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9,082,877 | 1. A method of forming a CMOS device, said method comprising: forming at least one isolation region in a semiconductor substrate to provide at least one first active region and at least one second active region; forming a gate structure extending across said at least one isolation region and spanning from said at least one first active region to said at least one second active region, wherein said gate structure includes at least one gate dielectric layer, at least one gate conductor layer, and at least one dielectric cap layer; forming a first source region and a first drain region of a first conductivity type on opposing sides of said gate structure in said at least one first active region, and a second source region and a second drain region of a second conductivity type on opposing sides of said gate structure in said at least one second active region; forming an opening in a portion of said at least one dielectric cap layer to expose a contact portion of said at least one gate conductor layer over said at least one isolation region, wherein a remaining portion of said at least one dielectric cap layer is present over said at least one first active region and said at least one second active region; and forming an interconnect in direct contact with said contact portion of said at least one gate conductor layer. | 4,124 |
8,878,056 | 1. A device for producing electricity by harnessing sunlight to produce an amplified voltage signal, with respect to a first voltage signal, the device comprising: (a) a sealed chamber, at least partially defined by an at least partially transparent housing; (b) at least one excitable medium, disposed within said chamber, in which, when said medium is exposed to solar light having wavelengths in a range of 0.2 micrometers to 3 micrometers, bound electrons in said excitable medium are elevated to at least one discretely higher energy state; (c) at least two electrodes, disposed in a spaced apart fashion, and disposed with respect to a wall of said chamber whereby at least a portion of said medium is between, and communicating with, said electrodes; (d) an electric circuit, said portion of said medium and said electrodes completing said circuit; (e) an initiating mechanism, initiating an initial voltage signal through said chamber, between said electrodes, and (f) a power source, associated with said circuit, and adapted to maintain the first voltage signal through said chamber, between said electrodes, such that said bound electrons in said higher energy state transfer energy to free electrons traversing the first voltage signal to produce the amplified voltage signal, and wherein said excitable medium is selected to absorb at least 5% of an energy flux within a wavelength range of 0.2 micrometers to 3 micrometers, emitted by a black body operating at 5500K, by elevating said bound electrons to said discretely higher energy state; the device fulfilling at least one of the following structural conditions: said excitable medium within said sealed chamber includes a mixture of excitable gases; said excitable medium within said sealed chamber includes at least one excitable gas disposed under a superatmospheric pressure. | 7,713 |
8,439,300 | 1. A rear part of an aircraft comprising: a fuselage delimiting an inside space of the aircraft; at least two engines; a support structure for the engines, passing through the fuselage at first and second openings formed therein and distributed on either side of a vertical middle plane of the aircraft, the support structure having first and second opposite ends; each of the first and second opposite ends of the support structure protruding outwardly from the fuselage, on either side of the vertical middle plane, respectively, and supporting one of the engines, wherein the support structure includes first and second half-structures respectively extending through the first and second openings of the fuselage, the first and second half-structures being assembled to each other so that they can be disassembled within the inside space. | 48,215 |
8,673,247 | 1. Method for producing quick lime from lime stone in a continuous regenerative shaft kiln, characterised in that, starting with standard conditions of excessive combustion air for the operation of this kiln, it includes a step where the excessive combustion air is progressively reduced until a content greater than 1000 ppm (in volume) of carbon monoxide is reached in a connection gas flue between a plurality of combustion tanks. | 1,775 |
9,663,838 | 1. A metal recovery method for recovering, as a material, metal that adheres to a ladle, the method comprising: performing a series of processes in which molten metal is poured from a melting furnace into the ladle, the molten metal is subjected to stir refining inside the ladle, and the molten metal inside the ladle is poured into a refining furnace, wherein: after pouring a first load of molten metal from the ladle into the refining furnace, dropping a remaining metal adhering to the ladle into the ladle on-line, whereby the remaining metal adhering to the ladle becomes dropped metal received in the ladle, and pouring a second load of molten metal from the melting furnace into the ladle wherein the second load of molten metal is poured over the dropped metal received in the ladle, thereby melting the dropped metal and recovering the dropped metal as a material. | 22,541 |
8,784,910 | 1. An antimicrobial composition comprising an antimicrobial effective amount of a mixture consisting essentially of: (a) benzoic acid, or a salt thereof; and (b) δ-gluconolactone, wherein the weight ratio of component (a) to component (b) is from about 0.2:1 to about 5:1. | 31,760 |
8,975,015 | 1. A method of preparing and identifying an extract that modulates the growth or replication of a microorganism, the method comprising the steps of: (a) incubating a first compound and a second compound in the presence of at least one oxygenase to produce the extract; (b) contacting the microorganism with the extract; and (c) determining a level of growth or replication of the microorganism; wherein a difference in the level of growth or replication of the microorganism as compared to the level in a control identifies that the extract modulates the growth or replication of the microorganism. | 9,352 |
9,189,780 | 1. A method of processing a deposit transaction involving a plurality of documents on a document processing device, the method comprising: receiving a customer account number via an interface of a teller system; transmitting the received customer account number from the teller system to a document processing device; prompting a user to input documents associated with the deposit transaction and the received customer account number into an input receptacle of the document processing device; receiving a plurality of documents associated with the deposit transaction and the received customer account number in the input receptacle of the document processing device, the plurality of documents including one or more checks and a deposit slip; transporting the plurality of documents, one at a time, along a transport path from the input receptacle past an image scanner to one or more output receptacles; imaging each document with the image scanner to produce image data associated with the deposit transaction, the image data being reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each document; automatically generating deposit information from the image data associated with the deposit transaction, the deposit information at least including a total deposit amount; automatically associating the customer account number and the generated deposit information with the image data associated with the deposit transaction; automatically transmitting the deposit information to at least one of one or more interfaces of the document processing device, the at least one of the one or more interfaces being communicatively connected to the teller system; and automatically transmitting at least a portion of the image data associated with the deposit transaction to at least one of the one or more interfaces of the document processing device, the at least one of the one or more interfaces being communicatively connected to a proof of deposit system, the at least a portion of the image data being associated with the one or more checks and the deposit slip included in the plurality of documents. | 49,303 |
9,656,919 | 1. A refractory ceramic batch based on magnesia, having the following characteristics: 1 the batch comprising: 1.2 wherein the batch comprises proportions of CaO and SiO | 20,577 |
8,625,718 | 1. A transmission apparatus comprising: an OFDM signal generator that generates an OFDM signal using either a first OFDM signal transmission method of generating a first OFDM signal including a first pilot carrier and a second pilot carrier, and a second OFDM signal including a third pilot carrier and a fourth pilot carrier, or a second OFDM signal transmission method of generating a third OFDM signal including a fifth pilot carrier and a sixth pilot carrier; and a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM signal from a first antenna, and the second OFDM signal from a second antenna in a same frequency and a same transmission period as the first OFDM signal, or transmits the third OFDM signal from the first antenna, wherein: the OFDM signal generator arranges: the first pilot carrier and the third pilot carrier are in a same carrier position in the OFDM signal; the second pilot carrier and the fourth pilot carrier are in a same carrier position in the OFDM signal; the first pilot symbol sequence is a symbol sequence orthogonal to the third pilot symbol sequence; and the third pilot symbol sequence is a symbol sequence different from the first pilot symbol sequence and same as the second pilot symbol sequence. | 13,506 |
8,996,220 | 1. A torque control device for use in a hybrid vehicle equipped with a generator driven by an internal combustion engine, comprising: a command value calculator that calculates an engine torque command value and a rotation speed command value of the generator based on a target generation power of the generator set in accordance with a running state of the hybrid vehicle; a generator torque command value calculator that calculates a generator torque command value to cause a rotation speed calculation value to match the rotation speed command value; a generator controller that controls the generator based on the generator torque command value; a rotation speed detector that detects a rotation speed detection value of the generator; and a pulsation removal filter that removes a pulsation component of the rotation speed due to the pulsation of the engine from the rotation speed detection value detected by the rotation speed detector to calculate the rotation speed calculation value, wherein the pulsation removal filter comprises: | 7,755 |
9,826,474 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receiving at a wireless device a first frame from an access node of a first access network; transmitting by the wireless device a second frame from the wireless device toward the access node indicating a reception power of the first frame; receiving by the wireless device a third frame from the access node indicating an assigned group, wherein the assigned group has been assigned for the apparatus at least partly on the indicated reception power; receiving by the wireless device a broadcast frame that indicates a period during which first wireless devices belonging to one or more groups of the first access network and second wireless devices belonging to a subset of a second access network are allowed to use a communication medium simultaneously, wherein the broadcast frame further comprises an indication of the one or more groups in the first access network that are allowed to access the communication period during the period; determining by the wireless device whether the assigned group is the same as one group of the one or more groups indicated in the broadcast frame; and based on the determining, one of contending by the wireless device for access to the communication medium during the period in response to the assigned group being the same as the one group or not contending by the wireless device for access to the communication medium during the period in response to the assigned group not being the same as the one group. | 43,341 |
8,774,815 | 1. A method for allocating a resource to at least one mobile station operating in a band Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) mode, the method comprising: receiving, from the at least one mobile station, band information for channel bands determined to have a good channel status; creating a resource allocation list on the basis of the band information received from the at least one mobile station; changing a mobile station order and a band order included in the resource allocation list on the basis of the maximum number of bands that are logically adjacent included in the band information; and allocating resources to at least one mobile station operating in an AMC mode on the basis of the mobile station order and the band order so as to allocate resources to a mobile station having a relatively larger number of logically adjacent bands included in the associated band information before allocating resources to a mobile station having a relatively smaller number of logically adjacent bands included in the associated band information, wherein the allocating includes: | 30,953 |
