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9,051,648 | 1. A method of producing a substrate provided with a metal nanostructure on the surface thereof, comprising: heating and polymerizing a heat-polymerizable resin composition to form a base material layer on a surface of a substrate, forming a layer comprising a block copolymer having a plurality of polymers bonded on the base material layer, subjecting the layer comprising the block copolymer to phase separation, and forming a lamellar structure arranged in a perpendicular direction to the surface of the substrate, selectively removing a phase of at least one polymer of the plurality of copolymers constituting the block copolymer from the layer to remove at least a portion of each of the base material layer and the block copolymer layer and expose part of the surface of the substrate to form a band structure, and allowing a metal ion to come into contact with the exposed surface of the substrate using the band structure as a template to effect an electrochemical reaction between the surface of the substrate and the metal ion, thereby depositing a metal on the surface of the substrate, wherein the heat-polymerizable resin composition is obtained by polymerizing at least a monomer having an aromatic ring and a monomer having a substituent, the monomer having an aromatic ring is a monomer having a group in which one hydrogen atom has been removed from a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, a fluorenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthryl group or a phenanthryl group, or a monomer having the aforementioned group in which part of the carbon atoms constituting the ring of the group has been substituted with a hetero atom, and the block copolymer comprises polystyrene and polymethyl methacrylate. | 44,495 |
9,353,606 | 1. A downhole apparatus comprising a base pipe, at least two pressure deformable chambers physically mounted externally on the base pipe, the at least two chambers configured for expansion to exert a force on a wall of a bore, and a bridging member bridging said at least two chambers and disposed to be positioned between said chambers and the bore wall and configured to exert a force on the bore wall between said at least two chambers. | 44,854 |
9,127,646 | 1. A wind power generating system, comprising: a plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies; a plurality of vertically stacked toroidal modules; and a substantially y-shaped yawable support arm having a first end connected to an upper end of the at least one of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies and a second end connected to a lower end of the at least one of the plurality of the vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies, wherein at least one of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies is located in a cavity formed between an upper section of one of the plurality of vertically stacked toroidal modules and a lower section of another of the plurality of vertically stacked toroidal modules. | 14,872 |
8,885,572 | 1. A method of operating a base station in a cellular network, comprising: transmitting beacon signals into a cellular network frequency band, at least one of said beacon signals transmitted into the cellular network frequency band conveying information about a second frequency which is a peer to peer frequency band and at least one of said beacon signals transmitted into the cellular network frequency band being a first timing reference signal, said first timing reference signal being derived from a first timing signal source, said peer to peer frequency band being a frequency band into which said base station does not transmit user data; transmitting, a peer to peer timing reference beacon signal into said peer to peer frequency band, said peer to peer timing reference signal being derived from the first timing source, the first timing reference signal transmitted into the cellular network frequency band and the peer to peer timing reference signal transmitted into the peer to peer frequency band thus having a common timing source; receiving data from a plurality of wireless terminals using said base station as an access node for communication through said access node; and wherein the amount of energy transmitted by said base station into said peer to peer frequency band during a 1 minute time period is controlled to be less than the amount of energy transmitted by said base station into said cellular network frequency band during said 1 minute time period. | 24,115 |
9,714,954 | 1. An automation system for use with in-vitro diagnostics comprising: a track configured to provide one or more paths; a plurality of fluid containers comprising tubes configured to hold a patient sample; a plurality of sleeves, each sleeve comprising a hold configured to engage one of the plurality of fluid containers and a base portion configured to engage a corresponding receptacle of a carrier for transport; a plurality of carriers configured to travel along the track, each carrier separable from each sleeve and configured to hold one of the plurality of sleeves; a tray having a plurality of rows, each row configured to hold at least one of: (i) one or more of the plurality of sleeves; and (ii) one or more of the plurality of carriers, wherein the tray is configured to at least one of: (i) unload the one or more sleeves or the one or more carriers from the tray; and (ii) load the one or more sleeves or the one or more carriers to the tray. | 12,403 |
8,914,366 | 1. A method executed by a computer, comprising: receiving first clusters generated by a first clustering process, each first cluster including one or more records; applying a second clustering process to the received clusters to generate second clusters, where the second clustering process differs from the first clustering process; comparing the first clusters generated by the first clustering process to the second clusters generated by the second clustering process, the comparing including: displaying results of the comparison for evaluating and modifying the first clustering process. | 42,902 |
8,653,736 | 1. A light source power supply circuit having multiple output channels, comprising: a front end circuit configured to receive an input voltage and provide a regulated front end direct current (DC) voltage; a plurality of voltage converter circuits, each of the voltage converter circuits in the plurality of voltage converter circuits being configured to receive the regulated front end DC voltage and provide a separate associated DC output for an associated one of the multiple output channels; a protection switch coupled between the plurality of voltage converter circuits and the front end circuit, the protection switch having a conducting state to couple the front end DC voltage to the plurality of voltage converter circuits and a non-conducting state to decouple the front end DC voltage from the plurality of voltage converter circuits; a current sense circuit coupled to the plurality of voltage converter circuits, the current sense circuit being configured to provide a current sense output representative of current through at least one of the voltage converter circuits in the plurality of voltage converter circuits; and a controller circuit configured to place the protection switch in the non-conducting state in response to the current sense output. | 46,622 |
9,037,167 | 1. A method performed by a network element to control a radio resource control (RRC) configuration of a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving at the network element, a preference indication from the UE to transition to a more battery efficient RRC configuration; determining at least one radio resource parameter associated with the UE; and determining whether to adjust the RRC configuration of the UE based upon the received preference indication and the at least one determined radio resource parameter, and not to adjust the RRC configuration of the UE if more than a predetermined number of preference indications are received during a predetermined time period. | 7,511 |
8,535,227 | 1. A method of ultrasound imaging, said method comprising: attaching a detachable transducer head to a signal processing module to form a hand-held probe assembly that includes said signal processing module and said detachable transducer head; receiving ultrasound signals with said hand-held probe assembly from a region of interest to generate a plurality of received digital signals within said hand-held probe assembly; transmitting said plurality of received digital signals to an off-the-shelf commercially available personal digital assistant (PDA) having a touch-screen display over a standard digital interface; selecting an imaging mode from a menu on the touch-screen display of said PDA; digitally beamforming said plurality of received digital signals within said PDA to generate at least one beam of digital data corresponding to said region of interest; and creating and displaying an ultrasound image on said touch-screen display of said PDA. | 32,858 |
8,407,999 | 1. A method of providing boost for an internal combustion engine, comprising: combusting a mixture of fuel and oxygen in a cylinder of the engine, thereby driving a piston in the cylinder and imparting rotational energy to a crankshaft of the engine, and producing heated exhaust gases; transmitting the exhaust gases from an exhaust manifold of the engine to an inlet of a first heat exchanger and to an inlet of a first turbine; vaporizing and expanding a working fluid, wherein the working fluid is methanol, including vaporizing the working fluid in the first heat exchanger using heat from the exhaust gases, and expanding the vaporized working fluid by introducing the working fluid into the first turbine; compressing charge air with a compressor using energy released by the expansion of the working fluid, the compressor coupled to the first turbine via a drive shaft, and the compressor having an output in fluid communication with an intake port of the engine; and introducing the compressed charge air into the cylinder of the engine via the intake port of the engine. | 35,659 |
9,451,141 | 1. A method comprising, in combination: (a) a set of multiple light sources illuminating a scene; (b) a signal generator generating a reference signal and a set of multiple modulation signals, such that, while the light sources illuminate the scene (c) each pixel in the camera (d) a computer taking the data as an input and estimating, for each pixel of the camera | 22,811 |
9,471,742 | 1. A method comprising: receiving an integrated circuit (IC) floorplan at a processing unit; analyzing the IC floorplan to generate timing information by the processing unit; displaying in a first display area of a display device a representation of the IC floorplan, wherein the representation comprises a plurality of IC macro graphics, wherein at least one IC macro graphic has a highlight corresponding to the timing information; displaying in a second display area of the display device adjacent to the first display area names, the timing information and hatching patterns for the plurality of IC macro graphics; and iteratively performing a user-controlled interactive design process, wherein the user modifies the IC floorplan, wherein the highlight of the at least one IC macro graphic is updated in real-time according to a first updated timing information generated for the user modified IC floorplan, and wherein generation of the first updated timing information is performed in real-time as the user modifies the IC floorplan by interacting with the displayed representation of the IC floorplan. | 10,437 |
