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8,834,117 | 1. A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine, comprising: a rotor blade having a pressure side member, a suction side member, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root; an electrically conductive band comprising a conductive material that wraps around said trailing edge onto an external surface of either or both of said pressure side member and said suction side member of said blade, said conductive material embedded within either on or both of said pressure side member and said suction side member; a plurality of noise reduction features coupled to said conductive band so as to extend said trailing edge, said noise reduction features being electrically conductive and configured as individual lightning strike receptors; and, said noise reduction features configured in electrically conductive communication with said conductive band. | 16,167 |
8,982,644 | 1. An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a processing unit configured to communicate with a plurality of external memory devices, the external memory devices being disposed on a circuit substrate separate from the IC, through conductive couplings that electrically couple terminals of an IC external interface respectively with different orders/patterns of address terminals of the external memory devices; and a signal-terminal matching circuitry configured to match different orders/patterns of memory control signals to the different orders/patterns of the address terminals of the external memory devices via the terminals of the IC external interface. | 32,485 |
9,103,323 | 1. A method for scheduling maintenance of a component in each of a plurality of wind turbines in a population comprising: receiving, at a wind turbine controller, an indication that said component in one of said plurality of wind turbines has failed, wherein said failure requires at least one of maintenance and replacement of said component; calculating, using the wind turbine controller, a life value in response to receiving said indication of said failure, wherein said life value quantifies a life cycle of said component, and wherein said life value is derived from a cumulative number of failures of said component over a period of time; comparing said life value to a threshold value, wherein said threshold value quantifies a maintenance or replacement point in the life cycle of said component, and wherein said threshold value is derived from a predetermined number of failures of said component in said plurality of wind turbines over a predetermined period of time; and scheduling maintenance of said component in each of said plurality of wind turbines in said population in response to said life value exceeding said threshold value. | 17,062 |
8,706,194 | 1. A neurosurgical system providing position detection in a MRI environment, the system comprising: a drive and trajectory guide assembly including: a position detection assembly including: | 49,580 |
8,736,253 | 1. A kilowatt-hour meter with remote environment detect and control, monitored and controlled by a computer through a network, and the kilowatt-hour meter with remote environment detect and control comprising: a housing, wherein at least one printed circuit board is embedded in the housing, the printed circuit board at least has a main system microcontroller, and the main system microcontroller is connected to a serial communication multiplexing device, a load current detection circuit, an overload cut-off detection circuit, a kilowatt-hour meter microcontroller, an environment detection device port and at least one connection port, wherein the main system microcontroller selectively communicates with the kilowatt-hour meter microcontroller or the environment detection device port through the serial communication multiplexing device in a serial communication manner, and wherein the kilowatt-hour meter microcontroller is connected to a power input port and a power output port and configured to calculate a quantity of the electricity and transmit the quantity of the electricity to the main system microcontroller. | 22,660 |
9,828,669 | 1. A method of manufacturing an electrochemical device comprising: depositing an electrochemical device stack over a substrate; and microwave annealing a layer in said electrochemical device stack, wherein said microwave annealing includes selecting annealing conditions with preferential microwave energy absorption in said layer, said layer reaching an annealing temperature, T, while surrounding layers in said electrochemical device stack experience a temperature less than T, wherein said electrochemical device stack further comprises an interlayer, said interlayer reflecting, said microwave energy to facilitate in said preferential microwave energy absorption in said layer. | 31,606 |
8,484,623 | 1. A method comprising: partitioning, via a processor, a program into blocks of code based on a partition of nodes of a control-flow graph for the program, wherein any two consecutive lines of code are placed in a same block if and only if execution of one of the two consecutive lines of code implies execution of the two consecutive lines of code at some point after the execution of the one of the two consecutive lines of code, wherein the nodes of the control-flow graph are partitioned by an algorithm that employs a single type of mark to mark nodes; recursively identifying, via the processor, a set of super nested blocks while traversing the control-flow graph to yield an identified set of super nested blocks; and inserting a probe into an innermost layer of basic blocks in each of the blocks of the identified set of super nested blocks. | 33,753 |
8,651,431 | 1. A method of controlling an aircraft during flight, the method comprising: providing an aircraft having a swept-back, fixed wing portion extending away from a fuselage of said aircraft, said fixed wing portion including an inboard side adjacent said fuselage, an outboard side opposite said inboard side, a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a torsional axis; providing a movable winglet attached to said fixed wing portion at said outboard side to pivot relative to said fixed wing portion about an axis approximately parallel to a yaw axis of the aircraft; providing an aileron on a trailing edge of said winglet and pivotable relative to said winglet; determining a control reversal speed wherein raising or lowering said aileron has no effect on aircraft roll; selectively pivoting said winglet between from a fully extended position and a fully raked position to adjust said control reversal speed; and inverting aileron control at a speed above said control reversal speed. | 23,116 |
9,852,293 | 1. A system for an antivirus scan during a data scrub operation in a computing environment, the system comprising: a processor device operable in the computing environment, wherein the processor device: | 2,039 |
8,496,458 | 1. A die press assembly comprising a lower clamp for clamping and holding a lower punch, a die clamp for clamping and holding a die and a core pin clamp for clamping and holding a core pin, wherein the lower punch, the die and the core pin each have a bore or a recess for receiving a locking device, the locking device comprises at least one radial locking pin arranged in a radial bore in the die, the radial locking pin has a first radial inner end portion configured for locking within a recess in the lower punch, and the radial locking pin has a second radial inner end portion configured for locking within a recess in the core pin. | 19,038 |
8,741,964 | 1. A method for treating hyperlipidemia or fatty liver, the method comprising: administering to a mammalian subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising nonenal. | 28,071 |
9,449,761 | 1. A polypropylene for a film capacitor which is obtained by irradiating a propylene homopolymer with a radiation with an dose of 0.1 to 500 kGy. wherein the propylene homopolymer has: (1) a melt flow rate (MFR) within a range of 1 to 10 g/10 min as determined at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D1238, (2) an isotactic pentad traction (mmmm fraction) of not less than 98% as determined using (3) an ash amount of not more than 20 ppm as obtained by completely burning the propylene homopolymer in air, (4) a chlorine amount of not more than 10 ppm as determined by ion chromatography, and (5) a melting point (Tm) of not lower than 166° C. as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). | 27,803 |
9,142,862 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode opposed to the positive electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a nonaqueous electrolyte; and a container housing the electrode assembly and the nonaqueous electrolyte, and having a positive electrode terminal electrically connected to the positive electrode and a negative electrode terminal electrically connected to the negative electrode; wherein the container further includes a short-circuiting mechanism that short-circuits the positive electrode terminal and negative electrode terminal when the internal pressure rises, the nonaqueous electrolyte contains lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB) and the short circuiting mechanism includes an inversion plate which is a convex form protruding toward the electrode assembly and is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes toward outside of the battery at the center of the inversion plate on a side facing toward outside of the battery. | 38,259 |
8,691,095 | 1. A water purification system comprising: a non-seawater feedwater source; a primary reverse osmosis unit treating a first input and having a first permeate water discharge forming a product stream and a first concentrate discharge; at least one secondary reverse osmosis unit in fluid communication with said first concentrate discharge without any additional pumping means and in which at least a portion of said first concentrate discharge is further separated into a second permeate water discharge and a second concentrate discharge; a flow restriction mechanism within said first concentrate discharge; and a flow modulation stop limit to prevent total cessation altogether of first concentrate discharge; wherein both the entire said second permeate water discharge and said non-seawater feedwater source comprise said first input; and wherein said first permeate water recovery is capable of continuous recovery of at least 80% of said non-seawater feedwater source; and wherein soluble and sparingly soluble inorganic materials remain in solution in said first concentrate discharge and said second concentrate discharge. | 27,515 |
9,765,045 | 1. A method of producing one or more furan dicarboxylates, the method comprises: reacting furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with at least an alcohol or a mixture of different alcohols in a CO 2 atmosphere in substantial absence of any other extrinsic catalyst, according to the following: to yield a mixture of esters, wherein R-group is at least a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group of C | 4,227 |
8,378,639 | 1. A method for charging a rechargeable lithium iron phosphate accumulator, comprising the steps of: providing a rechargeable lithium iron phosphate accumulator; injecting a charging current into the accumulator; monitoring a voltage of the accumulator during the injection process; monitoring a variation in time of at least said voltage; and continuing the injection of the charging current into the accumulator until said variation in time of said voltage exceeds a predefined positive threshold value, wherein the charging current is gradually reduced to zero when the variation in time of said voltage exceeds said predefined threshold value. | 29,727 |
9,771,536 | 1. A solid fuel composition with an energy content of at least about 8,000 BTU/lb., wherein the solid fuel comprises: from about 56% wt. to about 62% wt. carbon; from about 5% wt. to about 20% wt. hydrogen; oxygen; less than about 2% wt. sulfur; and less than about 2% wt. chlorine; wherein the solid fuel composition is formed from a solid waste mixture without the formation of syngas by: heating a solid waste mixture comprising between about 5% wt. and about 60% wt. mixed plastics within a process vessel to a temperature between about 90° C. and about 110° C. to separate the solid waste mixture into a dried solid waste mixture and vaporized compounds released from the heated solid waste mixture; removing the vaporized compounds from the process vessel to form a dried solid waste mixture; heating and mixing the dried solid waste mixture to at least 160° C. and below atmospheric pressure to form a heated solid waste mixture comprising melted mixed plastics; extruding the heated solid waste mixture below about 200° C. to produce an extruded solid waste mixture; and cooling the extruded solid waste mixture to less than about 65° C. to form the solid fuel composition. | 13,671 |
