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8,648,566 | 1. A circuit breaker formed to interface with at least one power rail of an electric service panel, the circuit breaker comprising: a first input to monitor a total present electric current consumption value for a plurality of electric consumers served by the service panel and not served by the circuit breaker; logic to compare the present electric current consumption value with a preset maximum current capacity limit; a second input to receive electric current from the service panel; an output to supply electric current from the first input to an electric consumer; logic to set an electric charging current drawn from the service panel through the second input and provided to the output to a value less than a difference between the maximum current capacity limit and a sum of the total present electric current consumption value and a preset current consumption value for an electric consumer coupled to the service panel but that is presently not drawing current. | 21,299 |
8,779,014 | 1. A method for preparing a slurry catalyst according to a composition of a general formula of CuZnMZrAl, wherein the atomic ratios of each of components are as follows: Cu/Zn/(Al+Zr)=1/0.1-5/0.15-15 and Zr/Al=1:1.0-1:30, and M is a promoter which is one or two selected from the group consisting of lanthanide metals, Mn, Mo, Si, V, W, Cr, Mg, Ni, K, Pd, Rh, Ru, Re, Pt and Sr, and M:Cu is 0-0.5, for synthesizing methanol and dimethyl ether in a slurry bed reactor which comprises: I. mixing aluminum isopropoxide, zirconium oxynitrate, cupric nitrate and zinc nitrate as raw materials to prepare a gel A containing CuZnMZrAl components by way of a combination-multistep feeding, wherein a promoter M is added together with cupric nitrate; II. after stewing and aging, gel A is subjected to azeotropic distillation treatment to prepare gel B; III. dispersing homogeneously gel B in an organic medium in the presence of a surfactant to prepare gel dispersion C; and IV. treating gel dispersion C in a reaction kettle with 100% inert gas for 2-72 hours under programmed temperature ranging from room temperature to 673K and at a heating rate of from 0.5K/min to 20K/min to prepare the slurry catalyst. | 14,476 |
9,005,443 | 1. An anaerobic digestion device, comprising: a digester body configured to receive organic waste; a plurality of plates coupled to one another so as to divide an interior volume of the digester body into a plurality of separate compartmentalized chambers, the plurality of plates being movable along a length of the digester body, a slurry of said organic waste being separated into distinct, non-mixing portions in which each portion is within one of the plurality of separate compartmentalized chambers; and a plurality of ports spaced along the digester body and arranged to vent biogas from the digester body. | 32,914 |
9,812,244 | 1. A multilayer inductor device comprising: a magnetic multilayer body in which a plurality of magnetic layers are laminated; and a plurality of inductors each comprising at least two coil conductors provided on certain different layers in the plurality of magnetic layers and a via conductor that passes along a laminated direction through the coil conductors provided on the different layers, and a common conductor electrically connects first end portions of the plurality of inductors to each other at a first side of the magnetic multilayer body along the laminated direction, wherein the coil conductors each have a winding form, wherein central axes of the winding form along the laminated direction of the coil conductors of the plurality of inductors substantially coincide with each other, wherein the respective coil conductors composing the plurality of inductors are alternately and periodically arranged along the laminated direction, wherein the coil conductors composing each of the plurality of inductors are alternately arranged so as to sandwich the coil conductors composing a different inductor there between, wherein the multilayer inductor device includes an external connection terminal coupled to at least two individual second end portions of the plurality of inductors, the second end portions being on a second side of the multilayer inductor device opposite to the first side of the magnetic multilayer body where the first end portions of the plurality of inductors are coupled to the common conductor and a common external connection terminal coupled to the common conductor, the external connection terminals and the common external connection terminal being provided on a layer opposite to the first side along the laminated direction of the magnetic multilayer body, and wherein the common conductor and the common external connection terminal are directly connected to each other by a via conductor provided at positions substantially coinciding with the central axes of the winding form. | 19,602 |
8,379,857 | 1. A computer-implemented method for sending private messages in an unsecured communication network, comprising: (a) transmitting an electronic share request for a private message associated with one or more recipients to a trusted third-party, the share request including an encryption key and a share value, wherein the share value is based on a number of the one or more recipients, and the encryption key is distributed by the trusted third-party according to the share value; (b) receiving, electronically from the trusted third-party, a key identifier based on the transmitted share request, wherein a new key identifier is generated by the trusted third-party for each of a plurality of share requests; (c) sending the received key identifier electronically to the one or more recipients, wherein the key identifier is used by the one or more recipients to request the encryption key from the trusted third-party, and the encryption key is used by the one or more recipients to decrypt the encrypted private message; (d) verifying that a receipt notification is received from each recipient in the one or more recipients, wherein the receipt notification is sent by each recipient in response to obtaining the encryption key from the trusted third-party; and (e) sending the encrypted private message to the one or more recipients based on the verifying in step (d), wherein the encrypted message is sent only after the receipt notification is received from each recipient in the one or more recipients. | 6,549 |
8,818,659 | 1. A method of managing vehicle engine/transmission systems to assist in thermal management of an engine aftertreatment DOC warm-up system, the method comprising: receiving data indicative of at least one current vehicle operating condition, said at least one current vehicle operating condition data including data signifying at least one of transmission out power and speed, current gear number, transmission gearing set, current engine temperature, current engine speed, current engine torque, and fueling; receiving data from engine fueling maps based on warm-up conditions; receiving a target temperature related to DOC light-off; determining a first expected exhaust temperature based on a transmission down shift and higher engine speed in view of said operating condition data and said fueling maps; determining a second expected exhaust temperature based on a transmission down shift and higher engine speed coupled with late post fuel injection; determining a third expected exhaust temperature based on late post fuel injection and non-shifted transmission; comparing said first, second and third expected exhaust temperatures against said target temperature; and providing a transmission gear shift recommendation in view of the compared expected exhaust temperatures based on an improvement of overall fuel economy. | 14,249 |
9,304,316 | 1. A scanning device, comprising: a micromirror; a rotor, which comprises a magnetic material attached to the micromirror; and a stator assembly, which comprises: | 3,586 |
8,545,655 | 1. A method for producing the print, the method comprising thermally bonding a thermally transferable image-protecting layer onto an imaged surface of an image-receiving sheet so as to form a protective layer, wherein, thermal energy applied during bonding is changed so that the protective layer has a first glossy region and a second glossy region, the second glossy region having a glossiness lower than that of the first glossy region, the first glossy region has a glossiness a, of a 20° mirror-surface glossiness measured according to Japanese Industrial Standard Z8741 (1997), the second glossy region has a glossiness b, of a 20° mirror-surface glossiness measured according to Japanese Industrial Standard Z8741 (1997), and the value obtained by subtracting the glossiness b from the glossiness a is 60 or more, wherein the image-receiving sheet includes: a base composed of a paper material; an intermediate layer containing hollow particles, and an image receiving layer, which are stacked in that order. | 29,897 |
8,808,081 | 1. A system for conducting a multi-player wagered networked bingo game, the system comprising: a game controller operatively connected to at least two client devices; each client device including: the game controller programmed to provide the unique game array of game indicia during the occurrence of the networked bingo game to each client device, the unique game array of game indicia selected from a range of available game indicia and forming patterns on the at least one playing piece associated with each client device during the occurrence of the networked bingo game; the game controller programmed to conclude the networked bingo game when at least one pattern on the playing piece of at least one client device matches a game ending pattern; the game controller programmed to determine an intermediate pattern of game indicia for each of the at least one playing piece associated with each client device, and to compare each of the respective intermediate patterns on each playing piece associated with each client device with each intermediate pattern on each other client device to determine if one of the plurality of intermediate patterns from the playing piece on at least two different client devices identically match; and the game controller programmed to award an intermediate prize to each client device with the identically matched intermediate pattern by instructing the client device controller for each client device having the identically matched intermediate pattern to display the occurrence of the identically matched intermediate pattern on the display device. | 43,930 |
