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8,597,780 | 1. A hard coat film in which a hard coat layer is provided on a transparent substrate film, wherein the hard coat layer comprises a cured product of a curable resin composition containing: a non-hollow reactive inorganic fine particle (A) having an average particle diameter of 5 nm to 26 nm, and having a reactive functional group (a) introduced by an organic component consisting of methacryiic acid and one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, valeric acid, caproic acid, acrylic acid, crotonic acid, citric acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid and stearic acid, and acid anhydrides, chlorides, esters and amides corresponding thereto, methoxyacetic acid, 3,6-dioxa hepatanoate and 3,6,9-trioxa decanoate, which covers at least a part of a surface of the reactive inorganic fine particle (A), on the surface, and a curable binder system containing a binder component (B) having a reactive functional group (b) cross-linkingly reactive with the reactive functional group (a) of the reactive inorganic fine particle (A), and the curable binder system itself also having curing reactivity; wherein the hard coat layer has a skin layer in its surface region being an interface and its vicinity on a side opposite to a transparent substrate film side of the hard coat layer, in which the skin layer has higher average particle number of the reactive inorganic fine particle (A) per unit area of a thickness-directional cross section of the hard coat layer than a region of the hard coat layer closer to the transparent substrate film side than the surface region; and wherein an average particle number of the reactive inorganic fine particle (A) per unit area of a thickness-directional cross section of the skin layer is twice or more than that of the reactive inorganic fine particle (A) per unit area of the thickness-directional cross section of the hard coat layer. | 24,775 |
9,260,443 | 1. A method of fabricating an organic device comprising providing a first solution comprising an organic semiconductor compound or a precursor compound thereof, a solvent and a decomposable polymer additive, wherein the organic semiconductor compound or the precursor compound thereof, and the decomposable polymer additive are dissolved in the first solution; casting said first solution; and removing at least 80% of the polymer additive by decomposing the polymer additive into volatile small molecules. | 36,937 |
9,103,696 | 1. A position sensor system, comprising: a first set of magnets, each magnet in the first set of magnets spaced apart from at least one other magnet in the first set of magnets by a first linear distance; a first sensor associated with and movable relative to the first set of magnets, the first sensor configured to sense a preset linear distance and generate a first sensor linear output signal in response to relative linear movement between the first sensor and the first set of magnets, wherein the first sensor linear output signal repeats each time the first sensor travels the first linear distance; a second set of magnets, each magnet in the second set of magnets spaced apart from at least one other magnet in the second set of magnets by a second linear distance, the second linear distance unequal to the first linear distance; a second sensor associated with and movable relative to the second set of magnets, the second sensor configured to sense the preset linear distance and generate a second sensor linear output signal in response to relative linear movement between the second sensor and the second set of magnets, wherein the second sensor linear output signal repeats each time the second sensor travels the second linear distance; and a processor coupled to receive the first and second sensor linear output signals and configured, in response thereto, to generate a position signal. | 38,788 |
8,357,486 | 1. A method for detecting or imaging a site of proliferation in a subject, comprising: (a) administering an (b) after a sufficient time for the Nissle bacterium to accumulate in proliferating tissues and the radiolabeled nucleoside compound to be phosphorylated by the endogenous thymidine kinase to result in accumulation of the resulting radiolabeled nucleotide within the Nissle bacterium, imaging the subject to detect the site of accumulation of the radiolabeled nucleotide in the subject, thereby detecting or imaging the site of proliferation. | 15,724 |
9,640,708 | 1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell, comprising: (a) preparing a silicon semiconductor substrate doped with a first conductive impurity; (b) forming an emitter layer on the substrate by doping an upper portion of the substrate with a second conductive impurity having the opposite polarity to the first conductive impurity; (c) forming an etching mask pattern at a front electrode connection area on the emitter layer using a paste comprising inorganic powder, an organic solvent and a binder; (d) etching back the emitter layer by using the etching mask pattern as a mask; (e) removing the etching mask pattern remaining after the etch-back; (f) forming an anti-reflection film over a front surface of the substrate; (g) establishing a connection between a front electrode and the front electrode connection area by penetrating through the anti-reflection film; and (h) establishing a connection between a rear electrode and a rear surface of the substrate, wherein the inorganic powder consists of the inorganic powder having a tap density of 0.01 to 20 g/cm | 40,062 |
9,062,255 | 1. A method of distilling biomass in a reactor, the reactor having a plurality of chambers, in which temperature, internal vapor pressure, vapor composition and vapor flow can be independently controlled in each chamber, the method comprising: introducing biomass into at least a first chamber of the plurality of chambers of the reactor; and transferring the biomass from the first chamber to a second chamber of the plurality of chambers, wherein a chamber separator is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber of the plurality of chambers, wherein the chamber separator has an open and closed position, and wherein the closed position separates the first chamber from the second chamber. | 26,726 |
8,940,350 | 1. A cereal composition comprising at least one cereal ingredient, rebaudioside A and erythritol, wherein: the rebaudioside A has a purity greater than about 97% by weight on a dry basis; the weight ratio of the rebaudioside A to the polyol is about 1:75 to about 1:150, and the at least one cereal ingredient is selected from the group consisting of maize, wheat, rice, barley, bran, bran endosperm, bulgur, sorghum, millet, oat, rye, triticale, buckwheat, fonio, quinoa, beans, soybean, amaranth, teff, spelt, kaniwa or combinations thereof. | 20,076 |
8,905,475 | 1. A system comprising: a first vehicle including a pair of first coupling devices and a first body style having an enclosed cargo area, the first coupling devices having a first spacing between each other; a second vehicle including a pair of second coupling devices and a second body style having an open cargo area, the second body style being different from the first body style, the second coupling devices having a second spacing between each other that is different from the first spacing; a seat frame including a pair of first attachment areas and a pair of second attachment areas, the seat frame adapted to be interchangeably installed into the first vehicle and into the second vehicle without modifying a configuration of the seat frame, the first coupling devices are engaged with the first attachment areas when the seat frame is installed into the first vehicle, the second coupling devices are engaged with the second attachment areas when the seat frame is installed into the second vehicle; and a seat belt retractor that is coupled to the seat frame in only one of the first and second vehicles. | 10,623 |
9,429,477 | 1. A method of monitoring the performance of a fluid heat exchanger for use with an engine, the heat exchanger comprising a first fluid flow path therethrough, and a second fluid flow path therethrough, the method comprising the steps of: a) measuring a first temperature of a first fluid flowing through the first fluid flow path at an exit from the heat exchanger; b) measuring a second temperature of a second fluid flowing through the second fluid flow path at an entry to the heat exchanger; c) determining for the first and second temperature measurements, a temperature difference therebetween; d) comparing the temperature difference to a first threshold value indicative of a complete blockage of the first fluid flow path through the heat exchanger, the first threshold value being pre-determined based on a nominal fuel-to-oil heat exchanger performance and an analysis of the resultant performance of the fuel-to-oil heat exchanger due to blockage for a range of engine operating conditions; and e) if the temperature difference is greater than the first threshold value, generating a first alert signal to indicate a deterioration in the heat exchanger performance. | 17,084 |
8,389,948 | 1. An Aharonov-Bohm (AB) sensor comprising: a beam splitter configured to split a first electron beam into a first wave and a second wave, the beam splitter further configured to direct the first wave along a first path through a field-free cage, wherein a phase of the first wave is configured to shift in response to a vector potential of a signal, the vector potential being present within the field-free cage; a beam combiner configured to combine the phase shifted first wave with the second wave to generate a second electron beam, the second electron beam being modulated based on the phase shift of the first wave; and a detector configured to receive the second electron beam and to detect the signal based on the modulation of the second electron beam. | 32,214 |
8,523,189 | 1. A sealing assembly for at least partially sealing a gap leading to a void between first and second members, the first and second members forming part of a gas-washed surface of a gas turbine, wherein the sealing assembly comprises: a bridging portion couplable to one of the first and second members and engaging the other of the first and second members so as to block off the void between the first and second members from the gas-washed surface, the bridging portion being adapted to have a movable configuration in which relative movement between at least a part of the bridging portion and the other of the first and second members is permitted and a permanent locked configuration in which relative movement between the at least a part of the bridging portion and the other of the first and second members is prevented, wherein in the locked configuration the bridging portion is locked by a cured filler that directly contacts the first and second members and the bridging portion. | 15,546 |
9,664,093 | 1. A method of calculating an inlet temperature for exhaust gases entering a catalyst module in an exhaust gas after treatment system, comprising the steps of: receiving, at a microprocessor of an engine system, an exhaust temperature of an exhaust gas prior to the exhaust gas entering a turbine of an internal combustion engine system; calculating, with the microprocessor, an amount of work extracted from the turbine utilizing parameters received by the microprocessor from a plurality of electronic control modules of the engine system; calculating, with the microprocessor, a first predicted temperature of the exhaust gases based upon the amount of work extracted by the turbine; utilizing, with the microprocessor, a low pass filtering model to arrive at a second predicted temperature of the exhaust gas; calculating, with the microprocessor, a third predicted temperature of the exhaust gas using a heat transfer model. | 29,920 |
8,507,916 | 1. A thin film transistor substrate, comprising: a base substrate; and a thin film transistor having a gate electrode provided on the base substrate, a gate insulating film provided so as to cover the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer comprised of an oxide semiconductor and provided on the gate insulating film so as to overlap the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are provided on the gate insulating film so as to face each other on the semiconductor layer and so that a part of the source electrode and a part of the drain electrode are connected to the semiconductor layer, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode have a stack of a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer, the third conductive layer is comprised of a low resistance metal that causes a redox reaction with the oxide semiconductor, the first conductive layer directly contacts the semiconductor layer, is formed by dry etching, and is comprised of a refractory metal including a Group 4 metal element that is less likely to cause the redox reaction with the oxide semiconductor than the third conductive layer does, an alloy primarily containing the Group 4 metal element, or a nitride or oxide thereof, the second conductive layer is comprised of a refractory metal including a Group 5 or Group 6 metal element into which metal particles of the third conductive layer are less likely to diffuse than into the first conductive layer, an alloy primarily containing the Group 5 or Group 6 metal element, or a nitride or oxide thereof, and the semiconductor layer is formed by performing annealing in an oxygen-containing atmosphere after formation of the source electrode and the drain electrode. | 19,591 |