9,755,277 | 1. An electrolyte solution comprising a solvent and an electrolyte salt, the solvent comprising a fluorine-containing acyclic carbonate represented by the formula (1) and a fluorine-containing succinic anhydride represented by the formula (2), the electrolyte solution containing not less than 0.001 mass % but less than 90 vol % of the fluorine-containing acyclic carbonate, the electrolyte solution containing 0.001 to 20 mass % of the fluorine-containing succinic anhydride, the formula (1) being: wherein Rf 1 and Rf 2 are the same as or different from each other and individually represent a C1-C4 alkyl group or a C1 -C4 fluorine-containing alkyl group, but at least one of Rf 1 and Rf 2 is C1-C4 fluorine-containing alkyl group, the formula (2) being: wherein Rf 3 to Rf 6 are the same as or different from one another and individually represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a C1-C10 fluorine-containing alkyl group, but not all of Rf 3 to Rf 6 are hydrogen atoms. | 44,587 |
9,189,680 | 1. An authentication system, comprising: a camera configured to photograph a facial image of a subject; a reader configured to obtain identification information assigned to an identification device held by the subject; an authentication device configured to authenticate the identification information obtained by the reader and a management device coupled to a terminal for issuing an alarm and including an image database in which the facial image photographed by the camera is accumulated, wherein the management device is configured to: | 7 |
8,405,238 | 1. A wind turbine power production system with a closed loop hydrostatic transmission system for the transfer of mechanical energy from a wind turbine rotor to an electric generator, wherein said hydrostatic transmission system comprises a closed loop with a pump and a motor connected by tubes or pipes ( 13 , 14 ), wherein a pump shaft of said pump is directly connected to a turbine shaft of said wind turbine rotor, the assembly of said wind turbine rotor and said pump is arranged for rotating about a vertical axis, above a swivel arranged for transferring fluid in said closed loop hydrostatic transmission system to and from said motor arranged below said swivel, said power production system further comprising a fluid reservoir arranged for storing additional fluid for said hydrostatic transmission system, said swivel is further arranged for transferring leakage fluid from said pump to said fluid reservoir arranged below said swivel in a drain line. | 28,187 |
9,023,242 | 1. A green-emitting, garnet-based phosphor having the formula: (Lu A is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Sr, Ca, and Ba; B is selected from the group consisting of Ga and In; C is selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, and Br; and 0≦a≦1; 0≦b≦1; 0<c≦0.5; 0≦d≦1; and 0<e≦0.2. | 8,620 |
8,410,474 | 1. A substrate having a graphene film grown thereon, comprising: a base substrate; a patterned aluminum oxide film formed on the base substrate, the patterned aluminum oxide film having a composition of Al a graphene film preferentially grown directly and only on the patterned aluminum oxide film, the graphene film having one or more graphene atomic layers, the graphene film growing parallel to a surface of the patterned aluminum oxide film, the graphene film consisting of a plurality of graphene domains having an average size from 25 to 41 nm, the graphene film having an electrical conductivity of 1×10 | 36,371 |
9,242,546 | 1. A drivetrain for a motor vehicle, having: a first electric machine for providing drive power, wherein the first electric machine is connected to an electrical energy store; a differential which can distribute drive power to two driven wheels or axles of the motor vehicle; a first transmission arrangement which connects the first electric machine to the differential; an internal combustion engine; a second electric machine which is coupled to the internal combustion engine in order to charge the electrical energy store in a generator mode; a connecting shaft which couples the internal combustion engine with the second electric machine, wherein the internal combustion engine and the second electric machine are arranged coaxially with respect to the connecting shaft; and a second transmission arrangement which connects the internal combustion engine to the differential; wherein the second transmission arrangement has a first gear stage and a second gear stage which can be alternately engaged, for the transmission of drive power from the internal combustion engine to the differential, by means of a clutch arrangement; wherein the second transmission arrangement has a first loose gear, which is assigned to the first gear stage, and a second loose gear, which is assigned to the second gear stage, wherein the first and the second loose gears are arranged coaxially with respect to the connecting shaft by means of which the second electric machine and the internal combustion engine are coupled to one another so that the first and the second loose gears are arranged between the second electric machine and the internal combustion engine, as seen in an axial direction of the connecting shaft; and wherein the first and the second loose gears are rotatably mounted directly on the connecting shaft. | 19,845 |
9,502,996 | 1. A motor driving device comprising: a rectifier configured for coupling to an AC power source; and an interleaved converter coupled to the rectifier to convert an output of the rectifier into a DC level, wherein the interleaved converter includes a first converter and a second converter configured to operate in an interleaved manner, and the first converter includes a first boost converter and a first resonator having a first LC circuit coupled to the first boost converter to perform resonation, wherein the first resonator includes: | 38,469 |
8,674,615 | 1. A control apparatus for LED diodes, comprising: a dimmer having a TRIAC and an input configured to be electrically coupled to a power supply; an LED lighting converter configured to output a direct output voltage with a constant output current to supply said LED diodes, said converter including: a control device configured to control said switch and determine an on time period and an off time period of the switch to maintain constant an output current to supply said LED diodes, the control device including detection means, coupled to the secondary winding of the transformer, for detecting a conduction angle of the TRIAC and providing a detection output, said control device being configured to regulate the output current to supply said LED diodes in response to the detection output. | 19,470 |
9,086,238 | 1. A biomass modification system having an air filtration apparatus and recirculation system adapted to accept emissions to scrub said emissions to meet air quality standards, said air filtration apparatus comprising: a biomass modifier, the biomass modifier operable to accept and modify biomass, the biomass modifier producing emissions; a spray scrubber fluidly connected to the biomass modifier, the spray scrubber to moisten the emissions from the biomass modifier; a collection tank having a floor contained therein allowing sediment to settle on the floor of the collection tank, the collection tank having at least one baffle plate, the baffle plate angled to encourage air flow, the at least one baffle plate mounted to the ceiling of the collection tank, the at least one baffle plate being v-shaped to facilitate air-flow through the collection tank; the collection tank having a sensor connected to a valve, the valve connected to the collection tank, the collection tank fluidly connected to the spray scrubber and an exhaust fan, the valve discharges the emissions if the contaminant level measuring sensor reads below a predetermined level through the exhaust fan, or pumping the emissions back to the spray scrubber if the contaminant level measuring sensor reads a level above a predetermined level; and a recirculation tank fluidly connected to the collection tank, the recirculation air filtration system having at least one filter, the recirculation tank in fluid communication with the spray scrubber to move water from the recirculation tank back to the spray scrubber. | 19,588 |
9,581,998 | 1. A system comprising: a first radio communication unit configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle configured to travel on a road; a first electronic component configured to be disposed onboard the first vehicle and to process command data according to a first function to control operations of the first vehicle, the command data designating a throttle setting; a second radio communication unit configured to be disposed onboard a second vehicle configured to travel on a road, the first vehicle and the second vehicle traveling along the road together in a group formed by a wireless communication link between the first radio communication unit and the second radio communication unit; a second electronic component configured to be disposed onboard the second vehicle and to process the command data according to the first function to control operations of the second vehicle, wherein, responsive to the first electronic component entering a failure state, the second electronic component is configured to receive the command data from the first radio communication unit, to process the command data according to the first function to create processed data, to modify the processed data based on a distance between the first and second vehicle to create modified data, and to direct the second radio communication unit to communicate the modified data to the first vehicle. | 26,704 |
8,511,512 | 1. A dispenser that controls dispensation of a chemical product based on a change in weight of the chemical product remaining in the dispenser, comprising: a weight measurement instrument that generates one or more electrical signals indicative of the weight of the chemical product remaining in the dispenser; a product holder configured to receive the chemical product; and an isolation mechanism configured to lift the product holder from a lowered position to a raised position, the isolation mechanism comprising: | 14,540 |
9,639,141 | 1. An electronic device operable to be coupled to each of (i) a host via a link and (ii) a power source, the electronic device comprising: a converter configured to (i) receive AC power from the power source, and (ii) convert the AC power to DC power; a memory, wherein while the electronic device is operating in a standard mode of operation, (i) the DC power is received from the power source via the converter, and (ii) the DC power received from the converter is supplied to a first number of components of the electronic device, wherein while the electronic device is operating in a low power mode of operation, (i) DC power is received from the host via the link, and (ii) the DC power received from the host via the link is supplied to a second number of components of the electronic device, wherein the second number is less than the first number, wherein the electronic device is configured to, in response to the electronic device ceasing to receive power from the host over the link due to one or more of (i) the link developing a fault or (ii) the link being decoupled from one or both of the host and the electronic device, | 38,650 |
8,666,271 | 1. An image forming apparatus which includes a rotatable photosensitive member, a light emission unit configured to emit a laser beam to the photosensitive member based on image information, and a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image of an electrostatic latent image formed based on emission of the light emission unit and developed with a toner onto a member onto which an image is to be transferred, the image forming apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire variable speed information, which indicates a variable rotation speed of the photosensitive member; and an image position correction unit configured to correct an image position according to the variable rotation speed based on the variable speed information that has been acquired by the acquisition unit by executing image processing on the image information. | 48,346 |
9,342,293 | 1. A process for communicating utility-related data over at least one network comprising: collecting utility-related data from one or more premise units at a hub device during a first predetermined period of time, wherein utility-related data includes one or more of utility meter reading data, premise unit alarm data, premise unit event data, premise unit status data and firmware upgrade data; securing the utility-related data at the hub device using digital envelopes during the first predetermined period of time; initiating by the hub device an autonomous wake up process during a one or more additional predetermined periods of time; sending the utility-related data secured at the hub device to a designated server via at least one User Datagram protocol (UDP) message during one or more predetermined periods of time; and receiving from the designated server, an acknowledgement-of-receipt message of the at least one UDP message, wherein the acknowledgement-of receipt-message comprises communication control information, wherein the communication control information informs the hub device at least one of (i) to keep a data connection between the designated server the hub device open, (ii) to callback at a scheduled time, or (iii) that there is no further need of the data connection by the designated server, and wherein when the communication control information informs the hub device to callback at a scheduled time, the communication control information further comprises a token identifier for identifying a process to contact at call back. | 47,661 |
