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9,474,299 | 1. A modified soybean plant comprising: a high oleic acid content; and loss of function mutations in GmFAD2-1a and GmFAD2-1b genes, wherein the loss of function mutations introduced into GmFAD2-1gene of SEQ ID NO: 1 comprise Gly103 to Val103 and Thr189 to Pro189 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and wherein the loss of function mutation of the GmFAD2-1a gene is identical to that of the GmFAD2-1a gene of M23 or KK21 line. | 39,812 |
9,089,128 | 1. A method of producing an aqueous composition, the method comprising: adding, as a dispersing agent, a copolymer comprising in about a 1:1 molar ratio in polymerized form, to water; adding a water-insoluble pesticide, the water-insoluble pesticide having a solubility in water of up to 10 g/l at 20° C.; and adding at least 35 wt % of a dissolved salt, wherein the salt dissociates in water at 20° C. into at least one anion and at least one cation and wherein the salt contains an anionic pesticide wherein the water-insoluble pesticide comprises pyraclostrobin and wherein the dissolved salt comprises glyphosate. | 18,144 |
9,273,583 | 1. A vehicle comprising a diesel engine provided with engine management means and having a catalyst for exhaust gas aftertreatment, wherein the engine management means is configured, when in use, to detect idle conditions and upon determining that idle conditions exist, stops the engine entirely, wherein the catalyst comprises a honeycomb substrate monolith coated with a catalytic washcoat comprising one or more precious metal and a washcoat component, wherein the one or more precious metal is selected from the group consisting of (i) platinum, (ii) palladium, (iii) a mixture of platinum and palladium, and (iv) a combination of palladium and gold; wherein: the catalytic washcoat is arranged between an upstream washcoat zone and a downstream washcoat zone; a washcoat layer in the upstream washcoat zone is substantially contiguous with a washcoat layer in the downstream washcoat zone; a thermal mass in the upstream washcoat zone is less than a thermal mass in the downstream washcoat zone; a total precious metal loading in the upstream washcoat zone comprises 55 to 90% of the total precious metal loading of the honeycomb substrate monolith, measured as a unit weight of precious metal per unit volume of washcoat; and the honeycomb substrate monolith has a total length, and the upstream washcoat zone is defined at an upstream end by an inlet end of the honeycomb substrate monolith and at a downstream end by a point between 20% and 40% of the total length of the substrate monolith measured from the inlet end. | 3,622 |
8,865,534 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a gate electrode layer; forming a gate insulating film over the gate electrode layer; forming an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film so as to overlap with the gate electrode layer; performing heat treatment on the oxide semiconductor film to remove a hydrogen atom in the oxide semiconductor film; forming source and drain electrode layers so that they are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; forming an insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film and the source and drain electrode layers so as to be in contact with the oxide semiconductor film; and performing oxygen doping treatment on the insulating film so that an oxygen atom is supplied to the insulating film. | 46,219 |
9,157,167 | 1. An apparatus for high pressure material processing comprising: a cylindrical capsule opening for retaining a capsule having a length; an annular heating member having a length and an outer diameter, and surrounding at least a portion of the length of the capsule opening; a radial heater restraint surrounding at least a portion of the length of the annular heating member, the radial heater restraint having an inner diameter and comprising a high strength enclosure; and an annular gap defined by the outer diameter of the annular heating member and the inner diameter of the radial heater restraint, wherein the annular gap is at least 0.005 inch at room temperature and is configured to provide a radial load-bearing contact between the annular heating member and the radial heater restraint at a temperature not less than about 100 degrees Celsius. | 36,880 |
9,642,180 | 1. A method for mapping an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) to physical resource blocks in a radio frame at an enhanced Node B (eNB), comprising: mapping modulated symbols at the eNB in the ePDCCH to at least one control channel element (CCE); mapping the at least one CCE to resource elements (REs) located in a plurality of distributed physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a subframe of the radio frame, wherein each physical resource block is separated by at least one additional physical resource block in the subframe of the radio frame; and applying the mapping of the at least one CCE to the REs to control data for scheduling to form the ePDCCH configured to be communicated from the eNB to a user equipment (UE). | 40,918 |
9,806,394 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a four-port passive coupler having an input port, an isolated port, a first output port and a second output port, wherein an input signal of a frequency F is received by the four-port passive coupler onto the input port, wherein the frequency F is greater than 500 MHz, wherein a first signal S a first load having an input port, wherein the input port of the first load is coupled to receive the signal S a second load having an input port, wherein the input port of the second load is coupled to receive the signal S a complex termination impedance circuit coupled to terminate the isolated port of the four-port passive coupler, wherein the complex termination impedance has a reactance, and wherein the absolute value of the reactance is more than two ohms at the frequency F. | 32,852 |
9,492,267 | 1. A tubular tissue graft construct, comprising a tube having a lumenal surface and an exterior surface formed with an extracellular matrix material obtained from a porcine, bovine or ovine source tissue, added human vascular endothelial cells, and at least one of added human fibroblast cells and added human muscle cells, wherein the extracellular matrix material retains at least one bioactive component from said source tissue, wherein said at least one bioactive component is a growth factor, wherein the tube includes a flat sheet of extracellular matrix material formed into a tube shape and sutured or otherwise bonded to retain the tube shape, wherein said added human vascular endothelial cells are the only added cells present on the luminal surface of the tube and wherein said at least one of added human fibroblast cells and added human muscle cells is present on the exterior surface of the tube, and wherein the tubular graft construct has been prepared in vitro and is suitable for implantation in a human patient. | 39,053 |
9,033,266 | 1. A self-contained, automatic access port unit for installation into a solid counter surface, said access port unit comprising: a pivotally-operating cover plate; and an operational mechanism, wherein said operational mechanism comprises a drive arm in communication with said pivotally-operating cover plate; a motive mechanism to urge said drive arm, wherein forward movement of said motive mechanism urges said drive arm and said pivotally-operated cover plate upward to close said pivotally-operating cover plate, and wherein reverse movement of said motive mechanism urges said drive arm and said pivotally-operated cover plate downward to open said pivotally-operating cover plate; a sensor, wherein said sensor recognizes approaching refuse while the refuse is in approach to said pivotally-operating cover plate; and a timer in communication with said motive mechanism, wherein said timer is selectively programmed to activate after a period of time, and wherein said activation of said timer signals said motive mechanism to reverse its movement direction. | 4,605 |
9,366,732 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a battery; a state-of-charge (SOC) estimator configured to receive information from the battery; a first look up table coupled to the SOC estimator, the first look up table comprising impulse responses related to different states-of-charge and temperatures for a healthy battery; a second look up table receiving a measured temperature of the battery, the second look up table comprising impulse responses corresponding to different faults, wherein the second look up table comprises impulse responses related to different temperatures for an unhealthy battery; a first convolution device configured to access the first look up table and communicatively coupled to a pattern recognition device, wherein the pattern recognition device is configured to compare waveforms; a second convolution device configured to access the second look up table and communicatively coupled to the pattern recognition device; and the pattern recognition device, wherein the pattern recognition device is further configured to receive information from the battery, the first convolution device, and the second convolution device, and wherein the pattern recognition device receives a calculated voltage of the battery, a measured voltage of the battery, and a calculated range of voltages and, based, at least in part, on the comparison of waveforms, outputs an indication of at least one of: a state-of-health of the battery, a possible fault of the battery, and a lifetime of the battery. | 27,616 |
9,380,228 | 1. A high dynamic range imager system comprising: an imager comprising: a pixel array disposed on a die comprising a plurality of pixel rows; a memory disposed on the die and in communication with the pixel array, the memory comprising a plurality of memory cells configured to store data representative of a selected conditional reset; a memory manager in communication with the memory and configured to allocate a portion of the memory cells to each pixel row of the plurality of pixel rows at a time of a conditional reset of each pixel row, wherein the number of memory cells is based upon an exposure time between a first conditional reset and a row readout of each pixel row. | 48,583 |
9,473,205 | 1. A transmission circuit using a coaxial cable having a center conductor and a shield, comprising: an integrated circuit comprising a differential driver having first and second outputs; a common mode choke coupled between the first output of the differential driver and the center conductor of the coaxial cable, and between a first ground node and the shield of the coaxial cable; a terminating impedance coupled between the second output of the differential driver and the first ground node; and a dissipative resistor coupled between the shield of the coaxial cable and a second ground node wherein the dissipative resistor is from 3 ohms to 100 ohms. | 13,709 |
9,361,247 | 1. An intrinsic barrier device for isolating a communication channel of an input/output (IO) module from a field device, comprising: a front end including a programming input adapted to receive an analog input (AI), analog output (AO), digital input (DI) or digital output (DO) IO type configuration signal; a processor coupled to process said IO type configuration signal having an associated memory device storing an intrinsic barrier IO type configuration (IBTC) program, said processor programmed to implement said IBTC program, wherein said processor: | 36,660 |
8,682,141 | 1. A video and audio recording apparatus comprising: a recording medium configured to record base data including first video data and/or first audio data therein on a predetermined unit-of-recording basis; and a control unit configured to start destructive editing in response to an instruction to start editing received through an operation unit and stop the destructive editing in response to an instruction to stop editing received through the operation unit, the destructive editing representing editing in which the base data is deleted on the predetermined unit-of-recording basis and edit data including second video data and/or second audio data and formed on a variable length units-of-recording basis is overwritten onto the base data on the predetermined unit-of-recording basis, the edit data being input from the base data read from the recording medium on the predetermined unit-of-recording basis in synchronization with a speed at which the first video data and/or first audio data are reproduced; wherein when part of the base data is deleted, the control unit writes, using management information for managing a physical area of the base data in the recording medium on the predetermined unit-of-recording basis, information indicating that the physical area in which the deleted part of the base data was recorded is defined as a reserved area, which is an unrecorded area that is physically released by deleting the part of the base data and is considered an area into which edit data that includes video data and/or audio data formed on a variable length units-of-recording basis may be recorded, on the predetermined unit-of-recording basis to the management information, and wherein when the edit data is input in response to the instruction to start editing, the edit data is overwritten into the physical area defined as the reserved area where the base data is deleted on a preferential basis thereby overwriting said part of the base data on the predetermined unit-of-recording basis. | 17,585 |
