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9,518,504 | 1. An air intake structure of a supercharged engine for a vehicle comprising: a supercharger supercharging air; an air intake chamber arranged above the engine and below a fuel tank receiving the air supercharged from the supercharger and delivering the supercharged air to the engine; a throttle body connected to an air intake downstream side of the air intake chamber; an air intake port of a cylinder head of the engine connected to an air intake downstream side of the throttle body; a liquid cooling type intercooler provided in the air intake chamber; and a cooling pump pumping cooling liquid into the intercooler arranged below the air intake chamber; | 7,059 |
9,698,113 | 1. A chip packaging structure, comprising: a substrate having at least a device; a metal interconnect structure electrically connecting with the device formed on the substrate; at least a first electrical connect structure and a second electrical connect structure electrically connecting with the metal interconnect structure formed over the metal interconnect structure; and an insulation layer insulating the first electrical connect structure and the second electrical connect structure and also exposing portion or all of the first electrical connect structure and the second electrical connect structure, wherein the insulation has a material structure being treated by a plasma treatment process using a plasma gas, selected based on materials of the first electrical connect structure and the second electrical connect structure and a type of process forming the first electrical connect structure and the second electrical connect structure, including one of at least oxygen and nitrogen to remove metal cations on its surface formed over the metal interconnect to electrical insulate the first electrical connect structure and the second electrical connect structure. | 14,285 |
9,092,445 | 1. A system of ensuring usage-based compliance based on a predicted model topology, the system comprising: a processor that operates according to a set of instructions, the processor comprising: an information topology that extracts information from at least one information object in a predicted model topology; a daemon that operates to monitor any of a plurality of interactions with at least one information object; an analyzer that performs an analysis of the monitored interactions; and a compliance policy that receives input from the information topology, the compliance policy being adjusted based on the analyzer and any new rules in the predicted model topology and compares an actual state of the extracted information to a desired state of the information governed by the compliance policy. | 42,975 |
8,893,918 | 1. A floor apparatus having a wood polymer composite for use in a stackable, rectangular box cargo container comprising: traverse supports disposed between two longitudinal frames at a predetermined interval, wherein end portions of the longitudinal frames are connected to columns which are vertically mounted at four corners of the cargo container; longitudinal supports having a single central rail disposed on upper portions of the traverse supports, in which the central rail has a horizontal bottom surface extending in a longitudinal direction and vertical side surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the bottom surface and side surfaces form a downwardly opening box configuration in the center and horizontal base portions extend outwardly from a lower edge of the side surfaces, and two side rails at both sides of the central rail disposed parallel to and between the central rail and the longitudinal frames, in which the side rails have a horizontal bottom surface extending in the longitudinal direction and vertical side surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the bottom surface and side surfaces form a downwardly opening box configuration in the center and a vertical reinforcement piece is further provided that extends downwardly from the bottom surface; floor members made from the wood polymer composite, wherein the wood polymer composite comprises a cured mixture of about 30-50% of synthetic resin, about 50-70% of wood flour and chaff or pulp and about 2-10% of a binder, and wherein the floor members are disposed in spaces between the traverse supports and the longitudinal supports; the floor members have side surface portions; gaskets surrounding each side surface portion of the floor members; and fasteners that couple the floor members to the traverse supports. | 13,428 |
9,540,123 | 1. A packaging machine for filling bags comprising: a supporting structure; at least one filling box fastened to said supporting structure, said at least one filling box comprises at least one conveyor element and a silo, said silo configured to store an intended fill product and includes at least one of a controllable dosing element and a closing head; a weighing device and a filling spout assigned to said at least one filling box, wherein said filling spout is fastened to the supporting structure and is elastically connected with said at least one filling box; at least one control device associated with said at least one filling box; the filling box is retained non-communicating with the supporting structure and the assigned filling spout and the intended fill product is weighed separately by the assigned weighing device to discharge from the filling box a predefined quantity of the intended fill product by way of differential weighing and to fill the intended fill product through the filling spout into the bag; and the control device is configured for controlling the strength of the volume flow into the bag over the time of the filling process so that the intended fill product is maintained at a high fill height during the filling process while overflow is simultaneously prevented. | 45,755 |
8,387,371 | 1. An apparatus for controlling the heating of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in a DEF delivery system having a DEF storage container, comprising: a temperature comparison module configured to compare a difference between a sensed ambient air temperature and a sensed temperature of DEF contained in the DEF storage container with a predetermined temperature difference threshold; a DEF heating status module configured to generate a DEF heating command according to the sensed ambient air temperature if the difference between the sensed ambient air temperature and sensed temperature of DEF is less than the predetermined temperature threshold, and to control the heating of the DEF according to the sensed temperature of DEF if the difference between the sensed ambient air temperature and sensed temperature of DEF is more than the predetermined temperature threshold; and a DEF heating control module configured to control the heating of the DEF according to the DEF heating command. | 37,803 |
9,121,192 | 1. An outer cover for a shade shelter having a support frame composed of a plurality of spaced apart frame support members, the outer cover comprising: a first outer cover section; a second outer cover section; and a solar panel assembly interconnected between the first and second outer cover sections, wherein the solar panel assembly includes: | 26,050 |
8,739,335 | 1. A tactical stretcher and convertible first aid table comprising: a stretcher body from which two sets of foldable legs are attached and rotate from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation in order to convert from said tactical stretcher to said first aid table; wherein the stretcher body includes handles on distal ends to enable manual lift of the stretcher body with or without a patient lying thereon; wherein a plurality of small feet extend down from the bottom surface of the stretcher body, and provide an alternative means to support the stretcher body above the ground surface when the foldable legs are not in use; wherein the stretcher body is further defined with a top surface and a bottom surface; wherein the stretcher body is further defined with a left side and a right side; wherein at least one strap is provided, and extends across the top surface in order to secure said patient thereon; wherein the two sets of foldable legs attach to the bottom surface via pivot points; wherein the two sets of foldable legs are further defined as a first set of foldable legs and a second set of foldable legs; wherein the two sets of foldable legs each include a diagonal support on either side of the stretcher body; wherein the diagonal supports of the left side slide along a left guide; wherein the diagonal supports of the right side slide along a right guide; wherein the left guide and the right guide each include a slot through which a sliding member traverses. | 13,006 |
8,370,068 | 1. Implantable network bio sensor comprising: a sensor unit having a positioning chip and a bio sensor platform, wherein the sensor unit senses a biological material using the positioning chip to position the biological material via micro-fluidic multi-channels, such that the sensor unit monitors biological material electrophysiology implantably using the biosensor platform to generate a sensor signal according to multi-functional bio sensing of the biological material; a controller having a network, a systems biology platform, a data storage, and a wireless communication, wherein the controller accesses wirelessly a data storage coupled to the network via the wireless communication to process the systems biology platform stored in the data storage remotely by simulating a systems biology model of the sensed biological material using the sensor signal to generate a simulation data; and a therapeutic unit having a therapeutic manufacture, therapeutic reservoir, and a sensor manufacture, wherein the therapeutic unit dispenses in-vivo therapeutic pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical or precursors thereof using a biocatalytic chip that activates the therapeutic manufacture or therapeutic reservoir to dispense the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical or precursors thereof automatically according to a therapy instruction conveyed by the systems biology platform when processing a combination of the sensor signal and the simulation data to generate the therapy instruction, whereby the systems biology platform recalculates the therapy instruction to reconfigure the therapeutic unit adaptively in response to supplemental sensing by the sensor manufacture according to newly sensed interaction to the dispensed therapeutic pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical or precursor thereof. | 38,864 |
9,178,964 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by at least one of a first server and a second server, a first request that originates at a computer other than a handheld device wherein the first request specifies a content item to be distributed to the handheld device; determining, by at least one of the first server and the second server whether the first request is valid; when the first request is valid, transmitting, from the first server to the second server, a second request specifying the content item to be distributed to the handheld device and information identifying the handheld device; accessing configuration information pertaining to the handheld device based on the information identifying the handheld device; determining whether the second request is valid based on the information identifying the handheld device and at least a portion of the configuration information pertaining to the handheld device; and when the second request is valid, transmitting, from the at least one of the first server and the second server, the content item to the handheld device when the handheld device is able to receive the content item. | 28,837 |
8,834,959 | 1. A method of preparation of doped single graphene sheets, the method comprising: A. providing graphite; B. oxidizing the graphite to non-electrically conductive graphite oxide; C. exfoliating the graphite oxide in a solvent; D. depositing nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of E. reducing the product of D. to electrically conductive single graphene sheets. | 43,797 |