8,380,689 | 1. A system for journaling data to be written to a data storage node, comprising: a processor coupled to a memory; persistent memory configured to store journal data; and a journal module configured to store, in the persistent memory: | 22,249 |
9,580,601 | 1. A polyurethane based asphalt composition, comprising: an asphalt component; and a polyurethane resin system that is the reaction product of an isocyanate component that includes at least one polyisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive component that includes a cardanol-modified epoxy polyol, the cardanol-modified epoxy polyol being a reaction product of an epoxy component and an epoxy-reactive component at a ratio of epoxy groups to epoxy reactive groups from 1:0.95 to 1:5, the epoxy-reactive component including a cardanol component. | 43,084 |
8,984,638 | 1. A system comprising: a tap configured to copy network data from a communication network, wherein the network data being associated with an original destination; and a controller coupled to the tap, the controller being configured to receive the copy of the network data from the tap, analyze the copy of the network data with a heuristic to determine if at least a portion of the copy of the network data is associated with malware, flag at least the portion of the copy of the network data as suspicious based on the heuristic determination, and simulate transmission of the flagged, suspicious copy of the network data to at least one virtual destination device of a first plurality of virtual destination devices, wherein the at least one virtual destination device of the first plurality of virtual destination devices is configured based on the original destination. | 33,520 |
9,242,566 | 1. A brushless motor control apparatus configured to drive-control a three-phase brushless motor, and rectify and phase-control alternate current output voltages output from the three-phase brushless motor to charge a battery in a case where the three-phase brushless motor is rotary-driven by an engine and operates as a three-phase alternate current power generator, the brushless motor control apparatus comprising: a three-phase bridge circuit having arms each including a switching element and a diode coupled in inverse parallel to the switching element; a phase voltage detector configured to detect a phase voltage of any one phase of phases of the three-phase brushless motor; a zero-cross point detector configured to detect zero-cross points of the phase voltage of said any one phase detected by the phase voltage detector; a number of engine rotations measurer configured to measure a number of rotations of the engine based on a cycle of the zero-cross points detected by the zero-cross point detector; a phase control regulator unit configured to, when the number of rotations of the engine is greater than or equal to a first number of rotations at which the zero-cross points become unable to be detected, rectify and phase-control the alternate current output voltages of respective phases output from the three-phase brushless motor, and supply the alternate current output voltages to the battery; and a short regulator unit configured to, when the number of rotations of the engine is smaller than the first number of rotations and when a charged voltage of the battery is greater than or equal to a predetermined determination reference voltage, control the switching elements of the three-phase bridge circuit to perform interphase short circuit of the alternate current output voltages output from the three-phase brushless motor, or control the switching elements to be collectively turned off. | 38,415 |
8,871,974 | 1. An ionic liquid comprising a cation component and an anion component, (i) the cation component being one or more component selected from the group of phosphonium ion components represented by general formula (1), wherein, substituents R a hydrogen atom contained in the substituent(s) R any substituent among the substituents R a carbon atom contained in the substituents R X R X X X R X X X dashed lines show a conjugated structure; (ii) the anion component being one or more component selected from the group consisting of: [(RfSO the substituent R represents any of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C a hydrogen atom contained in the substituent R may be partly or fully replaced by a halogen atom or partly replaced by a CN group or a NO a carbon atom contained in the substituent R may be replaced by an atom and/or a group of atoms selected from the group consisting of: —O—, —C(O)—, —C(O)O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —SO Rf is a fluorine-containing substituent. | 1,708 |
8,696,774 | 1. A system, comprising: a gasifier, comprising: an enclosure disposed about a gasification chamber, wherein the enclosure comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall between the top and bottom walls; a gasification chamber outlet disposed in the bottom wall; a first injector disposed in the top wall, wherein the first injector has a first injection outlet; a second injector disposed in the side wall about the gasification chamber, wherein the second injector has a second injection outlet disposed downstream of the first injection outlet and upstream of the gasification chamber outlet, wherein each of the first and second injectors are operatively connected to a fuel source, an oxygen source, or both, and are configured to inject fuel, oxygen, or a combination thereof, into the gasification chamber; wherein the second injector is oriented in an upstream direction generally away from the gasification chamber outlet and toward the first injector; and a third injector oriented in a downstream direction generally toward the gasification chamber outlet and away from the first injector, wherein the third injector is disposed in the side wall about the gasification chamber, and the third injector has a third injection outlet disposed downstream of the first injection outlet and upstream of the second injection outlet. | 13,715 |
9,563,980 | 1. A computer-implemented method for manipulating a shadow of an object in a three-dimension (3D) model cast by a light source, the method comprising: receiving, via an input device, an indication of an initial position of a shadow grip-point, wherein the initial position is defined within a shadow-bounded region of the 3D model; determining a pivot point that is a point on a line between a current position of the light source and the initial position of the shadow grip-point: receiving, via the input device, an indication of a destination position of the shadow grip-point, wherein the destination position is derived from movements of a mouse cursor that are translated into movements within a two-dimensional workplane based on the location of the two-dimensional workplane; calculating a vector that represents a new position of the light source based on a position of the pivot point and the destination position of the shadow grip-point; determining whether the new position of the light source is physically possible; if the new position of the light source is not physically possible, then: if the new position of the light source is physically possible, then: | 4,968 |
9,246,083 | 1. A method of fabricating a memory device, comprising: forming a plurality of first contacts connected to a plurality of peripheral transistors on a substrate; forming a plurality of data storages two-dimensionally arranged on a cell region of the substrate; forming an interlayered dielectric covering uppermost surfaces of the plurality of first contacts and uppermost surfaces of the plurality of data storages; patterning the interlayered dielectric to form a plurality of first trenches exposing the uppermost surfaces of the plurality of data storages; patterning the interlayered dielectric to form a plurality second trenches exposing the uppermost surfaces of the plurality of first contacts; forming a plurality of first bit lines connected to the plurality of data storages in the plurality of first trenches; and forming a plurality of second bit lines connected to the plurality of first contacts in the plurality of second trenches, wherein the plurality of first trenches and the plurality of second trenches are formed using different etching processes. | 23,659 |
8,672,142 | 1. A composite semipermeable membrane comprising a skin layer formed on the surface of a porous support and containing a polyamide-based resin obtained by reacting a polyfunctional amine component with a polyfunctional acid halide component, wherein an antibacterial layer containing a silver-based antibacterial agent and a polymer component is formed on the skin layer directly or with other layer interposed therebetween, and the weight ratio between the silver-based antibacterial agent and the polymer component in the antibacterial layer is 80:20 to 95:5 (silver-based antibacterial agent:polymer component). | 22,221 |
9,121,879 | 1. A method for improving a reliability of a superconducting fault current limiting system (SCFCL), the SCFCL system comprising a superconductor provided in a container, the method comprising: providing one or more sensors capable of detecting a fault current proximate to the superconductor; determining a change in the condition of the superconductor as a result of the fault current, wherein the change in the condition of the superconductor comprises an increase in the number of hotspots in the superconductors as a result of the encountered fault current; estimating the lifetime of the superconductor based on the change in the condition of the superconductor; comparing, prior to the estimating the lifetime, a number of hotspots in the superconductor after the encountered fault current and a predetermined number, wherein the lifetime comprises a number of one or more additional fault currents the superconductor can encounter without a failure; and replacing the superconductor if the lifetime is less than 1 additional fault current. | 18,307 |
8,600,826 | 1. A computer-implemented method to present information relating to a good, the method comprising: receiving a product identification code via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good; and presenting the information relating to the good via a network and using the product identification code. | 9,168 |