8,719,678 | 1. An Error Correction Code (ECC) encoder, comprising: a first processing stage configured to: a second processing stage configured to: a control circuit coupled to the first processing stage and the second processing stage, wherein the control circuit is configured to: | 239 |
8,513,466 | 1. A photooxidatively resistant acene composition selected from the group consisting of: wherein R 1 is any group containing pi (or π) electrons that is capable of participating in ππ-stacking interactions with the central acene core and R 2 through R 11 represent any group chosen from the following list: hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, nitrile, carbonyl, trifluoromethyl, halogen, alkylthio, arylthio, alkynyl. | 11,658 |
8,458,508 | 1. An information processing device which specifies a waiting time until execution of a given event and makes a system call, said information processing device comprising: a first timer which is set for a first cycle; and a second timer which is set for a second cycle which is shorter than the first cycle, wherein the waiting time is stored as a result of subtraction of a second waiting time from a first waiting time upon an interruption request from said first timer, wherein the first waiting time is a waiting time when the system call is made, wherein the second waiting time is a time until the next interruption request from said first timer when the system call is made, wherein, if the first waiting time is shorter than the first cycle, then the second cycle is subtracted from the first waiting time upon an interruption request from said second timer, and wherein, if the result of subtraction of the second cycle from the first waiting time is zero or less, then the given event is executed. | 8,479 |
9,565,908 | 1. An apparatus for carrying foldable footwear, the apparatus comprising: (A) a drawstring pouch having a side pocket, wherein the drawstring pouch is reversibly configured to adjust between (i) an undrawn state and (ii) a drawn state, wherein the drawstring pouch: (B) a collapsible tote bag removably inserted in the side pocket, wherein the collapsible tote bag is configured to reversibly convert between (i) an unfolded state and (ii) a compressed folded state, wherein the collapsible tote bag: an upper, the upper forming an interior portion for receiving a foot of a person, the interior portion including a toe cavity and a heel cavity; a midsole, the midsole having (i) a toe end, (ii) a heel end, (iii) an inner side, and (iv) an outer side, wherein a perimeter of the midsole is stitched to the upper thereby forming a bottom to the interior portion that is bounded by a first seam; a heel outsole patch stitched onto a heel portion of a first face of the midsole; a toe outsole patch stitched onto a toe portion of the first face of the midsole; wherein the shoe is configured to fold between (i) an extended state wherein the heel outsole patch and the toe outsole patch are coplanar and (ii) a folded state in which the shoe is bent about an axis between the heel and toe outsole patch such that a portion of the upper comprising the toe cavity is tucked into the heel cavity; and wherein the pair of shoes is in the folded state when the pair of foldable shoes is received in the interior of the drawstring pouch. | 22,782 |
9,806,666 | 1. A mounting bracket comprising: a rectangular structure; a hook substructure on one end of a longest dimension of said rectangular structure operative to be inserted under corrugated roof flashing and engage the an edge of an underlying corrugated roof section; an adhesive pad substructure on an opposite end of said longest dimension of said rectangular structure operative to adhere to the a surface of a corrugated roof section. | 30,725 |
9,167,669 | 1. A device configured to be electrically connected to a switched alternating current (AC) receptacle, the device comprising: a sensing circuit that detects whether power is present at the switched receptacle; a controller that is communicatively coupled to the sensing circuit and configured to generate a signal that is indicative of a change of state of power being supplied at the switched receptacle; and a communication circuit that is configured for wireless communication, wherein the controller causes the communication circuit to transmit the signal to one or more associated devices. | 25,953 |
9,494,567 | 1. A diagnostic system comprising: a light source configured to generate an output optical beam, comprising: an interface device configured to receive a received portion of the output optical beam and to deliver a delivered portion of the output optical beam to a sample, wherein the delivered portion of the output optical beam is configured to generate a spectroscopy output beam from the sample; and a receiver configured to receive at least a portion of the spectroscopy output beam having a bandwidth of at least 10 nanometers and to process the portion of the spectroscopy output beam to generate an output signal representing at least in part a property of hydro-carbon bonds. | 4,549 |
9,724,640 | 1. An electrode-supporting type gas-separation membrane module comprising: a porous support; a plurality of gas-separation membranes positioned in contact with and on top of the porous support, the membranes being positioned adjacent to each other; at least one interconnecting portion interposed between the gas-separation membranes abutting the gas-separation membranes; and a porous electrode active layer positioned in contact with and on the top of the gas-separation membranes and the interconnecting portion, wherein the porous support is a metal, a cermet, or an electro-conductive metal oxide, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Ni, Ni-alloy, and Fe-base alloy, the electro-conductive metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of Lanthanum strontium ferrite (LSF), Lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite (LSCF), which are a Perovskite type, MnFe the cermet is a composite of an ion conductive electrolyte material and a material selected from the group consisting of Ni, Ni-alloy, and Fe-base alloy, wherein the ion conductive electrolyte is made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of scandia-stabilized zirconia (ScSZ), Gd doped-ceria (GDC), Sm doped-Ceria, Lanthanum gallates, SrCeO wherein the gas separation membranes are for separating oxygen or hydrogen, wherein the gas separation membranes for oxygen are made of scandia-stabilized zirconia (ScSZ), Gd doped-ceria (GDC), Sm doped-Ceria, or Lanthanum gallates, and the gas separation membranes for hydrogen are made of one selected from SrCeO wherein the interconnecting portion is a metal or an electro-conductive metal oxide of a dense structure, wherein the metal is Ag, Pd, Au, or Pt, and the electro-conductive metal oxide is selected from Lanthanum strontium ferrite (LSF) and Lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite (LSCF), which are a Perovskite type, or from MnFe | 24,969 |
9,650,965 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a fan, a turbine section having a fan drive turbine rotor, and a compressor rotor; a gear reduction configured to effect a reduction in a speed of the fan relative to an input speed from the fan drive turbine rotor; and wherein each of the compressor rotor and the fan drive turbine rotor includes a number of blades in each of a plurality of blade rows, the number of blades configured to operate at least some of the time at a rotational speed, and the number of blades and the rotational speed being such that the following formula holds true for all of the blade rows of the fan drive turbine rotor, but does not hold true for any of the blade rows of the compressor rotor: (number of blades×rotational speed)/60 sec≧about 5500 Hz, and the rotational speed being an approach speed in revolutions per minute. | 12,768 |
8,343,219 | 1. An apparatus for implantation of a spinal implant comprising: an intersomatic cage configured for implantation in an intervertebral space between adjacent vertebrae of a spinal column, the intersomatic cage comprising a peripheral wall and a receptacle extending from a surface of the peripheral wall and traversing at least a portion of the peripheral wall, the receptacle configured for passage of an anchoring device having a body with a curved shape along a longitudinal axis that describes an arc and for orientation of the anchoring device during implantation of the anchoring device in a vertebra; an anchoring device for anchoring the intersomatic cage between the adjacent vertebrae, the anchoring device comprising a body having an elongated shape along a longitudinal axis extending between a penetration end and an abutment end, the body having a curved shape along the longitudinal axis that describes an arc, and the body having dimensions and a radius of curvature configured for implantation of the anchoring device in one of the vertebrae by presentation of the longitudinal axis along an approach axis that is substantially along a plane of the intervertebral space and by insertion of the anchoring device through the receptacle in the intersomatic cage with the anchoring device traversing at least a portion of the intersomatic cage; and an instrument comprising | 34,371 |
9,203,073 | 1. A bipolar battery comprising: a power generation element formed by stacking a plurality of bipolar electrodes, in which an electrode layer is formed on a front and a rear of a collector, via an electrolyte layer; an elastic metal portion provided in contact with the power generation element so as to contact the power generation element in point or line contact when no external force is exerted thereon and contact the power generation element in surface contact when external force is exerted thereon; and an outer covering material provided to accommodate the power generation element and the elastic metal portion, an internal air pressure of which is set to be lower than an atmospheric pressure such that the elastic metal portion is caused to contact the power generation element in surface contact by a pressure difference between the internal air pressure and the atmospheric pressure. | 7,338 |
9,118,464 | 1. A method for supporting machine-to-machine communications, the method performed by a set of servers communicating through at least one local area network interface, the set of servers including at least one computer processor for performing the steps of the method, the method comprising: receiving, from a module connected to the set of servers from behind a firewall, a first message that includes a module identity of the module and a first source Internet protocol address and port (IP:port) number of the module, wherein the module identity is verified using a first module public key; transmitting a query to a module database and receiving a response from the module database, wherein the query includes the module identity, and wherein the response includes at least a set of cryptographic parameters for deriving a public and private key pair; transmitting a response to the module at the first source IP:port number, wherein the response includes the set of cryptographic parameters; receiving, from the module, a second message which includes a second module public key and the module identity, the second module public key being of a public and private key pair derived from the cryptographic parameters, wherein the second message is verified using the first module public key, and wherein at least one member of the set of servers authenticates the second module public key using (i) the module identity and (ii) at least a portion of the queried set of cryptographic parameters; receiving, from an application server, via a secure connection, a module instruction and the module identity; receiving, from the module reconnected to the set of servers from behind the firewall, a third message after receiving the module instruction, wherein the third message includes a second source IP:port number of the module and the module identity; and, transmitting the module instruction within a server encrypted data to the module at the second source IP:port number, wherein the server encrypted data is ciphered using the second module public key, and wherein the first and second source IP:port numbers are different. | 29,609 |
8,495,350 | 1. A method, implemented in computer-executable instructions of an operating system on a virtual system memory address space, through dynamically mapping virtual system memory for booting up a Boot-up Image on a Virtually Mapped Storage Medium of an operating-system-controlled device, the method comprising: (1) booting up the device and storing a Boot-up Image onto the Virtually Mapped Storage Medium; (2) booting up the operating system on the Virtually Mapped Storage Medium; and (3) executing computer-executable instructions of a virtual disk driver, for dynamically mapping virtual memory allocated out of the system memory pool of the operating system onto the storage address space of the Virtually Mapped Storage Medium so that the Virtually Mapped Storage Medium can be used for subsequent booting of the Boot-up Image in one or more virtual disks created by the virtual disk driver loaded up in the device in which the operating system runs. | 31,083 |