9,463,711 | 1. A power system of an electric vehicle, comprising: a battery group; a battery heater, connected with the battery group and configured to charge and discharge the battery group to heat the battery group, wherein the battery heater comprises an output power adjusting module configured to adjust a heating power of the battery heater by adjusting at least one of a charge current and ai4/ef a discharge current; a battery management device, connected with the battery group and the battery heater respectively, and configured to control the output power adjusting module to adjust the heating power of the battery heater to heat the battery group according to a temperature of the battery group when the temperature of the battery group is lower than a first heating threshold and a residual electric quantity of the battery group is larger than a parking electric quantity threshold; an electric distribution box, configured to distribute a voltage output by the battery group; a motor; a motor controller, connected with the motor and the electric distribution box respectively, comprising a first input terminal, a second input terminal and a pre-charging capacitor connected between the first input terminal and the second input terminal, and configured to supply power to the motor according to a control command and a voltage distributed by the electric distribution box; and an isolation inductor, connected between the battery group and the electric distribution box, wherein an inductance of the isolation inductor matches with a capacitance of the pre-charging capacitor; wherein the battery management device controls the electric vehicle go enter into a running heating mode when any of following conditions is satisfied: the temperature of the battery group is higher than a first temperature threshold and lower than a second temperature threshold, and the residual electric quantity of the battery group is larger than a first electric quantity threshold; the temperature of the battery group is higher than the second temperature threshold and lower than a third temperature threshold, and the residual electric quantity of the battery group is larger than a second electric quantity threshold, in which the second electric quantity threshold is lower than the first electric quantity threshold; the temperature of the battery group is higher than the third temperature threshold and lower than a fourth temperature threshold, and the residual electric quantity of the battery group is larger than a third electric quantity threshold, in which the third electric quantity threshold is lower than the second electric quantity threshold; and the temperature of the battery group is higher than the fourth temperature threshold and lower than a fifth temperature threshold, and the residual electric quantity of the battery group is larger than a fourth electric quantity threshold, in which the fourth electric quantity threshold is lower than the third electric quantity threshold. | 15,007 |
8,424,877 | 1. A purged seal system for an annular space that includes an inner surface of a radially outer vessel, an outer surface of a radially inner vessel, and a seal passage therebetween, the annular space is divided into an upper annular space and a lower annular space by said purged seal, said system comprising: a first baffle element that extends from the inner surface into the seal passage at a first oblique angle with respect to the inner surface; a second baffle element that extends from the outer surface above the first baffle element in a direction opposite gravity flow into the seal passage, said second baffle element extends at a second oblique angle with respect to the outer surface, wherein at least a portion of each of said first and second baffle elements overlap within said seal passage; and a third baffle element that extends from the inner surface above the first baffle element in a direction opposite gravity flow into the seal passage, said third baffle element extends at a third oblique angle with respect to the inner surface, wherein said third oblique angle is shallower than said first oblique angle, wherein said second baffle element and said third baffle element terminate at approximately the same height within said seal passage such that a distal end of said third baffle element is positioned proximate a distal end of said second baffle element. | 3,894 |
9,540,651 | 1. A method for therapeutically treating a mammal having inflammatory bowel disease or ulcerative colitis where inhibiting a TLR7- and/or TLR9-mediated immune response would be beneficial, such method comprising administering to the mammal an antagonist of TLR7 and/or TLR9 having the structure 5′-N wherein C*G* is an oligonucleotide motif wherein C* is 5-Me-dC, and G1 is 7-deaza-dG; N N N N N p is 5; and z is 3; | 17,478 |
9,338,905 | 1. A curved display apparatus comprising: a fixing member which is curved; and a display panel which is attached to the fixing member and curved along the fixing member, wherein the fixing member comprises: wherein the display panel is detachable from the molding member, and wherein the molding member or the bottom chassis comprises a plurality of fixing protrusions which are attached to an edge of the display panel. | 27,561 |
8,475,982 | 1. An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising: a conductive support; a photosensitive layer comprising a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer; and a functional layer over said photosensitive layer that serves as a protective layer, the functional layer comprises a curable resin and at least one of: a first compound represented by formula (I); and a second compound derived from the first compound: wherein the functional layer has a cross-linked structure formed by a crosslinking reaction between the curable resin and at least one of the first compound represented by formula (I) and the second compound derived from the first compound. | 12,734 |
9,376,735 | 1. A composition comprising: a material including rare earth elements, a rare earth element crystallization medium, and rare earth metal crystals, where the rare earth metal crystals comprise rare earth metal formates or rare earth metal oxides and where the crystallization medium comprises 80 vol. % to 100 vol. % of at least one amide, 0 vol. % to 10 vol. % of at least one organic acid, and 0 vol. % to 10 vol. % water. | 8,460 |
9,121,719 | 1. A system that determines a projected range of a vehicle, the system comprising: a storage element that stores a set of parameters associated with a vehicle; a map evaluation element that retrieves information regarding a geographic area associated with a position of the vehicle, wherein the retrieved information comprises a plurality of links associated with available roadways in the geographic area and each link comprises a cost value; and a processing element that determines the projected range of the vehicle based at least partly on the set of parameters and the retrieved information, by evaluating the set of links to identify a plurality of paths extending outward from the position of the vehicle, wherein each path comprises a set of links having a summed cost value that is less than a target cost, wherein the processing element further generates a polygon representing the projected range by tracing the sets of links associated with the plurality of paths. | 49,080 |
8,680,236 | 1. A purified polypeptide comprising an OspA protein from a sensu stricto strain of Borrelia burgdorferi , wherein the OspA protein comprises SEQ ID NO:7 in which there are alterations consisting of: residue 165 of SEQ ID NO:7 being phenylalanine, residue 166 of SEQ ID NO:7 being threonine, and residue 170 of SEQ ID NO:7 being lysine. | 25,422 |
9,739,152 | 1. A clip for attachment to a structure comprising, an outside surface, said clip having a nose end and a slot end, said slot end including a slot adapted to receive the structure to be attached to said clip, said clip having two sides between said nose end and said slot end, each of said two sides starting a midpoint of said nose end and leading towards said slot end, said sides forming said outside surface of said clip, each of said sides being composed of five arcs, said five arcs comprising a first arc of each of said side starting at said midpoint of said nose end having a radius of 0.2476 inches and an arc length of 0.22395 inches, a second arc of each of said sides connected to said first arcs having a radius of 0.5832 inches and an arc length of 0.0947 inches, a third arc of each of said sides connected to said second arcs having a radius of 0.4636 inches and an arc length of 0.1682 inches, a fourth arc of each of said sides connected to said third arcs having a radius of 0.3822 inches and an arc length of 0.2263 inches, a fifth arc of each of said sides connected to said fourth arcs having an arc having a radius of 0.3291 inches and an arc length of 0.1917 inches, said of each of said fifth arcs of each side forming said slot end and said slot. | 14,582 |
9,777,983 | 1. An integrated grip and rail adapter for a handgun comprising: a first side panel including a first grip section and a first receiver section for mounting along one side of a handgun with the first grip section adapted to form a portion of a grip on the one side of a handgun and the first receiver section adapted to extend from the first grip section along a receiver frame on the one side of the handgun beyond a trigger guard and beneath a barrel of the handgun, a second side panel including a second grip section and a second receiver section for mounting along an opposite side of the handgun with the second grip section adapted to form a portion of the grip on the opposite side of a handgun and the second receiver section adapted to extend from the second grip section along the receiver frame on the opposite side of the handgun beyond the trigger guard and beneath the barrel, a mounting rail for mounting accessories in alignment with the barrel of the handgun arranged for being supported beyond the trigger guard and beneath the barrel by the first and second receiver sections, and the first and second grip sections respectively supporting the first and second receiver sections extending from the first and second grip sections, so that the mounting rail is supported by the first and second grip sections, wherein a recess is formed in each of the first and second receiver sections to form a common cavity above the mounting rail for mounting a handgun accessory. | 20,347 |
8,720,134 | 1. A method of installing a window arrangement comprising a number of neighbouring windows, said windows including side frame members, comprising the steps of a) providing a support structure including an upstand, b) providing a first gable element of a set of gable elements, c) mounting the first gable element on the support structure, d) providing a second gable element of said set, e) connecting the second gable element temporarily and releasably to the support structure at a distance from the first gable element corresponding substantially to the width of a window, f) providing a first window of a first set of opposed windows, the window comprising a plurality of predefined connection points, g) connecting the first window with the first and second gable elements and with the support structure, h) providing a second window of the first set of opposed windows, wherein the second window comprises a plurality of predefined connection points corresponding to the predefined connection points of said first window, i) connecting the second window with the first window and with the support structure, j) releasing the second gable element from the first window and from the support structure, k) connecting the second gable element temporarily and releasably to the support structure at a distance from the first set of opposed windows corresponding substantially to the width of a window, whereby steps f) to k) are repeated a number of times corresponding to a predefined number of sets of opposed windows, except for step k) wherein the second gable element is connected permanently to the windows of the last set, the method further comprising the step of: l) connecting the windows of neighbouring sets of opposed windows to each other at said connection points, and m) connecting the windows of the first set of opposed windows to the first gable element at said connection points and connecting the windows of the last set of opposed windows to the second gable element at said connection points. | 35,962 |
9,151,286 | 1. A semiconductor fabrication apparatus with integrated processing chamber pressure control, comprising: a substrate processing chamber configured to perform one or more processes in semiconductor fabrication; and an integrated pumping system concentrically mounted within the substrate processing chamber and movable axially within the substrate processing chamber, wherein the pumping system comprises: | 18,273 |
