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9,601,934 | 1. A charging stand comprising a housing, the charging stand comprising: a seat portion configured to hold an electronic apparatus therein, and a charging mechanism for charging the electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus is held in the seat portion, the housing comprising a front support portion configured to be adjacent to a front side of the electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus is held in the seat portion, and a rear support portion configured to be adjacent to a rear side of the electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus is held in the seat portion, wherein the seat portion is formed between the front support portion and the rear support portion; | 15,945 |
9,424,620 | 1. A method performed by a processor comprising: identifying a plurality of graphics processing unit (GPU) phases of a frame; defining a frequency scalability function of performance versus frequency for each of said plurality of identified GPU phases; separately tracking frequency scalability information for each GPU phase of the plurality of GPU phases in a phase profile database; and determining whether to change a frequency at which a GPU is to draw said frame within said plurality of identified GPU phases based on said frequency scalability functions. | 37,317 |
9,771,925 | 1. A tether termination system configured for use with an airborne wind turbine, comprising: a tether comprising: a tether termination mount comprising a rotatable termination anchor, wherein the termination anchor is coupled to the tether, wherein the core of the tether is secured in a cavity of the termination anchor at a first location, wherein the at least one electrical conductor of the tether is secured in the cavity of the termination anchor at a second location, and wherein the core of the tether and the at least one electrical conductor of the tether may rotate within the cavity of the termination anchor about an axis of the termination anchor. | 2,273 |
9,800,979 | 1. A tunable ribbon microphone for building a ribbon microphone with the ability to adjust the tension of the ribbon by a user depending on a sound source and desired sound characteristic, comprising: means for providing a required magnetic field and a main body for other components; means for keeping all the elements in place; means for generating a magnetic field, rigidly attached to said means for providing a required magnetic field and a main body for other components; means for rigidly keeping the ribbon in place from one side, rigidly constructed to said means for providing a required magnetic field and a main body for other components; actuating means for providing a mechanism to precisely control the tension of the ribbon, rigidly assembled to said means for providing a required magnetic field and a main body for other components; referencing means for precisely controlling and measuring the movement of an adjustable ribbon holder and said actuating means, providing a specific referencing scale in regards to the position of said adjustable ribbon holder and the tension of the ribbon to precisely adjust or recall a specific setting of said adjustable ribbon holder; means for keeping the ribbon in place, turnably connected to said referencing means for precisely controlling and measuring the movement of said adjustable ribbon holder, and slidably assembled to said actuating means for providing a mechanism to precisely control the tension of the ribbon; means for restricting the axial movement of said adjustable ribbon holder, rigidly connected to said actuating means for providing a mechanism to precisely control the tension of the ribbon, and rigidly connected to said means for providing a required magnetic field and a main body for other components; means for routing the ribbon signals to the signal adjustment components, tightly connected to said means for keeping the ribbon in place, and tightly connected to said means for keeping the ribbon in place from one side; and means for capturing the movements of the air and converting them to electrical signals, tightly connected to said means for routing the ribbon signals to the signal adjustment components, tightly placed to said means for keeping the ribbon in place, and tightly placed to said means for rigidly keeping the ribbon in place from one side. | 18,288 |
9,781,038 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a content packet at an interface of a network device; determining whether the content packet matches an identifier of the content packet in an entry in a pending interest table (PIT); discarding the content packet when the content packet does not match the identifier of the content packet in the entry in the PIT; removing a matching entry from the PIT when the content packet matches the identifier of the content packet in the matching entry in the PIT; caching the content packet in a content store (CS); adding the matching entry to a pending interest removal table (PIRT); sending a message to one or more network devices that indicates that the content packet is cached on the network device; receiving an interest packet at the network device; responsive to a determination that the interest packet does not match content stored in the CS, determining whether the interest packet matches an entry in the PIT; and adding an identifier of the interface to the PIT when the interest packet does not match an entry in the PIT. | 21,465 |
8,715,273 | 1. A method for preventing a secondary cataract after a cataract operation, comprising: A) supplying a fluid medium to epithelial cells; B) generating pressure pulses in a fluid medium to impact the epithelial cells within a lens-capsule bag of an eye; and C) preventing at least one of proliferating or migrating of epithelial cells at an inside of the lens-capsule bag by at least one of detaching epithelial cells from a wall of the lens-capsule bag and inhibiting epithelial cells remaining on the wall of the lens-capsule bag by impacting pressure pulses; D) wherein the pressure pulses produce no hole in the wall on lens-capsule bag during detaching or inhibiting of the epithelial cells; E) wherein a pulse repetition rate of the pressure pulses is at most 4 pulses per second to allow a tissue of the lens-capsule bag, after a pressure pulse, to relax and enter a low-tension state by a time a next pressure-pulse occurs; and F) wherein the pressure pulses are generated by irradiating a target with laser radiation and causing a shock wave by optical breakdown generated by absorption at a target material, and the laser radiation is pulsed, with a pulse duration between 5 and 20 ns and with a pulse energy between 1 and 20 mJ, such that each laser pulse generates at least one pressure pulse. | 23,450 |
9,681,655 | 1. A tree stand comprising: a frame; a strap for attaching the frame to a tree and including at least one engagement feature, the at least one engagement feature having a cylindrical tip, a cylindrical protrusion, and a tapering surface positioned between the cylindrical tip and the cylindrical protrusion; a latch including a body pivotably coupled to the frame and being pivotable relative to the frame between a locked position for engaging the engagement feature of the strap and an unlocked position for being disengaged with the engagement feature of the strap; the latch including a finger extending from the body and defining a recess between the finger and the body for receiving the engagement feature when the latch is in the locked position, the finger being movable through a plane of motion between the unlocked and locked positions, the finger being positioned at least partially through the frame in the locked position, the strap being laterally positioned offset from the plane of motion when the latch is in the locked position, the recess being laterally positioned offset from the strap when the latch is in the locked position, wherein the latch includes a second finger spaced from the finger defining a space there between configured to receive the strap and the finger extending from the body along the recess at an acute angle relative to the body for guiding the engagement feature into the recess. | 15,207 |
8,473,177 | 1. A hybrid vehicle system comprising: an engine operable to output exhaust; an exhaust aftertreatment system configured to receive the exhaust from the engine, the exhaust aftertreatment system including an SCR catalyst operable to reduce NOx in the exhaust and an electrical heater operable to heat the SCR catalyst; a motor/generator operable in a braking mode to receive torque to slow the vehicle and output electrical power; an energy storage device operable to output electrical power to drive the motor/generator and receive electrical power from the motor/generator; and a controller operable in the braking mode to control the electrical heater to heat the SCR catalyst using electrical power from the motor/generator in the braking mode simultaneously with electrical power from the energy storage device when the energy storage device is at a maximum charge threshold to reject energy generated in the braking mode as heat through the electrical heater to maintain consistent braking. | 49,353 |
8,961,310 | 1. A gaming machine comprising: a display device configured to display a bingo-based game; a multi-action switch including a body moveable along a fixed path, wherein the body of the multi-action switch is held in an initial position when the body of the multi-action switch is not being pressed, and wherein the fixed path includes a second position at a first distance from the initial position and a third position at a second distance from the initial position, the second distance being greater than the first distance; a position detection device configured to detect whether the body of the switch is in the initial position, the second position, or the third position along the fixed path when the body of the multi-action switch is being pressed; and a controller configured to control operations of the gaming machine in accordance with the position of the multi-action switch, such that the gaming machine carries out a first operation and a second operation when the position detecting device detects that the multi-action switch has reached the third position, wherein the first operation is a bet operation and the second operation is a daub operation or a daub and claim operation. | 836 |
8,534,958 | 1. An offshore wind power station, comprising: a superstructure mounted atop a foundation at an offshore mounting location, the foundation further comprising: | 29,831 |
9,115,484 | 1. A magnetic accessory attachment device for attaching an accessory having a non-magnetized ferromagnetic material to a sink having a non-magnetized ferromagnetic material comprising: a body having a first external surface and a second external surface, at least one of the first and second external surfaces being adapted to contact the sink, and at least one of the first and second external surfaces being adapted to contact the accessory; a magnet disposed within the body such that when the body is placed near the non-magnetized ferromagnetic material of the accessory, the magnet draws at least one of the first and second external surfaces against the accessory to removeably attach the magnetic accessory attachment device to the accessory, and such that when the body is disposed near the non-magnetized ferromagnetic material of the sink, the magnet draws the other of the at least one of the first and second external surfaces against the sink to removeably attach the magnetic accessory attachment device to the sink; an accessory having a non-magnetized ferromagnetic material, the magnet being attracted to the non-magnetized ferromagnetic material to removeably attach the accessory to the body, wherein the accessory has an attachment portion shaped to mate with the body, the non-magnetized ferromagnetic material being disposed at the attachment portion. | 43,111 |
8,794,094 | 1. A parallel gear unit for a gearbox for a wind turbine, the parallel gear unit comprising: two parallel shafts, at least one of the shafts being supported by roller bearings, each shaft comprising a gear with helical teeth, the gears being adapted for meshing with each other, and a thrust collar on at least one of the shafts, | 39,665 |
8,377,358 | 1. A method of producing an over-molded article comprising the steps of: a) providing a substrate to be over-molded, wherein the substrate has a Young's modulus of 150 MPa to 1500 MPa, has an upper surface, lower surface, and a side surface connecting the upper and lower surface, and a centerline equidistant from the upper and lower surface; b) providing a mold with a mold cavity including a first and second section defining a cavity, the mold cavity having an upper wall, a lower wall and an inner and outer side wall interconnected therebetween, a cavity height defined by the distance between the upper wall and the lower wall, wherein the mold is essentially void of any nesting device inside the mold cavity to support the substrate and the mold cavity is further defined to have a clear zone and a substrate zone; c) placing and aligning an edge of the substrate onto the first section of the mold cavity such that en edge portion of the substrate, defined by a distance d d) closing the second section of the mold cavity, sandwiching the substrate therebetween, wherein the edge portion of the substrate is unsupported and protrudes into the mold cavity; e) injecting a flowable polymer into the mold cavity creating a polymer flow until the cavity is substantially filled with the flowable polymer and the edge portion is entirely sealed by the polymer, the polymer flow is further defined as having a flow front, wherein the flow front at least partially fills the clear zone before filling the substrate zone and a front surface that is angled between the clear zone and substrate zone at an angle α, wherein α has value between about 5° and 60°, and a pressure gradient of the flowable polymer above and below the edge portion is less than what is required to force the edge portion to either of the cavity walls; f) holding the mold closed until the polymer solidifies; g) opening the mold sections; and h) removing the over-molded article. | 44,922 |
