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9,722,666 | 1. A power line transmission method applicable to a power line network, the power line network comprising a main power line device configured to connect to a cable network, and a plurality of slave power line devices configured to receive the power line network provided by the main power line device, wherein the main power line device and each of the slave power line devices has a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) table to record RSSI values between the power line devices, the method comprising: classifying the slave power line devices into different groups according to the RSSI table, wherein each of the groups has a corresponding priority; selecting the slave power line device from the group having the highest priority and the largest RSSI value to be an agent device among the slave power line devices located in a broken section; and maintaining the power line network by connecting the slave power line devices located in the non-broken section of the power line network to the agent device through a wireless network function provided by the agent device. | 14,916 |
8,940,438 | 1. A negative electrode comprising: a conductive substrate; and nanotubes comprising a Group 14 metal/metalloid, disposed on the conductive substrate; where the Group 14 metal/metalloid of the nanotube contacts the conductive substrate; where the conductive substrate comprises one selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, copper, nickel, iron and cobalt. | 320 |
9,787,062 | 1. A vertical cavity surface emitting laser array comprising: a contact layer formed on a substrate; a plurality of mesa structures formed on the contact layer, each mesa structure including a first metal layer formed on the contact layer around the mesa structures, a portion of the first metal layer serving as an electrode pad of the first conductivity type; an insulating film formed on the first metal layer; and a second metal layer formed on the insulating film, a portion of the second metal layer serving as an electrode pad of the second conductivity type, wherein the mesa structures are electrically connected in parallel. | 30,787 |
9,474,962 | 1. An interactive entertainment system for entertaining one or more participants as part of a magic themed entertainment experience, said interactive entertainment system comprising: a wireless toy wand configured to be held and operated by a participant to selectively actuate one or more entertainment effects provided within a themed entertainment facility, said wireless toy wand comprising: a plurality of interactive play areas provided within said themed entertainment facility, at least one of said interactive play areas comprising: i) an interactive entertainment effect configured to be selectively actuated by said participant using said wireless toy wand, and ii) a second RF transceiver configured to communicate to said first RF transceiver a second selection of information comprising said first unique identifier and a second unique identifier uniquely identifying said at least one interactive play area; and a control system communicatively coupled to said second RF transceiver and said interactive entertainment effect, said control system configured to: i) receive from said second RF transceiver said second selection of information, and ii) communicate to said interactive entertainment effect a third selection of information configured to cause said interactive entertainment effect to be actuated and wherein said third selection of information is based at least in part on stored information comprising progress or performance data of said participant in said magic themed entertainment experience. | 33,338 |
8,797,805 | 1. A method for determining threshold voltage shift in memory cells, comprising: determining changes in threshold voltage for memory cells at each data state of a first number of data states by searching threshold voltage data of memory cells programmed to the first number of data states having threshold voltages within a first range of threshold voltages, wherein the threshold voltage data includes data associated with the memory cells at each data state of the first number of data states during a first time period and during a second time period; and determining changes in threshold voltage for memory cells at each data state of a second number of data states by searching threshold voltage data of memory cells programmed to the second number of data states having threshold voltages within a second range of threshold voltages, wherein the threshold voltage data includes data associated with the memory cells at each data state of the second number of data states during the first time period and during the second time period, and wherein the second range is shifted from a previous range based on the changes in threshold voltage for memory cells programmed to the first number of data states and wherein the first number of data states are different data states than the second number of data states. | 33,345 |
8,928,268 | 1. A signal duty detecting apparatus comprising: a level detector detecting levels of an input signal; a counter counting the levels detected by the level detector; a duty calculator calculating a duty of the input signal based on the levels counted by the counter; a timer providing a preset time to at least one of the level detector, the counter, and the duty calculator; a frequency/period detector detecting a frequency and a period of the input signal; and a period setter providing a preset period. | 48,873 |
9,246,782 | 1. A method of reducing wireless communication overhead, comprising: determining that buffer status report traffic received at an access node from a plurality of wireless devices meets a first threshold; selecting at least one of the plurality of wireless devices to operate as a router wireless device based on a power storage level and an assigned modulation and coding scheme (MCS); assigning a first time period and a second time period to each of the unselected wireless devices; instructing the unselected wireless devices to communicate with a communication network via the selected router wireless device during the first time period; instructing the unselected wireless devices to communicate with the communication network via the access node during the second time period, wherein a delay time is added to the second time period of at least one of the unselected wireless devices when the selected router wireless device cannot meet a quality of service requirement of the unselected wireless devices; measuring an uplink packet delay of each of the unselected wireless devices; and when an uplink packet delay meets a second threshold and communication resource request traffic from the selected router wireless device meets the first threshold, selecting at least a second one of the plurality of wireless devices to operate as a router wireless device. | 44,145 |
8,933,577 | 1. A method for operating a pitch system of a wind energy system, comprising the steps of: in a normal operating mode of the wind energy system, setting with an actuating device of the pitch system a pitch angle of a rotor blade of the wind energy system in response to a control signal from a generator control system of the wind energy system, wherein the actuating device is at least temporarily supplied with electrical energy from an external electrical supply network via at least one DC/DC converter, in an emergency operating mode, moving the rotor blade with the actuating device into a safety position, wherein the actuating device is supplied with electrical energy from an emergency energy store of the pitch system, wherein the emergency energy store is supplied with electrical energy from the supply network via the at least one DC/DC converter, and testing a characteristic value of the emergency energy store by deactivating the at least one DC/DC converter and temporarily supplying the actuating device in the normal operating mode with electrical energy exclusively from the emergency energy store. | 42,547 |
8,892,667 | 1. A computer system including instructions recorded on a computer-readable storage medium and executable by at least one processor, the computer system comprising: a first deployment unit, implemented as instructions recorded on the computer-readable storage medium and executable by the at least one processor, configured to receive a message requesting information from a second deployment unit, the first deployment unit including a process component including, | 29,981 |
9,738,852 | 1. A method of separating oil from a composition comprising an oil and water emulsion, which comprises adding a separation additive to the composition and performing at least one oil separation step, wherein the separation additive comprises a fatty ester of alkoxylated glycerol. | 43,549 |
8,905,881 | 1. A hybrid drive system that includes an input member that is drivingly connected to an engine, a rotating electric machine having a rotor, a power distributing apparatus that distributes and transmits torque that is transmitted to the input member to the rotating electric machine and an output member, and an output gear capable of outputting torque transmitted to the output member to a wheel side, characterized by comprising: an output bearing that rotatably supports the output member; a rotor bearing that rotatably supports the rotor, a differential gear unit that has a differential input gear and distributes and transmits torque that is transmitted to the differential input gear to a plurality of the wheels; and a counter gear mechanism that has a first gear that meshes with the output gear, and a second gear that meshes with the differential input gear, the counter gear mechanism being formed such that the first gear and the second gear rotate together, | 48,535 |
9,466,502 | 1. A method for etching features in an etch layer disposed below a photoresist mask and over a substrate in a vacuum chamber, comprising: providing a high-intensity vacuum ultra-violet (VUV) producing gas comprising argon gas into the vacuum chamber; ionizing the argon gas to produce VUV rays to irradiate the photoresist mask; and etching the features into the etch layer through the photoresist mask. | 38,083 |
8,415,195 | 1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell module in which a solar cell having a surface electrode to which a tab lead is connected with an adhesive is sealed with a resin using a vacuum laminator, the method comprising: using as the vacuum laminator one including a first chamber and a second chamber partitioned by a flexible sheet, wherein an internal pressure of the first chamber and an internal pressure of the second chamber can be controlled independently and a heating stage for heating is provided in the second chamber; sequentially stacking the solar cell having the surface electrode formed thereon on the heating stage in the second chamber of the vacuum laminator, the adhesive on the surface electrode, the tab lead on the adhesive, a pressurizing film on the tab lead, a sealing resin layer on the pressurizing film, and a moisture-proof back sheet or a glass plate on the sealing resin layer; and while the internal pressure of the first chamber of the vacuum laminator is increased relative to the internal pressure of the second chamber to press the flexible sheet against the moisture-proof back sheet or the glass plate, heating the solar cell by the heating stage to thereby connect the surface electrode of the solar cell to the tab lead and to resin-seal the solar cell with the sealing resin layer, whereby the solar cell module is obtained. | 32,336 |