9,119,730 | 1. An intervertebral implant comprising: a first endplate having an upper side and a lower side; a second endplate having an upper side and a lower side, wherein at least one of the first endplate and the second endplate includes a pair of ramps extending from a surface thereof, wherein the pair of ramps comprises a first ramp and a second ramp extending along a longitudinal length of at least one of the first endplate and the second endplate, wherein the first ramp is positioned closer to a proximal end of at least one of the first endplate and the second endplate than the second ramp, and the second ramp is positioned closer to a distal end of at least one of the first endplate and the second endplate than the first ramp; a body portion having a first end, a second end, a first side portion connecting the first end and the second end, and a second side portion connecting the first end and the second end; a translation member having a first end and a second end configured to push directly in contact against the pair of ramps, thereby causing expansion of the first endplate relative to the second endplate, wherein the translation member comprises a first angled surface and a second angled surface separated by a bridge portion, the first angled surface and the second angled surface each being in contact with the first and second ramps respectively, wherein the first angled surface is positioned closer to a proximal end of the translation member than the second angled surface, and the second angled surface is positioned closer to a distal end of the translation member than the first angled surface; an actuation member engageable with the translation member, wherein rotation of the actuation member causes translational movement of the translation member wherein the actuation member comprises a first end and a second end and threading extending along at least a portion of the actuation member from the first end to the second end, wherein the first angled surface is a portion of a first expansion portion and the second angled surface is a portion of a second expansion portion, the first expansion portion including a opening for receiving the actuation member, the actuation member configured to not extend beyond the second expansion portion, wherein the actuation member is threadedly retained in the body and wherein when the actuation member is rotated, the first and second expansion portions move in the same direction from a first end of the first and second endplates towards a second end of the first and second endplates causing the first and second endplates to move. | 39,511 |
9,388,061 | 1. An arsenic contaminated liquid water solution purification process for temperature environments of a liquid water solution of less than 15° C., providing decrease to safe human consumption-rated levels of arsenic concentration therein, by precipitation without arsenic oxidation, the purification process comprising the following steps: a) providing the liquid water solution containing arsenic, the arsenic having a first concentration value level; b) injecting a first dose of ferric iron coagulant without an oxidizing agent; c) injecting lime in the liquid water solution without an oxidizing agent, wherein a precipitating arsenic precipitates without arsenic oxidation; d) separating a resulting slurry between a liquid and a solid phase, wherein a first clarified water solution is obtained; e) adding a second dose of ferric iron coagulant to the first clarified water solution without an oxidizing agent; f) further injecting lime in the liquid water solution without an oxidizing agent, wherein the precipitating arsenic again precipitates without arsenic oxidation; and g) separating a resulting slurry between a liquid and a further solid phase, wherein a second clarified water solution is obtained, while the further solid phase slurry is disposed of; wherein a second concentration value level of arsenic is achieved, the second concentration value level of arsenic constituting a decrease by at least more than two orders of magnitude of arsenic concentration level relative to the first concentration value level of arsenic in the liquid water solution. | 20,397 |
9,397,724 | 1. A mobile transmitter-receiver (transceiver) system comprising: a first receiver and a first demodulator for receiving and demodulating a first video Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) modulated signal into a first demodulated OFDM video baseband signal and providing said first video baseband signal to an interface of a mobile unit; a first processor and a first transmit filter for processing and filtering a second video signal generated in said mobile unit and for providing a processed filtered spread spectrum second video baseband signal, said processed filtered spread spectrum second video baseband signal comprises cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband signals, said first video signal is a distinct signal from said second video signal; a modulator and a transmitter for modulation and transmission of said second video cross-correlated baseband signals; a second receiver and a second demodulator for receiving and demodulating a modulated signal into demodulated location finding baseband signal; a converter for converting a photo camera generated signal into a baseband photo camera signal, said photo camera is in said mobile unit; providing said location finding baseband signal with said baseband photo camera signal to said modulator and transmitter for modulation and transmission of said location finding baseband signal with said baseband photo camera signal in said mobile unit; a touch screen generator for generating a touch screen signal, said touch screen signal is used for control of said mobile unit; and a receiver for receiving a motion generated signal and using said motion generated signal for control of one or more functions of said mobile unit. | 26,056 |
9,175,183 | 1. A flexible transparent conductive film comprising: a transparent substrate consisting of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with at least about 0.6 wt % extractable oligomer content, said substrate further comprising a front side surface and a back side surface; at least one barrier layer disposed on the front side surface, said at least one barrier layer comprising at least one thermoplastic resin, and the at least one thermoplastic resin comprising at least one first cellulose ester polymer; and at least one transparent conductive layer disposed on the at least one barrier layer, the transparent conductive layer comprising at least one second cellulose ester polymer, wherein the PET has not been solid-state polymerized, and further wherein the film comprises a Delta Haze measurement less than about 1%. | 13,060 |
9,531,172 | 1. A board formed from a fiber reinforced resin including: a plank portion having an outer surface and first and second legs projecting downward from an underside of said plank portion when said outer surface is oriented facing upwards; said first and second legs extending in parallel spaced relationship relative to each other and extending lengthwise relative to said plank portion; said board further including first and second grooves formed in said plank portion, said first and second grooves extending above and in vertical alignment with said first and second legs respectively and extending lengthwise relative to said plank portion, each of said first and second grooves sized to receive a head of a fastener driven through said first or second leg in alignment with said respective first or second groove. | 40,522 |
9,127,560 | 1. A cooled turbine blade comprising: a root for fixing the cooled turbine blade to a turbine rotor; an airfoil extending along a radial axis from the root, the airfoil defining a single aft airfoil cooling passage that extends radially through the airfoil proximate a trailing edge portion of the airfoil, wherein the single aft airfoil cooling passage is located within a distance of a trailing edge that is less than 25 percent of the airfoil chord length; and a tip shroud disposed at a radially outward end of the airfoil, extending in a circumferential direction from the airfoil, and defining, within the tip shroud, a core plenum and a peripheral plenum; the airfoil defining an aft cooling inlet for providing a single aft stream of cooling fluid to the single aft airfoil cooling passage and defining a single aft cooling exit for discharging the single aft stream of cooling fluid from the aft airfoil cooling passage to the peripheral plenum, wherein an entire amount of the single aft stream directly routed to the peripheral plenum is routed through the single aft airfoil cooling passage; the tip shroud defining at least one peripheral plenum vent for discharging the single aft stream of cooling fluid from the peripheral plenum; and one or more core airfoil cooling passages defined by the airfoil, each of the one or more core airfoil cooling passages extending radially through a core section of the airfoil, the airfoil defining a core cooling inlet for providing a core stream of cooling fluid to the one or more core airfoil cooling passages and defining at least one core cooling exit for discharging the core stream of cooling fluid from the one or more core airfoil cooling passages to the core plenum, wherein the aft cooling passage and the one or more core airfoil cooling passages are positioned to route the aft stream of cooling fluid and the core stream of cooling fluid to distinct plenums, wherein the one or more core airfoil cooling passages are located within a distance of a center of the airfoil that is less than 25 percent of the airfoil chord length. | 15,011 |
8,832,023 | 1. A system for managing distributed digital assets and related metadata in a network, comprising: a plurality of processor-based interconnected nodes, wherein each of the interconnected nodes comprises a memory storing one or more software services, each of the interconnected nodes providing accessibility to the distributed digital assets via user controlled storage components and caching subsystems such that the management of the distributed digital assets and related metadata is based on predetermined criteria; wherein the predetermined criteria include an asset safety value related to the number of accessible replicate copies of the distributed digital assets and at least one of: node availability, node capability, asset popularity and demand, asset availability priority requirements, an asset importance value derived from a record of user actions involving the distributed digital assets, or an asset importance value determined by automatically analyzing the content of the distributed digital assets; and wherein each node in the plurality of interconnected nodes includes a caching subsystem for caching the distributed digital assets, a metadata storage component, a controller, a user-controlled asset component, a networking subsystem for communication between each of the nodes, and wherein the plurality of interconnected nodes provide support for platform operation of client applications. | 44,511 |
8,641,802 | 1. A process for the treatment of a CO 2 -containing stream of process gas, wherein the process comprises (a) obtaining a process gas from the production of pure synthesis gas from raw gas obtained in the partial oxidation of heavy oils, petroleum coke or wastes, or in the gasification of coal, or when processing natural gas or accompanying natural gas, in which process gas is a CO 2 -containing stream, (b) removing the CO 2 -containing stream by means of a physisorptively or chemisorptively operating absorption process from the process gas stream with a solvent, (c) expanding the solvent loaded CO 2 containing stream to a lower pressure in order to desorb the CO 2 -containing stream, wherein the desorbed CO 2 -containing stream comprises 0.1 to 20 vol-% of one or more impurities selected from the group consisting of N 2 , CO, H 2 and CH 4 , (d) condensing the desorbed CO 2 -containing stream at room temperature to a pressure of at least 60 bar[a], or condensing the desorbed CO 2 -containing stream at a temperature below 31° C. to at least 70 bar[a], (e) removing the impurities from the condensed, desorbed CO 2 -containing stream by stripping the CO 2 in a stripping column with a stripping gas comprising gaseous CO 2 guided in counterflow in order to remove the impurities from the CO 2 by transferring the impurities to the stripping gas, and (f) after removing the impurities with the stripping gas, the stripping gas comprising the impurities is recooled in order to condense at least part of the CO 2 out of the stripping gas and recirculating the condensed CO 2 to the bottom of the stripping column. | 26,195 |
8,659,053 | 1. A semiconductor light detecting element comprising: an InP substrate; and a semiconductor stacked structure on the InP substrate and including at least a light absorbing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer includes an InGaAsBi layer lattice-matched to the InP substrate. | 27,991 |