9,028,667 | 1. A metal surface treatment method for treating the surface of a metal material, comprising: a treatment solution contact step of contacting with said metal material, a metal surface treatment solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting a zirconium compound and titanium compound, and a polyamine compound having a number average molecular weight from 5,000 to 500,000, wherein said polyamine compound contains from 0.1 mmol to 17 mmol of at least one selected from the group consisting primary and secondary amino group per 1 g of solid content, a content of at least one selected from the group consisting said zirconium compound and titanium compound in said metal surface treatment composition is from 10 ppm to 10,000 ppm with respect to the metal element, a mass ratio of at least one selected from the group consisting of zirconium element and titanium element included in at least one selected from the group consisting said zirconium compound and titanium compound is from 0.1 to 100, with respect to said polyamine compound, and said polyamine compound is a compound having at least one siloxane unit; and a water washing step of washing with water the metal material after said treatment solution contact step, and wherein the metal material is electrolyzed as a cathode in the treatment solution contact step. | 8,229 |
8,590,290 | 1. A method comprising: operating an SCR system at a plurality of non-stoichiometric ratios of commanded ammonia to NOx input; providing a plurality of data indicating NOx output from the SCR system for the plurality of non-stoichiometric ratios of commanded ammonia to NOx input; and evaluating the plurality of data to diagnose the SCR system; wherein the evaluating utilizes a diagnostic criterion based upon a relationship of the plurality of non-stoichiometric ratios and the plurality of data indicating NOx output; wherein said relationship is a relationship of linearity. | 13,678 |
9,350,700 | 1. A watermark generator for providing a watermark signal in dependence on binary message data, the watermark generator comprising: an information processor configured to provide, in dependence on information units of the binary message data, a first time-frequency domain representation, values of which represent the binary message data; and a differential encoder that derives a second time-frequency domain representation from the first time-frequency-domain representation, such that the second time-frequency-domain representation comprises a plurality of values, wherein a difference between two values of the second time-frequency-domain representation represents a corresponding value of the first time-frequency-domain representation, in order to acquire a differential encoding of the values of the first time-frequency-domain representation; and a watermark signal providing circuit that provides the watermark signal on the basis of the second time-frequency-domain representation; wherein the watermark generator is implemented by a hardware apparatus, a computer, or a combination of a hardware apparatus and a computer. | 42,977 |
9,235,007 | 1. A method comprising: inserting a clean-cleaved optical fiber into an optical lens subassembly, inserting the optical lens subassembly into a connector shield to provide an optical communication channel in a connector; and joining electrical contacts to connector shield to enable an electrical communication channel in the connector. | 44,373 |
9,133,557 | 1. A cation exchange membrane at least comprising: a membrane body containing a fluorine-based polymer having an ion-exchange group; and two or more reinforcing core materials arranged approximately in parallel within the membrane body, wherein the membrane body is provided with two or more elution holes formed between the reinforcing core materials adjacent to each other, and assuming that a distance between the reinforcing core materials adjacent to each other is represented by a, a distance between the reinforcing core materials and the elution holes adjacent to each other is represented by b, a distance between the elution holes adjacent to each other is represented by c, and the number of the elution holes formed between the reinforcing core materials adjacent to each other is represented by n, then a, b, c, and n satisfying the relationship represented by the following expression (1) or expression (2) are at least present in the case where a, b, and n satisfy the relationship represented by expression (1), a, c and n further satisfy the relationship represented by the following expression (3) in the case where a, c, and n satisfy the relationship represented by expression (2), a, c, and n further satisfy the relationship represented by the following expression (5) | 40,733 |
9,656,040 | 1. A ventilation system, comprising: a valve for for controlling pressure in the ventilation system and for providing pressure relief and pressure regulation in the ventilation system, the valve comprising: an electromagnet, an input signal connected to the electromagnet, the input signal comprising a current, a shaft connected to the electromagnet, and a diaphragm connected to the shaft, wherein the electromagnet applies a force to the diaphragm via the shaft based on the input signal that dictates raising and lowering the diaphragm with respect to a connection to a patient circuit coupled to the ventilation system, wherein (a) raising the diaphragm (a)(i) enables air to be released in a controlled manner from the connection to an ambient through an opening in the valve in response to the input signal based on a pressure in the patient circuit being greater than a desired pressure but less than positive threshold pressure, and (a)(ii) allows air to be provided to the connection in a controlled manner from the ambient through the opening in the valve in response to the input signal based on a negative pressure in the patient circuit being greater in magnitude than a negative pressure threshold to function as a safety valve, and (b) lowering the diaphragm maintains a seal between the diaphragm and the opening in the valve in a controlled manner in response to the input signal based on pressure in the patient circuit being at or below a desired pressure; and a controller connected to the valve and configured to provide the input signal to the valve, wherein the electromagnet applies the force to the diaphragm via the shaft in response to the input signal. | 35,485 |
9,388,750 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a controller, input indicating vehicle propulsion conditions for auto-stopping an engine are satisfied; receiving, at the controller, input indicating one or more auto-stop inhibitors are present preventing the engine from auto-stopping when an automatic start-stop system is enabled by an automatic start-stop switch, the input further indicating that all of the auto-stop inhibitors relate to operator-controllable features; outputting at least one message identifying the auto-stop inhibitors via a user interface, the message including a prompt for authorization to automatically remove the auto-stop inhibitors; receiving, at the user interface, input indicative of authorization to automatically remove the auto-stop inhibitors in response to the message prompt; and automatically controlling the operator-controllable features to remove the auto-stop inhibitors and enable an auto-stop event to occur. | 16,368 |
8,647,430 | 1. A process for manufacturing cement clinker in a plant comprising: a cyclone preheater for preheating raw matter; a precalcination reactor, fitted with one or more burners for bringing hot gas to the cyclone preheater; a rotary furnace, fitted with a burner fed with fuel, wherein the flue gases from said furnace are directed to the precalcination reactor and/or the cyclone preheater; and a clinker cooler with blown-air cooling, at the exit from aid rotary furnace, generating hot gas, wherein a portion of the hot gas generated in said clinker cooler is directed to the rotary furnace; the process comprising: preheating and decarbonating raw matter in said cyclone preheater and/or said precalcination reactor; cooling the clinker coming out of the furnace in said clinker cooler; feeding the precalcination reactor with an oxygen-rich gas whose nitrogen content is lower than 30%, forming a sole oxygen source of said reactor; and recycling a portion of the hot gases from said cyclone preheater towards one of said precalcination reactor, the cyclone preheater, and the clinker cooler, so as to obtain an adequate flux necessary for suspending matter in said preheater, while adapting another portion of the hot gases, being rich in carbon dioxide, for a treatment for limiting the amount of carbon dioxide discharged into the atmosphere. | 14,650 |
9,475,455 | 1. A seatbelt pretensioning retractor assembly for use in a passenger vehicle, the system comprising: a housing adapted for being mounted to a vehicle structure; a tube having an arcuate and curved shape having a first end in fluid communication with a gas generator and an exit in fluid communication with an interior cavity of the housing; a sprocket rotatably mounted to the housing and fixedly coupled to a spindle adapted for taking up seatbelt webbing during pretensioning, the sprocket having a plurality of vanes; a curved guide of the housing disposed on an opposite side of the sprocket from the exit of the tube; a polymer rod disposed within the tube and having a non-constant cross-section with a main body portion and an enlarged portion, wherein the polymer rod is plastically deformable; wherein the polymer rod exits the tube, along a perimeter of the sprocket, and toward the curved guide in response to an actuation by the gas generator to rotate the sprocket and spindle to take up seatbelt webbing; and wherein the curved guide includes a plurality of one-way teeth. | 19,305 |
8,790,785 | 1. A method of forming an insulation film, said method using plasma reaction of a gas of a plurality of species of materials each having a cyclic organic silica structure to form an organic silica film, wherein said plurality of species of materials include a first material having in a main skeletal frame thereof a 3-membered SiO cyclic structure and a second material having in a main skeletal frame thereof a 4-membered SiO cyclic structure, wherein each Si atom of said 3-membered SiO cyclic structure of said first material is modified by the same one unsaturated hydrocarbon group and the same one saturated hydrocarbon group, and each Si atom of said 4-membered SiO cyclic structure of said second material is modified by the same one unsaturated hydrocarbon group and the same one saturated hydrocarbon group, and wherein a molar ratio of said first material to said second material is from 1:9 to 8:2. | 26,105 |
8,587,248 | 1. A method for controlling a polyphase converter at a first output frequency, the converter comprising at least two phase modules, each phase module having an upper and a lower valve branch, with each of the upper and a lower valve branches each comprising at least two two-pole subsystems connected in series, with each subsystem comprising at least one energy store, the method comprising superimposing a common-mode voltage having a second frequency greater than the first output frequency on a setpoint value of a voltage of the upper and lower valve branches such that a sum of the voltages of the upper and lower valve branch of each phase module is equal to an intermediate circuit voltage of the polyphase converter and that a resulting voltage ripple of the at least one energy store of each subsystem does not exceed a predetermined maximum value. | 44,432 |
9,299,475 | 1. A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, represented by the following formula (II): where 0.4≦x≦1.2, 0.2<y<0.5, 0≦a≦1.2 and 0<z≦0.3; and A is at least one selected from the group consisting of B, Na, Mg, Al, K and Ca. | 28,399 |
8,638,212 | 1. Method for identification of correlations between alarm messages in an alarm system of a technical installation or a technical process and/or correlations between such alarm messages and operator actions, which has access to alarm messages and recorded historical data which relates to operator actions, using a data processing device, comprising: analyzing via a market basket analysis method, historical data relating to alarm messages and operator action, which occurs at defined intervals, as a market basket; forming a quality characteristic from a relationship between respective operator actions before and after an occurrence of a respective alarm message, and/or from a correlation between alarm messages and operator actions, using a data processing device which has access to the historical data; defining alarm suppression rules based on results of the analyzing; and performing a program-controlled check of effects of the rules by having the data processing device check what effects the rules would have had in reducing a number of the alarm messages included in the historical data. | 42,867 |