9,763,177 | 1. A method for base station validation at a client device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: controlling, by a processing device, for each time domain sample extracted from a signal from a base station received at the client device and corresponding to a detected Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) offset, searching an output from converting the time domain sample to frequency domain for a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS); and controlling, by the processing device, for each base station indicated based on the searching for the SSS, determining whether a given base station is valid using a Differential Correlation (DC) based Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) metric corresponding to the base station, wherein the DC based SINR metric is determined by performing (i) a cross-correlation between a frequency domain signal extracted from the output and a predetermined replica of a desired signal to obtain a cross-correlation output, and (ii) a differential correlation on the cross-correlation output. | 26,042 |
8,484,787 | 1. A system, comprising: a plurality of modular components, each of said modular components including: a first end; and a second end including at least one horizontal member configured to transfer an energy from an applied force to the modular components; wherein the modular components are configured in series between the first end and the second end such that the front strut, front left column and front right column of a modular component are, respectively, the rear strut, rear left column and rear right column of an adjacent modular component; wherein the first end is attachable to a marine support structure; wherein the system is configured to rest on the surface of a body of water with the first end proximate to a marine support structure; and wherein the system is configured to dissipate the energy introduced from the applied force applied to the horizontal member through at least one of the progressive buckling and failure of at least one modular component and the buckling of at least one cell wall of the plurality of adjacent cells. | 48,529 |
8,729,283 | 1. A method comprising: cross-metathesizing a crambe oil with at least one short-chain olefin in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to form metathesis products, wherein the crambe oil comprises triglycerides of unsaturated C separating the one or more olefin products; hydrogenating the triglyceride comprising C processing the hydrogenated triglyceride via a selective lipase reaction. | 7,248 |
9,169,975 | 1. A method of verifying the flow rate of gas through a mass flow controller, the method comprising the steps of: (a) measuring a flow of a first gas through a mass flow controller that is calibrated for a second gas, (b) measuring the actual flow of the first gas through at least three mass flow meters, (c) comparing the first actual flow, the second actual flow, and the third actual flow to determine a match between at least two of the first actual flow, the second actual flow, and the third actual flow; (d) determining a control flow based on the comparing; (e) based on the second gas for which the mass flow controller is calibrated, select a scaling factor to apply to the measured flow of the first gas through the mass flow controller; (f) scale the measured flow of the first gas through the mass flow controller using the scaling factor to determine a scaled measured flow of the first gas through the mass flow controller; (g) compare the scaled measured flow of the first gas through the mass flow controller to the control flow; and (h) determine the difference between the scaled measured flow of the first gas through the mass flow controller to the control flow, wherein the first gas and the second gas selectively flow through the mass flow meter or to a tool. | 34,392 |
8,373,360 | 1. A controllable color light emitting diode (LED) lamp comprising: two or more light emitting elements, a first light emitting element of the two or more light emitting elements configured to emit a first light spectrum and a second light emitting element of the two or more light emitting elements configured to emit a second light spectrum, each of the two or more light emitting elements including an anode and a cathode; and a positive electrical contact assembly and a negative electrical contact assembly, each of the positive electrical contact assembly and the negative electrical contact assembly including at least a first contact section and a second contact section, each of the first contact sections and the second contact sections are separated by insulating material, wherein the first contact section of the positive electrical contact assembly is electrically connected to the anode of the first light emitting element and the second contact section of the positive electrical contact assembly is electrically connected to the anode of the second light emitting element, wherein the first contact section of the negative electrical contact assembly is electrically connected to the cathode of the first light emitting element and the second contact section of the negative electrical contact assembly is electrically connected to the cathode of the second light emitting element, and wherein the first and second contact sections and the insulating material of the positive contact assembly are aligned in a rod-like configuration along a first axis, and the first and second contact sections and the insulating material of the negative contact assembly are aligned in a rod-like configuration along a second axis. | 47,545 |
9,680,140 | 1. A battery anode component for a battery cell, comprising: a current collector component having a lithium receiving side in which at least two spatially separated recesses are formed as lithium receiving chambers; at least two lithium-based anode material units which are situated in the at least two lithium receiving chambers; and a protective cover which covers the lithium receiving side at least partially and with which outer surfaces of the at least two lithium-based anode material units which are exposed by the current collector component are covered, wherein at least one predetermined breaking point is formed in the current collector component between two adjacent lithium receiving chambers. | 42,370 |
8,658,137 | 1. An insecticidal composition consisting of: a) active ingredients geraniol and cedar oil, b) a suitable liquid carrier, and c) a surface active agent, and d) optionally an aerosol propellant. | 16,931 |
9,575,799 | 1. A method of analyzing task associations, comprising: computing, by a processor, artifact associations for a plurality of artifacts based on historical task submission logs, an artifact association representing a degree to which two artifacts are processed by a same task, the degree computed by dividing a number of tasks that modify both of the two artifacts by a union of a number of tasks that modify one of the two artifacts and a number of tasks that modify other one of the two artifacts; receiving planned tasks and targeted artifacts, the targeted artifacts to be modified by one or more of the planned tasks; determining, by the processor, from the computed artifact associations, shared artifacts that have artifact association with the targeted artifacts; identifying, by the processor, task association between the planned tasks based on the shared artifacts, wherein a plurality of task associations can be determined for a plurality of tasks; and analyzing the task associations to determine one or more of task assignment and task schedule for the planned tasks. | 37,282 |
8,711,912 | 1. A method for determining whether transmission signals are present in received signals, the method comprising: receiving a first signal via a first radio resource; receiving a second signal via a second radio resource; determining whether a first transmission signal is present in the received first signal based on the received second signal; and determining whether a second transmission signal is present in the received second signal based on the received first signal; wherein determining whether the first transmission signal is present in the received first signal comprises determining a measure of the average power of the received second signal and wherein it is determined whether the first transmission signal is present in the received first signal based on the determined measure of the average power of the received second signal; wherein the received second signal comprises a plurality of signal values and the measure of the average power of the received second signal is determined based on a combination of the signal values; and wherein for each signal value, a measure of the signal value based on the absolute value of the signal value is determined and the combination of the signal values is an average of the measures of the signal values. | 27,862 |
8,622,217 | 1. A cigarette butt receiving bag of disposable type for receiving and extinguishing glowing cigarettes, which bag comprises a forward sheet, a rearward sheet, wherein the sheets are sealed to each other along their outer edges leaving an edge portion unsealed so as to provide an opening for receiving a cigarette butt, thereby forming a cigarette butt receiving compartment between said forward and rearward sheets, and comprising a fluid, which is disposed in two heat insulating volumes within the cigarette butt receiving compartment, wherein: a first heat insulating volume is delimited by the forward sheet and a forward inner layer material which is sealed against the forward sheet, and a second heat insulating volume is delimited by the rearward sheet and a rearward inner layer material which is sealed against the rearward sheet. | 29,732 |
