first UHD video data included in the first signal through a single transmission channel; decoding, by a decoder, the signaling data from the first signal; decoding, by the decoder, the first UHD video data from the first signal based on the decoded signaling data; receiving, by a controller of the digital television, a second signal requesting for converting the first UHD video data to second UHD video data through a remote controller; converting, by the controller, the first UHD video data to second UHD video data in response to said second signal; displaying, by a display, the second UHD video data on a display screen, wherein the first UHD video data corresponds to 4k UHD video data and the second UHD video data corresponds to 8k UHD video data, and wherein the first UHD data is converted to the second UHD data using a multi Frame Rate Converter (FRC) structure including a plurality of FRCs, each FRC processing a portion of a single image frame of the first UHD data; receiving, by the controller, a third signal for requesting first OSD data and first UI data for an application while the second UHD data is displayed; converting, by the controller, the first OSD data and first UI data for the application to the second OSD data and second UI data, which corresponds to the displayed second UHD data, for the application in response to the third signal; receiving, by the controller, a fourth signal for changing UI size corresponding to the second UI data; changing, by the controller, the UI size corresponding to the second UI data in response to the fourth signal; and displaying, by the display, a size-changed UI corresponding to the second UI data while the second UHD data is displayed. | 16,314 |
9,531,197 | 1. A non-contact power transmission apparatus comprising: a board comprising a control module; a shielding plate disposed on the board; and a primary core located on the shielding plate and configured to electrically connect to the control module, the primary core comprising a first power transmission core and a second power transmission core, wherein an overlapping region is formed between the first power transmission core and the second power transmission core, wherein the control module is configured to detect an object, and determine that the object is a wireless power receiving device, and wherein the primary core is configured to transmit a wireless power signal via at least one of the first power transmission core and the second power transmission core to the wireless power receiving device. | 24,759 |
9,159,336 | 1. A computing device, comprising: a processor; an audio input; an audio output; memory, accessible by the processor and storing instructions that are executable by the processor to perform acts comprising: | 4,938 |
8,816,864 | 1. A system for locating an animal comprising: at least one Animal Receive/Transmit Unit (ARTU) operative to receive/transmit data; and at least one Coarse Base Station (CBS) operative to receive/transmit said data from/to said ARTU; said system having at least two modes of operation: a rest mode and an operating mode; said operating mode is characterized by said ARTU receiving data and transmitting data; said rest mode is characterized by at least three phases: a coma phase, a synch phase and a cadet phase; wherein, in said coma phase, said ARTU is incapable of receiving data and is incapable of transmitting data; wherein said ARTU is in said coma phase for a first predetermined period of time, such that said ARTU is transformable from said coma phase after said first predetermined period of time; further wherein, during said synch phase, said ARTU performs at least one of a group consisting of: establishes time points for entry into the next said cadet phase, and is ordered by the CBS to become alert or operative. | 17,284 |
9,486,671 | 1. A swimming goggle comprising: an eye socket having a transparent forward viewing window attached to a goggle frame wherein the goggle frame further comprises a backstroke viewing window opened on a top portion of the goggle frame disposed away from the transparent forward viewing window; and a position-switchable light blocking cover attached to an edge of the backstroke viewing window and is flippable with respect to the edge of the backstroke viewing window wherein the position-switchable light blocking cover is flipped to an open position to uncover the backstroke viewing window when a swimmer wearing the goggle is swimming in a backstroke orientation with the transparent forward viewing window facing an upward orientation, and the position-switchable light blocking cover is flipped to a close position to cover the backstroke viewing window when a swimmer wearing the goggle is swimming freestyle with the transparent forward viewing window facing a downward orientation. | 11,708 |
9,498,568 | 1. System for packaging two or more objects or containers ( 2 ) in a controlled environment, suitable for containing a first container ( 1 ) provided with a barrier of sterility, characterized in comprising at least one first package ( at least one removable wall ( characterized in that at least one of said two side walls ( in that said flap ( | 45,701 |
8,851,995 | 1. A game apparatus which performs game processing according to data from a first controller and a second controller, the first controller including a first inertia sensor and an operating portion, the game apparatus comprising one computer configured to perform at least: first determining for determining a movement of said first controller in a predetermined direction away from a reference point on the basis of data from said first inertia sensor, second determining for determining an operation of said operation portion, movement starting for, when said second determining determines the operation of said operation portion after said first determining determines the movement of said first controller in the predetermined direction, starting to move a first object within a game space in a predetermined direction, and planned moving direction setting for changing the moving direction of said first object in accordance with data from said second controller, wherein the first controller moves in a predetermined direction away from the second controller. | 2,970 |
8,925,318 | 1. A waste heat retrieval system of a vehicle, the system comprising: an exhaust gas boiler that uses exhaust gas of an engine to heat working fluid; a superheater that vaporizes the heated working fluid generated from the exhaust gas boiler, and a turbine that uses the vaporized working fluid generated from the superheater to generate torque; a reservoir disposed in a lower side of the exhaust gas boiler and in which a predetermined space is formed; a retrieval line that connects the exhaust gas boiler with the reservoir; a retrieval supply control valve disposed to open or close the retrieval line; a control portion that controls the retrieval supply control valve to open the retrieval line such that the working fluid of the exhaust gas boiler is returned to the reservoir if a retrieval condition is satisfied; a supply line extending from the reservoir to the retrieval control valve; a working fluid supply pump mounted on the supply line to supply the working fluid of the reservoir to the exhaust gas boiler; a heating line through which coolant of the engine circulates through the reservoir so as to heat the working fluid of the reservoir; a heating control valve disposed to open or close the heating line; and an outside air control valve that selectively connects an interior room of the reservoir and an interior room of the superheater with outside air. | 46,685 |
8,848,192 | 1. A process for continuously monitoring ammonia (or other gas species) in an apparatus utilizing flowing gas streams containing ammonia, comprising: a. providing at least one hollow probe, each comprising a hollow tube having an internal passage defined by a tube wall having at least one opening through the tube wall and means for connecting the internal passage to an intake line; b. locating at least one of said probes within the flowing gas stream positioned to permit communication between the internal passage in the tubes with the gas in the flowing gas stream; c. creating a negative pressure differential between each internal passage of each probe and the flowing gas stream; d. directing flow of gases from the flowing gas stream through a sample path positioned between a transmitter and a receiver for a tunable diode laser; e. maintaining the temperature of the gases in the sample path at a predetermined value; f. directing a beam of light, tuned to a selected wave length, from the transmitter through the gas stream in the sample path to the receiver and generating a signal representative of the received signal; g. based on the signal, using a logic and computation unit to calculate the concentration of ammonia in the gas stream. | 13,772 |
9,297,447 | 1. A transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle comprising: first and second motor/generators; a planetary gear set; first and second output gears; a brake; a rotation restricting member on an axis of an input shaft receiving torque of an engine in a transmission housing; and a hollow shaft disposed at a radial exterior of the input shaft and adapted to transmit the torque of the engine or torque of the first motor/generator to the second output gear, an outer shaft disposed at a radial exterior of the hollow shaft and adapted to transmit torque of the second motor/generator to the first output gear, and a rear cover coupled to a rear end portion of the transmission housing, wherein the planetary gear set includes a sun gear, a planet carrier and a ring gear as rotation elements thereof, and wherein the sun gear is rotatably supported on the transmission housing through a first bearing in a state of being splined to a hub connected to a rotor of the first motor/generator, the ring gear is connected to a connecting member through the hollow shaft rotatably supported on the transmission housing through a second bearing, and the planet carrier is rotatably supported by third bearings disposed respectively between the planet carrier and the sun gear and between the planet carrier and an extended end of the hollow shaft. | 10,455 |
8,593,331 | 1. A method, comprising: providing an input gesture to a mobile device by moving said mobile device; detecting movement of said mobile device caused by said input gesture with respect to a local reference node on a user's body by measuring one or more characteristics of a range between said mobile device and a second device serving as said local reference node and co-located with a portion of said user's body based, at least in part, on one or more radio frequency (RF) links between said mobile device and said second device; and affecting one or more applications hosted on said mobile device based, at least in part, on said movement of said mobile device caused by said input gesture and detected by said one or more measured characteristics of said range. | 48,331 |
9,335,787 | 1. An information handling system (IHS), comprising: a top segment which includes a display of the IHS; a base segment which has a base housing and is connected by one or more hinges to the top segment; and a base support structure affixed to the base housing of the base segment and comprising at least one front foot attached to and extending away from the base housing and constructed using a first material bonded to a second material wherein the at least one front foot is designed to provide a contact mechanism that secures the IHS to a solid surface when the IHS is placed on the solid surface; the first material includes cavities, at specific respective locations distributed within the first material in order to provide a force of a pre-determined minimum value; the cavities are defined in-part by the first and second material; and the solid surface corresponds to the cavities. | 30,907 |