9,661,694 | 1. An organic EL device comprising: a substrate; a first sub-pixel emitting a light; a second sub-pixel emitting a light of a same color as the first sub-pixel, a seal layer covering and sealing a plurality of organic EL elements; a colored layer formed above the seal layer in response to the plurality of organic EL elements; and a convex portion provided between the colored layer and the seal layer, and the convex portion is provided between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, wherein a top portion of the convex portion is covered by a colored layer of the first and second sub-pixels. | 40,357 |
8,572,862 | 1. A drying apparatus, comprising: a drying chamber for containing articles to be dried; an open-loop airflow pathway originating at an ambient air inlet, passing through the drying chamber, and terminating at an exhaust outlet; an air pump for inducing air to flow through the airflow pathway in a direction from the ambient air inlet toward the exhaust outlet; a passive heat exchanger for passively transferring heat from air flowing from the drying chamber toward the exhaust outlet to air flowing from the ambient air inlet toward the drying chamber; a heat pump for actively transferring heat from air flowing from the passive heat exchanger toward the exhaust outlet to air flowing from the passive heat exchanger toward the drying chamber; and a heating element for heating air flowing from the heat pump toward the drying chamber. | 16,667 |
9,671,086 | 1. An oxynitride orange-red fluorescent substance, wherein a chemical formula of the fluorescent substance is M m A a Si x N y O z :dR, wherein the element M is one or more of the elements selected from Ca,Sr and Ba, the element A is Al or a mixture of Al with one or more of the elements selected from Ga, La, Sc and Y, the element R is one or more of the elements selected from Ce, Eu and Mn, and chemical formula meets 0.8≦m≦1.2, 1<a<1.7, 1<x<1.7, 3<y<4.2, 0<z<0.7, and 0.001≦d≦0.2, wherein in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the oxynitride orange-red fluorescent substance in which Cuka rays are used, a main generation phase of the oxynitride orange-red fluorescent substance at least has a diffraction peak in Bragg angle (2θ) ranges of 31.3-32.7 degrees, 35.2-36.2 degrees, 36.2-36.7 degrees and 36.7-37.6 degrees, and wherein an intensity of the diffraction peak in the range of 36.7-37.6 degrees is not lower than 18% of the intensity of the diffraction peak in the range of 36.2-36.7 degrees, and a full width at half maximum of emission spectrum of the fluorescent substance is not below 82 nm. | 45,277 |
9,678,184 | 1. A region imaging method for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus that includes a shimming unit where static magnetic field inhomogeneity is reduced after shimming current is supplied, the region imaging method comprising: measuring the static magnetic field inhomogeneity; calculating shimming current based on the static magnetic field inhomogeneity; calculating an increment (RF-Phase) in an irradiation phase of an RF pulse to be used in a pulse sequence based on the static magnetic field inhomogeneity; and measuring an echo signal from an object by changing an irradiation phase of the RF pulse for each increment in a state where the static magnetic field inhomogeneity is reduced after the shimming current is supplied to the shimming unit. | 25,687 |
9,413,733 | 1. A method comprising: monitoring, by a computing device, pairing communications exchanged between a first command transmitting device and a first target device to obtain a first pairing key; storing information indicating a first subset of commands of the first command transmitting device for the computing device to intercept; monitoring, by the computing device, command data transmitted from the first command transmitting device to the first target device; determining, at the computing device, that the command data corresponds to a first command in the first subset of commands; in response to the determining that the command data corresponds to the first command, using the first pairing key to receive the command data; and in response to receiving the command data, transmitting, to a second target device, a command signal corresponding to the first command in the first subset of commands. | 36,284 |
8,376,519 | 1. A printhead comprising an assembly of a plurality of printhead modules, each printhead module comprising: a support defining a plurality of fluid chambers; a fluid distributor mounted on the support; and an integrated circuit mounted on the distributor so that fluid in the chambers is distributed to the fluid ejection nozzles of the integrated circuit by the distributor, wherein the support and distributor of each printhead module are shaped to define complementary formations on opposite sides of that printhead module so that the plurality of the printhead modules are mated together in an angled fashion with the integrated circuits of the mated printhead modules abutting together and diagonally overlapping to define at least one row of fluid ejection nozzles of the printhead. | 36,519 |
9,077,045 | 1. A secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged to face each other, an electrolyte liquid, and a package accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte liquid, wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance containing at least one selected from a metal (a) capable of being alloyed with lithium, and a metal oxide (b) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, to a negative electrode current collector with a negative electrode binder, and the electrolyte liquid comprises a sulfide compound; wherein the sulfide compound is represented by general formula (1): wherein R wherein the sulfide compound comprises a fluorine atom. | 42,875 |
9,461,399 | 1. A charging cable connector comprising: an electrically-connecting connector unit; and a multi-part receptacle housing configured to enclose at least a portion of the electrically-connecting connector unit, the multi-part receptacle housing comprising: wherein the charging cable connecting aperture is configured to receive the charging cable, and guide the charging cable into the multi-part receptacle housing where it can be connected with the electrically-connecting connector unit, and wherein the housing base section and the first charging cable connector section divide the multi-part receptacle housing into two parts at a position along a length of the multi-part receptacle housing. | 15,209 |
8,431,360 | 1. A method of increasing transport of cellodextrin into a cell, comprising: culturing a host cell which comprises a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a cellodextrin transported polypeptide in a medium such that the recombinant polynucleotide is expressed, said cellodextrin transporter having a structure of a Major Facilitator Superfamily protein and comprising transmembrane α-helix 1, α-helix 2, α-helix 3, α-helix 4, α-helix 5, α-helix 6, α-helix 7, α-helix 8, α-helix 9, α-helix 10, α-helix 11, α-helix 12, said transmembrane α-helix 1 characterized by: a leucine, isoleucine, valine or methionine at the position corresponding to amino acid 1 of SEQ ID NO:1; a tyrosine at the position corresponding, to amino acid 2 of SEQ ID NO:1; a phenylalanine or leucine at the position corresponding to amino acid 3 of SEQ ID NO:1; a tyrosine or phenylalanine at the position corresponding to amino acid 17 of SEQ ID NO:1; and an aspartate at the position corresponding to amino acid 18 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein expression of the recombinant polynucleotide results in increased transport of cellodextrin into the cell compared with a cell that does not comprise the recombinant polynucleotide. | 3,260 |
9,396,145 | 1. A single integrated circuit comprising: a first bus port configured to receive (i) capture criteria for a test from a host computer, and (ii) during the test, a plurality of frames from the host computer; a second bus port coupled to equipment; a first bus coupled to the first bus port; a second bus coupled to the second bus port; a protocol module (i) coupled to the first bus and the second bus, and (ii) configured to generate first protocol information, wherein, during the test, the plurality of frames are transferred to the equipment via the first bus, the protocol module, the second bus, and the second bus port; and a first bus tracer configured to (i) during the test, monitor activity on the first bus or the second bus, (ii) capture first test data in accordance with the capture criteria, and (iii) report the first test data to the host computer, wherein the first test data includes (i) the first protocol information, and (ii) data pertaining to the monitored activity on the first bus or data pertaining to the monitored activity on the second bus. | 21,577 |
9,293,016 | 1. A device, comprising: a sensor; a memory storing executable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor responsive to executing the instructions performs operations comprising: receiving sensor data from the sensor; detecting an object according to the sensor data; asserting an alarm responsive to determining from the sensor data that the detected object is not correlated to any of a plurality of profiles biometrically descriptive of approved objects; classifying the detected object as an authorized object responsive to determining from the sensor data that the detected object is correlated to a profile of the plurality of profiles; responsive to determining that the detected object is an authorized person: notifying a neighboring device responsive to asserting the alarm or responsive to classifying the detected object as the authorized object, wherein the plurality of profiles comprises a biometric signature of a person including an audible signature of the person or a recorded gesture of the person, and wherein the biometric signature further includes a dimension of a body part of the person. | 589 |
9,377,216 | 1. An apparatus for overheat protection comprising: (a) a solar thermal collector including: (b) a heat pipe including: wherein in a non-heat conducting state a temperature at said evaporator is below a transition temperature and said dual-fluid heat transfer fluid includes at least one said fluid in a liquid state and at least one said fluid in a gaseous state; and in a heat conducting state the temperature at said evaporator is above said pre-defined transition temperature, and said dual-fluid heat transfer fluid transfers heat from said evaporator to said condenser. | 18,387 |
9,117,942 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a substrate; a bank formed above the substrate; a semiconductor layer formed within an aperture surrounded by the bank; and a pair of electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, wherein an outline of the aperture in plan view includes a first edge that is a straight line segment, a second edge that is a straight line segment continuous with one end of the first edge via a first connector, and a third edge that is a straight line segment continuous with the other end of the first edge via a second connector, and the area of a first connector region differs from the area of a second connector region, the first connector region being defined by a first imaginary straight line extending along the first edge, a second imaginary straight line extending along the second edge, and the first connector, and the second connector region being defined by a third imaginary straight line extending along the third edge, the first imaginary straight line, and the second connector. | 18,579 |
8,703,079 | 1. A method for feeding lime mud into a lime kiln including a rotary kiln shell having an interior between a first end wall and a second end wall, the method comprising: feeding moist lime mud into the interior of the rotary kiln shell or in close proximity to the rotary kiln shell and entraining the moist lime mud in flue gas flowing from the rotary kiln shell to a separator device; pretreating the moist lime mud while the lime mud is entrained with the flue gas; separating the pretreated lime mud from the flue gas flow; conveying the separated lime mud to the lime kiln, and calcining the separated lime mud in the lime kiln. | 49,629 |
8,423,905 | 1. A method comprising: generating, by a communication application, a user interface including a communication initiation display object; in response to selection of said communication initiation display object by a local user, generating, by said communication application, a data source selection display object, said data source selection display object displaying a plurality of data sources, wherein said plurality of data sources includes a hierarchical organization of names external to said communication application; in response to selection of said hierarchical organization of names by said local user, searching said hierarchical organization of names for names matching a name selection criteria; displaying, by said communication application, names from said hierarchical organization of names that match said name selection criteria to said local user; in response to selection of a selected one of said names that match said name selection criteria by said local user, displaying a commands display object including a plurality of user selectable commands, said commands including a command to initiate a chat communication with all persons reporting to a user corresponding to said selected one of said names that match said name selection criteria; and in response to selection of said command to initiate a chat communication with all persons reporting to said user corresponding to said selected one of said names that match said name selection criteria, automatically initiating a chat communication through said communication application with said persons reporting to said user corresponding to said selected one of said names. | 908 |