8,540,881 | 1. A method for producing biodiesel and glycerin comprising the steps in the order recited: (a) filtering a biodiesel feedstock, thereby separating from the feedstock solid particles having a diameter up to 2 microns, to provide a filtrate and a retentate; (b) separating water from the filtrate, to provide a dried filtrate; (c) distilling the dried filtrate, to provide a distillate and a residue; (d) distilling the distillate to provide a subsequent distillate and optionally a subsequent residue; (e) repeating at least one of steps (c) and (d), one or more times, by distilling the subsequent distillate, to obtain a final distillate; (f) passing the final distillate through an ion exchange resin; (g) contacting (i) methanol, (ii) a solid heterogeneous esterification catalyst immobilized on a solid support, and (iii) the final distillate, wherein the contacting is carried out under conditions suitable to provide an esterification reaction product comprising biodiesel, methanol, water, and optionally free fatty acids; (h) separating water and methanol from the esterification reaction product; (i) contacting the esterification reaction product with (i) methanol and (ii) a solid heterogeneous esterification catalyst immobilized on a solid support, wherein the contacting is carried out under conditions suitable to provide a subsequent esterification reaction product comprising biodiesel, methanol, water and optionally free fatty acids; wherein the methanol separated from the one or more esterification reaction products is purified to a purity of at least about 99.9 wt. %, and is employed in a subsequent esterification, transesterification, or combination thereof; (j) contacting at a temperature of less than 102° F. (38.89° C.) (i) methanol, (ii) a solid heterogeneous transesterification catalyst immobilized on a solid support, and (iii) the esterification reaction product, wherein the contacting is carried out under conditions suitable to provide a biodiesel, methanol, water, glycerin and optionally triglycerides; (k) separating water, glycerin and methanol from the transesterification reaction product; (l) contacting the transesterification reaction product with (i) methanol and (ii) a solid heterogeneous transesterification catalyst immobilized on a solid support, wherein the contacting is carried out under conditions suitable to provide a subsequent transesterification reaction product comprising biodiesel, methanol, water, glycerin and optionally triglycerides; and (m) separating, via distillation, the methanol and water from the transesterification reaction product, to provide the biodiesel and glycerin; wherein the methanol that is separated from the one or more transesterification reaction products is purified to a purity of at least about 99.9 wt. %, and is employed in a subsequent esterification, transesterification, or combination thereof. | 33,190 |
9,562,220 | 1. A method of producing a carotenoid having 50 carbon atoms, comprising: culturing in vitro, in a medium, a single cell organism transformed with a mutant phytoene desaturase gene; and obtaining the carotenoid having 50 carbon atoms from a culture after the culturing; wherein the mutant phytoene desaturase gene has an introduced mutation to encode a mutant phytoene desaturase having an enhanced activity to desaturate a carotenoid backbone compound of 50 carbon atoms; and the mutation causes at least a substitution of an amino acid corresponding to asparagine at position 304 in SEQ ID NO: 1 by proline or serine, and the mutation consists of one or more substitutions at positions 228, 304, 338, 339, and 395 of SEQ ID NO: 1. | 39,195 |
8,557,625 | 1. A method of forming a zinc oxide film for a photovoltaic device, the method comprising: providing a substrate in a deposition chamber, wherein the substrate comprises an absorber layer and an overlying window layer; subjecting the deposition chamber to a vacuum pressure ranging from about 0.1 Torr to about 0.02 Torr; flowing a zinc-containing precursor and an oxygen-containing precursor into the deposition chamber to form a zinc oxide film over the window layer; and flowing a boron-containing precursor into the deposition chamber during the flowing of the zinc-containing precursor. | 44,955 |
8,471,096 | 1. A seed of inbred maize variety PH17T7, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-13576. | 36,797 |
8,619,652 | 1. A method of power saving in a wireless network for transmitting uncompressed audio/video (A/V) data, the method comprising: detecting a low or no channel activity in the wireless network by a station; entering into a deep sleep power saving (DSPS) mode by the station, wherein the DSPS mode includes one or more periods of inactive state during which the station does not transmit a beacon, wherein the DSPS mode includes a first sub-mode and a second sub-mode, wherein the first sub-mode comprising a passive DSPS mode (PDSM) and the second sub-mode comprising an active DSPS mode (ADSM); | 28,492 |
8,412,384 | 1. An electric power facility operation remote supporting system for remotely supporting operation of an electric power generating facility that is remotely connected by a communication line to the electric power generating facility, comprising: a judging means for judging an abnormality or a sign of abnormality of said electric power generating facility based on at least one of information on an operating state of said electric power generating facility, and information on a time-varying characteristic of components of said electric power generating facility; a database for storing abnormality corrective-action data corresponding to data of a plurality of abnormalities or signs of abnormality in regard to said electric power generating facility; a determining means for determining whether recovery of the operating state by adjusting operation control setting values of said electric power generating facility is possible; and an adjusting means for tuning operating variables for operation control of said electric power generating facility in a case where the recovery of the operating state by adjusting an operating amount of operation control setting values is possible when an abnormality or a sign of abnormality occurs, where the operating amount of the operation control setting values is a parameter of plant operation and not a parameter of sensor abnormality, wherein said determining means and said adjusting means serve as a setting means for setting said abnormality corrective-action data corresponding to said data of a plurality of abnormalities or signs of abnormality. | 42,943 |
8,778,018 | 1. A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a native aortic valve, comprising: providing a collapsible prosthetic heart valve having a collapsible leaflet frame defined by three cusp regions on an inflow end of the valve intermediate three commissure regions on an outflow end of the valve, the valve further including three cusp positioners on the outflow end and intermediate the three commissure regions the leaflet frame and cusp positioners integrally formed, the valve further including three leaflets sutured to the leaflet frame; collapsing the prosthetic heart valve within a delivery tube; advancing the prosthetic heart valve within the delivery tube to an aortic annulus; expelling the prosthetic heart valve from the delivery tube by relative movement therebetween; expanding the prosthetic heart valve; positioning the prosthetic heart valve such that the cusp positioners contact a wall of each of three aortic sinus cavities of an ascending aorta without blocking the coronary ostia arising from two of the aortic sinus cavities; and connecting a holder having flexible members to the commissure regions of the prosthetic heart valve and utilizing the flexible members to perform the step of positioning the prosthetic heart valve. | 23,438 |
9,197,571 | 1. A communication apparatus communicating with an external apparatus via a relaying device, the communication apparatus comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory which are coupled to each other and cooperating to act as: a communication unit configured to perform communication with the relaying device at any one of a plurality of communication speeds; a power supply unit; and a control unit configured to, when the communication apparatus is to be shifted to a power saving mode, transmit a notification of shifting to the power saving mode to the communication unit, switch a connection between the communication apparatus and the relaying device to a link-down state, and transmit a signal to the power supply unit, wherein the power supply unit is configured to stop supplying power to the control unit in response to the signal, wherein the communication unit, in response to the notification of shifting to the power saving mode, switches the connection from the link-down state to a link-up state for communicating at a low communication speed included in the plurality of communication speeds and transmits identification information of the communication apparatus to the relaying device using first method, and after a predetermined time has passed, transmits the identification information to the relaying device using a second method, wherein, in the first method, the identification information is transmitted a plurality of times at predetermined intervals, and wherein, in the second method, the identification information is transmitted a plurality of times at an interval larger than the predetermined intervals of the first method. | 36,002 |
8,581,458 | 1. Electrical actuating drive for devices to be adjusted mechanically, having an electrical drive motor and an output-drive shaft which can be adjusted over a rotation actuating range of more than 360°, comprising an integrated sensor angle measurement system for contactlessly determining and feeding back the respective rotation position of the output-drive shaft and a compact housing which is split transversally approximately centrally into two cap-like housing parts, wherein the sensor angle measurement system is in the form of an encoder system having an encoder transmission which is driven by said output-drive shaft, wherein said output-drive shaft is coupled to at least two rotating transmitter wheels, whose rotation positions are each detected contactlessly, individually and uniquely as absolute values by a respective sensor, wherein the transmitter wheels are coupled with a specific step-up ratio or step-down ratio such that the rotation position of the output-drive shaft can be determined on the basis of the detected combination of the rotation positions of the transmitter wheels, wherefore an associated electronic evaluation device processes the detected rotation positions in such a way that the angle measurement system produces an output signal which simulates particular characteristics of a multiple potentiometer system, that is simulation of a ratiometric output and simulation of a loaded potentiometer characteristic, wherein only one of the transmitter wheels is directly coupled to the output-drive shaft, wherein the transmitter wheels are directly or indirectly coupled to one another via an intermediate drive, wherein a base part is arranged within the housing in the connection area of the housing parts, and wherein the working transmission is arranged within the first housing part, while the angle measurement system and the drive motor are accommodated within the second housing part. | 9,726 |
8,784,566 | 1. A process for fractionating lignocellulosic biomass, the process comprising: (i) providing lignocellulosic biomass with an amount of hemicellulose present in the biomass in its native form; (ii) providing a first solvent and combining with the lignocellulosic biomass, wherein the first solvent dissolves at least some of the cellulose present in the lignocellulosic biomass; (iii) providing a second solvent and combining with the material from step (ii), wherein at least some of the cellulose that is dissolved by the first solvent in step (ii) precipitates out of the liquid phase; (iv) providing a third solvent and combining with the material from step (iii), and then separating a black liquor and substantially solid phase; and (v) providing a fourth solvent and combining with the substantially solid phase from step (iv), and then separating the solid phase comprising cellulose, and a light liquor comprising hemicellulose, and no xylose or xylose as a minor constituent. | 2,836 |