9,475,378 | 1. A driving device for a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a planetary gear mechanism; a first rotating machine coupled to a sun gear of the planetary gear mechanism; an engine coupled to a carrier of the planetary gear mechanism; a second rotating machine and a drive wheel that are coupled to a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism; and a regulating mechanism configured to regulate rotation of the carrier, wherein the driving device has a first driving region and a second driving region, the first driving region allowing execution of a dual-drive mode that causes running using the first rotating machine and the second rotating machine as power sources, the second driving region allowing execution of a lubrication running mode that causes the first rotating machine to rotate the engine so as to lubricate the planetary gear mechanism and causes running using the second rotating machine as a single power source, and in the second driving region, the lubrication running mode is not performed in a region at a higher vehicle speed with respect to a vehicle speed determined based on a scraping ability of a lubricating oil by a differential ring gear provided between the ring gear and the drive wheel and at a lower vehicle speed with respect to a vehicle speed determined based on a differential rotation speed of a pinion gear in the planetary near mechanism. | 4,650 |
9,014,121 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; and memory including computer program code, said memory and said computer program code configured to, with said processor, cause said apparatus to perform at least the following: generate a first message indicating that data is ready for transmission on an uplink; initiate a procedure in a layer 1 subsystem to acquire an uplink communication resource in response to said first message; receive a second message from said layer 1 subsystem indicating failure to acquire said uplink communication resource; and generate a third message for a radio link control subsystem to proceed as if said radio link control subsystem transmits an uplink radio link control protocol data unit in response to said second message. | 1,521 |
9,650,927 | 1. A system for providing combustion air to an internal combustion engine, the system comprising: a crankcase ventilation unit that receives unrefined blowby gas from a crankcase of the internal combustion engine, that separates oil from the unrefined blowby gas with an air-oil separator, and that discharges refined blowby gas; an air cleaner housing having a flowpath therethrough from upstream to downstream; and a conduit that connects the crankcase ventilation unit to the air cleaner housing so as to deliver the refined blowby gas to the air cleaner housing, thereby forming a closed crankcase ventilation system; wherein the air cleaner housing comprises: | 21,003 |
9,604,572 | 1. A method for the output of a warning signal for warning the driver of a motor vehicle about the presence of a vehicle-external target object in a warning region, which is prescribed in relation to the motor vehicle, by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, in which: a radar sensor is used to transmit electromagnetic radar signals into a sensing region of the radar sensor in each of successive measurement cycles of the radar sensor and to receive radar signals reflected by the target object as received signals; the received signals are used for detection of the target object by means of the radar sensor and the tracking said target object in the sensing region over the measurement cycles; if the target object enters the prescribed warning region, the warning signal is output by means of an output device, wherein after the target object enters the warning region the output of the warning signal is maintained for as long as the radar sensor detects the target object or another target object in its sensing region within a prescribed close range, and wherein after the target object enters the warning region the output of the warning signal is maintained so long as the following two criteria are simultaneously met: | 31,663 |
9,638,165 | 1. A blade for a wind turbine generator for converting wind energy into electric energy, comprising: a blade structure longitudinally extending along a blade axis (X an outer aerodynamic shell defining an airfoil including an airfoil leading edge, an airfoil trailing edge and an airfoil suction side and an airfoil pressure side between said airfoil leading and trailing edges; wherein said outer aerodynamic shell comprises a suction side transparent panel and a pressure side transparent panel which are made from a transparent material and are fastened to the blade structure so as to define the airfoil suction side and the airfoil pressure side, respectively; wherein the blade comprises a suction side fastening seat and a pressure side fastening seat arranged on the suction side and pressure side of the blade, respectively, to fasten said transparent panels to the blade structure wherein said blade comprises a transparent region between said transparent panels and wherein said transparent panels are arranged facing one another so that it is possible to see through the blade looking through said transparent panels and said transparent region; said blade being characterized in that: the suction side panel and pressure side panel partially define the airfoil suction side and the airfoil pressure side, respectively; the longitudinal leading edge portion comprises a longitudinal tubular member, said longitudinal tubular member having a cross-section profile shaped as a closed loop comprising a pair of steps arranged on two opposite sides of the longitudinal tubular member to define said suction side and pressure side fastening seats; and the longitudinal trailing edge portion has a cross section profile which is shaped like an arrow. | 23,140 |
9,828,978 | 1. A liquid pump comprising: a pump casing having an inlet port and an outlet port; a pump liner contained within said pump casing, said pump liner defining a central longitudinal bore, a transverse bore communicating with said central longitudinal bore for conveying a liquid through said pump casing, a liquid reservoir communicating with said central longitudinal bore and said transverse bore for retaining an amount of the liquid conveyed through said transverse bore and a pressure relief slot extending between said transverse bore and said liquid reservoir; and a pump piston axially and rotatably slidable within said central longitudinal bore of said pump liner for pumping the liquid through said transverse bore, wherein said transverse bore includes an inlet portion extending between said inlet port of said pump casing and said central longitudinal bore and an outlet portion extending between said central longitudinal bore and said outlet port of said pump casing, and wherein said central longitudinal bore of said pump liner terminates at a longitudinal opening formed in said pump casing whereby said central longitudinal bore of said pump liner is defined by a first longitudinal portion extending between said inlet portion of said transverse bore and said liquid reservoir and a second longitudinal portion extending between said liquid reservoir and said opening, and wherein said pressure relief slot is formed on an inner surface of said pump liner in said first longitudinal portion and extends only between said inlet portion of said transverse bore and said liquid reservoir, and wherein said pressure relief slot is not formed in said second longitudinal portion of said pump liner such that an inner surface of said liner in said second longitudinal portion is defined by a constant radius around a full circumference and along at least a substantial length of said second longitudinal portion, and wherein said inner surface of said liner in said second longitudinal portion is formed with a clearance of between about 0.0001 and 0.00005 inches with said pump piston. | 2,677 |
8,427,478 | 1. A method comprising: displaying, by a computer, continually-incoming time series data in a visualization screen, wherein the displaying comprises: | 18,554 |
8,350,549 | 1. A converter utilizing synchronous rectification, comprising: a first switch that includes a gate for controlling a switching operation performed by the first switch; a second switch that includes a gate for controlling a switching operation performed by the second switch, is connected in series to the first switch, and performs the switching operation in synchronization with the switching operation performed by the first switch; and a gate drive circuit that controls, by using pulse-width modulation, each of the first switch and the second switch to switch to an on-state or an off-state, wherein each of the first switch and the second switch includes: the gate drive circuit synchronizes a timing at which the gate drive circuit outputs a signal for causing the first switch to switch to the on-state with a timing at which the gate drive circuit outputs a signal for causing the second switch to switch to the off-state, and synchronizes a timing at which the gate drive circuit outputs a signal for causing the first switch to switch to the off-state with a timing at which the gate drive circuit outputs a signal for causing the second switch to switch to the on-state. | 24,875 |
9,586,458 | 1. In a self-contained vehicle power system, an electrical controller device for powering a transport vehicle based load, comprising: a propulsion vehicle source driven by a native propulsion source of the vehicle, the propulsion vehicle source defined by an enhanced alternator for power generation in excess of that produced by a native vehicle charging system, the enhanced alternator having a pulley ratio of at least 4:1 for generating converted voltage sufficient for operating a 3 phase, 240v refrigeration load, and further comprises a rotary drive interface configured for operation with belt tensioners on the native vehicle, the rotary drive interface sufficient for operating the refrigeration load at an idle engine speed of the native vehicle; a passive vehicle source disposed on the vehicle and adapted for providing power independently of vehicle motion or engine state; a vehicle based load responsive to power from the propulsion vehicle source or the passive vehicle source; an interface to a native vehicle load, the interface for powering the native vehicle load concurrently with the vehicle based load; and a storage element configured for accumulating excess power for subsequent dispersal to the vehicle based load, the passive vehicle source including a bank of solar panels disposed on a roof of a cargo payload area of the vehicle, the storage element configured for receiving and storing excess power from the solar panels. | 49,023 |
8,871,022 | 1. A system for preparing a thick crystalline film comprising: a substrate, wherein at least a portion of the substrate is transparent to laser irradiation; a film for crystallization disposed upon the substrate, the film comprising: a heat source to heat the film from the top surface of the film; and a pulsed laser for irradiating the film from the back side of the substrate to melt a first portion of the top layer at an interface with the seed layer while a second portion of the top layer remains solid, wherein upon irradiation and cooling, the first portion of the top layer material forms a crystalline layer epitaxial with the seed layer, thereby releasing heat sufficient to melt an adjacent portion of the top layer. | 30,831 |