8,393,538 | 1. A self checkout terminal comprising: a reading section configured to read identification information of a commodity from the commodity; a main display configured to display information relating to the commodity whose identification information is read by the reading section; a ticker display configured to display information and which is provided at a position closer to the reading section than the main display; and a controller configured to control the ticker display and to cause arbitrary information to be selectively displayed, wherein the controller is further configured to display information to guide a position of the reading section on the ticker display before the reading section reads the identification information from the commodity. | 2,813 |
9,387,933 | 1. A thrust reverser component comprising: a torque box comprising: | 41,651 |
9,556,312 | 1. A polyimide precursor comprising a structural unit represented by general formula (AI): wherein A is tetravalent aromatic group or aliphatic group, B is a divalent aromatic group, and each R 2 independently represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkylsilyl group having 3 to 9 carbon atoms, wherein B in general formula (AI) comprises a triazine moiety represented by the following formula (AB1): wherein R 1 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic group, and R 3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl. | 35,743 |
8,584,355 | 1. A method of releasing a rotor blade ( 200 ) of a wind turbine, wherein the rotor blade ( 200 ) is mounted during operation of the wind turbine on a hub ( 100 ) of the wind turbine by means of a slewing ring bearing ( 110 ) such that a pitch angle of the turbine blade is adjustable, and a movable slewing bearing part ( 120 ) is joined rotatably to the hub ( 100 ) and fixedly to a flange ( 210 ) of the rotor blade ( 200 ) by a plurality of threaded bolts, said method comprising the following steps: positioning the rotor blade ( screwing in at least one threaded rod ( holding the rotor blade, by means of a hoisting means ( releasing all of the threaded bolts, lowering the rotor blade ( fastening at least one adapter ( disconnecting the at least one adapter ( | 1,007 |
9,110,494 | 1. A pedal device for vehicles, comprising: a pedal arm provided in a pedal housing and connected to a pedal pad at a first end of the pedal arm, and rotatable around a hinge shaft mounted to a second end of the pedal arm; a pressure member including a first end supported by the first end of the pedal arm, and a second end placed between the hinge shaft and an inner surface of the pedal housing; and an elastic member provided between a middle portion of the pressure member and the inner surface of the pedal housing, and imposing an elastic reaction force on the pressure member when a driver presses the pedal pad down; wherein the elastic member brings the second end of the pressure member into frictional contact with the inner surface of the pedal housing, wherein a rotating shaft is installed in the first end of the pedal arm, the pedal device further comprising a support part formed in the first end of the pressure member to surround a lower part of an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, and wherein the second end of the pressure member is seated on an upper end of the hinge shaft. | 26,948 |
8,722,142 | 1. A method of metalizing a photovoltaic solar cell to deposit a layer of metal thereon, said photovoltaic solar cell having a front side and a backside and said front side having a pattern comprising metal thereon, the method comprising the steps of: a) contacting the photovoltaic solar cell with an electroless plating composition comprising: b) illuminating the photovoltaic solar cell with radiant energy from a light source, wherein the frontside and backside of the solar cell become oppositely charged and metal ions from the electroless plating solution are plated onto the metallic pattern on the frontside of the solar cell, and wherein the solar cell is not electrically connected to an external power source during the plating. | 6,259 |
8,895,469 | 1. A process for preparing an alumina support, comprising: (a) mixing at least one alumina starting material, at least one alkaline earth metal salt, optionally at least one carbonaceous burnout material, optionally at least one fluoride, at least one binder and water to produce a mixture, wherein the alumina starting material comprises alpha-alumina trihydrate and pseudo-boehmite in a weight ratio of alpha-alumina trihydrate to pseudo-boehmite ranging from 0,5:1 to 5:1, and wherein based on the total weight of the alumina starting material, the alkaline earth metal salt is in an amount ranging from 0.05% to 3.0% by weight, calculated based on the alkaline earth metal, the carbonaceous burnout material is in an amount ranging from 0% to 30% by weight, the fluoride is in an amount ranging from 0% to 3% by weight, and the binder and water are in a total amount ranging from 10% to 40% by weight; (b) extruding the mixture obtained in step (a) to form shaped entities; (c) drying the shaped entities obtained in step (b) at a temperature ranging from 60° C. to 200° C.; (d) calcining the shaped entities obtained in step (c) at a temperature ranging from 1100° C. to 1600° C. to convert to a semi-finished alpha-alumina support; (e) treating the semi-finished alpha-alumina support obtained in step (d) with a thermally decomposable organic acid solution having a pH of no more than 2.5; (f) washing the treated support obtained in step (e) with water to produce a leach liquor having a pH of more than 5 and a water-washed product: and (g) heat-treating the water-washed product obtained in step (f) at a temperature ranging from 80° C. to 1200° C. | 23,815 |
9,428,926 | 1. A building comprising: a plurality of building blocks including a first building block and an adjacent building block arranged in an interconnected and stacked relationship to define a wall structure; the first building block including a first end surface, a second end surface, an inner surface extending between the first end surface and the second end surface, an outer surface extending between the first end surface and the second end surface, a first horizontal surface extending between the first end surface and the second end surface, a second horizontal surface extending between the first end surface and the second end surface, and a tab that is substantially coplanar with the second horizontal surface and extends from the second horizontal surface beyond the first end surface; the adjacent building block including an adjacent first end surface, an adjacent second end surface, an adjacent inner surface extending between the adjacent first end surface and the adjacent second end surface, an adjacent outer surface extending between the adjacent first end surface and the adjacent second end surface, an adjacent first horizontal surface extending between the adjacent first end surface and the adjacent second end surface, an adjacent second horizontal surface extending between the adjacent first end surface and the adjacent second end surface, and an adjacent tab that is substantially coplanar with the adjacent second horizontal surface and extends from the adjacent second horizontal surface beyond the adjacent first end surface; and a plurality of vertically extending guide members arranged in a horizontally spaced apart relationship corresponding to a desired wall structure; wherein the first end surface abuts the adjacent second end surface and the second horizontal surface is substantially coplanar with the adjacent second horizontal surface, wherein one of the guide members extends through a first vertically extending guide hole in the first building block, and another of the guide members extends through a second vertically extending guide hole in the first building block and through an adjacent vertically extending guide hole in the adjacent building block, and wherein the second vertically extending guide hole is located in the tab of the first building block. | 27,781 |
9,728,774 | 1. A storage structure of an electrical metal/air energy storage cell comprising an active storage material and an inert material, wherein particles of the inert material comprise a minor diameter of less than 200 nm and an aspect ratio less than 0.7, and wherein the particles are incorporated into grains of the active storage material and wherein the particles are effective to support the grains and to space the grains apart from each other, thereby forming pore channels within the active storage material. | 47,707 |
9,691,015 | 1. A memory card adapter comprising: a main housing section that corresponds to a memory card socket of a first standard, the main housing section including a card housing section, the card housing section configured to house a memory card of a second standard different from the first standard therein; a first surface of the main housing section defining a through-hole, the through-hole configured to expose a connection pin of the memory card to be housed in the card housing section to an outside of the card housing section; and a second surface of the main housing section defining a card insertion hole, the second surface being different from the first surface, the card insertion hole configured to receive the memory card into the card housing section. | 16,904 |
9,506,342 | 1. A downhole communications arrangement comprising: one or more electromagnetic (EM) devices; and a shield disposed relative to the one or more devices, the shield preventing or reducing passage of one or more EM frequencies and being alterable during use by one or more selected environmental conditions to allow passage of the one or more frequencies within a selected time. | 853 |
9,209,110 | 1. An integrated device comprising: a substrate; a first die coupled to the substrate; a first encapsulation layer coupled to the substrate and the first die; and a second encapsulation layer in the first encapsulation layer, the second encapsulation layer comprising a set of wires configured to operate as vias. | 34,150 |
9,768,443 | 1. A positive electrode comprising: a current collector; and an active material layer over the current collector, the active material layer comprising: wherein a ratio of the oxygen in the piece of graphene is higher than or equal to 2 atomic % and lower than or equal to 20 atomic %, and wherein the piece of graphene is in surface contact with at least one of the plurality of particles of the active material. | 47,104 |