9,801,249 | 1. A circuit structure for adjusting LED color temperature curve, comprising: a power source provided with a positive pole and a negative pole; at least a first LED light set provided with plural first LED lights connected in series; at least a second LED light set connected with the first LED light set in parallel and provided with plural second LED lights connected in series; a current detection circuit provided with a first variable resistance and a first transistor, one end of the first variable resistance connected with the positive pole of the power source and an emitter of the first transistor, the other end of the first variable resistance connected with a base of the first transistor, an input end of the at least one first LED light set, and an input end of the at least one second LED light set; and a color temperature curve adjusting circuit gradually adjusting a LED color temperature responsive to a variation of current flow through the first LED light set and the second LED light set provided with a resistance, a second variable resistance, and a second transistor, one end of the resistance connected with a collector of the first transistor, the other end of the resistance connected with a base of the second transistor and one end of the second variable resistance, the other end of the second variable resistance connected with the negative pole of the power source, a collector of the second transistor, an output end of the at least one first LED light set, and an output end of the at least one second LED light set, wherein an emitter of the second transistor is connected with the input end of one of the first LED lights. | 28,579 |
8,401,501 | 1. A radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC) comprising: a processing module that executes at least one application that controls at least one non-transceiver module of a host device and that determines a selected one of a plurality of power modes based on use characteristics of the at least one application, and that generates a power mode signal based on the selected one of the plurality of power modes; and an RF transmitter, coupled to the processing module, that generates a transmit signal, the RF transmitter that operates in a selected one of the plurality of operating modes based on the power mode signal and that operates from at least one transmitter power supply signal generated and selected by a power management circuit in response to the power mode signal. | 27,579 |
8,980,827 | 1. An anti-fungi pharmaceutical composition, wherein said composition comprises: a) a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and b) a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of a stabilizing agent, trehalose | 5,151 |
9,752,938 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a configuration comprising a plurality of heat generation devices; a plurality of thermal sensors respectively, operably connected to each of the plurality of heat generation devices wherein each thermal sensor of the plurality of thermal sensors comprises a respective output terminal configured to provide a voltage representative of the temperature of the respective heat generation device, wherein the output terminals of the plurality of thermal sensors are electrically coupled together at a node; and a circuit configured to selectively enable the plurality of thermal sensors, wherein each of the plurality of thermal sensors, when enabled by the circuit, provides its voltage representative of the temperature of the heat generation device, and wherein each of the plurality of thermal sensors, when disabled by the circuit, does not provide its voltage representative of the temperature of the heat generation device. | 40,151 |
9,714,606 | 1. A vehicle power generating apparatus disposed in a position beneath a floor panel of a vehicle, comprising: a generator; a rotary engine configured to serve as an engine for driving the generator, and installed in the vehicle; and an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe each connected to the rotary engine, wherein the rotary engine comprises a pair of upper and lower side housings, and a rotor housing located between the upper and lower side housings, the rotor housing and the lower side housing being formed with an intake port and an exhaust port, respectively, the intake pipe is connected to a side surface of the rotor housing in such a manner as to be communicated with the intake port, and the exhaust pipe is connected to the lower side housing in such a manner as to be communicated with the exhaust port. | 28,557 |
9,840,975 | 1. A method, comprising: injecting a first amount of secondary fluid at an engine cylinder; determining an estimated amount of secondary fluid injected at the engine cylinder based on a difference between a first change in pumping current of an exhaust oxygen sensor between a first and a second reference voltage when only fuel is injected into the engine cylinder and a second change in pumping current of the exhaust oxygen sensor between the first and the second reference voltage when fuel and the first amount of secondary fluid are injected into the engine cylinder; and adjusting an amount of secondary fluid injected at the engine cylinder in response to the estimated amount of secondary fluid being a threshold amount different than a desired amount of secondary fluid injection, the desired amount of secondary fluid injection based on engine operating conditions. | 23,730 |
9,718,372 | 1. A vehicle comprising: an electric power generator; an electric power storage device; an internal combustion engine configured to travel the vehicle and to drive the electric power generator; an electric circuit configured to output electric power generated by the electric power generator or electric power output from the electric power storage device to a power recipient outside of the vehicle; a drive circuit configured to drive the electric power generator; a boost converter disposed between the electric power storage device and the electric power generator; an inverter disposed between the boost converter and the electric power generator; and an electronic control unit configured to set the vehicle into a first mode or a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which electric power is generated in the electric power generator by the internal combustion engine during parking of the vehicle and the generated electric power is supplied to the power recipient outside of the vehicle, the second mode being a mode in which electric power is generated in the electric power generator by the internal combustion engine during traveling of the vehicle, and the electronic control unit being configured to limit an operation of the boost converter in the first mode by reducing electric power loss attributable to boosting when the generated electric power is supplied to the power recipient outside of the vehicle. | 47,003 |
9,657,623 | 1. An exhaust treatment device comprising: an engine room in which an internal combustion engine is disposed; an upstream catalytic converter that is disposed inside the engine room and is provided on an exhaust path through which exhaust discharged from the internal combustion engine passes, and that has a catalyst support that generates heat by being energized, and that purifies the exhaust by a catalyst supported by the catalyst support; a cooling member that is provided on a portion of the exhaust path from the internal combustion engine to the upstream catalytic converter, and that cools the exhaust; a downstream catalytic converter that is provided on the exhaust path further toward a downstream side than the upstream catalytic converter; a vibration cut-off member that is provided on the exhaust path further toward a downstream side than the upstream catalytic converter and further toward an upstream side than the downstream catalytic converter, and that cuts-off vibrations from an inside of the engine room to the outside of the engine room; and a circulation pipe that branches off, inside the engine room, from a portion of the exhaust path between the upstream catalytic converter and the vibration cut-off member, and that is for circulating some of exhaust from the upstream catalytic converter to the internal combustion engine. | 43,230 |
9,281,925 | 1. A method for receiving a service from a plurality of base stations (BSs) by a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a measurement indication message instructing to measure channels of neighbor BSs from a master BS of a cooperative cell including the master BS allocating resources of the cooperative cell and at least one slave BS providing a service to the MS in cooperation with the master BS; transmitting a measurement report message including measurement results of the channels of the neighbor BSs; receiving configuration information related to the cooperative cell from the master BS; and receiving a service provided based on the master BS and the at least one slave BS in cooperation. | 10,177 |
9,617,255 | 1. An organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of composing layers including a light emitting layer sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, wherein an electron transport layer containing a compound represented by any one of Formulas (2) to (4) is included in the composing layers; the light emitting layer contains a phosphorescence emitting organic metal complex; and the cathode or one composing layer adjacent to the cathode contains a metal or a metal compound belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 of the periodic table of elements, provided that the metal exhibits a standard electrode potential larger than −3 V vs. SHE in a system of the metal ion (M wherein R11 to R17 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents —S—; and X11 to X17 represents —C(R18)=, or —N═, R18 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and when a plurality of —C(R18)= exists, the plurality of R18s may be the same or different, provided that at least one of R11 to R18 represents a benzene ring having a substituent of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group; wherein R21 to R27 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X21 to X23, and X26 to X28 each represent —C(R28)=, or —N═; X24 and X25 each represent —C(R28)=, provided that at least one of X21 to X23, and X26 to X28 represents —N═, R28 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and when a plurality of —C(R28)= exists, the plurality of R28s may be the same or different, provided that at least one of R28s represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of a pyridyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a pyradinyl group, a pyridazinyl group, and a triazinyl group; and wherein R31 to R37 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X31 to X35 each represent —C(R38)=, or —N═, provided that at least one of X31 to X32 represents —N═, and R38 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of X31 to X35 represents —C(R38)= in which R38 represents an aromatic heterocyclic group, and when a plurality of —C(R38)= exists, the plurality of R38s may be the same or different. | 27,151 |
8,998,112 | 1. A drip emitter for attachment to an inner surface of a wall of an irrigation hose, comprising: A) a water inlet for receiving water from the irrigation hose; B) a drip outlet for releasing water through an opening in the wall of the irrigation hose; C) a fluid flow pathway from said water inlet to said drip outlet, said fluid flow pathway including a labyrinth flow restriction, at least part of said labyrinth flow restriction being formed in a one piece elastomeric component, said one piece elastomeric component including: wherein said one piece elastomeric component is configured such that, when the drip emitter is attached to the inner surface of the irrigation hose, said elastomeric base is responsive to increasing fluid pressure within the irrigation hose to progressively contact more baffles of said sequence of elastomeric baffles, thereby progressively closing respective bypass spaces of said plurality of under-tooth bypass spaces, thereby regulating a flow rate through the drip emitter. | 13,182 |
8,476,535 | 1. A multilayered printed wiring board, comprising: a flexible wiring board with wiring layers on both main surfaces thereof; a rigid wiring board with wiring layers on both main surfaces thereof; a first insulating layer sandwiched between said flexible wiring board and said rigid wiring board; a first interlayer connection conductor disposed through said first insulating layer so as to electrically connect said flexible wiring board and said rigid wiring board under the condition that a forefront of said first interlayer connection conductor is plastically deformed through the connection for said rigid wiring board and a bottom of said first interlayer connection conductor is connected with a connection land of said wiring layer of said flexible wiring board; and an electric/electronic component embedded in said rigid wiring board, wherein said rigid wiring board comprises: | 18,392 |