9,787,212 | 1. A power conversion system, comprising: an active rectifier comprising a plurality of rectifier switching devices coupled to receive AC input power from an external power source and operative to provide a DC output according to a plurality of rectifier switching control signals; a switching inverter comprising a plurality of inverter switching devices coupled to receive DC input power and operative to provide an AC output to drive a load according to a plurality of inverter switching control signals; and a controller operative to generate the rectifier switching control signals to operate the rectifier switching devices, and to generate the inverter switching control signals to operate the inverter switching devices; wherein at least some of the switching devices of at least one of the rectifier and the switching inverter are silicon carbide switches; wherein the at least one of the rectifier and the inverter includes a plurality of low side silicon carbide switches operatively coupled with a DC bus connection; the power conversion system comprising a driver circuit operative to provide a set of the switching control signals to the low side silicon carbide switches in a first state at a first voltage above a voltage of the DC bus connection and in a second state at a second voltage below the voltage of the DC bus connection; the power conversion system further comprising: a driver supply circuit, including: | 46,297 |
9,517,628 | 1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printhead configured to discharge ink; a carriage on which the printhead is mounted and configured to be capable of moving; a sub-tank configured to be mounted on the carriage and contain ink to be supplied to the printhead; an ink tank configured to be detachably mounted on the carriage and contain ink to be supplied to the sub-tank; a detection unit configured to perform a detection operation of detecting an ink remaining amount in the sub-tank; a suction unit configured to perform a suction operation of sucking ink from the printhead; and a control unit configured to, after the detection unit detects that the ink remaining amount becomes smaller than a predetermined residual amount after the suction operation by the suction unit starts, stop the suction unit from performing the suction operation even if the suction operation has not been completed. | 47,468 |
8,457,778 | 1. A robotic storage system comprising: a first and a second robot; a first and a second mobile storage element; a shelf system wherein said first and said second mobile storage elements can be disposed; a first and a second drive adapted to be loaded with either of said mobile storage elements in an engaging relationship whereby storage related operation can occur; a queue system containing a first and a second move instruction received from a host wherein said first move instruction includes commands to move said first mobile storage element from said shelf system to said first drive and load said first mobile storage element into said first drive via said first robot, said first robot identified by the host, and said second move instruction includes commands to move said second mobile storage element from said shelf system to said second drive and load said second mobile storage element into said second drive via said first robot; a communication interface that affirms to said host that said first move instruction is completed via a first move response, that said first drive is engaged at a minimum acceptable level with said first mobile storage element via a first load response, that said second move instruction is completed via a second move response, that said second drive is engaged at said minimum acceptable level with said second mobile storage element via a second load response wherein all of said responses are made prior to actual execution of any of said responses; and an algorithm operatively regulating said queue system to reorganize said first and said second move instructions in said storage system in a preferred order and cause said first and said second robot to physically execute said instructions in said preferred order. | 41,506 |
9,300,206 | 1. A controller, comprising: an analog/digital converter configured to provide samples of a first rectified voltage waveform and a second rectified voltage waveform; and a processor configured to: | 33,028 |
9,016,772 | 1. A fascia support structure for a vehicle, comprising: a top portion, the top portion comprising a substantially U-shaped body comprising a top fascia support member, a first side fascia support member and a second side fascia support member, the first side fascia support member having a first side baffle, the second side fascia support member having a second side baffle; and a bottom portion attached to the first side fascia support member and the second side fascia support member, the bottom portion comprising a bottom baffle and an integrated locking structure disposed on a surface thereof. | 31,452 |
9,348,349 | 1. An apparatus for detecting load on an input power, the apparatus comprising: a low dropout voltage regulator circuit configured to provide an output voltage to a load; a current mode comparator circuit connected to the low dropout voltage regulator circuit to monitor a low dropout voltage regulator circuit current driven by the output voltage of the low dropout voltage regulator circuit; wherein the current mode comparator circuit is configured to monitor the low dropout voltage regulator circuit current in a discrete time mixed analog/digital approach; wherein the low dropout voltage regulator circuit comprises a feedback loop transistor connected to pass the low dropout voltage regulator circuit current driven by the output voltage; and wherein the current mode comparator circuit comprises: a sensing transistor connected in parallel with the feedback loop transistor and configured to output a sensing current proportional to the low dropout voltage regulator circuit current; a reference current source configured to provide a reference current; a comparator circuit configured to perform a comparison between the sensing current and the reference current and to output a comparison signal based on the comparison; wherein the current mode comparator circuit comprises an n-bit digital to analog conversion circuit configured to control the reference current source to output a high reference current, wherein the comparator circuit is configured to output a digital flag signal in response to the sensing current exceeding the high reference current. | 20,916 |
9,234,944 | 1. A State Of Charge (SOC) correcting system in a parallel structure of multiple packs that a plurality of sub-packs having serially connected cells are connected in parallel, the system comprising: sub Battery Management Systems (BMSs) connected to each of the sub-packs to calculate each SOC of the sub-packs; and a main BMS connected to each of the sub BMSs to collect the SOCs calculated in each of the sub BMSs and transmit a final SOC to a vehicle controller, wherein when the average SOC to each SOC of the sub-packs is less than 50%, the main BMS determines a minimum value among the SOCs of the sub-packs as a final SOC, and when an average SOC to each SOC of the sub-packs is 50% or more, the main BMS determines a maximum value among the SOCs of the sub-packs as a final SOC. | 49,528 |
9,080,928 | 1. An apparatus comprising first and second sensor elements, the first sensor element comprising a first sensor material and the second sensor element comprising a second sensor material, wherein the first sensor material is configured such that an electrical property of the first sensor material is dependent upon the temperature of the environment in which the first and second sensor elements are located, and the second sensor material is configured such that the same electrical property of the second sensor material is dependent upon the relative vapour pressure of a fluid in the environment in which the first and second sensor elements are located, the respective temperature and fluid relative vapour pressure dependencies of the first and second sensor materials allowing the temperature and fluid relative vapour pressure of the environment to be determined based on combined measurements of the electrical property of the first and second sensor materials in the environment; wherein the first sensor material is different from the second sensor material; and wherein the first and second sensor materials each comprise a stack of pseudo two-dimensional platelets having an interstitial spacing, and wherein the interstitial spacing of the pseudo two-dimensional platelets in the first sensor material is different from the interstitial spacing of the pseudo two-dimensional platelets in the second sensor material under the same environmental conditions. | 9,582 |
8,677,702 | 1. A photovoltaic roofing system disposed on a roof deck having an upper end and a lower end, the photovoltaic roofing system comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic elements contiguously disposed on the roof deck arranged in at least two horizontal rows such that no panel is disposed between substantially the entire area of the photovoltaic elements and the roof deck, the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements together having a top edge facing the upper end of the roof deck, a bottom edge facing the lower end of the roof deck, and two side edges, the one or more photovoltaic elements defining a photovoltaic area; a plurality of roofing elements disposed adjacent the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements, along their side edges; side flashing disposed along the side edges of the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements, the side flashing having a flange facing away from the photovoltaic area at least partially disposed between a roofing element and the roof deck, and a structure at least partially disposed on the surface of the photovoltaic element or at least partially disposed between a photovoltaic element and the roof deck but not extending under substantially the entire photovoltaic element. | 1,513 |
9,332,084 | 1. A method for optimizing content within a Point-of-Presence (PoP) of a distributed platform, wherein the PoP comprises a plurality of collocated servers, the method comprising: with a first computer having at least one processor operating as a first server of the plurality of collocated servers: with a second computer having at least one processor operating as a different second server of the plurality of collocated servers: | 22,322 |
9,522,957 | 1. A method of treating an inflammatory condition comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an isolated antibody or fragment thereof to a patient in need thereof for a time sufficient to treat or prevent the inflammatory condition, wherein the antibody binds toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) amino acid residues K416, K418, L440, N441, E442, Y465, N466, K467, Y468, R488, R489, A491, K493, N515, N516, N517, H539, N541, S571, L595, and K619 of SEQ ID NO: 2. | 10,122 |
8,507,782 | 1. An electronic percussion instrument which generates, in accordance with a trigger signal output from at least one pad source, a musical performance tone of a tone color assigned to the at least one pad source, the electronic percussion instrument comprising: a program memory for storing a control program; a CPU for controlling operation of the electronic percussion instrument in accordance with the control program stored in the program memory; a storage device for storing: a setting operation input unit for selecting a drum kit from among the plurality of drum kits; and the CPU coupled to the storage device and the setting operation input unit and operative under the control program for setting the sensitivity to the trigger signal on the basis of the at least one sensitivity setting parameter included in the trigger data set designated by the link data included in the drum kit selected by the setting operation input unit, wherein the at least one sensitivity setting parameter includes data indicative of a gain which amplifies a level of the trigger signal. | 9,248 |
9,768,704 | 1. A hybrid transformer having a primary side for receiving an input voltage and a current from a source and a secondary side for providing an output voltage and a current to a load, the hybrid transformer comprising: a ferromagnetic core; a first winding, a second winding and a third winding wound around the core, wherein at least one of the first, second and third windings is a primary winding for connection to the source, and at least one of the first, second and third windings is a secondary winding for connection to the load; and, an AC-AC converter comprising: | 13,406 |