9,822,725 | 1. A control device for an engine, the control device comprising: an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an intake air amount; and an ECU configured to (a) save a first learning value in a volatile storage medium, the first learning value being obtained by learning an operation amount of the adjustment mechanism when the engine is idle, (b) control the adjustment mechanism according to the first learning value, (c) save a second learning value in a non-volatile storage medium, the second learning value being equal to the first learning value, and (d) correct the first learning value using the second learning value after the first learning value is reset to an initial value, (e) wherein the ECU is configured to correct the first learning value using the second learning value after the first learning value is reset to the initial value and when: wherein when a power supply of the ECU is stopped and the first learning value saved in the volatile storage medium is reset to the initial value, the ECU is configured to restore from the non-volatile memory, the second learning value being equal to the first learning value before being reset to the initial value. | 31,821 |
9,651,814 | 1. An embedded touch display device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other; a color film; and a liquid crystal display unit and a capacitive touch unit disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal display unit comprises: | 33,586 |
9,492,138 | 1. A method of determining and using a mechanical and electrical footprint of the heart comprising: a. Configuring a stethoscope front-end recorder sleeve device with biological sensors to acquire an electrical footprint of the heart; b. Configuring the stethoscope front-end recorder sleeve device to acquire a mechanical footprint of the heart; c. Synchronizing the mechanical and electrical footprints of the heart; d. Determining via a processor normal and pathological heart sounds from the mechanical footprint of the heart, and normal and abnormal heart rhythms from the electrical footprint of the heart; e. Determining via the processor a time period between an R peak of the electrical footprint of the heart and a first heart sound of the mechanical footprint; f. Determining via the processor a time period between the first heart sound and a second heart sound of the mechanical footprint of the heart; g. Calculating a systolic performance index (SPI) from the time period between the R peak of the electrical footprint of the heart and the first heart sound, and the time period between the first and second heart sounds of the mechanical footprint of the heart; h. Correlating a left ventricular ejection fraction parameter from the SPI calculation. | 4,455 |
8,852,955 | 1. A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) for detecting a biomolecular binding event in a sample containing a first molecule and a second molecule, wherein the first molecule is suspected of binding the second molecule, comprising: one or more fluid compartments for the sample, at least one of the one or more fluid compartments comprising a reaction chamber configured to contact the first molecule with the second molecule, and a substrate comprising a waveguide adjacent to the first molecule; a radiation source positioned to aim an input radiation toward the first molecule by reflecting the input radiation off a portion of an inner wall of the waveguide, wherein the first molecule is directly immobilized to the portion; a detector positioned to receive an exit radiation reflecting from the sample; and a processor configured to determine if the second molecules bound to the first molecule, wherein the one or more fluid compartments, the radiation source, the detector and the processor are formed as a single integrated unit on a chip. | 5,764 |
9,803,519 | 1. A continuous variable duration apparatus comprising: a plurality of wheels that are mounted on a camshaft, wherein each wheel includes a wheel key and corresponds to cylinders, respectively; a plurality of cam devices, wherein each of the cam devices includes cams and a cam key, and the camshaft is inserted into the cams, and wherein the cam devices have variable relative phases of the cams with respect to the camshaft and corresponding to the cylinders, respectively; a plurality of inner brackets that are connected to the wheel key and the cam key; a plurality of slider housings in which the inner brackets are rotatably inserted, wherein the slider housings are selectively movable vertically with respect to the engine; a controller that adjusts positions of rotational centers of the inner brackets by changing positions of the slider housings; and a guide device that guides the slider housings, wherein a compression ratio of the engine is controlled by controlling duration of a valve by adjusting the relative phases of the cams, wherein control teeth are formed on a side of each of the slider housings, and wherein the controller includes: a control shaft that is in parallel with the camshaft and has control gears engaged with the control teeth; and an actuator that selectively rotates the control shaft. | 45,328 |
8,843,150 | 1. A data transmission method for a base station to acquire transmission beam diversity in a wireless communication system, the data transmission method comprising: transmitting reference signals related to a plurality of transmission beams to a terminal; receiving transmission beam information related to transmission beams selected by the terminal among the plurality of transmission beams based on the transmitted reference signals from the terminal; selecting at least two transmission beams to be used for data transmission among the selected transmission beams based on the transmission beam information; and transmitting data to the terminal by using diversity transmission scheme via the selected at least two transmission beams. | 20,540 |
8,418,476 | 1. A magnetocaloric generator ( 1 ) comprising: at least one thermal stage ( a magnetic arrangement ( at least one heat transfer fluid contained in the generator ( at least one cold exchange chamber ( a means for forcing circulation ( | 24,152 |
9,251,922 | 1. A printable ink formulation, comprising: an ink base, and a population of semiconductor nanoparticles, comprising semiconductor nanoparticles represented by the formula: wherein the semiconductor nanoparticles further comprise surface-attached ligands that comprise octane selenol or dodecane selenol. | 23,943 |
9,717,680 | 1. A method, comprising: administering, to a subject having or at risk of sexual dysfunction, a composition comprising an effective amount of molecular nitric oxide and a peptide to treat or prevent the sexual dysfunction, and a carrier comprising phosphatidylcholine containing the molecular nitric oxide, wherein the composition is stable at room temperature. | 28,057 |
9,365,658 | 1. A method of photocuring an acrylate-containing composition comprising: mixing at least one N-oxyazinium salt photoinitiator, a photosensitizer for the N-oxyazinium salt, an N-oxyazinium salt efficiency amplifier, an aromatic heterocyclic, nitrogen-containing base, one or more photocurable acrylates, and optionally, one or more inert organic solvents, to form a photocurable composition, irradiating the photocurable composition to effect polymerization of the one or more photocurable acrylates, | 20,648 |
9,346,711 | 1. A method of cementing comprising: providing a geopolymer cement composition consisting of: allowing the geopolymer cement composition to set; wherein the geopolymer cement composition does not comprise a set accelerator. | 47,221 |
9,780,381 | 1. An electrochemical cell comprising a cell housing; an electrode assembly disposed in the cell housing, the electrode assembly including positive electrode portions alternating with negative electrode portions, the positive electrode portions and the negative electrode portions being separated by at least one separator and stacked along a stack axis, a first current collector that is disposed between the cell housing and the electrode assembly, and is electrically connected to one of the positive electrode portions and the negative electrode portions, the first current collector having a first base and a first pair of legs that extend in parallel from opposed ends of the first base to form a first U-shaped member, a cross-section of the first current collector including the first base and each leg of the first pair of legs defining a first plane, and a second current collector that is disposed between the cell housing and the electrode assembly, and is electrically connected to an other one of the positive electrode portions and the negative electrode portions, the second current collector having a second base and a second pair of legs that extend in parallel from opposed ends of the second base to form a second U-shaped member, a cross-section of the second current collector including the second base and each leg of the second pair of legs defining a second plane, and the second plane is transverse to the first plane. | 10,759 |
8,588,719 | 1. A device, comprising: a radio receiver for receiving an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal and providing the inbound RF signal through gain stages along a receiver chain to produce an analog near baseband signal; a plurality of receiver signal strength indicator (RSSI) circuits, each coupled to a respective output tap of a respective one of the gain stages along the receiver chain of the radio receiver, each of the plurality of RSSI circuits generating respective clip information signals indicative of a respective signal strength of the inbound RF signal at the respective gain stage, each of the clip information signals being a 1-bit signal; and a processor for accumulating the clip information signals from the RSSI circuits over a predetermined window to estimate the signal strength of the inbound RF signal, the processor further for setting a gain of the radio receiver based on the estimated signal strength. | 18,227 |
9,493,233 | 1. A cavity system, comprising: a cavity ( the rods ( each of the rods ( wherein one or more of the rods ( wherein the positioning of one or more of the rods ( | 9,544 |