9,188,072 | 1. An air-fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine which is a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine comprising: a three-way catalyst disposed at a position downstream of an exhaust gas aggregated portion in an exhaust passage of said engine into which exhaust gases discharged from a plurality of cylinders of said engine aggregate; a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor, which is disposed in said exhaust passage and at a position downstream of said three-way catalyst, and which outputs an output value varying in accordance with an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas flowing through said position at which said downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is disposed; a cylinder-by-cylinder mixture supplying section configured so as to supply a mixture to each of combustion chambers of a plurality of said cylinders, and so as to be able to adjust a cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio which is an air-fuel ratio of said mixture supplied to each of said combustion chambers independently from each other among a plurality of said cylinders; and a cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio control section configured so as to determine, based on said output value of said downstream air-fuel ratio sensor, which an air-fuel request is occurring, a rich request or a lean request, wherein said rich request is a request to set an air-fuel ratio of a catalyst inflow gas which is an exhaust gas flowing into said catalyst to a rich air-fuel ratio which is an air-fuel ratio smaller than stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and said lean request is a request to set said air-fuel ratio of said catalyst inflow gas to a lean air-fuel ratio which is an air-fuel ratio larger than said stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and so as to control said cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio of each of a plurality of said cylinders in such a manner that said cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio of each of a plurality of said cylinders becomes an air-fuel ratio corresponding to said determined air-fuel ratio request; wherein, said cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio control section includes: a fluctuation period correlated value obtaining section configured so as to repeatedly perform an operation to select, as a selected cylinder, one of a plurality of said cylinders, to change said cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio of each of a plurality of said cylinders in such a manner that a cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio of said selected cylinder becomes different from a cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio of each of remaining cylinders among a plurality of said cylinders, and to obtain, as a fluctuation period correlated value with respect to said selected cylinder, a value correlated with a fluctuation period of said output value of said downstream air-fuel ratio sensor, until a point in time at which each of all of said cylinders is selected as said selected cylinder; and a gas reaching strength determining section configured so as to determine, based on said obtained fluctuation period correlated value with respect to each of a plurality of said cylinders, an influence degree of said exhaust gas discharged from each of a plurality of said cylinders on said output value of said downstream air-fuel ratio sensor. | 11,605 |
9,692,232 | 1. A mixed signal controller for a power quality compensator, comprising: an analog circuit that amplifies an input signal from the power quality compensator by a first gain factor and outputs an analog signal; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts the analog signal to a digital signal; and a digital circuit that receives the digital signal and generates a trigger signal to the power quality compensator, wherein the digital circuit further includes an evaluation circuit that calculates a value of a system total harmonic distortion after the power quality compensator compensates power and adjusts the first gain factor of the analog circuit in real time to decrease the system total harmonic distortion by comparing the first gain factor with a second gain factor represented by: where INT is an integer function, W is a measured amplitude width of the digital signal out of the ADC, and R is a peak-to-peak range of the input signal. | 8,564 |
8,637,518 | 1. A compound selected from: and pharmaceutically usable salts, tautomers and stereoisomers thereof, including mixtures thereof in all ratios. | 18,112 |
8,513,653 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a first element, a second element and a third element sequentially stacked on a substrate, each of the first, second and third elements being formed of at least one two-dimensional (2D) sheet material, wherein the second element is between the first element and the third element, the second element has an insulator property, one of the first and third elements has a metal property and the other of the first and third elements has a semiconductor property, and the one of the first and third elements having the metal property includes at least two stacked layers of the at least one 2D sheet material, and the other of the first and third elements having the semiconductor property is a monolayer. | 39,160 |
8,356,850 | 1. A handle system for carrying and installing a plurality of empty ice bags in an ice bagging assembly, comprising: a post member comprising a post support bar comprising an inward side, an outward side, a handle extending from the post member substantially parallel to the inward side, and at least two hollow posts protruding from the inward side of the post member away from the outward side; and a cover member comprising a cover support bar comprising a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, a handle proximate the second edge, a first side extending between the first and second edges, a second side opposite the first side, and at least two reentrant openings each comprising an opening on the first edge that extends inward toward the second edge, the at least two reentrant openings each aligned with a different one of the at least two hollow posts on the post member when the cover member is mated with the post member, each of the at least two reentrant openings extending through the first and second sides of the cover member and sized to receive at least a portion of the respective different one of the at least two hollow posts. | 32,813 |
8,357,966 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an active area extending in a first direction; a contact plug located on a first portion of the active area; and a transistor located on a second portion adjacent to the first portion of the active area in the first direction, wherein a width of a top surface area of the first portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is smaller than that of a top surface area of the second portion in the second direction, in the second direction, a plurality of the active areas and a plurality of isolation regions are alternatively arranged, the top surface area of the first portion is higher than a top surface of the isolation region, and a width, in the second direction, of the first portion at a position higher than the top surface of the isolation region is smaller than a width, in the second direction, of the first portion at a position lower than the top surface of the isolation region. | 49,901 |
8,497,673 | 1. A logging while drilling directional resistivity tool comprising: a logging while drilling tool body having a longitudinal axis; a directional resistivity antenna deployed on the tool body, the directional resistivity antenna configured to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic waves having a dipole moment transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tool body; and a metallic antenna shield deployed on the tool body about the directional resistivity antenna, the shield physically protecting the antenna from mechanical impacts in a borehole environment, the shield having a base portion and a plurality of spaced apart fingers, each of the fingers including a finger end that is electrically isolated from the tool body and from each of the other finger ends, the fingers being substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the tool body and orthogonal with the dipole moment of the directional resistivity antenna. | 39,837 |
8,453,716 | 1. A heat dissipation device, comprising: a heat pipe comprising an evaporation section adapted for absorbing heat and a condensing section; and a fin unit comprising a plurality of stacked parallel fins, each of the fins comprising: a through hole, a flange extending around the periphery of the through hole, the flange defining two opposite slits to divide the flange into two separate portions, the slits communicating with the through hole, a uniform main body located above and below the through hole, a compressible structure comprising: a first waved shaped portion located on a first side of the through hole and a second wave shaped portion located on a second side of the through hole, opposite the first side, the compressible structure being aligned with the slits and located between the uniform main body located above and below the through hole, the first wave shaped portion and the second wave shaped portion each being zigzagged and comprising a plurality of elongated peaks and elongated troughs arranged alternatively along a compression direction between the uniform main body located above and below the through hole, a first slot defined in the first waved shaped portion, communicating with the through hole and a second slot defined in the second waved shaped portion, communicating with the through hole, wherein the condensing section of the heat pipe is received in the through hole, and the compressible structure of each of the fins, are compressed such that the fins closely contact the condensing section of the heat pipe. | 21,279 |
8,935,019 | 1. A system, comprising: a combustion engine operable to produce movement, the movement represented by a value of an operational parameter of the combustion engine; an electric machine having at least one portion coupled to the combustion engine to be driven in response to the movement produced by the combustion engine and to produce electrical power in response; and a control subsystem communicatively coupled to control the combustion engine and the electric machine at least in part in response to a plurality of received throttle input signals that are indicative of a finite number of distinct throttle settings, each of the throttle settings associated with a respective range of available horsepower delivered as electrical power via the electric machine, wherein the control subsystem in response to an adjustment in the throttle setting selectively maintains the value of the operational parameter of the combustion engine where an amount of horsepower associated with the adjusted throttle setting is available without a change in the value of the operational parameter of the combustion engine, and selectively changes the value of the operational parameter of the combustion engine where the amount of horsepower associated with the adjusted throttle setting is not available without the change in the value of the operational parameter of the combustion engine. | 8,521 |
8,935,916 | 1. A method for the operation of a particulate filter system for an internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas stream entering a housing, the housing receiving a particulate filter via a gas inlet opening, the exhaust gas stream flowing into a crude gas duct connected to the gas inlet opening, and flowing out of the particulate filter via clean gas ducts separated from the crude gas ducts, the clean gas ducts being in fluid connection with a gas outlet opening, the crude gas ducts being connected to a connection space in the direction of flow, and the connection space has an exhaust port controlled by a closing mechanism, the method comprising: discharging a partial exhaust gas stream of the exhaust gas stream into the environment via the exhaust port according to a particulate load, as the primary exhaust gas stream is discharged via the gas outlet opening into the environment; and closing the exhaust port when conditions are favorable for regeneration of the particulate filter with a soot oxidizing agent. | 5,531 |
8,674,213 | 1. A device for converting light into electric current, the device comprising: an encasing structure wherein at least one portion of the encasing is transparent and configured to pass light energy into an interior of the encasing structure; at least one photovoltaic device positioned within the interior of the encasing structure, and positioned to receive the light energy, the at least one photovoltaic device operable to transform the light energy into electric current, wherein a photovoltaic device in the at least one photovoltaic devices comprises a substrate having a Young's modulus of 20 GPa or greater; and a protective space material, disposed between the encasing structure and the at least one photovoltaic device and operable to transmit the light energy, the protective space material being a non-solid material, wherein the protective space material has a thermal coefficient of expansion of greater than 500×10 | 33,389 |