8,959,565 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by an application server comprising a processor, from a handheld communications device a first network address for accessing a media file; accessing, by the application server, the media file according to the first network address; resizing, by the application server, the media file to generate an updated media file; storing, by the application server, the updated media file in a storage device; and transmitting, by the application server, a second network address comprising a link to the updated media file to a set-top box for accessing the updated media file stored in the storage device, wherein the updated media file is stored remotely, and wherein the second network address is different from the first network address. | 18,473 |
8,805,165 | 1. A method for organizing a plurality of individual media collections containing digital content records into a master collection, comprising: (a) assembling digital content records from two or more of the plurality of individual media collections, wherein the digital content records are captured for the same event by different persons at different locations at different times; (b) extracting features from each digital content record in the two or more individual media collections; (c) analyzing the extracted features to align the digital content records into a chronological master stream of the same event over a common timeline; (d) compacting the master stream into a master collection by using a cost function to automatically remove redundant digital content records; and (e) storing, displaying or transmitting the master collection. | 26,669 |
9,695,096 | 1. A process for the selective hydrogenation of acetylenes and dienes in a C5 hydrocarbon stream, comprising: feeding hydrogen and a C5-olefin containing stream comprising linear pentenes, dienes, acetylenes, and cyclopentene to a catalytic distillation reactor system; concurrently in the catalytic distillation reactor system: recovering an overheads fraction comprising the linear pentenes; recovering a side draw fraction comprising the cyclopentene through a side draw, wherein the side draw is located intermediate a feed location of the C5-olefin containing stream and a bottoms draw location; and recovering a bottoms fraction; wherein cyclopentene in the overheads fraction is less than 0.5 wt % and linear pentenes in the side draw fraction are in a range from 0.01 wt % to 0.1 wt %. | 47,074 |
9,593,053 | 1. A photoelectrosynthetically active heterostructure (PAH), comprising: a continuous sheet-like material forming or supporting a protective structure having a plurality of cavities defining electrically insulating partitions; a plurality of independent light absorbing units, each including one or more types or regions of n-type or p-type semiconductor material, each independent light absorbing unit being disposed entirely within a cavity of the protective structure such that the protective structure partially covers and protects the semiconductor material of each independent light absorbing unit from corrosion, and such that each independent light absorbing unit is separated from and independent of other light absorbing units of the PAH; one or more cathodes coupled to the independent light absorbing units; one or more anodes coupled to the independent light absorbing units and being isolated from the one or more cathodes so that each independent light absorbing unit is autonomous from other light absorbing units; and a hydrogen permeable layer covering the one or more cathodes. | 28,081 |
9,830,359 | 1. A method comprising: creating an object on a mobile station; determining coordinates indicating a location of the mobile station when the object is created; prompting a user of the mobile station to enter a name of the location corresponding to the coordinates; receiving, from the user of the mobile station, the name of the location; associating the coordinates and the name of the location with the object as metadata; writing the object and the metadata into a memory of the mobile station, wherein the memory stores a plurality of objects and metadata corresponding to each of the plurality of objects; providing, to a user and via the mobile station, an interface for searching for at least one object in the memory, wherein the interface includes: prompting the user to enter the search location data or the object name via the interface; determining whether the user has entered the search location data or the object name; searching the metadata stored in the memory of the mobile station based on the search location data or the same location associated with the object name when the user has entered the search location data or the object name, wherein searching the metadata based on the search location data or the same location associated with the object name includes: searching the metadata stored in the memory of the mobile station based on a current location of the mobile station when the user has not entered the search location data or the object name; identifying particular metadata that matches the search location data, the same location associated with object name, or the current location of the mobile station; and presenting the at least one object associated with the particular metadata on a display of the mobile station. | 17,879 |
8,761,851 | 1. A method for non-invasively determining the blood oxygen saturation level within a subject's tissue, using a spectrophotometric system that includes a processor, a visual display, and a plurality of sensors, each sensor having at least one light source operable to transmit a light signal into the subject's tissue, and at least one light detector operable to sense the light signal after passage through the subject's tissue and to produce signal data representative of the sensed light signal, the method comprising the steps of: positioning the sensors relative to the subject to sense separate regions of the subject; sensing the subject's tissue and determining an absolute oxygen saturation level for each region using sensed signal data from each region; displaying the oxygen saturation level for a selected region, or an average of the oxygen saturation levels of all of the regions, on the visual display; comparing the absolute oxygen saturation level of each region to a predetermined value that is based on established data, and which predetermined value is an absolute value independent of oxygen saturation values determined from the subject's tissue, and determining if the absolute oxygen saturation level of each region represents an adverse condition relative to the predetermined value; replacing the oxygen saturation value of the selected region or average value then currently displayed with the absolute oxygen saturation value of the region having the most adverse oxygen saturation value relative to the other regions. | 27,343 |
9,107,783 | 1. A patient handling device comprising: a base having a plurality of wheels adapted to allow said patient handling device to be moved to different locations; a frame supported on said base; a deck supported by said frame, said deck adapted to support a patient, said deck including at least one pivotable section that is pivotable about a horizontal pivot axis between a horizontal and a raised orientation, said pivotable section being an upper section adapted to support a patient's torso; an electric actuator adapted to pivot said pivotable section about said horizontal pivot axis, said electric actuator further adapted to assume a first state in which rotation of said upper section about said pivot axis is permitted to occur electrically, and a second state in which rotation of said upper section about said pivot axis is permitted to occur manually; a first siderail positioned along a first side of said deck, said first siderail configured to remain stationary as said pivotable section of said deck is pivoted about the horizontal pivot axis; a second siderail positioned along a second side of said deck, said second siderail configured to remain stationary as said pivotable section of said deck is pivoted about the horizontal pivot axis; a first control panel supported on a patient-facing side of said first siderail at a location spaced a first distance from a head end of said patient handling device; a second control panel supported on a patient-facing side of said second siderail at a location spaced a second distance from the head end of said patient handling device, said first distance being different from said second distance; a first handle positioned adjacent a first corner of said upper section of said deck; a second handle positioned adjacent a second corner of said upper section of said deck; and a cable operatively coupled to both said first and second handles and said electric actuator, wherein squeezing of either or both of said first and second handles causes said electric actuator to switch from said first state to said second state; wherein said first and second control panels include controls for activating said electric actuator to automatically pivot said pivotable section about said horizontal pivot axis, and said first control panel is positioned for use by a patient when said upper section is in the raised orientation, and said second control panel is positioned for use by a patient when said upper section is in the horizontal orientation. | 21,963 |
9,492,803 | 1. A reactor for performing an endothermic reaction process, comprising a heat providing section containing heat providing means, the heat providing section communicating with an inlet end of a reactor section, the reactor section containing catalyst tubes and having an outlet end communicating with a head space section, the catalyst tubes being screened from heat radiation of the heat generating means, the reactor further comprising a recirculation section connecting the head space section to the heat providing section; further comprising a feed line and a product line and wherein the reactor section contains reactor panels, each reactor panel comprising a feed header, a product header and adjacent channels, each channel having a length, running from an entrance end to an exit end, and wherein the entrance ends are directly connected to and open into the feed header and the exit ends are directly connected to and open into the product header and wherein the feed header has at least one connection to a feed line and the product header has at least one connection to a product line and wherein part of at least one of the feed header and the product header is detachable giving access to the channel ends. | 2,225 |
9,266,670 | 1. A lifting device for a container disposed on a supporting surface, the lifting device being attached at one end of the container, the lifting device comprising: an undercarriage provided with one or more wheels engageable and disengageable with the supporting surface; a tow-bar connected to the undercarriage; and an actuator arranged to move the undercarriage of the lifting device between a first position, not engaging the supporting surface, and a second position, engaging the supporting surface, so that, in the position of the undercarriage engaging the supporting surface, one end of the container is lifted up from the supporting surface, wherein the undercarriage of the lifting device is connected to the actuator via at least one connecting body, the connecting body being connected to the actuator by means of a connector, and the connecting body being linearly movable with the actuator, wherein the undercarriage is rotatable relative to the connecting body around a shaft normal to the supporting surface; wherein the actuator and the connecting body are at least partially placed within a protective frame, so that forces acting on the actuator may be distributed to the connecting body and the frame, and wherein, in the first position, the tow-bar is configured to be held in a raised position in locking engagement with the container, and, in the second position, the tow-bar is configured to be moved out of locking engagement with the container enabling the tow-bar to move to a lowered position away from the container. | 3,407 |
8,954,192 | 1. A method of navigating an autonomous coverage robot between first and second bounded areas adjoined by a gateway, the method comprising: emitting, from a navigation beacon, a gateway beam directed across the gateway, from one lateral edge of the gateway toward an opposing lateral edge of the gateway; emitting, from the navigation beacon, a marker indicating a proximity zone laterally about the navigation beacon; in a cleaning mode, redirecting the coverage robot to stay within the first bounded area in response to any one of the marker indicating the proximity zone and the gateway beam being detected; in a migration mode, maneuvering the coverage robot past the navigation beacon and through the gateway into the second bounded area, wherein maneuvering the coverage robot in the migration mode comprises avoiding a collision with the navigation beacon in response to detecting the marker indicating the proximity zone; transmitting a directed emission, from the navigation beacon, into the first bounded area and in the migration mode, maneuvering the coverage robot toward the navigation beacon upon detecting the emission. | 7,324 |
9,132,793 | 1. A front end for a motor vehicle comprising: an engine compartment that is configured to house an engine; a supporting body component for supporting the engine; a bumper covering; and a support extending in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle between the bumper covering and the supporting body component, wherein the support has an original shape and is able to be buckled elastically during a collision such that the support is able to return to the original shape after deformation, wherein the support comprises: | 21,002 |