9,373,531 | 1. A substrate transfer device comprising: a substrate transfer unit configured to deliver a substrate with respect to a cassette configured to accommodate the substrate; a detection unit configured to detect the substrate accommodated in the cassette; and a control device configured to control the substrate transfer unit, wherein the control device includes: a transfer control unit configured to control the substrate transfer unit to accommodate the substrate at a predetermined target accommodation position; a determination unit configured to determine an actual accommodation position for the substrate based on a detection result of the detection unit after the detection unit detects the substrate accommodated in the cassette; and a correction unit configured to correct a predetermined target accommodation position as an accommodation position for another substrate based on a difference between the actual accommodation position and the target accommodation position for the substrate. | 18,331 |
9,839,458 | 1. A surgical implant, comprising: a staple having a bridge and a plurality of legs extending from the bridge, the bridge having a central opening extending through the bridge; and a plate having an upper side and a lower side, the plate having a central opening and at least one inner protrusion extending from the upper side adjacent the central opening of the plate, wherein the legs are alignable with the plate and the central opening of the staple is alignable with the central opening of the plate in a way that the staple is fixable to a bone with the plate positioned between the bridge of the staple and the bone and the protrusion of the plate is matingly positioned within the central opening of the staple when the legs of the staple are driven through the plate and into the bone, wherein the plate has at least one outer protrusion extending from the upper side adjacent an outer peripheral edge of the plate so as to cooperate with the inner protrusion adjacent the central opening of the plate to define a recess configured to matingly receive the bridge of the staple when the legs are driven through the plate and into the bone, the inner protrusion being spaced inwardly from the outer peripheral edge of the plate and the outer protrusion. | 41,284 |
9,369,457 | 1. A computer-implemented method for providing single-sign-on (SSO) authentication to a user of a client application on a mobile device, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, from an independent browser on a mobile device, a first request to access a first uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a first non-browser mobile application executing on the mobile device; authenticating the user interacting with the mobile device at least partly by: receiving first authentication information related to the user from the independent browser, and verifying the first authentication information with an identity database; identifying a first URL mapping configured to invoke the first non-browser mobile application; sending, to the independent browser, a browser-based token, the first URL mapping, and a first client application identity for use by the first non-browser mobile application; receiving, from the independent browser on the mobile device, a second request to access a second uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a second non-browser mobile application executing on the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the browser-based token; verifying, with the identity database, non-revocation of the browser-based token; identifying a second URL mapping configured to invoke the second non-browser mobile application; and sending, to the independent browser, a second client application identity for use by the second non-browser mobile application and the second URL mapping, said method performed in its entirety by a computer system that is separate from the mobile device, wherein the independent browser has not been specifically configured to provide identity information for non-browser mobile applications. | 22,072 |
9,331,273 | 1. A memory cell array, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first word line formed on the semiconductor substrate; a second word line formed on the semiconductor substrate, and extending substantially parallel to the first word line; a first inter-pattern insulating layer interposed between the first and second word lines; first active pillars formed within the first word line, and arranged along the first word line at a first interval; and second active pillars formed within the second word line, and arranged along the second word line to face the first active pillars, respectively, with the first inter-pattern insulating layer interposed therebetween, wherein one side of each first active pillar is in contact with one side of the first inter-pattern insulating layer and one side of each second active pillar is in contact with the other side of the first inter-pattern insulating layer. | 30,168 |
8,985,041 | 1. An air recovering device comprising: a recovery side chamber provided at an outer surface of a bottom of a ship so as to project outwardly from the bottom of the ship, said recovery side chamber configured to receive air bubbles ejected from an air ejecting device which supplies the air bubbles to the bottom of the ship, and said recovery side chamber comprising a bottom surface opposite to the bottom of the ship, said bottom surface having an air intake hole; and a recovering section discharging air inside said recovery side chamber through an air recovery hole formed in the bottom of the ship. | 40,487 |
9,450,407 | 1. A method for power management in a plant electrical network comprising one or more upstream and downstream substations, the one or more upstream and downstream substations comprising a plurality of power equipment, and wherein the power management is carried out using one or more local controllers and a central controller, the one or more local controllers and the central controller being configured for the power management in their respective local process areas within the plant electrical network, and wherein the one or more local controllers and the central controller are also configured for communication in a plant wide communication network, wherein the one or more local controllers and the central controller communicate with each other and with a plurality of intelligent electronic devices associated with respective power equipment of the plurality of power equipment, the method comprising: receiving, at the central controller, load condition information which includes an amount of overload in at least one of the power equipment along with a direction of the overload, from at least one local controller among the one or more local controllers in the plant electrical network; performing power balance computations, by the central controller, for plant wide power management considering the received load condition information; issuing, by the central controller, a power management command along with a priority information based on the direction of the overload to the one or more local controllers in the plant wide communication network; and carrying out load shedding by the central controller or the one or more local controllers in their respective local process areas based on the power balance computations and the issued power management command. | 7,453 |
8,486,495 | 1. A method of forming a photocatalyst device, the method comprising: depositing a UV photocatalyst layer comprising titanium dioxide onto a substrate; and then depositing islands of a sequestering agent on a surface of the layer of the UV photocatalyst, the islands of the sequestering agent configured to prevent contamination and/or deactivation of the UV photocatalyst by volatile silicon-containing compounds in a passing airstream. | 43,621 |
9,337,087 | 1. A method, comprising: forming transistor components in a first region of a substrate; forming a first plurality of dielectric pillars overlying the substrate in a second region of the substrate, each of the first plurality of dielectric pillars including a side surface; forming a first liner overlying the substrate and the side surfaces of the first plurality of dielectric pillars in the second region; forming a first metal plug layer overlying the first liner and filling spaces between the side surfaces of the first plurality of dielectric pillars in the second region; forming a first metal wiring layer overlying the first region of the semiconductor substrate that electrically connects transistors to each other; forming an insulation layer overlying the first plurality of dielectric pillars, the first liner, the first metal plug layer, and the first metal wiring layer; forming a second plurality of dielectric pillars overlying the insulation layer in the second region, each of the second plurality of dielectric pillars including a side surface, a plurality of the second plurality of dielectric pillars being located overlying the first metal plug layer and not overlying a plurality of the first plurality of dielectric pillars; forming a second liner overlying the insulation layer and the side surfaces of the second plurality of dielectric pillars in the second region; and forming a second metal plug layer overlying the second liner and filling spaces between the side surfaces of the second plurality of dielectric pillars in the second region. | 28,297 |
8,934,389 | 1. A method for communicating with a mobile device over a wireless network, comprising: receiving a packet in the mobile device from a wireless network, other than a cellular network, the packet including a network address; performing a lookup using the network address to determine whether the packet should be processed by an application processor or a modem processor in the mobile device; forwarding the packet based on the lookup for processing by either the application processor or the modem processor; initiating a phone call by using the application processor and offloading processing of the phone call to the modem processor after the phone call is initiated; and placing the application processor in a low-power mode in response to offloading the processing of the phone call to the modem processor. | 13,070 |
9,261,140 | 1. An object comprising: a substrate; a particle layer directly attached to the substrate; the particle layer comprises Si the Si wherein the Si wherein the particle layer is subjected to a contact load in the presence of a liquid lubricant to form a flattened surface matrix with compressed particle clusters; wherein after the particle layer is subjected to the contact load in the presence of the liquid lubricant, the surface matrix has a chaotic topography with substantially zero tensile stress; the surface matrix comprises irregular cavities which allow spatial yielding and self-organization of the Si wherein the surface matrix exhibits tribological properties in the presence of the liquid lubricant. | 8,865 |
9,070,448 | 1. A memory device comprising: a first contact pad in a contact region of the memory device; a second contact pad in the contact region directly adjacent to the first contact pad, the first and second contact pads comprising a pair of contact pads for a memory block in the memory device; a first conductive line comprising a first long portion extending in a first direction and a first short portion extending in a second direction that is different than the first direction, the first short portion extending from the first contact pad to the first long portion, and the first long portion extending to the memory block in a cell array region of the memory device; a second conductive line, directly adjacent to the first conductive line, the second conductive line comprising a second long portion extending in the first direction and a second short portion extending in the second direction, the second short portion extending from the second contact pad to the second long portion, and the second long portion extending to the memory block; and a dummy conductive pattern between the first and second short portions in the contact region. | 2,761 |
8,532,839 | 1. A controller for a building management system comprising: a processing circuit configured to at least one of receive or calculate an updated performance value for the building management system; wherein the processing circuit is further configured to maintain at least one threshold parameter relative to a history of performance values, to determine an exponentially weighted moving average of the history of performance values, and to determine whether the exponentially weighted moving average of the history of performance values is outside of a range defined by the at least one threshold parameter; wherein the processing circuit is further configured to generate an output that indicates a result of whether the exponentially weighted moving average is outside of the range defined by the at least one threshold parameter, and wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: generate a target parameter based on a median of the history of performance values; generate an estimator of scale of the history of performance values, wherein the estimator of scale reduces an effect of outliers in the history of performance values; and use the estimator of scale and the target parameter to update the at least one threshold parameter. | 45,315 |
9,425,717 | 1. A device ( 100 ) for supplying electric current to an electric drive ( 101 ), comprising three DC-to-DC converters ( 102 , 103 , 104 ), coupled in a ring formation, for coupling at least two connectable electrical energy sources ( 105 , 106 ) to the electric drive ( 101 ), characterized in that the DC-to-DC converters ( 102 , 103 , 104 ) are couplable in such a way that a direct coupling of each individual one of the at least two electrical energy sources ( 105 , 106 ) to the electric drive ( 101 ) is formed via a single one of the three DC-to-DC converters ( 102 , 103 , 104 ); wherein the DC-to-DC converters ( 102 , 103 , 104 ) are couplable such that a direct coupling of the at least two electrical energy sources ( 105 , 106 ) via one of the three DC-to-DC converters ( 102 , 103 , 104 ) is formed. | 29,627 |