8,844,719 | 1. A module for use with a plurality of like modules for stacking thin panels, the module comprising: an upper portion and a lower portion; a sandwich-and-support portion including a pocket having a generally U-shaped cross-section for sandwiching and supporting a corner or a middle portion of a side of a thin panel from below, the sandwich-and-support portion including an upper plate-shaped body, a lower plate-shaped body, and a vertical wall, the vertical wall linking an outer edge of the upper plate-shaped body and an outer edge of the lower plate-shaped body such that the vertical wall forms the pocket having a generally U-shaped cross-section with the upper plate-shaped body and the lower plate-shaped body; a load transfer portion connected to the sandwich-and-support portion for transferring a weight of the thin panel downward, the load transfer portion including a load transfer surface formed on an outer side of an outer surface of the vertical wall, the load transfer surface including a load receiving surface provided in the upper portion of the module and a load releasing surface provided in the lower portion of the module; a protrusion portion protruding downward from the lower portion of the module and formed at an inner side of the lower portion of the module, the protrusion portion including an engagement portion that is formed on an inner edge of the lower plate-shaped body and is abuttable on an inner edge of the upper plate-shaped body of another like module stacked therebelow, and drop-off preventing means for regulating horizontal movement of the thin panel by using the protrusion portion. | 23,898 |
8,637,405 | 1. A method of forming a textured silicon surface, said method comprising immersing a crystalline silicon substrate into an aqueous alkaline etchant solution to form a pyramid shaped textured surface, with (111) faces exposed, on said crystalline silicon substrate, wherein the aqueous alkaline etchant solution comprises an alkaline component and a nanoparticle slurry, wherein said nanoparticle slurry comprises colloidal particles of at least one of alumina, silica, ceria, berylia, magnesia, zirconia and titania. | 4,850 |
9,183,253 | 1. A method to support evolutionary queries, comprising: retaining artifacts from previous query or workflow execution runs materialized views; providing a gray-box model of a user defined function (UDF) to support search for rewrites of the UDF; automatically producing a rewrite that uses artifacts to reduce workflow execution time; incrementally searching the space of rewrites to create explode and searching a minimum amount of a solution space to find an optimal rewrite; supporting simultaneous evolution along three dimensions including workflow, user and data evolution; and determining the optimal rewrite r* of W by: performing an efficient search of rewrites for all targets in W and outputs a globally optimal rewrite for W enumerating one or more candidate views for a single target based on their potential to produce a low-cost rewrite of the target. | 45,772 |
9,290,644 | 1. A rubber composition, comprising (A) a conjugated diene polymer, the conjugated diene polymer being obtained by polymerizing, in the presence of a polymerization initiator represented by the following formula (I): wherein i represents 0 or 1; R 11 represents a C 7-80 hydrocarbylene group; R 12 and R 13 each are a hydrocarbyl group, or R 12 and R 13 are bonded to each other to form a hydrocarbylene group; and M represents an alkali metal atom, a monomer component including a conjugated diene compound and a silicon-containing vinyl compound represented by the formula wherein X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 each represents a hydrocarbyl group or a group of the formula —NR 22 R 23 wherein R 22 and R 23 are each an alkyl group, provided that at least one of X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 is a group of the formula —NR 22 R 23 , to produce a copolymer, and then reacting a compound containing at least one of a nitrogen atom and a silicon atom with an active terminal of the copolymer, wherein the compound containing at least one of a nitrogen atom and a silicon atom is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (i) a compound of formula (IIIb): wherein R 32 represents a hydrocarbyl group and R 36 represents a hydrocarbylene group or a group in which a hydrocarbylene group and a group represented by —NR 35 — are bonded, where R 35 represents a hydrocarbyl group or a hydrogen atom, (ii) a compound of formula (IIId): wherein R 31 and R 32 each represents a hydrocarbyl group, R 37 represents a hydrocarbylene group, A represents an oxygen atom or —NR 35 — wherein R 35 represents a hydrocarbyl group or a hydrogen atom, and R 34 represents a hydrocarbyl group or a hydrogen atom, (iii) a compound of formula (IV): wherein R 41 represents a hydrocarbyl group, R 42 and R 43 each represents a hydrocarbyl group or a hydrocarbyloxy group, R 44 and R 45 each represents a hydrocarbyl group, and j represents an integer of 1 to 5, (iv) a tris[(alkoxysilyl)alkyl]isocyanurate compound, and (v) an N,N-dialkyl-substituted carboxylic acid amide dialkyl acetal compound, and | 18,914 |
9,775,854 | 1. A method of treating a genetic disease in a patient having a stop codon in the open reading frame of an otherwise functional gene comprising administering to the patient a composition comprising native gentamicin that has been enriched with a C2 congener of gentamicin. | 24,140 |
8,949,214 | 1. A system for delivering a page including a plurality of widgets comprising: a processor configured to: a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions. | 18,183 |
9,510,387 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a user equipment operating in a single radio mode, data carried by a local connection through a local area network and carried by a connection through a radio link to a macro network, the macro network providing, at the connection, a user bearer service to the user equipment; sending, by the user equipment and in response to a failure of the radio link, a local connection re-establishment request to a local access apparatus of the local area network; determining, by the user equipment, that the local connection has been re-established; and sending, by the user equipment, a message to the local access apparatus for requesting re-establishment of the connection to the macro network, in response to the local connection being successfully re-established. | 13,898 |
8,505,494 | 1. A method of desensitizing an animal to an anxiety inducing sound, the method comprising: providing an audio storage to store a conditioning sound and the anxiety inducing sound; providing a speaker to deliver the conditioning sound and the anxiety inducing sound; providing a conditioning element dispenser to dispense a conditioning element; providing a presence detector to detect the presence of the animal at a dispensed conditioning element; and providing a control module in electrical communication with and activates operation of said audio storage, said speaker, said conditioning element dispenser, and said presence detector; delivering the conditioning sound from said speaker and subsequently dispensing a first conditioning element from said conditioning element dispenser; and when said presence detector detects the presence of the animal at the first conditioning element, delivering the anxiety inducing sound from said speaker followed by delivering the conditioning sound from said speaker and dispensing a second conditioning element from said conditioning element dispenser. | 31,390 |
9,821,475 | 1. An elongated robotic, device that includes: a plurality of robotic actuators, with each robotic actuator comprising: wherein each robotic actuator further comprises a first and second fluid valve respectively associated with the first and second mass manufactured bellows; wherein the first and second fluid valves are disposed in a rigid coupler associated with the robotic actuator associated with the first and second fluid valves; and | 36,098 |
9,677,864 | 1. A method of steering a ballistic projectile comprising: firing or launching a ballistic projectile having a body and a nose; detecting or predicting the projectile's ballistic apogee by computing a ballistic trajectory estimate using a plurality of non-optical sensors each having a measurement signal associated therewith and a computer processor all enclosed entirely within the projectile and without reference to barometric pressure; and at the detected or predicted apogee or at some time related thereto, actuating at least one flow effector to steer the ballistic projectile. | 35,166 |
8,745,442 | 1. A system for providing hybrid kernel-space and user-space checkpointing, the system comprising: computer system memory comprising one or more memory locations configured to store one or more multi-process applications; one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs) operatively connected to said computer system memory and configured to execute said one or more multi-process applications on a host with a host operating system; one or more additional computer system memory or storage locations configured to store checkpoints; one or more networking stacks; and a hybrid kernel and user space checkpointer comprised of a kernel-space checkpoint device driver, and one or more user-space interceptors preloaded into an address space of each application process, wherein said checkpointer is configured to checkpoint said one or more multi-process applications; wherein said user-space interceptors comprise a user-space barrier and an application virtualization space providing a private resource name space; and wherein state in said networking stacks is flushed as part of checkpointing said one or more multi-process applications. | 6,139 |
9,831,465 | 1. A method for producing an optoelectronic component, the method comprising: forming an optoelectronic layer structure having a first adhesion layer, which comprises a first metallic material, above a carrier, providing a covering body with a second adhesion layer, which comprises a second metallic material, wherein at least one of the first or the second adhesion layers are delimited in lateral direction by an anti-adhesion layer, applying a first alloy to at least one of the two adhesion layers, which is delimited by the anti-adhesion layer, the melting point of said first alloy being so low that the first alloy is liquid, wherein the anti-adhesion layer is not wetted by the first alloy and keeps the first alloy in a region provided therefor, coupling the covering body to the optoelectronic layer structure in such a way that both adhesion layers are in direct physical contact with the liquid first alloy, and reacting at least part of the liquid first alloy chemically with the metallic materials of the adhesion layers, as a result of which at least one second alloy is formed, which has a higher melting point than the first alloy, wherein the melting point of the second alloy is so high that the second alloy solidifies and fixedly connects the covering body to the optoelectronic layer structure. | 15,598 |
9,396,435 | 1. A method for identification of a deviation from a periodic behavior pattern in a sequence of multimedia content segments, comprising: receiving the sequence of multimedia content segments; generating at least one signature for each multimedia content segment of the sequence of multimedia content segments; comparing at least two signatures generated for at least two consecutive multimedia content segments to detect a periodic behavior pattern, wherein the detection of the periodic behavior pattern further includes providing a baseline signature respective of the periodic behavior pattern; upon detecting the periodic behavior pattern, compare at least one signature generated for at least a subsequently received multimedia content segment to the baseline signature; identifying a deviation from the periodic behavior pattern when the at least one signature generated for the at least subsequently received multimedia content segment and the baseline signature overlap less than a second preconfigured threshold level; and upon identifying the deviation from the periodic behavior pattern, generating a notification with respect to the deviation. | 45,951 |