8,553,531 | 1. A method comprising: communicatively coupling a first network element to a second network element via a first link of a multi-chassis link aggregation group; communicatively coupling the first network element to a third network element via a second link of the multi-chassis link aggregation group; communicatively coupling the second network element to a fourth network element via a first path of a point-to-point network; communicatively coupling the third network element to the fourth network element via a second path of the point-to-point network, wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth network elements comprises a plurality of network interfaces and a switching element coupling the plurality of network interfaces; and configuring the first path and the second path as paths of a linear protected switching connection such that traffic associated with a service and communicated between the first network element and the fourth network element via the first link and the first path may be switched over to the second link and the second path in response to an event. | 14,977 |
9,294,427 | 1. A method of displaying a plurality of images on an electronic display system, each image associated with a representation of an electronic message item, comprising: providing, by a processor, local access to a locally shared electronic message area of the electronic display system, wherein the electronic display system resides behind a client gateway and is openly available for viewing and interaction concurrently by a plurality of local users without a user log-in occurring, and wherein the locally shared electronic message area includes designated separate areas for presenting for display local message items that are intended for specific recipients, the local message items intended for the specific recipients containing content that is openly available for viewing by the plurality of local users; receiving, by the processor, a plurality of electronic message items at the electronic display system, wherein the electronic message items originate behind the client gateway and are maintained locally at the electronic display system; presenting for display the plurality of images on the electronic display system within the locally shared electronic message area, wherein each of the images is selectable by a user; receiving a selection of one of the images; and presenting for display contents of an electronic message item corresponding to the one image that is selected. | 8,113 |
9,554,329 | 1. A method for operating a base station of a small cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, if the base station operates in a first mode, to at least one terminal, a control signal including a parameter indicating time information to return to a second mode via a first subframe among a plurality of subframes; transmitting, if the base station operates in the second mode, to the at least one terminal, data via the plurality of subframes; determining to operate in the first mode if a terminal that accesses the small cell does not exist; and generating, if the small cell operates in the first mode, the control signal, wherein the first subframe includes a first preamble and a super frame header (SFH). | 27,622 |
9,479,474 | 1. A method implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a primary user, the method comprising: monitoring plurality of blogs subscribed by the primary user by providing a feed for each of the plurality of blogs, each of the plurality of blogs including at least one blog entry and access to at least one microcontent item, wherein the at least one blog entry is contributed by a blogger, and wherein the at least one microcontent item is appended to the at least one blog entry by at least one of the blogger and a plurality of users other than the blogger; parsing the feeds for the plurality of blogs subscribed by the primary user; identifying the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users who appended the at least one microcontent item to the at least one blog entry in each of the plurality of blogs subscribed by the primary user; creating a trusted social network for the primary user including the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users who appended the at least one microcontent item to the at least one blog entry in each of the plurality of blogs subscribed by the primary user; and providing an annotated search result in response to a query from the primary user, the annotated search result including a reference to a microcontent item appended to a first blog entry contributed by a first member of the trust social network and a link to a second blog entry contributed by a second member of the trust social network. | 17,894 |
8,653,482 | 1. An apparatus for freezing an RF absorbing body, the apparatus comprising: a cooler, comprising a coolant at a temperature below a freezing point of the RF absorbing body; a heater, comprising: a solid state amplifier as a source of at least one of microwave energy and UHF energy; a resonant cavity, configured to create a heating zone in the RF absorbing body, such that regions of the RF absorbing body that are within the heating zone are selectively heated; a feed configured to feed the resonant cavity with at least a portion of the at least one of the microwave energy and the UHF energy; and a controller, configured to control one or more of the cooler, a position of the RF absorbing body and the heater to heat the RF absorbing body by the at least one of the microwave energy and the UHF energy fed to the resonant cavity through the feed to a substantially uniform temperature above the freezing point of the RF absorbing body while maintaining the temperature of the coolant below the freezing point of the RF absorbing body, wherein the controller is configured to control the heater to produce electromagnetic waves having a frequency higher than or equal to a resonant cutoff frequency of the resonant cavity. | 36,174 |
8,593,916 | 1. A magnetic recording head which records information on a magnetic recording medium, comprising: an air bearing surface facing the magnetic recording medium; a near-field light generating unit disposed on the ABS surface; a heat conducting unit that includes a heat conductor disposed in contact with the near-field light generating unit, is formed from a metal, and extends substantially perpendicular to a track of the magnetic recording medium; and a heat absorbing unit disposed in contact with the heat conducting unit and proximate to the near-field light generating unit, oriented substantially parallel to the ABS surface, and comprising a heat absorbing element and an electrically insulating layer formed by a thermal conductor disposed between the heat conducting unit and the heat absorbing element, wherein the heat absorbing element includes a Peltier element having a heat absorbing layer, an electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, a conductive layer, and a radiating layer that are sequentially stacked on a leading surface of the heat conducting unit, and wherein the heat absorbing layer is configured to absorb a thermal energy from the heat conducting unit; and the radiating layer is disposed on a surface of the Peltier element opposite to a surface of the Peltier element that is in contact with the heat conducting unit and configured to radiate the thermal energy absorbed by the heat absorbing layer. | 27,388 |
9,081,577 | 1. A processor comprising: a first processor core; a second processor core; a first voltage regulator to provide a first voltage to the first processor core, the first voltage having a first active value when the first processor core is active; and a second voltage regulator to provide a second voltage to the second processor core, the second voltage having a second active value when the second processor core is active; wherein responsive to a first request to place the first processor core in a first low power state with an associated first low power voltage value that is less than the first active value, the first voltage regulator is to program the first voltage to a first retention voltage value based on first retention voltage information obtained from a storage, wherein the first retention voltage value is less than the first low power voltage value, and first data stored in a first register of the first processor core is to be retained while the first voltage is at the first retention voltage value. | 17,402 |
9,149,254 | 1. A method of determining a thickness of a selected region of an eye, wherein the selected region is bounded by a first interface and a second interface, comprising: (a) providing an ultrasonic scanner comprising a positioning mechanism, wherein a scan head is positioned by the positioning mechanism, the scan head comprising at least one ultrasound transducer, and wherein the ultrasonic scanner is configured to engage a patient; (b) substantially aligning an axis of the at least one ultrasound transducer of the scan head with a z-axis of the positioning mechanism and at least one of an optical axis of the eye, a visual axis of the eye, and any line passing through both the first interface and the second interface; (c) moving the positioning mechanism, with the scan head fixed relative to the positioning mechanism, along the z-axis to determine a first z-axis position wherein the at least one ultrasound transducer detects an amplitude of a first A-scan that is substantially a maximum value in proximity of the first interface of the selected region; (d) moving the positioning mechanism, with the scan head fixed relative to the positioning mechanism, along the z-axis to determine a second z-axis position wherein the at least one ultrasound transducer detects an amplitude of a second A-scan that is substantially a maximum value in proximity of the second interface of the selected region; and (e) subtracting the first z-axis position from the second z-axis position to determine the thickness of the selected region. | 45,397 |
8,616,258 | 1. A combination of an apparatus and tape to repeatedly apply seals on the opening of bottles or similar containers to be sealed, the combination comprising: a) composite laminar tape for mass-sealing bottles or similar containers; b) the tape having at least one flexible but not extensible support tape, which has a line of holes passing through a thickness of the support tape, the holes having diameters longer than diameters of openings of the bottles or similar containers to be sealed; wherein c) the holes are of equal diameter; d) and there is provided also an extensible laminar tape, wherein the extensible laminar tape is an extensible plastomeric film, which is made to adhere to the support tape; e) at least one applicator head, having at least a cavity or a notch whose shape is complementary to the opening of the bottle or similar container to be sealed; f) means for feeding the tape between said cavity or notch and the opening of a bottle or similar container; g) means for relative motion along the axes of the cavity or notch of the applicator head and the opening of the bottle or similar container in two directions, wherein the cavity or notch is fitted closely on the opening of the bottle or similar container and the applicator head is displaced from said opening; h) means for feeding a succession of bottles or similar containers, and for positioning them one after the other with their openings being coaxial or substantially coaxial to the cavity or notch of the applicator head; i) the applicator head having at least one face, in which the cavity or notch is formed, and is supported so as to be movable along the axis of said cavity or notch, i.e. substantially perpendicular to said face; j) the tape being unwound from a first coil and wound on a second coil, said applicator head being provided in a laterally staggered position connecting the first and second coils in order to force the tape to form a curve; and wherein k) the tape has a width greater than corresponding dimensions of the applicator head and the applicator head having edge corners around which bend lateral parts of the tape protruding over the corresponding dimensions of the applicator head. | 19,289 |
8,945,242 | 1. A method for producing lithium-ion batteries, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate; combining the positive electrode plate, the separator, and the negative electrode plate so as to form a spirally-wound electrode assembly; fixing a winding end portion of the electrode assembly with a heat-sensitive adhesive whose adhesive force can be reduced by heating or cooling; placing the electrode assembly in an outer casing, and then adjusting an ambient temperature of the electrode assembly so that the electrode assembly is loosened due to reduction in the adhesive force of the heat-sensitive adhesive; and injecting an electrolyte solution into the outer casing. | 48,630 |
9,712,080 | 1. A system comprising: a first plurality of power supplies each having an input for coupling to a first AC phase voltage in a polyphase AC power distribution system, an output for supplying DC current to a load, and an output current sharing parameter for balancing DC currents; a second plurality of power supplies each having an input for coupling to a second AC phase voltage in the polyphase AC power distribution system and an output for supplying DC current to the load; the outputs of the first plurality of power supplies and the outputs of the second plurality of power supplies electrically connected in parallel for supplying a substantially constant voltage to the load; and a controller; wherein the controller is coupled to at least the first plurality of power supplies; wherein the first plurality of power supplies and the second plurality of power supplies are single phase AC/DC power supplies; and wherein the controller is configured to adjust the output current sharing parameter of at least one of the first plurality of power supplies to adjust the DC current supplied to the load by said at least one of the first plurality of power supplies so that the DC current supplied to the load from the first plurality of power supplies is different than the DC current supplied to the load from the second plurality of power supplies, and wherein the DC current supplied to the load by said at least one of the first plurality of power supplies is adjusted based on a sensed AC input of the first plurality of power supplies or the second plurality of power supplies by an amount necessary to avoid or reduce AC phase current imbalances in the polyphase AC power distribution system. | 4,626 |