8,410,593 | 1. A system for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: a mold defining a molding cavity, designed to house a frame structure of said semiconductor device provided with a supporting plate carrying a die of semiconductor material; and an introduction unit for introduction of encapsulating material within said molding cavity for the formation of a package designed to encapsulate said die, wherein said frame structure is further provided with a prolongation element, mechanically coupled to said supporting plate carrying a die inside said molding cavity and coming out of said molding cavity, and by further comprising: a positioning-control unit, configured to control positioning of said supporting plate carrying a die within said molding cavity with the aid of said prolongation element; and an actuation unit, configured to separate and move said prolongation element away from said supporting plate carrying a die during introduction of said encapsulating material. | 30,222 |
8,407,263 | 1. In a computer system, having one or more processors or virtual machines, one or more memory units, one or more input devices and one or more output devices; a network and shared memory supporting communication among the processors, a computer implemented method for constructing scaleable topic and interest networks using terminology signatures or concept ID signatures related to a topic, domain or universe of terminology or concept IDs comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a first set of terminology signatures or concept ID signatures related to a topic, domain, or universe of terminology or concept IDs; b) obtaining a plurality of subsets of the first set of signatures; c) distributing the plurality of subsets to a plurality of processors or virtual machines; d) using the distributed subsets of signatures to a plurality of processors or virtual machines to recognize terminology or concepts related to the first set of terminology signatures or concept ID signatures; e) using the distributed subsets of signatures to a plurality of processors or virtual machines to recognize terminology or concepts not related to the first set of terminology signatures or concept ID signatures; f) constructing a network distributed subsets of signatures assigned to a plurality of processors or virtual machines; g) arranging the network for communicating a computer accessible artifact or a reference to computer accessible artifact by a first processor or virtual machine to a second processor or virtual machine; h) configuring the a first processor or virtual machine to a computer accessible artifact or a reference to computer accessible artifact when there is indicates at least a partial match of the computer accessible artifact to the subset of signatures assigned to first processors or virtual machine; i) segmenting a first set of signatures into a plurality of bands of subsets; j) wherein each band specialization represents a different level of specialization with respect to the terminology or concepts; k) distributing plurality of bands of subsets to different groups of processors or virtual machines; l) arranging for the least specialized bands of subsets to be initial nodes in the network; and m) arranging for the most specialized bands of subsets to be terminal nodes in the network. | 36,846 |
9,678,215 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: receiving, at an extended Kalman filter (EKF) implemented within a processor connected to a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a first plurality of pseudorange errors at a plurality of different times for a plurality of GPS satellites in communication with the GPS receiver; creating, utilizing the EKF, a first matrix, where each element of the first matrix is determined utilizing a portion of the first plurality of pseudorange errors; creating, utilizing the EKF, a second matrix that includes at least a portion of the first plurality of pseudorange errors, where a size of the second matrix is determined by comparing each element of the first matrix to a predetermined threshold; and predicting, utilizing the EKF, a second plurality of pseudorange errors for the plurality of GPS satellites, utilizing the first plurality of pseudorange errors and the second matrix; wherein the second plurality of pseudorange errors are predicted according to the equation (δρ using the second plurality of pseudorange errors to generate a corrected pseudorange error to determine a corrected position of the GPS receiver. | 23,206 |
9,710,575 | 1. A method, comprising: encoding an application with a library having a platform-independent application programming interface (API) for interacting with a simulation engine, the simulation engine providing a simulated environment for hosting the application; and encoding the library with a platform-dependent API providing an interface to the simulation engine using a platform-dependent hardware element, the platform-dependent hardware element unaffecting a non-simulation environment when the application is running in the non-simulation environment. | 21,038 |
8,679,687 | 1. A hydrogen generating system for generating hydrogen-containing gas by decomposing fuel containing an organic compound, the system comprising: a partition membrane, a fuel electrode provided on one surface of the partition membrane, means for supplying fuel containing an organic compound and water to the fuel electrode, an oxidizing electrode provided on the other surface of the partition membrane, means for supplying an oxidizing agent to the oxidizing electrode, means for collecting hydrogen-containing gas generated on the fuel electrode, and a carbon dioxide absorbing portion for absorbing carbon dioxide contained in the hydrogen-containing gas and wherein the system is configured to operate in a plurality of configurations wherein one of said configurations comprises an open circuit configuration wherein no current is supplied to either the fuel electrode or the oxidizing electrode, wherein, in a first closed circuit configuration the oxidizing electrode and the fuel electrode are connected to means for withdrawing electric energy from the hydrogen generating cell with the fuel electrode serving as a negative electrode and the oxidizing electrode as a positive electrode, and voltage between the fuel electrode and the oxidizing electrode is adjusted to 200 to 600 mV by varying volume of electric energy withdrawn from the hydrogen generating unit so that evolution volume of the hydrogen-containing gas from the fuel electrode is adjusted. | 47,674 |
9,353,724 | 1. A generator comprising: an upper housing and a lower housing; a water inlet and a water outlet provided in the upper housing; an impeller rotatably fixed inside the upper housing; a magnet provided in the lower housing, connected to a rotating shaft of the impeller, and rotated integrally with the impeller; and a bobbin positioned outside the magnet, wherein a through-hole through which the rotating shaft passes is formed in the upper housing to have a larger diameter than the rotating shaft, wherein water flows from a space for housing the impeller into a space of a lower housing for housing the magnet, through a gap between the through-hole and the rotating shaft, and wherein the bobbin is formed integrally in the lower housing by injection molding. | 26,555 |
8,970,404 | 1. A communication device comprising a text coding and decoding system, comprising: a storage device; at least one processor; and one or more modules stored in the storage device and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more modules comprising: a creating module configured to create a coding table stored in the storage device; a converting module configured to receive text data, and convert each upper case letter of the text data into a lower case letter; a coding module configured to index coded characters of the text data into five-bit first strings according to the coding table, line up the five-bit first strings in sequence to form an array, divide the array into eight-bit second strings, supplement a last string with preset bits to form an eight-bit string when the last string is less than eight bits, embed a preset indicatory code in a head of the array, and embed a data coding scheme and a length of the array in a header of the array to code the text data; a transmitting module configured to transmit the array to a receiver that communicates with the communication device; a receiving module configured to receive the array from a sending device that communicates with the communication device; a decoding module configured to determine whether the array is coded in the data coding scheme according to the preset indicatory code of the array, convert the array into the five-bit first strings according to the data coding scheme embedded in a header of the array when the array is coded by the data coding scheme, and index the coding table for determining the character of each string, wherein the data coding scheme codes the array by the coding table saved in the communication device; and a displaying module configured to display a text data corresponding to the determined character of each string on a monitor of the communication device. | 22,336 |
8,792,525 | 1. A frequency comb laser generating an output pulse train characterized by having a repetition rate and a carrier envelope offset frequency, said laser comprising; a laser cavity comprising a solid-state or a fiber gain medium: a mode locking mechanism configured for passive mode-locking, a pump source for optically pumping said gain medium, wherein said gain medium, in combination with said pump source, generates an intra-cavity optical beam in said laser cavity; and an intra-cavity optical element disposed external to said gain medium, said optical element configured as a graphene-based loss modulator to modulate the loss of said laser cavity and to modulate said carrier envelope offset frequency, the optical path length of said cavity, or both; said optical element comprising at least one layer of a material operatively connected to an electrical source, said cavity loss and/or optical path length modulation induced by electrical modulation of the transmission or reflection loss of the optical element with a time varying electric field generated by said electrical source and applied to said material, wherein said at least one layer of material is disposed between electrodes, and an intra-cavity optical beam is configured to pass through at least one of said electrodes. | 27,006 |
9,097,312 | 1. Multi-clutch transmission for a motor vehicle with a prime mover, having a main transmission, a range section and an output shaft, the main transmission comprising at least one input shaft, a main shaft and a main countershaft that is parallel to the main shaft, the main shaft being an output member of the main transmission and integral or rotationally fixed with a range input shaft of the range section, the range section comprising a range main shaft that is integral or rotationally fixed with the output shaft, a range countershaft, range gearwheels that can selectively transfer power from a range input member to the range countershaft and on to the range main shaft, and range clutches, the multi-clutch transmission comprising a by-passing torque path, wherein the by-passing torque path comprises a by-passing clutch that selectively can rotationally lock the main countershaft to the range countershaft, wherein the range section at least two alternating torque paths having different speed ratios can be established by selective engagement and disengagement of at least one of the range clutches and wherein the one range clutch is a tooth clutch having two engaged positions, wherein power can be transferred in the by-passing torque path when the range section is shifted, wherein the one range clutch selectively can rotationally lock the range input shaft to the range main shaft or to one of the range gearwheels that is a primary range loose gearwheel. | 49,028 |