9,775,630 | 1. An implant system for connecting two or more bone portions, the system comprising: an implant having a first portion, a second portion, and an intermediate portion between the first and second portions, the implant being configured to be implanted between a first and a second bone portions, wherein the implant defines a flat land, wherein the implant is a cannulated implant having a passageway therethrough, and the passageway is configured to accept a k-wire, and wherein the implant includes a slot in the first portion of the implant; and a handle configured to be grasped by a user for inserting the second portion of the implant into the first bone portion, wherein the handle includes a unitary body, wherein a proximal portion of the unitary body defines an oval shape having at least one substantially flat orientation surface, wherein the handle has a hole in a distal end that is configured to receive the first portion of the implant, wherein the hole includes a divider sized and configured to be received within the slot defined by the first portion of the implant, wherein the divider is configured to orient the implant, and wherein the substantially flat orientation surface is aligned with the flat land of the implant when the first portion of the implant is received within the hole, wherein the handle is configured to be removed from the first portion of the implant after inserting the second portion of the implant into the first bone portion. | 28,175 |
9,013,063 | 1. An uninterruptible power supply system comprising N (N being an integer not less than two) uninterruptible power supply apparatuses connected in parallel, each uninterruptible power supply apparatus including: first and second input terminals each receiving first AC power from a commercial AC power supply; an output terminal connected to a load; a first switch connected between said first input terminal and said output terminal; a converter converting said first AC power supplied from said commercial AC power supply via said second input terminal into DC power; an inverter converting said DC power into second AC power; a chopper supplying DC power from said converter to a power storage device when said first AC power is supplied and supplying DC power from said power storage device to said inverter when supply of said first AC power is stopped; a second switch connected between an output node of said inverter and said output terminal; an operation unit for selecting any power feeding mode from a first power feeding mode in which said first AC power is supplied to said load and a second power feeding mode in which said second AC power is supplied to said load; and a control unit controlling said first and second switches based on a selection result of said operation unit, N said control units of said N uninterruptible power supply apparatuses being coupled to each other via a communication line to form one total control unit, said total control unit bringing N said first switches of said N uninterruptible power supply apparatuses into conduction when said first power feeding mode is selected by any one said operation unit of N said operation units of said N uninterruptible power supply apparatuses and bringing N said second switches of said N uninterruptible power supply apparatuses into conduction when said second power feeding mode is selected by any one said operation unit of N said operation units, said communication line including (N−1) sets of M (M being a natural number) communication cables provided respectively at (N−1) locations between said N control units, and each two of said control units being connected to each other by the M communication cables, wherein said total control unit brings N sets of said first and second switches both into conduction simultaneously for a predetermined time period before bringing N said first switches out of conduction when switching from said first power feeding mode to said second power feeding mode and brings N sets of said first and second switches both into conduction for a predetermined time period before bringing N said second switches out of conduction when switching from said second power feeding mode to said first power feeding mode. | 32,461 |
9,151,587 | 1. A bucket tip shroud measurement fixture comprising: a frame extending from a first end to a second end through an intermediate portion having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a first tip shroud fixing member extending from the second surface of the frame at the first end; a second tip shroud fixing member extending from the second surface of the frame at the second end, the first and second tip shroud fixing members being configured and disposed to retain and establish an orientation of a bucket tip shroud relative the frame; and a plurality of reference points provided on the frame, the plurality of reference points being configured and disposed to receive a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) probe. | 45,317 |
9,604,702 | 1. A frame for a structure, the frame comprising: a bow for connecting to the structure; a housing for pivotally connecting to the structure; a biasing member for pivotally connecting to the structure and located at least partially within the housing; a strut connected at a first end to the biasing member and pivotally connected at a second end to the bow; and a locking member pivotally connected to the strut such that when the locking member is in a first position the strut is prevented from sliding in the housing and when the locking member is in a second position the strut is not prevented from sliding in the housing; wherein a bottom of the locking member includes a socket that is sized and shaped to selectively attach to the structure. | 41,351 |
8,722,642 | 1. A composition for preventing or treating an infection by a virus, comprising a purified RNA extract combined with mannitol, wherein the yeast RNA extract comprises nucleotide fragments having 25±10 nucleotides with a purity degree of at least 99% by weight, wherein the yeast RNA extract and mannitol are present in the composition in a proportion of from about 2:1 to about 3:1 by weight, and wherein the RNA extract constitutes at least about 50% by weight of the composition. | 4,506 |
8,823,317 | 1. A heating circuit for a battery comprising a first battery and a second battery, the heating circuit comprising a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a first damping component, a second damping component, a first current storage component, a second current storage component, a switching control module and a charge storage component, wherein: the first battery, the first damping component, the first current storage component, the first switch unit and the charge storage component are connected in a first loop to form a first charging/discharging circuit; the second battery, the second damping component, the second current storage component, the charge storage component and the second switch unit are connected in a second loop to form a second charging/discharging circuit; when the charge storage component is charged or discharges, a direction of a charging/discharging current in the second charging/discharging circuit is reverse to a direction of a charging/discharging current in the first charging/discharging circuit; the switching control module is electrically connected with the first switch unit and the second switch unit, and the switching control module is configured to control the first switch unit and the second switch unit to switch on in alternate, so as to control electric energy flow among the first battery, the charge storage component and the second battery. | 27,338 |
8,408,135 | 1. A device for creating an opening in a target material, comprising: a total of eight layers of material, with at least one layer of flexible magnetic sheet material with a specific gravity between 3.3 and 3.7, and sheet material with a specific gravity of less than 0.8, all sheets of 0.055 to 0.065 inch thickness, symmetric geometry, and symmetrically placed atop one another; an explosive charge of a single piece of sheet explosives with symmetric convex vertices wrapped symmetrically around said layers of sheet material; a smoothing layer disposed below said sheet explosives and above the target; and, initiating means, located proximately central to and atop the explosive charge, to initiate the explosive sheet creating an explosive force, wherein the explosive force, guided by said charge geometry and mass of said flexible magnetic sheets and sheets of lesser specific gravity, penetrates the target material, creating a plurality of petals cantilevered from the target material, to define a fragment-free opening in the target material. | 36,066 |
9,126,290 | 1. A method for joining solar receiver tubes in a welding apparatus having a first weld head and a second weld head, where each solar receiver tube includes an outer tube and an inner tube, where the inner tube has an inner diameter and at least one open end, where the outer tube has an outer diameter that is greater than the inner diameter, and where the first orbital weld head and the second orbital weld head each have an electrode positioned to weld pairs of inner tubes, and perches to provide for grounding of the tubes during welding, said method comprising: accepting one end of the outer tube of the first solar receiver tube into the welding apparatus, wherein the outer tube of the first solar receiver tube includes a metal flange at each end of the outer tube, and where said accepting the outer tube of the first solar receiver tube includes contacting one metal flange of the first solar receiver tube with a first perch of the welding apparatus; accepting both ends of the outer tube of the second solar receiver tube into the welding apparatus, wherein the outer tube of the second solar receiver tube includes a metal flange at each end of the outer tube, and where said accepting the outer tube of the second solar receiver tube includes contacting each of the metal flanges of the second solar receiver tube with a corresponding perch of the welding apparatus; adjusting a welding apparatus translation stage to abut an open end of the inner tube of the first solar receiver tube and an open end of the inner tube of the second solar receiver tube; orbital welding the inner tube of the first solar receiver tube and the inner tube of the second solar receiver tube using the first weld head, where at least one perch is grounded relative to the first weld head, such that the orbital welding of the inner tubes of the first and second solar receiver tube is grounded through the metal flange of one or more corresponding outer tubes; accepting, with said first solar receiver tube and said second solar receiver tube accepted in the welding apparatus, one end of the outer tube of the third solar receiver tube into the welding apparatus, wherein the outer tube of the third solar receiver tube includes a metal flange at each end of the inner tube, and where said accepting the outer tube of the second solar receiver tube includes contacting a metal flange of the third solar receiver tube with a fourth perch of the welding apparatus; adjusting a welding apparatus translation stage to abut an open end of the inner tube of the third solar receiver tube and an open end of the inner tube of the second solar receiver tube; and orbital welding the inner tube of the second solar receiver tube and the inner tube of the third solar receiver tube using the second weld head where at least one perch is grounded relative to the second weld head, such that the orbital welding of the inner tubes of the second and third solar receiver tube is grounded through the metal flange of one or more corresponding outer tubes, such that each orbital welding produces a weld on an inner diameter that is less than the outer diameter. | 48,086 |
8,342,143 | 1. A spark ignition type internal combustion engine provided with a variable compression ratio mechanism able to change a mechanical compression ratio and a variable valve timing mechanism able to control a closing timing of an intake valve, a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of an engine cooling water and a controller for controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism and the variable valve timing mechanism, an amount of intake air supplied in a combustion chamber being mainly controlled by changing a closing timing of the intake valve, and the mechanical compression ratio being made higher at a time of engine low load operation compared with a time of engine high load operation, wherein the controller makes the mechanical compression ratio at the time of engine low load operation before the internal combustion engine finishes warming up a compression ratio lower than the mechanical compression ratio at the time of engine low load operation after the internal combustion engine finishes warming up, and wherein before the internal combustion engine finishes warming up, in a temperature region where the temperature of the engine cooling water detected by the temperature sensor is higher than a reference temperature, the controller makes the actual compression ratio lower when the temperature of the engine cooling water is low compared with when it is high, and in the temperature region where the temperature of the engine cooling water is lower than the reference temperature, the controller makes the actual compression ratio higher when the temperature of the engine cooling water is low compared with when it is high. | 39,557 |