8,785,624 | 1. An organic photosensitive optoelectronic device comprising a donor material and/or an acceptor material comprising at least one nonplanar porphyrin of formula (I), wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, P, As, Sb, Bi, S, Se, Te, Po, Cl, Br, I, At, lanthanides, actinides and 2H; R′ is independently selected from the group consisting of a Cl atom, Br atom, I atom, At atom, and a chemical group comprising a valence atom attached to the meso carbon atom of the porphyrin, wherein the valence atom is selected from the group consisting of B, C, N, O, Si, P, S, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Tl, Pb, Bi and Po; and R is independently selected from the group consisting of a Cl atom, Br atom, I atom, At atom, and a chemical group comprising a valence atom attached to a β carbon atom of a pyrrole ring, wherein the valence atom is selected from the group consisting of B, C, N, O, Si, P, S, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Tl, Pb, Bi and Po, alternatively two adjacent R groups attached to the same pyrrole ring together with the two β carbon atoms of the pyrrole ring form a carbocyclic group or heterocyclic group, wherein the organic photosensitive optoelectronic device is a photovoltaic cell. | 43,886 |
8,836,871 | 1. An auto-darkening welding lens, comprising a window and a frame, the window comprising a filter and a liquid crystal plate that are stacked in an order, wherein: the auto-darkening welding lens has a lighting device, the lighting device comprising a luminous element, a switch and a power supply that are electrically connected to form a loop, the luminous element being arranged on a face of the frame that is towards a welding object; the switch is a time-delay switch; the time-delay switch comprises a button, a capacitor for charging and discharging, a discharge resistor, a gate chip and a transistor, the button is connected at a terminal thereof to a power supply terminal and is connected at the other terminal thereof to the capacitor, the capacitor is connected in parallel to the discharge resistor, the gate chip is connected at an input terminal thereof to a voltage output terminal of the capacitor and is connected at an output terminal thereof to a base of the transistor, the transistor is connected at an emitter thereof to the ground, and the luminous element is connected at a cathode thereof to a collector of the transistor and is connected at an anode thereof to the power supply terminal. | 39,930 |
9,676,682 | 1. A catalyst composition useful in the dehydrogenation of alkanes comprising a ketone containing cocatalyst and a Group 9 metal complex, wherein the metal complex is a composition of the formula LMX(X′) n , where n=0, 1 or 2; X and X′ are moieties into which a monomer can insert or which can be eliminated from the metal center to generate a fragment LM; M is a Group 9 metal; and L is a tridentate ligand with L having the formula: wherein A and A′ are independently selected from the group consisting of: R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R* are independently selected from the group consisting of halide, hydride, triflate, acetate, borate, C 1 through C 12 alky, C 1 through C 12 alkoxy, C 3 through C 12 cycloalkyl, C 3 through C 12 cycloalkoxy, C 6 through C 14 aryl, C 7 through C 17 aralkyl and olefins; and Y is selected from the group consisting of C—H, C—Cl, C—Br, C—I, N, P, C—OR | 43,093 |
8,739,484 | 1. A roof panel assembly for attachment to a building, said assembly comprising: a) a horizontal ridge beam for attachment to two or more load bearing columns or load bearing walls of said building or to an existing roof of said building, said ridge beam comprising a plenum configured for airflow movement therethrough; b) one or more roof panels secured to said ridge beam, each of roof panels having at least one chamber configured for airflow movement therethrough; c) a ridge beam top cap secured to said panels, said top cap extending the length of said ridge beam, and wherein said panel chamber runs perpendicular to said ridge beam such that said chamber is positioned in communication with said plenum of said ridge beam to accommodate air flow therethrough; and d) at least one hollow vertical member in communication with said ridge beam, said at least one vertical member having an inner chamber in communication with said ridge beam plenum and through which air is directed from said vertical member chamber into a building. | 21,283 |
9,701,284 | 1. A system for locking and/or unlocking an object, the system comprising a plurality of tools, each tool comprising: alignment elements configured to align said tool in relation to the object along a longitudinal axis of a structure and along a transverse axis of the structure; bearing elements configured to bear against an underside of the structure, and configured to allow seating of the structure around the longitudinal axis of the structure and/or around the transverse axis of the structure; and locking and/or unlocking elements configured to actuate a fixing bolt between a locking configuration, blocking the object below the structure, and an unlocking configuration, releasing the object in relation to the structure, wherein the bearing elements are insertable into the object, and wherein the bearing elements allow lifting of the structure along a vertical axis to a height independent of the structure. | 20,849 |
8,785,868 | 1. An intelligent ultraviolet curing apparatus, comprising: an irradiator comprising a plurality of components; a microprocessor mounted within the irradiator; a plurality of intelligent markers in signal communication with the microprocessor and configured to monitor a plurality of components; and a plurality of sensors in signal communication with the microprocessor and configured to sense a plurality of operating conditions associated with the plurality of components. | 16,897 |
9,644,607 | 1. A wind turbine blade pitch angle adjusting apparatus for adjusting the pitch angle of a blade of a wind turbine, comprising: an electric pitch motor able to output a maximum motor torque Tm; and a pitch brake assembly able to generate a maximum brake assembly torque Tb, the pitch brake assembly including a plurality of individual pitch brakes each able to generate a maximum individual brake torque Tsb, the maximum brake assembly torque Tb being the sum of all maximum individual brake torques Tsb, and the maximum motor torque Tm being higher than the maximum individual brake torque Tsb of any one of the pitch brakes. | 2,452 |
9,392,654 | 1. A method, comprising: determining a power adjustment to a load; determining whether a switching frequency of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal is within specific range; adjusting the switching frequency of the PWM signal based on the power adjustment to control power transfer to the load, the switching frequency being adjusted to remain in the specific range; and adjusting a pulse width of the PWM signal to maintain a constant peak current, wherein determining the power adjustment in the load further includes receiving a dimming characteristic of a power supply, determining a reference power corresponding to the dimming characteristic, estimating a transferred power that is controlled by the PWM signal, and determining the power adjustment based on the reference power and the transferred power. | 48,515 |
8,697,408 | 1. A composition comprising T4 DNA ligase and a ligase reaction buffer comprising one or more small molecule diol ligation enhancers having a molecular weight of less than 500 daltons at a concentration of 1%-50% v/v, the ligase reaction buffer being capable of enhancing, by at least 25%, intramolecular or intermolecular ligation of a polynucleotide fragment or fragments. | 18,518 |
8,639,885 | 1. A processor, comprising: a plurality of hardware processor cores, each comprising a respective higher-level cache, wherein each higher-level cache comprises a plurality of higher-level cache lines; and a hardware lower-level cache comprising a plurality of lower-level cache lines, wherein each of the lower-level cache lines is configured to store data that corresponds to multiple higher-level cache lines; wherein in response to invalidating a given one of the lower-level cache lines, the lower-level cache is configured to convey a sequence of invalidation packets to the plurality of processor cores via an interface, wherein each member of the sequence of invalidation packets corresponds to a respective higher-level cache line to be invalidated, and wherein the sequence of invalidation packets comprises a total of N bits, and wherein the interface has a bit-width of less than N bits; and wherein each of the invalidation packets comprises invalidation information indicative of a location of the respective higher-level cache line within different ones of the processor cores. | 30,416 |
8,381,677 | 1. A substrate processing chamber, comprising: a chamber body comprising: a substrate support comprising a support body, wherein the substrate support is disposed in the chamber body; at least one wide RF ground strap comprising: at least one extension bar positioned along a peripheral edge of the support body. | 37,699 |
8,905,885 | 1. A vehicle drive device, comprising an input shaft drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine, a rotary electric machine, an output shaft drivably coupled to wheels, a power transfer mechanism that drivably couples the input shaft, the rotary electric machine, and the output shaft, and a case that houses at least the rotary electric machine and the power transfer mechanism, wherein: the rotary electric machine includes a rotor and a cylindrical rotor shaft disposed coaxially with the input shaft to support the rotor; the power transfer mechanism includes a cylindrical member and an inside gear mechanism provided on a side in a first axial direction, which corresponds to one side in an axial direction, with respect to the rotor; the inside gear mechanism meshes with internal teeth provided on an inner peripheral face of the cylindrical member, and is housed in an inside housing space formed on a radially inner side of the cylindrical member; the cylindrical member is rotatably supported from a radially inner side by two support bearings disposed on both sides in the axial direction across the inside gear mechanism; an oil reserving portion capable of reserving oil supplied by rotation of the power transfer mechanism is provided above the rotor shaft inside the case; a communication oil passage that communicates between the oil reserving portion and an inner circumferential space formed inside the rotor shaft is provided; and the rotor shaft is disposed to be inserted into the inside housing space, and has a supply communication hole that communicates between the inner circumferential space and the inside housing space. | 20,196 |
9,801,114 | 1. A network device comprising: a network controller; and at least one network interface coupled to the network controller, the at least one network interface comprising at least one media access control (MAC) device configured to be coupled to at least one physical layer interface (PHY), wherein: the network controller is configured to | 17,664 |
9,225,032 | 1. A fuel cell comprising: a cell unit comprising: frame members are integrally provided on an outer periphery of the electrolyte-electrode assembly, the frame members being composed of plastic, fluid communication holes are provided as through holes in the stacking direction in each of the frame members, the fluid communication holes having a reactant gas inlet communication hole, a reactant gas outlet communication hole, a cooling medium inlet communication hole, and a cooling medium outlet communication hole, a seal member is sandwiched between the frame members that are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction, the seal member surrounding and sealing the fluid communication holes and an outer periphery of a reaction surface of the electrolyte-electrode assembly, the first and second separators each has two plates with an identical outer shape, outer peripheral edges of the first and second separators being arranged inside the fluid communication holes, and each of the frame members has a rib continuously formed as part of the plastic of the frame member and projecting in a thickness direction of the frame member, the thickness direction being parallel to the stacking direction, at least around one of an entire outer periphery of the frame member and an entire outer periphery of the fluid communication holes. | 18,798 |