9,466,929 | 1. A plug connector for mating with a mating connector, comprising: a housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) received in the housing, the PCB comprising a plurality of conductive paths, an upper surface, an opposite lower surface, a pair of side surfaces connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, and a plurality of conductive pads disposed on the upper surface and the lower surface, the conductive pads connected with corresponding conductive paths; a plurality of terminals electrically connected with corresponding conductive pads of the PCB, the terminals comprising a plurality of first terminals disposed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the PCB and a plurality of second terminals disposed on the side surfaces of the PCB; and an insulative cover portion molded to the PCB, the insulative cover portion covering the PCB and exposing each of the terminals out partly for mating with the mating connector. | 16,709 |
8,749,566 | 1. A digital video display system, comprising: a frame buffer comprising a digital representation of a display screen; a full-motion video buffer comprising a representation of a full-motion video; memory having a bit matrix corresponding to the frame buffer, the bit matrix including elements corresponding to portions of the frame buffer, each element having a first value indicating that a corresponding frame buffer portion is an overlay window or a second value indicating that the corresponding frame buffer portion is a full-motion video window, the bit matrix being updated as updates to the frame buffer are received, the memory further having a second bit matrix configured to store a copy of the bit matrix and to receive updates to the frame buffer when the bit matrix is being scanned by the display data reading system; and a display data reading system for a video output system, the display data reading system configured to scan the bit matrix in the memory and selectively read from the frame buffer and the full-motion video buffer based on the scanned values of the bit matrix. | 30,943 |
9,402,879 | 1. A method of repressing PD1 expression in a human T-cell cell of a subject having a disease or disorder characterized by aberrant expression or regulation of a PD1 gene, the method comprising repressing expression of the PD1 gene in an isolated T-cell by administering a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein comprising a zinc finger protein and a functional domain to the cell, wherein the zinc finger protein comprises four, five or six zinc finger recognition regions ordered from F1 to F4, F1 to F5 or F1 to F6, from N-terminus to C-terminus, and wherein the recognition regions comprise the following amino acid sequences: and administering the cell to the subject. | 37,112 |
9,785,415 | 1. A method for controlling a custom modular measurement system, comprising: receiving, by an editor, user input specifying one or more system definitions, wherein each system definition maps message based commands, parameters, variables and/or metadata accordant with a control protocol for standalone instruments to functions and data in a programming language; generating, by the editor, the one or more system definitions based on the user input, wherein each system definition is used by a client application to interface with a custom modular measurement system that includes multiple logical instruments via the message based commands, parameters, variables, and/or metadata, each logical instrument providing custom measurement or analysis functionality for at least one physical measurement device; deploying at least one of the system definitions onto the custom modular measurement system; accepting, by a run-time engine of the custom modular measurement system, a message based command from the client application; calling, by the run-time engine, a function that corresponds to the message based command, based on the at least one of the one or more system definitions; and performing, by the run-time engine, said accepting and said calling a plurality of times, wherein at least one called function invokes operation of at least one of the logical instruments, wherein each of the multiple logical instruments is configured to lock the measurement device during an exclusive phase of operation of the measurement device, the exclusive phase including an acquire portion of a measure phase, wherein during the measure phase, data are acquired via the measurement device. | 506 |
9,124,230 | 1. A method comprising: multiplying a first current and a current proportional to absolute temperature to generate a second current; applying an exponential transfer function to the second current to generate an output current; and imposing at least one of an upper limit and a lower limit on the output current, imposing the lower limit including directly coupling a first reference-current source to an output terminal and generating a first reference current with the first reference-current source to set the lower limit, and imposing the upper limit including coupling a second reference-current source to a first input of an operational amplifier, connecting an output and a second input of the operational amplifier via a feedback loop, applying the output current to the second input of the operational amplifier, coupling first and second current mirrors between the second input of the operational amplifier and the output terminal, and generating a second reference current with the second reference-current source to set the upper limit. | 35,198 |
9,125,793 | 1. A system for the determination of compression depth during the administration of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient, the device comprising: a compression monitor adapted to move in accordance with the chest of the patient, the compression monitor operable to provide an acceleration signal; a load sensor secured to a surface adapted to support the patient, the load sensor operable to provide a reference signal; and a processor configured to combine the acceleration signal and the reference signal from the load sensor to determine the compression depth; wherein the determined compression depth takes into account motion of the surface. | 30,924 |
8,643,662 | 1. A system for displaying graphic content via one or more display devices, the system comprising: at least one server that is communicatively linked to at least one display device of the one or more display devices, wherein the at least one server receives one or more images for performing analysis, wherein the at least one server provides initial display parameters to the at least one display device; at least one sensor device arranged to obtain real-time information concerning environmental factors; and one or more picture quality generators that are each respectively coupled with one of the one or more display devices; an environmental monitor associated with each of the one or more display devices that measures environmental factors and provides the measured environmental factors and the one or more images to at least one of the at least one server and the picture quality generator, wherein the environmental monitor includes a camera and the one or more images are captured by the environmental monitor, wherein the camera provides an image of an area from which the at least one of the one or more display devices is viewed; wherein each picture quality generator is configured to: receive the initial display parameters for the respectively coupled display device; and generate final display parameters for said respectively coupled display device based upon the initial display parameters and inputs received in real time from the at least one sensor device for adjusting the initial display parameters, wherein said inputs comprise dynamic factors affecting said respectively coupled display device, and wherein said respectively coupled display device displays graphic content according to the final display parameters generated. | 22,307 |
8,671,669 | 1. An exhaust gas cooler for a motor vehicle, the cooler comprising: a flow path configured such that exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine flows there through; the flow path having an inlet region and an outlet region for the exhaust gas; and a housing enclosing the flow path, the housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet for a liquid coolant of a coolant circuit to cool the exhaust gas, wherein a first outlet and a second outlet are provided for the coolant, wherein a first partial stream of the coolant flowing in through the inlet flows out through the first outlet, and wherein a second partial stream of the coolant flowing in through the inlet flows out through the second outlet, wherein the first outlet and the second outlet directly open to an exterior of the housing, wherein the first outlet and the second outlet are each dimensioned such that a throughput of the first partial stream is greater than a throughput of the second partial stream at least during normal operation of the exhaust gas cooler, and wherein the first outlet directly opens to the exterior of the housing at the inlet region of the first flow path and the second outlet directly opens to the exterior of the housing at the outlet region of the flow path. | 30,297 |
8,829,860 | 1. A power storage apparatus connected between a generator and an electrical load, said power storage apparatus comprising: a capacitor module including a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switching devices which are connected in series with the capacitors, respectively, the capacitors and the switching devices together constituting a plurality of series circuits which are connected parallel to each other; and a power storage control circuit which controllably drives the individual switching devices according to a voltage of said capacitor module and controls said capacitor module to store electric power; wherein: a particular one of the switching devices is designated as a startup switching device and, if the voltage of said capacitor module is lower than a specific voltage at startup of said generator, said power storage control circuit controls the startup switching device to become ON and the other switching devices to become OFF, whereby said electrical load first charges the capacitor which is connected in series with the startup switching device with priority given to the capacitor which is connected in series with the startup switching device, among the plurality of capacitors, to produce a startup power source for said generator, and when said generator is driven to operate and the voltage of said capacitor module becomes equal to or higher than a specific voltage, said power storage control circuit controls the plurality of switching devices to become ON, thereby causing the capacitors of said capacitor module to perform charging and discharging operations. | 31,770 |
8,584,256 | 1. A system for delivering media content in a computer system comprising: (a) a repository configured to store media content and marketing assets for the media content, wherein the media content comprises file based film and television media assets, and wherein the marketing assets comprise marketing and promotional file-based assets for the media content; (b) a server computer communicatively coupled to the repository and enabled to provide access to the media content and marketing assets via a website accessible on the Internet worldwide to one or more client computers, wherein the website is configured to: | 27,769 |
9,628,692 | 1. A method for detecting an opening and closing of an object comprising: causing a cantilevered piezoelectric transducer of a wireless sensor to bendingly move in an oscillating manner in response to an opening of the object resulting from a pulling force applied thereto that is equal to or greater than a magnetic attraction force between a magnetically coated free-end of the cantilevered piezoelectric transducer and a magnet; harvesting energy generated as a result of the cantilevered piezoelectric transducer's oscillation to power a transceiver of the wireless sensor; and transmitting, from the transceiver to a remote device, information indicating that the opening of the object has been detected by the wireless sensor coupled to the object. | 18,720 |
9,380,412 | 1. A method, comprising: monitoring, by a location system, communication exchanged between a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication network, wherein the wireless communication network comprises a server which provides a location-based service to the terminal through application-level data that is embedded in application-level communication exchanged between the terminal and the server; wherein the monitoring comprises intercepting, by the location system, one or more interfaces or links between network elements; decoding, by the location system, IP traffic of the monitored communication to reproduce the application-level communication; searching for data patterns in the decoded IP traffic, by the location system, that are characteristic of known Application Program Interfaces (APIs) used by known location-based services; checking, by the location system, whether a data pattern characteristic of at least one of the known APIs is found in the decoded IP traffic by the searching; upon the checking finding a matching data pattern, extracting location data from the decoded IP traffic, by the location system, using the matching data pattern, wherein the location data is indicative of a geographical location of the terminal; tracking, by the location system, a location of the wireless communication terminal based on the extracted location data; and upon the terminal updating the server with second location data having a higher accuracy than the location data; | 17,257 |