9,811,059 | 1. A wireless mote network comprising: a plurality of motes, wherein each of the plurality of motes includes: a central communications device configured to communicate directly with a first subset of the plurality of motes within a range of the central communications device and to communicate indirectly with a second subset of the plurality of motes not within the range of the communications device via multihop communications through the first subset of the plurality of the motes; and a controller configured to communicate with the central communications device, via at least one of cellular communications system and a satellite communications system, to receive one or more signals indicative of the environmental condition of one or more of the plurality of motes, and to transmit one or more control signals indicating an operation of the actuator to one or more of the plurality of motes, wherein a position of at least one of the plurality of motes is unknown and wherein the controller includes a server configured to generate a map of a relative location of the plurality of motes based on a signal strength of a wireless communication between the plurality of motes, wherein each of the plurality of motes records data corresponding to each of the identification signals observed by the mote, wherein the data corresponding to each of the signals observed by the mote comprises the identification number of the mote that emitted the signal, the time that the signal was emitted, the identification number of the mote that observed the signal and the time that the signal was observed. | 42,557 |
9,346,527 | 1. A mechanical sail system, comprising: a silo, positioned below a deck level of a ship; a lift carriage, mounted within the silo, and supporting a first sail cylinder and a second sail cylinder; and at least a first drive motor coupled to a control system for selectively positioning the lift carriage within the silo, the control system operable to control said at least first drive motor to position said lift carriage at a top position within the silo to deploy the first and second sail cylinders. | 32,029 |
8,876,234 | 1. A power supply device, comprising: a first voltage generator that operates to output a first voltage; a second voltage generator that operates to output a second voltage higher than the first voltage; a third voltage generator that, from the second voltage generated by the second voltage generator, operates to generate a third voltage equal to the first voltage and to output the third voltage therefrom; and a selector that selects as an output whichever has a higher voltage from the output of the first generator and the output of the third generator, wherein each of the output of the second voltage generator and the output selected by the selector are supplied to a load. | 40,000 |
9,829,084 | 1. An integrated gear assembly, comprising: a conjoined carrier assembly coupling a reducing gear set and a differential gear set, wherein the reducing gear set includes a first sun gear, wherein the differential gear set includes second and third sun gears, and wherein the first, second and third sun gears are coaxial; the first sun gear meshingly engaging a plurality of first gear elements of a plurality of stepped pinion gears of the reducing gear set, the second sun gear meshingly engaging a third plurality of pinion gears of the differential gear set; the third sun gear meshingly engaging a fourth plurality of pinion gears of the differential gear set; the third plurality of pinion gears of the differential gear set axially overlapping a plurality of second gear elements of the plurality of stepped pinion gears of the reducing gear set; and the fourth plurality of pinion gears of the differential gear set axially overlapping the third plurality of pinion gears of the differential gear set. | 44,868 |
9,353,698 | 1. A method for regulating a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a control unit outputting an instruction for starting an injection process of fuel by an injection valve, wherein the control unit determines a time for the outputting of the instruction for starting the injection process based at least on: | 34,092 |
8,850,457 | 1. A method for collecting message objects using a mobile agent object, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of message objects at an event source platform, the message objects being generated by a user able to access the event source platform; filtering the received message objects in the event source platform with a mobile agent object executing therein to determine a filtered set of message objects, the mobile agent object being configured at a control device platform and operable to execute and halt execution in a first electronic device, and resume execution in a second electronic device; delivering the filtered message objects to a display device via collection host platform. | 21,911 |
9,058,272 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a snoop filter, requests on a system bus, the snoop filter being decoupled from an associated cache such that the associated cache changes states of lines in the cache from a first state that is a clean state to a second state that is not a clean state without the snoop filter's knowledge; buffering, by the snoop filter, addresses of replaced lines in the associated cache that are unknown to be clean; matching an organization of a directory of the snoop filter with an organization of the associated cache; and receiving an identification of a cache way to be filled at a time the snoop filter observes a read transaction of the cache. | 9,021 |
8,597,092 | 1. A ventilation control system comprising: a plenum receiving exhaust from a building interior; a bypass air damper selectively permitting the flow of outside supply air to the plenum; at least two fans removing exhaust from the plenum, each of the at least two fans having a maximum flow rate capacity, wherein each of the at least two fans includes an isolation air damper interconnecting the at least two fans to the plenum; and a control module monitoring static air pressure within the plenum and controlling operation of the at least two fans and the bypass air damper, the control module detecting a variation in air pressure with the plenum and, issuing a control signal when the variation in air pressure occurs, and controlling the flow rate of air supplied by the bypass air damper to the plenum when the variation in air pressure is detected to maintain static air pressure within the plenum at a predetermined range and set point and the control module controlling speed and operation of each of the at least two fans based upon requirements of the ventilation control system, enabling the control module to turn off at least one of the at least two fans and turn on a stand-by fan based on a demand for air flow and increasing a speed of and operation of the at least two fans when the demand for air flow is high; wherein the bypass air damper selectively opening and closing to supply a difference in air between the maximum flow rate capacity of the at least two fans and the exhaust received by the plenum to maintain the static air pressure within the plenum at the predetermined range, wherein the ventilation control system records the position of the bypass air damper and the control module then sends a signal to close the bypass air damper when the demand for air flow on the building is low, or open the bypass air damper when the demand for air flow is high. | 28,494 |
9,824,644 | 1. A display element comprising: a plurality of scanning lines disposed along a predetermined direction; a plurality of signal lines disposed along a direction orthogonal to the scanning lines; a pixel that includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel formed in the regions surrounded by the scanning lines and the signal lines; and a plurality of switching elements that include a first switching element and a second switching element connected to the scanning lines and the signal lines and drive the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, wherein the size of the second sub-pixel is larger than the size of the first sub-pixel, the first switching element is formed in the first sub-pixel and the second switching element is formed in the second sub-pixel, each of the switching elements has a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode that crosses the semiconductor layer and that is connected to a scanning line, and a source electrode connected to a signal line on one end side of the semiconductor layer and a drain electrode connected to the other end side of the semiconductor layer, in the first switching element, the gate electrode is formed to project from the scanning line, and the semiconductor layer crossing the gate electrode is formed to pass through the gate electrode along a direction parallel to the scanning line, in the second switching element, the gate electrode is disposed on the scanning line, and the semiconductor layer crossing the gate electrode is formed to pass through the gate electrode along a direction parallel to the signal line, the semiconductor layer of the first switching element has a U shape and the semiconductor layer of the second switching element has an L shape, the semiconductor layer of the first switching element is overlapped with the other sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel in a direction along the signal lines, and the semiconductor layer of the second switching element is not overlapped with the other sub-pixel adjacent to the second sub-pixel in a direction along the signal lines. | 32,311 |
8,634,052 | 1. A lithographic apparatus, comprising: a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project a patterned beam of radiation onto the substrate; a liquid supply system configured to provide a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate table; and a ring configured and sized to substantially cover a gap between a peripheral edge of the substrate and a surface of the substrate table that faces said peripheral edge of the substrate, the ring comprising a seal portion and, on a lowermost surface, a protrusion dimensioned to fit into the gap, the seal portion being wider than the protrusion so as to be in contact with an upper surface of the substrate and an upper surface of the substrate table when said seal portion covers the gap and said protrusion is located in the gap, the ring including the protrusion being removable from the gap, wherein the seal portion of the ring comprises a lip configured to contact the upper surface of the substrate or the substrate table when the seal portion covers the gap, and wherein said protrusion is dimensioned to fit into the gap without filling a volume of the gap extending beyond the peripheral edge. | 26,019 |
8,390,885 | 1. A method of characterizing a color reproduction device, the method comprising: producing a plurality of visible color images using the color reproduction device according to an input initial characterization data set in a first color space; measuring the color images to generate a measured initial characterization data set in a second color space; using at least one processor, generating a parametric forward color transform mapping color from the first color space to the second color space using the input initial characterization data set and the measured initial characterization data set; using the at least one processor, generating an estimated initial characterization data set using the parametric forward color transform and the input initial characterization data set; using the at least one processor, generating a nonparametric forward color transform mapping color from the first color space to the second color space using the measured and estimated initial characterization data sets; and using the at least one processor, constructing a forward color transform for the device using the parametric and nonparametric forward color transforms. | 13,032 |