8,571,163 | 1. A monitoring method for a boiling water reactor which comprises: a reactor pressure vessel; a steam pipe for transporting steam generated in the reactor pressure vessel out from a steam dome position at an upper part of the reactor pressure vessel; a high pressure turbine connected to the steam pipe and driven by the steam; a feedwater heater which heats feedwater supplied to the reactor pressure vessel using bleed steam flowing from the high pressure turbine to the feedwater heater; a bleeding valve which adjusts a flow rate of the bleed steam supplied to the feedwater heater; at least one pressure sensor provided in a steam line including the steam dome and the steam pipe to detect a fluctuating pressure in the main steam line to produce a fluctuating pressure signal; and a monitor and control system connected to the at least one pressure sensor for controlling the bleeding valve by monitoring the fluctuating pressure signal, wherein the method comprises the steps of: monitoring the fluctuating pressure signal from the at least one pressure sensor; monitoring the boiling water reactor based on the fluctuating pressure signal monitored by the monitor and control system, wherein the monitor and control system executes the steps of: an analytical studying step for analytically studying an acoustic resonance phenomenon in the steam line and calculating resonance frequency and sound pressure distribution in the steam line; a detected signal analyzing step for processing the fluctuating pressure signal from the pressure sensor and calculating resonance frequency and fluctuating pressure distribution; a determination step for comparing results obtained by the analytical studying step and the detected signal analyzing step and determining whether or not a difference in the comparison is equal to or lower than an allowable difference value; an analytical studying condition changing step for changing an analytical studying condition in the analytical studying step if the difference in the comparison is more than the allowable difference value; a fluctuating pressure distribution calculating step for calculating fluctuating pressure distribution applied to a surface of a structure in the steam line by the analytical studying step if the difference in the comparison is equal to or lower than the allowable difference value; a stress distribution calculating step for calculating stress distribution caused in the structure by the fluctuating pressure distribution applied to the surface of the structure; a threshold pressure amplitude calculating step for calculating a threshold pressure amplitude of the pressure sensor that is required for the structure to reach a fatigue fracture free stress; and a monitoring step for monitoring whether or not fluctuating pressure amplitude obtained by the fluctuating pressure signal from the pressure sensor is equal to or lower than the threshold pressure amplitude. | 48,810 |
8,938,244 | 1. A method of providing communication services to a user equipment, comprising: receiving a registration request from the user equipment at a femtocell to register with a femtocell, the femtocell comprising a base transceiver station, a base station controller, and an Internet Operating System to Session Initiation Protocol Adapter (IOS-SIP Adapter) that manages a pool of session initiation protocol user agents, the registration request comprising at least one identifier identifying the user equipment; comparing, by the femtocell, the identifier with at least one user equipment identifier stored at the femtocell and completing registration of the user equipment with the femtocell in response to determining the received identifier matches the at least one user equipment identifier stored at the femtocell; communicatively coupling the femtocell with a packet switched backhaul; and allocating, by the IOS-SIP Adapter, a session initiation protocol user agent from the pool of SIP user agents that is assigned to the user equipment; wherein completing registration comprises registering an identity of the allocated user agent with a location service for the user equipment. | 22,294 |
9,371,067 | 1. An integrated battery control system comprising: a. a battery management system comprising: b. the control enclosure comprising: c. an interlock sensor configured to detect when a battery charger is connected to the integrated battery control system; whereby when said interlock sensor detects a battery charger connection, the power output switch opens, thereby preventing power supply to a drive motor of an electric vehicle through the output power connector; | 14,489 |
8,734,601 | 1. Method of hot rolling a slab or strip or sheet of metal, wherein 1.a) the slab or strip or sheet after casting is subjected to one or more deformations in a hot rolling mill comprising a series of roll stands for completely eliminating a cast structure and for producing a uniform, fine, recrystallized austenite structure with a grain size of 40 μm+/−20 μm, and in micro-alloyed steel with a grain size of 30 μm±10 μm, wherein >90% of micro-alloying elements in the steel at the end of this step have been dissolved, and 2) the slab or the strip or the sheet is then subjected to cooling in a second step for producing a fine-grain microstructure in which no individual coarse grains are present, whose grain limits are characterized by small angle grain limits, wherein between at least two roll stands of the hot rolling mill, the slab or strip or sheet is subjected to heating while step 1.a) is carried out, and wherein, in at least the first roll stand in the rolling direction the upper and lower work rolls are driven through separate drives, wherein directly after exiting from a roughening stand, the slab or the strip or the sheet is pulled by a pair of drive rollers into an induction heating unit and subsequently, and the slab or strip or sheet is in a step 1.b between the steps 1.a) and 2) subjected to one or more deformations of the recrystallized austenitic structure for producing a flatly stretched austenite structure, and wherein heating is carried out into a recrystallized temperature area, up to complete recrystallization. | 36,320 |
9,665,552 | 1. A computer system comprising: a computer memory operable to store form layout tool instructions; a database operable to store a plurality of form layout styles; and a processor in communication with the memory and the database, by executing the form layout tool instructions the processor is operable to: | 42,869 |
9,136,913 | 1. An arrangement for managing communication between one or more controller devices or one or more controllable devices, the arrangement comprising: a controllable device, the controllable device comprising: a controller device, the controller device comprising: wherein the devices are brought together such that at least one of the proximity sensors confirms the proximity of another device after which the devices communicate wirelessly using the near field communications mechanism to exchange data to facilitate the communication of one or more resource description files of the controllable device to the second memory of the controller device using one or more of the communication mechanisms for processing the resource description file by the processor of the controller device to allow control of the controllable device by the controller device. | 1,138 |
9,227,623 | 1. A hybrid drive of a motor vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission, wherein the transmission is a multi-stage shifting transmission comprising: a first subtransmission comprising a first input shaft; and a second subtransmission comprising a second input shaft, said first and second subtransmissions sharing a common output shaft, wherein the first input shaft of the first subtransmission is releaseably coupled to the internal combustion engine, wherein the second input shaft of the second subtransmission is rigidly coupled to the electric machine, wherein the first and second input shafts are selectively coupled to the common output shaft, wherein the first input shaft of the first subtransmission is attached to first and second clutches in such a way that when the first clutch and the second clutch, which is connected in series between the first clutch and the first subtransmission, are both engaged, the internal combustion engine is coupled to the first input shaft and to the first subtransmission, whereas when at least one of the first or second clutches is disengaged, the internal combustion engine is decoupled from the first input shaft and from the first subtransmission, and wherein the second input shaft of the second subtransmission is attached to a form-locking shift element in such a way that when the form-locking shift element is engaged, the electric machine is coupled to a shaft portion that extends between the first and second clutches. | 39,756 |
8,796,219 | 1. A target-activated cell/tissue-penetrating peptide-drug conjugate for delivery of impermeable compounds, wherein said target-activated cell/tissue-penetrating peptide includes: a protein transduction domain (PTD), wherein the protein transduction domain (PTD) consists of D-type or L-type amino acids, and contains any one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine and histidine in an amount of 70-80%, wherein the protein transduction domain (PTD) is low molecular weight protamine (LMWP); a masking domain ionically bonded with the protein transduction domain (PTD), wherein the masking domain ionically bonded with the protein transduction domain (PTD) consists of D-type or L-type amino acids, and contains anionic amino acids in an amount of 70-100%, wherein the anionic amino acids include glutamic acid or aspartic acid, wherein the masking domain consists of 4-8 amino acids; and a spacer connecting the protein transduction domain (PTD) with the masking domain and having a cleavage site specific for a target cell/tissue enzyme, wherein the spacer has a site which is cleaved by matrix metalloprotease (MMP), wherein the spacer consists of SEQ ID NO: 25 (PLGLAG), wherein said target-activated cell/tissue-penetrating peptide-drug conjugate is prepared with a crosslinker selected from succinimidyl-4-[N-maleimidomethylcyclohexane-1-carboxy-[6-amidocaproate]] (SMCC) or its sulfonate (sulfo-SMCC). | 44,635 |
9,700,186 | 1. A portable vacuuming device for neutralizing flammable powders, comprising: a container including a top portion, a bottom portion, and a sidewall portion that separates said top portion and said bottom portion, said sidewall portion extending upwards from said bottom portion to define an opening and said top portion comprising a lid that forms a closure over said opening, said container defining an interior chamber; a baffle disposed in said container that defines an upper chamber between said top portion and said baffle and defines a lower chamber between said bottom portion and said baffle, said baffle depending from said lid and suspended over said bottom portion of said container, said baffle including a peripheral edge being radially inset from said sidewall portion to define a substantially uniform annular gap between an interior surface of said sidewall portion and said peripheral edge, wherein an annular volume extends axially along an interior surface of said sidewall portion, said annular volume having a substantially uniform annular width defined by said annular gap, at least a portion of said annular volume extending unobstructed from said bottom portion into said upper chamber of said container; a vacuum inlet line in fluid communication with said interior chamber, said vacuum inlet line defining an egress port, said egress port being disposed between said baffle and said bottom portion of said container, said egress port being arranged for generation of a tangential flow component that is parallel to a face of said sidewall portion; and a suction source in fluid communication with said interior chamber of said container. | 31,791 |
8,950,529 | 1. A method for reducing an operating temperature of a driving system and thereby reducing an operating current of the driving system, comprising: receiving a direct current power input; producing a first variable frequency alternating current control signal from said direct current power input; separately producing a second variable frequency alternating current control signal from said direct current power input, synchronized to said first variable frequency alternating current control signal; producing a first rotational force in response to said first variable frequency alternating current control signal, and applying said first rotational force to a shaft; and separately producing a second rotational force in response to said second variable frequency alternating current control signal, and applying said second rotational force to said shaft, said shaft summing said first rotational force with said second rotational force. | 24,905 |
9,565,779 | 1. A display unit, comprising: a case, comprising a holding compartment with a back plate; A display module, comprising a first surface and a corresponding second surface, wherein an image is displayed on the first surface; a transparent cover layer; and a transparent adhesive tape comprising a touch panel and an adhesive material, disposed between the first surface of the display module and the transparent cover layer, and the transparent cover layer is adhered to the transparent adhesive tape, wherein the transparent adhesive tape comprises a flange portion extending beyond the first surface and a portion of an opaque conductive line region distributed with metal lines of the touch panel is configured at the flange portion which is bent for securing the display module, the second surface is leaned against a top surface of the back plate, and the back plate comprises at least one hole, and the flange portion passes through the hole and is bent to adhere to a bottom surface of the back plate that is farther away from the display module. | 49,475 |