8,683,513 | 1. A method comprising: detecting, at a set top box device, a substitution signal; in response to detecting the substitution signal, inserting an advertisement into a media stream; and determining, at the set top box device, an advertising fee associated with insertion of the advertisement into the media stream, wherein the advertising fee is a first fee when the advertisement is a local advertisement for a provider of a product or service and the advertisement is to be inserted at a first location in the media stream that follows a national advertisement for the product or service, and wherein the first fee is higher than a second fee that is associated with insertion of the local advertisement at a second location in the media stream. | 3,548 |
9,642,052 | 1. A wireless communication device comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to calculate a first radio wave strength value, based on a first radio wave between the wireless communication device and a first base station device wirelessly coupled to the wireless communication device, calculate a second radio wave strength value, based on a second radio wave between the wireless communication device and a second base station device, execute an adjusting process that adjusts at least one of the first radio wave strength value and the second radio wave strength value, when a first wireless communication method used by the first base station device is different from a second wireless communication method used by the second base station device, and transmit, to the first base station device, a measurement report that is generated based on the first radio wave strength value and the second radio wave strength value, at least one of the first radio wave strength value and the second radio wave strength value that is used for generating the measurement report being an adjusted value that is adjusted in the adjusting process. | 43,947 |
8,819,444 | 1. A method for decentralized single sign-on to a plurality of websites via instructions executed by a user computer browser, the method comprising the steps of: Establishing a browsing session with a website; Determining if the user has previously registered with a login server; Causing the browser to establish a secure communication channel with the login server; Receiving a username and password from the user; Encrypting the password and providing it to the login server upon registration to be stored for future validation; Receiving a password-encrypted one-time random number from the login server; Obtaining user credentials and other user information entered into the browser; Locally encrypting the user credentials and other user information on the browser with the password-encrypted one-time random number; and Sending the encrypted user credential(s) and other information to the login server to be stored by one or more storage locations; Determining whether the user is currently logged in to the login server; Causing the browser to establish a secure communication channel with the login server; Acquiring the password from the user; Locally encrypting the password on the browser upon login; Requesting validation of the user's encrypted password from the login server; If validated, receiving stored encrypted user credentials and/or other user information from the one or more storage locations; Decrypting the stored credentials and/or other user information with the password to reveal the one-time random number; Using the one-time random number to decrypt the user credentials and/or other user information; Determining whether user information exists for the current website; and If user information for the current website exists, further decrypting any user credentials related to the website and providing the credentials to the website to automatically log the user into the website; Determining whether user information exists for the current website; and If user information exists, further decrypting any user credentials related to the website and providing the credentials to the website to automatically log the user into the website; Wherein all encryption and decryption of the user's password and credentials are performed locally by the browser on the user computer. | 37,692 |
8,953,548 | 1. A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message configures the WTRU to support at least one additional component carrier and the RRC reconfiguration message does not activate the at least one additional component carrier; receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), wherein the MAC CE indicates that the at least one additional component carrier is to be activated, and the MAC CE comprises a bit combination field that is indicative of which component carriers are to be activated; and activating the at least one additional component carrier based on receiving the MAC CE. | 12,724 |
8,360,717 | 1. A blade of a turbomachine, comprising a fastening section for fastening the section in a locating section of a rotor-side or stator-side component of the turbomachine, wherein the fastening section has a core region which is made of a relatively brittle and relatively light material and is embedded in an encasing region made of a material having relatively high ductility, wherein the encasing region is made of a MCrAlY material, and wherein the core region is made of an intermetallic material. | 5,072 |
8,533,459 | 1. A conditional access (CA) control system in communication with a remote source, the CA control system including circuitry adapted to: transmit information including a unique identifier assigned to a digital device and mating key generator to the remote source; receive a mating key from the remote source, the mating key being based on the transmitted unique identifier and mating key generator, the mating key being used to encrypt data, wherein the data is used for scrambling either additional key information or program data prior to transmission to the digital device; and transmit the mating key generator and the encrypted data to the digital device, the mating key generator and a one-time programmable key value included in the digital device are used to regenerate the mating key in the digital device, wherein the CA control system, the remote source and the digital device are separate. | 48,681 |
8,734,873 | 1. A food bar having an increased shelf life and protein content, comprising: (a) a protein-containing ingredient, wherein the protein content makes up greater than 25% of the weight of the food bar; (b) a carbohydrate-containing ingredient providing at least two carbohydrates; and (c) a soluble indigestible carbohydrate fiber present in sufficient amount so that an initial firmness of the food bar measured by compression force on a day of formation of the food bar is no more than 63% of initial firmness a control food bar lacking an amount of the soluble indigestible carbohydrate fiber; and so that a subsequent firmness of the food bar measured by compression force 6 months after formation of the food bar is no more than 44% of the subsequent firmness of the control food bar. | 40,967 |
9,695,932 | 1. A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a first input shaft adapted to selectively receive torque of an engine; a second input shaft disposed without rotational interference with the first input shaft, adapted to selectively receive the torque of the engine, and having at least one input gear fixedly disposed thereon; a third input shaft disposed in a row with the second input shaft and without rotational interference with the first input shaft, and having at least one input gear fixedly disposed thereon; a planetary gear set including a first rotation element, a second rotation element directly connected to the third input shaft, and a third rotation element directly connected to the first input shaft; a motor/generator directly connected to the first rotation element and operated as a motor or a generator; a first speed output device adapted to convert torque input from the second input shaft or the third input shaft and output the converted torque; and a second speed output device adapted to convert torque input from the second input shaft or the third input shaft and output the converted torque, wherein the at least one input gear fixedly disposed on the second input shaft includes a first input gear for achieving a fourth forward speed and a second input gear for achieving a second forward speed, and wherein the at least one input gear fixedly disposed on the third input shaft includes a third input gear for achieving a first forward speed or a reverse speed and a fourth input gear for achieving a third forward speed. | 19,132 |
8,709,653 | 1. A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising: a silicon-based composite core of a uniform phase comprising: a silicon oxide of the form SiO a carbonaceous material coating layer on the surface of the silicon-based composite core. | 11,090 |
8,622,863 | 1. An apparatus for driving a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an electric rotating machine and wheels, comprising: an input shaft connected to the engine; an output shaft connected to the wheels; a first planetary gear mechanism of a double pinion type having a sun gear connected to the input shaft; a second planetary gear mechanism of a single pinion type having a carrier connected to the input shaft; a speed-reduction mechanism adapted to reduce rotational speed of the input shaft and transmit rotation to a carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism; a clutch adapted to connect/disconnect the carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism and a sun gear of the second planetary gear mechanism; and a clutch adapted to connect/disconnect a ring gear of the first planetary gear mechanism and a ring gear of the second planetary gear mechanism; wherein the ring gear of the second planetary gear mechanism is connected to the output shaft and the electric rotating machine is connected to the carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism. | 16,043 |
9,184,652 | 1. A method for reducing harmonic distortion, comprising: determining an inverter output current waveform characterized by notching proximate respective zero crossings, wherein each notch corresponds to distortion associated with operation of an inverter; determining a plurality of harmonic components of the inverter output current waveform, at least some harmonic components of the plurality of harmonic components resulting from the distortion; determining, based on the plurality of harmonic components, a plurality of harmonic compensation components; and generating, by an inverter coupled to a distributed generator having at least one energy generator module, a compensating current comprising the plurality of harmonic compensation components. | 38,939 |
8,585,049 | 1. A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising: a reference surface extending along a sheet conveyance direction and configured to regulate the position of a side edge of a sheet to be conveyed; a skew conveyance mechanism configured to convey the sheet obliquely so that the side edge of the sheet collides against the reference surface; a guide unit provided between the reference surface and the skew conveyance mechanism and configured to guide the side edge of the sheet conveyed by the skew conveyance mechanism to the reference surface, the guide unit including a first guide having a sheet conveyance surface facing one surface of the sheet to be conveyed and a second guide having a sheet conveyance surface facing the other surface of the sheet to be conveyed; a recessed portion provided on one of the sheet conveyance surface of the first guide and the sheet conveyance surface of the second guide; and a protruding portion configured to protrude from the other of the sheet conveyance surface of the first guide and the sheet conveyance surface of the second guide, the protruding portion being opposed to the recessed portion and protruding into the recessed portion, wherein the protruding portion is urged in a protruded state. | 27,196 |