9,350,389 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a redundancy RF channel and a plurality of original RF channels over a communication medium; demodulating the redundancy RF channel resulting in a redundancy data sequence and demodulating the plurality of original RF channels resulting in a plurality of original data sequences; sampling a symbol from the redundancy data sequence; sampling a symbol from each of the plurality of original data sequences; and correcting an error in one of the plurality of original data sequences using the sampled symbol from the redundancy data sequence and the sampled symbol from each of the plurality of original data sequences, wherein: each of the plurality of original data sequences is associated with a different one of the plurality of original RF channels and represents a different independent video or audio data sequence, and the sampling a symbol from each of the plurality of original data sequences and a symbol from the one redundancy data sequence includes aligning the plurality of original data sequences and the redundancy data sequence. | 36,344 |
8,581,971 | 1. An endoscope system comprising: an insertion portion adapted to be inserted into a test object; an operating portion operatively connected to and adapted to operate the insertion portion; an image display unit including an image display element for displaying an image; and a supporting portion operatively connecting the image display unit and the operating portion, the supporting portion being adapted to rotate the image display unit from a first position in which the image display element faces an external surface of the operating portion to a second position different from the first position, wherein: a recess is provided in a part of the external surface of the operating portion, and in the first position, the supporting portion supports the image display unit such that it can be housed within the recess. | 16,888 |
9,249,729 | 1. A gas turbine engine having, in flow series, a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section, and further having: a cooling system which diverts an air flow received from the compressor section to a heat exchanger and then to the turbine section to cool a component thereof, the air flow by-passing the combustor and being cooled in the heat exchanger, and the cooling system having a valve arrangement which regulates the air flow downstream of the heat exchanger; and a closed-loop controller apparatus operable to control operation of the valve arrangement by sending for a current time step of a series of time steps, a current demand signal, the closed-loop controller comprising: at least one sensor for monitoring a real-time parameter of the component over the series of time steps, a processor for calculating a demand signal at each time step to operate the valve arrangement to control the air flow, a memory for storing one or more most recent demand signals calculated at the most recent in the series of time steps, the processor configured for determining an error between a pre-defined target parameter and the real-time parameter sensed at the current time step and determining the current demand signal to cause the valve arrangement to control the air flow to address the error, wherein the step of determining the current demand signal involves a calculation using, the error and a most recent demand signal of the one or more most recent demand signals stored in the memory of the controller. | 20,541 |
9,051,025 | 1. A human-propulsion-system having an arm lever assembly with a force end that is telescoping, a fulcrum point, and a load point that correspondingly changes distance from the fulcrum point when the force end is extended or retracted comprising: an arm lever having at least two telescoping sections wherein, one is a lower section that telescopically supports an upper section while maintaining rotational unity, further the upper section provides the force end and is graspable by at least one hand of an operator; a reciprocating member supports the lower section rotationally free and further provides the fulcrum point to allow the operator to reciprocate the arm lever assembly; a sliding mechanism, that provides the load point, is linearly supported by the reciprocating member and further connected to the telescoping action of the upper section; a controller operatively connecting the rotational movements of the arm lever assembly to a controlled (steerable) assembly; a support mechanism comprising: a pivot support that pivotally supports the arm lever assembly at the fulcrum point; a frame attached to the pivot support; a seat supported by the frame to support the operator; and a leg member attached to the frame forward of the seat that is utilized by the operator's legs; and a converter, having an input end and an output end, wherein the input end acts upon the reciprocating movements of the arm lever assembly and converts them into a unidirectional rotation of the output end to be utilized to motivate a function of the supports mechanism, further the converter is operatively supported by the frame. | 48,067 |
9,409,783 | 1. A method for manufacturing ordered mesoporous materials with functional groups attached to inner surfaces of the pores, in the absence of amphiphilic molecules, comprising: (A) forming a solution by dissolving a non-amphiphilic and non-surfactant template comprising organic molecules forming Hoogsten-bonded supramolecular structures formed through hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions, wherein the organic molecules of the template comprise folic acid, at a temperature between 4° C.-100° C. and pH between 6-13; (B) dissolving an additive substance which is a co-structure directing agents (CSDA) having a primary role of assembling molecular groups in the template, in a molar ratio of from 0.02:1 to 1:1 with respect to the organic molecules of step (A), and at a temperature between 4° C.-100° C.; (C) mixing the solution with at least one inorganic precursor, wherein the inorganic precursor is one or more metal oxide precursors selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ti, Ni, Cu, Co, Fe, Ru and Rh; (D) solidifying the solution by a process where hydrolysis and condensation of the inorganic precursor can occur; and (E) removing at least part of the template by solvent extraction to form a porous material. | 27,171 |
8,563,192 | 1. A gas storage system comprising: a group of capsules formed within a silicon structure that comprises a single crystalline silicon substrate and a single crystalline silicon lid bonded to the single crystalline silicon substrate, and containing gas stored in the capsules at a relatively high pressure compared to atmospheric pressure; and an activation element coupled to the group, the activation element configured to deliver energy in an amount sufficient to cause at least one of the capsules to release stored gas. | 20,186 |
9,583,011 | 1. A system for being installed in an aircraft in order to signal a presence of an obstacle during visual flight of the aircraft, the system comprising: at least one onboard unit for being installed on board the aircraft, which onboard unit includes an onboard database for being installed on board the aircraft, which onboard database stores at least one obstacle to be avoided during flight, with an obstacle consisting of an object located on a surface of a planet that is not identified as being a part of the planet surface, wherein the onboard unit further includes a processing unit communicating with the onboard database and a positioning unit communicating with the processing unit, the positioning unit having a function of determining a position in space of the aircraft, wherein the onboard unit further includes a manual interface for being installed on board the aircraft and whose function is to authorize manual addition and deletion of obstacles, visually detected by an operator on board the aircraft, to and from the onboard database by the operator on board the aircraft during flight of the aircraft, with the interface being in communication directly with the onboard database, the onboard database storing with an obstacle added to or deleted from the onboard database via the interface the position in space of the aircraft from the positioning unit at the time the obstacle is added to or deleted from the onboard database, and with the system further including confirmation means for confirming with an operator on the ground while the aircraft is on the ground after flight that an obstacle deleted from the onboard database via the interface is absent from a location of the planet surface corresponding to the position in space of the aircraft at the time the obstacle was deleted from the onboard database and that an obstacle added to the onboard database via the interface is present at a location of the planet surface corresponding to the position in space of the aircraft at the time the obstacle was added to the onboard database. | 34,801 |
9,322,530 | 1. A light source device, comprising: a plurality of excitation light sources which emit excitation light; a phosphor which changes the excitation light to fluorescent light; a dichroic mirror which transmits the excitation light and reflects the fluorescent light; and a condensing lens which condenses the excitation light transmitted through the dichroic mirror in an excitation light irradiation region on the phosphor, wherein the plurality of light sources are arranged so that each excitation light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources enters asymmetrically to a center of the condensing lens; and wherein when the excitation light irradiation region is a center and an incident angle to the excitation light irradiation region of any excitation light of each of the excitation light is an elevation angle θ, is satisfied. | 25,201 |
9,670,093 | 1. A hydraulic composition comprising an α-hydroxy sulfonic acid or a salt thereof, hydraulic powder and water, a ratio of slag in the hydraulic powder being 60% by mass or more. | 47,952 |
8,550,885 | 1. A grinder comprising: a housing for accommodating a motor; a gear cover attached to the housing by a plurality of screws extending in a first direction; a spindle case attached to the gear cover; a spindle extending outward from the spindle case in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a wheel guard rotatably mounted on the spindle case for covering approximately a first half of a disc-shaped tool bit attached to the spindle, the wheel guard being selectively fixed to and unfixed from the spindle case, a remaining half of the disc-shaped tool being positioned farther from the housing than the first half from the housing; and a stop piece that regulates the rotation of the wheel guard, wherein: the stop piece is fixed to the housing together with the gear cover by at least one of the plurality of screws; the stop piece has an abutting section at which the stop piece abuts the wheel guard to regulate the rotation of the wheel guard, the abutting section being located at a position deviated from an axial line of the at least one of the plurality of screws that is extending in the first direction; and the wheel guard further comprises a fastening unit configured to restrict the rotation of the wheel guard at a predetermined angular position when the stop piece abuts the wheel guard, the fastening unit being configured to fix the wheel guard to the gear cover at any angular position until the predetermined angular position. | 22,156 |