9,207,183 | 1. A stimulated Raman scattering measurement apparatus comprising: a first light generator configured to produce a first light; a second light generator configured to produce a second light having a light frequency different from that of the first light; an optical system configured to combine the first light with the second light to focus the combined first and second lights to a sample; and a detector configured to detect the first or second light intensity-modulated by stimulated Raman scattering caused by the focusing of the combined first and second lights to the sample, wherein the first light generator includes a light introducing optical system and a light dispersion element, the light introducing optical system introducing light to the light dispersion element, and the light dispersion element being operable to separate the light introduced thereto in different directions according to each light frequency, wherein the first light generator is configured to drive at least one of the light dispersion element and an optical element included in the light introducing optical system so as to change an incident angle of the light to the light dispersion element to extract part of the separated light by the light dispersion element, thereby being configured to make a light frequency of the first light variable, wherein the second light generator is configured to produce a plurality of the second lights having mutually different light frequencies, and wherein the apparatus is configured to measure a Raman spectrum by causing stimulated Raman scattering for each of the plurality of second lights by changing the light frequency of the first light. | 3,714 |
9,699,685 | 1. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: an interface configured to receive reports from wireless nodes, wherein each of the reports includes an indication of a battery life of a respective one of the wireless nodes and a battery charging status indicating whether the respective one of the wireless nodes is in a process of being charged by a battery charger; and a processing system configured to determine a schedule for communication based on the indications of the battery lives of the wireless nodes and the battery charging statuses of the wireless nodes; wherein the interface is further configured to output data for transmission to the wireless nodes based on the schedule or to output signals for transmission to the wireless nodes based on the schedule, each of the signals instructing a respective one of the wireless nodes to transmit data to the apparatus. | 46,777 |
8,518,058 | 1. A suturing instrument comprising: an elongate body member defining a longitudinal axis having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion defining a needle catch and a needle exit port, the needle exit port being open in a distal direction; and a needle deployment system at least partially disposed within the elongate body member and configured for distally deploying a needle out of the needle exit port, the needle deployment system comprising a linear drive rod and a needle carrier coupled to the linear drive rod via a linking member: the needle carrier configured to hold the needle which has a tissue penetrating tip; the linking member comprising a rotational element coupled to a second member; the rotational element mechanically coupled to the drive rod such that movement of the drive rod causes rotation of the rotational element; and the rotation of the rotational element translates into movement of the second member to distally deploy the needle carrier out of the needle exit port to deliver the needle into the needle catch. | 29,546 |
9,316,402 | 1. A heat pump, comprising: an outdoor device comprising a compressor; a hydro-device comprising at least one heat exchanger that heat-exchanges refrigerant supplied by the outdoor device with water; a boiler configured to selectively heat water circulating through the hydro-device or water supplied from a commercial water supply system; a radiation heater configured to perform heating using water heated by at least one of the hydro-device or the boiler, wherein water circulating through the hydro-device and the radiation heater selectively passes through the boiler based on a temperature of external air; a quick-hot-water-supply tank configured to heat and store water supplied by the commercial water supply system using the water heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the hydro-device or to store, after heating, the water supplied by the commercial water supply system; and a controller configured to control the outdoor device, the hydro-device, and the boiler, wherein the boiler is operated when the temperature of the external air is less than a predetermined first temperature below approximately 0° C. and the hydro-device is operated when the temperature of the external air is equal to or greater than the predetermined first temperature; wherein when the temperature of the external air is equal to or greater than the predetermined first temperature and less than a predetermined second temperature above approximately 0° C. which is greater than the predetermined first temperature, water circulating through the radiation heater, after being heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the hydro-device, passes through the boiler and only a pump provided in the boiler is operated, without a combustion process; wherein when the temperature of the external air is equal to or greater than the predetermined second temperature above approximately 0° C., the water circulating through the radiation heater, after being heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the hydro-device, bypasses the boiler; wherein the controller is connected to an energy management system that provides information on an electric power rate, wherein the energy management system provides information on the electric power rate per unit heat quantity for a predetermined period of time or the energy management system transmits a control signal of the heat pump to the controller, based on the information on the electric power rate per unit heat quantity; wherein when a user sets a peak rate per unit heat quantity using the energy management system or the controller, the energy management system or the controller compares the electric power rate unit heat quantity and a gas rate per unit heat quantity with the set peak rate per unit heat quantity, and the boiler is operated only in a period during which the electric power rate per unit heat quantity is higher than the set peak rate per unit quantity; and wherein operation of the hydro-device is stopped and the boiler operated, when the temperature of the external air is equal to or less than the predetermined first temperature below approximately 0° C., even in a case in which the electric power rate per unit heat quantity is lower than the set peak rate per unit heat quantity. | 2,508 |
8,452,261 | 1. A method to receive authorization to use programming, comprising: receiving at a mobile device, from a receiving device, a first request command to use authorized programming; communicating a second request to use the authorized programming and program distribution account information to a program distributor via the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device, from the program distributor, authorization to use the authorized programming, the authorization conditioned on the communicated program distribution account information; and communicating the authorization to the receiving device via the mobile device. | 42,367 |
8,520,553 | 1. A method for reducing an amount of power consumed by a transceiver comprising: determining a length of a cable connecting a physical layer device (PHY) in the transceiver to a link partner; and switching one or more components of the PHY in the transceiver to a power saving mode based on the length of the cable such that the amount of power consumed by the PHY in the transceiver is reduced, wherein switching the one or more components of the PHY in the transceiver to the power saving mode includes modifying a parameter of at least one component of the PHY in the transceiver. | 2,247 |
9,359,657 | 1. A method for leaching a sulfidic metal concentrate in hydrometallurgical production of metal using a leaching process, from which process water vapor containing off-gas is conducted out and to which process an acid solution warmed to an elevated temperature is conducted, characterized in that the acid solution is warmed by bringing off-gas of the leaching process into direct contact with the acid solution. | 5,074 |
9,715,342 | 1. A storage system communicatively coupled with a host system, the storage system comprising: a non-volatile memory; a volatile memory; an address translation table having multiple entries, wherein content in each entry comprises a non-volatile physical address portion, a volatile physical address portion, a non-volatile valid flag, and a cache valid flag; and an internal processing unit communicatively coupled with the host system, and configured to: | 1,879 |
9,746,877 | 1. A method for detecting and correcting an error in a digital circuit receiving an input signal and clocking the input signal with a rising and falling timing signal, the method comprising: detecting late arrival signal transition of the input signal at an intermediate point of a path, the path being one through which the input signal transits; predicting an error in the input signal in response to detecting the late arrival signal transition at the intermediate point of the path; counting the number and/or frequency of errors in the input signal; determining if the number and/or frequency of errors in the input signal is above a threshold; and correcting the error in the input signal by reducing a frequency of the rising and falling timing signal when it is determined that the number of errors in the input signal is above the threshold. | 14,366 |
8,776,594 | 1. An electronics unit for a filling-level measuring device for determining a filling level, comprising: an arithmetic unit determining a functional relationship between a distance between a filling material surface and the filling-level measuring device and an amplitude of a signal component reflected by the filling material surface and received by the filling-level measuring device; an amplitude profiler creating a profile of amplitude values of filling level echoes which have been measured so far, the profile being a curve defined by the amplitude value of the filling level echoes and respective filling levels; and an amplitude evaluator determining an expected amplitude of the filling level echo at a particular location with help of the profile of amplitude values. | 37,787 |
8,545,480 | 1. An animal feces suction apparatus comprising: a tubular body including a connection portion and a stretching portion for stretching into a large intestine of an animal; a feces suction channel formed in the tubular body; a plurality of liquid channels disposed in a tube wall of the tubular body in parallel to the feces suction channel, and formed with a plurality of liquid outlets in the stretching portion; an aspirator connected to the connection portion and communicated with the feces suction channel so as to generate a suction force within the feces suction channel; and a liquid supplying device connected to the connection portion and communicated with the liquid channels so as to provide liquid to the large intestine of the animal via the liquid outlets, wherein the liquid softens the feces, and the feces is sucked out from the large intestine of the animal through the feces suction channel by the suction force generated by the aspirator; wherein the aspirator and the liquid supplying device are capable of operating respectively or simultaneously, and wherein each of the liquid channels is isolated from the feces suction channel by the tube wall such that when the aspirator and the liquid supplying device operate simultaneously, the suction force generated by the aspirator within the feces suction channel does not interfere with the liquid being provided in the liquid channels to the large intestine via the liquid outlets. | 43,929 |
8,928,932 | 1. A networked system for enabling users to create multi-formatted messages, the networked system comprising: a web server for creating a digital, proxy template, and for authorizing selective access to the web server; a database server for storing data; a means for selecting a series of output media formats, each output media format comprising a format-building rule set; a linking means for linking selected output media formats to the proxy template; a means for building a series of output messages as linked to (a) the proxy template, and (b) the selected series of output media formats; and a communication network, the database server comprising a user data store, the web server authenticating a user's credentials against the user data store, the authenticated user's credentials providing selective access to the proxy-creation means, the proxy template being linked to the selected series of output media formats via the linking means, the web server enabling select users to edit the proxy template thereby editing the series of output messages in real time, and for monitoring and controlling the proxy template access, content, and distribution. | 18,467 |