8,865,469 | 1. A method of stably transforming a Listeria , said method comprising: contacting said | 24,285 |
8,440,141 | 1. A treatment system of an exhaust gas containing a nitrogen oxide, CO and VOC, comprising: an exhaust gas treatment means for removing the nitrogen oxide by reduction thereof with ammonia and partially oxidizing the VOC to CO, and a CO/VOC removing means for oxidizing the CO and partially unreacted VOC, in this order from an upstream flow of the exhaust gas; wherein the exhaust gas treatment means comprises an exhaust gas treating catalyst comprising 60% by weight or more TiO wherein the CO/VOC removing means comprises a CO/VOC removing catalyst comprising a honeycomb substrate and a porous inorganic compound layer thereon comprising a noble metal and an NMHC oxidation catalyst that is a TiO | 27,247 |
8,993,785 | 1. A compound selected from the group consisting of a) a compound according to formula (2), or tautomer, or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group, b) a compound according to formula (13), or tautomer, or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group, c) a compound according to formula (15), or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group, d) a compound according to formula (16), or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group, e) a compound according to formula (20), or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group, R10 is a group which can be saponified and/or decarboxylated and R11 is hydrogen or methyl f) a compound according to formula (21), or tautomer, or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group, and g) a compound according to formula (22), or tautomer, or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group. | 37,825 |
9,332,654 | 1. An electronic component mounting device which holds and mounts an electronic component on a board by an adsorption nozzle attached to a mounting head, the electronic component mounting device comprising: a board bottom reception device having a bottom reception base part with a magnetic member provided on at least an upper surface and a plurality of bottom reception pin modules allowed to stand upright at arbitrary positions of the bottom reception base part to bear and support the board from a lower surface side; wherein each of the plurality of bottom reception pin modules includes a base part having a piston built therein which slides in a lift chamber provided therein to be lifted and lowered together with a magnet member with a permanent magnetism and fixed to the bottom reception base part by a magnetization force under a state that the magnet member is lowered, and a shaft shaped part extended upward from the base part and having an upper end part abutting on the lower surface of the board to support the board; wherein the magnet member is lifted together with the piston to separate the base part from the bottom reception base part, by vacuum suction from a suction hole which is provided in the shaft shaped part and opened to the upper end part and communicates with the lift chamber by the adsorption nozzle, so that the magnetization force is reduced to unfix the base part from the bottom reception base part. | 24,100 |
9,555,752 | 1. A method for rationalising a chain of components for transmission of electrical energy of an aircraft comprising an auxiliary power unit APU, main engines and systems that are end consumers of electrical, pneumatic and/or hydraulic energy, comprising: providing, via the APU, mechanical power delivered to a power shaft by connection to at least one energy converter unit via a power transmission unit, each converter unit having only one convertible electromechanical starter/generator SG and an associated energy converter; and transmitting electrical power from the converter unit or each converter unit by direct connection, firstly, to the transmission unit and, secondly, to the end consumers. | 48,266 |
8,777,481 | 1. A timepiece movement including a shock absorber bearing for a rotating wheel set, wherein said shock absorber bearing comprises: a pierced jewel for receiving a pivot of the rotating wheel set; an elastic device having a rigid central part and an elastic structure connected to said central part and extending at a periphery thereof, the central part having an aperture in which the pierced jewel is arranged and being materially connected to the timepiece movement via the elastic structure; an endstone forming a top stop member for said pivot and assembled to said central part so as to move integrally with said central part; wherein the endstone extends at least partially above said elastic structure and is secured to said central part by a material connection between said central part and the bottom surface of the endstone. | 44,992 |
8,651,422 | 1. A fuselage shell for an aircraft, comprising: a front fuselage section, which comprises at least a pressure bulkhead and a fuselage shell structure made of a fibre composite material, wherein the pressure bulkhead is formed in one piece with the fuselage shell structure; and a rear fuselage section which is arranged on the tail end of the front fuselage section, wherein only the rear fuselage section comprises an edge region comprising at least one tolerance-compensating notch, wherein the at least one tolerance-compensating notch is formed in a peripheral surface of the edge region of the rear fuselage section, wherein the notch is limited at least in a corner region by a doubler plate, and wherein the doubler plate completely surrounds the corner region. | 42,197 |
9,533,738 | 1. A floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, comprising: a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported, wherein the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe, and the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar, the inner pipe has a first joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for inner pipe each having a predetermined length along a longitudinal direction of the floating body section, the outer pipe has a second joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for outer pipe each having a predetermined length along with the longitudinal direction, and the first joint portion and the second joint portion are alternately disposed in the longitudinal direction. | 15,462 |
9,081,282 | 1. A method for forming a pattern in a polymeric layer, the method comprising: providing a polymeric layer comprising a reactive composition that comprises: (1) a reactive polymer that is metal ion-complexing, water-soluble, and crosslinkable, which reactive polymer comprises a backbone, and arranged in any order along the backbone, —A—recurring units that comprise pendant groups comprising crosslinkable —C(═O)—CR═CR patternwise exposing the polymeric layer to radiation having a λ optionally heating the polymeric layer simultaneously with or after patternwise exposing the polymeric layer but before removing the reactive composition comprising the reactive polymer in the non-exposed regions, at a temperature sufficient to further crosslink the at least partially crosslinked polymer in the exposed regions of the polymeric layer, removing the reactive composition comprising the reactive polymer in the non-exposed regions, contacting the exposed regions of the polymeric layer with electroless seed metal ions to form a pattern of electroless seed metal ions in the exposed regions of the polymeric layer, reducing the pattern of electroless seed metal ions to provide a pattern of corresponding electroless seed metal nuclei in the exposed regions of the polymeric layer, and electrolessly plating the corresponding electroless seed metal nuclei in the exposed regions of the polymeric layer with a metal that is the same as or different from the corresponding electroless seed metal nuclei. | 43,388 |
9,704,623 | 1. A micro-resistor, comprising: a resistor material layer; an electrode set comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, both disposed on the same side of said resistor material layer to define an opening which exposes said resistor material layer and space between said first electrode and said second electrode defining an opening size of said opening; and a first protective layer to cover said opening completely and having a coverage size along a direction parallel with said space, wherein said micro-resistor has an electrical resistance less than 5 milliohm and the difference of said opening size and said coverage size is less than 3100 micrometer to make the temperature coefficient of electrical resistance of said micro-resistor not greater than 150 ppm/° C. | 48,251 |
8,771,228 | 1. A pump comprising: a pumping mechanism configured to compress and release a portion of a flexible tube having an uncompressed inner diameter (ID) to cause a fluid to flow along the flexible tube; a gauging apparatus configured to determine the uncompressed ID of the flexible tube; and a vacuum apparatus configured to reduce the ambient pressure in a volume surrounding the portion of the flexible tube, to thereby assist in expanding the flexible tube to the uncompressed ID when the flexible tube is released by the pumping mechanism, the vacuum apparatus comprising: | 23,551 |
9,448,411 | 1. A light directing film comprising a structured major surface, wherein the structured major surface comprises a plurality of microstructures extending along a first direction, and wherein each microstructure comprises: a first region with a constant height; and a second region adjacent to the first region, wherein the second region has a non-constant height and a maximum height greater than the constant height of the first region, and wherein the first region and the second region have the same lateral cross-sectional shape. | 5,662 |
8,992,175 | 1. A compact fan, comprising a centrifugal fan impeller ( 1 ), which is fixed on a rotor of an external rotor motor ( 2 ) surrounding a stator, and which has a direction of rotation and is supported between a front plate ( 8 ) having a central air inlet opening ( 9 ), and a motor mount ( 11 ), and the front plate ( 8 ) and the motor mount ( 11 ) are connected together only by multiple, circumferentially arranged identical spacers ( 12 ), each of the spacers ( 12 ) having a streamlined, aerodynamic vane profile, the front plate ( 8 ) and the motor mount ( 11 ) are formed as injection molded plastic or metal parts, and the spacers ( 12 ) are formed as injection molded plastic or metal parts, each of the spacers ( 12 ) being divided into two parts ( 38 , 39 ), a first part ( 39 ) of the two parts ( 38 , 39 ) being integrally connected to the front plate ( 8 ) and a second part ( 38 ) of the two parts ( 38 , 39 ) being integrally connected to the motor mount ( 11 ), the spacers ( 12 ) having a distance from each other defining a width of an unobstructed air outlet gap ( 13 ) and having a length defining a height of the unobstructed outlet gap, the stator ( 16 ) having a stator flange ( 16 ) fixed to the motor mount ( 11 ), wherein each of the first parts ( | 8,559 |