9,566,953 | 1. A non-aerial, modular mobile fuel distribution station for providing fuel to land-based vehicles, comprising: a fuel tank; a control system for selectively permitting and monitoring a discharge of said fuel from said fuel tank; and a support structure having only three rigid legs for supporting said fuel tank in an elevated position a predetermined distance above ground; wherein each of said three rigid legs is configured to be selectively dual-utilized to support another modular mobile fuel distribution station of same design. | 45,827 |
9,534,685 | 1. A control device for a stepless transmission that includes: an input-side element configured to receive power from a power source of a vehicle; an output-side element configured to output the power to a drive wheel of the vehicle; and a transmission element configured to transmit the power from the input-side element to the output-side element, wherein the power is transmitted between each of the input-side element and the output-side element and the transmission element with a lubricant being interposed between each of the input-side element and the output-side element and the transmission element, and a transmission gear ratio is adjusted according to a clamping force of the input-side element and the output-side element for the transmission element, the control device comprising: a clamping force determination unit configured to determine the clamping force so that the transmission gear ratio of the stepless transmission is a target transmission gear ratio which is a target value of the stepless transmission; a first oil temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of oil before being supplied as the lubricant; a second oil temperature detection unit configured to detect the temperature of the oil that has been supplied as the lubricant and discharged from between each of the input-side element and the output-side element and the transmission element; a lubricant temperature estimation unit configured to estimate a temperature of the lubricant, based on at least one of the temperature detected by the first oil temperature detection unit and the temperature detected by the second oil temperature detection unit; a correction unit configured to correct the clamping force determined by the clamping force determination unit, based on the temperature detected by the first oil temperature detection unit, the temperature detected by the second oil temperature detection unit, and the temperature estimated by the lubricant temperature estimation unit; and a clamping force control unit configured to control clamping of the input-side element and the output-side element to be performed with the clamping force corrected by the correction unit, wherein the lubricant has a property in which a friction coefficient between each of the input-side element and the output-side element and the transmission element is lower when the temperature of the lubricant is closer to a predetermined temperature, and wherein the correction unit is configured to correct the clamping force based on the temperature detected by the second oil temperature detection unit in the case where the temperature estimated by the lubricant temperature estimation unit is lower than the predetermined temperature, and correct the clamping force based on the temperature detected by the first oil temperature detection unit in the case where the temperature estimated by the lubricant temperature estimation unit is higher than the predetermined temperature. | 25,623 |
9,417,978 | 1. A computer management system, comprising: a processor; a storage apparatus; a plurality of computers; a plurality of I/O adapters via which the plurality of computers connect to a network; a first case that accommodates a first part of the plurality of computers, a first part of the plurality of I/O adapters and a first switch, wherein the first switch communicatively connects the first part of the plurality of computers and the first part of the plurality of I/O adapters; a second case that accommodates a second part of the plurality of computers, a second part of the plurality of I/O adapters and a second switch, wherein the second switch communicatively connects the second part of the plurality of computers and the second part of the plurality of I/O adapters; and inter-case wiring communicatively connects the first switch and the second switch; wherein the storage apparatus stores: computer performance management information for each of the plurality of computers; I/O performance management information for each of the plurality of I/O adapters; and priority management information wherein the priority management information includes: a failover destination computer candidate, a failover destination I/O adapter candidate, a computer performance relationship between a failover source computer and the failover destination computer candidate, and an I/O performance relationship between a failover source I/O adapter and the failover destination I/O adapter candidate; and wherein the processor: determines one or more failover destination pair candidates each including a respective failover destination computer candidate and a respective failover destination I/O adapter candidate in order to perform failover from one apparatus out of a pair of an active computer and an active I/O adapter to another apparatus, assigns a priority of each of the one or more failover destination pair candidates and the active computer based on the computer performance management information, the I/O performance management information, and the priority management information, wherein a failover destination pair candidate in a same case as the active computer is assigned a higher priority than a failover destination pair candidate in different cases. | 34,976 |
8,875,674 | 1. A piston apparatus for a differential stroke combustion engine, the combustion engine including one or more two-part pistons, each two-part piston having a first piston part and a second piston part operating on different cycles, the piston apparatus comprising: a piston-lever element mechanically coupled to the second piston part; and a plurality of cam-follower assemblies for controlling operation of said second piston part comprising: wherein the cam-follower assemblies are selectively coupleable with the piston-lever element for controlling operation of the second piston part. | 35,877 |
9,392,686 | 1. A display device comprising: a display panel; a light source disposed on a rear surface of the display panel; an optical member disposed between the display panel and the light source; a pair of optical member supporters configured to support opposite sides of one surface of the optical member and each optical member supporter comprising a plurality of first hooks and a plurality of second hooks formed on a rear surface of each of the optical members supporters, the plurality of first and second hooks are each positioned in separate parallel rows; a bottom chassis having a plurality of first inserting holes and a plurality of second inserting holes into which the plurality of first hooks and the plurality of second hooks are respectively inserted; a driving circuit substrate disposed between the bottom chassis and the plurality of second hooks of one of the pair of optical member supporters; and at least one flexible printed circuit board configured to connect the display panel and the driving circuit substrate, wherein the light source is disposed between the pair of optical member supporters. | 39,982 |
9,379,618 | 1. A voltage reduction apparatus, comprising: a switched capacitor voltage reduction circuit electrically coupled to a power source for receiving an input direct current (DC) power signal having an input voltage level from the power source and discharging an output DC power signal to an electrical device, the output DC power signal having an output voltage level that is less than the input voltage level, the switched capacitor voltage reduction circuit including a plurality of switched capacitor devices, each of the switched capacitor devices including an input switch, a capacitor and a pair of output switches; wherein each input switch of each of the switched capacitor devices is configured to couple each capacitor of each of the switched capacitor devices in series with the power source for transmitting the input DC power signal to each capacitor; wherein each pair of output switches of each of the switched capacitor devices is configured to couple each capacitor of each of the switched capacitor devices in parallel to discharge the output DC power signal from each of the capacitors; and wherein the switched capacitor voltage reduction circuit is operable between a charging state and a discharging state, the charging state including each input switch operated to couple the capacitors in series with the power source to transmit the input DC power signal to charge the capacitors and each pair of output switches operated to isolate the capacitors from the electrical device, the discharging state including each input switch operated to isolate the capacitors from the power source and each pair of output switches operated to couple the capacitors in parallel to discharge the output DC power signal from the capacitors to the electrical device; a controller including a processor configured to sense the input voltage level and transmit control signals to the switched capacitor devices for regulating each of the switched capacitor devices as a function of the sensed input voltage level; and a vampire load elimination subsystem including a current sensor for sensing a current level of the output DC power signal, the controller configured to shut-off input power to the switched capacitor voltage reduction circuit if the sensed current level is different from a predefined current level. | 21,046 |
9,791,147 | 1. A multistage combustion furnace system for an open furnace for thermal expansion of mineral particles, the open furnace being open to atmosphere and comprising an expansion chamber for receiving the mineral particles, the multistage combustion furnace system comprising: a burner head connected at a burner distance from and below the expansion chamber for operating the expansion chamber, the burner distance providing an atmospheric coupling of the burner head and the expansion chamber with the atmosphere; a furnace device connected at a furnace device distance from and below the expansion chamber, in the atmosphere, the furnace device and the expansion chamber being installed separated by a gap extending below the expansion chamber, the gap being open to both the expansion chamber and the atmosphere, where unexpanded mineral can fall out of the open furnace, and to provide an atmospheric coupling of the furnace device and the expansion chamber with the atmosphere, the furnace device comprising a ring portion installed peripherally from said burner head and comprising a channel directed toward the gap to generate an air curtain extending through the gap to offset the quenching effect of ambient air from the atmosphere normally drawn in an open furnace, wherein said furnace device is installed between said burner head and a tuyere kit; and the tuyere kit connected between said expansion chamber and said furnace device at a lower portion of the expansion chamber, the tuyere kit comprising an air inlet installed inside said tuyere kit to provide a preheated air intake causing a tertiary combustion stage surrounding a burning flame with higher oxygen air; wherein an inlet of preheated air is connected to each one of the burner head and the furnace device. | 9,400 |
9,363,623 | 1. A communication system including a first communication device and a second communication device, the communication system comprising: the first communication device comprising: the second communication device comprising: | 33,486 |
9,231,433 | 1. An apparatus for charging an electrical energy store from an AC voltage source, the apparatus comprising: a rectifier device with a capacitor interconnected in parallel with the rectifier device; a current controller device having a switch, the current controller device interconnected with the rectifier device; a converter device interconnected with the current controller device, the converter device having at least one first half-bridge comprising two switches connected in series; an inductor interconnected with a connection point between the two switches of the first half-bridge and with the current controller; and a three-phase electric motor including a first winding interconnected at the connection point between the two switches of the at least one first half-bridge of the converter device, wherein, depending on the voltage of the AC voltage source and a current through the inductor, the switch of the current controller device and one of the switches of the first half-bridge of the converter device are switchable by a controller so that a charging current for charging the electrical energy store drawn from the AC voltage source and a voltage of the AC voltage source are substantially in phase. | 6,839 |