8,668,337 | 1. A method for computing a measure of the ocular response of a test subject using an ocular measurement device which is positioned in front of the eyes of the test subject, in response to predetermined visual stimuli which are presented on a stimulus presentation display that is positioned in front of the eyes of the test subject, for viewing by a test subject, comprising: generating a visual stimulus for display to the test subject by the stimulus presentation display that moves in at least one of: a random pattern, discontinuous movement, and an oblique direction on the stimulus presentation display; measuring, using the ocular measurement device, at least one of a temporal and one of a spatial eye movement of the test subject in tracking the visual stimulus displayed by the stimulus presentation device; and computing a score representative of the measured ability of the test subject's eyes to track the visual stimulus, comprising: | 48,838 |
8,347,557 | 1. In combination: a building frame defining a roof surface and a fascia, the roof surface and fascia meeting at an edge; a water impervious covering over the roof surface; flashing that wraps around the edge and extends between the roof surface and covering, the flashing having a depending portion that overlies the fascia and terminates at a free edge, a gutter hanger comprising: a) a mounting portion that is secured to the building frame; and b) a support portion; a gutter that is secured to the building frame and engaged by the support portion to be maintained in an operative position upon the building frame, the mounting portion of the gutter hanger defining an upwardly opening “U” shape in which the depending portion of the flashing nests, wherein the upwardly opening “U” shape is defined by first and second legs and the mounting portion comprises an inner leg that is joined to the first leg through a first bight portion, the first and inner legs each residing between the depending portion of the flashing and the fascia, wherein the mounting portion comprises an outer leg that is joined to the second leg through a second bight portion, the depending portion of the flashing residing between the fascia and each of the second and outer legs; and a fastener that extends through each of the inner and outer legs and into the fascia. | 26,563 |
9,599,399 | 1. A direct smelting plant comprising: (a) a direct smelting vessel; (b) one or more than one solids injection lance extending into the direct smelting vessel, the or each solids injection lance having an inlet end; (c) an ore dispensing/metering unit that is adapted to dispense hot ore and a first solids supply line adapted to transport hot ore from the ore dispensing/metering unit to the inlet end of the at least one lance; (d) an assembly for supplying coal to the first solids supply line, the assembly including a coal dispensing/metering unit, and wherein the coal supply assembly is adapted to supply coal directly to the first supply line at a location on the first solids supply line that is less than one (1) second of a conveying time (based on average gas transit time) to an inlet end of the at least one lance for conveying speeds in the first supply line less than 50 meters per second so that there can be co-injection of heated metalliferous material and coal from the lance into the vessel; and (e) an ore pre-treatment unit adapted to heat the ore. | 1,539 |
8,561,965 | 1. A valve comprising a first and second valve component, wherein the first valve component comprises a valve body, a sealing member and a center post affixed to the valve body such that the center post is substantially immovable relative to the valve body, wherein the sealing member is positioned away from a mating surface of the first valve component and a gap on the mating surface is provided, wherein the gap is defined between the center post and the valve body, wherein the gap is present when the first valve component is in a closed position, wherein the gap is sized and dimensioned to receive a hollow tube from the second valve component, wherein when the hollow tube is pushed into the gap it moves the sealing member away from the sealing position to establish a flow path through both valve components. | 7,092 |
8,550,286 | 1. A high-pressure container comprising: a thin-walled, closed, leakproof metallic liner with a cylindrical body portion and at least one neck; an outer layer of spirally extending high modulus fibers surrounding the liner, a total number of the spirally extending fibers of the outer layer relative to a unit length of the outer layer being substantially uniform over the entire length of the cylindrical body portion; and an inner layer of annularly extending high modulus fibers surrounding the liner, forming with the outer layer a reinforcing jacket, and covered by the outer layer, a total number of the annularly extending fibers of the inner layer relative to a unit length of the jacket being in a local break belt extending around the cylindrical body portion of the liner equal to at most 70% of a total number of the fibers of the inner layer relative to a unit length of the jacket to both sides of the local break belt such that an outer surface of the outer layer has an outwardly concave shape at the local break belt. | 29,091 |
8,375,988 | 1. A baffle device configured to be disposed near an outlet of a fuel tank having a fuel-containing space, the baffle device comprising: a fitting having an aperture therethrough; a first baffle including a second baffle overlying at least a portion of the first baffle aperture and including wherein the first and second baffles define a gap therebetween through which fuel vapor is permitted to flow, and wherein the first baffle length is greater than the second baffle length, thereby inhibiting coalescence of fuel in the gap. | 44,876 |
9,304,044 | 1. A method of detecting motion comprising: receiving a first output of an infrared detector representing a warm body passing through a first tier of monitored volumes; receiving a second output of the infrared detector representing the warm body passing through a second tier of monitored volumes, wherein the second tier of monitored volumes are located above the first tier of monitored volumes with a horizontal offset from the first tier of monitored volumes; and generating an animal-immune motion indication based on a phase difference between the first output and the second output of the infrared detector corresponding to a critical phase angle; wherein the critical phase angle is greater than 0 degrees. | 6,855 |
8,996,734 | 1. A method comprising: initializing one or more of at least one configuration register set, and at least one device register set for a I/O device, wherein each of the at least one configuration register set and the at least one device register set correspond to a host processor from amongst a plurality of host processors, and wherein each of the at least one configuration register set and the at least one device register set also correspond to the I/O device; and providing the initialized configuration registers and the device registers to the plurality of host processors for virtualization of the I/O device: assigning the I/O device to a first host processor from amongst the plurality of host processors to process a request from the first host processor; queuing requests for the I/O device from host processors other than the first host processor amongst the plurality of host processors, wherein the queuing further comprises sending acknowledgements to the host processors in response to each of the requests; and arbitrating the queued requests to choose a next request upon completion of a first request from the first host processor; wherein the plurality of host processors identify the virtualized I/O device as a dedicated device. | 21,675 |
8,492,050 | 1. A Ionic Liquid Based Membrane (ILBM) for fuel cells consisting of (A) polysiloxane-based Room Temperature Vulcanized matrix having a thickness equal to or greater than 140 μm, and (B) an ionic liquid selected from BmimCF wherein said matrix imparts to said Membrane mechanical features comprising flexibility, strength, and ruggedness, and, entrapped but freely moving in said matrix, imparts to said Membrane high conductivity, wherein said conductivity is not dependent on the membrane water content and is maintained even after heating above 65° C. and cooling down to 25° C., said Membrane being impermeable to methanol and being chemically stable up to a temperature of 400° C. according to TGA. | 23,207 |
9,768,408 | 1. A display, comprising: a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of organic light emitting diodes disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises a surface; and a frit layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes and the frit layer are in direct contact with the surface, the frit layer comprises a corner portion in view of a direction perpendicular to the surface, the frit layer comprises a plurality of pores, diameters of the pores are ranging from 0.2 μm to 4 μm, and the corner portion has the pores; wherein the frit layer comprises a first porous region, a second porous region, and a third porous region in view of the direction perpendicular to the surface, the second porous region is disposed in the center of the frit layer and between the first porous region and the third porous region, and a ratio of a width of the second porous region to a width of the frit layer is between 25% to 35%; wherein a number of the pores corresponding to the second porous region is greater than a number of the pores corresponding to the first porous region, and the number of the pores corresponding to the second porous region is greater than a number of the pores corresponding to the third porous region. | 47,371 |
9,330,095 | 1. A computer system that identifies components, comprising: a component fingerprint storage configured to memorize known fingerprints of known components, wherein a component is a specific version of pre-existing executable code or a reusable pre-existing self-contained code building block which is not a complete alone finished product ready for use and which is binary or source code; and a processor cooperatively operable with the component fingerprint storage, and configured to facilitate, based on an unknown component: | 22,507 |
8,615,523 | 1. A method for managing data associated with one or more data storage devices, wherein the data storage devices are coupled to multiple computers over a network, the method comprising: performing a first storage operation on a first data object, wherein performing the first storage operation results in— performing a second storage operation on the second data object, wherein the performance of the second storage operation results in— maintaining an index of data associated with the data storage devices, wherein in response to receiving a user's query, searching the index to identify the third data object that is stored in the offline storage location and that matches search criteria provided by the user; and, providing information to the user regarding the identified third data object that is stored in the offline storage location. | 5,306 |