9,659,229 | 1. A method of analysing an image of a subject to identify spatial areas which contain periodic intensity variations representing valid temporal information about the subject, comprising the steps of: dividing said image into a plurality of spatial areas and obtaining respective signals representative of an image intensity for each spatial area; spectrally analysing the intensity variations of each representative signal by fitting respective autoregressive models to the representative signals, each of the fitted autoregressive models comprising a plurality of poles representing spectral components of the intensity variations of each representative signal, each pole having a magnitude dependent upon the strength of the spectral component and a phase angle dependent upon the frequency of the spectral component; and selecting those spatial areas whose fitted autoregressive model has a dominant pole whose magnitude is greater than a predetermined threshold and identifying those spatial areas as containing periodic intensity variations representing said valid temporal information. | 39,564 |
9,828,997 | 1. A compressor comprising: a housing that includes a suction port, into which refrigerant flows from an outside of the housing, and a discharge port, through which the refrigerant is discharged to the outside of the housing after compression of the refrigerant; a compression mechanism that is formed in an inside of the housing and compresses the refrigerant drawn through the suction port; a discharge chamber that is formed in the inside of the housing, wherein the refrigerant, which is compressed by the compression mechanism, is discharged into the discharge chamber immediately after compression of the refrigerant by the compression mechanism; a communication passage that communicates between the discharge chamber and the discharge port; and a resonator that is connected to an intermediate portion of the communication passage; and an oil separator, which is placed on a downstream side of the discharge chamber in a flow direction of the refrigerant and separates lubricant oil from the refrigerant that is compressed by the compression mechanism, wherein: the intermediate portion of the communication passage is located on a downstream side of the oil separator in the flow direction of the refrigerant; and the resonator includes: | 49,701 |
8,843,345 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving a data signal from a motion sensor, wherein the data signal comprises data values as a function of user motion and noise; wherein a computer executes instructions for: determining an average of the data values; wherein the average of the data values comprises a first order moment; determining an average of squares of the data values; wherein the average of the squares of the data values comprises a second order moment; determining an average of cubes of the data values; determining a difference between a third order moment calculated only using the average of cubes and a third order moment calculated using only the first and second order moments; and determining whether a user motion event has occurred based on the difference. | 46,520 |
9,552,474 | 1. A method for dynamically providing multi-dimensional password/challenge authentication, the method comprising: sending a login webpage in response to receipt of a login request, wherein the login webpage comprises a set of randomly generated icons each having a plurality of graphical attributes, the plurality of graphical attributes each corresponding to one of a plurality of dimensional options, and the icons are available for sequential selection; identifying, using a processor, a plurality of dimensional restrictions from the user, each specifying a group of preset dimensional options for each digit of a preset password, wherein, for each digit of the preset password, icons associated with a set of grids are randomly provided for selection; and determining, using a processor, whether the plurality of graphical attributes for each icon choice entered by a user complies with the group of preset dimensional options specified in a respective one of the plurality of dimensional restrictions for each digit of the preset password. | 31,869 |
8,376,818 | 1. A thrust recovery valve comprising: a first door; a second door; a first rotary actuator controlling travel of the first door; a second rotary actuator controlling travel of the second door independent of the travel of the first door; a first crank arm fixed at a first end to a first output shaft of the first rotary actuator wherein, when the first output shaft rotates, the first crank arm swings in a rotational arc; a first link pivotally pinned at a first end to a second end of the first crank arm; a first door swing arm pivotally pinned at a first end to a second end of the first link and fixed at a second end to the first door, wherein the first door rotates on a first hinge when the first output shaft rotates; a second crank arm fixed at a first end to a second output shaft of the second rotary actuator wherein, when the second output shaft rotates, the second crank arm swings in a rotational arc; a second link pivotally pinned at a first end to a second end of the second crank arm; and a second door swing arm pivotally pinned at a first end to a second end of the second link and fixed at a second end to the second door, wherein second the door rotates on a second hinge when the second output shaft rotates. | 42,192 |
9,567,922 | 1. A hybrid system of an internal combustion engine ( 1 ) comprising: at least one charging device ( a planetary gear ( wherein the at least one clutch includes a first clutch ( | 26,471 |
8,622,011 | 1. A floating foundation supporting framework ( 4 ) for offshore structures, comprising buoyancy elements ( 28 , 29 , 30 ) and a supporting framework ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ), wherein the supporting framework ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) comprises a combination of a shell supporting framework and a bar framework, including cantilevers ( 11 , 12 , 13 ), the cantilevers ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) comprise spatial trussed frameworks with rods that extend radially outward from a central spatial trussed structure ( 14 ), the buoyancy elements ( 28 , 29 , 30 ) are at least partially made of concrete, and the supporting framework ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) is made of steel, and wherein a hydraulic adjustment arrangement for active leveling of a floating foundation is positioned in the buoyancy elements ( 28 , 29 , 30 ). | 47,108 |
9,652,973 | 1. A system comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising | 32,558 |
9,323,435 | 1. A device, comprising: a display; an input subsystem; one or more processors; and memory containing instructions executable by the one or more processors whereby the device is operable to: | 1,506 |
9,658,315 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an interface; and location determination logic coupled with the interface; wherein the location determination logic is operable to receive via the interface a plurality of signal strength measurements from a plurality of receiving devices at a plurality of known locations, and a plurality of time difference of arrival data for a signal sent from an associated wireless device; wherein the location determination logic is operable to determine a first estimated location for the associated wireless device based on the plurality of time difference of arrival data; wherein the location determination logic is operable to determine an estimated transmit power of the associated wireless device for each of the plurality of receiving devices based on the first estimated location, and the plurality of signal strength measurements received from the plurality of receiving devices disposed at the plurality of known locations and by employing a path loss model that includes a heatmap difference; and wherein the location determination logic is operable to determine a revised estimated location for the associated wireless device based on the plurality of receiving devices disposed at the plurality of known locations and the estimated transmit powers. | 41,677 |
8,695,739 | 1. An auxiliary power assembly comprising: a plurality of auxiliary power units (APUs) configured to generate a secondary power, each of the plurality of APUs comprising a free-piston combustion engine (FPE) and a linear generator; and a controller configured to: wherein, in operating the plurality of APUs according to the optimal operation strategy, the controller is further configured to: | 11,578 |
8,728,704 | 1. A donor substrate comprising: a base substrate; a light to heat conversion layer disposed on the base substrate; a buffer layer disposed on the light to heat conversion layer, the buffer layer including at least one porous layer having a plurality of pores; and a transfer layer disposed on the buffer layer. | 47,713 |
8,522,559 | 1. A heat-shield element, comprising: an exterior hot side to face toward a hot medium; an exerior cold side to face away from the hot medium; a peripheral side connecting the cold side to the hot side; and a central volume defined by the hot side, the cold side and peripheral sides, wherein the central volume comprises: a perimeter material zone adjacent the peripheral side and spanning from the exterior hot side to the exterior cold side comprising a perimeter material comprising a perimeter material coefficient of thermal expansion that is greater than the hot side material coefficient of thermal expansion. | 37,338 |
8,966,220 | 1. A method for optimizing large page processing, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, an indication that a real memory comprises a first page, wherein the first page comprises a plurality of smaller pages; determining a page frame table entry associated with a first smaller page of the first page; and storing data associated with the first page in the page frame table entry associated with the first smaller page; wherein the page frame table entry associated with the first smaller page of the first page is a data repository for the plurality of smaller pages of the first page. | 44,834 |
8,522,898 | 1. A method of thinning an aqueous based drilling fluid for use in drilling a borehole in a subterranean formation, comprising adding to the drilling fluid an additive comprising an acrylic copolymer comprising a hybrid/graft lignosulfonate multipolymer, containing carboxylate and sulfonate functional groups, with synthetic polymer side chains covalently linked to a base lignosulfonate material, and having a molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 15,000 and a high anionic charge density as indicated by a zeta potential of about 18 to 19 mV. | 6,071 |