9,445,093 | 1. A method for encoding transform coefficients in a video encoding process, the method comprising: determining a scan order for each of a first zone of a block of transform coefficients, a second zone of the block of transform coefficients, and a third zone of the block of transform coefficients; in case the determined scan order for the first zone is a horizontal scan order: in case the determined scan order for the first zone is a vertical scan order: performing a scan on each of the transform coefficients in each of the first zone, the second zone, and the third zone according to their respective determined scan order to produce a one-dimensional array of transform coefficients. | 42,132 |
8,871,668 | 1. An immobilized Lewis acid catalyst, comprising: a Lewis acid supported on the surface of a solid substance by chemical bonding, and an ionic liquid comprising a cation and an anion, the ionic liquid coating the surface of the solid substance and the peripheries of the Lewis acid without being covalently-immobilized on the surface of the solid substance and the peripheries of the Lewis acid, wherein the Lewin acid is a rare earth metal of bismuth salt, and wherein the Lewin acid is chemically bound to a sulfonic acid group or sulfonamide group that is directly bound to the surface of the solid substance or is bound to the surface of the solid substance through a low molecular weight organic compound. | 38,351 |
9,452,993 | 1. An integrated process for the production of fuel intermediates, agri-nutrients and potable water from Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed comprising the steps of: i. of mechanically shearing ii. mixing the first solid residual with seawater and incubating at 105° C.-120° C. at a pressure of 25 to 35 kPa for 50 to 70 minutes, then centrifuging to obtain an a second solid insoluble residue and a second aqueous phase, mixing the second aqueous phase with isopropyl alcohol and centrifuging to obtain κ-carrageenan as a solid; iii. suspending the κ-carrageenan solid at 5-10% (w/v) in an aqueous solution containing an acid catalyst and incubating at 100-110° C. for 1-3 hours at 25-30 kPa to obtain a third aqueous phase comprising 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF), galactose and potassium bisulphate; iv. mixing the third aqueous phase with an organic solvent to obtain an organic phase containing HMF and a fourth aqueous phase, separating said organic phase from the fourth aqueous phase and extracting HMF from the organic phase to obtain recycled organic solvent; v. optionally suspending additional κ-carrageenan solid into the fourth aqueous phase and repeating the process of step (iii), and repeating step (iv) with the recycled organic solvent; vi. adding magnesium hydroxide to the fourth aqueous phase in an amount sufficient to achieve pH-neutral fourth aqueous phase; vii. adding the first aqueous phase to the pH-neutral fourth aqueous phase to produce a fifth aqueous phase, and subjecting the fifth aqueous phase to evaporative concentration to obtain crystals of potassium sulphate and a sixth aqueous phase containing galactose; viii. subjecting the sixth aqueous phase to further processing selected from (a) concentrating through evaporation to obtain crystals of galactose and a seventh aqueous phase (b) fermenting to obtain ethanol and a seventh aqueous phase or (c) adding dilute aqueous acid and incubating at 100-110° C. for 1-3hours at 25-30 kPa to obtain a levulinic acid and formic acid and a seventh aqueous phase; ix. neutralizing the seventh aqueous phase and recovering magnesium hydroxide. | 22,391 |
8,436,257 | 1. An electromagnetic shielding article, comprising: a plastic substrate; a silicon dioxide layer deposited on the plastic substrate; an electromagnetic shielding layer deposited on the silicon dioxide layer; and a protection layer deposited on the electromagnetic shielding layer. | 31,184 |
9,377,796 | 1. A switched mode power supply comprising: a first switch; a first inductor connected with the first switch, wherein the first switch is arranged to: a first capacitor connected in parallel with the first inductor between the first terminal and a second terminal of the first inductor; a second switch; a second inductor connected with the second switch, wherein the second switch is arranged to: a second capacitor connected in parallel with the second inductor between the first and second terminals of the second inductor. | 20,417 |
9,605,332 | 1. A method of priming a non-electrically conductive ceramic filter element for removal of solid inclusions from liquid metal, wherein said filter element is contained in a filter bowl, and is surrounded by an induction coil whose axis is substantially aligned with the direction of a desired net metal flow, said method comprising: a) applying an alternating excitation current to the induction coil; b) adding sufficient liquid metal to cover an upstream side of the filter element; c) allowing the currents induced in the liquid metal by the induction coil and magnetic field of the induction coil to create Lorentz forces which press upon and stir the liquid metal such that the liquid metal is pressed into the ceramic, hence priming the filter element; and d) discontinuing the excitation current once a predetermined degree of priming has been obtained. | 38,839 |
9,416,183 | 1. A method of treating an inflammatory disease in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a humanized monoclonal antibody derived from the antibody produced by the hybridoma deposited with the American Type Culture Collection having the ATCC Patent Deposit Designation PTA-7988, wherein the inflammatory disease is psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, asthma, arthritis, atopic dermatitis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosis or graft-versus-host-disease. | 47,649 |
9,362,536 | 1. A battery comprising: a plurality of battery cells; a first sideplate disposed on a first side of the plurality of battery cells and including first and second ramped projections extending away from the plurality of battery cells; a second sideplate disposed on a second opposite side of the plurality of battery cells and including third and fourth ramped projections extending away from the plurality of battery cells; a first endplate disposed at a first end of the battery module and including first and second flanges extending partially over the first and second sideplates, respectively, and defining first and second slots that engage the first and third ramped projections, respectively, to join the first endplate to the first and second sideplates; and a second endplate disposed at a second opposite end of the battery module and including third and fourth flanges extending partially over the first and second sideplates, respectively, and defining third and fourth slots that engage the second and fourth ramped projections, respectively, to join the second endplate to the first and second sideplates so as to band the plurality of cells together between the first and second sideplates and the first and second endplates, wherein: the first and second sideplates are formed entirely of plastic and the first and second endplates are formed of metal, each of the first and second sideplates includes a plurality of stiffening ribs the battery module further comprises: the first end of the first insert includes a first angled tab held between the first ramped projection and the first slot, the second end of the first insert includes a second angled tab held between the second ramped projection and the third slot, the third end of the second insert includes a third angled tab held between the third ramped projection and the second slot, and the fourth end of the second insert includes a fourth angled tab held between the fourth ramped projection and the fourth slot. | 4,609 |
8,990,580 | 1. A computer-implemented method for providing secure access to a computer, the method comprising: capturing a first image of a user with a camera at the computer in response to the user logging into a user account on the computer; extracting facial features from the first image; periodically detecting, after the capturing of the first image and while the user is still logged into the user account, whether a human face is in front of the computer, by capturing one or more lower-resolution images with the camera; capturing, after detecting that the human face is not in front of the computer, a second image with the camera at the computer, wherein the one or more lower-resolution images have a resolution lower than the first and second images; extracting facial features from the second image; comparing the facial features extracted from the second image with the facial features extracted from the first image; if the facial features extracted from the second image match the facial features extracted from the first image, then staying logged into the user account; and if the facial features extracted from the second image do not match the facial features extracted from the first image, then automatically logging out of the user account, wherein the user is logged into at least one personal account from the computer, wherein the at least one personal account is separate from the user account, and the method further comprises, if the facial features extracted from the second image do not match the facial features extracted from the first image, then automatically logging out of the at least one personal account. | 22,932 |
9,658,080 | 1. An in-vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) comprising: a signal process circuit that receives and processes a sensor output signal from a sensor; a multi-channel A/D converter that performs an A/D conversion of the sensor output signal that has been processed by the signal process circuit; a microcomputer that processes an A/D conversion value that is derived from the A/D conversion of the sensor output signal by the multi-channel A/D converter; a first voltage generator and a second voltage generator that switch an output voltage according to an instruction from the microcomputer; and an input signal switcher that switches the sensor output signal for input into the signal process circuit according to an instruction from the microcomputer, the sensor output signal for input is either (i) the sensor output signal from the sensor or (ii) a first output signal generated by the first voltage generator or a second output signal generated by the second voltage generator, wherein (A) the signal process circuit divides the sensor output signal that is input to the ECU into a first signal and a second signal, the first signal is input into a first input terminal of the multi-channel A/D converter and the second signal is input into a second input terminal of the multi-channel A/D converter after an amplification of the signal by an amplification circuit, (B) the microcomputer has a first voltage controller, a second voltage controller, and an identification unit, wherein the first voltage controller adjusts an output voltage of the first voltage generator until the second signal input into the second input terminal of the multi-channel A/D converter 1) reaches a voltage value that is within an inputtable voltage range of the second input terminal and 2) is close to a lower limit of the inputtable voltage range when the first output signal generated by the first voltage generator is input to the signal process circuit, the second voltage controller adjusts an output voltage of the second voltage generator until the second signal input to the second input terminal of the multi-channel A/D converter 1) reaches a voltage value that is within an inputtable voltage range of the second input terminal and 2) is close to an upper limit of the inputtable voltage range when the second output signal generated by the second voltage generator is input to the signal process circuit, and the identification unit models a linear function that linearly associates an input voltage of the amplification circuit with an output voltage of the amplification circuit and identifies the linear function of the input voltage of the amplification circuit based on (i) a first A/D conversion value and a second A/D conversion value at a time when the first output signal generated by the first voltage generator is input to the signal process circuit and (ii) a first A/D conversion value and a second A/D conversion value at a time when the second output signal generated by the second voltage generator is input to the signal process circuit. | 45,426 |