8,960,393 | 1. A powertrain module, comprising: an input; a bulkhead supporting the input; a rotor support including a tube and a leg; a torque converter casing driveably connected to the rotor support; an electric machine including a stator supported on the bulkhead and a rotor connected to the rotor support; a clutch hub driveably connected to the input; a clutch for alternately opening and closing a drive connection between the clutch hub and the rotor support; the tube secured to the rotor and the clutch; the leg secured to the tube and supported for rotation on the bulkhead by a second bearing; first clutch plates secured to the clutch hub; second clutch plates secured to the tube; a cylinder formed by the clutch hub; a balance dam supported on the input; a piston supported on the input, moveable in the cylinder, for forcing the first and second clutch plates into mutual frictional engagement, thereby engaging the clutch; a return spring supported on the input, for forcing the piston away from the clutch plates, allowing the clutch plates to mutually disengage, thereby disengaging the clutch; and wherein the bulkhead includes fluid passages extending from the input to a sump in the bulkhead for containing hydraulic fluid, a solenoid-actuated valve, and a line communicating hydraulically with the solenoid-actuated valve. | 30,889 |
8,517,294 | 1. A motor vehicle for collecting paper for shredding, comprising: an internal combustion engine configured to propel the motor vehicle; an electric motor configured to propel the motor vehicle; a compartment configured to receive paper; at least one of: at least one battery configured to provide power to drive both (i) the electric motor and (ii) the at least one of the bin lifting device, the shredder mechanism, the conveyance device, and the dumping device, wherein the internal combustion engine and the electric motor are each configured to independently propel the motor vehicle. | 3,189 |
9,292,074 | 1. A method comprising: collecting, from each of a plurality of controllers of a node having a plurality of components, component power consumption for a first time period, wherein each of the plurality of controllers is associated with a respective one of the plurality of components; providing, to each of the plurality of controllers, the component power consumptions for the first time period; for each of the plurality of components, | 47,407 |
8,679,942 | 1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor substrate, comprising: forming a strained donor structure by forming a III-nitride material on a first substrate with a desired lattice strain and a Ga-face on a first surface of the III-nitride material and an N-face on a second surface of the III-nitride material; selecting an attachment surface, wherein the attachment surface is the first surface to form an N-polar composite substrate or the second surface to form a Ga-polar composite substrate; forming a weakened zone in the strained donor structure at a predetermined depth to define a strained seed layer between the attachment surface and the weakened zone and a residual strained donor structure between the weakened zone and a surface opposite the attachment surface; bonding a support substrate to the attachment surface of the III-nitride material; separating the residual strained donor structure from the strained seed layer at the weakened zone to form a strained composite substrate comprising the support substrate and the strained seed layer; epitaxially growing at least one additional layer of semiconductor material on the strained seed layer of the strained composite substrate to deposit a device structure; and selecting the desired lattice strain and a resulting strained lattice parameter of the III-nitride material and a composition of the at least one additional layer of semiconductor material and causing a reduction in a difference between the strained lattice parameter of the III-nitride material of the strained seed layer and an equilibrium lattice parameter of the at least one additional layer of semiconductor material. | 27,053 |
9,111,875 | 1. A pattern formation method comprising: forming a layer above an underlying layer, the layer including a block copolymer; forming a first phase including a first polymer and a second phase including a second polymer in the layer by phase-separating the block copolymer, the first polymer including no benzene ring in a chemical formula thereof, and the second polymer including a benzene ring in a chemical formula thereof; and selectively removing the first phase by dry etching the layer using an etching gas including carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein a flow rate ratio of the carbon monoxide to a total amount of the hydrogen and the carbon monoxide is 40% or more. | 36,479 |
8,932,179 | 1. A method for vehicle braking, comprising: providing driveline braking torque to a vehicle without applying friction braking torque to the vehicle; and reducing driveline braking torque while increasing friction braking torque to the vehicle in response to an energy storage device state of charge, the friction braking torque increased by a same amount the driveline braking torque is reduced. | 33,062 |
8,393,316 | 1. An internal-combustion-engine control apparatus comprising: an exhaust-gas sensor that outputs as a detection signal an electric current that varies in accordance with an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine; a current detection resistor that detects the electric current; an amplification circuit that amplifies, while switching amplification factors thereof, the detection signal detected by the current detection resistor, in a plurality of detection ranges for an air-fuel ratio that can be detected by the exhaust-gas sensor; an offset circuit that adds an offset voltage to the detection signal amplified by the amplification circuit so that said detection signal becomes an air-fuel ratio signal that can be detected by an A/D converter; and an air-fuel ratio detection means that makes an electric current flow, in accordance with the air-fuel ratio signal, into the exhaust-gas sensor and corrects an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine in such a way that said air-fuel ratio becomes a target air-fuel ratio, wherein the air-fuel ratio detection means determines whether the exhaust-gas sensor is in an activation state or in a non-activation state, and stops an electric current flowing into the exhaust-gas sensor, in the case where it is determined that the exhaust-gas sensor is in a non-activation state; and wherein the air-fuel ratio detection means switches the amplification factors of the amplification circuit so as to detect the air-fuel ratio signal at the time when an electric current flowing into the exhaust-gas sensor is stopped, and determines whether or not the offset circuit is abnormal, based on whether or not the respective air-fuel ratio signals at the amplification factors are within a predetermined range. | 48,584 |
9,579,593 | 1. A replaceable fuel separation unit comprising: a permeable substrate having a first end face, a second end face, a plurality of parallel channels extending from the first end face to the second end face, and an outer surface; a first housing structured and arranged to contain the permeable substrate, having an intermediate internal surface, the first housing comprising a first end plate and a second end plate defining respective first and second outer ends of the housing, wherein the intermediate internal surface of the first housing is disposed between the first end plate and the second end plate, a permeate chamber comprising a space formed between the outer surface of the permeable substrate and the intermediate internal surface of the first housing; wherein the permeate chamber is separated from the end faces of the permeable substrate by the first end plate seal and the second end plate seal, and outer side portions of the first and second end plate seals do not abut against respective first and second end plates, and are spaced by a gap within the permeate chamber from the intermediate internal surface of the first housing. | 18,763 |
8,729,518 | 1. A device comprising at least one multilayer structure, said multilayer structure comprising: a first conductive layer; a first layer and a second layer of negative differential resistance material on said first conductive layer; a signal line layer disposed between said first and second layers of negative differential resistance material; a second conductive layer, said layers of negative differential resistance material and said signal line layer being disposed between said first and second conductive layers; and a signal voltage source to send a signal down said signal line layer, with different voltage signals being applied to said first and second layers of negative differential resistance material such that, with the signal layer sandwiched between the first and second layers of negative differential resistance material receiving said voltage signals, the signal line layer is a non-linear signal transmission line. | 46,662 |
8,822,683 | 1. A compound of the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R is H or CH each X is independently CH or N; each R y is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; R R 3 and R 4 at each occurrence are independently: (i) hydrogen or (ii) alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclo, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, or heteroarylalkyl any of which may be optionally independently substituted with one or more R R 5 and R 5 * at each occurrence is: (i) hydrogen or (ii) alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclo, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, or heteroarylalkyl any of which may be optionally independently substituted with one or more R R x at each occurrence is independently, halo, cyano, nitro, oxo, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclo, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, -(alkylene) m -OR 5 , -(alkylene) m -O-alkylene-OR 5 , -(alkylene) m -S(O) n —R 5 , -(alkylene) m -NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -CN, -(alkylene) m -C(O)—R 5 , -(alkylene) m -C(S)—R 5 , -(alkylene) m -C(O)—OR 5 , -(alkylene) m -O—C(O)—R 5 , -(alkylene) m -C(S)—OR 5 , -(alkylene) m -C(O)-(alkylene) m -NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -C(S)—NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—C(O)—NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—C(S)—NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—C(O)—R 5 , -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—C(S)—R 5 , -(alkylene) m -O—C(O)—NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -O—C(S)—NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -SO 2 —NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—SO 2 —R 5 , -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—SO 2 —NR 3 R 4 , -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—C(O)—OR 5 ), -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—C(S)—OR 5 , or -(alkylene) m -N(R 3 )—SO 2 —R 5 ; wherein: said alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclo, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, and heterocycloalkyl groups may be further independently substituted with one or more -(alkylene) n is 0, 1 or 2, and m is 0 or 1; and R 3 * and R 4 * at each occurrence are independently: (i) hydrogen or (ii) alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclo, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, or heteroarylalkyl any of which may be optionally independently substituted with one or more R | 23,427 |
9,366,191 | 1. A flexible shield for fluid connectors of a gas turbine engine, the fluid connector communicating fluid therethrough and connecting first and second fluid tubes, the flexible shield comprising: a flexible sleeve surrounding the fluid connector and having a first and second end, the first and second end each being tubular, the flexible sleeve being a fabric sleeve that is folded into a double-layered structure; and a coupling securing the first and second end of the flexible sleeve to at least one of the fluid tubes. | 2,358 |
9,768,702 | 1. A converter for converting an input-side alternating voltage into an output-side direct voltage, wherein a power factor correction is provided, the converter comprising: a transformer having at least two primary windings arranged in series; a first switch; a second switch; rectification elements; and a storage capacitor unit arranged in series with a first primary winding of the at least two primary windings; wherein the storage capacitor unit is connectable in a clocked manner to the input-side alternating voltage by the rectification elements by the first switch and a second primary winding of the at least two primary windings is connectable in the clocked manner to the storage capacitor unit by the second switch. | 31,841 |