8,987,039 | 1. A process for making a photovoltaic device comprising a silicon substrate comprising a p-n junction, the process comprising the steps of: forming an amorphous silicon carbide antireflective coating over at least one surface of the silicon substrate by chemical vapor deposition of a composition comprising a precursor selected from the group consisting of wherein the amorphous silicon carbide antireflective coating is a film formed without ammonia or N | 48,418 |
9,288,141 | 1. A computing system for processing network traffic, comprising: a plurality of network ports configured to receive network traffic; a plurality of processing blades, not directly coupled with the plurality of network ports, configured to process the network traffic; a switch coupled with the plurality of processing blades and configured to support inter-blade communications among the plurality of processing blades; and a content-aware router coupled with the switch and the plurality of network ports, the content-aware router configured to: | 24,409 |
8,524,438 | 1. An etch resist solution, comprising: a base polymer; a printing solvent that satisfies the condition 6>δ a carrier solvent; a dye of bis(4-N-N-dimethylamino-phenyl)-(2-fluorophenyl)acetonitrile; and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant includes at least one of palmitic acid, oleic acid, or a sulfonate based material such as dioctyl(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate, FOS 100 (CF wherein the printing solvent includes propylene carbonate, wherein the carrier solvent includes butanol, and wherein the base polymer has a content in the range of about 3 to about 30 wt %, the printing solvent has a content in the range of about 10 to about 50 vol %, the carrier solvent has a content in the range of about 50 to about 90 vol %, and the surfactant has a content in the range of about 0.01 to 3 wt %. | 1,920 |
8,945,386 | 1. A cleaning device of a membrane filtration apparatus, wherein the membrane filtration apparatus includes a frame and a plurality of membrane members mounted in the frame in parallel, and each of the membrane members includes at least one membrane, the cleaning device comprising: a rail mounted on the frame; an up frame engaging the rail, and the up frame being driven to be moved on the rail; a plurality of cleaning wires, each respectively having an end connected to the up frame, and each respectively passing through a space between each two of the membrane members; a low frame connected to opposite ends of the cleaning wires; and an aeration device mounted on the frame, wherein the aeration device has a plurality of apertures to provide air bubbles; wherein the up frame is vertically above the membrane members, and the low frame and the aeration device are vertically under the membrane members; wherein the rail is parallel to the membrane members, and the up frame is perpendicular to the rail, so that the cleaning wires reciprocate in the spaces between the membrane members in a horizontal direction when the up frame is reciprocating on the rail; wherein the low frame is between the membrane members and the aeration device, and the low frame and the cleaning wires are agitated by the air bubbles of the aeration device. | 29,967 |
8,745,390 | 1. A computer-implemented method for establishing mutual authentication and cryptographic key exchange for communications between service applications on user computing devices, comprising: obtaining, by a first service application on a user computing device, a session key and session key parameters, the session key parameters being usable by one or more computing devices to provide the session key; creating, by the first service application on the user computing device, a pasteboard on the computing device comprising a pasteboard name, wherein the pasteboard is accessible to read and post information by any service application on the computing device possessing the pasteboard name; generating, by the first service application on the user computing device, a random challenge; determining, by the first service application on the user computing device, one or more outputs of session key functions with the random challenge as input; posting, by the first service application on the user computing device, the one or more outputs of the session key functions to the pasteboard; launching, by the first service application on the user computing device, a second service application on the computing device, wherein the second service application is an application on the computing device, is managed by the one or more computing devices, and is trusted by a user of the computing device to collect user credentials; transmitting, by the first service application on the user computing device, the session key parameters and the pasteboard name to the second service application, wherein the second service application requests authentication credentials from the user of the computing device to initiate an authentication session with the one or more computing devices; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a session key retrieval request from the second service application on the computing device; verifying, by the one or more computing devices, that the user has initiated the authentication session; providing, by the one or more computing devices, the session key to the second service application on the computing device, wherein the second service application verifies the one or more outputs of the session key functions on the pasteboard and solves for the random challenge, wherein the second service application calculates one or more expected values of the session key functions based at least in part on the random challenge, and wherein the second service application posts one or more outputs of the session function to the pasteboard with the one or more expected values as input; verifying, by the first service application on the user computing device, the one or more outputs posted to the pasteboard by the second service application; and communicating, by the first service application on the user computing device, with the second service application on the computing device. | 40,133 |
8,874,947 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: setting an upper performance state limit and a lower performance state limit, the upper performance state limit based on a processor activity rate value and the lower performance state limit based on a minimum requirement of an operating system to perform tasks; adjusting the upper performance state limit when the processor activity rate value is above an upper threshold value for the upper performance state limit or below a lower threshold value for the upper performance state limit; and adjusting the lower performance state limit when the processor activity rate value is above an upper threshold value for the lower performance state limit or below a lower threshold value for the lower performance state limit; setting a performance state value to the upper performance state limit; setting the upper performance state limit within the upper and lower threshold values set for the upper performance state limit; monitoring the processor activity over a predetermined time interval; calculating the processor activity rate value; comparing the upper and lower threshold values set for the upper performance state limit to the processor activity rate; increasing the upper performance state limit when the processor activity rate is above the upper threshold value set for the upper performance state limit; and decreasing the upper performance state limit when the processor activity rate is below the lower threshold value set for the upper performance state limit. | 2,417 |
8,349,631 | 1. A method for fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate, the method comprising: providing a substrate, the substrate having a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region that surrounds the pixel region; forming a gate pattern on the substrate in the pixel region and forming a first pad pattern on the substrate in the peripheral circuit region; sequentially forming a gate insulation layer, a semiconductor layer, and a metal layer on the substrate for covering the gate pattern and the first pad pattern; forming a patterned photoresist layer on the metal layer, wherein the patterned photoresist layer comprises a first resist block, a second resist block, and a third resist block, the first resist block and the second resist block are located above the gate pattern, the first resist block within the pixel region is positioned at opposite sides of the corresponding second resist block, the third resist block has a first opening and corresponds to regions on which the gate pattern is not formed, the first opening is positioned above the first pad pattern, a thickness of the first resist block is greater than a thickness of the second resist block, and the thickness of the second resist block is greater than a thickness of the third resist block; performing an etching process with use of the patterned photoresist layer as a mask for removing the metal layer, the semiconductor layer, and a portion of the gate insulation layer corresponding to the first opening; reducing a thickness of the patterned photoresist layer until the third resist block is removed to form a first remaining patterned photoresist layer; performing an etching process with use of the first remaining patterned photoresist layer as the mask for removing the exposed metal layer and the semiconductor layer; reducing the thickness of the first remaining patterned photoresist layer until the second resist block is removed to form a second remaining patterned photoresist layer; performing an etching process with use of the second remaining patterned photoresist layer as the mask for removing the exposed metal layer, a portion of the semiconductor layer, and the gate insulation layer corresponding to the first opening, so as to form a source pattern and a drain pattern respectively at opposite sides of the gate pattern within the pixel region; removing the second remaining patterned photoresist layer; and forming a patterned passivation layer on the gate insulation layer for covering the source pattern and the drain pattern, wherein the patterned passivation layer has a second opening in the pixel region, the second opening exposes the corresponding source pattern or the corresponding drain region, the patterned passivation layer has a third opening in the peripheral circuit region, and the third opening exposes the first pad pattern. | 39,690 |
9,748,934 | 1. An integrated circuit device comprising: a power distribution network to supply power to components of the integrated circuit device; a parallel data input path that provides a parallel data signal; serializer circuitry configured to receive the parallel data signal from the parallel data input path and generate a serialized data signal based on the parallel data signal; data driver circuitry to draw first current from the power distribution network to drive the serialized data signal; and compensation circuitry configured to receive the parallel data signal from the parallel data input path and to draw second current from the power distribution network at times when the data driver circuitry is not drawing the first current, thereby causing a net of the first and second current to be outside a resonant frequency range of at least one of the integrated circuit device or a component of the integrated circuit device, wherein the compensation circuitry receives the parallel data signal and draws the second current from the power distribution network based on the parallel data signal. | 35,845 |
8,506,739 | 1. A method of manufacturing a sail having least a leech, a foot, and a luff, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of first strips comprising filaments and resin; providing a plurality of second strips comprising filaments, a thermoplastic glue, and a scrim material used as a carrier for the filaments; providing a plurality of third strips comprising a non-woven material; providing a film; positioning the first strips onto a shaped three dimensional mold such that the filaments of the first strips are generally parallel to predicted load lines to which the sail will be subjected; positioning the second strips to provide reinforcement in a direction non-parallel to the predicted load lines; positioning the third strips as outer layers of the sale to provide anti-abrasion properties; positioning the film between the layers of the first, second, or third strips to make the sail air impermeable; applying pressure and heat to the strips on the mold, thereby joining the strips to form a shaped fabric, wherein the filaments did not form a fabric at least until combined with the resin; and forming a sail from the shaped fabric comprising a cured form of the resin encasing the filaments, and without outer layers of polymerized plastic sheets. | 6,798 |
9,583,766 | 1. An anode comprising: an anode current collector; an anode active material layer on the anode current collector; and a coating on the anode active material layer, wherein, | 49,071 |