9,151,468 | 1. An illumination source comprising: an excitation light source that provides excitation light; two solid plates spaced from each other and configured to have sufficient thermal conductivity for dissipating heat; a luminescent layer in liquid or gel form sandwiched between the two solid plates, the luminescent layer operable to absorb the excitation light at one wavelength range and emit emission light at a second wavelength range, wherein both solid plates are transparent to the excitation light and the emission light; and a metal sheet sandwiched by the two solid plates and adjacent to the luminescent layer to provide a channel of heat dissipation; and a heat-sink in physical and thermal contact with the two solid plates and the metal sheet to provide another channel of heat dissipation. | 16,060 |
9,135,295 | 1. A method comprising: identifying, by a processing device, a term in an electronic document; generating, by the processing device, a search query based on the term; identifying, by the processing device, additional terms within the electronic document; determining, by the processing device, a context based on the additional terms in the electronic document; determining, by the processing device, whether to initiate a search to a first data source based on a result of the context determination; and in response to determining to not initiate the search to the first data source based on the result of the context determination, initiating, by the processing device and using the search query, a search to a second data source that is different than the first data source. | 22,182 |
8,568,533 | 1. A method of increasing the level of C 6 monosaccharides and C 6 oligosaccharides produced from lignocellulosic biomass, comprising: providing lignocellulosic biomass, comprising: optionally, separating said first solid fraction and said first liquid fraction; mixing said first solid fraction with water to form a slurry; pre-heating said slurry to a temperature of about 210° C. to about 240° C. at a pressure of about 225 bar to about 250 bar; contacting said slurry with a second reaction fluid to form a second reaction mixture comprising: wherein said second reaction fluid comprises hot compressed water and, optionally, carbon dioxide; wherein said second reaction fluid is at a temperature of at least about 373° C. under a pressure sufficient to maintain said second reaction fluid in supercritical form; and reducing the temperature of said second reaction mixture to a temperature less than about 140° C.; and optionally, hydrolyzing said second liquid fraction to form a composition comprising at least one C | 19,596 |
9,197,446 | 1. A method comprising: loading a software module into a sandbox environment; receiving, a message from the software module to a recipient, the message includes a memory address; determining whether to pin the memory address, where pinning comprises limiting the memory address to a subset of all memory address values; and passing the message to an address pinning unit which replaces at least a portion of the memory address with at least a portion of a specified replacement address, when it is determined to pin the memory address, and passes the modified message to be delivered to the recipient. | 42,395 |
8,443,605 | 1. An installation for storing and returning energy, the installation comprising: A) a first lagged enclosure filled with a first porous refractory material suitable for passing a gas flowing through said first enclosure between top and bottom ends of said first enclosure; and B) a second lagged enclosure filled with a second porous refractory material suitable for passing a gas flowing through said second enclosure between top and bottom ends of said second enclosure; and C) lagged pipes enabling the gas to flow in a closed circuit between the two enclosures, the pipes comprising first and second top pipes between the top ends of the two enclosures and first and second bottom pipes between the bottom ends of the two enclosures; and D) a gas compression and expansion unit comprising: E) first gas heater means suitable for heating the gas flowing in a said second top pipe between the top end of said second enclosure and said first compression/expansion group; and F) gas cooler means, suitable for cooling the gas flowing in said first bottom pipe between the bottom end of the first enclosure and said second compression/expansion group. | 15,633 |
9,792,249 | 1. A method comprising: communicating a plurality of signals between a substrate having a connector and an outside entity; receiving power, at one or more nodes connected to the substrate, from one or more first signals communicated over the connector; communicating with the outside entity using one or more second signals communicated over the connector; translating, by one or more level shifters, a signal on the connector to a signal applied to the one or more nodes, wherein at least one of the plurality of signals is configured to arbitrate usage of a serial port on a node card by the one or more nodes; and providing a digital signal to the connector to cause an alternative boot procedure. | 28,223 |
9,173,256 | 1. A driver circuit operable to provide power to a load from a direct current (DC) power rail, said driver circuit comprising: a self-oscillating, current-fed parallel resonant inverter configured to connect to the DC power rail, receive DC power from the DC power rail, and provide an alternating current (AC) output signal; a current limiting circuit connected to the self-oscillating current fed parallel resonant inverter, wherein the current limiting circuit is configured to receive the AC output signal from the self-oscillating current fed parallel resonant inverter and provide an AC current signal as a function of a DC current provided to the load by the driver circuit; and a rectifier connected to the current limiting circuit, wherein the rectifier is operable to receive the AC current signal from the current limiting circuit and provide a DC current to the load. | 14,757 |
9,528,059 | 1. A process for treating a fatty acid alkyl ester-containing stream comprising impurities, and at least ninety percent by weight fatty acid alkyl ester, and optionally alcohol, the process for treating the feed stream comprising: (a) contacting the stream with a catalyst comprising metal oxide, wherein the metal is selected from the group of metals consisting of those in Groups 3, 4, 5, 13 and 14, and optionally, alcohol under catalytic conditions to convert the impurities in the stream to a product or by product, and (b) recovering a fatty acid alkyl ester stream having reduced amounts of impurities and having improved cold flow properties. | 20,414 |
8,877,306 | 1. A pipe for fluid transport, the pipe being a hollow cylinder having an outer surface and an aperture extending longitudinally through the cylinder, wherein the outer surface of the pipe is comprised of a polyarylene sulfide composition comprising (a) from about 60 weight percent to about 95 weight percent of a polyarylene sulfide resin, (b) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent of a thermoplastic vulcanizate, the thermoplastic vulcanizate being comprised of a cross-linked elastomer dispersed in a resin matrix, the resin matrix comprising a polyarylene sulfide, wherein the concentration of the cross-linked elastomer exceeds the concentration of the polyarylene sulfide in the thermoplastic vulcanizate, and (c) from about 3 weight percent to about 15 weight percent of a compatibilizer. | 45,030 |
9,248,406 | 1. A method for real time performance management of a membrane in a plant controlled by a computer based control system, wherein the performance management of the membrane includes monitoring of fouling of the membrane taking place during a membrane separation process, and cleaning of the membrane for restoration of performance of the membrane, the method comprising: measuring a plant process variable in real time during the fouling of the membrane; and processing the measured plant process variable in the computer based control system by: cleaning of the membrane at the estimated scheduled time based on the recommendation sent to the operator panel. | 29,785 |
9,219,914 | 1. A method of decoding a coded video data bitstream with a decoding apparatus, the method comprising: constructing, by the decoding apparatus, a motion vector predictor list of a current block, the motion vector predictor list consisting of two motion vector predictor candidates, each of the motion vector predictor candidates having list index information in the motion vector predictor list, the motion vector predictor candidates including motion vectors of a top neighboring block and a left neighboring block that are adjacent to the current block; obtaining, by the decoding apparatus, motion vector predictor index information of the current block from the coded video data bitstream, wherein the motion vector predictor index information specifies a motion vector predictor candidate from among the two motion vector predictor candidates in the motion vector predictor list; deriving, by the decoding apparatus, a motion vector predictor from the motion vector predictor list, the motion vector predictor of the current block being the motion vector predictor candidate corresponding to the obtained motion vector predictor index information; obtaining, by the decoding apparatus, a motion vector difference of the current block; and decoding, by the decoding apparatus, the current block based on the derived motion vector predictor and the motion vector difference. | 49,485 |
9,367,474 | 1. A method comprising: a requesting agent generating a transaction including a plurality of fields, said fields including a cache hint field storing a first cache hint that indicates how data corresponding to the transaction is to be cached, wherein the first cache hint is compliant with a first protocol that is not compatible with a memory subsystem to which the transaction is targeted such that the memory subsystem is not configured to recognize or properly act upon the first cache hint; the requesting agent conveying the transaction with the first cache hint to the memory subsystem; receiving the transaction with the first cache hint at a bridge unit prior to the transaction reaching the memory subsystem, wherein the bridge unit is interposed between the requesting agent and the memory subsystem; the bridge unit accessing a table to translate the first cache hint to a second cache hint, wherein the second cache hint is compliant with a second protocol that is compatible with the memory subsystem and is different from the first protocol; the bridge unit modifying the transaction with the first cache hint by replacing the first cache hint in the transaction with the second cache hint; the bridge unit conveying via a switch interface the transaction with the second cache hint to the memory subsystem; receiving the transaction with the second cache hint at the memory subsystem; the memory subsystem determining how to allocate data corresponding to the transaction in a cache of the memory subsystem based on the second cache hint; and programming an override function in the bridge unit to translate the first cache hint to a third cache hint different from the second cache hint. | 23,512 |
9,843,254 | 1. A system; comprising: a controller for controlling a cycling of a power switch in a switching power converter to regulate an output voltage to a nominal value; an upper threshold voltage adaptation circuit configured to increase an upper threshold voltage responsive to an increase in a voltage ripple between the output voltage and the nominal value, wherein the upper threshold voltage adaptation circuit is further configured to decrease the upper threshold voltage responsive to a decrease in the voltage ripple; a lower threshold voltage adaptation circuit configured to decrease a lower threshold voltage responsive to the increase in the voltage ripple, wherein the lower threshold voltage adaptation circuit is further configured to increase the lower threshold voltage responsive to a decrease in the voltage ripple; and a mode control circuit configured to allow the controller to control the cycling of the power switch when an output voltage for the switching power converter is both less than the upper threshold voltage and greater than the lower threshold voltage and to prevent the controller from controlling the cycling of the power switch when the output voltage is greater than the upper threshold voltage or less than the lower threshold voltage. | 4,841 |
9,028,215 | 1. A nacelle main frame structure and drive train assembly ( 1 ) for being mounted on a tower ( 2 ) of a wind turbine having a rotor which rotates about a longitudinal axis, the nacelle main frame structure and drive train assembly ( 1 ) comprising: the nacelle main frame structure ( the central part of the nacelle main frame structure and at least a portion of the drive train ( wherein the central part ( | 38,630 |