9,251,718 | 1. A training apparatus, comprising: a training machine configured to have a displacement unit displaced according to a training action and a load generation unit that imparts a load to a trainee during the training action; detection means configured to detect displacement of the displacement unit; and arithmetic means configured to: | 20,999 |
8,853,381 | 1. A nucleic acid construct comprising a first nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide operably linked to a second nucleotide sequence encoding an enzyme, wherein the first nucleotide sequence is foreign to the second nucleotide sequence, the 3′ end of the first nucleotide sequence is immediately upstream of the second nucleotide sequence, and the first nucleotide sequence is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the signal peptide retains the ability to direct the enzyme out of a host cell, and (b) a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2and that encodes a signal peptide, wherein the signal peptide retains the ability to direct the enzyme out of the host cell. | 24,111 |
9,118,250 | 1. A control circuit configured to control electronic equipment in response to a remote controller, comprising: a converter circuit configured to convert electromagnetic energy received from the remote controller to stored energy; a power management circuit configured to provide a regulated supply voltage based on the stored energy; a control logic circuit energized by the regulated supply voltage and configured to to detect a match between an ID code received from the remote controller and a local ID code representative of the electronic equipment, and to provide an enable signal in response to detecting the match; and an actuator circuit configured to activate the electronic equipment in response to the enable signal. | 34,877 |
9,821,464 | 1. A robotic inventory dispensary, comprising: a storage unit that provides a plurality of storage locations, the storage unit to store a plurality of products using a respective plurality of storage bins placed among respective locations of the plurality of storage locations; a replenishing unit to receive a plurality of additional products in a respective plurality of additional storage bins; robotics to operate upon the storage unit and the replenishing unit, wherein the robotics, when in operation: a controller to prioritize operations of the robotics, the controller to prioritize the fulfillment operations over the replenishment operations, and wherein the controller is further to prioritize the first fulfillment operation over the second fulfillment operation. | 3,687 |
9,848,387 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a display; a communication module configured to receive a steering angle of a steering wheel of a vehicle from an external device; a sensor module configured to detect movement of the electronic device; and a control module configured to control such that power is supplied to the display when a movement is detected in the electronic device by the sensor module, to determine whether a user of the electronic device is driving the vehicle based on the detected movement of the electronic device and the steering angle of the steering wheel, and to control such that the supply of power to the display is limited when it is determined that the user is driving, wherein the control module is further configured to calculate a moving direction of the steering wheel based on the steering angle of the steering wheel and to determine that the user is driving when the moving direction of the steering wheel is identical to a moving direction of the electronic device for a designated number of times or more. | 27,836 |
9,373,610 | 1. A method comprising: forming a first plurality of redistribution lines; forming first Z-interconnects over and electrically coupled to the first plurality of redistribution lines; attaching a first device die, wherein a portion of the first device die is substantially coplanar with a portion of the first Z-interconnects; after the forming the first Z-interconnects, encapsulating the first device die and the first Z-interconnects in a first encapsulation material; and forming a second plurality of redistribution lines electrically coupling to the first device die, wherein the first plurality of redistribution lines and the second plurality of redistribution lines are on opposite sides of the first Z-interconnects. | 44,339 |
9,086,126 | 1. An assembly comprising: a housing enclosing a disconnect clutch, a motor and a gear train; and a drive shell surrounding a torque converter, the drive shell including an input attached to an engine, a tubular output connected to a disconnect clutch input, the disconnect clutch and the motor located between the torque converter and gear train. | 40,488 |
9,488,058 | 1. A bucket connection for a turbine runner where the turbine runner includes a number of buckets encircling a centre disk, where at least one bucket is pivotably or hingedly connected to the centre disk, and where the position of the bucket relatively the centre disk under operation is set by an abutment between the bucket and a support, where the support is connected to or constitutes a part of the centre disk, and where the abutment is constituted by an abutment surface on the support and an abutment surface on the bucket 4 , wherein the abutment surface on the support is non-planar, in that it is provided with a buckling, and that the abutment surface of the bucket is provided with a buckling adapted to fit into the buckling of the abutment surface of the support, whereby the abutment is adapted to accommodate forces acting both tangentially and radially of the bucket. | 16,413 |
8,935,280 | 1. A medical image importer comprising: a housing comprising an external stand-alone form factor for being operatively connected to a communication network via a network interface without a local connection to a computer terminal including a display device; an optical drive provided to the housing for reading from an optical computer-readable medium introduced to the optical drive a medical image associated with a patient captured by a medical modality; a local, non-volatile computer-readable memory provided to the housing in communication with the optical drive for storing, at least temporarily, the medical image read by the optical drive; a controller that is operable to execute computer-executable logic for controlling operation of the medical image importer; and an instructional computer-readable memory storing computer-executable instructions to be executed by the controller for performing a method comprising: | 5,946 |
8,463,588 | 1. A computer implemented method for modelizing a nuclear reactor core, comprising the steps of: partitioning the core in cubes to constitute nodes of a grid for computer implemented calculation, calculating a neutron flux for the core by using an iterative solving procedure of at least one eigensystem, components of an iterant of the eigensystem corresponding either to a neutron flux, to a neutron outcurrent or to a neutron incurrent, for a respective cube to be calculated, wherein the iterative solving procedure includes a substep of conditioning the eigensystem into a spare eigensystem wherein all of the components of an iterant of the spare eigensystem correspond only either to the neutron incurrents coming into the cubes or to the neutron outcurrents coming from the cubes. | 23,953 |
8,872,507 | 1. An electronic device suitable for bio implantation, comprising: at least one rechargeable power source; at least electronic component connected to said power source; and magnetoelectric conversion means connected to said power source to enable recharging of said power source, said magnetoelectric conversion means comprising at least one stack of at least one magnetoelastic layer and at least one piezoelectric layer, wherein said magnetoelectric conversion means has a three-dimensional surface geometry, such that a part of the at least one stack is oriented substantially perpendicular to a magnetic field, originating from multiple directions, respectively, for receiving and magnetoelectrically converting the magnetic field to electrical energy for recharging of said power source. | 29,544 |
9,785,226 | 1. A processor comprising: a first core; a second core; the first core and the second core each comprising an instruction fetch unit, an instruction decoder, a level 1 (L1) cache, and execution units; the first core and the second core to concurrently operate at different performance levels defined, at least in part, by different operating frequencies and voltages set for each of the first and second cores; each of the first core and the second core to further operate in one of a plurality of idle states in which the first and second cores do not actively execute instructions, wherein an idle state of the first core is different than an idle state of the second core; and power management logic to permit the first core to run at a first performance level based on the second core operating at a second performance level which is lower than the first performance level or entering an idle state, the power management logic to set the first and second performance levels in accordance with specified thermal constraints. | 3,394 |
9,269,415 | 1. A method of setting a magnetic state of a free layer, the method comprising: applying a write current to a magnetic layer that exhibits an anomalous hall effect (AHE) in response to said write current; said AHE generating out-of-equilibrium electron spins; said out-of-equilibrium electron spins generating a spin current; and injecting said spin current into the free layer, thereby setting the magnetic state of the free layer. | 19,613 |
8,387,729 | 1. An electrical power system for a machine comprising: a generator configured to generate electrical power for the machine; an engine configured to rotate the generator; a drive coupling having a first element fixed to rotate with the engine and a second element fixed to rotate with the generator, the first and second elements being configured to rotationally couple together for transmitting torque from the engine to the generator, the drive coupling being further configured to allow relative slip between the first and second elements; and a centering ring with one of a radial outer surface and a radial inner surface in contact with the first element and an other of the radial outer surface and the radial inner surface in contact with the second element, and the centering ring electrically insulating the first element from the second element. | 3,872 |
8,733,549 | 1. A system for containing or transporting wind turbine components for a wind turbine, the system comprising: a plurality of wind turbine components including at least one modularly constructed blade; at least one container, wherein each of the at least one container consists of a single, completely enclosed structure containing all portions of the plurality of wind turbine components contained therein, so that no portion of the plurality of wind turbine components contained within each of the at least one container are external to the at least one container; and wherein, at least a portion of said plurality of wind turbine components are arranged within said at least one container in a nested configuration, and wherein smaller wind turbine components are placed within larger wind turbine components. | 11,333 |
8,604,330 | 1. A method of forming a solar-cell array with integrated bypass diodes, the method comprising: providing a structure comprising: forming over a top surface of the substrate a plurality of discrete solar cells at least in part by removing portions of the first cell and the one or more second cells to form the discrete solar cells and regions therebetween that do not produce electrical current under solar illumination, each of the discrete solar cells being a multi junction solar cell incorporating, in series, an unremoved portion of the first cell and an unremoved portion of the one or more second cells; forming, associated with each of the discrete solar cells, a bypass diode that (i) is discrete and laterally separate from its associated solar cell and (ii) comprises an unremoved portion of the first cell, the formation comprising removing an unremoved portion of the one or more second cells thereover; electrically connecting each bypass diode with its associated discrete solar cell such that the bypass diode and the discrete solar cell have opposite polarities; and electrically connecting, on the substrate, a plurality of the discrete solar cells in series, thereby forming a series string of discrete solar cells for supplying, under solar illumination, a voltage larger than a voltage produced by any of the discrete solar cells individually. | 3,488 |