9,016,218 | 1. A sewing machine comprising: a plurality of sewing units, each of which includes: a storage section for storing needle thread control torque data for which a needle thread control torque value is stored for each stitch in embroidery data and bobbin thread control torque data for which a bobbin thread control torque value is stored for each stitch in the embroidery data; and a control section that, when performing embroidery sewing according to embroidery data and in connection with the needle thread, in a control zone for each stitch, controls the needle thread motor in each of the sewing units in accordance with a torque value of the needle thread control torque data while closing the upstream grip section main body and while opening the downstream grip section main body such that tension is imparted to the needle thread against a direction in which the thread take-up lever draws the needle thread, thereby imparting rotating force to a turning arm, within a control zone; namely, within a needle thread torque control zone which is a zone including at least a portion of a zone from one dead point to another dead point of the thread take-up lever during which the thread take-up lever draws the needle thread with respect to processed fabric to be sewn with the needle thread; that controls the needle thread motor in each of the sewing units in accordance with position data pertinent to a needle thread motor angle such that an angle of the needle thread motor, which is a position of the needle thread motor in a rotating direction, returns to an initial angular position of the needle thread motor, while opening the upstream grip section main body and closing the downstream grip section main body, within a position control zone which is at least a portion of a zone other than the torque control zone, thereby imparting rotating force to the turning arm to draw the needle thread from an upstream position; and that, in connection with the bobbin thread, controls the bobbin thread motor in each of the sewing units in accordance with a torque value of the bobbin thread control torque data, within a bobbin thread torque control zone which is at least a portion of a zone from the one dead point to the another dead point of the thread take-up lever. | 40,678 |
9,671,380 | 1. A method for diagnosing a particulate matter sensing system, said system comprising an electronic controller portion, an electrical connection means connected to the controller portion, and a sensing element connected to the electrical connection means, said sensing element comprising two electrodes spaced from one another, said method comprising the steps of: determining at a first time during a cool-down event a first sensing element temperature and a resistance of the sensing element; determining at a second time during the cool-down event a second sensing element temperature and the resistance of the sensing element, the second time occurring later than the first time; calculating in the electronic controller portion a predicted sensing element resistance at the second sensing element temperature, wherein the predicted sensing element resistance is based on the first sensing element temperature, the resistance of the sensing element determined at the first time, and a predetermined model of a resistance vs. temperature characteristics of the sensing element; comparing the predicted sensing element resistance at the second sensing element temperature to the resistance of the sensing element determined at the second time; and indicating a fault condition if a difference between the predicted sensing element resistance at the second sensing element temperature and the resistance of the sensing element determined at the second time is not within a predetermined range. | 23,311 |
8,915,066 | 1. A device for evaporating a urea-water solution, the device comprising: a first zone and a second zone configured to be heated separately from one another; and a delivery duct for carrying the urea-water solution; said delivery duct extending through at least said first zone and said second zone for introducing heat energy; said delivery duct, in said first zone, having an upstream rectilinear course in an inlet region and a downstream meandering course; and said delivery duct, in said second zone, having an upstream meandering course in an inlet region and a downstream rectilinear course; said meandering courses being courses where the delivery duct has a non-rectilinear shape. | 33,531 |
9,200,495 | 1. An overshot comprising: a bowl having a bore therethrough; a spiral grapple placed inside the bore of the bowl, the grapple comprising a grapple key; a grapple control comprising a guide, wherein, when in use, the grapple control is deformed and said deforming is allowed for by the gap. | 49,670 |
9,668,403 | 1. An apparatus to apply liquid anhydrous ammonia to soil of a field, comprising: an anhydrous ammonia applicator moveable over the field; a portable tank containing liquid anhydrous ammonia coupled to the anhydrous ammonia applicator; a source of compressed air coupled to a port on the portable tank containing liquid anhydrous ammonia; a pressure regulator coupled to the source of compressed air; the pressure regulator supplying compressed air from the source of compressed air to the port on the portable tank when vapor pressure in a pressure head in the portable tank containing liquid anhydrous ammonia drops below a preselected pressure; the source of compressed air is an air compressor; the anhydrous ammonia applicator comprising knives, anhydrous ammonia ducts associated with each of the knives wherein anhydrous ammonia may be injected into soil of the field; an actuator coupled to the port on the portable tank; the actuator further coupled to at least one of the anhydrous ammonia ducts of the knives; the actuator selectively operable to couple the port of the portable tank to at least one of the anhydrous ammonia ducts of the knives wherein compressed vapor in the tank may be passed into the soil through the at least one of the anhydrous ammonia ducts of the knives; the pressure regulator monitoring pressure in the vapor head of the tank; the pressure regulator operative to cause the air compressor to supply compressed air to the tank to increase pressure in the vapor head. | 8,117 |
8,857,410 | 1. A fuel management system for a spark ignition engine where the fuel management system controls fueling from a first fueling system that directly injects fuel into at least one cylinder as a liquid and a second fueling system that injects fuel into a region outside of the cylinder; and where the fraction of fuel in the cylinder that is introduced by the first fueling system increases with increasing torque so as to prevent knock; and where the fuel management system uses spark retard so as to reduce the fraction of fuel in the cylinder that is introduced from the first fueling system. | 34,111 |
8,410,697 | 1. Light source device, comprising: an ultrahigh pressure discharge lamp with a silica glass discharge vessel that contains a pair of opposed electrodes spaced from each other by a distance of at most 1.5 mm, and which is filled with at least 0.15 mg/mm a feed device which supplies an alternating current to the discharge lamp and operates it; an oval reflector which is located such that its optical axis coincides with a direction of an electrode axis of the discharge lamp and which reflects radiant light of the discharge lamp out of a front opening of the reflector; and a color wheel which proceeding from a focal position of the oval reflector is located at the position nearer the lamp and which receives the light from the reflector and divides it into color components, wherein each of the electrodes has an enlarged tip area with a diameter larger than a diameter of a support rod which bears the electrode and a coil part adjoining the enlarged tip area of the electrode, wherein for a one of the electrodes which is located on a side of the front opening of the reflector, the tip area with increased diameter has a volume W (mm and wherein the volume of the enlarged tip area of the electrode on the side of the reflector opposite the front opening is smaller than the volume of the enlarged tip area of the electrode on the side of the front opening of the reflector. | 18,442 |
9,708,764 | 1. A method for selective removal of detrimental metals and their anion species from a cellulosic biomass solids, said method comprising a plurality of vessels: a. providing each of said vessels with one of detrimental species-containing cellulosic biomass solids; b. introducing a quantity of an acidic solution having a pH of at most 4 from an inlet into a first vessel of said plurality of vessels containing said detrimental species-containing cellulosic biomass solids at a temperature in the range of about 0° C. to about 60° C.; c. repeating step (b) for a second vessel of said plurality of vessels; d. introducing a quantity of aqueous solution having a pH of at least 5 from an inlet into said first vessel of said plurality of vessels treated according to step (b) thereby discharging the acidic water effluent; e. repeating step (d) for the second vessel of said plurality of vessels treated according to step (c); f. introducing a quantity of a base solution having a pH of greater than 9 from an inlet into said first vessel of said plurality of vessels treated according to step (d) at a temperature in the range of about 0° C. to about 60° C.; g. repeating step (f) for a second vessel of said plurality of vessels; h. introducing a quantity of aqueous solution having a pH of at most 8 from an inlet into said first vessel of said plurality of vessels treated according to step (f) thereby discharging the basic water effluent; i. repeating step (h) for the second vessel of said plurality of vessels treated according to step (g); j. introducing a quantity of gas or organic solution from an inlet into the first vessel of said plurality of vessels treated according to step h) and discharging the aqueous solution; k. repeating step (f) for the second vessel of said plurality of vessels treated according to step (e); l. recycling at least a portion of the discharged aqueous solution as a portion of the acidic solution or base solution; m. transferring at least a portion of the biomass treated according to steps (j) and (k) to a digestion and/or reaction vessel; n. wherein at least 2 of the vessels are undergoing at least one of the steps (b) through (m) at the same time; and o. wherein the amount of the total discharged acidic water effluent and basic water effluent from the plurality of vessels is in the range of from about 3 parts to about 0.5 parts relative to about 1 part of detrimental species-containing cellulosic biomass solids (dry basis). | 47,714 |
8,569,580 | 1. A transformed plant or alga with increased chlorophyll, comprising an overexpressed foreign DNA which codes for a chloroplast protein BPG2, wherein the BPG2 comprises the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1, or an amino acid sequence having an at least 50% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and having a zinc finger motif and GTP-binding domains having a G4-G1-G2-G3 motif, and having an activity of increasing a level of chlorophyll when compared with wild type. | 28,417 |
9,722,594 | 1. A drive device for controlling a power switching element to turn on and off, the drive device comprising: an off-side circuit that controls a gate current of the power switching element to perform an off operation, wherein: the off-side circuit includes: the sense current control circuit includes: the sense current control circuit flows a current, determined by a resistance value of the reference resistor and the reference potential, as the drain current of the sense MOS transistor; and the off-side circuit further includes: | 19,068 |
9,530,864 | 1. A method for providing junction overlap control in a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a gate over a substrate; forming a set of junction extensions adjacent the gate; forming a set of spacer layers along each of a set of sidewalls of the gate; removing the gate between the set of spacer layers to form an opening; removing, from within the opening, an exposed sacrificial spacer layer of the set of spacer layers, the exposed sacrificial spacer layer defining a junction extension overlap distance; and forming a replacement gate electrode within the opening and in direct physical contact with each junction extension of the set of junction extensions. | 11,614 |
9,689,413 | 1. A magnet retention member which is profiled for fitting to a wall of a locking sleeve for a gear mechanism, wherein the magnet retention member has a first and a second retention arm, the retention arms delimiting a retention slot for receiving a securing portion of the wall in a mutually opposing manner, wherein one of the retention arms is constructed with a magnet housing which has a magnet receiving member, the magnet housing extending over the retention slot. | 49,880 |