9,837,355 | 1. A method of forming an interconnect to an electrical device comprising: forming at least one aft gap between adjacent metal lines in a plurality of metal lines by depositing a non-conformal material stack atop the plurality of metal lines, wherein forming the plurality of metal lines comprises forming a plurality of line trenches in a low-k dielectric layer, forming a liner material in the line trenches, forming said plurality of metal lines on the liner material in the plurality of line trenches and selectively forming a metal cap layer on an upper surface of the plurality of metal lines, wherein the non-conformal material stack includes an air gap forming dielectric and a hard mask dielectric layer, wherein said forming said aft gap further comprises damaging the low-k dielectric material, removing a damaged portion of the low-k dielectric material to open a space between said adjacent metal lines in said plurality of metal lines, forming a conformal dielectric layer on sidewalls and upper surfaces of said plurality of metal lines, forming said air gap forming dielectric, wherein said aft gap forming dielectric is non-conformally deposited and encloses said air gap within said space between said adjacent lines by pinching off an opening to said space, said air gap forming dielectric being composed of a low-k dielectric, and forming said hard mask dielectric layer, wherein said hard mask dielectric layer comprises a bilayer of a nitride containing dielectric present on the low-k dielectric and a metal nitride present atop the nitride containing dielectric; forming a sacrificial dielectric layer atop the non-conformal material stack, wherein an opening is present in the sacrificial dielectric layer exposing an apex of the non-conformal material stack substantially aligned to a metal line of the plurality of metal lines; removing an exposed portion of an apex portion of the hard mask dielectric layer selectively to the air gap forming dielectric; forming a trench through the air gap forming dielectric using a remaining portion of the hard mask dielectric layer as an etch mask to expose the metal line without opening said at least one air gap; and forming a contact to the metal line in said trench. | 1,794 |
8,477,307 | 1. A method for biomedical agent multi-dimension measuring and analysis comprising the steps of providing at least two light beam sources of a plurality of light beam sources, wherein a first light beam source provides a first light beam along a first light beam axis and a second light beam source provides a second light beam along a second light beam axis; providing a flow of said biomedical agent along a biomedical agent flow axis through a biomedical agent monitoring region; providing a first intersection of said biomedical agent flow axis with said first light beam axis at a first point on said biomedical agent flow axis within said biomedical agent monitoring region; providing a second intersection of said biomedical agent flow axis with said second light beam axis at a second point on said biomedical agent flow axis within said biomedical agent monitoring region, wherein a location of said second point on said biomedical agent flow axis is different from location of said first point on said biomedical agent flow axis; providing a detection of a light, which is created during said first intersection, by said first light detection means, wherein said light is a scattered light created by said biomedical agent flowing through said first point located within said biomedical agent monitoring region; providing a detection of a light, which is created during said second intersection, by said second light detection means, wherein said light is said scattered light created by said biomedical agent flowing through said second point located within said biomedical agent monitoring region; providing by said first light detection means an output which is effectively indicative of a first dimension of said biomedical agent flowing through said first point; providing by said second light detection means an output which is effectively indicative of a second dimension of said biomedical agent flowing through said second point; processing the outputs from said first light detection means and from said second light detection means providing said multi-dimension measuring of said biomedical agent and said analysis of said biomedical agent, wherein said analysis includes at least a counting of the biomedical agents, defining a concentration of the biomedical agents, a radioactive absorption testing, a X-Ray absorption testing, an infrared testing, an ultraviolet testing, a magnetic testing, an electromagnetic testing, an electromagnetic radiation absorption testing, a mass spectroscopy testing, a liquid chromatography testing, a flame ionization testing, a chemical testing, a DNA melting point testing, a DNA titration testing, an electrochemical testing, a fluorescent chemical testing, a fluorescence quenching testing, a redox-labeled nucleic acid binding testing, an oscillatory spectral detection testing. | 7,652 |
8,986,877 | 1. A battery, comprising: an electrode assembly having a current collector that forms a positive electrode and a second current collector that forms a negative electrode, a flat terminal joined only to a single surface of the current collector at a first end of the flat electrode assembly in a width direction of the flat electrode assembly, wherein a surface of the first flat terminal, which projects from a container accommodating the flat electrode assembly, is parallel to a side surface of the flat electrode assembly, and a second flat terminal joined only to a single surface of the second current collector at a second end of the flat electrode assembly in the width direction of the flat electrode assembly, wherein a surface of the second flat terminal, which projects from the container accommodating the flat electrode assembly, is parallel to the side surface of the flat electrode assembly, wherein: the first flat terminal has a first flat portion that includes a joint area joined to the first current collector, the first flat terminal has a first positive curved portion that is formed away from the joint area along the longitudinal direction of the first flat terminal, the first positive curved portion rises in a curve from the first flat portion, the first positive curved portion is provided on at least one of a first inner end portion and a first outer end portion of the first flat terminal in the width direction of the flat electrode assembly, the second flat terminal has a second flat portion that includes a joint area joined to the second current collector, the second flat terminal has a first negative curved portion that is formed away from the joint area of the second flat portion along the longitudinal direction of the second flat terminal, the first negative curved portion rises in a curve from the second flat portion, and the first negative cured portion is provided on at least one of a second inner end portion and a second outer end portion of the second flat terminal in the width direction of the flat electrode assembly. | 38,266 |
8,847,403 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first insulating film formed above a substrate; a first conductive layer formed in the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed above the first insulating film with the first conductive layer; two groove-shaped patterns formed in the second insulating film, one of the groove-shaped patterns including a first pattern which includes a first bent portion with a first angle in a plan view, another of the groove-shaped patterns including a second pattern which includes a second bent portion with a second angle that is larger than the first angle in a plan view and a third bent portion which has a third angle that is larger than the first angle in a plan view; and a second conductive layer formed in the first and the second pattern, the second conductive layer electrically coupling to the first conductive layer. | 8,482 |
9,168,702 | 1. A method of manufacturing a composite longitudinal stringer having a run out region, the method comprising: laying up a stack of fiber reinforced laminate plies, wherein at least one of the reinforced laminate plies is laid up as discrete first and second ply portions, and fibers of the second ply portion have a different characteristic from fibers of the first ply portion, and wherein the second ply portion extends up to a longitudinal end of the stringer at the run out region and the first portion is disposed inboard of the longitudinal end in the stringer longitudinal direction, such that the stringer has a lower axial stiffness at the run out region compared with the remainder of the stringer due to the different characteristic of the fibers of the second ply portion. | 16,919 |
8,428,105 | 1. A solid-state device comprising the following circuits: a plurality of adaptive amplifier modulator circuits; at least one radiofrequency digitizer circuit; a USB engine and microcode power selector interface; a PN code selective beamforming engine circuit; and a many input single output radio frequency (RF) combiner circuit, wherein the PN code selective beamforming engine circuit comprises: a plurality of de-spreader circuits, a weight phasor angle circuit, a reference signal circuit, and a weight magnitude normalization circuit, the weight magnitude normalization circuit coupled to the adaptive amplifier modulator circuit, the reference signal circuit coupled to the weight magnitude normalization circuit and further coupled to the weight phasor angle circuit, and the plurality of de-spreader circuits, the weight phasor angle circuit coupled to the reference signal circuit and to the plurality of de-spreader circuits, and each de-spreader circuit further coupled to the at least one radiofrequency digitizer circuit by an amplitude input and a phase input and to the USB engine and microcode power selector interface. | 35,958 |
9,623,367 | 1. A method for removing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from a gas mixture containing CO 2 and at least one other gas, said method comprising contacting the gas mixture with at least one of: 1) one or more linear (per)fluoropolyether PFPE fluid of formula (I): wherein: 2) one or more linear PFPE fluid of formula (II): wherein | 17,814 |
9,723,673 | 1. A handheld device for merging groups of lighting fixtures comprising: a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of lighting fixtures; and circuitry configured to: | 18,767 |
8,545,769 | 1. A method for amplifying a DNA sample, comprising: providing a reusable amplification device, the inner surfaces of the amplification device consisting of a polydimethylsiloxane layer bonded to a spin-on glass layer; introducing a first DNA sample into the amplification device; replicating the first DNA sample; extracting the replicated first DNA sample; washing the amplification device; introducing a second DNA sample; and replicating the second DNA sample, wherein there is minimal or no contamination of the second DNA sample with the first DNA sample. | 3,881 |
9,425,372 | 1. An LED device to be connected to a socket connector, comprising: a device body made of plastic and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a plurality of metal contacts insert-molded in the device body and each having a first end portion placed on the first surface and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion; and a plurality of LED bare chips mounted directly on the first end portions of the metal contacts, respectively, wherein the second end portions of the metal contacts protrude outward of the device body from the second surface, thereby forming terminal portions each of which has a plate shape perpendicular to the second surface, wherein each of the terminal portions extends lengthily along the second surface to fit snugly with an elongated socket of the socket connector, and wherein power supply to the LED bare chips and heat radiation from the LED bare chips are carried out through the metal contacts. | 1,608 |