9,101,008 | 1. A light emitter driving device comprising: a decoder portion that monitors a rectified voltage and generates a dimming signal and a bleeder control signal; a bleeder control portion that performs drive control of a bleeder circuit based on the bleeder control signal input from the decoder portion, the bleeder circuit generating a bleeder current; and a drive current control portion that controls a drive current for the light emitter in accordance with the dimming signal; wherein the decoder portion includes: | 34,566 |
9,362,739 | 1. A protective circuit, comprising: a first clamp section connected between a first line and a second line, a power-supply voltage being supplied to the first line, the second line being the ground potential, the first clamp section including a first device, the first device being configured to be driven in a case where a voltage value of the first device exceeds a predetermined voltage value, the first clamp section being configured to cause a surge current flowing in the first line to flow to the second line when the first device is driven; a second clamp section including a second device, the second device being connected with the gate of a protected device, the second clamp section being configured to cause a surge current supplied to the gate of the protected device to flow to one of the first line and the second line when the second device is driven; and a third line connecting a predetermined spot of the first clamp section and the gate of the second device of the second clamp section, whereby a gate voltage of the second device is equal to a potential of the predetermined spot, wherein, | 32,044 |
8,424,106 | 1. A computer implemented method for securing a data communication against attack, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving at a first application executing in a first data processing system, a segment in the data communication, the segment being formed according to a data communication protocol and including an option, the option including a current clue and a next clue; comparing the current clue with a saved next clue, the saved next clue being a next clue received at the first application executing in the first data processing system in a previous segment; accepting, responsive to the current clue matching the saved next clue, the segment as being a valid segment in the data communication; and sending a part of the segment to a consumer application. | 14,525 |
9,091,373 | 1. A method for connecting a fitting assembly to a conduit, the method comprising: seating a compression ring in a circular groove of a first part, wherein the compression ring is composed of a generally elastically deformable material; aligning a tooth of a second part with a channel of the first part; inserting the first part into the second part; compressing the compression ring with the second part against the first part by applying a compressive axial force between the first part and the second part; rotating the first part relative to the second part until the tooth of the second part is generally aligned with at least one well section of the first part; releasing the compressive axial force after rotating the first part relative to the second part; and wherein at least one of the first and second parts is configured to be removably attached to an end portion of a conduit. | 9,144 |
8,359,619 | 1. A web cam system, comprising: a digital camera for capturing an image of a scene, wherein said digital camera is configured to generate image data, wherein said digital camera is configured to be connected with a computer, and wherein said digital camera is configured to provide said image data to said computer; a computer program product comprising: an interlude switch configured to be connected with said digital camera, wherein said interlude switch is configured to be toggled between a view mode and an interlude mode, wherein said interlude switch when toggled to said view mode causes said image capturing computer readable program code portion to drive said digital camera to capture images of a scene, and wherein said interlude switch when toggled to said interlude mode causes said internet interfacing computer readable program code portion to effect the replacement of said image data with preselected images, and effect transmittal of said preselected images, for incorporation of said preselected images into said web cam page, to a web site hosting said web cam page, as if said preselected images were captured by said digital camera. | 38,945 |
8,669,988 | 1. A method for routing pixel data from a scaled video stream packet within a client in a mobile display digital interface (MDDI) communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a predefined pixel content by the client from a host; scaling the predefined pixel content to a specific size by the client; providing a data attribute field with values that specify pixel data routing and display buffer locations; sending the scaled pixel content to at least one specific display buffer location of the display buffers locations within the client; and displaying the scaled pixel content in the at least one specific display buffer location. | 7,370 |
9,647,281 | 1. A method for operating a fuel cell device, the method comprising: making electrical energy available from a fuel cell, and at least partially storing the electrical energy in a suitable energy storage device, wherein a maximum amount of electrical energy to be stored is predefined as a function of an ambient temperature of the fuel cell. | 13,334 |
9,808,807 | 1. A paper supplying device comprising: a stacking unit configured to stack paper; a transferring unit configured to transfer paper stacked in the stacking unit from the lowermost paper; and removing units configured to remove a binder attached to paper, wherein the removing units are provided so as to overlap in a transfer direction of paper along a transfer path of paper by the transferring unit. | 30,830 |
9,790,444 | 1. A method of producing a mixture of hydrocarbon ketones, comprising contacting acetone and at least two or more primary alcohols with catalyst and optionally base to produce a mixture of hydrocarbon ketones, wherein at least a portion of the mixture of hydrocarbon ketones is produced from double alkylation of the acetone, and wherein the catalyst comprises Pd, Cu, and hydrotalcite (HT). | 6,295 |
9,643,701 | 1. A folding bowsprit for a sailing vessel, comprising: first spar having an outer end and an inner end; a second spar having an outer end and an inner end; a hinge tube connecting the inner ends of the first and second spars through the bow of the sailing vessel; an angled connector piece joining the outer ends of the first and second spar; an adjustable bob-stay having a first end connected to the angled connector and a second end connected to the bow of the sailing vessel; whereby the bowsprit is rotatable from a horizontal sailing position to a vertical stowed position. | 2,383 |
9,502,991 | 1. A hybrid converter, comprising a voltage source converter ( 2 ), a first line commutated converter ( 3 a ), and a second line commutated converter ( 3 b ), wherein: a positive DC terminal of said voltage source converter ( an AC terminal of said voltage source converter ( | 41,525 |
9,091,193 | 1. An agricultural vehicle comprising: an exhaust system comprising: | 12,972 |
8,925,735 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a frame having a perimeter defining an interior area; a first plurality of plastic ribs extending between opposing regions of the perimeter of the frame, the first plurality of plastic ribs having an upper face and a lower face; a metal rib extending between opposing regions of the perimeter of the frame within the interior area of the frame perpendicular to the first plurality of plastic ribs and extending from the upper face to the lower face of the first plurality of plastic ribs; wherein the metal rib has a first side and a second side; wherein the second side is located in a position opposite the first side; and a first plurality of support rods embedded into the first plurality of plastic ribs; wherein the first plurality of support rods are attached to the metal rib and embedded into the first plurality of plastic ribs. | 39,250 |
9,315,749 | 1. A liquid fuel composition for ignition by compression, the liquid fuel composition comprising: 50% to 97.5% of fuel formed by one or more four carbon alcohols; 2.4% to 15% of one or more additives that increase explosiveness of a four carbon alcohol wherein of the one or more additives that increase explosiveness of a four carbon alcohol, the liquid fuel composition comprises 2.4% to 5% of at least one member selected from a group consisting of Triethylene Glycol Dinitrate (TEGDN) and Tetraethylene Glycol Dinitrate (TetraEGDN); 0.005% to 1.0% of one or more additives that increase lubricity or modify friction; 0.0005% to 1.0% of a stabilizer additive; and 0.0005% to 1.0% of one or more anti-corrosive additives. | 44,405 |
8,390,264 | 1. A differential reference voltage generator for generating a first differential reference voltage and a second differential reference voltage, comprising: a first operational amplifier having a negative terminal adapted to receive a reference voltage; a first transistor having a source receiving a power supply voltage and having a gate electrically connected to an output terminal of the first operational amplifier; a first resistor having: a first terminal electrically connected to a drain of the first transistor, for outputting the first differential reference voltage; and a second terminal electrically connected to a positive terminal of the first operational amplifier; and a second resistor having: a first terminal electrically connected to the second terminal of the first resistor; and a second terminal, electrically connected to a current mirror, for outputting the second differential reference voltage; and a plurality of buffer circuits for, respectively, enhancing driving ability of the first differential reference voltage and the second differential reference voltage, wherein each of the buffer circuit comprises: a second operational amplifier having a negative terminal for receiving the first/second differential reference voltage; a second transistor having a source receiving the power supply voltage having a gate electrically connected to an output terminal of the second operational amplifier and having a drain electrically connected to a positive terminal of the second operational amplifier for outputting an enhanced first/second differential reference voltage; and a third transistor having a gate electrically connected to the second terminal of the first resistor, a drain electrically connected to a drain of the second transistor and a source electrically connected to a ground terminal. | 4,953 |
8,900,446 | 1. A method for treating a crude oil feed containing mercaptans, comprising, (a) mixing a feed consisting essentially of crude oil, where the crude oil contains mercaptans, with an oxygen containing gas to form a liquid-gas mix and continuously feeding the mix to a vertical shroud containing vertically hanging non-porous fibers; (b) continuously feeding an aqueous liquid treatment solution to the shroud where the liquid treatment solution combines with the liquid-gas mix from step a) to form a 100% liquid-gas admixture that co-currently flows down the vertical hanging fibers, where the liquid treatment solution consisting essentially of a 100% liquid solution of water, alkali metal hydroxide, a liquid chelated polyvalent metal catalyst solution, and at least one alkali metal salt of an alcohol; (c) catalytically oxidizing the mercaptans to disulfide oil in the presence of the crude oil using only the liquid treatment solution as the 100% liquid-gas admixture flows down the vertical hanging fibers; and (d) separating and recovering the crude oil and disulfide oil as an upgraded crude oil product from the aqueous treatment solution and oxygen containing gas. | 26,074 |