8,419,676 | 1. A powered medical fluid injection device, comprising: an injector head; a sleeve coupled to the injector head and configured to include a pressurizing unit; a first pinch valve mechanism coupled to the injector head and configured to control fluid flow into or out of the pressurizing unit, wherein the first pinch valve mechanism comprises a first plunger, a first reciprocating arm driven by the first plunger, and a first tube pinching area, and wherein the first pinch valve mechanism is configured to cause the first reciprocating arm to pinch first fluid tubing that runs through the first tube pinching area; and a second pinch valve mechanism coupled to the injector head and configured to control fluid flow into or out of the pressurizing unit, wherein the second pinch valve mechanism comprises a second plunger, a second reciprocating arm driven by the second plunger, and a second tube pinching area, and wherein the second pinch valve mechanism is configured to cause the second reciprocating arm to pinch second fluid tubing that runs through the second tube pinching area, wherein when the injector head is configured to determine whether to perform a fill operation to draw fluid through the first fluid tubing and into the pressurizing unit, the injector head is configured to deactivate the second pinch valve mechanism, such that the second reciprocating arm of the second pinch valve mechanism pinches closed the second fluid tubing that runs through the second tube pinching area, responsive to the injector head determining that a status of the second tube pinching area is unexpected when a status of the first tube pinching area indicates that the first tube pinching area is open for the fill operation to draw fluid through the first fluid tubing. | 6,626 |
8,608,573 | 1. A trading card, comprising: a substrate; a personality module configured to store one or more attributes of associated with the trading card; an artwork disposed over a surface of the trading card; and a plurality of light emitting devices spatially arranged with respect to the artwork to provide an outline for portions of the artwork; a hologram light emitting device disposed over the substrate; and a holographic display operatively disposed over the hologram light emitting device, the hologram light emitting device is selectively energized to project a hologram. | 2,158 |
9,120,421 | 1. A light projection device comprising: a plurality of excitation light sources that emit excitation light; a fluorescent member that is excited by the excitation light from the excitation light sources; a control portion that controls outputs of the excitation light sources; and a light projection member that projects light emitted from the fluorescent member, wherein the fluorescent member includes a plurality of application regions to which the excitation light is applied, the control portion controls the outputs of the excitation light sources so as to individually control excitation states of the application regions, and the fluorescent member is excited in an asymmetrical shape with respect to a predetermined direction. | 6,530 |
8,593,281 | 1. A passage alert method for a radio frequency identification system including a mobile terminal carried by a user and a second communication terminal fixed at a site, the method comprising: determining, at the second communication terminal, a new passage mode of the mobile terminal in response to tag information transmitted by the mobile terminal; transmitting mode information indicating the new passage mode to the mobile terminal; and updating, at the mobile terminal, an old passage mode with the new passage mode, wherein the passage mode comprises one of an indoor mode, indicating that the mobile terminal is inside the site, and an outdoor mode, indicating that the mobile terminal is outside the site, and wherein the determining of the new passage mode comprises changing the old passage mode to the new passage mode. | 22,289 |
9,059,351 | 1. An integrated diode assembly for providing electrical protection to one or more photovoltaic cells in a photovoltaic module, the integrated diode assembly comprising: an insulating strip comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a first cutout; a first combined diode-lead assembly disposed adjacent to the second surface and comprising a first diode, a first diode conductor electrically connected to one electrical lead of the first diode, and a second diode conductor electrically connected another electrical lead of the first diode; and a first interconnecting conductor disposed adjacent to the second surface, the first interconnecting conductor at least partially overlapping and being electrically connected to the first diode conductor, wherein one or more of the first interconnecting conductor and the first diode conductor at least partially overlap the first cutout to provide an electrical connection to a first photovoltaic cell disposed adjacent to the first surface. | 27,289 |
9,719,487 | 1. A wind turbine blade comprising: opposed blade surfaces; an internal load-bearing structure comprising at least one beam or web having a portion extending between the blade surfaces generally perpendicularly thereto; and a plurality of lifting points in at least one of the blade surfaces comprising lift openings through the blade surface adjacent or into the load-bearing structure for receiving lifting members insertable therein; wherein the at least one beam or web is adapted to make load-bearing connection to lifting members inserted in said openings at the portion extending between the blade surfaces. | 23,864 |
8,936,684 | 1. A vitreous silica crucible for pulling a silicon single crystal having a wall, the wall comprising, from an inner surface side toward an outer surface side of the crucible, a non-doped inner surface layer made of natural vitreous silica or synthetic vitreous silica, a mineralizing element-maldistributed vitreous silica layer containing dispersed island regions, each containing a mineralizing element, and wherein the vitreous silica of the island regions and the vitreous silica of a surrounding region of the island regions is a combination of mineralizing element-doped natural vitreous silica and non-doped synthetic vitreous silica, or a combination of mineralizing element-doped synthetic vitreous silica and non-doped natural vitreous silica, and the inner surface layer is made of vitreous silica of a different kind from that of the island regions. | 40,445 |
9,662,984 | 1. A method of controlling a low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) of an environmentally-friendly vehicle, comprising: measuring a load current consumed by electric loads of the environmentally-friendly vehicle; identifying a state of an auxiliary battery of the environmentally-friendly vehicle; and when the load current is smaller than a predetermined value, and the state of the auxiliary battery is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, performing a first eco mode of stopping the operation of the LDC for a predetermined time, and causing the auxiliary battery to supply a current necessary for the electric loads, wherein the predetermined time for which the operation of the LDC is stopped in the first eco mode is set based on a discharge map of the auxiliary battery, and when the predetermined time elapses, the first eco mode is released. | 41,200 |
8,754,348 | 1. A plasma cutting system, comprising: a gas supply system constructed to provide a pressurized gas to a plasma torch; and a proportional valve configured to regulate flow of the pressurized gas, the proportional valve comprising: | 32,830 |
9,127,023 | 1. An electrolyte additive comprising a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein R at least one of R | 14,483 |
9,694,245 | 1. A golf ball comprising an outer surface having a plurality of dimples formed thereon, a core, and a cover surrounding the core, wherein the core comprises a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a butadiene rubber and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a polymer resin, or 100 parts by weight of one or more selected from neutralized ionomers and commercial ionomers, and the cover comprises 100 parts by weight of an ionomer resin and 1 to 10 parts by weight of a butadiene rubber having a 1,2-bond content of 90% or more, wherein the golf ball is coated with at least one coating resin selected from the group consisting of one-component/two-component urethane resins, one-component/two-component acrylic urethane reins, and PVC resins, to a coating thickness in the range of 5 to 40 μm and wherein the golf ball is coated with a top coating composition comprising 100 parts by weight of the coating resin and 1 to 3.5 parts by weight of a compound represented by the following formula 1: | 18,835 |
9,631,085 | 1. A polymer blend comprising a first polymer comprising a unit represented by Formula 1 and a second polymer comprising a unit represented by Formula 2: wherein R R R R Q in Formula 2, l is an integer of 1 to 10 and m is an integer of 1 to 3, wherein l and m represent the molar ratio of each subunit in Formula 2, wherein a mole ratio of l to m of Formula 2 is in a range of about 1:1 to about 5:1. | 46,743 |
9,127,829 | 1. A street light comprising: a pole; a head attached to the pole, the head comprising: | 30,369 |
8,815,571 | 1. A method for increasing the amount of glucose and other sugar and peptides released from a fiber containing corn or soy bean byproduct comprising: (a) reacting a fiber containing corn or soy bean byproduct selected from the group consisting of corn gluten feed (CGF), distillers dried grains (DDG), distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), and soy hulls with a mixture of reactants comprising at least one protease and at least one member of the group consisting of cellulase and hemicellulase; and (b) obtaining a reaction product from said fiber containing corn or soy byproduct and said mixture of reactants, wherein a wt/wt ratio of glucose/fiber is greater in the reaction product than the wt/wt ratio of glucose/fiber obtained from reaction of the fiber containing corn or soy processing byproduct under the same conditions as the reaction of step (a), but excluding protease, and (c) forming an animal feed from the reaction product. | 13,637 |
8,374,312 | 1. A radiotherapy couch, comprising: a base; and a couch top supported by the base, said couch top comprising a section extended in a cantilevered manner adapted to support a prone patient's upper body portion, said extended section being provided with a generally U-shaped opening configured to allow at least a portion of the upper body portion to extend into from above and to allow a radiation beam to pass through at an angle that is substantially tangential to a chest wall of the prone patient; wherein said extended section is removable from the couch top. | 47,045 |
9,225,141 | 1. A multi-core amplification optical fiber comprising: a plurality of core portions doped with a rare-earth element; and a cladding portion positioned at an outer periphery of each of the core portions and including refractive index lower than refractive index of each of the core portions, wherein when a concentration of the rare-earth element doped to each of the core portions is 250 ppm to 2000 ppm, a relative refractive index difference Δ of each of the core portions relative to the cladding portion is 0.5% to 2% at a wavelength of 1550 nm, and a core diameter of each of the core portions is 1 μm to 5 μm, a separation distance between each of the core portions and adjacent one of the core portions is set at equal to or larger than 30 μm and at equal to or smaller than 60 μm so that a crosstalk of light between the adjacent core portions is equal to or lower than −30 dB, and among the core portions being adjacent to each other, the concentration of the doped rare-earth element is differentiated by 300 ppm to 1750 ppm. | 40,570 |