8,546,027 | 1. A bio-fuel cell comprising: a substrate having positioned thereon a first conductive member and a second conductive member with an insulating layer positioned over the substrate and the first and second conductive members, the insulating layer: (i) having a first aperture formed therein exposing a first region of the first conductive member, with an electrophoretically deposited first nanotube having a first end in contact with the exposed first region of the first conductive member, and (ii) having a second aperture formed therein exposing a second region of the second conductive member, with an electrophoretically deposited second nanotube having a first end in contact with the exposed second region of the second conductive member; the first nanotube electrically coupled to the second nanotube, the first nanotube configured to be a cathode and the second nanotube configured to be an anode; and an electrolyte in electrical communication with the cathode and the anode; wherein the cathode and anode are configured to provide electrical power to an electrical device, and the electrical device is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit; wherein the cathode is connected to a negative supply for a nMOS circuit and the anode is connected to a positive supply for a pMOS circuit; wherein the anode and the cathode are configured and dimensioned to locally supply power to the complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit; and wherein the locally supplied power substantially eliminates the ohmic losses from routing power from the complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit. | 10,314 |
8,352,798 | 1. A method for detecting and fencing off a failed entity instance comprising: detecting a failure occurring during execution of a first instance of a software entity, wherein the software entity is an application or process and the first instance comprises one or more threads of execution, and is capable of performing a write operation on state information stored in non-volatile memory and associated with the software entity; in response to said detection, invoking an operating system interface to create a quiesced state of the first instance by stopping any in-progress write operations on the state information associated with the first instance of the software entity and by suspending execution of the one or more threads of execution in the first instance; in response to said quiesced state of the first instance, re-instantiating the software entity to create a second instance of the software entity such that the first and second instances are executing at the same time, wherein the second instance comprises one or more threads of execution, and is capable of performing a write operation on the state information associated with the software entity; in response to said quiesced state of the first instance, obtaining diagnostic information from the first instance; and in response to obtaining the diagnostic information, terminating the first instance. | 29,200 |
8,742,258 | 1. A bonding wire for semiconductor, comprising: a core wire made of copper or a copper alloy; a coating layer containing palladium, said coating layer being formed on a surface of said core wire, and having a thickness of 10 to 200 nm; and an alloy layer containing noble metal and palladium, said alloy layer being formed on a surface of said coating layer, and having a thickness of 1 to 80 nm, wherein said noble metal is gold, and a concentration of the gold in said alloy layer is not less than 10% and not more than 75% by volume, and wherein of surface crystal grains in said alloy layer, the surface crystal grains having <111> crystal orientations angled at 15 degrees or less to a wire drawing direction occupy an areal percentage of 40% to 100%. | 29,725 |
9,341,017 | 1. A door structure consisting of: a hollow door formed of a frame and a door skin defining an internal cavity; an insulative textile member disposed within said cavity and said door skin, said insulative member consisting of a fibrous web layer of interlocked reinforcement fibers distributed substantially randomly in a first plane, said textile member comprising between 8% and 35% MDI and a fire retardant. | 39,818 |
8,820,049 | 1. A method for deactivating at least a cylinder stroke mode of an engine, comprising: deactivating at least a cylinder stroke mode based on an operating state of at least a catalyst brick, wherein deactivating said cylinder stroke mode reduces a number of strokes available with which to operate a cylinder in a cylinder cycle, said number reduced from a first number of strokes before said deactivating to a second number of strokes after said deactivating, said second number of strokes different than said first number of strokes; and adjusting a valve actuator based on available stroke modes. | 48,351 |
8,352,425 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program for handling transaction messages in asynchronous data replication in a database system, the database system including a source node and a target node, each transaction message having information concerning at least one row change to a table copy at the source node, the computer program comprising executable instructions for: determining whether a first transaction message depends on a preceding non-completed transaction message, the first transaction message depending on the preceding non-completed transaction when a row change associated with the-preceding non-completed transaction requires application to a table copy at the target node prior to a row change associated with the first transaction message; responsive to the first transaction message depending on the preceding non-completed transaction, responsive to the first transaction message not depending on the preceding non-completed transaction, applying the row change associated with the first transaction message to the table copy at the target node without holding the first transaction message, wherein determining whether the first transaction message depends on the preceding non-completed transaction message comprises: determining that the row change in the first transaction message is an insert or a key update type of change; comparing a new replication key value in the row change in the first transaction message to an old replication key value of the row change in the preceding non-completed transaction message, including comparing a hash value of the new replication key value in the row change in the first transaction message to a hash value of the old replication key value in the row change in the preceding non-completed transaction message; and determining that the first transaction message depends on the preceding. non-completed transaction message if the new replication key value in the row change in the first transaction message is the same as the old replication key value in the row change in the preceding non-completed transaction message. | 19,789 |
8,798,939 | 1. A method for designing, selecting and/or optimizing a chemical entity that binds to an allosteric binding site of proMMP9 comprising the steps of: a. employing the structural coordinates of proMMP9 according to any one of Tables 11-14 to generate a three-dimensional model of said proMMP9 on a computer, wherein said computer comprises the means for generating said three-dimensional model; b. identifying three-dimensional structural information of an allosteric binding site of proMMP9, wherein said allosteric binding site comprises amino acid residues 100-102, 110, 114, 177-179, 190-193, and 405-410, and wherein said allosteric binding site comprises a region of space that is occupied by phenylalanine (Phe) 107 in the apo form of proMMP9, numbering taken from full-length human matrix metalloproteinase-9 precursor, proMMP9(1-707) (SEQ ID NO:1); c. employing the three-dimensional structural information identified in (b) to design, select and/or optimize said chemical entity by performing a fitting operation between said chemical entity and said three-dimensional structural information of all or part of said allosteric binding site. | 21,991 |
8,404,534 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a plurality of gate structures on a semiconductor substrate, the plurality of gate structures arranged in a plurality of lines, wherein an end-to-end spacing between the lines is smaller than a line-to-line spacing between the lines; forming an etch stop layer over the gate structures; forming an interlayer dielectric over the gate structures; and forming a dielectric film over the gate structures before the interlayer dielectric is formed, the dielectric film completely filling end-to-end gaps formed in the end-to-end spacing between the gate structures. | 9,625 |
8,743,180 | 1. A method implemented in a multimedia conversion system for converting two-dimensional (2D) multimedia data to stereoscopic multimedia data, comprising: determining vertical characteristics of pixels in a frame of the 2D multimedia data, wherein determining vertical characteristics of the pixels comprises for each scan line in the frame, determining a difference between pixel pairs comprising a pixel in a current scan line and a pixel in a second scan line, wherein the vertical characteristics comprise at least one of: a scan line absolute difference; a difference between pixels in the second scan line; and an absolute difference between pixels in the second scan line, wherein determining vertical characteristics further comprises determining a running sum for each position y, wherein determining a running sum is calculated according to the following: wherein Sum[y] represents the running sum, D calculating a depth for each pixel in the 2D multimedia data according to a depth of a vertical pixel in the second scan line and the determined vertical characteristics of the pixel; and generating a complementary stereoscopic image pair according to the depth of each pixel. | 22,367 |
8,374,740 | 1. A self-learning assisted hybrid vehicle system for a vehicle, said system comprising: a GPS receiver for determining the location of the vehicle; a main power source for providing main power for the vehicle; a supplemental power source for providing supplemental power for the vehicle; an electric motor receiving power from the supplemental power source and/or the main power source and driving the vehicle; and a self-learning controls unit programmed to be responsive to information from the GPS receiver and information from a plurality of inputs associated with the vehicle, wherein the plurality of inputs include vehicle load information from one or more vehicle load monitoring devices including infant/child seat information from infant/child seat monitoring devices, said self-learning controls unit using the information to make predictions about future driving conditions of the vehicle to efficiently utilize the main and supplemental power sources, wherein the self-learning controls unit optimizes the power distribution between the main power source and the supplemental power source to reduce fuel consumption, reduce emissions and/or improve performance of the vehicle. | 46,755 |
8,591,862 | 1. A delivery method that comprises bringing a composition comprising (a) a plurality of intact killed S. typhimurium cells that contain an agent selected from the group consisting of a functional nucleic acid, a therapeutic nucleic acid and a drug and (b) a ligand that carries specificity for a non-phagocytic mammalian cell surface receptor that activates receptor-mediated endocytosis into contact with endocytosis-competent mammalian cells, such that said intact killed S. typhimurium cells are endocytosed by said mammalian cells via receptor-mediated endocytosis, thereby delivering said agent to said mammalian cells. | 17,732 |
9,441,243 | 1. A polyribonucleotide comprising, from its 5′ end to its 3′ end, (a) a trans hammerhead ribozyme consisting of from 24 to 100 nucleotides directed against a plant mitochondrial RNA and (b) a tRNA-like structure aminoacylatable with valine from the genome of Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV), wherein the last nucleotide in the 3′ position of said tRNA-like structure is an adenine, said trans hammerhead ribozyme recognizes a target sequence contained in said plant mitochondrial RNA and is capable of cleaving the mitochondrial RNA, said trans hammerhead ribozyme hybridizes to said plant mitochondrial RNA at between 3 to 50 contiguous nucleotides in the 5′ position of said trans hammerhead ribozyme and at between 3 to 50 contiguous nucleotides in the 3′ position of said trans hammerhead ribozyme, and said trans hammerhead ribozyme and said tRNA-like structure are separated by an upstream pseudoknot from the genome of Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV). | 32,572 |