9,382,262 | 1. A compound having the formula: wherein X is halogen or oxo; Q is —C(O)H, —CH═CHC(O)OY 1 , —C(R)H(CH 2 ) n OY 1 , or —C(R)HCH 2 C(O)OY 1 ; R is H or —OY 2 ; n is 1 or 2; Y 1 , Y 2 , Y 3 , and Y 4 are each independently H or a hydroxyl protecting group; T is oxo or —OY 5 ; and Y 5 is H or a hydroxyl protecting group, or Y 5 , together with the oxygen atom to which it is bound, is a leaving group, wherein each of Y 3 and Y 4 is, independently and together with the oxygen atom to which it is bound, an ester, carbonate, carbamate, sulfonate, or ether hydroxyl protecting group; Y 3 and Y 4 together with the oxygen atoms to which they are bound are a cyclic carbonate, cyclic boronate, or cyclic silylene hydroxyl protecting group, or Y 3 and Y 4 together are acetal, ketal, or 1,1,3,3-tetraisopropylsiloxanediyl. | 43,001 |
9,404,685 | 1. A process for dehydrating and removing heavy hydrocarbons in the production of liquefied natural gas from a methane-rich gas mixture, comprising: dividing the methane-rich gas mixture subjected to deacidification treatment into two streams, including a first stream and a second stream, wherein the first stream used as a system process gas is introduced into a drying procedure, and the second stream used as regenerating gas is introduced into a regenerating procedure; subjecting the first stream to a drying treatment, and the moisture and the heavy hydrocarbons are simultaneously removed from the first stream in a composite adsorbent bed(s) of a drying tower, wherein the moisture is removed such that the dew point at normal pressure is ≦−76° C. and the heavy hydrocarbon components of C6 and higher are removed such that the content of these components is ≦217 ppm; and using the second stream as a regenerating gas in the regenerating procedure of the above-mentioned drying tower, subjected to a regenerating process, and then returned as a part of the system process gas, wherein the methane-rich as mixture after deacidification treatment is divided by a flow-regulating valve into two streams; the first stream used as a process gas is introduced directly to a first drying tower or a second drying tower under a drying process, wherein the first drying tower and the second drying tower carry out the drying process and the regenerating process alternately, a drying agent and a heavy hydrocarbon adsorbent loaded in the drying tower under drying process can adsorb the moisture and the heavy hydrocarbons from the first stream, and the dew point under normal pressure of the product gas obtained after the drying process is less than or equivalent to −76° C., and the heavy hydrocarbon components of C6 and higher are removed such that the content of these components is ≦217 ppm; the second stream is used as a regenerating gas to carry out a regenerating process in the drying tower(s), wherein the regenerating process in the drying tower include a heating-regenerating step and a cold-blowing step; in the heating-regenerating step, the second stream is dried firstly by the third drying tower and heated by a heater to 200-300° C., and the heated stream is sent to the first or second drying tower which needs regenerating to heat the drying tower, so the adsorbents loaded in this drying tower are heated up, the moisture and the heavy hydrocarbons are desorbed or stripped from the adsorbents, and then, the gas stream that has experienced desorption is cooled and subjected to a liquid-separating operation to obtain a treated gas stream, and the treated stream is converged with the first stream used as the feed gas so as to obtain a mixed gas stream, and the mixed stream is sent to the drying tower under drying process to carry out drying; in the cold-blowing step, a regenerating gas taken from the methane-rich gas mixture after deacidification treatment is sent directly to the second drying tower or the first drying tower under regenerating process, such that the temperature of the drying tower is lowered by the regenerating gas to normal temperature; the regenerating gas is heated by a heater and then sent to the third drying tower, so as to heat and dry the adsorbents in the third drying tower; and the regenerating gas is cooled and subjected to a liquid-separating operation to obtain a treated gas stream, and the treated stream is mixed with the first stream used as the process gas so as to obtain a mixed gas stream, and finally the mixed stream is sent to the first drying tower or the second drying tower under drying process to carry out drying. | 34,663 |
8,774,227 | 1. A method of recovering timing information over a packet network, comprising: receiving a plurality of timing packets, each of the timing packets being derived from the same clock source and proceeding to a receiving block over a different path through the packet network, each of the timing packets being time-stamped with a transmitter time-stamp; time-stamping the received timing packets with a local time-stamp; arranging the timing packets received over different paths into a plurality of separate timing packet streams, each said timing packet stream corresponding to a different path through the network; measuring the raw delays experienced by each of the timing packets in each of the respective timing packet streams by determining the difference between the transmitter time-stamp and the local time-stamp; filtering the measured raw delays of the timing packets in each of the timing packet streams to account for network packet delay variations so as to provide a separate filtered delay for each of the respective timing packet streams; weighting the filtered delays based on the quality of each of the respective timing packet streams to produce a weighted filtered delay for each timing packet stream; combining the weighted filtered delays of the respective timing packet streams to form an aggregate delay estimate for all the timing packet streams; and determining frequency adjustments from the aggregate delay estimate for a local clock at the receiver, and wherein the weights of the individual timing packet streams are calculated based on a non-linear function of the packet rate and an estimated residual error for the filtered delay. | 48,385 |
9,623,562 | 1. A method comprising: providing, for display on a user interface of a remote control system for a robot, a plurality of tiers of operations that can be performed by the robot; determining a plurality of network strength thresholds, wherein each network strength threshold corresponds to one of the plurality of tiers of operations of the robot; measuring a network strength for a network used by the robot to receive commands from the remote control system to execute one or more of the operations; enabling one or more of the plurality of tiers of operations for selection by the remote control system, wherein the one or more enabled tiers of operations have a corresponding network strength threshold less than or equal to the measured network strength; and providing, for display on the user interface of the remote control system for the robot, an indication of the one or more enabled tiers of operations. | 13,076 |
9,512,843 | 1. A turbocharger system for a vehicle having an engine, comprising: an accessory mechanically connected to and driven to move by the engine to perform work; a power-assisted turbocharger including a turbine disposed on an exhaust passage of the engine and driven by exhaust, a compressor disposed on an intake passage of the engine and driven by a rotational torque of the turbine, and an electric motor that assists a drive force of the compressor, wherein the turbocharger assists in powering the engine; and an electric motor control unit that continuously drives the electric motor in a running mode, where the electric motor is driven but the accessory is not driven, and in a driving mode, where the electric motor and the accessory are both driven. | 36,966 |
9,376,758 | 1. An electroplating method comprising: immersing a substrate, having vias formed in a surface, and an anode in a plating solution in a plating tank, the anode being disposed opposite the surface of the substrate, and the plating solution containing an additive therein; and intermittently passing a plating current at a constant current value between the substrate and the anode in such a manner that only a supply of the plating current and a stop of the plating current are repeated, the stop being such that no current is passed between the substrate and the anode, and such that the proportion of a current supply time during which the plating current is supplied at the constant current value increases with the progress of plating, thereby filling a plated metal into the vias; wherein the constant current value of the plating current is maintained at a current value such that a current density at the anode is in a range for suppressing a consumption of the additive. | 36,518 |
9,123,011 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: tracking a plurality of statistics relating to merger and acquisition process activities for reporting purposes, including creating a plurality of status reports and workplans by a plurality of users for each merger and acquisition activity to track implementation of the merger and acquisition process, wherein each report and workplan includes a plurality of fields that includes accomplishments, goals, and issues of the merger and acquisition process; storing a plurality of decisions relating to the merger and acquisition process to be accessed by the users involved in the process, wherein the users input and update decisions as they are made for merger and acquisition process activities, including merger-wide decisions; inputting into a hypertext database a plurality of information items associated with the implementation of the merger and acquisition process, wherein each information item includes status-related data, and wherein the information items are linked bidirectionally to facilitate non-linear use of the information items in the hypertext database; searching for the information items in the database in response o n request issued by one of the users; and displaying a search result of the information items wherein the search result is ordered based on status-related data provided by one of the users. | 10,654 |
8,644,395 | 1. A method for performing temporal error concealment, comprising: (a) detecting a damaged macroblock comprised of four 8×8 damaged blocks; (b) obtaining motion vectors of a plurality of 4×4 neighboring blocks surrounding the damaged macroblock; (c) for each of the 8×8 damaged blocks, determining a predicted motion vector according to motion vectors of six of the plurality of 4×4 neighboring blocks which are closest to the 8×8 damaged block; and (d) comparing the predicted motion vectors of the four 8×8 damaged block, thereby, based on the comparison result, merging the four 8×8 damaged block into two 16×8 damaged blocks, merging the four 8×8 damaged block into two 8×16 damaged blocks, merging the four 8×8 damaged block into one 16×16 damaged block, or not merging the four 8×8 damaged blocks; wherein the comparing step comprises comparing the predicted motion vectors of any two horizontally neighboring 8×8 damaged blocks with each other and comparing the predicted motion vectors of any two vertically neighboring 8×8 damaged blocks with each other, and wherein merging of the four 8×8 block in a horizontal direction is prioritized over merging of the four 8×8 block in a vertical direction. | 42,196 |
8,785,012 | 1. A fuel cell system, comprising: a fuel cell stack in a hot zone, the fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of fuel cells and a plurality of interconnects; and a module comprising a plurality of bypass elements, the module attached to the fuel cell stack and located in the hot zone, wherein at least one of the plurality of bypass elements is electrically connected to at least two of the plurality of interconnects so as to bypass at least one of the plurality of fuel cells located between the interconnects, wherein the plurality of bypass elements are mounted on or supported inside a support element, and wherein: the module comprises a freestanding module and the support element comprises a support plate which has a substantially similar coefficient of thermal expansion as the fuel cell stack; the plurality of interconnects comprise a plurality of protrusions; the support element has a comb shape comprising flexible teeth shaped to define a plurality of recesses between the flexible teeth; the bypass module is attached to the fuel cell stack by placing the plurality of protrusions into alternating recesses; and recesses without a protrusion are unfilled or filled with a flexible material. | 6,964 |
8,561,418 | 1. A method for controlling airflow around at least one heat generating device through use of a refrigeration system, said refrigeration system having a refrigerant line through which a refrigerant flows and evaporators positioned along the refrigerant line in a parallel arrangement with respect to each other, said evaporators also being positioned in the path of at least one of airflow supplied into and airflow exhausted from the at least one heat generating device, said method comprising: detecting a saturation temperature of the refrigerant upstream of the evaporators; determining whether the detected saturation temperature exceeds a saturation temperature setpoint, wherein the saturation temperature setpoint comprises a predetermined threshold to dew point temperature; determining whether the detected saturation temperature is equal to or exceeds a minimum allowable saturation temperature in response to the saturation temperature exceeding the predetermined threshold to dew point temperature; and increasing the speed of a variable speed compressor to compress the refrigerant in the refrigerant line in response to the detected saturation temperature equaling or exceeding the minimum allowable saturation temperature to vary the flow of refrigerant through the evaporators and to thereby control the airflow around the at least one heat generating device. | 16,218 |