8,388,407 | 1. Apparatus for treating a workpiece with a granular media comprising: a hopper for storing media and discharging media into a flow path; a source of compressed air communicating with the flow path, said flow path terminating in a nozzle for directing media onto the workpiece; a flow sensor including a deflectable member extending into said flow path, said deflectable member being responsive to flow of media in said flow path to increase and decrease deflection of the deflectable member in response to increasing or decreasing flow of media through said flow path; and a sensing device for measuring deflection of said deflectable member and generating an electrical signal which varies in response to deflection of said deflectable member. | 33,462 |
8,513,095 | 1. A method for manufacturing solar strips, the method comprising: providing a photovoltaic material having a thickness, the photovoltaic material including a backside surface and a front side, a plurality of photovoltaic strip regions having at least five strip regions, a plurality of scribe regions separating the plurality of photovoltaic strip regions, wherein a scribe region from the plurality of scribe regions includes a depth, the depth being less than the thickness of the photovoltaic material, the scribe region dividing the photovoltaic material into a first portion and a second portion of the photovoltaic material; providing a support material; positioning the photovoltaic material such that the first portion is supported by the support material and the second portion is unsupported by the support material, the second portion including at least one photovoltaic strip region; applying a pre-determined force comprising a sheer force and a break force along the second portion to cause the second portion to be separated from the first portion; moving a remaining portion of the photovoltaic material by a distance of an integer multiple of a width of a photovoltaic strip region such that a third portion of the photovoltaic material is supported by the support material and a fourth portion of the photovoltaic material is unsupported by the support material, wherein the fourth portion includes at least one photovoltaic strip region; applying a pre-determined force along the fourth portion to cause the fourth portion to be separated from the third portion; and repeating moving and applying the pre-determined force to any remaining portions of the photovoltaic material until the remaining portions have been exhausted, wherein the plurality of photovoltaic strip regions are parallel to each other. | 8,938 |
9,014,796 | 1. A microelectrode device for receiving and sending electrical signals within a nervous system of a subject, said microelectrode device comprising: a substantially-flexible planar shaft having a polymer-based substrate made of at least two flexible, planar thin-film polymer layers and at least one planar metallic layer, the substantially-flexible planar shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; a plurality of electrode sites disposed on the shaft, at least one of the plurality of electrode sites operable to output a stimulating signal to the nervous system and at least one of the plurality of electrode sites operable to record an electrical signal within the nervous system; at least one fluidic channel extending within the substantially-flexible planar shaft from the proximal end to generally the distal end, the at least one fluidic channel configured for the delivery of fluid to the nervous system, a fluid delivery system fluidly coupled to the at least one fluidic channel, the fluid delivery system configured to output the fluid to the at least one fluidic channel; a stimulating system operably coupled to the at least one of the plurality of electrode sites configured to output the stimulating signal; and a recording system operably coupled to the at least one of the plurality of electrode sites configured to record the electrical signal within the nervous system; wherein the outputting of the stimulating signal to the nervous system and the recording of the electrical signal within the nervous system are configured to occur simultaneously with the fluid being delivered to the nervous system. | 29,482 |
9,831,982 | 1. A method performed by a radio node of a cellular network, the radio node being operable to apply a first table configuration in radio communications with User Equipments (UEs), the first table configuration comprising at least one of a first Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) table and a first Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) table, wherein the at least one of the first MCS table and the first CQI table support a certain maximum modulation order, the method comprising: detecting that a higher modulation order, which is higher than the maximum modulation order of the first table configuration, is potentially possible to use in a radio communication between the radio node and a first UE; and instructing the first UE to apply a second table configuration in the radio communication, the second table configuration comprising at least one of a second MCS table and a second CQI table, wherein a lowest modulation order of the first table configuration is maintained in the at least one of the second MCS table and the second CQI table as a fallback in case it is desirable to use the lowest modulation order of the first table configuration when the second table configuration is applied. | 24,145 |
9,303,555 | 1. An exhaust manifold including a control valve for at least a portion of an internal combustion engine having a defined number of combustion chambers; the exhaust manifold comprising: a plurality of inlet ports; and four outlet ports, wherein a first pair of the four outlet ports are disposed in gas flow communication with a first subset of the plurality of inlet ports, and wherein a second pair of the four outlet ports different from the first pair are disposed in gas flow communication with a second subset of the plurality of inlet ports different from the first subset; the control valve comprising: at least a one seal configured and disposed to selectively receive or not receive exhaust flow from one of the first pair and from one of the second pair of the four outlet ports; a flow passage inlet disposed to receive exhaust flow from another of the first pair and from another of the second pair of the four outlet ports via exhaust flow from a first turbine wheel; and at least a first flow passage outlet disposed and adapted to feed the exhaust flow received from the at least one seal, the flow passage inlet, or both the at least one seal and the flow passage inlet, to a second turbine wheel. | 20,056 |
9,431,454 | 1. An imaging device comprising: a light source which irradiates an infrared light including one or more wavelengths to a subject; a lens which forms an image of the infrared light transmitting the subject or being reflected from the subject; an infrared detection device including a plurality of pixels which are sensitive to the wavelength; and a filter array which is provided in proximity to the infrared detection device between the lens and the infrared detection device and including a plurality of wavelength filters having different transmission wavelengths, wherein the filter array of the plurality of wavelength filters has transmission wavelengths that change continuously in one direction on a plane and that are the same as each other in a different direction which is orthogonal to the one direction. | 29,280 |
8,995,000 | 1. An image forming system comprising: a plurality of display apparatuses including a specific display apparatus capable of displaying an image based on image data, the specific display apparatus being an information display; and an image forming apparatus which forms the image on a recording medium, the plurality of display apparatuses and the image forming apparatus being connected so as to allow data communication, each of the plurality of display apparatuses including a display section which displays the image based on the image data, a transmission instruction input section to which a transmission instruction to transmit the image data of the image displayed on the display section to the image forming apparatus is inputted, an image formation job generating section which adds identification information for identifying a display apparatus on which the image is displayed, to image data which is a target for the transmission instruction, and generates an image formation job for causing the image forming apparatus to perform image formation of the image based on the image data, when the transmission instruction is inputted to the transmission instruction input section, and a transmitting section which transmits the image formation job generated by the image formation job generating section, to the image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus including a receiving section which receives the image formation job transmitted by the transmitting section, an image forming section which forms the image based on the image data included in the image formation job received by the receiving section on the recording medium, a judging section which judges whether a display apparatus corresponding to the image formation job is the specific display apparatus, based on the identification information included in the image formation job, and a control section which controls image forming operation for the recording medium by the image forming section, based on a judgment result of the judging section, when the judging section judges as being the specific display apparatus, the control section suspending the image forming operation by the image forming section once, and then, when a predetermined condition is to cause the image forming operation to be executed, and when the judging section judges as not being the specific display apparatus, the control section causing the image forming operation by the image forming section to be executed without being suspended. | 48,417 |
9,099,953 | 1. A method for controlling an electric machine during a motor startup operation with the aid of a power electronics device having a plurality of controllable power switches connected to the electric machine for the purpose of supplying the electric machine with an electrical current in polyphase form, the method comprising: controlling the power electronics device in such a way that one of an idle and a starting electric machine outputs one of a standstill torque and a startup torque, wherein the controlling of the power electronics device for outputting the one of the standstill torque and the startup torque takes place in such a way that a switch position of at least two of the power switches is changed so that the power switches are under a more uniform load; wherein the controlling of the power electronics device takes place in a field-oriented manner, a space vector being changed incrementally for outputting the startup torque; and wherein the space vector is a current vector that is rotated incrementally along a line of constant torque for outputting the startup torque. | 41,177 |
9,012,084 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material; an electrolyte layer formed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer; and a modification material disposed at an interface between an electrolyte material and the positive electrode active material, and having a higher relative permittivity than the relative permittivity of the electrolyte material, wherein: | 32,497 |
9,159,292 | 1. A display panel comprising: a plurality of setting gate lines to which a setting gate signal is applied; a plurality of charging gate lines to which a charging gate signal is applied; a plurality of data lines to which a data voltage is applied; and a plurality of pixels connected to the setting gate lines, the charging gate lines and the data lines, wherein each of the pixels comprises: | 6,378 |
8,869,673 | 1. An armored panel comprising: a front face layer; a monolithic ceramic layer adjacent to said front face layer; a rear face Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) layer continuously bonded to a rear face of said monolithic ceramic layer; and a backing layer adjacent to said rear face CMC layer, to at least partially encapsulate said monolithic ceramic layer and said rear face Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) layer between said front face layer and said backing layer. | 9,325 |