9,079,648 | 1. An apparatus for propelling a boat or producing energy from wind, waves or flowing water, the apparatus comprising; a first track; a second track; driving wheels each having a peripheral surface comprising a friction device, rotatably arranged in at least one frame, wherein the first track is arranged in contact with the friction devices at a first set of driving wheels, the second track is arranged in contact with the friction devices at a second set of driving wheels, such that the tracks move with the same speed as the peripheral surface of the rotatable driving wheels where the track is in contact with the friction devices when the driving wheels rotate; wherein a plurality of shovel rollers each comprise a first and a second end and between the ends a device with an outer periphery, wherein the first ends of the shovel rollers are arranged in the first track and the second ends of the shovel rollers are arranged in the second track such that the shovel rollers move with the tracks in relation to the frame when the driving wheels rotate, wherein the apparatus further comprises a flat continuous carpet-like device with side-ends which is arranged between the first and second sets of driving wheels and abutting the outer periphery of the shovel rollers; that the carpet-like device forms a shovel surface between two of the shovel rollers, and that the formed shovel moves in relation to the frame when the shovel rollers move in relation to the frame. | 28,615 |
9,032,556 | 1. A physical treatment garment, comprising: a pair of flexible shorts constructed of flexible material; a plurality of fastening apparatuses on multiple fastening areas on the pair of flexible shorts; a flexible wrap having a first end with a fastening apparatus and a second end with a fastening apparatus for releasably coupling the flexible wrap to the fastening apparatuses on the pair of flexible shorts, wherein the first end and the second end of the flexible wrap each can be attached to a fastening apparatus on the pair of flexible shorts to apply compression to an injured area, and the flexible wrap can be completely removed from the pair of flexible shorts for cleaning; and wherein at least one of the plurality of the fastening apparatuses on the pair of flexible shorts is located on an upper portion proximate to a hip and waist area of the pair of flexible shorts, and at least a second of the plurality of the fastening apparatuses on pair of the shorts is located on a lower portion of the flexible shorts proximate just above a knee area, thereby enabling the flexible wrap can be connected to the pair of flexible shorts by the plurality of fastening apparatuses between the upper portion and the lower portion of the pair of flexible shorts to provide compression treatment to thigh, groin and hamstring areas of a user's body. | 15,131 |
9,595,723 | 1. A fuel cell separator, comprising: a substrate comprising titanium or a titanium alloy; a conductive carbon layer covering a surface of the substrate, wherein the carbon layer is formed by compression-bonding of a carbon powder to the substrate by rolling; and an intermediate layer at an interface between the substrate and the carbon layer, wherein the intermediate layer comprises titanium carbide and has an oxygen content of 0.1 to 40 atomic percent. | 17,592 |
9,336,390 | 1. A method for detection of malicious code injected into processes associated with known programs in a computing device comprising a plurality of computing resources including computing hardware and an operating system executing on the computing hardware, and a plurality of programs interfaced with the computing resources and executable as processes having one or more threads, the method comprising: monitoring execution of processes on the computing hardware, each of the processes capable of executing program code; selecting, from among the processes being monitored, a subset of processes consisting of only those processes which are susceptible processes, wherein the selecting is based on predefined process selection criteria that relates to a likelihood of malicious code being present; for each of the susceptible processes of the subset of processes selected, tracking function calls made by threads of the process; identifying, from among the tracked function calls, a subset of function calls consisting of only those function calls which are critical function calls, wherein the identifying of the critical function calls is based on critical function determination criteria that relates to a likelihood of malicious code being executed in an address space of a susceptible process by creation of a new thread or a new process in the address space of the susceptible process; for each identified critical function call, identifying program instructions that caused the critical function call; and assessing maliciousness of the program instructions based on predefined assessment criteria. | 22,334 |
9,304,721 | 1. A printing apparatus which is able to communicate with a print server, the printing apparatus comprising: a changing unit configured to change data based on a user operation; a receiving unit configured to receive a notification indicating that the print server returns from a power saving mode; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the print server based on the notification received by the receiving unit, data which has been changed by the changing unit while the print server is in the power saving mode. | 34,365 |
9,137,008 | 1. A calibration method, comprising: detecting a series of transitions in signaling state of three or more wires of a multi-wire communications interface, wherein each transition in the series of transitions corresponds to a boundary between consecutive symbols in a preamble transmitted on the multi-wire communications interface; deriving a receive clock from the series of transitions; determining a transition region based on the series of transitions; calibrating a delay period corresponding to a duration of the transition region; and receiving data symbols from the multi-wire communications interface after termination of the preamble, wherein the data symbols are received using a version of the receive clock that is modified based on the delay period. | 46,551 |
9,112,090 | 1. A method comprising: forming a dielectric layer on a first side of an image sensor substrate, the image sensor substrate comprising a photo diode; bonding the first side of the image sensor substrate to a carrier substrate, the dielectric layer being disposed between the image sensor substrate and the carrier substrate; and after the bonding, exposing the dielectric layer to broad spectrum ultraviolet (UV) radiation, wherein no photoresist is over the dielectric layer during the exposing the dielectric layer to the broad spectrum UV radiation. | 37,642 |
8,966,247 | 1. A method for managing security certificates in a data processing environment, the method comprising: identifying, by a computer, a security certificate associated with a management interface of a device in the data processing environment, wherein the security certificate associated with the management interface of the device is associated with the device by a configuration of the management interface of the device in the data processing environment; determining, by the computer, whether the security certificate was issued by a certificate authority that is trusted; responsive to determining that the security certificate was not issued by the certificate authority that is trusted, identifying, by the computer, the security certificate as invalid; subsequent to identifying the security certificate as invalid based on the determination that the security certificate was not issued by the certificate authority that is trusted, determining, by the computer, if a service exists in the data processing environment that includes a feature for sending information about critical events associated with the data processing environment, including the security certificate was not issued by the certificate authority that is trusted, to a predetermined destination selected from a set of destinations including a first party including an entity supporting data processing system, a second party including a manufacturer of the device, and a third party including a corporation that provides services for the device; responsive to determining that the service with the feature for sending information about the critical events associated with the data processing environment exists in the data processing environment, generating, by the computer, a certificate-signing request for the management interface of the device and sending the certificate-signing request via the feature in the service to the predetermined destination selected; and responsive to receiving a certificate signed from the predetermined destination selected, referencing the signed certificate and modifying, by the computer, the configuration of the management interface of the device to use the certificate signed by the certificate authority instead of the security certificate that was not issued by the certificate authority that is trusted. | 37,275 |
8,788,716 | 1. A multimedia data transmission apparatus, for use in a multimedia communication device, the apparatus comprising: a receiver suitable for receiving multimedia source input from a source; a data transmitter suitable for wirelessly transmitting said source input as a source output sent to a sink as a wireless signal establishing a data link between the source and sink; a quality of service receiver configured to wirelessly receive quality of service information from the sink concerning the data link; and a quality of service output for directing the quality of service information upstream toward the source. | 45,083 |
9,768,622 | 1. A non-contact power transmitting and receiving system, comprising: an inverter configured to generate a high-frequency voltage from a DC power supply on a power transmitting side; a detection device configured to detect a phase difference between an output voltage and an output current of said inverter; a power transmission coil connected to said inverter; a power reception coil configured to receive electric power from said power transmission coil in a contactless manner; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify AC power received at said power reception coil to a direct current; and a control unit configured to control said inverter and said rectifier circuit, said inverter including a plurality of arms connected in parallel across a power transmitting-side positive line and a power transmitting-side negative line which are supplied with a DC voltage from said DC power supply on the power transmitting side, said rectifier circuit including a plurality of other arms connected in parallel across a power receiving-side positive line and a power receiving-side negative line which are supplied with a DC voltage rectified by said rectifier circuit, said control unit adjusting at least one of switching timing of any arm of said inverter and switching timing of any arm of said rectifier circuit, in accordance with said phase difference detected by said detection device. | 31,734 |