9,847,646 | 1. A photovoltaic system, comprising: at least one photovoltaic panel connected to provide a direct current input generated by the at least one photovoltaic panel; a set of output terminals; a first receptacle having at least three contacts; and circuitry connecting the direct current input to a first subset of the contacts of the first receptacle and connecting a second subset of the contacts of the first receptacle to the set of output terminals; wherein the first receptacle is configured to receive a removable module having a circuit connected among the contacts of the first receptacle when the removable module is inserted into the first receptacle; and wherein when no removable module is in the first receptacle, the direct current input is not connected to the set of output terminals. | 46,029 |
9,803,557 | 1. A blocker door assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising: a plurality of blocker doors circumferentially spaced about an engine axis, wherein each blocker door is constructed and arranged to move in a circumferential direction to control air flow through a respective one of a plurality of passages in an adjacent fixture; an aerodynamically shaped sync-ring concentrically located about the engine axis, disposed in an annular first duct in direct communication with the plurality of passages, and engaged to each one of the plurality of blocker doors for simultaneous operation; and a plurality of stanchions in the first annular duct, wherein each stanchion of the plurality of stanchions extends axially between and is engaged to a respective one of the plurality of blocker doors and the sync-ring. | 3,371 |
8,456,098 | 1. An electronic circuit node having only two external electrical connections coupled in a series manner to a single conductor line, said electronic circuit node comprising: a local capacitor, said local capacitor for storing a local power supply; an integrated circuit, said integrated circuit coupled in said series manner to said single conductor line with an input port and an output port, said integrated circuit periodically directing a current received on said input port into said local capacitor to create said local power supply, said integrated circuit shunting said current from said input port to said output port when not directing current received on said input port into said local capacitor; and at least one output circuit coupled to said integrated circuit, said output circuit powered using said local power supply. | 11,796 |
8,735,719 | 1. A solar energy apparatus comprising: a waveguide having a top surface, a bottom surface, a detection end and a collection end, the waveguide having an elongated shape with a longitudinal primary axis; a plurality of detectors disposed adjacent the detection end, the detectors comprising photovoltaics of differing wavelengths such that the plurality of photovoltaics is collectively responsive across a photodetector wavelength range, the photovoltaics being disposed adjacent one of the top surface or bottom surface of the waveguide, and two or more of the photovoltaics spatially separated from one another along the longitudinal primary axis of the waveguide, such that the two or more spatially separated photovoltaics receive solar energy from the waveguide within the photodetector wavelength range without solar energy first passing through another selected one of the photovoltaics; and a plurality of individual scattering features disposed on or within the waveguide, the plurality of individual scattering features spaced apart from one another and positioned in locations extending from the collection end to the detection end along the longitudinal primary axis of the waveguide, with the individual scattering features spaced apart from one another by a distance monotonically increasing from the collection end to the detection end, with the range of that monotonically increasing distance depending on the photodetector wavelength range, and to thereby cause the waveguide to operate in a leaky wave mode. | 24,955 |
9,610,609 | 1. A method for coating a plastic substrate with an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one organic polymer as a binder, the method comprising: pretreating the plastic substrate before the coating composition is applied, the pretreatment comprising the two following separate steps in the order stated: applying the coating composition the surface of the plastic substrate of the pretreatment step and subsequently curing the coating composition. | 27,433 |
9,702,297 | 1. A method for an engine, comprising: adjusting a turbine bypass valve based on an intake manifold pressure and an intake manifold pressure limit, the intake manifold pressure limit based on a peak cylinder pressure reference, a turbine speed reference, and a third reference of a pressure difference across the turbine bypass valve. | 18,548 |
8,519,511 | 1. A substrate comprising: a plurality of modified regions each constituting a start point region for use in cutting the substrate, each modified region being formed within the substrate by laser light irradiation along one of a plurality of cutting lines arranged in a planar grid with respect to the substrate, wherein each of the modified regions is shifted from a center position in a thickness direction of the substrate toward one face of the substrate, and fractures generated from the start point which only reach the one face of the substrate but not the other face of the substrate, wherein cut surfaces of the substrate cut by the fractures being in close contact with each other rather than being separate from each other. | 2,351 |
9,605,586 | 1. An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine, the intake pipe comprising: an inlet section for charge air; a feed line for the charge air that opens into the inlet section; a heat exchanger integrated into the intake pipe and cooled by a cooling fluid, the heat exchanger having a plurality of exchanger tubes and a water jacket surrounding the plurality of exchanger tubes; and an engine flange for connecting the intake pipe to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, wherein the charge air flows through the exchanger tubes, wherein each end of the heat exchanger has a bottom cover attached thereto, each bottom cover having passages through which ends of the exchanger tubes are inserted, wherein the inlet section attaches to the water jacket of the heat exchanger via a first one of the bottom covers, and wherein the first one of the bottom covers is positioned entirely between the inlet section and the water jacket, such that the inlet section is directly connected entirely to one side of the first one of the bottom covers and the water jacket is directly connected entirely to a second opposing side of the first one of the bottom covers, wherein the engine flange attaches to the water jacket of the heat exchanger via a second one of the bottom covers, such that the second one of the bottom covers is positioned between the engine flange and the water jacket, wherein the engine flange directly contacts the second one of the bottom covers, and wherein the second one of the bottom covers is a linear plate member having the passages through which the ends of the exchanger tubes are inserted, the linear plate member including a peripheral edge extending perpendicularly therefrom, the peripheral edge having corrugated slots therein, such that the peripheral edge is crimped directly to the engine flange. | 15,109 |
8,960,182 | 1. A device for storage and transfer of thermal energy, adapted to receive a solar radiation, the device comprising: a containment casing; a bed of particles adapted to store thermal energy, received inside said containment casing; feed inlets for feeding a fluidization gas through said bed of particles; and a compartmenting of a fluidization area adapted to allow a selective and/or differentiated fluidization of one or more portions of said bed of particles by the fluidization gas, wherein the fluidization gas moves the particles of said bed causing or fostering a heat exchange between the particles and pipe bundles in which a working fluid flows, and the device is configured to allow gas feeding only at bed portions selectable according to specific operating requirements so that one or more of said bed portions act as storage means and one or more of said bed portions act as heat transfer means to the pipe bundles. | 2,542 |
8,808,653 | 1. A catalyst for purifying exhaust gas comprising at least two catalyst layers laminated on a carrier, at least one of the catalyst layers having a catalytically active component containing a noble metal and also having a promoter component containing an oxygen storage material, wherein: the oxygen storage material comprises cerium, zirconium and iron; the content of iron in the oxygen storage material is 0.01% by mass or more and less than 0.70% by mass (calculated as Fe the oxygen storage material is (a) a complex oxide or a solid solution of iron, cerium, and zirconium; or (b) an iron supported on the surface of a complex oxide or a solid solution of cerium and zirconium; and wherein different noble metals are arranged in different layers of the at least two catalyst layers. | 29,510 |
9,775,894 | 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule with a non-naturally occurring sequence, the isolated nucleic acid comprising: a 5′-arm region comprising a terminal triphosphate; a poly-uracil core comprising at least 8 contiguous uracil residues; and a 3′-arm region comprising at least 8 nucleic acid residues, wherein the 5′-most nucleic acid residue of the 3′-arm region is not a uracil and wherein the 3′-arm region is at least 80% uracil residues, wherein the 5′-arm region and the poly-uracil core do not naturally occur contiguously together in a Hepatitis C virus. | 13,121 |
9,368,152 | 1. A method comprising steps of: detecting a defective sector on a data track of a recording medium in a storage device; determining a size and position of a physical defect within the defective sector; logically dividing the defective sector into a plurality of subdivisions; determining whether the physical defect is within a first subdivision; upon determining that the physical defect is within the first subdivision, mapping a preceding adjacent sector on the data track as a virtual defect; determining whether the physical defect is within a last subdivision; and upon determining that the physical defect is within the last subdivision, mapping a following adjacent sector on the data track as a virtual defect. | 45,324 |
9,365,442 | 1. A composition comprising a polymeric reaction product of a polyamine, a first nitrogen-reactive compound, and a second nitrogen-reactive compound, wherein: the polyamine comprises a unit of the formula —(CH the first nitrogen-reactive compound comprises a —Si(OR) the second nitrogen-reactive compound is 2-ethylhexyl glycidyl ether; and at least one of the polyamine and the second nitrogen-reactive compound comprises an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl radical comprising from about 2 to about 40 carbons. | 45,187 |
9,556,766 | 1. A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and an intake tract with a throttle valve, wherein a first duct branches off from the intake tract upstream of the throttle valve and is pneumatically coupled to or decoupled from a free volume of the crankcase as a function of a switched position of a switchable shut-off valve in the first duct, wherein a second duct opens into the intake tract downstream of the throttle valve, and the second duct is configured such that the free volume of the crankcase is pneumatically coupled to the intake tract via the second duct, wherein the internal combustion engine is assigned a plurality of sensors which each detect different operating variables which are assigned to the internal combustion engine and generate a measurement signal which represents the respective detected operating variable, and wherein at least one of the sensors generates a measurement signal which is representative of a load variable of the internal combustion engine, wherein the method comprises: determining, using a dynamic model: controlling one or more diagnostic switching cycles to perform a diagnosis of the shut-off valve, wherein during the one or more switching cycles (a) the shut-off valve is set to a closed switched position for a predefined first time period, and (b) the shut-off valve is set to an open switched position for a predefined second time period, and determining a diagnostic value, which is representative of a satisfactory or non-satisfactory state of the shut-off valve, as a function of a change of the correction value in response to the one or more diagnostic switching cycles. | 25,615 |
9,400,998 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for exchanging information about message-based communication arrangements, the medium comprising: program code for receiving via a message-based interface derived from a common business object model, where the common business object model includes business objects having relationships that enable derivation of message-based interfaces and message packages, the message-based interface exposing at least one service as defined in a service registry and from a heterogeneous application executing in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services, a first message for requesting a list of message-based communication arrangements corresponding to specified selection elements, the first message including a first message package hierarchically organized in memory based on and derived from the common business object model, the first message package including: program code for processing the first message based on the hierarchical organization of the first message package, where processing the first message includes unpacking the first message package based on the hierarchical organization of the first message package, the specific grouping and order of the hierarchical elements, and the first message package's derivation from the common business object model, wherein the particular hierarchical organization of the first message package and the specific grouping and order of the hierarchical elements are used at least in part to identify the purpose of the first message; program code for sending a second message to the heterogeneous application responsive to the first message, where the second message includes a second message package derived from the common business object model to provide consistent semantics with the first message package. | 19,998 |