9,619,262 | 1. A method implemented in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and processed by one or more processors configured to perform the method, comprising: detecting an event that terminates a session with a virtual machine (VM); transferring and moving the VM over a network connection to an isolated cloud network as a snapshot image of the VM and once the VM is received in the isolated cloud network disconnecting a network connection to the VM and the isolated cloud network, the VM is jailed in the isolated cloud network with no network access, the isolated cloud network disables network connections and adds new network connections as needed; executing security checks within the isolated cloud network against the VM based on an encrypted event store located within the VM that includes encrypted events for: every key typed within the VM, every command executed within the VM, and every action taken by the VM while the session was active for the VM and wherein executing further includes: reporting results of the security checks. | 45,104 |
9,392,651 | 1. A method of controlling a task lighting component and a face lighting component of at least one lighting fixture, comprising: monitoring a light level proximal to a task area; providing task lighting from at least one lighting fixture over said task area to said task area based on said light level proximal to said task area; monitoring each of a plurality of user segments for a human presence, said user segments adjacent said task area and utilized for user interaction with said task area; and providing face lighting from said at least one lighting fixture over said task area to a given user segment of said user segments based on said given user segment having said human presence; wherein one or more characteristics of said face g and said task lighting are adjustable independently from each other. | 13,606 |
9,074,266 | 1. A compound of formula (I): wherein: R R | 4,525 |
8,816,661 | 1. A system for producing an output voltage to power a dynamic load, the system comprising: an output voltage feedback control loop; an analog summer circuit in the output voltage feedback control loop, the analog summer circuit generating an analog error voltage signal based on: the analog error voltage signal indicative of how close a magnitude of the output voltage is to an operating setpoint, the operating setpoint being a summation of the analog reference voltage signal and the analog reference voltage adjustment signal, the operating setpoint varying depending on the amount of current supplied to the dynamic load, the analog error voltage signal being a difference between the output voltage and the operating setpoint; an analog-to-digital converter disposed in the output voltage feedback control loop, the analog-to-digital converter converting the analog error voltage signal into a digital error voltage signal; a digital controller, the digital controller generating a control signal based on the digital error voltage signal, the control signal driving a respective power supply switching phase of the system to produce the output voltage, the digital controller controlling the magnitude of the output voltage to reduce a magnitude of the analog error voltage to be equal to zero volts for a range of different amounts of current supplied by the output voltage to the dynamic load; wherein the analog summer circuit receives a current consumption value indicative of the amount of current supplied to the dynamic load; and wherein the analog summer circuit multiplies a received impedance value by the current consumption value to produce the analog reference voltage adjustment signal. | 19,079 |
8,959,769 | 1. A method of assembling a syngas cooler, said method comprising: coupling a supply line within a cooler shell; coupling a plurality of heat transfer panels within the cooler shell, wherein each of the plurality of heat transfer panels includes a plurality of tubes coupled together with a membrane; coupling a heat transfer enclosure within the cooler shell such that the heat transfer enclosure substantially encircles and isolates the plurality of heat transfer panels from the cooler shell; positioning a manifold that includes an annular ring portion, a plurality of first outlets, a plurality of second outlets, and a plurality of inlets such that each first outlet is circumferentially spaced between a corresponding one of the inlets and a corresponding one of the second outlets, wherein the number of the first outlets, the number of second outlets, and the number of inlets are equal; coupling each of the first outlets in flow communication with the heat transfer enclosure; coupling each second outlet in flow communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of heat transfer panels, by coupling a common lower inlet tube of the heat transfer panel to each of the plurality of tubes of the heat transfer panel and to the second outlet; and coupling each of the inlets in flow communication with the supply line. | 16,601 |
9,161,294 | 1. A method for using a change in motion to improve place of relevance (PoR) detection, comprising: determining whether or not a motion state of a mobile device has changed from a stationary motion state to a non-stationary motion state or from the non-stationary motion state to the stationary motion state; based on the motion state having changed from the stationary motion state to the non-stationary motion state, triggering the mobile device to reduce a rate of scanning for available local wireless networks; and identifying a PoR based on the scanning. | 25,261 |
9,471,395 | 1. A method comprising; power-ungating a core of a single-core cluster, when one or more processes are executing on a given one of any core of the multi-core cluster and utilization of the given core is predicted to be in a first predetermined range, wherein processing performance of each core of the multi-core cluster is greater than the core of the single core cluster; saving a context of the one or more processes executing on the given core of the multi-core cluster when the one or more processes are executing on the given core of the multi-core cluster and the utilization of the given core of the multi-core cluster is predicted to be in the first predetermined range; re-mapping one or more shared resources utilized by the given core of the multi-core cluster to the core of the single-core cluster, including emulating the identity of the given core of the multi-core cluster by the core of the single core-cluster, after power-ungating the core of the single-core cluster and saving, the context of the one or more processes executing on the given core of the multi-core cluster, wherein the shared resources are common to the multi-core cluster and the single-core cluster, and the multi-core cluster, single-core cluster and shared resources are fabricated together on an integrated circuit die; restarting execution of the saved context on the core of the single-core cluster after re-mapping the one or more ;hared resources of the given core of the multi-core cluster to the core of the single-core cluster; and power-gating the cores of the multi-core cluster after saving the context of the one or more processes executing on the given core of the multi-core cluster. | 20,204 |
8,627,539 | 1. A connector device for coupling a wiper arm of a “U” hook shape and a wiper blade, the connector device comprising: a coupling body surrounded by the wiper arm; a first support portion provided on an upper surface of the coupling body and extending from the coupling body in a form of a cantilever and for applying an elastic restoration force to the wiper arm to separate the wiper arm from the upper surface of the coupling body; a second support portion provided at a lower side of the coupling body and for supporting the wiper arm in a thicknesswise direction of the wiper arm to prevent the wiper arm from moving in the thicknesswise direction by accommodating an end portion of the wiper arm; a third support portion formed at an end portion of the second support portion and for preventing the wiper arm from moving in a lengthwise direction of the wiper arm, the third support portion being of a step shape; and, a fourth support portion protruding downward from a lower surface of the coupling body and arranged in front of the third support portion; wherein the second support portion is in a form of a hole with closed upper and lower sides and open front and rear sides, and a slot shaped hole is formed in a side surface of the second support portion to allow seeing of whether the wiper arm is appropriately assembled. | 47,281 |
9,189,336 | 1. A method for retrieving data from a dispersed storage network comprising: processing a request to reconstruct a data segment at a processing module, in which the data segment is dispersed error encoded to produce a plurality of data slices and in which at least one data slice of the plurality of data slices is further dispersed error encoded to produce a respective plurality of data sub-slices, wherein the data slices and the data sub-slices are stored in a plurality of dispersed storage units; identifying locations of the data slices and data sub-slices stored in the plurality of dispersed storage units; and retrieving a first threshold number of the data slices to reconstruct the data segment and when retrieving a particular data slice, the particular data slice is further sub-sliced, the particular data slice is reconstructed by retrieving a second threshold number of respective data sub-slices corresponding to the particular data slice to reconstruct the particular data slice. | 34,483 |
9,424,468 | 1. A moving object prediction device comprising: a processor including: a moving object detection module to detect a position, and a behavior state or a movement state, of a moving object in a detection target range; a region detection module to detect a plurality of track segment regions and stationary object regions in the detection target range; a map generation module configured to generate a presence probability map in which a presence probability expressing a presence likelihood or presence unlikelihood of a moving object is applied to the track segment regions and the stationary object regions detected by the region detection module; a moving object recording module configured to generate a position distribution represented by a plurality of moving object particles and a movement state distribution of the moving object based on the position and the behavior state or the movement state of the moving object detected by the moving object detection module, and record the distributions on the presence probability map; and a prediction module configured to move the position distribution based on the movement state distribution, change the moved position distribution based on presence probabilities of the presence probability map, and predict a future position distribution of the moving object on the presence probability map. | 29,541 |
9,665,095 | 1. A cleanup robot comprising: one or more drive mechanisms to move the cleanup robot throughout a workspace; one or more imaging devices disposed on the cleanup robot to provide imagery of an area proximate to the cleanup robot; a carrying tray, disposed on a first end of the cleanup robot and moveable between a raised position and a lowered position, to receive an object from a floor of the workspace; one or more gate arms slideably engaged with the cleanup robot and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position; and one or more gates pivotally coupled to a first end of the one or more gate arms and pivotable between an open position and a closed position; wherein the one or more gates are moved from the open position to the closed position to encircle the object; and wherein the one or more gate arms and the one or more gates pivotally coupled thereto are moved from the extended position to the retracted position to pull the object onto the carrying tray in the lowered position. | 41,014 |
8,565,971 | 1. A high voltage battery cooling control technique tor a vehicle, comprising: determining, by a controller, whether an interior air temperature of the vehicle, a vehicle velocity, and a high voltage battery temperature meet a predetermined indoor air switching request condition; switching, by the controller, to an indoor air mode when the interior air temperature, the vehicle velocity, and the high voltage battery temperature meet the predetermined indoor air switching request condition, wherein interior air is prevented from being provided to the high voltage battery when in the indoor air mode; wherein when the interior air temperature is greater than the high voltage battery temperature, the vehicle velocity is 0 km/h. and the high voltage battery temperature is greater than a predetermined high voltage battery reference temperature range within which the high voltage battery can be normally operated, the predetermined indoor air switching request condition is met; determining, by the controller, whether a defroster in the vehicle is on after the controller determines that the indoor air switching request condition is met: and switching to the indoor air mode only when the defroster is off. | 45,484 |
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