9,358,535 | 1. An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst obtained by preparing a first particles precursor, co-precipitating the first particles precursor together with a second particles precursor and a third particles precursor to obtain a co-precipitate, and sintering the co-precipitate, comprising: first particles of oxygen storage material having an average particle diameter of 0.005 μm to 0.1 μm; second particles of one or more acidic oxides interposed between the first particles and having an average particle diameter of 0.005 μm to 0.050 μm; and third particles of one or more precious metal elements interposed between the first particles and having an average particle diameter of 0.5 nm to 10 nm, wherein the one or more precious metal elements are palladium and platinum and a mass ratio of palladium to platinum falls within a range of 10 to 40, wherein a spectrum of a first characteristic X-ray intensity for one of constituent elements of the one or more acidic oxides other than oxygen and a spectrum of a second characteristic X-ray intensity for one of the one or more precious metal elements are obtained by performing a line analysis using energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry along a line having a length of 500 nm, and a correlation coefficient σ(AO,PM) calculated from a mean value I | 1,737 |
9,180,431 | 1. A method of manufacturing a hierarchical mesoporous carbon comprising: impregnating a metal salt-containing aqueous solution comprising a metal salt and water in an ordered mesoporous silica (OMS); forming an OMS-metal oxide complex by heat-treating the resulting product in a first heat-treating process; impregnating a carbon precursor mixture in the OMS-metal oxide complex; forming an OMS-metal oxide-carbon complex by heat treating the resulting product in a second heat-treating process; and etching the OMS-metal oxide-carbon complex with an acidic or a basic solution to obtain the hierarchical mesoporous carbon, wherein an average particle diameter of the metal oxide within the OMS-metal oxide complex is 20 to 200 nm, and wherein the hierarchical mesoporous carbon obtained includes regularly arranged mesopores and randomly dispersed macropores. | 7,995 |
8,900,478 | 1. An etchant, consisting essentially of, based on a total mass of the etchant: 0.75 to 12% by mass of hydrogen peroxide; 1 to 20% by mass of citric acid; and water, wherein a molar ratio of the hydrogen peroxide to the citric acid is in the range from 0.3 to 5. | 12,230 |
9,108,620 | 1. A method of controlling a hybrid vehicle having an output of a transmission that is continuously connected in torque transmitting communication to an engine, the method comprising: detecting a request to start the engine; incrementally applying torque over a period of time to a powertrain system of the hybrid vehicle; and biasing the applied torque against a static member to gradually remove lash from the powertrain system prior to starting the engine. | 4,300 |
9,265,005 | 1. A method performed by a mobile device of controlling an amount of streaming media data downloaded via a wireless network to a mobile device per burst transmission, the mobile device operating in a high activity state during the burst transmission data transfer, a low activity state following the high activity state during which the mobile device may exchange control signaling with the network, and an idle state following the low activity state during which no signaling occurs, the method comprising: ascertaining values of input parameters, wherein the input parameters include a media input parameter, a network input parameter, and a per-state mobile device power consumption input parameter; selecting a value for a control parameter that is related to a proportion of time that the mobile device is in the idle state during a burst transmission; calculating, by applying one or more non-linear equations associated with the control parameter to the input parameters, an output parameter using the value of the control parameter, wherein the output parameter includes an amount of data to download per burst transmission during the high activity state of the mobile device to maintain continuous playback of the streaming media; evaluating the output parameter includes comparing a value of the output parameter to a predetermined value or a predetermined range, or a relationship between values of the output parameter; if the output parameter is acceptable, negotiating with the network to download the calculated amount of data per burst transmission during the high activity state of the mobile device to maintain the continuous playback of the streaming media; and if the output parameter is not acceptable, altering the value of one or more input parameters or the control parameter, and repeating the calculating and evaluating steps. | 13,751 |
9,356,238 | 1. A method of making a patterned device, the method comprising: providing one or more periodically distributed surface feature in a first silicon substrate to form a patterned template; coating the patterned template with a metal to form a thin-film layer structure on the one or more periodically distributed surface feature; coating the thin-film layer structure with a material to form an adhesive layer; attaching a second silicon substrate to the adhesive layer; and separating the thin-film layer structure from the patterned template. | 23,539 |
9,595,706 | 1. A method for synthesizing a transition metal hexacyanoferrate (TMHCF) battery material, the method comprising: synthesizing a A mixing the A forming the mixture on a metal current collector, creating a cathode; subsequent to creating the cathode, forming a cathode passivation layer overlying the cathode; and, in response to the passivation layer interacting with A | 14,930 |
8,920,969 | 1. An alkaline electrochemical cell comprising an anode including an electrochemically active anode material, a cathode including an electrochemically active cathode material, a separator between said anode and said cathode, and an electrolyte comprising an ionically-conductive component dissolved in water, and the separator in combination with the electrolyte has an initial area-specific resistance between about 100 mOhm-cm 2 and about 220 mOhm-cm 2 ; wherein the anode material is selected from the group consisting of zinc, zinc alloys, cadmium, iron, and metal hydride; and the cathode material is selected from the group consisting of manganese oxide, manganese dioxide, electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD), chemical manganese dioxide (CMD), high power electrolytic manganese dioxide (HP EMD), lambda manganese dioxide, silver oxide, nickel oxide, nickel oxyhydroxide, copper oxide, bismuth oxide, high-valence nickel, and mixtures thereof. | 35,187 |
9,528,423 | 1. An on-board diagnostics system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the system comprising (1) a catalyzed substrate having a catalyzed region and an uncatalyzed region; (2) a first sensor; and (3) a second sensor, wherein the first sensor is located within the catalyzed region of the catalyzed substrate and the second sensor is located within the uncatalyzed region of the catalyzed substrate, and wherein the catalyzed substrate has a total volume, and the uncatalyzed region has a volume that is less than 25 percent of the total volume. | 42,545 |
9,708,219 | 1. A process for making a cement, containing a naturally occurring silicate bound in an organic binder and a metal oxide, comprising steps of: dissolving the binder using a chemical activator; reducing particle size of the binder to enable the silicate to react with other components of the cement; enabling the silicate to serve as a center for crystal growth; wherein an effective amount of the chemical activator is added to dissolve the binder sufficiently, in order to ensure that that the cement is a structural load bearing cement. | 41,892 |
8,620,682 | 1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having embodied thereon computer-useable instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for adaptively utilizing a clinical care room to facilitate caring for a patient, the method comprising: receiving an input indicating the patient is experiencing a code blue event, wherein the code blue event comprises cardiopulmonary arrest; incident to receiving the input: | 24,536 |
8,662,771 | 1. A cutter mechanism for cutting a recording sheet, comprising: a fixed blade; a movable blade formed in a substantially V-shape when viewed from above, the movable blade being mounted to undergo sliding movement with respect to the fixed blade so as to ride on the fixed blade during sliding movement for cutting the recording sheet while sandwiching the recording sheet together between the fixed blade and the movable blade; a motor for driving the movable blade; a fixed blade holder that holds the fixed blade with respect to the movable blade in an inclined state so that a cutting edge of the fixed blade forms a predetermined cutting angle with respect to a cutting edge of the movable blade; a holder support member that is orthogonal to a sliding direction of the movable blade and supports the fixed blade holder movably in an orthogonal direction in which the cutting edge of the movable blade moves close to and away from the cutting edge of the fixed blade; a biasing member that is provided between the fixed blade holder and the holder support member and that biases the fixed blade holder in the orthogonal direction so that the cutting edge of the fixed blade is brought into press-contact with the cutting edge of the movable blade; a main unit supporting the movable blade and the motor for driving the movable blade; and a detachable unit separably combined with the main unit, the detachable unit supporting the fixed blade, the fixed blade holder, the holder support member and the biasing member. | 13,692 |
8,474,212 | 1. A tower for a wind turbine having a plurality of corner bars for forming a mast construction, wherein the corner bars are each made up of a plurality of substantially identical partial profiles connected to each other and having opposing connection areas at which adjacent partial profiles of a corner bar can be connected to each other, and wherein the partial profiles each have in cross section two kink points extending in the longitudinal direction of the partial profiles in a portion located between opposing connection areas of the partial profile, wherein the corner bars are each formed from at least three substantially identical partial profiles, wherein at least three partial profiles of a corner bar form a closed overall profile having an annular cross section; in that the joints at the connection of connection areas of adjacent partial profiles of a corner bar are each flush with a respective adjacent joint of an adjacent corner bar extending the corner bar in the longitudinal direction; and wherein corner bars arranged on top of each other in direction of extension are interconnected by one or more coupling means converging radially from the connection areas of adjacent partial profiles preferably to a mass centre of the respective corner bar. | 22,882 |
9,752,557 | 1. A vertical axis turbine, the vertical axis turbine comprising: a frame rotatable about a central axis; either (a) at least two masts each having at least one boom, the at least two masts coupled to the frame with at least one sail coupled to each of the at least two masts, the at least two masts generally diametrically opposing each other across the central axis and substantially perpendicular to the frame, or (b) at least two blades rotatably coupled to the frame and being substantially perpendicular to the frame, the at least two blades generally diametrically opposing each other across the central axis; at least two retaining members being attached to the frame, each of the at least two retaining members defining an opening and corresponding to each of the at least two masts or of the at least two blades; and a non-compressible and rope-like cord having a first end coupled to the boom of one of the at least two masts and a second end coupled to the boom of the other of the at least two masts or having the first end of the cord coupled to one blade of the at least two blades and the second end coupled to the other blade of the at least two blades, the cord extending within the opening of the corresponding retaining members, wherein the cord is configured to regulate the position of the sail or blade. | 30,255 |