8,435,155 | 1. An operating mechanism on a hub axle of a multispeed hub with a multispeed gear mechanism on an inside of a hub that can be rotated on the hub axle for shifting the gears of the multispeed gear mechanism, which comprises: an operating sleeve which rotates in relation to the hub axle and is positioned concentrically around the hub axle; a cone that is fixedly mounted on the hub axle and is positioned axially between the multispeed gear mechanism and the operating sleeve, the cone including one or more first through hole formed therethrough; a gear shaft positioned in each of the one or more first through holes which transmits rotation of the operating sleeve through the fixed cone in the direction of the multispeed gear mechanism, each gear shaft including an inner end and an outer end; an inner cog wheel arranged on the inner end of the gear shaft and fixedly connected to the gear shaft; and an outer cog wheel arranged on and fixedly connected to the outer end of the gear shaft; whereby the gear shaft transmits a rotational movement from the operating sleeve through the cone into the inside of the hub sleeve in the direction of the multispeed gear mechanism. | 23,515 |
9,714,944 | 1. An in vitro method for diagnosing a Leptospira infection in a biological sample of a subject, comprising: providing a biological sample of a subject; contacting said sample with heat and chemical inactivated bacterial cells of assaying for binding of antibodies in said biological sample with said heat inactivated bacterial cells or antigenic fraction thereof immobilized on said solid support; wherein said heat and chemical inactivated bacterial cells or antigenic fraction thereof immobilized on said solid support react with antibodies against | 49,619 |
8,673,209 | 1. An aluminum alloy plate product having a thickness of less than about 2.5 inches, the alloy consisting essentially of from 7.64 to 7.7 wt. % Zn, from 1.62 to 1.65 wt. % Mg, from 1.81 to 2.15 wt. % Cu; from 0.05 to 0.3 wt. % Zr, less than 0.1 wt. % Mn, less than 0.05 wt. % Cr, the balance being aluminum, incidental elements and impurities; wherein the plate realizes a combination of strength and toughness that satisfies the expression FT≧4.0*(TYS)+453; where TYS is the longitudinal tensile yield strength in ksi as measured in accordance with ASTM E8 and ASTM B557; and where FT is the LT plane stress fracture toughness (K | 10,117 |
9,829,382 | 1. A system for measuring a sensor, the sensor including a first sensor terminal and a second sensor terminal, comprising: a first transistor including a third terminal, a fourth terminal and a fifth terminal, the third terminal being a first transistor control terminal and connected to the first sensor terminal; a second transistor including a sixth terminal, a seventh terminal and a eighth terminal, the sixth terminal being a second transistor control terminal and connected to the second sensor terminal; a current divider including a reference current input, a control input, a first current divider output and a second current divider output, wherein the first current divider output is connected to the fourth terminal of the first transistor and the second current divider output is connected to the seventh terminal of the second transistor; a reference current source connected to the reference current input; a first load circuit connected to the fifth terminal of the first transistor at a first differential output node; a second load circuit connected to the eighth terminal of the second transistor at a second differential output node; a first integrating circuit connected to the first differential output node, and configured to integrate a first differential output signal; a second integrating circuit connected to the second differential output node, and configured to integrate a second differential output signal; a comparator including a first comparator input, a second comparator input and a comparator output, wherein the first comparator input is connected to the first differential output node and the second comparator input is connected to the second differential output node; and a digital integrator having a digital integrator input and a digital integrator output, wherein the digital integrator input is driven by the comparator output; wherein: a value of a current divider control signal driving the current divider control input depends from the digital integrator output. | 28,628 |
9,357,563 | 1. A method in a mobile station to prevent misuse of a random access procedure, the method comprising: transmitting, by the mobile station, a random access preamble including a first preamble identifier corresponding to a Random Access Channel occasion used by the mobile station to transmit the random access preamble; receiving, by the mobile station, a random access response message that is addressed to a second preamble identifier that includes the first preamble identifier offset a number of bits from a third preamble identifier; and decoding the random access response message. | 19,701 |
9,002,488 | 1. A clock synthesis system, comprising: a feed forward stage including a divider circuit configured to divide a source clock signal by one of a plurality of integers in response to a select signal to generate a reference clock that is synchronous to a synchronization pulse; a modulator that modulates the select signal in response to at least a difference value; a multiplier circuit that frequency multiplies the reference clock to generate an output clock, wherein the frequency multiplication of the reference clock is performed by a phase lock loop (PLL) circuit after the division of the source clock signal and the modulation of the select signal; and a timing circuit that generates the difference value in response to the source clock signal and synchronization pulse. | 13,960 |
8,845,955 | 1. A metal heat treat furnace comprising: an internal heating chamber configured to heat metal to be heat-treated and having a heating portion including a coil supported so that pitches thereof can be adjusted as desired according to sizes or shapes of alloy to be heated and a heating element made of carbon which generates heat when an electric current is fed to the coil; a cooling chamber provided below the heating chamber and configured to cool the metal to be heat-treated, which has been heated by the heating portion; a hollow connection section having a heat insulating function configured to connect the heating chamber and the cooling chamber and provided with a movable gate which partitions the heating chamber and the cooling chamber; a first movable heat-shield panel arranged in a lower portion in the heating chamber and configured to shield heat from the heating chamber; a second movable heat-shield panel arranged in an upper portion in the cooling chamber and configured to shield heat of the heated metal to be heat-treated from being transferred to the gate; and a water-cooled vertically movable shaft disposed through the bottom portion of the cooling chamber, the water-cooled vertically movable shaft being configured to be capable of supporting the metal to be heat-treated and entering the heating chamber, wherein when pitches of the coil are adjusted so as to make the temperature distribution in the interior of the heating portion uniform in a state in which the alloy to be heated is loaded in the heating chamber, uniform heating property, is ensured in the range of ±5° C. | 30,429 |
8,699,343 | 1. A method for limiting server overload via client control, the method comprising: transmitting, from a client device, a first set of a plurality of requests for services to a server at a first transmission rate during a first period of time; limiting, by the client device, the first transmission rate to be less than or equal to a first transmission limit rate during the first period of time; determining, by the client device, an overload value based on whether at least two or more requests of the first set of requests for service satisfy an overload criterion said determining including generating an average overload notification rate by averaging overload notifications, said overload notifications including both implicit overload notifications and explicit overload notifications and generating said overload value from said average overload notification rate; storing the overload value in a computer memory module coupled to the client device; determining, by the client device, a second transmission limit rate based on the overload value and the first transmission limit rate; transmitting, from the client device, a second set of a plurality requests for services to the server at a second transmission rate during a second period of time after the first period of time; and limiting, by the client device, the second transmission rate to be less than or equal to the second transmission limit rate during the second period of time. | 16,725 |
9,660,471 | 1. An arrangement for dynamically managing electrical power between at least one electrical power source that supplies electrical power and at least one electrical load that consumes electrical power, the arrangement comprising: at least one input terminal connected to the at least one source; at least one output terminal connected to the at least one load; a plurality of monitor nodes connected to the at least one input terminal and the at least one output terminal; a plurality of electrical power storage cells connected among the at least one input terminal and the at least one output terminal, each cell being capable of storing power from the at least one source and being capable of discharging stored power to the at least one load, one of the cells being arranged in a base layer; a plurality of controllable switches connected to the cells and having control inputs for enabling each switch to be switched between switching states, at least one of the switches and another of the cells being together arranged in a switching layer; and a programmed control system, including a slave controller for each layer, and a master controller operatively connected to each slave controller, the control system being operative for dynamically monitoring operating conditions at the monitor nodes during operation of the at least one source and the at least one load, for selectively dynamically controlling the switches at the control inputs to interconnect the cells in different circuit topologies in response to the monitored operating conditions, for enabling each cell in one of the switching states to store the power from the at least one source, and for enabling each cell in the other of the switching states to discharge the stored power to the at least one load. | 13,866 |
9,731,667 | 1. A vehicle, comprising: a driving device driving said vehicle using electric power; a control device controlling said driving device; a first battery supplying electric power to said driving device; and a battery pack, said battery pack including, a second battery used in addition to said first battery for supplying electric power to said driving device, a communication device performing communication with said control device; said control device allowing said driving device to drive the vehicle in response to communication to said communication device being successfully established while said battery pack is connected to said vehicle, and prohibiting said driving device from driving the vehicle or restricting power from the second battery in response to communication to said communication device not being established while said battery pack is connected to said vehicle. | 20,626 |
8,640,964 | 1. A cartridge for storing biosample plates, comprising: an enclosure including a movable door to provide access to inside the enclosure, the enclosure having the same form factor as a data tape cartridge used in an automated tape library; a holder disposed inside the enclosure and having a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of biosample plates that are scanned and processed by the automated tape library; and a plurality of memory modules for storing data related to the biosamples, biosample plates and biosample cartridge wherein the memory modules comprise a nonvolatile memory selected from the group consisting of electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory, phase-change memory, flash memory, NOR memory, and NAND memory. | 42,224 |
8,497,518 | 1. A light emitting diode, comprising: a transparent substrate; a patterned refraction dielectric layer formed on the transparent substrate and exposing a portion of a surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the patterned refraction dielectric layer includes a plurality of dielectric layers stacked on top of each other, wherein the stacked plurality of dielectric layers defines a pattern structure on the transparent substrate, wherein the pattern structure comprises a plurality of mesa-shaped structures, a plurality of pyramid-shaped, terraced structures, a plurality of cone-shaped structures, or a combination of them; a bonding layer formed on the patterned refraction dielectric layer, wherein a portion of the bonding layer directly contacts the exposed portion of the surface of the transparent substrate; an epitaxy structure formed on the bonding layer, wherein the epitaxy structure comprises: a second electrode formed on the exposed portion of the surface of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and a first electrode formed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer. | 21,620 |