8,566,006 | 1. A method for controlling combustion in a multi-cylinder engine, comprising: injecting fuel into at least one cylinder of the multi-cylinder engine; for each cylinder, separately controlling at least one fuel injection parameter to produce a desired exhaust composition for that cylinder, and controlling the at least one fuel injection parameter as a function of at least one engine operating condition, the at least one engine operating condition comprising at least one of atmospheric pressure, atmospheric temperature, engine load, and engine speed. | 22,570 |
8,745,043 | 1. A method comprising: determining, on a computing device, a plurality of search results associated with at least one search criterion; determining, on the computing device, a respective home page for each search result of the plurality of search results; determining, on the computing device, a display order for the plurality of search results based on a criterion comprising a distance for each search result, wherein a respective distance for a search result comprises a respective number of web pages between the search result and a respective home page of the search result; and providing the plurality of search results for display in the display order on a user intferface, wherein providing the plurality of search results comprises: | 28,806 |
8,924,791 | 1. A system, comprising: a vendor computer system including a processor, memory, and other storage media to provide: | 12,965 |
9,660,470 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a separator/electrolyte assembly; a first energy storage portion disposed on a first surface of the separator/electrolyte assembly; a second energy storage portion disposed on a second surface of the separator/electrolyte assembly; a first metallized piezoelectric film disposed on the first energy storage portion; and a second metallized piezoelectric film disposed on the second energy storage portion; wherein when a force is applied to the first metallized piezoelectric film, a piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into electric potential and each energy storage portion stores the energy converted in the first energy storage portion and the second energy storage portion for subsequent discharge from the first energy portion and the second energy storage portion to an electronic device. | 9,192 |
8,838,730 | 1. An apparatus for displaying an image, said apparatus comprising: a connected device controller: a storage in which can be stored a connected device identifier for identifying an apparatus for transmitting the image and that has said display authority; and an image processor for displaying received image data when a sender of the image data which is received from outside via said network is said first apparatus for transmitting an image, and for storing the received image data in said storage when the sender of the received image data is said second apparatus for transmitting an image, wherein, when granting said display authority to said first apparatus for transmitting an image, said connected device controller stores said connected device identifier of said first apparatus for transmitting the image in said storage, and upon receipt of the image data from outside via said network, makes reference to said connected device identifier stored in said storage and determines whether the sender of the received image data is said first apparatus for transmitting an image, wherein said connected device controller notifies said first apparatus for transmitting the image and that has said display authority, of information that a predetermined image transmission condition is permitted, and notifies said second apparatus for transmitting the image and that does not have said display authority, of information that an image transmission condition that has a lower priority than said predetermined image transmission condition is permitted, and wherein the image transmission condition that has the lower priority comprises at least one of a data transmission unit smaller than a predetermined unit, a data transmission frame size smaller than a predetermined frame size, a time-out period longer than a predetermined time period, and no re-transmission upon a transmission failure. | 5,437 |
8,779,793 | 1. A method of testing a semiconductor device comprising: loading said semiconductor device into a testing chamber, said semiconductor device comprising a die and a substrate; positioning said die proximate to a heating and cooling element via a vacuum holding component; locally heating and cooling said die with said heating and cooling element through non-isothermal temperature cycling, wherein said non-isothermal temperature cycling comprises a number of heating-cooling cycles; and testing said semiconductor device for component failure caused by thermo-mechanical stress induced by said non-isothermal temperature cycling. | 25,012 |
8,375,743 | 1. A process for manufacturing a hollow glass product employing at least one mold having two mold halves capable of being closed up at one end on a ring mold and closed off at the other end by a top, the process comprising: greasing the at least one mold in a closed-up position of the mold halves on the ring mold, but the top not closing up the other end, the greasing including spraying via an axial end of a spray tube moving in a cavity of the mold, the spray tube being carried by a robot that can move alongside one or more blank molds of an IS machine; and spraying the ring mold via the axial end of the spray tube when the mold halves of the at least one mold are in a nonclosed-up position. | 27,231 |
8,573,227 | 1. A method for the destruction of connective structure in cellulite and adipose tissue, the method comprising the steps of: providing a hollow cannula with a blunt tip; providing a variable pulselength laser source with emitting characteristics for generating a laser beam having an intensity and a wavelength for causing ablation of connective structure in cellulite and adipose tissue; generating a variable pulselength laser beam with said variable pulselength laser source; arranging an optical fiber inside said cannula with another end of said fiber connected to an output of said variable pulselength laser source; placing the blunt tip of the cannula underneath the skin of a patient and bringing a distal firing tip of said optical fiber beyond the tip of the cannula and adjacent connective structure of tissue in the cellulite and adipose tissue; irradiating said connective structure in the cellulite and adipose tissue with said variable pulselength laser beam to cause photoacoustic ablation of the connective structure of the tissue; generating said variable pulselength laser beam to cauterize blood vessels in the tissue damaged by said irradiating; and visualizing the distal tip of the optical fiber beyond the tip of the cannula using a means for visualization selected from the group consisting of optical techniques, X-ray, sonic imaging, MRI, CAT-scan or other spectral analysis. | 13,397 |
8,361,681 | 1. A polymerizable composition, comprising: a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following formula (1); a coloring agent; a polymerizable monomer; a binder polymer; and a solvent: wherein, in formula (1), R wherein, in formulae (2-1) to (2-3), X | 17,915 |
9,315,639 | 1. An optical film consisting essentially of: a graft copolymer including one type of (meth)acryl based resins of which the glass transition temperature is less than 0° C. and one type of (meth)acryl based resins of which the glass transition temperature is 0° C. or more, and a resin that has styrene or derivatives thereof, wherein the (meth)acryl based resins of which the glass transition temperature is less than 0° C. comprises (meth)acryl based monomer and (meth)acrylic acid ester based monomer having a functional group, wherein the amount of the (meth)acrylic acid ester based monomer having a functional group is in the range of 0.1 to 50 mole %, wherein the graft copolymer has a structure in which the (meth)acryl based resins of which the glass transition temperature is less than 0° C. form a main chain and the (meth)acryl based resins of which the glass transition temperature is 0° C. or more form a side chain, wherein the side chain is introduced into the main chain via a functional group capable of reacting with a radical, and wherein the functional group capable of reacting with a radical is a —SH group. | 20,021 |
9,014,962 | 1. An electric-vehicle control device that includes a power converter that converts a direct-current voltage of a filter capacitor, which accumulates electric power supplied from an overhead wire, into a desired alternating-current voltage and drives a motor, which is a load; a control unit that controls the power converter; and a regeneration control operation unit that performs a control operation for returning regenerative power generated by the motor to the overhead wire, wherein the regeneration control operation unit includes: regenerative torque of the motor is controlled on a basis of the first torque suppression amount and the second torque suppression amount. | 48,981 |
8,615,763 | 1. A multiprocessor system employing a power management technique comprising: (a) a plurality of processors for executing a plurality of tasks in a task-set; and, (b) means for allocating the plurality of tasks among the plurality of processors operable to | 11,442 |
9,160,784 | 1. A remote management system comprising: at least one camera which captures at least one of a moving image and a still image of a remote place; a storage unit which stores the captured image; a control unit which controls an operation of the at least one camera; a counter unit which generates counting data by counting a number of people who appear in a monitoring region on the captured image; and a communication unit which transmits to a device selectively the stored image or an email to which the stored image and the counting data is attached, and wherein the control unit determines whether the communication unit is blocked to be accessed from the device by a fire wall when the remote management system is installed, and sets different methods of transmitting data according to a result of the determination, wherein the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit the stored image and the counting data to a mail server by attaching the stored image and the counting data to the email if the communication unit is blocked to be accessed from the device, the mail server transmitting the email to the device, and to transmit the stored image and the counting data directly to the device if the communication unit is not blocked to be accessed from the device, and wherein the control unit receives a schedule setting a time for capturing and storing the still image and a time for transmitting the stored still image and the counting data of a certain date, and controls the communication unit to selectively transmit the stored still image and the counting data of the certain date as an email attachment when the communication unit is blocked to be accessed from the device, according to the schedule. | 10,918 |
8,521,180 | 1. A computer-implemented method for enabling participation in a social network, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more physical processors, the method comprising: defining content to be presented through a social network webpage associated with a fixed location; receiving user identification information that identifies a user and includes (i) an identifier associated with an entitlement token, and (ii) an indication the user intends to participate in a location-based service; receiving, via transmission effectuated by a device at the fixed location, a first message indicating the entitlement token has been presented at the device, wherein the transmission includes an identifier associated with the fixed location; and responsive to reception of the first message, updating the social network webpage associated with the fixed location to reflect a visit by the user to the fixed location, wherein updating the social network webpage associated with the fixed location to reflect a visit by the user to the fixed location is responsive to intermittent analysis of an information table, and wherein the intermittent analysis of the information table confirms presentment of a user's entitlement token to establish a presumed presence of the user at the fixed location. | 33,019 |