9,397,336 | 1. A battery active material comprising: a crystal phase that is represented by a formula Y | 17,749 |
9,388,772 | 1. Needle sleeve for pivotably mounting the throttle valve shaft of a control device for recirculating exhaust gas in internal combustion engines, comprising: a thin-walled outer ring formed without cutting; and a needle roller and cage assembly inserted in said outer ring, said needle roller and cage assembly comprises a needle cage carrying a plurality of bearing needles at uniform spacings in a circumferential direction, the needle sleeve having at its axial sides two radially inward facing ribs holding the needle roller and cage assembly in the outer ring, said needle sleeve providing multiple seals that prevent exhaust gas condensates from flowing through, wherein the outer ring is a rimless, cylindrical sleeve, and the seals comprise two lip sealing rings having an S-shaped cross-sectional profile that are located at least partially outside the outer ring and are pressed onto its axial edges, the sealing rings also providing said radially inward facing ribs, whereby the needle sleeve can be sealed statically to a housing enclosing it. | 5,211 |
9,077,336 | 1. A transistor control circuit comprising: a transistor includes a gate electrode with a gate field plate, a drain electrode and a control electrode formed on top of an inter-layer insulating film between the gate field plate and the drain electrode; a comparator circuit compares a drain voltage of the transistor with reference voltages; and an electrode control circuit generates a voltage to impart to the control electrode on the basis of the comparison results from the comparator circuit. | 25,787 |
8,354,502 | 1. An isolated bioactive peptide wherein said peptide: a. has Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory activity in vitro and/or antihypertensive activity in vivo and/or antioxidant activity, b. is present in pepsin-hydrolyzed milk casein enzyme hydrolyzates, and c. comprises a first tyrosine residue at the second position from the N-terminus and a second tyrosine residue at the fourth or fifth position from the N-terminus, and at least two hydrophobic amino acid residues in the C-terminal tripeptide sequence selected from the group consisting of proline, leucine and tyrosine; and d. wherein said peptide has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 12 or, and SEQ ID NO: 13. | 7,093 |
9,065,440 | 1. A method of operating an integrated circuit in at least first and second states, wherein the integrated circuit includes logic circuitry interposed in a data path, the method comprising: when the integrated circuit is operated in the first state, powering a combinational logic circuit using a first power supply voltage having a first voltage level while operating the logic circuitry at a given frequency, wherein the combinational logic circuit is coupled in series with a bypassable clocked storage element; and when the integrated circuit is operated in the second state, powering the combinational logic circuit using a second power supply voltage having a second voltage level that is different than the first voltage level while operating the logic circuitry at the given frequency, and bypassing the bypassable clocked storage element. | 19,499 |
8,367,031 | 1. A method of removing metal contaminants from a silane composition, comprising: a) washing a metal-contaminated composition consisting essentially of (i) Si and/or Ge atoms and (ii) hydrogen atoms with a washing composition comprising deionized water or an immiscible polar solvent to decontaminate the metal-contaminated composition; and b) drying or removing the immiscible polar solvent from the decontaminated silane composition. | 8,286 |
8,952,440 | 1. A memory device, comprising: a first dielectric layer, disposed on a substrate; a T-shaped gate, disposed on the first dielectric layer and having an upper gate and a lower gate, wherein two gaps are present respectively at two sides of the lower gate and between the upper gate and the substrate, and the upper gate and the lower gate are in direct contact with each other; two charge storage layers, respectively embedded into the gaps, wherein a bottom of each of the charge storage layers is not lower than a top of the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer, disposed between each charge storage layer and the upper gate, between each charge storage layer and the lower gate and between each charge storage layer and the substrate. | 48,817 |
8,998,191 | 1. A support pin assembly for at least one of supporting and locating a fixture on a tooling plate having a locating surface, the support pin assembly comprising: a stanchion member configured to fixedly secure the support pin assembly to the locating surface of the tooling plate at a predetermined location, the stanchion member defining a bore; a sleeve member at least partially disposed within the bore and configured to telescope with respect to the stanchion member between a first position and a second position, wherein the sleeve member is infinitely adjustable to lock in any predetermined position between the first and second positions; a locator pin having a first end and a second opposing end, the locator pin engaged with the sleeve member at the first end and configured to mate with the fixture at the second end; and a stopper pin operatively connected to the sleeve member and configured to selectively extend and retract relative to the locator pin; wherein the locator pin is free to displace relative to the locating surface when the stopper pin is retracted, and the locator pin is blocked from displacing relative to the locating surface by the stopper pin when the stopper pin is extended. | 29,305 |
8,731,431 | 1. A belt device, comprising: an endless belt to rotate in a belt moving direction; multiple belt tension rollers disposed in contact with an inner surface of the endless belt to tension the endless belt from inside a loop into which the endless belt is formed; a device which contacts the endless belt and charges particles on the belt to a regular charging polarity of residual toner on the belt; a rotary cleaning member, downstream of the device, to contact the endless belt opposite one of the multiple belt tension rollers at an outer surface of the endless belt to form a cleaning nip between the rotary cleaning member and the outer surface of the endless belt, the rotary cleaning member rotating its outer surface in a direction opposite the belt moving direction within the cleaning nip to remove residual toner remaining on an outer surface of the endless belt, the rotary cleaning member having a voltage applied thereto which is opposite to the regular charging polarity; and a toner collection roller, contacting the rotary cleaning member, having a voltage applied thereto which is opposite to the regular charging polarity and has a larger magnitude than the voltage applied to the rotary cleaning member, wherein the multiple belt tension rollers include an upstream tension roller disposed upstream from and adjacent to the belt tension roller disposed opposite the rotary cleaning member in the belt moving direction to press a tensioned belt area between the upstream tension roller and the opposing roller disposed opposite the rotary cleaning member against the rotary cleaning member, and wherein the upstream tension roller includes an insulating member at least partially covering a surface of the upstream tension roller. | 8,580 |
8,743,095 | 1. An electronic apparatus having an integrated electronic circuit, comprising: an input/output signal wiring for inputting or outputting a signal to or from the electronic circuit; a conductive film formed at a position where the conductive film does not overlap with a projection plane of the input/output signal wiring, so as to sandwich at least an insulating layer with a layer in which the input/output signal wiring is formed; and a capacitive electrode electrically connected to the input/output signal wiring, the capacitive electrode being formed so as to overlap at least partially with a projection plane of the conductive film. | 21,440 |
9,440,284 | 1. A method for shaping a rivet in a workpiece, said rivet having a rivet axis, said method comprising the steps of: manually positioning a bucking bar assembly on a first side of said workpiece, said bucking bar assembly comprising a magnetically attractive housing and a non-magnetically attractive bucking bar received in said magnetically attractive housing; positioning a magnet on a second side of said workpiece opposite said bucking bar assembly; clamping said workpiece between said magnetically attractive housing and said magnet in response to magnetic attraction between said magnetically attractive housing and said magnet; and moving said non-magnetically attractive bucking bar relative to said magnetically attractive housing along a bucking bar axis defined by said bucking bar such that said non-magnetically attractive bucking bar engages said rivet. | 36,707 |
8,873,234 | 1. A host for a portable computer, comprising: a casing; a main board disposed in the casing; a socket mechanism rotatably disposed in the casing, electrically connected to the main board, and detachably connecting to an electronic device, wherein the socket mechanism comprises a circuit board, and a first positioning recessed groove and a second positioning recessed groove separated from the first positioning recessed groove by a predetermined angle are formed on the circuit board; and a positioning member connected to the casing and arranged moved back and forth relative to the socket mechanism; arranged such that the electronic device protrudes to the exterior of the casing and the positioning member is engaged in the first positioning recessed groove when the socket mechanism rotates to a first position, and the electronic device is received in the casing and the positioning member is engaged in the second positioning recessed groove when the socket mechanism rotates to a second position. | 35,980 |