8,382,051 | 1. A wall-mounted support assembly for supporting a bathroom accessory adapted to be affixed to a wallboard, the support assembly extending along a central axis transverse to a surface of a wallboard when the support assembly is affixed to a wallboard, the support assembly comprising: a mounting bracket; a fastener assembly adapted to affix the mounting bracket to a wallboard; an accessory post assembly including an accessory post and a post adapter permanently affixed to the accessory post, the accessory post includes a wall defining a central body and a distal portion extending axially from an end of the central body, the distal portion configured to support a bathroom accessory, the accessory post wall defining an open interior region and an access opening extending through the wall, the post adapter disposed within the interior region of the accessory post wall and including an axially extending pedestal that includes a cantilevered flange disposed between a pair of axially extending slots, the cantilevered flange having a latch at a free end of the flange and an intermediate region spaced from the free end, the intermediate region being peripherally aligned with the accessory post wall access opening; and the mounting bracket including a radially extending annular rim for abutting a wallboard when the support assembly is mounted to a wallboard, the mounting bracket annular rim defining a catch mechanism including a latch opening and a boss protruding axially from the rim, the latch opening and boss of the catch mechanism adapted to allow the latch to pass through the latch opening and engage the boss to releasably secure the accessory post assembly to the mounting bracket. | 31,844 |
9,219,403 | 1. A magnetic shear force transfer device for transferring shear forces across a non-magnetic gap, said magnetic shear force transfer device comprising: a first magnetic structure comprising a first plurality of magnetic sources magnetically printed into a first magnetizable material in accordance with a first pattern; and a second magnetic structure comprising a second plurality of magnetic sources magnetically printed into a second magnetizable material in accordance with a second pattern, said first and second patterns defining the print location and polarity of each magnetic source of said first and second pluralities of magnetic sources, wherein the first pattern corresponds to a first plurality of concentric circular tracks and said second pattern corresponds to a second plurality of concentric circular tracks, wherein each concentric circular track of said first plurality of concentric circular tracks has an even number of magnetic sources, wherein each concentric circular track of said second plurality of concentric circular tracks has an even number of magnetic sources, wherein adjoining magnetic sources alternate in polarity in each circular track of said first plurality of concentric circular tracks, wherein adjoining magnetic sources alternate in polarity in each circular track of said second plurality of concentric circular tracks, wherein one or more tracks of said first plurality of concentric circular tracks are rotated relative to one or more tracks of said second plurality of concentric circular tracks such that a maximum torque condition coincides to one angular orientation between said first and second magnetic structures. | 7,727 |
9,528,119 | 1. A transgenic photosynthetic cell comprising heterologous nucleic acids encoding: (i) a prephenate dehydrogenase (PDH) protein; and (ii) a homogentisate solanesyl transferase (HST) protein. | 45,532 |
9,331,216 | 1. A solar cell comprising: a silicon substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a plurality of fine grid lines on the front surface of the silicon substrate; at least one front busbar layer on the front side of the silicon substrate, the front busbar layers in electrical contact with the plurality of fine grid lines; an aluminum layer on the back side of the silicon substrate; and at least one rear tabbing layer on the back side of the silicon substrate; wherein at least one of the plurality of fine grid lines, the front busbar layer, or the rear tabbing layer comprises: a sintered and compacted silver matrix that contains core-shell nickel particles in a condensed particle morphology, such that the weight ratio of silver to core-shell nickel particles is between 1:9 and 4:1; wherein the core-shell nickel particles comprise: a nickel core; and a first shell surrounding the core, the first shell consisting of a nickel alloy with 1-8 wt % boron. | 33,806 |
8,727,033 | 1. A reel mounting assembly for use with a tillage implement comprising: a mounting arm having a housing and configured to be coupled to a frame of the tillage implement, the housing extending along an axis; a cushioned bushing retained within the housing; a spindle pivotably coupled to the housing such that the spindle floats relative to the mounting arm; a reel coupled to the spindle and configured to rotate about the spindle; and wherein the cushioned bushing is configured to flex to reduce stress on the spindle during operation. | 27,832 |
9,605,211 | 1. An installation for pyrolyzing a solid feedstock, comprising waste selected from the group consisting of hazardous material, biomass, animal manure, tires, municipal solid waste and refuse derived fuel, wherein the installation comprises: a device for reducing particle size; a compaction screw auger connected to an outlet of the device for reducing particle size; a device for contacting the solid feedstock with a heated gas connected an outlet of the compaction screw auger comprising an assembly including a solid feedstock injector, a retort, a side arm for injecting the heated gas, and a process auger; the injector having a cylindrical body defined by an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface with a thickness between the inner and outer cylindrical surfaces, an inner cavity, an inside diameter D the retort having a cylindrical body defined by an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface with a thickness between the inner and outer cylindrical surfaces, an inner cavity, an inside diameter D the side arm connecting to the retort at an injection point between the retort inlet end and the retort outlet end; the injection point having an inlet region toward the retort inlet end and an outlet region toward the retort outlet end; the process auger transversing the inner cavities of the retort and the injector; the injector flange and first retort flange being abutted; the internal sealing shoulder substantially abutting the inner cylindrical surface of the retort; and the outlet end of the injector extending between the retort outlet end and the outlet region of the injection point to define a devolatization zone in the inner cavity of the retort near the injector ring; a gas storage bladder to receive a gas stream from the retort outlet opening; and a receiver to receive a solid stream from the retort outlet opening; wherein the heated gas comprising hydrogen gas, is injected at a temperature of 500° C. to 1000° C. for a time of 60 seconds to 120 seconds, whereby the solid feedstock is converted into the gas stream and the solid stream. | 17,918 |
9,379,381 | 1. A silicon/carbon composite, comprising: mesoporous silicon particles; and a carbon coating disposed on the silicon particles, the silicon particles having two pore size distributions of 2-4 nm and 20-40 nm. | 15,549 |
9,432,259 | 1. A method for providing mesh network resiliency in a mesh network associated with a monitoring system, the method comprising: determining a first routing configuration for nodes of a mesh network associated with a monitoring or automation system located in a property, the nodes of the mesh network being associated with one or more sensors that sense attributes of the property and one or more devices that perform automated functionality for the property and the first routing configuration being appropriate at a time during which a first power source that powers multiple nodes of the mesh network is available; providing, to one or more first nodes of the mesh network, routing data that indicates routing responsibilities within the first routing configuration for the mesh network; detecting, by one or more nodes of the mesh network, an interruption of the first power source for the mesh network; determining, in response to detecting the interruption of the first power source for the mesh network, a second routing configuration for nodes of the mesh network, the second routing configuration being appropriate at a time during which the first power source that powers multiple nodes of the mesh network is unavailable; providing, to one or more second nodes of the mesh network, routing data that indicates routing responsibilities within the second routing configuration for the mesh network, each of the second nodes including a second power source that is different than the first power source; detecting, for a particular node of the mesh network, an interruption of the second power source that is different than the first power source; determining, in response to detecting the interruption of the second power source for the particular node of the mesh network, a third routing configuration for nodes of the mesh network, the third routing configuration being appropriate at a time during which the first power source that powers multiple nodes of the mesh network is unavailable and during which the second power source that powers the particular node of the mesh network is unavailable; and providing, to third nodes of the mesh network, routing data that indicates routing responsibilities within the third routing configuration for the mesh network, each of the third nodes including a second power source that is different than the first power source, and wherein the third nodes do not include the particular node. | 9,679 |
8,895,198 | 1. An alkaline fuel cell comprising: an air inlet operatively coupled with a multi-trap air filter assembly; the multi-trap air filter assembly including a series of a first thermally regenerative chemical CO 2 trap arranged in tandem with a second strongly-bonding CO 2 chemical trap, the first and second CO 2 traps being disposed downstream from the air inlet, the second CO 2 trap disposed between the first CO 2 trap and an inlet to the cathode of the alkaline fuel cell; the first and second CO 2 traps reduce levels of CO 2 in an air stream supplied to the inlet to the cathode; and wherein the alkaline fuel cell includes an alkaline aqueous electrolyte or an OH − ion conducting polymeric membrane without liquid electrolyte, wherein the first CO CO 2 trapping sites via a reaction with CO 2 under dry air conditions forming carbamate according to a process: where R includes a carbonaceous polymer backbone, wherein the first CO | 25,538 |
8,512,189 | 1. A hybrid powertrain for a vehicle that has a first axle and a second axle; wherein one of the axles is a front axle and the other of the axles is a rear axle, the hybrid powertrain comprising: an engine; a stationary member; an electrically-variable transmission having: an electric drive unit having: wherein the powertrain is operable in a compound-split operating mode with the engine on and one of the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator functioning as a generator to power the other of the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator which functions as a motor so that the first axle is a drive axle; and wherein the powertrain is operable in a launch mode in which the engine is on, one of the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator functions as a generator, the other of the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator receives a portion of a generated power from said one of the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator to function as a motor providing sufficient torque to prevent the first axle from rotating due to engine torque, and the third motor/generator receives a remaining portion of the generated power from said one of said first motor/generator and said second motor/generator to drive the second axle to launch the vehicle. | 26,099 |
8,801,832 | 1. A method of removing sulfur from a gas stream comprising the steps of: a. cooling the gas stream to produce a gas stream without liquids and a chilled solvent; b. contacting the gas stream without liquid with the chilled solvent to selectively absorb at least a portion of elemental sulfur from the gas stream; c. contacting the chilled solvent with an absorbent bed or a filter to remove sulfur in excess of solubility; d. analyzing a sulfur concentration in the gas stream without liquids to determine if the sulfur concentration exceeds a sulfur solubility estimated in retentate and permeate flows by a membrane separation process simulation; and e. passing the gas stream without liquids through gas separation membranes. | 19,969 |
8,363,003 | 1. A method of driving a liquid crystal display device, the method comprising: inputting source image data, each of which comprising one of m gray level values, where m is a natural number; defining T error data from the source image data, the error data comprising top k gray level values, where T and k are natural numbers; generating conversion image data comprising larger gray level values than the source image data using one comprising a largest gray level value from the source image data excluding the error data; inputting the conversion image data to a liquid crystal panel; controlling a brightness of a backlight unit in accordance with the conversion image data; forming a bitmap corresponding to the conversion image data, the bitmap showing positional distribution of pixels with the error data; counting error areas by scanning the bitmap, each of the error areas comprising the predetermined number of the pixels having the error data; and controlling T according to the number of the error areas, wherein the step of counting the error areas comprises: | 26,811 |
9,433,918 | 1. A method of making a diatomaceous earth granulate, the method comprising: spray-drying a suspension comprising particles of diatomaceous earth, a liquid medium, and a binder, wherein inorganic solids in the suspension comprise at least 80 wt % diatomaceous earth; and recovering a diatomaceous earth spray-dried granulate. | 31,688 |