8,997,602 | 1. A position adjustable steering device, comprising: a steering column that includes an outer tube and an inner tube that are fitted to each other so as to be relatively slidable in an axial direction of the steering column to make telescopic adjustment, and that support a steering shaft such that the steering shaft is rotatable; a fixed bracket that has a pair of clamping side plates, and that is fixed to a vehicle body; a movable bracket that has a pair of clamped side plates arranged along inner side faces of the respective clamping side plates, and that is fixed to the outer tube; a fastening mechanism that includes a fastening shaft that passes through the clamping side plates and the clamped side plates, and that achieves telescopic lock by fastening the clamped side plates with use of the fastening shaft via the clamping side plates in accordance with a rotating operation of an operating lever; an insertion hole that is formed in one side portion of the outer tube; and a pressing mechanism that moves in an axial direction of the fastening shaft in accordance with fastening by the fastening shaft, and that has a pressing member that presses the inner tube through the insertion hole, wherein: the pressing mechanism presses an outer face of one side portion of the inner tube through the insertion hole in a direction parallel to the fastening shaft by being pressed by a corresponding one of the clamping side plates in accordance with fastening by the fastening mechanism, a cross section of the inner tube pressed by the pressing mechanism is elastically deformed into an oblong elliptical shape, and the pressing mechanism includes: | 45,993 |
9,362,544 | 1. A system configured to actuate an electrical clearing component based upon detection of an event, the system comprising: a detection system configured to detect an event; a control system configured to receive information from the detection system and to generate a first control signal based upon detection of the event; a battery; a first electrical clearing component in electrical communication with the battery and configured to be selectively actuated based on the first control signal; a first current interruption component configured to selectively interrupt a flow of current upon an occurrence of a condition that results from actuation of the first electrical clearing component and to discharge a circuit in electrical communication with the first current interruption component; and contactors configured to enable discharge of the battery independent of the first current interruption component; wherein upon detection of the event by the detection system, the control system is configured to generate the first control signal to actuate the first electrical clearing component, the actuation of the first electrical clearing component being configured to trigger the first current interruption system. | 15,420 |
9,548,611 | 1. A method for generating an injected current of a fuel cell stack performed in an apparatus for generating an injected current of a fuel cell stack, the method comprising: extracting a first frequency current and a second frequency current by passing alternating currents generated by a plurality of alternating current generators through a plurality of filters, respectively; generating a summed frequency current by summing the first frequency current and the second frequency current; and applying the summed frequency current to the fuel cell stack, wherein the plurality of filters include band pass filters including a first frequency filter extracting a first frequency used for calculating a total harmonic distortion and a second frequency filter extracting a second frequency used for calculating an impedance. | 19,139 |
8,609,206 | 1. A process for producing a discrete metallization of a ceramic substrate surface, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a substrate selected from the group consisting of oxygen-containing ceramics, and oxygen-non-containing ceramics; b) providing heat treatment when the substrate selected are oxygen-non-containing ceramics; c) forming a substantially continuous metal coating layer on the ceramic surface, using a process selected from the group consisting of physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, kinetic spraying, thermal spraying, electroless plating, electrolytic plating, thick film printing, ink jet printing, automated syringe dispensing, automated nozzle dispensing, slurry coating, slurry brushing, slurry spraying, laser cladding, and any combination of said processes; and d) converting the continuous metal coating layer into a multiplicity of discrete solidified droplets of the metal on the ceramic surface having a contact angle lower than ninety degrees by means of a heat treatment in a controlled gas atmosphere, wherein the heat treatment further comprises the steps of: | 6,599 |
8,800,657 | 1. An apparatus for use downhole comprising: an expandable component; a support member that has a selected corrosion rate; wherein the support member is disposed on the expandable component; where the support member comprises: a plurality of particles fused together; the particles comprising: a core comprising a first metal; and a first layer disposed upon the core; the first layer comprising a second metal; the first metal having a different corrosion potential from the second metal; the first layer comprising a third metal having a different corrosion potential from the first metal. | 10,130 |
9,456,415 | 1. A method for partitioning small cell physical-layer cell identities (PCI) at a node in a heterogeneous network (HetNet), comprising: identifying at a node at least one small cell PCI of a plurality of small cells in a macro cell, wherein each small cell PCI is associated with a low power node (LPN) in the HetNet; generating a small cell PCI list to include the at least one small cell PCI; broadcasting the small cell PCI list from the node to a wireless device; and sending a closed subscriber group (CSG) range from the node to the wireless device, wherein the wireless device is configured to search a reduced number of PCIs by searching an overlap of PCIs specified in the small cell PCI list and the CSG range or by excluding the PCIs specified in the CSG range from the PCIS specified in the small cell PCI list in the search. | 41,962 |
8,479,637 | 1. An apparatus for brewing a beverage, the apparatus comprising: a first an elongated member having a plurality of disks stacked along an axis of the first elongated member; a filter having at least one slot and adapted to fit over the plurality of disks; and an elongated housing member comprising first and second slots on opposite sides of the elongated housing member, the elongated housing member being adapted to fit over the filter, wherein the first slot of the elongated housing member has a width that encompasses about 30 to about 90 degrees of the diameter of the elongated housing member. | 41,156 |
9,105,802 | 1. A method of making a photovoltaic device, comprising: disposing an absorber layer on a window layer; treating at least a portion of the absorber layer with a dopant solution comprising a dopant metal salt to form a first component, after the step of disposing the absorber layer on the window layer, wherein the step of treating at least a portion of the absorber layer with a dopant solution consists essentially of a soaking treatment wherein a portion of the absorber layer is soaked in the dopant solution, and wherein the dopant metal salt comprises a metal dopant selected from the group consisting of manganese, cobalt, chromium, zinc, indium, tungsten, molybdenum, and combinations thereof; treating at least a portion of the first component with cadmium chloride to form a second component, wherein the second component comprises a doped absorber layer; and contacting at least a portion of the second component with an aqueous mixture of ethylene diamine after the step of treating at least a portion of the first component with cadmium chloride. | 838 |
8,518,700 | 1. A method for reprogramming a somatic cell to produce pluripotent cells comprising: (i) transducing a somatic cell with a nucleic acid comprising the coding sequence for B cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1 (Bmi-1) operably linked to a promoter, wherein said transducing results in overexpression of Bmi-1 protein in said somatic cell and produces a transduced somatic cell; (ii) culturing said transduced somatic cell in a medium comprising basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) and is free of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), wherein said culturing produces neuro spheres; (iii) obtaining cells from said neurospheres; and (iv) culturing said cells obtained from said neuro spheres in the presence of a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP)/extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) inhibitor and a glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) inhibitor in an embryonic stem cell medium for a time sufficient to produce pluripotent cells from said cells obtained from said neurospheres, thereby reprogramming a somatic cell to produce induced pluripotent cells. | 18,878 |
9,610,334 | 1. An immunogenic composition comprising an effective amount of an isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 over the entire length of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide is fewer than 342 amino acids in length and an effective amount of a heterologous immune-stimulatory protein, wherein the immunogenic composition is formulated as a sterile solution. | 36,682 |
8,510,248 | 1. A method comprising: identifying, by at least one computing device, a set of interview items for an interview in which a user is requested to provide feedback, the identifying a set of interview items comprising, for each interview item identified: presenting, by the at least one computing device, at least one of the interview items to a user and requesting feedback from the user about the item in at least one page of an interview user interface; receiving, by the at least one computing device, the requested feedback from the user in response; and identifying, by the at least one computing device, one or more items as recommendations using the feedback received from the user during the interview. | 40,535 |
9,397,817 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: wirelessly transmitting a beacon to multiple wireless communication devices, the beacon containing a traffic indication map (TIM), the TIM to indicate multiple slot assignments, each slot assignment to indicate when a separate one of the multiple wireless communication devices is permitted to transmit during a beacon interval subsequent to the beacon and receiving a communication from a particular one of the multiple wireless communication devices, the communication to occur during the slot assigned to the particular one of the wireless communication devices, wherein the communication from the particular one of the multiple communication devices is a power save poll. | 33,782 |
9,775,697 | 1. A dispenser for dispensing fluid that, integrated into one hand piece, comprises: a variable volume chamber with a plunger disposed within the chamber and a chamber inlet and outlet, the inlet and outlet communicating directly with a common chamber volume, wherein the plunger is configured to translate linearly relative to the chamber along a common longitudinal axis; a power source and a motor configured to drive translation movement of the plunger via a threaded shaft thereby causing a change in volume in the chamber; a trigger; and a controller in communication with the power source, the motor, and the trigger, the controller being configured to, in response to actuation of the trigger, direct the motor to drive translation movement of the plunger to expel fluid from the chamber (expel stroke), wherein the controller is further configured to receive a first and a second variable input based on a first and a second subject to which the fluid is to be applied, respectively, and automatically vary the volume of fluid expelled from the chamber during a first expel stroke such that a first volume that is less than the entire volume of fluid in the chamber is expelled from the chamber by directing the threaded shaft to rotate a first predetermined number of revolutions based on the first variable input to adjust a position of the plunger along the longitudinal axis and, following the first expel stroke, direct the motor to drive translation movement of the plunger to draw fluid into the chamber (draw stroke), the fluid drawn into the chamber having the same volume as the first volume, and following the draw stroke, automatically vary the volume of the fluid expelled from the chamber during a second expel stroke such that a second volume that is less the entire volume of fluid in the chamber is expelled from the chamber by directing the threaded shaft to rotate a second predetermined number of revolutions based on the second variable input to adjust the position of the plunger along the longitudinal axis, wherein the first volume is different than the second volume. | 3,554 |
9,362,564 | 1. A power storage device comprising: a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, the negative electrode active material layer including at least a carbon material with an R value of 1.1 or more; and an electrolyte solution containing a lithium ion and an ionic liquid composed of an organic cation and an anion, wherein the ionic liquid is a quaternary ammonium cation having at least one ring, wherein the at least one ring is a five-membered ring or a six-membered ring, wherein the at least one ring has at least one substituent, wherein a content percentage of the carbon material with the R value of 1.1 or more is less than 2 wt % in the negative electrode active material layer, and wherein the R value is a ratio of a peak intensity I | 10,704 |