9,793,724 | 1. A system for controlling monitoring and voltage balancing of individual battery cells within a battery pack supplying power to a vehicle, comprising: in a first configuration, a circuit board comprising a plurality of battery cell monitor circuits and voltage balance circuits, said plurality of battery cell monitor circuits and voltage balance circuits populated to monitor N actual total number of battery cells, where N is a number, the circuit board electrically coupled to a plurality of battery cells external to the circuit board; in a second configuration, the circuit board comprising the plurality of battery cell monitor circuits and voltage balance circuits populated to monitor less than N actual total number of battery cells, circuits included in the plurality of battery cell monitor circuits and voltage balance circuits not monitoring battery cells not being populated; and a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory to monitor and balance a first actual total number of battery circuits responsive to a first voltage across a voltage divider network and to monitor and balance a second actual total number of battery circuits responsive to a second voltage across the voltage divider network. | 11,954 |
8,570,938 | 1. A method of paring a first wireless access unit with a second wireless access unit in a mobile ad-hoc wireless pairing system, the method comprising: pairing the first wireless access unit with the second wireless access unit in response to receiving an input from a user of the first wireless access unit; determining a location of the second wireless access unit at least in part by adjusting a first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor, wherein a radiation pattern, of a first wireless access unit antenna array is based on the first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor and wherein voltages applied to excite individual antenna elements in the first wireless access unit antenna array are based on the first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor; determining a threshold signal strength based on the location of the second wireless access unit, wherein the threshold signal strength corresponds to a signal strength required to transmit data between the first wireless access unit and the second wireless access unit with a minimum number of error bits; adjusting the first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor until the threshold signal strength is received by the second wireless access unit; transmitting the first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor to the second wireless access unit; receiving feedback from the second wireless access unit, wherein the feedback provides recommendations about the first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor to the first wireless access unit; and adjusting the first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor based on the feedback. | 40,516 |
9,653,734 | 1. A polymeric composition with repeating units of the formula: wherein x>=0, x′>=0, y>0, z>0, x+x′+y+z=1, R 1 and R 2 is (CH 2 ) n CH 3 where n=0-8, R 3 and R 4 is (CH 2 ) n COOH where n=0-8, and R 5 and R 6 is any combination of H, COOH and COOCH 3 . | 21,661 |
9,394,305 | 1. A compound having the formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable solvates thereof or stereoisomers thereof, wherein, | 26,699 |
9,016,636 | 1. A slat support assembly for an aircraft wing, said assembly comprising: a slat support arm having a plurality of bearing surfaces extending along a length of said arm, the slat support arm movable about a slat support arm axis to deploy and retract a slat attached to one end of said slat support arm from a leading edge of an aircraft wing; and a plurality of bearings mountable within the wing, each bearing in rolling contact with an associated bearing surface to support the slat support arm and guide the slat during deployment and retraction, wherein a plurality of the associated bearings have axes of rotation that are not parallel to the slat support arm axis. | 4,510 |
9,479,565 | 1. A method of selecting a network connection for data communications with a networked device, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of networks available for data communications with the networked device, each network having network connection attributes, wherein the network connection attributes include at least a power consumption upload rate, a power consumption download rate, upload fail rate, and a download fail rate; determining a location of the networked device including prompting a user of the networked device to select the location from amongst a collection of known locations; determining a direction of data transfer, from the perspective of the networked device, for which the network is to be selected; and selecting one of the plurality of networks in dependence upon the network connection attributes for the determined direction of data transfer from the perspective of the networked device, and in dependence upon the location of the networked device. | 30,769 |
8,578,713 | 1. A hydraulic soft start system for actuating an associated hydraulic motor, the system comprising: a hydraulic pressure source; a first flow control valve including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the first flow valve being in fluid communication with the hydraulic pressure source, the outlet of the first valve being in fluid communication with a high pressure inlet of the associated hydraulic motor; a first flow restricting orifice in fluid communication with and disposed between the outlet of the first valve and the inlet of the associated hydraulic motor; a second flow control valve including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the second valve being in fluid communication with the outlet of the first valve, the outlet of the second valve being in fluid communication with the inlet of the associated hydraulic motor; a hydraulic pilot for actuating the second flow control valve, the pilot being in fluid communication with the inlet of the associated hydraulic motor; a second flow restricting orifice in fluid communication with and disposed between the pilot and the inlet of the associated hydraulic motor; and whereupon actuation of the first valve, a first fluid flow is passed from the hydraulic pressure source via the first orifice to the inlet of the associated motor, the first fluid flow placing the associated motor in a partially-actuated low power state, a portion of the first fluid flow being passed via the second orifice to the pilot, the second valve being actuated after a threshold pressure of the pilot is reached allowing a second fluid flow to pass from the pressure source to the inlet of the associated motor, the second fluid flow being higher than the first fluid flow, thereby placing the associated motor in a fully-actuated high power state. | 19,940 |
8,367,514 | 1. A method for fabricating a capacitor, comprising: providing a base electrode layer; forming a base layer over the base electrode layer; patterning the base layer to uncover a region of the base electrode layer; carrying out an anodic oxidation of the base electrode layer in the uncovered region of the base electrode layer to form a dielectric; forming a covering electrode layer over the dielectric; and patterning the covering electrode layer to uncover a peripheral edge of the dielectric, wherein the base electrode layer has a cutout adjacent to the dielectric arranged on a side of the base electrode layer which faces the dielectric, and the dielectric is stepped at an edge, with a step face that lies parallel to the base electrode layer lying in one plane with an edge of the cutout that is remote from the base electrode layer. | 30,492 |
8,806,928 | 1. A catalyst deterioration detection apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising: a catalyst that is arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and has an oxidation function; downstream side temperature sensor that detects a temperature of an exhaust gas at a downstream side from said catalyst; and addition unit that adds a reducing agent into the exhaust gas from an upstream side from said catalyst; comprising: an electronic control unit that includes program logic which, calculates a range of drop of a temperature detected by said downstream side temperature sensor during deceleration of said internal combustion engine or a range of rise of a temperature detected by said downstream side temperature sensor during acceleration of said internal combustion engine, when the reducing agent is added by said addition unit; and determines a deterioration of said catalyst by making a comparison between said range of temperature drop or said range of temperature rise and a threshold value which indicates the deterioration of said catalyst. | 29,721 |
8,808,409 | 1. A rechargeable fire starter comprising: an absorbent comprised of a porous mineral; wherein said absorbent is saturated with a flammable liquid; wherein the absorbent is comprised of one or more of the following porous minerals: perlite, vermiculite, sodium silicate hydrate, pumice stone and obsidian; and wherein the flammable liquid comprises one or more of the following: ethanol, diesel fuel, kerosene, gasoline, methanol, liquid paraffin, or any other flammable liquid hydrocarbon, wherein the saturated absorbent is coated with a sealant and wherein the saturated absorbent is mixed with metal filings. | 22,188 |
8,815,466 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell comprising: an anode layer that is porous with respect to a fuel gas; a layer of solid oxide electrolyte less than about 100 nm thick deposited on a surface of the anode layer at vacuum conditions of less than about 5×10-7 torr, so that an ionic conductivity of the layer of solid oxide electrolyte is greater than about 0.00001 ohm-1 cm a cathode layer that is porous with respect to an oxidizer, the cathode layer deposited on at least a portion of the layer of solid oxide electrolyte; wherein at least a portion of the surface of the anode layer has a root-mean-square roughness of less than about 3 nm; wherein the layer of solid oxide electrolyte has a root-mean-square roughness of less than about 3 nm, and wherein the layer of solid oxide electrolyte has substantially no amorphous phase between one or more grain boundaries therein, so that an operating temperature of the solid oxide fuel cell is less than about 500° C. while a power density provided by the solid oxide fuel cell at said temperature is greater than about 0.1 W/cm | 21,540 |
9,653,754 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte mainly comprising a nonaqueous solvent and an electrolyte dissolved therein, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of saturated chain hydrocarbons, saturated cyclic hydrocarbons and ethers having a fluorine atom, and further comprises at least one metal salt of at least one of a monofluorophosphate and a difluorophosphate, wherein the at least one compound selected from the group consisting of saturated chain hydrocarbons, saturated cyclic hydrocarbons and ethers having a fluorine atom is contained in a total amount of 0.01-15% by mass based on the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the metal salt of the monofluorophosphate and/or difluorophosphate is contained in a total amount of from 0.001% by mass to 5% by mass based on the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte, and wherein the saturated chain hydrocarbons have 5-20 carbon atoms, the saturated cyclic hydrocarbons have 3-20 carbon atoms, and the ethers having a fluorine atom are expressed by a general formula R | 22,448 |