9,669,525 | 1. A palm wrench comprising: a C-shaped body having an opening, a dent defined in an inner periphery of the body, two apertures respectively and diametrically defined in the inner periphery of the body, each aperture communicating with a sink hole defined in an outer periphery of the body, a line between a center of the opening and a center of the dent being perpendicular to a line between two respective centers of the two apertures, multiple notches defined in the outer periphery of the body, an outer diameter of the body being less than or equal to 75 mm; a driving head having two pivotal holes defined diametrically therein, an outer diameter of the driving head being smaller than an inner diameter of the inner periphery of the case, each pivotal hole co-axially communicating with a passage which has inner threads defined therein, the driving head having a first function end and a second function end on two ends thereof, the driving head having at least one hole defined in an outer periphery thereof and the at least one hole located corresponding to the dent; two pivots each having a head, a stem extending from the head and a shank extending from the stem, the stem having outer threads defined in an outer periphery thereof, each pivot extending through the aperture with the stem loosely extending through the aperture, the shank extending through the pivotal hole and the passage, the outer threads being threadedly connected to the inner threads, the head being accommodated in the sink hole, the driving head being rotatable about the two pivots relative to the body; two first resilient members respectively located in the two apertures of the body and the pivotal hole of the driving head, the two first resilient members respectively mounted to the two shanks of the two pivots so as to be biased between an inner end of the pivotal hole and the stem, the two first resilient members and the two pivots are located symmetrically to a center of the driving head, and at least one first bead and at least one second resilient member located in the at least one hole, the at least one first bead being biased by the at least one second resilient member so as to be engaged with the dent to position the driving head relative to the body. | 26,936 |
9,352,881 | 1. An essentially tubular flexible packaging intended to contain a semiliquid product or paste, said packaging comprising a skirt being formed by a rolled-up sheet comprising an interior, exterior, and two ends each having a perimeter, a head, and an additional material at least on the interior of the skirt, the rolled-up sheet further comprising a longitudinal weld joining the edges of the sheet in a longitudinal weld zone, said longitudinal weld zone is not compressed, the head being fixed to the perimeter of one of the ends of the skirt wherein a discontinuity is formed at least in the longitudinal weld zone on the interior of the skirt; said packaging being characterized in that the skirt has a content of recycled material or of material obtained from renewable resources of at least 30% and in that said additional material is placed so as to remove the discontinuity. | 17,326 |
8,689,274 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a gateway device comprising a processor, a video packet stream from a remote television server via an internet protocol television network; transmitting, by the gateway device, the video packet stream to a set-top box; receiving, by the gateway device, a request for selected video content; transmitting, by the gateway device, the request for the selected video content to the set-top box; receiving, by the gateway device, encoded video data from the set-top box corresponding to the selected video content, wherein the video packet stream is configured for decoding by the set-top box to produce unrendered video data, wherein the unrendered video data is configured for encoding by the set top box to produce the encoded video data, wherein the set-top box renders the unrendered video data to produce rendered video data and transmits the rendered video data to a second display device communicatively coupled to the set-top box; and transmitting, by the gateway device, the encoded video data to a display device over a wide area network. | 44,019 |
8,686,665 | 1. A lighting-control system comprising: two or more lighting fixtures, each containing one or more light-emitting-diode-based lighting elements; two or more lighting-fixture management units, each of the lighting fixtures including a lighting-fixture management unit, each lighting-fixture management unit including a light-emitting-diode-based-luminaire driver and storing control information and status information and controlling the intensity of light emitted by the light-emitting-diode-based lighting elements, over a range of intensities, within the lighting-fixture that contains the lighting-fixture management unit according to the stored control information; and a router that provides a user interface for creation and modification of operational schedules for automated control of the light-emitting-diode-based lighting elements within the lighting fixtures and that communicates with lighting-fixture management units, using a first communications medium between the router and at least one lighting-fixture management unit and additionally by an inter-lighting-fixture-management-unit communications medium, in order to transmit control information to the lighting-fixture management units and receive status information from the lighting-fixture management units; wherein lighting-fixture management units include bridge lighting-fixture management units and end-point lighting-fixture management units; wherein each end-point lighting-fixture management unit controls intensity of light emission from light-emitting-diode-based lighting elements within the lighting fixture that contains the end-point lighting-fixture management unit, according to an operational schedule and additional control directives stored within the end-point lighting-fixture management unit; wherein each end-point lighting-fixture management unit monitors input from one or more sensors and generates events, based on sensor input; and wherein each end-point lighting-fixture management unit collects and stores status information related to operation of components within the lighting fixture that contains the end-point lighting-fixture management unit. | 18,745 |
8,701,477 | 1. A method, comprising: determining a first pressure at a first location within a turbocharger; determining a second pressure at a seal cavity within a turbocharger casing of the turbocharger and in communication with a turbocharger seal; and indicating degradation of the turbocharger seal based on the first pressure and the second pressure. | 19,011 |
9,284,718 | 1. A power regeneration device for an operating machine equipped with an engine ( 50 ), a hydraulic pump ( 6 ) driven by the engine ( 50 ), a control valve ( 2 ) for switching the flow of hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump ( 6 ) and supplying the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic cylinder ( 3 a ), and an operating device ( 4 ) for controlling the control valve ( 2 ), comprising: a hydraulic line ( a branching part ( a regeneration line ( a control valve line ( operation amount detection means ( an electricity storage device ( electric amount detection means ( flow rate calculation means ( first flow rate control means ( second flow rate control means ( | 27,889 |
9,764,123 | 1. A needle-less connector comprising: a housing including a peripheral wall part and a cylindrical part, the peripheral wall part being provided away from an outer circumferential side of the cylindrical part, an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical part of the housing forming a drug solution flow path, the drug solution flow path having a tip end opening that is formed by a tip end of the cylindrical part; and an elastic valve body that is provided at a tip end opening of the drug solution flow path, the elastic valve body being formed with a first slit that penetrates through the elastic valve body, such that insertion of a male luer into the first slit opens the elastic valve body and connects the male luer to the drug solution flow path, wherein the cylindrical part of the housing includes a protruding support surface whose center section protrudes and slopes in a direction of a foot, the protruding support surface being formed by an outer peripheral surface of the tip end of the cylindrical part, arranged in an inner area that is surrounded by the peripheral wall part of the housing, and formed separately from the elastic valve body, the elastic valve body is superposed onto the protruding support surface in a state of close contact with the protruding support surface, the insertion of the male luer into the slit of the elastic valve body causes expanding deformation of the elastic valve body in an outward direction away from the protruding support surface, a flexion section is formed on a sloped surface of the protruding support surface, the sloped surface having different tilt angles on a foot section side and on a crest section side of the flexion section, and the sloped surface on the crest section side of the flexion section in the protruding support surface constitutes a recessed curved surface. | 8,675 |
9,438,253 | 1. A current mode logic (CML) latch, comprising: a first transistor coupled to a second transistor, the first and second transistors configured to receive a data signal; a third transistor coupled to a fourth transistor, the third and fourth transistors configured to receive a clock signal, a first capacitor connected to the first, second, third, and fourth transistors; and a second capacitor connected to the third and fourth transistors, the first and second capacitors being cross-coupled with the third and fourth transistors such that parasitic capacitance in the CML latch is offset. | 26,722 |
9,533,680 | 1. A control device for a hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine and a motor as drive sources; a first clutch interposed between the engine and the motor; a second clutch interposed between the motor and a driving wheel; and a second clutch slip amount controlling section performing a full engagement operation that shifts the second clutch from a slip state to a full engagement state at a time when a predetermined lock-up condition of the second clutch is satisfied in the slip state of the second clutch, and when the second clutch in the slip state is shifted toward the full engagement state by satisfaction of the lock-up condition of the second clutch in the full engagement operation, the second clutch slip amount controlling section first increasing a transmission torque capacity of the second clutch at a first increase gradient and subsequently increasing the transmission torque capacity of the second clutch at a second increase gradient that is gentler than the first increase gradient. | 19,036 |