9,366,458 | 1. A modular molten salt solar receiver, comprising: four heat transfer facets, each facet comprising an inlet, an outlet, and multiple tube panels, each tube panel comprising at least one tube, an inlet header, and an outlet header; the four facets being arranged on an exterior of a support structure to form a NE flow quadrant, a NW flow quadrant, a SE flow quadrant, and a SW flow quadrant that are each defined by a single facet, the tube panels in each facet being oriented to locate the headers in an upper plane and a lower plane, wherein the headers in each plane are laterally separated from each other, and wherein the facets are fluidly connected so as to form two independent flow paths, one flow path including only the NE flow quadrant and the SW flow quadrant, and the other flow path including only the NW flow quadrant and the SE flow quadrant; and further including an upper heat shield enclosing the headers of the tube panels in the upper plane, a lower heat shield enclosing the headers of the tube panels in the lower plane, an upper oven box enclosed by the upper heat shield, and a lower oven box enclosed by the lower heat shield. | 8,434 |
9,013,020 | 1. A photodiode carrier, comprising: a diode array connection region, first and second signal side electrodes connected to said diode array connection region, first and second bias side electrodes connected to said diode array connection region, and first and second condensers connected between the electrode disposed on the way of the first and the second bias side electrodes and the ground electrode, wherein said electrodes disposed on the way of the first and the second bias side electrodes are located in an about equal distance from said diode array connection region as a start point, and wherein said first bias side electrode comprises a former half part which is disposed from said diode array connection region to said electrode on the way of said first bias side electrode, and a latter half part drawn around which is apart from said former half part via a gap. | 6,749 |
9,347,005 | 1. A method for rapid thermal processing of carbonaceous material, comprising: i) contacting a carbonaceous feedstock with heated inorganic heat carrier particles at reaction conditions including a reactor pressure of from 140 to 215 kPa gauge effective to rapidly pyrolyze the carbonaceous feedstock to form a product stream comprising pygas, pyrolysis oil, and solids that comprise char and cooled inorganic heat carrier particles; ii) separating the solids from the product stream; iii) forming a flue gas having a pressure of from 140 to 215 kPa gauge from the separated solids and an oxygen-containing gas in a reheater; iv) expanding the flue gas in a fluidizing blower to pressurize the oxygen-containing gas to a pressure of at least about 70 kPa gauge, said expanded flue gas having a pressure of from 15 to 30 kPa gauge; and v) fluidly communicating the oxygen-containing gas to the reheater. | 42,833 |
8,561,939 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an electric motor; a first drive train providing drive from the electric motor to a landing gear wheel; a second drive train providing drive from the electric motor for an aircraft system which is operational at least when the aircraft is in flight, the aircraft system including an environmental control system; a first coupling arrangement configured to connect and disconnect the first drive train; a second coupling arrangement configured to connect and at least partially disconnect the second drive train; and a control arrangement configured to | 40,353 |
9,323,271 | 1. An electricity management apparatus, comprising: a communication unit receiving electricity information through a smart grid electricity information network, or transmitting electricity management information respective to an electronic device being connected to a network through an internal network; a reference value set-up unit setting up an overall section, and setting up a maximum permissible electricity reference value and instantaneous electricity reference value respective to the set overall section; and a control unit deciding a management mode for each electronic device being connected to the internal network, when a current instantaneously used electricity value exceeds the set instantaneous electricity reference value, based upon an electricity proportion value comparing a current accumulated used electricity value with respect to the set maximum permissible electricity reference value, and based upon a section proportion value comparing a current time point of the specific section, and performing managing operations, so as to transmit electricity management information respective to the decided management mode. | 9,122 |
8,442,718 | 1. A battery charging system for a vehicle, comprising: a generator generating electrical power by driving the vehicle; a battery mounted on the vehicle and charging and discharging the electrical power; a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter connected to the battery and electrical devices of the vehicle, converting the electrical power generated by the generator and supplying the converted electrical power to the electrical devices of the vehicle, and supplying the electrical power to the battery; an energy storage device storing the electrical power generated from the generator and providing the stored electrical power to the DC/DC converter; and an engine control unit controlling the generator to charge the energy storage device by providing regenerative power generated by the generator in a deceleration driving mode of the vehicle, calculating a low-voltage control amount determined to correspond to a state of the battery connected to the DC/DC converter and whether the electrical device of the vehicle operates, and controlling the DC/DC converter to charge the electrical power in the battery based on the calculated low-voltage control amount; wherein the engine control unit includes a first voltage controlling module determining the low-voltage control amount as a first low-voltage control value according to a battery temperature among states of the battery when a high-load electrical device among the electrical devices of the vehicle operates. | 43,594 |
9,254,477 | 1. A method for producing a catalytic metal layer, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a film composed of a catalytic metal on a substrate, the catalytic metal having the function of promoting graphenization; (b) raising the temperature of the catalytic metal to a heating temperature in a high-temperature region where a high affinity between the catalytic metal and the substrate is achieved; (c) lowering the temperature of the catalytic metal from the heating temperature to a low-temperature region where a misfit dislocation is introduced between the substrate and the catalytic metal, and lowering the temperature of the catalytic metal so as to satisfy at least one of a first requirement in which the temperature of the catalytic metal is lowered at a rate of temperature decrease of 2° C./min or more while the temperature of the catalytic metal is in an intermediate-temperature region having a temperature lower than the heating temperature and higher than the low-temperature, and a second requirement in which the temperature of the catalytic metal is lowered in such a manner that the length of time that the temperature of the catalytic metal is in the intermediate-temperature region is within 50 minutes; and (d) crystallizing the catalytic metal into a catalytic metal layer while the temperature of the catalytic metal is a temperature equal to or lower than the upper limit of the low-temperature region. | 32,824 |
8,581,246 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a. a conductor on a substrate; b. a conductive polymer layer adjacent to the conductor; c. a conductive innerlayer; and d. an electrolyte; | 28,521 |
9,680,043 | 1. A photovoltaic concentrator module, comprising: a pressure-tight main housing; at least one lens; at least one photovoltaic cell; and a distance adjustment device configured to adjust a distance between the at least one lens and the at least one photovoltaic cell by operating at least one valve to vary the pressure inside the main housing. | 45,881 |
9,316,435 | 1. A method for generating electricity by burning of carbonaceous fuels using an air separation unit, a compression purification unit, and a unit for burning carbonaceous fuels, said method comprising; a compression purification unit for separating a carbon dioxide stream from a combustion flue gas originating in the carbonaceous fuel burning unit, a first operating mode with air in which said carbonaceous fuel burning unit is supplied with air and no oxygen-enriched fluid originating from the air separation unit, and a second operating mode with oxygen in which said carbonaceous fuel burning unit is supplied only with an oxidant that is leaner in nitrogen and richer in oxygen than the air, if a sale price of the electricity generated exceeds a first threshold, or if a purchase price of electricity consumed by at least one of the units exceeds a second threshold, or if a price of venting the combustion flue gas is below a third threshold, or if a ratio between the price for venting the flue gases and the sale price of the electricity is below a fourth threshold, the quantity of flue gas sent to the compression purification unit is reduced and the quantity of flue gases which is vented is increased. | 19,447 |
9,367,272 | 1. An image processing apparatus configured to be communicably connected via a network to an image forming apparatus for printing an image on a sheet and to an information processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising: a job receiving unit configured to receive a print job from the information processing apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate image data based on the print job received by the job receiving unit; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the image data generated by the generation unit to the image forming apparatus via the network; a first reception unit configured to receive, from the image forming apparatus via the network, a print completion notice indicating that printing of the image data transmitted by the transmitting unit is completed; a second receiving unit configured to receive, from the image forming apparatus via the network interruptive information indicating that the image forming apparatus has interrupted the printing of the image data because of an error occurred in the image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to shift a power state of the image processing apparatus from a standby power state to a power saving state, in which consumed power is less than the standby power state, based on receiving of the interruptive information from the image forming apparatus. | 4,290 |
9,211,982 | 1. A closure device of a container, in particular for a water decanter, comprising: a frame, comprising a closure opening configured for insertion into a pouring opening of the container; a lid, connected to a pendulum and suspended in said closure opening of said frame, and configured to swing therein; a plurality of cantilever arms, each secured to and sticking out from an inner wall of said frame at a first end of said arms and connected to said lid at a second end of said arms so that said lid is configured to be suspended from said second ends of said arms and swing with respect to said closure opening; | 19,500 |
9,272,698 | 1. A method of controlling a hybrid vehicle engine comprising: reducing torque in the engine as a clutch interposed between the engine and an electric machine remains engaged; disengaging the clutch before powering the engine at a speed synchronized to a speed of the machine; slowing the engine from the synchronized speed to an idle speed while the clutch remains disengaged; stopping the engine upon reaching the idle speed. | 30,869 |
8,874,941 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first core with a first architecture and that is designed for a first voltage frequency domain; and a second core with the first architecture and that is designed for a second voltage-frequency domain, wherein the first voltage-frequency domain and second voltage-frequency domain are calculated by selecting a set of voltage-frequency domains for a standard cell library, reducing one or more of a frequency and a voltage of each voltage-frequency domain in the set of voltage-frequency domains to synthesize synthetic voltage-frequency domains in the set of voltage-frequency domains, and calculating the first voltage-frequency domain and second voltage-frequency domain through simulated annealing minimization of an equation ΣE(F wherein E is an energy consumption, F is a frequency in the set of voltage-frequency domains, v is a voltage in the set of voltage-frequency domains, and v and F(v) are initially set to a highest voltage-frequency domain of the standard cell library, and the simulated annealing minimization is a function of a multicore performance yield as a function of voltage Y(v) for the first core and the second core, wherein Y(v) is calculated as Y(v)=Pr1/nΣ where Pr is performance of the first core and the second core, IPCbase is instructions per cycle (IPC) of an application running in a core of the first and second cores with a highest voltage-frequency domain, IPCi(v) is an IPC of the application running on an i | 47,994 |