9,647,533 | 1. A boost chopper circuit to operate in a discontinuous current mode, comprising: an alternating current (AC) power source to supply an AC voltage; a first capacitor in parallel with the power source; a full-wave rectifier having an input coupled in parallel with the first capacitor; a first series circuit comprising an inductor and a switching device, wherein the first series circuit is coupled in parallel with an output of the full-wave rectifier, wherein a negative side of the switching device is coupled to a negative side of the full-wave rectifier; a second series circuit comprising a diode and a second capacitor, wherein the second series circuit is coupled in parallel with the switching device, wherein an anode of the diode is coupled to a collector of the switching device; a load coupled in parallel with the second capacitor; a controller coupled to the switching device to provide a plurality of pulses to turn on and of the switching device in order to keep an average inductor current per pulse proportional to the AC voltage during a same pulse cycle to minimize total harmonic distortion (THD), wherein the controller controls each pulse width according to the following equation: wherein V | 2,917 |
9,674,784 | 1. A method of performing channel access, which is performed by a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a beacon frame containing a TIM (traffic indication map) from an Access Point (AP); and transmitting a PS-Poll (Power Save-Poll) frame when the TIM indicates that traffic for the STA is buffered, wherein the PS-Poll frame is transmitted during a PS-Poll dedicated RAW(restricted access window) accessible for a specific page group including the STA, wherein each STA included in the specific page group is allowed to send the PS-Poll frame to the AP during the PS-Poll dedicated RAW, wherein the STA does not receive a data frame during the PS-Poll dedicated RAW, and wherein at least one EDCA parameter used for transmitting the PS-Poll frame is equivalent to an EDCA parameter used for transmitting audio traffic. | 21,520 |
8,446,550 | 1. A liquid crystal mirror that darkens in response to headlights impinging on the mirror, the liquid crystal mirror comprising: a substantially transparent front substrate having interior and exterior surfaces and a substantially transparent and conductive layer on the interior surface of the front substrate; a back substrate having interior and exterior surfaces and being spaced from the front substrate to define a liquid crystal cell between the interior surfaces of the substrates, and an at least partially reflective and conductive layer on the interior surface of the back substrate; an alignment compound on opposite sides of and bounding the liquid crystal cell; a liquid crystal fluid contained within the liquid crystal cell, the liquid crystal fluid including a dichroic dye; an electronic control circuit coupled to the transparent conductive layer on the front substrate and the reflective conductive layer on the back substrate, the electronic control circuit adapted selectively to apply a voltage signal to the layers to affect the transmittance of the liquid crystal fluid; and a headlight sensor coupled to the electronic circuit for sensing an intensity of light impinging on the mirror, the electronic circuit applying a voltage signal or discontinuing a voltage signal to reduce the transmittance of the liquid crystal fluid in response to a light intensity sensed by the headlight sensor above a predetermined headlight threshold. | 39,925 |
9,201,760 | 1. A method for identifying errors in software code in a multi-tenant environment comprising: calculating, by a host system, memory usage statistics of each of a group of objects that contributed to a current heap dump, the host system including a set of one or more processors and a memory system including one or more computer readable media by the set of one or more processors; identifying, by the host system, top consumers of memory by object of the current heap dump; determining, by the host system, how much memory a given one of the top consumers consumes with respect to how much memory top consumers other than the given one of the top consumers consume; computing, by the host system, a suspect score based on the determining; and determining, by the host system, whether the given one of the top consumers is likely to have caused memory issues based on the suspect score. | 20,157 |
8,942,002 | 1. A vertically stacked integrated array, comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface opposite the first surface; a plurality of support components coupled to the first surface of the substrate, each one of the plurality of support components comprising at least two discrete terminals, wherein each one of the plurality of support components is suitable for mechanical attachment to a printed circuit board (PCB) such that the plurality of support components substantially supports the vertically stacked integrated array on the PCB; an electrical device encapsulated within the substrate and electrically coupled with at least one of the plurality of support components by way of an electrically conductive pathway extending through a portion of the substrate; and a surface mount device coupled with the second surface of the substrate and electrically coupled with at least one support component of the plurality of support components by way of conductive edge plating that provides an electrically conductive pathway between the first and second surfaces. | 28,427 |
8,463,826 | 1. A method of performing incremental garbage collection using a processor to free up a first block of a non-volatile memory, wherein the first block comprises memory locations storing valid data and invalid data, the method comprising: receiving a first write request to write first user data to the non-volatile memory; and in response to receiving the first write request: | 45,539 |
9,548,509 | 1. A redox flow battery comprising: a half-cell electrode chamber coupled to an electrode, wherein the half-cell electrode chamber comprises a first redox-active mediator and a second redox-active mediator, wherein the first redox-active mediator and the second redox-active mediator are circulated through the half-cell electrode chamber into a container comprising an active charge-transfer material, wherein the active charge-transfer material comprises a redox potential between a redox potential of the first redox-active mediator and a redox potential of the second redox-active mediator, and wherein the active charge-transfer material is a polyoxometalate or derivative thereof; and a separator coupled to the half-cell electrode chamber. | 40,963 |
8,536,915 | 1. A delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit, comprising: a phase detector, comprising a first input to receive a first signal, a second input to receive a second signal, a first output, and a second output, wherein the phase detector is to: compare the first signal to the second signal, and in response to comparing the first signal to the second signal: a charge pump, coupled to the phase detector, to: a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), coupled to the charge pump, comprising a first input to receive an input oscillation signal and a second input to receive the voltage, wherein the VCO is to generate an output oscillation signal, the first signal, and the second signal, wherein the VCO comprises: an oscillator circuit to generate the output oscillation signal in response to the voltage; and a synchronization logic to align a phase of the output oscillation signal with a phase of the input oscillation signal in response to a synchronization signal. | 1,201 |
9,366,203 | 1. A conformable high pressure gaseous fuel storage system, comprising: a high pressure gaseous storage vessel with a central section disposed between end sections and in fluid communication therewith; the end and central sections having hollow geometric objects, the geometric objects having self-similarity providing the high pressure gaseous storage vessel with a fractal geometry; each geometric object of each end section branching into a plurality of the geometric objects of the central section, the geometric objects of the central section having a smaller cross-section and thinner outer wall than the geometric objects of the end sections, the geometric objects of at least the central section formable with bends to a configuration to conform the gas storage vessel to a space in a vehicle in which the gas storage vessel is packaged; and each end section includes a plurality of sections arranged in series with each other with each such section having the hollow geometric objects having the self-similarity, each geometric object of each section of each end section branching into the plurality of the geometric objects of a more inner adjacent section of the end section, the geometric objects of an innermost section of each end section being the geometric objects that branch into the geometric objects of the central section. | 11,081 |
9,425,723 | 1. A system comprising: an n-phase separately excited electric machine, wherein n≧1; a controllable first energy store, which has n parallel energy supply branches, wherein each of the energy supply branches has a first terminal, which is connected in each case to a phase terminal of the electric machine, and a second terminal, which is connected in each case to a common reference rail, and an exciter winding that is connected to a star point of the electric machine and to the common reference rail to conduct current between the star point of the electric machine and the common reference rail, wherein the exciter winding receives current only via the star point of the electric machine. | 8,561 |
9,477,109 | 1. A method of manufacturing a display panel, comprising: preparing a mother panel including a boundary of the mother panel and a plurality of unit panels within the boundary, wherein each of the plurality of unit panels includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a display area, and a sealant disposed between the first and second substrates to couple the first and second substrates and being disposed surrounding the display area; disposing a wheel unit on the mother panel; and cutting the mother panel along a plurality of cutting lines using the wheel unit, wherein the wheel unit applies a first pressure to a portion of the second substrate to cut the second substrate when the mother panel is cut to form a first crack having a first thickness in the second substrate, and forming a supporter having a second thickness that is substantially equal to or less than the first thickness in the second substrate, wherein, after forming the first crack, the wheel unit applies a second pressure different from the first pressure to a portion of the first substrate to cut the first substrate when the mother panel is cut to form a second crack having a third thickness in the first substrate, wherein the third thickness is greater than the first thickness, and wherein the first crack, the supporter and the second crack are substantially aligned along a cutting line of the plurality of cutting lines. | 38,718 |
9,031,119 | 1. A transmitting and receiving apparatus comprising: a local oscillator (LO) to generate an LO signal; a level detector to measure amplitude of the LO signal; and a variable amplifier to control the amplitude of the LO signal, wherein the amplitude of the LO signal is varied according to a frequency band of the LO signal, and the variable amplifier controls the amplitude of the LO signal to be uniform. | 11,816 |
9,291,964 | 1. An image formation apparatus, comprising: a fixing unit configured to heat a medium while moving the medium to fix a developer image on the medium; a motor configured to provide the fixing unit with a driving force to be used to move the medium; a controller configured to determine whether the driving force provided by the motor is being transmitted to the fixing unit; a power supply configured to switch between a first mode in which electric power is supplied to the controller and a second mode in which no electric power or less electric power than that of the first mode is supplied to the controller; and a sub-controller configured to be supplied with electric power from the power supply during the second mode and detect whether the fixing unit is detached, wherein if the sub-controller detects a detachment of the fixing unit during the second mode, the controller determines whether the driving force provided by the motor is being transmitted to the fixing unit after the power supply is switched from the second mode to the first mode. | 48,476 |
8,702,721 | 1. An apparatus for moving an object disposed within a body lumen, the apparatus comprising: a handle; a first sheath member attached to said handle, a contraction member, and a coupling member all axially movable relative to one another, the first sheath member being disposed about the contraction member, the contraction member being disposed about at least a portion of the coupling member; the contraction member being movable relative to the first sheath member between (i) a retracted position wherein a distal portion of the contraction member is disposed within the first sheath member and (ii) a deployed position wherein the distal portion of the contraction member is disposed outside the first sheath member; the coupling member comprising a plurality of wires, each having a proximal end located proximal to said handle and a distal end configured to engage a radially collapsible stent, wherein the distal end deflects radially outward as the coupling member is moved distally relative to the contraction member. | 31,508 |
9,308,386 | 1. A device for treating a patient, comprising: a magnetic device having a core created by a binder process, wherein ferromagnetic material comprising ferromagnetic particles is combined with an insulative binding material such that the ferromagnetic particles are substantially insulated from each other, and is compressed to about 90% of theoretical density or greater; and a conductor in electrical communication with the core, wherein the conductor is wound around the core that comprises the ferromagnetic particles that are substantially insulated from each other. | 9,700 |
8,758,069 | 1. A water vehicle comprising: a drive device, the drive device comprising: | 14,722 |