8,973,681 | 1. A pressurized fluid flow system for a reverse circulation Down-The-Hole hammer, wherein the hammer comprises the following main components: a cylindrical outer casing having a front end and a rear end; a rear sub affixed to the rear end of said outer casing for connecting the hammer to the source of pressurized fluid; a centrally-bored piston slidably and coaxially disposed inside said outer casing and capable of reciprocating due to the change in pressure of the pressurized fluid contained inside of a front chamber and a rear chamber located at opposites ends of the piston, the piston having outer sliding surfaces and inner surfaces; a drill bit slidably mounted in the front end of the hammer on a driver sub mounted in the front end of the outer casing, the drill bit being aligned with the outer by means of a drill bit guide disposed inside said outer casing; and a sample tube coaxially disposed within the outer casing, passing through the central bore of the piston and extending from the drill bit to the rear sub, the sample tube having inner surfaces and outer surfaces; wherein the pressurized fluid flow system of the invention comprises: a cylinder coaxially disposed in between the outer casing and the piston, the cylinder extending from the rear sub to the drill bit guide and having an inner surface and an outer surface; a cylindrical control tube coaxially disposed in between the piston and the sample tube, the cylindrical control tube extending forward from the rear sub to which it is coupled by a coupling portion thereof and having inner surfaces and outer surfaces; a discharge chamber, defined by one or more recesses in the inner surface of the outer casing and internally delimited by the cylinder, wherein the discharge chamber is in permanent fluid communication with the bottom of the hole for discharging the pressurized fluid from the front and rear chambers; and an internal chamber formed in a central recess made in the inner surfaces of the piston and delimited by the outer surfaces of the sample tube alone or together with the outer surfaces of the control tube, depending on the position of the piston during the operation of the hammer, wherein the internal chamber is in permanent fluid communication with the source of pressurized fluid for supplying said pressurized fluid to the front and rear chambers; wherein the cylinder has a front set of pressurized fluid discharge through-ports and a rear set of pressurized fluid discharge through-ports for respectively channeling the pressurized fluid out of the front and rear chambers and into the discharge chamber; wherein the control tube has at its coupling portion pressurized fluid inlet means connected to an annular passageway formed between the control tube and the sample tube for allowing the pressurized fluid to flow from the rear sub to the internal chamber; wherein the sample tube comprises a recessed front-end outer surface portion that forms a front annular supply passage with the inner surfaces of the piston for channeling the flow of pressurized fluid into the front chamber; wherein the control tube comprises a rear-end recessed outer surface portion for creating a rear annular supply passage between the inner surfaces of the piston and said rear-end recessed outer surface portion of the control tube for channeling the flow of pressurized fluid into the rear chamber; whereby the flow of pressurized fluid discharged from the front and rear chambers is controlled solely by the overlap or relative position of the outer sliding surfaces of the piston with the inner surface of the cylinder, while the inflow of pressurized fluid to the front and rear chambers is controlled by the overlap of the inner surfaces of the piston with the outer surfaces of the cylindrical control tube and the outer surfaces portion of the sample tube. | 48,786 |
8,842,774 | 1. A signal combiner for combining transmission signals to be supplied to four antenna devices, wherein two of the antenna devices are polarized in a first orientation and two of the antenna devices are polarized in a second orientation that is essentially orthogonal to the first orientation, the signal combiner comprising: four input connections arranged to receive the transmission signals; and four output connections, each arranged to drive a respective one of the four antenna devices using respective output signals; wherein the signal combiner is configured to combine transmission signals supplied on each input connection to all of the four output connections using beam forming and phase adjustment, such that, in use, each supplied transmission signal generates a central beam polarized in the first orientation and a side beam polarized in the second orientation. | 43,153 |
9,065,008 | 1. A method of manufacturing electrically interconnected solar cell assemblies, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first photovoltaic cell; (b) positioning at least a first interconnect element in an alignment feature of a top carrier and facing a top surface of the first cell; (c) adhering the first interconnect element to a predetermined location on the top surface of the first cell, wherein a length of the first interconnect element extends beyond a trailing edge of the first cell; (d) prior to step (e), positioning a portion of the length of the first interconnect element that extends beyond the trailing edge of the first cell in a first alignment feature of a bottom carrier; (e) adhering a portion of the length of the first interconnect element that extends beyond a trailing edge of the first cell to a bottom surface of a second cell and adhering at least a portion of the length of the first interconnect element that is positioned in the first alignment feature of the bottom carrier to a predetermined location on the bottom surface of the second cell; (f) positioning at least one subsequent interconnect element in an alignment feature of a top carrier and facing a top surface of a last cell in a string of cells to which an interconnect element has been attached on its bottom surface; (g) adhering the at least one subsequent interconnect element to a predetermined location on the top surface of the last cell in the string to which an interconnect element has been attached on its bottom surface, wherein a length of the at least one subsequent interconnect element extends beyond a trailing edge of the last cell in the string of cells to which an interconnect element has been attached on its bottom surface; (h) positioning a portion of the length of the at least one subsequent interconnect element that extends beyond a trailing edge of the last cell in the string of cells to which an interconnect element has been attached on its bottom surface in a first alignment feature of a bottom carrier; and (i) adhering at least a portion of the length of the at least one subsequent interconnect element that is positioned in the first alignment feature of the bottom carrier to a predetermined location on the bottom surface of a cell that is located adjacent to the cell in the string that is attached to the last cell in the string of cells to which an interconnect element has been attached on its bottom surface, wherein the string of cells comprises the first cell and a final cell that is spaced furthest in the string from the first cell. | 7,041 |
9,552,098 | 1. A mobile device, comprising: an infrared emitter, configured to emit an infrared ray by using first power in a first mode or emit the infrared ray by using second power in a second mode, wherein the first power and the second power are different; a proximity sensor, configured to detect a reflected light of the infrared ray and determine whether an object is in close proximity to the mobile device based on the reflected light; a light sensor, configured to detect an ambient brightness and determine whether the mobile device is in a dark environment based on the ambient brightness; and a processor, coupled to the infrared emitter, the proximity sensor and the light sensor, wherein when the light sensor determines that the mobile device is in the dark environment and the proximity sensor determines that the object is in close proximity to the mobile device, the processor controls the mobile device to enter a suspend mode, wherein the processor enables the infrared emitter and the proximity sensor and controls the infrared emitter to enter the first mode after the light sensor determines that the mobile device is in the dark environment, wherein before the mobile device enters the suspend mode, the processor disables the infrared emitter and the proximity sensor without disabling the light sensor. | 12,167 |
9,198,960 | 1. A method for enhancing an immune response in a mammal to mesothelin, comprising: administering to the mammal an effective amount of a boost dose of a vaccine comprising an attenuated | 11,498 |
9,763,794 | 1. A tibial prosthesis for replacing at least part of a natural knee of a body, the body defining a sagittal plane which centrally separates the body into right and left halves, said tibial prosthesis comprising: a bearing component comprising: a distal surface opposite said concave articulating surface; and a notch formed in said distal surface, said notch defining a recessed indent and defining a longitudinal axis, said longitudinal axis defining an offset axis angle relative to the sagittal plane, said offset axis angle ranging from greater than zero degrees to about 90 degrees; and a tibial tray comprising: | 15,243 |
9,409,609 | 1. A wake convergence device for a pick-up truck including a cab, the wake convergence device comprising: a top panel operably coupled to the cab of the pick-up truck; and at least one side panel operably coupled to the cab of the pick-up truck, wherein the wake convergence device is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the top panel and the cab defining a first spacing therebetween in the stowed position, the at least one side panel and the cab defining a second spacing therebetween in the stowed position, and the top panel and the cab defining a third spacing therebetween in the deployed position, the at least one side panel and the cab defining a fourth spacing therebetween in the deployed position, wherein the first spacing is different than the third spacing and wherein the second spacing is different than the fourth spacing. | 28,849 |
9,171,652 | 1. A process for preparing precursors for transition metal mixed oxides, wherein (A) precipitating a material having formula (I) where the variables are defined as follows: M is one or more transition metals, A is sodium or potassium, B is one or more metals of groups 1 to 3 of the Periodic Table, excluding Na and potassium, X is halide, nitrate or carboxylate, b is from 0.75 to 0.98, c is from zero to 0.50, d is from zero to 0.50, e is from zero to 0.1, f is from zero to 0.05, g is from zero to 0.05, h is from zero to 0.10, m is from 0.002 to 0.1, from aqueous solution at a pH in the range from 8.0 to 9.0 to yield precipitated material and a mother liquor; and (B) separating the precipitated material off from the mother liquor, where the particles of material of formula (I) have a spherical shape. | 46,134 |
8,931,122 | 1. A grey water toilet comprising: a toilet that has a toilet tank in adaptive fluid communication with a sink and a faucet; said sink and faucet are adjacent of said toilet; wherein grey water supplies said toilet from said sink; said grey water flushes said toilet; wherein freshwater supplies said faucet; said freshwater runs through said sink and turns into grey water that is diverted into said toilet tank; said grey water flushes said toilet; wherein said sink includes a pop-up rod to flush said toilet in addition to a toilet flush handle; wherein either the pop-up rod or toilet flush handle shall direct water to said faucet, which then passes down said sink and into said toilet tank; a baffle defines a first portion and a second portion; wherein a float extended via an arm and fill valve descends into said first portion; wherein said fill valve is in fluid communication between a toilet water supply line and a freshwater line; wherein said freshwater line connects with said faucet. | 38,632 |
8,763,831 | 1. A reusable bottle cap system comprising: a bottle cap portion comprising: a crown at a top end thereof; a mid-portion comprising a surface having a convex shape; and a mouth having a lip wherein the lip comprises a groove, the groove configured to mate with complementary structure of the bottle cap, wherein the bottle cap cover is designed to keep the bottle cap free from dirt and debris when not in use. | 43,982 |
9,210,580 | 1. A method of controlling a network node, comprising: identifying, to said network node and other network nodes within a predefined network node controlling cluster for said network node comprising neighbouring network nodes of the network node, at least one proposed change to characteristics of said network node; in the absence of an indication from said other network nodes within said network node controlling cluster rejecting said at least one proposed change to said characteristics of said network node, subsequently making said at least one proposed change to said characteristics of said network node; and after receipt of an indication requesting reinstatement of the characteristics of the network node from at least one of the other network nodes within the network node controlling cluster, reversing changes made to the characteristics of the network node; wherein said proposed change is at least one of a change in transmission power of transceivers within said network node, a switching off of wireless communications coverage provided to user equipment by said network node, a switching of the transceivers within said network node, a change in capacity of said network node, a change in radiation levels output by said network node, and a change in interference levels caused by said network node. | 42,238 |
8,769,245 | 1. A power management apparatus, for use in a very long instruction word (VLIW) processor, wherein the power management apparatus comprises: an instruction transcoder for rearranging valid instruction(s) and no operation (NOP) instruction(s) of an input instruction package to output a transcoded instruction package, wherein the transcoded instruction package by the rearrangement has its NOP instruction(s) corresponding to at least one execution unit, which is to be placed in power reduction state, of a VLIW processor; and a power reduction controller for selectively performing power reduction control on the at least one execution unit corresponding to at least one NOP instruction of the transcoded instruction package, according to the transcoded instruction package. | 17,811 |