9,350,257 | 1. A power supply apparatus comprising: a first converter operated to acquire a first gain when an input voltage is included in a first range and configured to output a first output voltage and a second output voltage by converting the input voltage; and a second converter operated when the input voltage is included in the first range and configured to output a third output voltage by converting the second output voltage, wherein when the input voltage is included in a second range that is higher than the first range, the second converter is not operated and does not output the third output voltage. | 10,675 |
9,594,723 | 1. A system for adaptive configuration, the system comprising: a memory storing configuration information, the configuration information including a first configuration information for performing a first function and a second configuration information for performing a second function; a first computational unit including a first plurality of heterogeneous computational elements and a first interconnection network coupling the first plurality of heterogeneous computational elements together, the first interconnection network changing interconnections between the first plurality of heterogeneous computational elements in response to the first configuration information to perform the first function, wherein each heterogeneous computational element of the first plurality of heterogeneous computational elements is a fixed application specific circuit having a corresponding logic gate layout to perform a specific function; a second computational unit including a second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements and a second interconnection network coupling the second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements together, the second interconnection network changing interconnections between the second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements in response to the second configuration information to perform the second function, wherein each heterogeneous computational element of the second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements is a fixed application specific circuit having a corresponding logic gate layout to perform a specific function; and wherein in response to receiving the second configuration information, the first interconnection network changes interconnections between at least some of the first plurality of heterogeneous computational elements to perform the second function and the second interconnection network changes interconnections between at least some of the second plurality of heterogeneous computational elements to perform the second function. | 49,276 |
9,613,979 | 1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising: a plurality of control gate electrodes and a plurality of inter-layer insulating layers stacked alternately above a substrate; a semiconductor layer having as its longitudinal direction a first direction perpendicular to the substrate, the semiconductor layer facing the plurality of control gate electrodes; a charge accumulation layer positioned between the semiconductor layer and the control gate electrode; and a plurality of first insulating layers separated in the first direction and positioned between the semiconductor layer and the plurality of inter-layer insulating layers, one of the plurality of first insulating layers being a second insulating layer, and another of the plurality of first insulating layers being a third insulating layer positioned above the second insulating layer, an external diameter of the second insulating layer being smaller than an external diameter of the third insulating layer, and a film thickness of the second insulating layer being thinner than a film thickness of the third insulating layer. | 18,313 |
9,724,993 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: a driving unit powered by electric power, mounted in a motor room of the vehicle, and having an output shaft oriented in a vehicle width direction to output driving force for driving the vehicle; a power-generating unit arranged adjacent to one side of the driving unit, spaced away from the driving unit in a vehicle front-rear direction, and generating electric power for driving the driving unit; a vehicle body member separately supporting the driving unit and power-generating unit in the motor room in such a manner to isolate vibration and allow pivotal motion of the units; and a mount bracket extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, a first end of the mount bracket being connected to the driving unit, the mount bracket extending from the driving unit below and spaced from the power-generating unit and having a second end being supported on a front or rear side of the vehicle body member in such a manner to isolate vibration and allow pivotal motion, wherein the mount bracket has a weakened part that induces a buckling distortion with respect to an external input acting in the vehicle front-rear direction. | 46,230 |
9,508,169 | 1. A method for use in displaying overlay imagery associated with a map on a screen of a computing device, the method comprising: transmitting, by one or more processors, a request for map information; receiving, by one or more processors, map information in response to the request for map information; generating a map from the received map information, the map including a visual representation of a geographic area; displaying the map on the screen; identifying, by one or more processors, photographic images of objects located within the geographic area associated with the map displayed on the screen; rating, by one or more processors, each of the identified images using one or more viewing signals, the viewing signals including image type, image quality, image popularity, and spatial perspective; generating a runway of a plurality of the identified images, the runway being an arrangement of images to be displayed on the map, the plurality of the identified images being arranged in the runway in a sequence determined by the rating associated with each identified image; and displaying the runway over the map. | 8,080 |
8,811,562 | 1. A control rod mechanism for use in a nuclear reactor, the control rod mechanism comprising: at least one control rod comprising neutron-absorbing material and configured for insertion in a reactor core; a hollow lead screw; a motor including a rotor, the motor operatively coupled with the hollow lead screw by a threaded connection, the motor configured to rotate the rotor to drive the hollow lead screw via the threaded connection linearly toward or away from the reactor core; a lifting rod configured to support the weight of the at least one control rod, the lifting rod disposed partially inside the hollow lead screw; and a latch assembly mounted on the hollow lead screw and having latches configured to be closed by applied power to latch the lifting rod to the hollow lead screw, the latches of the latch assembly being further configured to open responsive to removal of the applied power to unlatch the lifting rod from the hollow lead screw, wherein the unlatched lifting rod and the at least one control rod are configured to fall toward the reactor core; and wherein the hollow lead screw is configured to remain operatively coupled with the motor by the threaded connection and to not fall toward the reactor core when the latches of the latch assembly open. | 21,892 |
9,409,567 | 1. A driving assistance apparatus that assists a vehicle, including an engine, in traveling, comprising: an assistance control unit determining an on/off state of the engine; and a drive control unit controlling driving of the engine on the basis of the on/off state determined by the assistance control unit, wherein the assistance control unit acquires a quantity of power requested by a driver and switches the engine from the on state to the off state when the quantity of power is lower than or equal to a first threshold for setting the engine to the off state, the assistance control unit determines whether the vehicle stops at a target stopping position, and the assistance control unit sets the first threshold higher than a predetermined value when the assistance control unit determines that the vehicle stops at the target stopping position and the vehicle is able to reach the target stopping position without generating a driving force. | 23,582 |
9,663,977 | 1. A docking station for an electronic device, the docking station comprising: a tray for receiving the electronic device; a top surface of the tray; a plurality of upstanding sidewalls on the top surface of the tray; a plurality of positioning members of the top surface of the tray for positioning the electronic device with respect to the top surface; a first rail fixed to a bottom surface of the tray, the bottom surface disposed on an undersurface of the top surface and on an opposite side of the tray from the top surface; and a first sliding member configured to slide along the first rail. | 19,493 |
9,513,863 | 1. A modular display panel comprising: a casing having a recess, a printed circuit board disposed in the recess; a plurality of LEDs attached to a front side of the printed circuit board; a driver circuit attached to the printed circuit board; a power supply unit for powering the LEDs, wherein the power supply unit is disposed within the casing; a thermally conductive material disposed between the power supply unit and the casing, wherein the power supply unit is thermally coupled to the outer surface of the modular display panel by the thermally conductive material and wherein the thermally conductive material comprises aluminum; and a framework of louvers disposed over the printed circuit board, the framework of louvers disposed between rows of the LEDs, wherein the modular display panel is sealed to be waterproof. | 14,858 |
9,068,242 | 1. A valuable metal leaching method of leaching out valuable metals comprising nickel, cobalt, and lithium contained in a positive electrode material of a lithium ion battery, wherein the positive electrode material is immersed in an acidic solution together with a metal having a lower reduction potential than a reduction potential of hydrogen, whereby the valuable metals are leached out from a positive-electrode active substance, wherein the metal having a lower reduction potential than a reduction potential of hydrogen is nickel metal obtained from a nickel-metal hydride battery, wherein an alkali sulfate is added to a leachate obtained by a leaching step, thereby removing a rare earth element contained in said leachate as a double sulfate, and wherein a sulfurizing agent is added to a mother liquor obtained through a rare earth element removal step, and, with adjusting a pH of said mother liquor to 2 to 5, a mixed sulfide of nickel and cobalt is formed. | 37,879 |
8,753,009 | 1. A drive mechanism for a mobile imaging system, comprising: a drive wheel; a main drive mechanically coupled to the drive wheel for propelling the imaging system, including a base and one or more imaging components, across a surface in a transport mode; and a translation mechanism that translates the one or more imaging components along an axis relative to the base in an imaging mode, the drive wheel supporting the one or more imaging components at least in part in both the transport mode and the imaging mode, wherein the drive mechanism is mounted to the imaging components and supports the weight of the imaging components but not the base during transport of the system. | 18,991 |
9,096,172 | 1. A lighting system, comprising: at least one elongated light bar having a first end and a second end, said light bar comprising a housing structured and arranged to house at least one linear light module so as to discharge light from said light module through a transparent surface of said housing, said at least one light module configured to produce said light, said transparent surface of said housing generally disposed between said first end and said second end of said light bar along a side of said light bar; a first mounting assembly pivotally attached to said first end of said light bar; and a second mounting assembly pivotally attached to said second end of said light bar, wherein each of said first mounting assembly and said second mounting assembly comprise a means for removably mounting said light bar to a mountable surface of a support structure and a mounting member interconnecting said mounting means and said light bar, said mounting member having have a first end adjacent said housing of said light bar and a second end attached to or integral with said mounting means. | 6,875 |
8,355,757 | 1. A system for providing low-power operation in a multimode communication device, the system comprising: at least one radio module operable to communicate in a plurality of communication modes and operable in at least a first power-save mode different from the plurality of communication modes, wherein the at least one radio module comprises: at least one module operable to: | 30,984 |