9,317,098 | 1. A server connected to a plurality of other servers, the server comprising: a power supply stop control unit which stops a power supply of a predetermined processing unit which is a processing unit to which supply of power from a power supply is to stop among processing units which use the power from the power supply upon receiving a power supply stop instruction signal instructing to stop the power supply; a power supply start-up control unit which intermittently starts up the power supply of the predetermined processing unit when the power supply stop control unit stops the power supply of the predetermined processing unit; a power supply start-up determination unit which determines whether a processing load of other servers which are executing their processes among the plurality of the other servers is higher than an upper limit load determined in advance as a load required to be processed by servers the number of which is greater than or equal to the number of the other servers which are executing their processes when the power supply start-up control unit starts up the power supply of the predetermined processing unit; and a process control unit which controls process execution for the predetermined processing unit if the power supply start-up determination unit determines that the processing load of the other servers which are executing their processes is higher than the upper limit load. | 9,738 |
8,375,602 | 1. A shoe having a lace fitting structure, comprising: a sole for absorbing an impact of landing, an upper for wrapping around an instep, and shoelace means for fitting the upper to the instep, wherein the upper defines a first opening through which a leg comes out in an upward direction during wearing, and a second opening provided on a front of the first opening, the two openings being continuous with each other in a front-rear direction, the upper comprising: a main upper covering a medial side surface, a lateral side surface, a toe and a back surface of a foot; a plurality of first eyelets provided along a side edge of the second opening, wherein the shoelace means passes through and engages with the first eyelets, and the first eyelets include at least one of the first eyelets placed near the toe around the second opening and at least one of the first eyelets placed near an ankle around the second opening; a plurality of second eyelets provided along the side edge of the second opening, wherein the shoelace means passes through and engages with the second eyelets, and the second eyelets are placed between the at least one first eyelet near the toe around the second opening and the at least one first eyelet near the ankle around the second opening; a first side panel extending in an upward or diagonally upward direction along the medial side surface in a space inside the main upper so as to wrap around the medial side surface of the foot; a second side panel extending in the upward or diagonally upward direction along the lateral side surface in the space inside the main upper so as to wrap around the lateral side surface of the foot; and a third eyelet provided at a tip of each of the first and second side panels, wherein the shoelace means passes through and engages with the third eyelet, wherein: at least an upper portion of each of the side panels including an area thereof where the third eyelet is provided is unattached to the main upper; and a frictional force between the shoelace means and the second eyelets is smaller than a frictional force between the shoelace means and the first eyelets, the shoelace means including: a first portion passing through the first and second eyelets so as to repeatedly reciprocate between the medial side surface and the lateral side surface without passing through the third eyelets, thereby narrowing the second opening in a foot breadth direction and fitting the main upper to the foot; and a second portion passes through from the at least one first eyelet near the toe around the second opening to the third eyelet of each of the side panels without passing through the second eyelets and further through the at least one first eyelet near the ankle around the second opening, thereby fitting the first and second side panels to the medial and lateral side surfaces of the foot. | 36,709 |
9,447,340 | 1. A fuel additive formulation consisting of a solution of hexylene glycol and boric acid, said boric acid having a concentration of between 1% and 13% by weight. | 36,127 |
9,310,852 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a rack for selectively receiving a plurality of chassis; a chassis having longitudinal surfaces including a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface and a second side surface; a rigid frame extending along the at least one of the longitudinal surfaces of the chassis; a flexible sealing member secured to at least one of the longitudinal surfaces of the chassis along a lateral pathway, wherein the flexible sealing member has a first end secured to the chassis, a second end secured to the rigid frame, and a central portion extending between the first and second ends; a first longitudinal rail secured to a first side of the rack and a second longitudinal rail secured to a second side of the rack, wherein the first and second longitudinal rails guide the chassis to move longitudinally into and out of the rack; and an actuator positioned within the rack and longitudinally aligned with the rigid frame; wherein moving the chassis longitudinally into the rack causes the rigid frame to engage the actuator and then elastically flex the central portion of the flexible sealing member to extend outwardly from the longitudinal surface of the chassis. | 15,186 |
9,683,757 | 1. A solar array field comprising a plurality of vacuum solar thermal panels and a hydraulic circuit for circulating a heat transfer fluid through said vacuum solar thermal panels and comprising at least one circulation path connecting a low-temperature inlet to a high-temperature outlet each vacuum solar thermal panel comprising: a vacuum-tight envelope; a single heat-absorbing plate, enclosed within said vacuum-tight envelope, having: a first part; a second part; and longitudinal slits between the first part and the second part in order to reduce thermal conductivity between the two parts; each vacuum solar thermal panel further comprising: at least a forward pipe thermally connected with said heat-absorbing plate and in direct contact with the first part thereof; and at least a return pipe thermally connected with said heat-absorbing plate and in direct contact with the second part thereof; each vacuum solar thermal panel having, within the vacuum-tight envelope, no internal fluid connection between its forward pipe and its return pipe; the forward pipes of said vacuum solar thermal panels being connected in series to define a forward portion of said circulation path; the return pipes of said vacuum solar thermal panels being connected in series to define a return portion of said circulation path connected downstream to said forward portion; the forward portion successively traversing the vacuum-tight envelopes of said plurality of vacuum-solar thermal panels, the return portions traversing the same vacuum-tight envelopes in reverse order. | 6,553 |
9,517,775 | 1. A method of operating a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of: providing, via a position sensor assigned to the motor vehicle, a measurement signal that includes spatial information concerning a predetermined area of an interior of the motor vehicle; emitting, via at least one radiation source assigned to the motor vehicle, a predetermined radiation; detecting, via at least one vital sensor assigned to the motor vehicle, and having a detector, a portion of the radiation emitted by the radiation source that strikes the vital sensor, wherein: a measurement signal of the vital sensor is representative of at least one vital parameter of a given vehicle occupant; as a function of the measurement signal of the position sensor, a position of at least one predetermined reference body part and a characteristic value for a movement dynamic that is representative of a movement of the vehicle occupant in question are determined, and analysis is performed on the characteristic value to determine whether the characteristic value for the movement dynamic exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and as a function of the determined position of the predetermined reference body part and the analyzed characteristic value for the movement dynamic of the vehicle occupant in question, one or more following actions occur: (i) the radiation source is deactivated and (ii) an orientation of the radiation source is controlled. | 2,984 |
8,902,791 | 1. A method for controlling reporting configurations for cells of one or more wireless communications networks based on current power state of a cell, the method comprising: providing reporting configuration instructions from a network entity to one or more second cells, instructing the one or more second cells to select one of at least two defined configurations for reporting at least one of system information or load information to a first cell, based on whether the first cell is in a powered up state or a powered down state, wherein the at least two defined configurations comprises at least a first reporting configuration for reporting the at least one of system information or load information when the first cell is in the powered up state and a second reporting configuration for reporting the at least one of system information or load information when the first cell is in the powered down state; transmitting notifications from the first cell to the one or more second cells indicating when the first cell is transitioning to a current power state selected from the powered up state and the powered down state; and selecting one of the at least two defined configurations for interpreting data received from the second cell, based on the current power state, to obtain at least one of the system information or the load information. | 39,821 |
9,682,700 | 1. A hybrid system comprising: an engine configured to rotate an engine rotary shaft connected thereto; a motor/generator configured to rotate a motor/generator rotary shaft connected thereto; an automatic clutch including a first side and a second side therof, and being connected to the engine rotary shaft on the first side; a differential device including first, second, and third rotational elements, the first rotational element being connected to the motor/generator rotary shaft, the second rotational element being connected to the second side of the automatic clutch; a first transmission mechanism including input and output shafts to transmit torque between the input and output shafts thereof and being connected to the second side of the automatic clutch and the second rotational element of the differential device via the input shaft of the first transmission mechanism, the output shaft of the first transmission mechanism being connected to wheels; a second transmission mechanism including input and output shafts to transmit torque between the input and output shafts thereof and being connected to the third rotational element of the differential device via the input shaft of the second transmission mechanism, the output shaft of the second transmission mechanism being the same as the output shaft of the first transmission mechanism; and a control device configured to operate the automatic clutch, set a gear ratio of the first transmission mechanism and a gear ratio of the second transmission mechanism, and control the motor/generator, wherein during an Electric Vehicle driving mode in which only an output of the motor/generator is used for driving, the control device is configured to at a time the engine is to be started during the Electric Vehicle driving mode, the control device is configured to | 10,944 |