9,799,905 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell comprising: a solid electrolyte layer; an oxygen electrode layer provided on one surface of the solid electrolyte layer; and a fuel electrode layer provided on the other surface of the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the oxygen electrode layer is made of a material containing iron or manganese, and the solid electrolyte layer consists essentially of a yttria stabilized zirconia solid electrolyte material that is doped with ceria, wherein the solid electrolyte material is doped with 8 to 15 mol % of the yttria and 1 to 5 mol % of the ceria, each being relative to the total molar amount of the zirconia, the yttria, and the lanthanoid oxide in the solid electrolyte material and the solid electrolyte material further contains 1.5 to 5 mol % of the alumina relative to the total molar amount of the zirconia, the yttria, and the ceria in the solid electrolyte material. | 19,635 |
8,738,444 | 1. A computer implemented method of managing delivery of offers from suppliers to members via a spatial marketplace system including the steps of: (a) registering potential customers as members of the spatial marketplace system by recording names and contact details of the members in a database; (b) assigning, by a processor, a spatial identifier to each database record, the spatial identifier being sourced from the contact details supplied during a registration process; (c) each member nominating one or more attributes corresponding to a commodity in relation to which the member is interested in receiving offers and each member requesting offers the member is interested in receiving; (d) each supplier defining a geographic region in which the supplier wishes to do business and nominating one or more attributes corresponding to commodities which the supplier wishes to sell; (e) using a spatial identifier location algorithm to identify the database records with spatial identifiers located within the geographical region defined by the supplier; (f) using a time nominating component to specify a point in time and a time interval when the member's request for offers will be presented to suppliers; and (g) associating, by a processor, a numeric qualifier with one or more attributes relating to the commodity the member is interested in, the numeric qualifiers qualifier specifying a quantity, size, or length of the one or more attributes; (h) restricting the delivery of offers from a supplier to members associated with the identified database records which have nominated attributes matching the attributes nominated by the supplier at such time the member has indicated he wishes to receive offers by presenting a request for offers to suppliers; and (i) further restricting the delivery of offers to members which have nominated the numeric qualifier for the relevant attribute which matches or falls within the range of the numeric qualifiers nominated by the supplier, and to members whose spatial identifiers are located within the geographical region defined by the supplier. | 37,535 |
9,551,113 | 1. A method of constructing a vehicle parking lot on a land area having a ground surface, the method comprising: providing an aggregate layer directly atop the existing ground surface of the land area; providing a sand layer directly atop the aggregate layer; providing a composite drainage material through which water drains, the composite drainage material comprising a nonwoven polyester top layer, a geogrid core, and a nonwoven polypropylene bottom layer; wherein the top layer delineates at least one parking surface; covering the land area with the composite drainage material by placing rolls of the composite drainage material adjacent one another atop the sand layer; unrolling the rolls of the composite drainage material so that longitudinal edges of adjacent rolls adjoin one another; overlapping at least a portion of the longitudinal edges of the adjacent rolls to create a gapless and continuous surface of the composite drainage material so that the land area is underneath the composite drainage material, the bottom layer directly contacts the sand layer, and the top layer faces away from the sand layer and provides a surface on which automotive vehicles are parked, the composite drainage material directing water which contacts the top layer through the top layer, the geogrid core, and the bottom layer and into the sand layer for drainage through the sand layer and the aggregate layer into the land area covered by the composite drainage material. | 6,197 |
8,906,833 | 1. A lubricant composition comprising: (A) a lubricant base oil consisting of, based on the total amount of said base oil, (A-i) 70 to 92 mass % of a lubricant base oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of not less than 1 and less than 5 mm (B) a poly(meth)acrylate viscosity index improver having a weight average molecular weight of not less than 10000, and a ratio of the weight average molecular weight to a permanent shear stability index of not lower than 0.8×10 wherein R wherein said composition comprises 0.1 to 50 mass % of said viscosity index improver (B) based on a total amount of the composition, and wherein said composition has a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 3 to 15 mm | 13,817 |
8,398,883 | 1. A composition for use in an electrochemical redox reaction, comprising: a first material, represented by a general formula M a metal or a metal oxide component, comprising at least two materials selected from the group consisting of transition metal elements, semimetal elements, Group IIA elements, group IIIA elements, group IVA elements, alloys thereof and oxides of the above metal elements and the alloys, wherein the at least two materials comprise different metal elements and exclude lithium, and one of the at least two materials is selected from the group consisting of transition metal elements, semimetal elements, Group IIA elements, Group IIIA elements, Group IVA elements and alloys thereof, wherein the first material and the metal or the metal oxide component are co-crystallized or physically combined, and the metal or the metal oxide component takes less than about 30% of the composition. | 39,663 |
8,425,469 | 1. A system, comprising: a plurality of pumps operable to deliver a substance to a respective animal at a respective controlled delivery rate; and a computer system communicatively coupled to at least two of the plurality of pumps; wherein the computer system is operable to communicate the determined respective controlled delivery rates to the at least two respective pumps of the plurality of pumps; wherein the computer system is operable to receive a user identifier and a documentation indicator associated with a pump of the plurality of pumps; and wherein the computer system is operable to store the user identifier and the documentation indicator. | 43,227 |
9,488,290 | 1. A check valve system including: a plurality of guide plates; a guide plate retainer engaging said plurality of guide plates and maintaining a position of said guide plates relative to each other; an insert adapter; a valve spring, wherein said valve spring produces a spring force between said guide plate retainer and said insert adapter; a check valve, a retainer nut; a threaded screw engaging said check valve and said retainer nut and causing said retainer nut to engage at least one of said plurality of guide plates; wherein said check valve contacts said insert adapter when said check valve is in a closed position preventing flow through said check valve system, and wherein said check valve is displaced from said insert adapter when said check valve is in an open position permitting flow through said check valve system. | 40,255 |
9,422,179 | 1. A process for anaerobic digestion of wastewater with a concentration of ammonia nitrogen, organic nitrogen, or proteins, in an upflow anaerobic digester and sludge blanket (UASB), with immobilization of microorganisms and inhibition controlled ammonium, the process comprising steps of: a) inoculating digested sludge wastewater with a concentration of nitrogen or of proteins that are contained in the digester; b) adding to residual inoculated wastewater from step a), zeolite-clinoptilolite having an average particle size of 0.5-2 mm, in a percentage of 15 to 23% volume of zeolite based on the total volume of sludge; c) adding to granular activated sludge resulting from step b), increasing volumes of wastewater with a concentration of nitrogen or protein to reach predetermined operating conditions; d) monitoring the operation of the digester under predetermined operating conditions of step c), and quantify the removal of organic matter and ammonia nitrogen in an effluent of the digester, the concentration of nitrogen in the digester, biogas production in the digester and a methane concentration in the biogas; e) adding zeolite in an accumulation of granular activated sludge of the digester, to detect at least an increase in concentration of ammonium nitrogen in the effluent of the digester, a decrease in removal efficiency, a decrease in removal efficiency of organic material or a decrease in biogas production, keeping constant the volume of sludge in the digester, in a proportion of 20% based on the total volume of the digester; optionally f) removing excess sludge produced from the bottom of the digester, and subjecting the excess sludge to dehydration by using sunlight or an alternative method such that a concentration material is obtained with nutrients with a moisture concentration of 20-30%, which can be used as a biofertilizer or slow release fertilizer nutrients. | 12,605 |
8,750,335 | 1. A system for measuring communications from a first device to a second device, comprising: a measuring device for: in response to the communications, estimating respective phase differences between a first clock of the first device and a second clock of the second device; computing a first average phase difference within a percentile of a first subset of the respective phase differences, wherein the percentile is less than 100; and computing a second average phase difference within the percentile of a second subset of the respective phase differences, wherein the second subset is a modification of the first subset, and wherein the second average phase difference is computed in response to the first average phase difference and the modification. | 35,965 |
8,724,005 | 1. An image pickup lens for forming an image of an object on an image pickup surface of a solid-state image pickup element, the image pickup lens comprising, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens having a positive power and comprising a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens having a negative power; a third lens having a positive or negative power; a fourth lens comprising a convex surface at the optical axis facing the image side; and a fifth lens comprising a concave surface facing the image side, wherein the surface of the fifth lens facing the image side is an aspheric surface and an inflection point is arranged on an area on the surface of the fifth lens, the area excluding an intersection point of the surface of the fifth lens with an optical axis of the fifth lens, and the image pickup lens satisfies the following expression: where f1 is a focal length of the first lens, and f is a focal length of a total system of the image pickup lens, ν2 is an Abbe number of the second lens and ν3 is an Abbe number of the third lens. | 17,279 |
8,512,441 | 1. A process for recovering a gaseous component comprising at least one fluorocarbon consisting of carbon and fluorine atoms only from a mixture of gaseous fluorocarbons consisting of carbon and fluorine atoms only, which process includes in a separation zone, bringing a gaseous mixture of two or more different fluorocarbons consisting of carbon and fluorine atoms only into contact with a gas permeable separating medium comprising a non-porous fluoropolymer, so that a first gaseous component comprising the at least one fluorocarbon consisting of carbon and fluorine atoms only is separated from a second gaseous component comprising the balance of the fluorocarbons; withdrawing the first gaseous component from the separation zone as a permeate or a retentate; and withdrawing the second gaseous component from the separation zone as the retentate, when the first gaseous component is withdrawn as the permeate, and as the permeate, when the first gaseous component is withdrawn as the retentate. | 31,558 |
8,752,754 | 1. A method for adhering solder powder to an adhesive portion of an electronic circuit board comprising: a preparation step of placing the solder powder on one side of the inside of a container and making a board holding portion inside the container hold the electronic circuit board with the adhesive portion such that a board surface thereof faces substantially a vertical direction with respect to a bottom face of the container; a first step of setting a tilted position where the container is tilted in a first direction as an initial position of the container, and tilting the container from the initial position to a second direction that is opposite to the first direction using a tilting device; and a second step of tilting the container again in the first direction, wherein at least one of the first step and the second step further comprises a step of rotating a rotating shaft of an eccentric motor of a vibrating device to cause vibration to a bottom portion of the container so that the solder powder moves to adhere to the adhesive portion of the electronic circuit board, wherein the vibrating device includes; the eccentric motor provided in the center of the bottom face of the container, and a control device for setting the rotating shaft of the eccentric motor in the same direction as the tilting direction of the container, wherein in the step of rotating the rotating shaft of the eccentric motor of the vibrating device to cause vibration to the bottom portion of the container, the vibrating device vibrates the container when the tilting device tilts the container. | 725 |
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