9,482,537 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving marine electronics data at a marine electronics device disposed on a vessel; receiving a navigational location; calculating one or more laylines based on the navigational location and the marine electronics data; and displaying a vessel marker representing the vessel, a compass scale, and the one or more laylines on a display screen of the marine electronics device, wherein the vessel marker, the compass scale, and the one or more laylines are integrated on the display screen, wherein displaying the vessel marker comprises: | 46,808 |
8,573,500 | 1. An electronic token system for interfacing to a host device comprising: a token receptacle operable to couple with the host device, said token receptacle comprising: a portable token comprising: | 3,010 |
8,883,916 | 1. An aqueous coating composition comprising: reaction products of a polymeric resin containing pendant beta-keto ester functions with an aldehyde and a source of either ammonia or a primary amine; wherein said polymeric resin comprises a plurality of polymeric chains and wherein each of said polymeric chains contains at least one of said pendant beta-keto ester functions; wherein said aldehyde is selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, salicylaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, vanillin, glyoxal, glyoxylic acid, and mixtures thereof; and wherein a portion of said polymeric chains are cross-linked to each other by a Hantzsch dihydropyridine reaction between two equivalents of said beta-keto ester functions, each of said beta-keto ester functions on a different polymeric chain, one equivalent of said aldehyde and one equivalent of said ammonia or said primary amine, thereby forming a plurality of polymeric chains each crosslinked to another polymeric chain by a Hantzsch dihydropyridine reaction. | 2,063 |
9,771,832 | 1. Method for modifying a solar thermal power plant operating on conventional oil based technology into a hybrid solar thermal power plant, wherein the method comprises: providing an oil based solar thermal power plant comprising a solar collection system with at least one radiation absorber tube containing a heat transfer oil to be heated by the solar collection system, wherein said oil based solar thermal power plant is configured to provide saturated steam to the hybrid solar thermal power plant; providing a solar thermal power system operating on a molten salts mixture, wherein the molten salts solar thermal power system comprises a solar collection system to heat a molten salts mixture; coupling of the molten salts solar thermal power system to the oil based solar thermal power plant such that the hybrid solar thermal power plant is configured to heat medium temperature steam that is generated by the oil based solar power plant by the molten salts mixture thereby producing high temperature steam and subsequently supplying it to a steam turbine to generate electricity; and adding a storage facility to store the molten salts mixture and to heat inside the storage facility the medium temperature steam coming from the oil based solar power plant and/or to heat inside said storage facility boiler feed water to generate and to heat steam by the stored hot molten salts mixture, providing the turbine with a reheating section in fluid connection with the solar collection system of the molten salts solar thermal power system for reheating steam coming from a first turbine section before supplying it to a second turbine section to generate electricity, and wherein the reheating section is provided in fluid connection with an additional solar collection system configured for heating an additional molten salts mixture in an additional storage facility to heat steam generated from supplied boiler feed water. | 17,911 |
8,729,834 | 1. A device for controlling lighting systems, the device comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; an interface that connects to a power line for transmitting signals over the power line to control one or more light fixtures a network interface for sending and receiving data over a communication network; and the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform the operations of: | 36,074 |
9,796,287 | 1. A discharging apparatus for an electric vehicle, comprising: an AC charging interface; a charging connection device, having a first terminal connected with the AC charging interface of the electric vehicle and a second terminal connected with another electric vehicle, and configured to transmit an AC output from the AC charging interface to the another electric vehicle; an instrument, configured to send a discharging preparation instruction after receiving a trigger signal; a controller, configured to communicate with the instrument and to detect whether the charging connection device is connected with the AC charging interface after receiving the discharging preparation instruction, and if yes, to emit a PWM wave and to switch to an external discharging mode; a battery manager, configured to communicate with the controller and to control an external discharging circuit in a high-voltage distribution box of the electric vehicle after the controller switches to the external discharging mode; a power battery, connected with the high-voltage distribution box and configured to provide a DC via the external discharging circuit in the high-voltage distribution box, wherein the controller is configured to detect whether the other electric vehicle is fully charged, and if no, the controller converts the DC provided by the external discharging circuit into the AC and to output the AC to the AC charging interface so as to discharge to the other electric vehicle; the controller is further configured to detect whether the electric vehicle is currently in a P gear after it is determined that the charging connection device is connected with the AC charging interface, and if yes, the controller switches to the external discharging mode; and the instrument is further configured to, when the electric vehicle is in the P gear, activate a discharging setting interface through a panel of the instrument, and to send the discharging preparation instruction to the controller after power consumption equipment of the external discharging mode is set to an electric vehicle, among a plurality of external discharging equipment types, via the discharging setting interface. | 43,798 |
9,770,041 | 1. An antimicrobial wash consisting of water, hydrogen peroxide, one or more fruit acids and lactic acid. | 29,430 |
9,650,642 | 1. A genetically modified cyanobacterial host cell which produces ethanol (C 2 H 5 OH) and oxygen (O 2 ) comprising: (a) a first genetic modification which comprises transforming the cyanobacterial host cell with a nucleic acid encoding a protein with ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) activity; and (b) a second genetic modification which comprises transforming the cyanobacterial host cell with a nucleic acid encoding a pyruvate decarboxylase enzyme associated with the formation of ethanol. | 18,285 |
8,791,382 | 1. An input device comprising: a sensor substrate having a first set of one or more conductors of a first pressure sensitive key and a second set of one or more conductors of a second pressure sensitive key; a spacer layer disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and having first and second openings that expose the first and second sets of conductors, respectively; and a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate by the spacer layer and configured to flex through the first and second openings responsive to an applied pressure to contact, respectively, the first and second sets of conductors to initiate respective first and second inputs, in which an arrangement of adhesive that secures the flexible contact layer to the spacer layer along one or more edges of the first opening corresponding to the first pressure sensitive key is different than an arrangement of adhesive that secures the flexible contact layer to the spacer layer along one or more edges of the second opening corresponding to the second pressure sensitive key, the arrangements including discrete portions of applied adhesive, and defining portions along the edges of the openings corresponding to the first and second pressure sensitive keys, respectively, that do not include adhesive. | 27,189 |
9,699,845 | 1. A control circuit for an illumination apparatus, wherein the illumination apparatus comprises: a switching converter that generates an output voltage at an output line thereof; a plurality of light-emitting elements each having one end connected to the output line of the switching converter; a plurality of current drivers that respectively correspond to the plurality of respective light-emitting elements, and each of which is connected to the other end of a corresponding light-emitting element; and the control circuit that controls the switching converter based on a plurality of first detection voltages each of which occurs at the other end of the corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements and a second detection voltage that corresponds to the output voltage at the output line, and wherein the control circuit comprises: | 16,488 |
8,859,892 | 1. A package for a solar cell comprising: a heat sink comprising an upper surface and defining at least one channel within a portion of the upper surface; one or more thermally-conductive laminates disposed within the at least one channel, wherein the one or more thermally conductive laminates define a cavity; a thermally conductive insert disposed within the cavity and thermally bonded to the heat sink; and a solar cell thermally bonded to the thermally conductive insert; wherein a top surface of each of the one or more thermally-conductive laminates and a top surface of the solar cell is flush with or below the upper surface of the heat sink. | 16,412 |
8,523,105 | 1. An aircraft comprising: a fuselage with a rear portion containing a fuel cell system, the rear portion of the fuselage including a rear end side proximate to the fuel cell system, at least one projecting slide extending from the rear end side, and a first fluidic connection organ communicating with the fuel cell system and located at the rear end side; and a rear cone removably mounted relative to the rear portion of the fuselage so as to form an extension thereof, the rear cone shaped as a fuel tank defining a volume to be filled with fuel for the fuel cell system contained in the rear portion of the fuselage, the rear cone including a front end side, at least one housing opening at the front end side and extending into the volume of the fuel tank, and a second fluidic connection organ communicating with the fuel tank and located at the front end side, wherein the first and second fluidic connection organs are complementary such that when the rear cone is mounted relative to the rear portion of the fuselage by guiding and fastening the at least one projecting slide into the at least one housing, the first and second fluidic connection organs are automatically aligned and connected as the front and rear end sides are engaged without further actions required during mounting and installation of the rear cone. | 38,473 |