9,716,729 | 1. A method for transforming inter-communications in a computing platform comprising: instantiating a set of isolated components, wherein each isolated component of the set of isolated components is individually isolated within a dedicated operating system level virtualization container; to each of the isolated components of the set of isolated components, binding a respective semantic pipeline, wherein each respective semantic pipeline is bound as a dedicated semantic pipeline to a respective one of the isolated components; establishing platform policies, the establishing comprising, for each of the semantic pipelines of the set of isolated components, defining a set of stages for the semantic pipeline, the set of stages being defined by the platform policies, each respective semantic pipeline for evaluating communications involving the isolated component to which it is bound, and each respective semantic pipeline for applying the platform policies to the communications, wherein the platform policies include, for each of one or more of the semantic pipelines, at least one rule policy for evaluating requested communications from a requesting one of the isolated components to a destination one of the isolated components, the rule policy determining whether requested communications are allowed or denied based on one or both of the requesting component and the destination component; channeling communications of each of the isolated components through the respective semantic pipeline bound to the isolated component; progressively processing a communication of one of the isolated components through the stages of the respective semantic pipeline; and delivering the processed communication to a destination component in accordance with the platform policies, such that all communications from the one of the isolated components to the destination component are delivered through the respective semantic pipeline. | 22,096 |
9,813,386 | 1. A cooperation service providing system comprising: a re-encryption key issuing apparatus; a plurality of service apparatuses for providing various services to a user by using an identification (ID) issued for the user; and a cooperation apparatus communicably connected to the plurality of service apparatuses and the re-encryption key issuing apparatus, wherein the cooperation apparatus comprises: the first service apparatus of the plurality of service apparatuses comprises: | 27,118 |
9,794,741 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a wearable device, information content for a location-specific information record from a mobile host device, the location-specific information record being associated with a relevant location of the mobile host device; determining, by the wearable device, whether to provide at least a portion of the information content; detecting, by the wearable device, one or more communication modes for providing the information content; determining, by the wearable device, a communication mode of the one or more communication modes based at least in part on a third device detected to be proximate to the wearable device; and providing, by the wearable device, at least the portion of the information content via an interface of the wearable device according to the determined communication mode. | 27,250 |
9,182,311 | 1. A method for balancing a physical rotor, the method comprising the steps of: determining a first balance state of the physical rotor; identifying one or more balance zones on a surface of the physical rotor; providing a computerised simulation of the physical rotor having the first balance state; providing a first test mass in a first test location within one of the balance zones on the physical rotor simulation; determining a second balance state of the physical rotor simulation; providing at least one subsequent test mass in at least one subsequent test location within a balance zone on the physical rotor simulation and determining at least one subsequent balance state of the physical rotor simulation; selecting a mass and location from one of the first and subsequent test masses and test locations which provides a predetermined balance state; and performing a material deposition process to add the selected mass of material to the selected location on the physical rotor, the selected mass being formed of a plurality of progressively smaller segments fused to the selected location on the physical rotor. | 46,122 |
9,601,530 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a transistor comprising: and one or more semiconductor elements forming a diode over the transistor, the one or more semiconductor elements comprising: wherein: | 47,553 |
9,233,622 | 1. A system for managing an amount of stored energy in a powered system, said powered system configured to complete a mission from an initial stage to a final stage, said system comprising: a controller including a memory configured to store a plurality of handling stages; wherein said controller is configured to determine the stored energy at said initial stage based upon said initial stage and a handling stage positioned between the initial stage and the final stage and selected from among the plurality of handling stages stored in memory; said stored energy being necessary to propagate said powered system from the initial stage to the handling stage upon the occurrence of an anomaly in said powered system. | 20,229 |
9,437,317 | 1. A nonvolatile memory device comprising: an internal circuit; a first voltage pad configured to provide a first voltage to the internal circuit; a second voltage pad configured to provide a second voltage to the internal circuit, the second voltage being higher than the first voltage; and an external power control logic including, | 10,185 |
9,077,184 | 1. A battery control device for controlling a storage battery system consisting of a plurality of storage batteries connected in parallel, comprising: a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature of each storage battery; an energy amount detecting unit configured to detect an energy amount of each storage battery; a control unit programmed to: | 34,798 |
8,929,506 | 1. A shift register including: a voltage shifting module, a voltage inverting module, a voltage complementing module, a voltage shifting control module, a first output terminal and a second output terminal; wherein the voltage shifting module is used for receiving a voltage non-inverted to a startup voltage under the control of a first startup voltage signal and outputting the received voltage non-inverted to the startup voltage from the second output terminal and simultaneously to the voltage inverting module under the control of a second startup voltage signal; the voltage inverting module is connected to the voltage shifting module and is used for outputting a voltage inverse to the startup voltage from the first output terminal and simultaneously to the voltage complementing module under the control of the received voltage outputted from the voltage shifting module and a voltage supplied from an inverse voltage source; and outputting the voltage non-inverted to the startup voltage from the first output terminal and simultaneously to the voltage complementing module under the control of the first startup voltage signal and a voltage supplied from a startup voltage source or under the control of a third startup voltage signal and the voltage supplied from the startup voltage source; the voltage complementing module is connected to the voltage inverting module and the voltage shifting module, and is used for outputting the voltage inverse to the startup voltage from the second output terminal and simultaneously to the voltage inverting module under the control of the received voltage outputted from the voltage inverting module and the voltage supplied from the inverse voltage source, when the voltage inverting module outputs the voltage non-inverted to the startup voltage; and the voltage shifting control module is connected to the voltage shifting module, and is used for controlling to turn off the voltage shifting module under the control of the third startup voltage signal and the voltage supplied from the inverse voltage source. | 46,855 |
9,084,713 | 1. A compression device for applying cyclical compression treatment around a part of a patient's body, the device comprising: a wicking layer having a first face and a second face, the first face is adapted to be applied to skin of the patient such that the second face faces away from the skin, the wicking layer is adapted to move moisture; at least one bladder having a portion defining a compression region, the at least one bladder being constructed of bladder material overlying the second face of the wicking layer, the at least one bladder being formed from opposing flat faces of at least one sheet of the bladder material; and at least one opening in the at least one sheet of bladder material of the bladder; the wicking layer being joined to the bladder material, wherein a portion of the wicking layer is exposed to atmosphere from under the bladder material, the wicking layer being positioned on the device and configured to move the moisture from the skin of the patient at locations under the bladder material and spaced away from said at least one bladder opening to a location under said at least one bladder opening to evaporate the moisture to the ambient environment through said at least one bladder opening. | 35,172 |
9,588,325 | 1. An optical imaging processing system, comprising: an incident light source; a screen; and at least one optical transmission medium, wherein the at least one optical transmission medium is disposed in an optical imaging path in which the incident light source is emergent and is projected to the screen; wherein an light incident face of the at least one optical transmission medium faces the incident light source, and a light exiting face of the at least one optical transmission medium faces the screen, wherein at least one cavity is comprised between the light incident face and the light exiting face of the at least one optical transmission medium, and a cross-section shape of the at least one cavity is an isosceles trapezoid or is a hexagon formed by two isosceles trapezoids, wherein the at least one cavity comprises a light transmission area and a light blanking area used for object accommodation, and the optical imaging path bypasses the light blanking area and penetrates through the at least one optical transmission medium through the light transmission area, wherein the screen comprises a rear projection screen, and the incident light source comprises a projector, wherein an acquiring aperture corresponding to an acquiring view angle of an image acquiring device is provided at a front end of the rear projection screen, and wherein an optical rod is disposed between the image acquiring device and the front end of the rear projection screen, and the optical rod is used for reducing, on the basis of retaining the acquiring view angle of the image acquiring device unchanged, a size of the acquiring aperture provided at the front end of the rear projection screen. | 12,243 |
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