8,758,613 | 1. An anaerobic/aerobic water purification system comprising: an anaerobic water purification subsystem receiving water to be treated and providing an anaerobic-treated water output, said anaerobic water purification subsystem comprising biomass carriers for supporting anaerobic microorganisms, said biomass carriers having a density which is lower than the density of water; an aerobic water purification subsystem, integrated with said anaerobic water purification subsystem, receiving said anaerobic-treated water output and providing an anaerobic- and aerobic-treated water output, said aerobic water purification subsystem including moving bed biofilm reactor functionality; and a gas collection volume located above said anaerobic water purification subsystem and below said aerobic water purification subsystem for collecting gas produced by said anaerobic water purification subsystem, wherein pressure created by the accumulation of said gas produced by said anaerobic water purification subsystem is operative to pump said anaerobic-treated water output from said anaerobic water purification subsystem to said aerobic water purification subsystem. | 6,217 |
9,216,380 | 1. A method for stripping ammonia from an ammonia rich absorbent of a carbon capture system for removing carbon dioxide from a flue gas stream, said method comprising: contacting a carbon dioxide lean gas stream having ammonia and an absorbent, wherein the absorbent absorbs ammonia from the carbon dioxide lean gas stream to provide an ammonia reduced gas stream and an ammonia rich absorbent; contacting the ammonia rich absorbent and a portion of the flue gas stream, wherein the flue gas stream heats the ammonia rich absorbent to release the ammonia therefrom and provide an ammonia rich gas stream and an ammonia reduced absorbent; and providing the ammonia rich gas stream to a carbon dioxide absorber via a suction drum in fluid communication with an ammonia stripper and the carbon dioxide absorber. | 9,814 |
8,400,243 | 1. An electromagnetic switch for a starter, comprising: first and second excitation terminals each having a connecting end and a non-connecting end; a first electromagnet which has a first coil excited by an electric current flowing via the first excitation terminal, the first coil generating a magnetic force to move a pinion gear of a starter in an axial direction; a second electromagnet which has a main switch and a second coil excited by an electric current via the second excitation terminal, and which is configured to open and close the main switch depending on an excitation status of the second coil, the main switch making and breaking a current circuit electrically connected to a motor; a frame in which the first and second electromagnets are set alongside each other in the axial direction, the frame extending along the axial direction, the frame having an open end in the axial direction; a cover which covers the open end of the frame and forms a contact space inside of the cover, the main switch being arranged in the contact space; two terminal bolts which are fixed to the cover, compose a part of the current circuit, and electrically connect the main switch and the motor; and a terminal fixing portion to which the connecting ends of the first and second excitation terminals are fixed together, the connecting ends being connected respectively to the first and second coils, the terminal fixing portion being disposed inside of the frame, wherein the first and second electromagnets are configured such that a relative position of the first and second electromagnets to the cover is changed by rotating about the axial direction. | 17,436 |
9,391,484 | 1. An actuator unit for receiving an electric motor having lugs, the actuating unit comprising: a housing having a plurality of motor receptacles for a step-down gear unit and for the electric motor, wherein one of the motor receptacles is connected with a terminal cover, wherein the terminal cover consists of a conductor stamping that is extrusion-coated with a plastic material and has motor contact areas that interlock with the lugs of the electric motor, and wherein the conductor stamping includes holding sections that interlock with molded-on housing elements of the housing, the molded-on housing elements extending after one of the motor receptacles for the electric motor in the form of narrow tongues and, when installed, extending beyond the terminal cover, even at the upper tolerance limit for the housing length of the electric motor, so that the terminal cover holds the electric motor axially gap-free in the one of the receptacles across a wide range of tolerances. | 1,859 |
9,768,630 | 1. A charging circuit comprising: a power management integrated circuit (IC), configured to manage power charging of a battery; a controller, configured to provide a preset value of current and a preset value of voltage; and a feedback circuit, coupled to the power management IC and the controller and the battery, the feedback circuit configured to compare the preset value of current with a charging current to the battery, compare the preset value of voltage with a charging voltage to the battery to obtain comparing results, and provide a feedback signal to the power management IC according to the results of the comparisons; wherein the feedback circuit comprises: wherein the power management IC is configured to decrease power output in event that the charging current to the battery is higher than the preset value of current or in event the charging voltage to the battery is higher than the preset value of voltage, and the power management IC is further configured to increase power output in event the charging current to the battery is lower than the preset value of current or in event the charging voltage to the battery is lower than the preset value of voltage. | 9,425 |
8,360,303 | 1. A method comprising: providing a first work piece comprising a dielectric layer having a top surface; placing a second work piece facing the first work piece; placing a heating tool contacting the second work piece; heating the second work piece using the heating tool to perform a reflow process, wherein a first solder bump between the first and the second work pieces is melted to form a second solder bump; and before the second solder bump solidifies, pulling the second work piece away from the first work piece, until an angle formed between a tangent line of the second solder bump and the top surface of the dielectric layer is greater than about 50 degrees, wherein the tangent line is drawn at a point where the second solder bump joins the dielectric layer. | 1,008 |
9,068,372 | 1. A system for constructing a reassemblable structure, comprising: a plurality of wall panels; a plurality of roof panels; a plurality of floor panels; at least one readjustable support device, adapted to be adjusted to multiple positions; at least one skirt panel coupled below at least one floor panel and supported by the at least one readjustable support device; at least one sub-floor truss supporting the plurality of floor panels and coupled to the at least one skirt panel; at least one sub-roof truss coupled to an interior surface of at least two wall panels and supporting the plurality of roof panels; and at least one floor coupling bracket, the at least one floor coupling bracket securing an outer surface of one of the plurality of wall panels, to one of the plurality of floor panels, and to the at least one skirt panel. | 14,096 |
9,559,540 | 1. A method for discharging a rechargeable battery of a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal has a processor system, comprising the following steps performed by the processor system of the mobile terminal: determining at least one parameter which indicates an ambient temperature of the mobile terminal; determining a charge status of the rechargeable battery; comparing the charge status with a first threshold value; and if the charge status exceeds the first threshold value, discharging the rechargeable battery by increasing the energy consumption of the processor system; wherein at least one of the steps determining the charge status, comparing the charge status and discharging the rechargeable battery is carried out depending on the parameter indicating the ambient temperature. | 20,291 |
8,756,730 | 1. A bedding apparatus, comprising: a top layer; a bottom layer; and two zippers; wherein said bottom layer is comprised of a fitted portion and a top portion; wherein said top portion of said bottom layer covers a top of a mattress; wherein said fitted portion of said bottom layer fits tightly around the sides of said mattress; wherein said top layer extends over and beyond one or more edges of said top portion of said bottom layer; wherein each of said two zippers have a top slide rail and a bottom slide rail; wherein said top slide rail of said two zippers are attached to a bottom of said top layer; wherein said bottom slide rail of said two zippers are attached to an outer surface of said top portion of said bottom layer; wherein said bottom slide rails of said two zippers are essentially parallel and are located at two opposing side edges of said top portion of said bottom layer; wherein said two top slide rails of said two zippers are essentially parallel and are located interior from two opposing side ends of said bottom of said top layer so as to line up with and matingly engage with said bottom slide rails at said two opposing side edges of said top portion of said bottom layer; wherein said two zippers are double-headed; wherein said top layer and said bottom layer each have a foot edge and wherein said foot edge of said top layer and said foot edge of said bottom layer do not have attachment devices and do not matingly engage along said foot edges; wherein said two bottom slide rails of said two zippers extend to said foot edge of said bottom layer; wherein said two bottom slide rails of said two zippers do not extend to a head edge of said bottom layer, wherein said two top slide rails of said two zippers do not extend to said foot edge of said top portion and wherein said two top slide rails of said two zippers do not extend to a head edge of said top portion, wherein said top slide rails and said bottom slide rails of said zippers have a distal side and a proximal side, and wherein said proximal side has a lining that prevents contact with a plurality of teeth of said zippers. | 29,317 |
9,003,997 | 1. A vessel comprising: a hull with a transom for holding at least one outboard engine; spaced-apart separate starboard and port hull extensions formed on said hull and extending behind any outboard engines mounted to said transom; and an engine cover positioned on said hull and over an outboard engine when mounted to said transom and supported, at least in part, by said hull extensions, said cover concealing said engine from view and including a hatch for providing access to the outboard engine. | 49,780 |
9,444,110 | 1. A fuel cell power plant system comprising: a first compartment housing a cell stack assembly, a burner, and air into which fuel can leak; a first blower for producing a first flow path in the first compartment that provides the air and leaked fuel into the burner for consumption; a second blower for producing a second flow path in the first compartment that provides at least the air into the cell stack assembly; and wherein the first blower and the second blower each have an inlet positioned inside the first compartment in a vicinity of the cell stack assembly for creating a cooling air flow path directed past the cell stack assembly. | 12,728 |
8,507,943 | 1. A semiconductor light-emitting element comprising: a support substrate; a semiconductor light-emitting stacked body including a first semiconductor layer formed on the support substrate, an active layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer formed on the active layer; a first electrode including at least one linear first electrode piece that is disposed on a surface of the first semiconductor layer close to the support substrate and in ohmic contact with the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode including at least one linear second electrode piece that is disposed on a surface of the second semiconductor layer and in ohmic contact with the second semiconductor layer; and a plurality of conical projections formed on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first electrode piece and the second electrode piece are disposed so as not to overlap with each other in a stacked direction of the semiconductor light-emitting stacked body but to be parallel with each other when viewed from above, and the plurality of conical projections disposed between the first and second electrode pieces are disposed in parallel with each other with extension axes that form an angle of ±26 degrees with respect to an extension direction of the first and second electrode pieces. | 33,645 |
9,729,851 | 1. A stereoscopic video reproducing method using left-eye images and right-eye images comprising: decoding a primary digital image block for a primary image; decoding a secondary digital image block for a secondary image; and reproducing a stereoscopic image with said decoded primary and secondary images, wherein said primary image is used as one of a left-eye image and a right-eye image according to information indicating said primary and secondary images are used for reproducing said stereoscopic image, and a data flag indicating whether said primary image is used as one of a left-eye image and a right-eye image, wherein said secondary image is used as the one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image for which said primary image is not used, and wherein said secondary image is dependent on image information in said primary image in such manner that said secondary digital image block is derived from said primary digital image block. | 2,052 |
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