9,120,269 | 1. A device for producing an object by a production method comprising: a material reservoir, for storing a powdered or granular material, a construction platform, and a device for feeding a layer of the powdered or granular material onto the construction platform or onto at least one material layer located on the construction platform, the device for feeding the layer of the material being linearly movable along a motion plane, along which the material reservoir and the construction platform are positioned adjacent to one another and which can be deflected orthogonally thereto, and wherein the device for feeding the layer of the material includes a circulating band stretched around at least two bodies, which at least in segments press against at least two bodies; a drive for moving the band around the at least two bodies; the circulating band includes a band segment fixedly assignable relative to at least one body in a direction of motion of the band around the at least two bodies; the band segment has a surface area facing toward the material reservoir and the construction platform and is inclined in relation to the motion plane by an angle and encloses a wedge-shaped spatial region between the band surface area and the motion plane; and at least a part of the band segment contacts the powdered or granular material stored in the material reservoir during linear motion of the segments from the material reservoir to the construction platform so that at least a portion of material in the reservoir is stripped off from the material reservoir so that at least the portion collects in the wedge-shaped spatial region and is deposited in a material layer on the construction platform to form a compressed material layer. | 30,412 |
8,974,932 | 1. A method of using a battery powered surgical tool comprising: engaging a locking feature of a battery pack with a locking feature in a body of the surgical tool to connect the battery pack with the surgical tool and prevent rotation of the battery pack relative to the surgical tool; aligning a first passage that extends through an interior of the battery pack with a second passage that extends through an interior of the body and forming an extended passage, the first passage including an elongated tubular member with an exterior sheath that extends around and forms a hollow interior; and inserting a guide wire through the extended passage with a first end of the guide wire positioned on a first end of the surgical tool and a second end of the guide wire positioned on a second end of the surgical tool. | 45,544 |
9,329,727 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a plurality of inputs, each of the inputs being received from a respective one of a plurality of optical sensors; classifying each of the plurality of inputs using machine learning as to whether the inputs are indicative of detection of an object by a respective said optical sensor, said classifying including: determining a location of the object using a result of the classifying. | 8,810 |
9,280,751 | 1. A method for managing network communications, comprising: receiving a first request for a ticket from a requester at a ticket system, wherein the ticket system comprises a search user interface for performing a search using one or more search criteria specified by the requester; sending a second request for a resource from the ticket system, the ticket system coupled to a plurality of broker systems, wherein; maintaining a ticket data store storing ticket identifiers and associated real-time status information; monitoring a communication status with each of the plurality of broker systems that reflects whether one or more expected signals have been received over a communication link between the ticket system and the broker system; identifying a communication status with a first broker system from amongst the plurality of broker systems as being unsatisfactory; inhibiting the offering of tickets from the first broker system; identifying a second broker system, from amongst the plurality of broker systems and using the ticket data store, that controls the ticket; querying the second broker system controlling the ticket; formatting a message comprising discounted price associated with the ticket; transmitting the message over a network to the requester using the ticket system; receiving a third request to purchase the ticket; receiving payment information for the ticket from the requester at the ticket system; verifying the payment information for the ticket from the requester at the ticket system; receiving an indication from the ticket system that indicates that the ticket has been identified as sold for the requester; and facilitating the transfer of the ticket with a barcode to the requester. | 37,799 |
9,518,480 | 1. An exhaust heat recovery device comprising: a Rankine cycle in which a heater configured to heat and vaporize refrigerant by exhaust heat of an external heat source, an expander configured to generate power by expanding the refrigerant passed through the heater, a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant passed through the expander, and a pump configured to send the refrigerant passed through the condenser to the heater are disposed in a circulation passage of the refrigerant; a bypass flow passage that allows the refrigerant to circulate while bypassing the expander; a bypass valve that opens and closes the bypass flow passage; a pressure difference determining unit that determines a pressure difference between a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side of the Rankine cycle; and a control unit that executes start-up control of the Rankine cycle, the start-up control actuating the pump with the bypass valve open and then closing the bypass valve, wherein the control unit repeatedly executes the start-up control when the pressure difference after closing the bypass valve does not reach a start-up completion determination value of the Rankine cycle within a predetermined time, and wherein the control unit changes a valve-closing condition of the bypass valve each time the start-up control is repeated. | 16,141 |
9,068,468 | 1. A thermal/electrical power converter, comprising: a gas turbine with an input coupled to an output of an inert gas thermal power source; a compressor, mechanically coupled to said gas turbine, including an output directly coupled to an input of said inert gas thermal power source; a generator mechanically coupled to said gas turbine; a heat exchanger with an input coupled to an output of said gas turbine and an output coupled to an input of said compressor, said heat exchanger including a series-coupled super-heater heat exchanger, a boiler heat exchanger and a water preheater heat exchanger; and an inert gas reservoir tank coupled to an input of said compressor via a reservoir tank control valve and said output of said compressor via another reservoir tank control valve. | 30,244 |
9,778,640 | 1. A system comprising: a security system associated with an element of infrastructure coupled to a first network and having a plurality of modes; a plurality of network-controllable devices associated with the element of infrastructure, each coupled to a second network and having a set of operating states; wherein a change in the mode of the security system results triggers an action with respect to a predetermined subset of the plurality of network-controllable devices. | 16,983 |
9,810,121 | 1. A storage system for storing an internal combustion engine exhaust gas liquid additive, and comprising: a tank to store the additive, the tank including a lower half shell and an upper half shell that are manufactured as two separate parts and that are only assembled when at least one internal component has been inserted/positioned on at least one of the two separate parts, wherein the at least one internal component is a heater fixed on the lower and/or upper shell, at least one of the lower or upper shells is made by injection molding a plastic, the lower and upper shells are assembled by welding their edges together, and a support of the heater bears several portions in relief so as to increase the volume of the additive that can be thawed. | 40,719 |
8,515,569 | 1. A work support system comprising: a storage device configured to store a manufacturing direction database storing a manufacturing direction parameter generated in product manufacturing, a direction achievement database storing manufacturing achievement data of a manufacturing process performed in accordance with the manufacturing direction parameter, an alarm level database defining alarm information to be given to a worker on a manufacturing line depending on the size of a deviation between manufacturing direction and the manufacturing achievement, and a multiple regression analysis program to execute a multiple regression analysis; a data reading part configured to read a group of manufacturing direction parameters and the manufacturing achievement data corresponding to the group of manufacturing direction parameters from the manufacturing direction database and the direction achievement database, to calculate a deviation between a given target value indicated by the group of manufacturing direction parameters and a given achievement value indicated by the manufacturing achievement data, and to store the group of manufacturing direction parameters and the deviation into a deviation factor database in the storage device; a candidate selection part configured to calculate risk rates of all parameters included in the group of manufacturing direction parameters and calculate an average value of the calculated risk rates of the parameters in accordance with the multiple regression analysis program using the group of manufacturing direction parameters in the deviation factor database as explanatory variables and using the deviation as an objective variable, and to specify a manufacturing direction parameter having the risk rate equal to or below the average value as a selection candidate; a parameter specification part configured to calculate a multiple correlation coefficient, the number of parameters, and the number of samples for each of the group of manufacturing direction parameters and the manufacturing direction parameter of the selection candidate, to calculate an explanatory variable selection reference value, in accordance with the multiple regression analysis program, based on the multiple correlation coefficient, the number of parameters, and the number of samples thus calculated, to specify, as optimum parameters, one of the group of manufacturing direction parameters and the manufacturing direction parameter of the selection candidate that has the largest explanatory variable selection reference value, and to store information on the optimum parameters in the deviation factor database in association with the specified manufacturing direction parameters; an alarm specification part configured to check parameters included in a manufacturing direction newly stored in the manufacturing direction database against the deviation factor database, when the parameters of the new manufacturing direction match the manufacturing direction parameters associated with the information on the optimum parameters in the deviation factor database, to extract information on the deviation associated with the group of the matched manufacturing direction parameters in the deviation factor database, to check the information on the deviation against the alarm level database to specify alarm information corresponding to the deviation, and to store the alarm information in the storage device in association with the new manufacturing direction; and an operation processing part configured to receive designation information for a manufacturing direction through an input device, to read the manufacturing direction corresponding to the designation information from the manufacturing direction database, to read output data associated with a work procedure indicated by the group of parameters in the manufacturing direction, from the storage device based on information on the work procedure, to read the alarm information stored for the manufacturing direction from the storage device, and to perform any of an operation of replacing all or part of the output data with the alarm information and outputting the resultant data to the output device and an operation of outputting the alarm information to the output device together with the output data. | 23,078 |
8,611,264 | 1. A method for transmitting data, the method comprising: acquiring a Multicast and Broadcast Service Mapping Information Element (MBS_MAP_IE) carried in a DL_MAP message and MBS data corresponding to the MBS_MAP_IE, wherein the MBS_MAP_IE carries a parameter for indicating a frame offset from a next MBS_MAP_IE to the MBS_MAP_IE; setting a sleep duration according to the parameter for indicating frame offset from the next MBS_MAP_IE to the MBS_MAP_IE; and acquiring the next MBS_MAP_IE carried in a next DL_MAP message and MBS data corresponding to the next MBS_MAP_IE when the sleep duration expires. | 36,841 |
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