8,632,512 | 1. A wound dressing for applying treatment to a tissue site comprising: a porous polyurethane material comprising open-cell foam comprising a plurality of flow channels formed from pores within the open-cell foam and sized to distribute reduced pressure through the porous polyurethane material, the porous polyurethane material adapted to receive reduced pressure and having a contact surface adapted to be positioned proximate the tissue site; and a composition comprising gelatin coated on at least a portion of the contact surface and infused within a portion of the plurality of flow channels adjacent the contact surface of the porous polyurethane material. | 12,145 |
8,931,274 | 1. A turbocharger-based engine system, comprising: an intake system that includes an air cleaner and supplies an external air into an engine; an exhaust system that includes at least one or more filter and discharges an exhaust gas discharged from the engine to the outside; a turbocharger that is operated by the exhaust gas and oversupplies the external air supplied into the air cleaner; a supercharger that forms another flow of external air diverging from an external air flow section of the intake system; an exhaust gas recirculation system that includes an exhaust gas recirculation line connecting the exhaust system to a compressor of the turbocharger to send the flow of the exhaust gas diverging from the exhaust system to the turbocharger; and a valve unit that changes a mixing ratio of the exhaust gas and the external gas oversupplied through the turbocharger by changing the flow of the external air, the another flow of external air, and the flow of the exhaust gas at a front end of the compressor in the turbocharger by control of an engine control unit; wherein the valve unit includes: | 47,081 |
9,367,324 | 1. A method of facilitating processing of transactions within a computing environment, said method comprising: obtaining a transaction begin instruction, the transaction begin instruction comprising an opcode that specifies a transaction begin instruction of a particular type, and a field that specifies a general register save mask to explicitly specify a set of individually selected registers to be saved based on executing the transaction begin instruction, the transaction begin instruction to initiate a transaction, and the general register save mask explicitly specifying the set of individually selected registers to be saved at a start of the transaction, wherein the general register save mask comprises a plurality of bits, and each bit of the plurality of bits represents an even-odd pair of registers, the transaction effectively delaying committing transactional stores to main memory until completion of a selected transaction; and executing the transaction begin instruction, the executing the transaction begin instruction comprising saving contents of the set of individually selected registers explicitly specified in the general register save mask of the transaction begin instruction, and initiating execution of the transaction. | 2,437 |
9,680,599 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an optical detector that includes: a digital signal processor configured to receive the first and second electrical signals from the optical detector and generate therefrom an estimate of the first data by estimating each of an in-phase component and a quadrature component of an electromagnetic field that encodes the first data in each of the first and second light beams. | 7,214 |
8,861,261 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a buried bit line; and a plurality of bit line junction regions formed by diffusing ions doped in the buried bit line disposed and directly coupled to the buried bit line, each bit line junction region having an island shape, wherein the plurality of bit line junction regions are disposed to be spaced apart from neighboring bit line junction regions which are arranged in the same direction as the buried bit line. | 25,101 |
8,941,482 | 1. A method of controlling lights on a vehicle, the method comprising: a. turning on a turn indicator light; b. sensing acceleration changes of the vehicle; c. determining if a vehicle turn is initiated, if the vehicle tilts away from the upright position beyond a first threshold angle; d. determining if a vehicle turn is completed, if the vehicle tilts back toward the upright position within a second threshold angle following the initiation of a turn; and e. turning off the turn indicator light in response to the sensed acceleration changes when it is determined, by sensing the vehicle tilting from an upright position, that the vehicle turn is completed. | 937 |
8,482,174 | 1. An electromagnetic actuator configured to support a body to rotate about a rotational axis, the electromagnetic actuator comprising: an axial actuator target affixed to the body, the axial actuator target having a first end-facing surface and a second end-facing surface; a first axial pole residing apart from the body, the first axial pole adjacent the first end-facing surface of the axial actuator target and adapted to communicate magnetic flux across a gap with the first end-facing surface of the axial actuator target; a second axial pole residing apart from the body, the second axial pole adjacent the second end-facing surface of the axial actuator target and adapted to communicate magnetic flux across a gap with the second end-facing surface of the axial actuator target, the first axial pole and the second axial pole magnetically coupled and cooperating with the axial actuator target to define an axial magnetic control circuit; a radial actuator target affixed to the body, the radial actuator target having a lateral surface, the radial actuator target and the axial actuator target magnetically coupled to each other; a radial pole residing apart from the body and located axially adjacent the first axial pole and on a side opposite the second axial pole, the radial pole adjacent the lateral surface of the radial actuator target and adapted to communicate a magnetic flux with the lateral surface of the radial actuator target and the first axial pole; the axial actuator target, the radial actuator target, the radial pole, the first axial pole, and the second axial pole defining a magnetic bias circuit; an axial control coil adapted to produce the magnetic flux in the axial magnetic control circuit; and a compensation electrical coil concentric with the rotational axis of the body and located between the first axial pole and the radial pole. | 34,609 |
8,611,087 | 1. A cooling system provided in an air-conditioned room of a building for cooling an information device having a rack in which a portion to be cooled is housed, said cooling system comprising: a fan unit having fans for generating air flow; a cooling portion having a coolant passage for cooling air current passing through the coolant passage; a control device having a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor for controlling the amount of coolant flowing in the coolant passage so as to control the temperature and humidity of the cooling air as appropriate; a plurality of shells each having a ventilation passage and being able to enclose said rack, said cooling portion and said fan unit therein; and an air outlet of every shell is connected to an air inlet of another shell through a connection passage so as to supply discharged air from every shell to an air inlet portion of another shell, in order to prevent leaking the cooling air current from the ventilation passage to the air-conditioned room, and to circulate the cooling air current only in the shell and the connection passage. | 47,436 |
8,944,477 | 1. A charge port lock assembly for use with a charge receptacle on a vehicle having a rechargeable battery, the charge port lock assembly comprising: an actuator assembly including an actuator having a post extending therefrom, the actuator energizable to retract the post to a fully retracted position and to move to an extended rest position and a partially retracted rest position after being energized; a charge port door configured to selectively cover access to the charge receptacle and a door ejection spring configured to bias the charge port door toward an open position; a charge door lock assembly configured to release the charge port door when the post is in the fully retracted position and to retain the charge port door in the closed position when the post is in the extended rest position and the partially retracted rest position; a cord lock assembly configured to retain a charge cord assembly in the charge receptacle when the post is in the extended rest position and release the charge cord assembly when the post is in the partially retracted rest position and the fully retracted position; and a controller for selectively energizing and de-energizing the actuator. | 32,953 |
8,770,082 | 1. A method of using pressurized fluid to physically interrogate an explosive device, the system comprising: pressurizing a liquid within a vessel with a compressed gas source so that the liquid within the vessel is at a pressure above atmospheric pressure; selectively delivering the pressurized liquid, the compressed gas, or a mixture thereof to an outlet; and discharging the pressurized liquid, the compressed gas, or a mixture thereof from the outlet to physically interrogate the explosive device with the pressurized liquid, the compressed gas, or the mixture thereof. | 19,295 |
9,822,150 | 1. A method of inducing a bactericidal immune response against a Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B subfamily A strain and against a Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B subfamily B strain in a human, comprising administering to the human an effective amount of a composition, said composition comprising a) a first lipidated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, and b) a second lipidated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2. | 45,665 |
9,136,926 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising circuitry, which in operation controls: selecting a first precoding matrix and a second precoding matrix, the first precoding matrix being to be applied to a signal which is to be transmitted from both of a first set of antennas and a second set of antennas that a communication partner apparatus has, the second precoding matrix being to be applied only to a signal which is to be transmitted from the second set of antennas, wherein the first set of antennas are cross-polarized with respect to the second set of antennas, and selection of the second precoding matrix is performed in order to maintain an orthogonality between polarized waves from the first set of antennas and further polarized waves from the second set of antennas; and notifying the communication partner apparatus of control information including precoding matrix information (PMI) indicating the first precoding matrix and the second precoding matrix. | 24,723 |
9,800,311 | 1. A data transmission method using physical network coding in a relay station, the method comprising: receiving a first signal from a first node and a second signal from a second node; generating a third signal to which the physical network coding is applied based on the first signal and the second signal; determining a beam-forming matrix which maximizes a lower effective power between an effective power of a first channel and an effective power of a second channel; and transmitting the third signal to the first node and the second node using the beam-forming matrix, wherein the first channel is formed between the relay station and the first node, the second channel is formed between the relay station and the second node, and the beam-forming matrix is determined on a plane where a first beam-forming matrix for the first channel when it is assumed that the second node is not present and a second beam-forming matrix for the second channel when it is assumed that the first node is not present are spanned. | 49,834 |
8,716,903 | 1. An inductor, comprising: a plurality of conductor layers forming a part of a printed circuit board; a plurality of conductor traces on at least two of the plurality of conductor layers; and a plurality of vias that connect conductor traces on different ones of the plurality of conductor layers, wherein each of the plurality of conductor traces is characterized by a cross-sectional dimension, and wherein each of the plurality of conductor traces is routed along a path having a substantially similar design, and wherein the path of at least one of the plurality of conductor traces on one conductor layer is linearly offset from the conductor path it is electrically connected to on at least one other conductor layer and wherein each of the plurality of conductor traces is formed, at least in part, of conductor material. | 25,368 |
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