9,006,565 | 1. A solar cell module, comprising: at least one photovoltaic element encapsulated between a front layer on its light receiving surface side and a back layer; wherein the back layer comprises at least one layer of a fluoropolymer composition having a total luminous transmittance (TT) of less than 15%, when measured according to ASTM D1003 on a sample having a thickness of about 50 μm, said composition comprising: | 10,770 |
8,626,975 | 1. A physical layer circuit for interfacing a link controller and a device communication bus, the physical layer circuit comprising: a wrapper coupled to a first interface bus having five communication lines and coupled to a second interface bus having a larger number of communication lines than the first interface bus, wherein the wrapper is operative to communicate first signals with the link controller over the first interface bus and to perform conversion between the first signals and second signals communicated on the second interface bus; and a core coupled to the wrapper by the second interface bus, the core operative to communicate device signals with the device communication bus coupled to the core by performing conversion between the second signals and the device signals; wherein two lines of the first interface bus are used to provide data, two lines of the first interface bus are used to provide control signals, and one line of the first interface bus is used to provide a clock signal. | 15,552 |
9,690,476 | 1. A method comprising: presenting information in an area of a display of an electronic device, the information being associated with a first application; detecting a gesture being performed on the display contemporaneously with the information, the gesture comprising an origination location and continuous movement along a path; determining that the origination location of the gesture corresponds to a location of an icon being presented on the display; determining, based on at least the origination location, that the gesture represents a request for display of information accessible from within a second application corresponding to the icon, wherein the second application is separate and distinct from the first application; and based on determining that the gesture represents a request for display of information and while the gesture continues along the path: | 13,744 |
8,534,141 | 1. A power steering device for a vehicle, comprising: an input shaft; a torque sensor that magnetically detects an input torque input into the input shaft; and a position sensor that detects a reference rotation position of the input shaft, the position sensor including wherein the second magnetic path forming member includes a magnet side yoke disposed between the magnet and the torque sensor and causing a short-circuit between the N-pole and the S-pole of the magnet via a predetermined gap. | 34,497 |
8,866,373 | 1. A display device comprising: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels; and a light emitting device mixing a first light with a second light, to emit a third light to the display panel, wherein the light emitting device comprises: | 12,186 |
9,568,174 | 1. A portable lantern, comprising: a collapsible translucent hydration bladder, the bladder having an empty state that is suitable for compact storage and a liquid containing state, the bladder having a bottom section structured and arranged to expand and provide a base in the liquid containing state to support the bladder in a generally upright position; and a light source suitable for temporary attachment to the bottom of the hydration bladder, the light source emitting light into the bladder to be dispersed by liquid when disposed within the bladder to provide a portable lantern. | 46,361 |
9,065,114 | 1. A method for making a cathode of lithium ion battery comprising the following steps: providing a paste mixture comprising active material and adhesive; pressing the paste mixture into a sheet structure having a surface; applying a carbon nanotube layer structure on the surface of the sheet structure to form a precursor; curling the precursor to form a curled precursor; pressing the curled precursor to disperse carbon nanotubes of the carbon nanotube layer structure in the paste mixture to form a cathode precursor; and drying the cathode precursor. | 18,782 |
9,787,990 | 1. A computer-implemented method for video coding, comprising: receiving a prediction error data or coding partition or a partition of original pixel data for transform coding; performing a closed-form hybrid parametric transform on the prediction error data or coding partition or the partition of original pixel data to generate transform coefficients, wherein the closed-form hybrid parametric transform comprises a one dimensional adaptive parametric transform having content dependent basis functions in a parametric transform direction and a one dimensional fixed transform having fixed basis functions in a direction orthogonal to the parametric transform direction, and wherein performing the closed-form hybrid parametric transform comprises determining basis function parameters for the one dimensional adaptive parametric transform based on previously decoded video data; quantizing the transform coefficients to generate quantized transform coefficients; and entropy encoding data associated with the quantized transform coefficients into a bitstream. | 40,147 |
8,653,549 | 1. A luminescent material for use with a light emitting device, comprising: aMO-bAlN-cSi wherein at least one peak intensity of light in a wavelength of between about 480 nm to about 680 nm is provided by the luminescent material when excited by light from the light emitting device, | 28,626 |
9,666,329 | 1. An oil-oil bushing, comprising: a rotationally symmetrical, paraboloid-like, hollow bushing element of a solid insulating material, along an axial extent of which there is formed radially toward an inside a tubular bushing channel, a wall thickness of which is tapered conically toward at least one of its two ends; an electrical bushing conductor fitted into the bushing channel with a form fit and protruding from it on both sides; a respective hollow-cylindrical shielding element of a conductive material positioned at one of the two axial ends of the bushing channel, which element is thick-walled at least in certain regions, which element encloses on its one side a respective end of the bushing channel with the bushing conductor protruding from it, and another side of the shielding element being configured for receiving and electrically contacting a respective connecting conductor, axial ends of the shielding element being of a round design; and contacting means provided in the shielding element for its electrical contacting with the protruding bushing conductor or with a received connecting conductor, wherein the contacting means include at least one thread running radially through a wall of the shielding element, and a screw arranged therein for fixing the protruding bushing conductor or a received connecting conductor. | 5,799 |
9,420,628 | 1. A Distributed Antenna System (DAS) network comprising: one or more digital access units (DAUs), wherein each DAU is configured to communicate with a base transceiver station (BTS), and wherein each DAU is configured to convert an analog signal from a BTS into a digital signal that includes one or more carriers; one or more digital remote units (DRUs) coupled to the one or more DAUs, wherein each DRU is operable to receive digital signals; and a routing table associated with the one or more DAUs, wherein each DAU from the one or more DAUs is configured to use the routing table to route a carrier from the one or more carriers included in a digital signal from a BTS to at least one DRU from the one or more DRUs; wherein the DAS network is configured to, for a DRU from the one or more DRUS: | 27,270 |
9,745,915 | 1. An opposed piston internal combustion engine comprising: a plurality of rollers, the plurality of rollers comprising a first gear mounted to a first crankshaft of the opposed piston internal combustion engine and a second gear mounted to a second crankshaft of the opposed piston internal combustion engine; an elongate member forming a closed loop over the plurality of rollers including the first gear and the second gear; an idler roller mounted on an actuator, the actuator configured to cause movement of the idler roller to increase or decrease a length of the elongate member on a first side of the closed loop relative to a second side of the closed loop, the first and second sides of the closed loop being disposed on opposite sides of a plane containing the first crankshaft and the second crankshaft; and a controller controlling the actuator to cause the increasing or decreasing of the length of the elongate member on the first side relative to the second side to cause a change in a phase angle of the first crankshaft relative to the second crankshaft. | 20,188 |
9,392,390 | 1. A. method of applying a combined control strategy to reproduce multichannel audio signals in two or more sound zones, the method comprising: deriving a first cost function for controlling an acoustic potential energy in the zones to obtain acoustic separation between the zones in terms of sound pressure; deriving a second cost function controlling a phase of sound provided in the zones; combining the first cost function and the second cost function based on a weight to obtain a combined optimization; and driving a plurality of loudspeakers based on the combined optimization. | 45,663 |
8,453,127 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: recognizing a token synchronization gateway in a graph-based business process model; identifying n upstream artifacts located upstream from the token synchronization gateway in the graph-based business process model, n being an integer; identifying a final artifact directly in front of the token synchronization gateway; and compiling, by a computer processor of a compiler engine, the token synchronization gateway into code to be executed at runtime to perform a synchronization process, the synchronization process including: handling tokens T | 6,162 |
8,496,980 | 1. An anti-bacterial composition for use in first generation bioethanol fermentation and effective against lactic acid bacteria comprising concentrated fermentation inhibitors derived from a liquid fraction, a wash water, or a crude extract of a liquid fraction or wash water, and wherein the composition is obtained from corn stover, wheat straw, rice straw, bagasse, corn fiber, empty fruit bunches or grass that has been subject to steam pretreatment to log severity of at least 3.0, the composition comprising greater than 0.19 g/L 5-HMF, greater than 0.74 g/L furfural, greater than 22 ppm vanillin, greater than 35 ppm ferulic acid, greater than 16 ppm coumaric acid, greater than 11 ppm syrinqic acid, greater than 9 ppm syrinqaldehyde, greater than 4 ppm homovanillic acid, and greater than 4.87 g/L acetate. | 35,685 |
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