9,453,948 | 1. A color filter substrate, comprising: a transparent base; a color filter layer disposed on the transparent base, wherein the color filter layer at least comprises a plurality of color filter units; a protective layer disposed on the color filter layer; a plurality of auxiliary electrodes disposed on the protective layer, wherein a position of each of the auxiliary electrodes corresponds to a connecting position between two adjacent the color filter units; a black matrix disposed on the auxiliary electrode, wherein the black matrix partially covers the auxiliary electrode; a spacer disposed on the black matrix; and a transparent electrode disposed on the spacer, wherein the transparent electrode is electrically connected with the auxiliary electrode in an area of the auxiliary electrode, not covered by the black matrix. | 6,938 |
8,608,967 | 1. A chromatography column containing at least one chiral stationary phase and at least one achiral stationary phase, wherein each stationary phase is affixed to a plurality of particles. | 27,766 |
9,265,106 | 1. A lighting device, comprising: a DC power supply comprising a voltage-adjusting part that is configured to adjust a magnitude of a DC voltage, the DC power supply being configured to provide, across output ends thereof, the DC voltage adjusted by the voltage-adjusting part; a switching element connected in series with at least one light emitting element across the output ends of the DC power supply, the switching element including a control terminal, and being configured to adjust a current flowing through the at least one light emitting element according to a magnitude of a control voltage that is applied to the control terminal; and a controller having a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being, when receiving a dimming instruction signal of setting a luminous level for the at least one light emitting element, of controlling the voltage-adjusting part to provide the DC voltage with a magnitude that corresponds to the luminous level, across the output ends of the DC power supply; and applying the control voltage with a magnitude that is kept constant to the control terminal of the switching element, the second mode being, when receiving the dimming instruction signal, of: applying the control voltage with a magnitude that corresponds to the luminous level to the control terminal of the switching element; and controlling the voltage-adjusting part to provide the DC voltage with a magnitude that is kept constant, across the output ends of the DC power supply, the controller being configured to operate in one of the first and second modes, when the luminous level is a predetermined level or more, the controller being configured to operate in an other of the first and second modes, when the luminous level is less than the predetermined level. | 26,006 |
9,330,688 | 1. A method comprising: determining an initial value of laser power based on incrementing the laser power while recording a signal to a heat-assisted recording medium, the initial value based on a power level that results in saturation when reading back the signal; recording data to the heat-assisted recording medium for two or more iterations, each iteration involving the adjustment of, in any order, linear data density, track pitch, and the laser power when writing data to a single track of the recording medium to achieve a target bit error rate for each iteration; determining, from the iterations, a selected linear data density, a selected track pitch, and a selected laser power that together achieve a target areal density; and using the selected linear data density, the selected track pitch, and the selected laser power to write user data to the recording medium. | 42,200 |
8,945,146 | 1. A delivery system assembly facilitating deployment of an implantable medical device, the assembly comprising: a handle including a first control member and a second control member; an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle, the shaft including a proximal end fixed within the handle, a deflectable distal end, a lumen extending from a proximal opening thereof at the proximal end to a distal opening thereof at the distal end, and a pull wire, the pull wire including a proximal end coupled to the first control member of the handle and a distal end anchored to the deflectable distal end of the shaft, the first control member for deflecting the shaft via the pull wire; an elongate inner member including an enlarged distal end, the inner member extending within the lumen of the shaft and distally from the distal opening of the shaft lumen to the enlarged distal end, the inner member being longitudinally moveable with respect to the shaft, and the enlarged distal end of the inner member being configured to conform to a proximal end of the medical device; and an elongate outer tube extending distally from the handle and forming a lumen in which the shaft and the inner member extend such that an entirety of the outer tube is longitudinally moveable with respect to the shaft by means of the second control member of the handle, which is coupled to the outer tube, the outer tube including an internal shoulder and a distal-most portion that has a length, along which the lumen of the outer tube extends from the internal shoulder to a distal opening of the lumen, and the lumen of the outer tube, along the length of the distal-most portion, being sized to contain both the enlarged distal end of the inner member and an entirety of the implantable medical device; and wherein, when the enlarged distal end of the inner member is contained within the lumen of the outer tube, along the length of the distal-most portion, and abuts the internal shoulder of the outer tube, and the outer tube is moved longitudinally in a distal direction, the inner member is also moved longitudinally in the distal direction with respect to the shaft. | 47,982 |
9,291,997 | 1. A hologram recording apparatus comprising: a light source which emits a coherent light; a beam splitter which splits the light emitted from the light source into a signal beam and a reference beam; a signal beam transfer unit comprising an angular deflector that changes a direction of the signal beam according to a time period elapsed between recordings, and said signal beam transfer unit irradiating the signal beam onto a hologram recording medium; and a reference beam transfer unit irradiating the reference beam to a location of the hologram recording medium where the signal beam is also irradiated. | 21,252 |
9,045,329 | 1. A deflectable micromechanical element, comprising: a substrate defining a plane, where a first axis extends parallel to the substrate and a second axis extends parallel to the substrate and orthogonal to the first axis; and a suspension supporting the substrate and including at least first and second spring systems, wherein: each of the first and second spring systems is formed with levers which are pivotally connected to torsion spring elements, such that the substrate is permitted to exhibit oscillating translation deflection movement in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, and the levers have a larger mechanical resistance torque than the torsion spring elements in the perpendicular direction of the substrate, at least one of the levers of each of the first and second spring systems extends parallel to the first axis and directly engages a respective peripheral edge of the substrate, at least one of the torsion spring elements of each of the first and second spring systems is fixedly clamped at one end thereof, the torsion spring elements of each of the first and second spring systems are aligned parallel to the second axis and orthogonal to the first axis, the respective levers and torsion spring elements of each of the first and second spring systems are arranged symmetrically about the first axis, such that the first axis is an axis of symmetry of the micromechanical element. | 410 |
9,484,159 | 1. A silicon oxide material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrodes, having a cobalt content of 2 to 18 ppm (parts by weight per million parts by weight). | 35,237 |
9,448,680 | 1. A method implemented in a computing device, the method comprising: receiving, by a notification system of the computing device and from multiple applications, both metadata for multiple notifications associated with the multiple applications and content for the multiple notifications, the notification system not being a same application as each of the multiple applications, the metadata having an indication of when to present content for respective notifications of the multiple applications; ceasing execution of the multiple applications; maintaining, by the notification system, the multiple notifications; in response to transitioning to settings of the computing device in which notifications would be observable at the computing device and for one or more of the multiple applications: | 14,113 |
9,498,901 | 1. A process for forming an artificial reef, the process comprising: forming a form having a geometric shape; applying at least one blockout onto a surface of said form, the blockout extending outwardly of said surface of said form and having an exposed end surface opposite said form; spraying concrete over an exterior of said form and over said exposed end surface of the blockout; curing the sprayed concrete on said form for a period of time; removing the blockout from the surface of the form and from the cured sprayed concrete; and removing the form from the cured sprayed concrete. | 28,931 |
8,864,902 | 1. A method of manufacturing a cement clinker, comprising the steps of: preparing raw materials to achieve, when sintered at 1,350° C. for 90 minutes, a total content of tricalcium aluminate (3CaO.Al sintering the raw materials at 1,300 to 1,400° C. | 25,671 |
9,575,550 | 1. A method for coordinating operation of an off-grid, hybrid power system and an information technology (IT) system comprising the following steps: powering the IT system with the off-grid, hybrid power system according to a power generation management scheme designed to maximize fuel savings, wherein the hybrid power system comprises a generator and an electrical energy storage source; monitoring tasks performed by the IT system with a processor; determining which component of the hybrid power system is currently powering the IT system; and dynamically changing the tasks performed by the IT system depending on which component of the hybrid power system is currently powering the IT system such that the IT system only performs high priority tasks when the energy storage source is powering the IT system and such that a queue of low priority tasks are held in abeyance until the generator is powering the IT system. | 46,519 |
9,601,771 | 1. A lithium transition metal oxide composition having the formula Li a [Li b Ni c Mn d Co e ]O 2 , where a≧0.9, b≧0, c>0, d>0, e>0, b+c+d+e=1, 1.05≦c/d≦1.4, 0.05≦e≦0.30, 1.03≦(a+b)/M≦1.06, and M=c+d+e; wherein the composition has an O3 type structure. | 9,482 |
9,333,845 | 1. A power distribution unit for a vehicle, comprising: a fuel cell stack; a bracket connected to the fuel cell stack via a first mount adapted to be connected directly to a vehicle in order to interconnect the fuel cell stack to the vehicle, a second mount adapted to be connected to the vehicle at a location away from the first mount in order to interconnect the fuel cell stack to the vehicle, a third mount adapted to be connected to the vehicle at a location away from the first and second mounts in order to interconnect the fuel cell stack to the vehicle, and a fourth mount adapted to be connected to the vehicle at a location away from the first, second, and third mounts in order to interconnect the traction system to the vehicle; a connection feature; and a traction system communicated with the fuel cell stack and carried by at least one of the fuel cell stack or the bracket with the connection feature disposed between the traction system and said at least one of the fuel cell stack or the bracket so that the traction system is indirectly connected to the vehicle, wherein a first portion of the connection feature is disposed between the third mount and the traction system to dampen loads therebetween, and wherein a second portion of the connection feature is disposed between the fourth mount and the traction system to dampen loads therebetween. | 40,819 |
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