8,670,707 | 1. A communication system comprising: a satellite having a high-gain antenna configured with a field of view that sweeps a service area on a planet in a first direction during a sweep period, wherein the field of view covers less than the entirety of the service area in the first direction and the field of view covers the entirety of the service area in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the sweep period is the amount of time it takes the field of view of the antenna to be swept across the service area in the first direction; a plurality of remote terminal units, each including a respective transmitter configured to transmit a transmission message to the satellite during an illumination period in which the transmitter is within the field of view of the high-gain antenna, wherein the illumination period is a fraction of the sweep period and wherein the duration of the transmission message is less than the illumination period; and a ground station configured to receive one or more retransmission messages corresponding to one or more transmission messages transmitted by a respective one or more of the plurality of remote terminal units, wherein a respective one of a plurality of direct sequence spread spectrum codes is allocated to each of the plurality of remote terminal units, and the respective transmitter of each of the plurality of remote terminal units is configured to transmit in accordance with the corresponding allocated direct sequence spread spectrum code, and wherein the respective transmitter of a first one of the plurality of remote terminal units is configured to transmit in accordance with a particular direct sequence spread spectrum code and the respective transmitter of a second one of the plurality of remote terminal units is configured to also transmit in accordance with the same particular direct sequence spread spectrum code. | 25,041 |
9,601,696 | 1. A composition comprising: a polymer compound comprising one or more structural unit(s) selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by Formula (16), a structural unit represented by Formula (18), a structural unit represented by Formula (20), and a structural unit represented by Formula (22); and an ionic compound represented by Formula (23); wherein the structural unit represented by Formula (16) is: wherein: R Ar n7 is an integer of 1 or more; when a plurality of R wherein the structural unit represented by Formula (17) is: wherein: R Q Q Y R each R M Y n2 is an integer of 0 or more; a1 is an integer of 1 or more and is selected so that the charge of the group represented by Formula (17) is zero; n6 is an integer of 0 or more; m4 and m5 are each independently an integer of 1 or more; when a plurality of Q when a plurality of Q when a plurality of Y when a plurality of M when a plurality of Y when a plurality of n2 are present, each n2 may be the same as or different from each other; when a plurality of a1 are present, each a1 may be the same as or different from each other; and when a plurality of n6 are present, each n6 may be the same as or different from each other; wherein Formulas (7) to (15) are: wherein: R′ is a divalent hydrocarbon group that optionally has a substituent; R″ is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group that optionally has a substituent, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, —NR R′″ is a trivalent hydrocarbon group that optionally has a substituent; a3 is an integer of 1 or more; a4 is an integer of 0 or more; R each R when a plurality of R′ are present, each R′ may be the same as or different from each other; when a plurality of R″ are present, each R″ may be the same as or different from each other; and when a plurality of a4 are present, each a4 may be the same as or different from each other; wherein the structural unit represented by Formula (18) is: wherein: R Ar n8 is an integer of 1 or more; when a plurality of R wherein the group represented by Formula (19) is: wherein: R Q Q Y M R when a plurality of R n4 is an integer of 0 or more; a2 is 1; m6 and m7 are each independently an integer of 1 or more; and when a plurality of Q when a plurality of Q when a plurality of Y when a plurality of M when a plurality of Y when a plurality of n4 are present, each n4 may be the same as or different from each other; and when a plurality of n6 are present, each n6 may be the same as or different from each other; wherein the structural unit represented by Formula (20) is: wherein: R R Ar n9 and n10 are each independently an integer of 1 or more; and when a plurality of R when a plurality of R wherein the group represented by Formula (21) is: wherein: R Q m8 is an integer of 1 or more, and when R when a plurality of Q when a plurality of Y when a plurality of n6 are present, each n6 may be the same as or different from each other; wherein the group represented by Formula (2) is: wherein: Q R a1 is an integer of 1 or more and is selected so that the charge of the group represented by Formula (2) is zero; m1 is an integer of 1 or more, and when R when a plurality of Q when a plurality of Y when a plurality of M when a plurality of n2 are present, each n2 may be the same as or different from each other; when a plurality of a1 are present, each a1 may be the same as or different from each other; wherein the structural unit represented by Formula (22) is: wherein: R R Ar n11 and n12 are each independently an integer of 1 or more; when a plurality of R when a plurality of R wherein the group represented by Formula (4) is: wherein: Q R m2 is an integer of 1 or more, and when R when a plurality of Q when a plurality of Y when a plurality of M when a plurality of n4 are present, each n4 may be the same as or different from each other; wherein the group represented by Formula (23) is: wherein: M Z a5 is an integer of 1 or more, b1 is an integer of 1 or more, and a5 and b1 are selected so that the charge of the ionic compound represented by Formula (23) is zero; R when a plurality of R | 17,990 |
9,334,513 | 1. A method for biologically producing heme-iron, comprising: cultivating a heme-iron producing adding IPTG (isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside) to the culture of recovering heme-iron from a culture solution of said | 7,345 |
9,225,323 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first crossing detection circuit configured and arranged to detect a signal crossing of an electrical signal when a first time cycle is active, the signal crossing pertaining to a fixed value that the signal crosses; a second crossing detection circuit configured and arranged to detect the signal crossing of the electrical signal when a second time cycle is active, the first time cycle being different than the second time cycle; a reset circuit configured and arranged to reset the first crossing detection circuit while the second time cycle is active, and to reset the second crossing detection circuit while the first time cycle is active; and the first and second crossing detection circuits being configured and arranged to provide a signal crossing detection output in response to the signal crossing pertaining to the fixed value during any of the first and second time cycles. | 16,258 |
9,021,845 | 1. A method for forming a piece of a sheet metal, comprising the steps of: positioning a consumable body, comprising a metal, proximate to the piece of the sheet metal; accelerating the piece of the sheet metal by rapidly vaporizing the consumable body and directing the gas pressure generated by the rapidly-vaporized metal into the piece of the sheet metal; and colliding the accelerated piece of the sheet metal into a stationary body, resulting in the formed piece of sheet metal. | 2,693 |
8,676,276 | 1. A method for a power control of a mobile device having a solar cell, the method comprising: ascertaining whether a battery is available for the mobile device; when the battery is unavailable or absent, determining whether a power control unit of the mobile device is connected with an external power source; when the power control unit is not connected with the an external power source, establishing a power supply path between a solar cell and the power control unit; and supplying electric power of the mobile device from the solar cell through the power supply path. | 48,484 |
9,142,965 | 1. A system comprising: a housing; a plurality of terminals secured to the housing and configured to receive a direct current input from photovoltaic devices; a parallel direct current bus disposed inside the housing; and a plurality of receptacles disposed inside the housing, wherein each respective receptacle of the plurality of receptacles is configured to receive a removable modular unit having a circuitry and at least four connectors and to use the circuitry of the removable modular unit to connect a respective terminal of the plurality of terminals to the parallel direct current bus. | 19,738 |
8,977,341 | 1. A measuring device, comprising: a hood shaped resonating body comprising a hollow space configured to capture heart sounds of a patient and filtering interfering acoustic signals from the heart sounds of the patient; and an optical microphone configured to detect the filtered heart sounds of the patient conducted from the hood shaped resonating body, wherein the hood shaped resonating body has a shape configured as a frequency filter and a frequency-dependent acoustic wave conductor up to a maximum frequency of approximately 80 Hz. | 44,467 |
9,487,932 | 1. A hybrid construction machine comprising: an engine; a motor generator which exchanges torque with the engine; a hydraulic pump which is driven by at least one of the engine and the motor generator; a hydraulic actuator which is driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump; an electrical storage device which supplies electric power to the motor generator; and control means which sets target power of the engine based on the remaining electric amount of the electrical storage device and sets target power of the motor generator based on the target power of the engine and demanded power of the pump, wherein the target power of the engine is set to monotonically increase with the decrease in the remaining electric amount of the electrical storage device. | 720 |
9,315,832 | 1. A genetically enhanced ethanologenic Cyanobacterium sp. ABICyanol host cell comprising Cyanobacterium sp. ABICyanol deposited in the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) under ATCC accession number PTA-13311 comprising a genetically enhanced plasmid derived from a plasmid that is endogenous to Cyanobacterium sp. ABICyanol, and wherein said plasmid comprises a heterologous alcohol dehydrogenase gene and a heterologous pyruvate decarboxylase gene, and wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase gene is operably linked to a constitutive promoter, and wherein said pyruvate decarboxylase gene is operably linked to an inducible promoter, and wherein said can tolerate temperatures ranging up to about 55 degrees Celsius, and can tolerate dissolved oxygen concentrations ranging up to about 1000 μmol/L, and can tolerate ethanol. concentrations ranging up to about one percent for 16 weeks, and wherein production of ethanol by said ethanologenic | 15,032 |
8,575,406 | 1. A process for formation of ethanol from acetic acid comprising: contacting a feed stream containing acetic acid and hydrogen at an elevated temperature with a hydrogenating catalyst comprising platinum, tin, at least one base metal, and at least one promoter metal on a support, wherein the base metal is selected from the group consisting of calcium, tungsten and mixtures thereof, and the promoter metal is selected from the group consisting of barium, potassium, cesium and mixtures thereof. | 10,632 |
8,530,905 | 1. An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising: a first electrode; a pixel defining layer formed to have a thickness away from the first electrode and covering edge portions of the first electrode; a light-emitting layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the light-emitting layer; a stepheight lowering layer over a portion where the first electrode contacts the pixel defining layer, and between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer or between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode, the stepheight lowering layer being configured to eliminate a formation of a sharp edge of the second electrode over the portion where the first electrode contacts the pixel defining layer; and a hole transporting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the stepheight lowering layer is a distinct layer from the hole transporting layer. | 551 |
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