8,681,921 | 1. A system for positioning a plurality of segmented rods, each segmented rod configured to be used in a nuclear fuel bundle, each segmented rod formed by a plurality of removable segments secured to each other, the system comprising: a channel assembly configured to receive the plurality of segmented rods, wherein the channel assembly is configured to enclose the plurality of segmented rods and includes, a lifting mechanism inside of and moveable within the channel, wherein the lifting mechanism is configured to simultaneously move only the plurality of segmented rods to a position outside the channel to allow for assembly or disassembly of each of the plurality of segmented rods by joining or removing the removable segments in or from each segmented rod, wherein the lifting mechanism is configured to move the plurality of segmented rods in unison, and wherein the lifting mechanism includes, a holder assembly located at a top end of the channel assembly, wherein the holder assembly includes, | 12,178 |
9,661,103 | 1. A mobile device configured for aligning data transfer from the mobile device to optimize connections made by the mobile device in a wireless network, the mobile device comprising: a memory; a backlight a radio; and a processor, the mobile device configured to: | 28,148 |
8,798,808 | 1. A method of controlling a vehicle having an internal combustion engine capable of automatically starting in response to a pre-defined event, the method comprising: detecting the presence of a service station within a pre-defined distance of the vehicle; determining if the vehicle is in an ignition on mode or in an ignition off mode; determining if the internal combustion engine is running or is not running when the vehicle is in the ignition on mode; and automatically starting the internal combustion engine when the vehicle is within the pre-defined distance of the service station, the internal combustion engine is not running, and the vehicle is in the ignition on mode to notify a service technician that the vehicle is in the ignition on mode. | 46,819 |
9,425,401 | 1. A compound of the formula (1), where the following applies to the symbols and indices used: X is on each occurrence, identically or differently, CR where ^ indicates the corresponding adjacent groups X in the formula (1); X here stands for C if a group Ar or L is bonded to this group X; V is on each occurrence, identically or differently, C(R Z is on each occurrence, identically or differently, CR Ar is on each occurrence, identically or differently, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms, which can be substituted by one or more radicals R L is on each occurrence, identically or differently, a single bond or a divalent group; R wherein if R Ar R R m is on each occurrence, identically or differently, 0 or 1; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; with the proviso that for n=0, at least one substituent R compounds of the formula (1) in which n=0 and four substituents R | 41,942 |
9,403,752 | 1. A process comprising: providing at least one first estolide compound having at least one fatty acid capping residue with at least one internal site of unsaturation; providing at least one olefin reactant; and contacting the at least one first estolide compound with the at least olefin reactant in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to provide an olefin product and at least one second estolide compound, wherein the at least one second estolide compound comprises at least one fatty acid capping residue with a terminal site of unsaturation. | 19,976 |
9,611,868 | 1. A system for storing and releasing energy, comprising: a generator/motor subsystem; a hydraulic pump for pumping hydraulic fluid between first and second pump ports in response to force applied by the generator/motor subsystem and also capable of imparting force to the generator/motor subsystem in response to hydraulic fluid being caused to flow between the first and second pump ports; a first compression/expansion vessel for exchanging hydraulic fluid with the hydraulic pump via the first pump port; a second compression/expansion vessel for exchanging hydraulic fluid with the hydraulic pump via the second pump port; a gas storage subsystem for selectively storing natural gas from, or releasing gas to, the first and second gas compression/expansion vessels, the gas storage subsystem comprising a geological reservoir; an internal heat exchanger within each of the first and second compression/expansion vessels for exchanging heat between the hydraulic fluid and the natural gas therein, each internal heat exchanger having a very large thermal mass relative to the mass of natural gas within the first and second compression/expansion vessels; a control subsystem for controlling at least a plurality of gas valves associated with the gas storage subsystem to switch between the storing and releasing, the control system during releasing further controlling the release of natural gas, after decompression, to be conveyed outside of the system for use as a combustible fuel; wherein, during storing, responsive to hydraulic fluid being pumped by the hydraulic pump between the first and second pump ports, natural gas is caused to be compressed in the gas storage subsystem thereby to store energy, and wherein, during releasing, responsive to pressure from release of compressed natural gas from the gas storage subsystem, hydraulic fluid is forced to flow between the first and second pump ports thereby to release energy. | 1,520 |
8,419,810 | 1. A process for producing two families of biofuels from at least one triglyceride, formed between at least one fatty acid and glycerol, characterized in that it comprises: a reaction of at least one transesterification step in which said triglyceride is reacted by heterogeneous catalysis with at least one primary monoalcohol selected from methanol and ethanol to produce a mixture of at least one methyl and/or ethyl ester of the fatty acids of the starting triglyceride(s) as first biofuel, and glycerol, separating heterogeneous catalyst from said mixture, wherein the heterogeneous catalyst comprises any of a mixture of titanium oxide and alumina having the following formula: x2 having a value of 1.5 to 2.2 and y2, representing the weight ratio of the two oxides, having a value of 0.0005 to 1; a mixture of antimony oxide and alumina having the following formula: x3 having a value of 1.2 to 2.6 and y3, representing the weight ratio of the two oxides, having a value of 0.005 to 0.995; a mixture of zinc oxide, titanium oxide and alumina having the following formula: a having a value in the range 0.5 to 5, b having a value in the range 0.5 to 5 and y4 having a value of 0.0005 to 1: or a mixture of oxides of bismuth and titanium or a mixture of bismuth oxide, titanium oxide and alumina having the following formula: a having a value in the range 0.5 to 5, b having a value in the range 0.5 to 5 and y4 having a value of 0.005 to 1, separating the crude glycerol from resultant mixture and subjecting the crude glycerol to a vacuum treatment to remove said at least one primary monoalcohol; and an etherification step in which the resultant vacuum treated crude glycerol is reacted directly with at least one olefinic hydrocarbon containing 4 to 12 carbon atoms to obtain at least one glycerol ether as the second biofuel; and/or an acetalization step in which the resultant vacuum treated crude glycerol is reacted directly with at least one compound selected from aldehydes, ketones and acetals derived from aldehydes or ketones, to obtain at least one glycerol acetal as the second biofuel, and directly adding the resultant etherified and/or acetalized crude vacuum treated glycerol to a fuel comprising said first biofuel. | 30,596 |
8,349,758 | 1. Catalyst with large surface area structure, characterised in that the large surface area structure is a honeycomb-shaped structure formed of a large number of parallel penetrating holes of round or polygonal cross-section, the honeycomb-shaped structure having 10 to 300 clear penetrating holes per cm 2 face area, where the catalyst contains 10 to 99 wt. % of at least one sinterable material and has a lateral pressure resistance of at least 700 N, wherein the at least one sinterable material is selected from the group consisting of metal oxides and ceramics. | 27,389 |
8,572,421 | 1. A method for controlling a processing level of a processor of a device, comprising: determining that the processor has entered a processing state after an idle state, wherein the processor initially operates at a first processing level in the processing state; in response to the processor entering the processing state, monitoring processing time of the processor since entering the processing state; in response to the processing time exceeding a first threshold of time, increasing the processing level of the processor to a second processing level that is greater than the first processing level; in response to the processing time exceeding a second threshold of time that is greater than the first threshold of time, decreasing the processing level of the processor to a third processing level that is less than the second processing level but greater than the first processing level, wherein the second processing level is not a sustainable processing level, wherein the first processing level and the third processing level are sustainable processing levels. | 949 |
9,288,672 | 1. A method for configuring a remote station with a certificate from a local root certificate authority for securing a wireless network, comprising: forwarding a station public key to the local root certificate authority, wherein the station public key is forwarded out-of-band of the wireless network; receiving a certificate and a root public key from the local root certificate authority, wherein the certificate comprises the forwarded station public key and a device identifier, and the certificate and the root public key are received out-of-band of the wireless network; and securely communicating, using the wireless network, with another station based on the certificate and the root public key configured in the another station, and based on verifying, using the root public key configured in the remote station, a validity of another certificate received from the another station. | 24,392 |
9,153,980 | 1. An electric vehicle recharging system comprising: an electric vehicle connector comprising: a charger housing coupled to a second rotating connector and comprising an electric vehicle charging circuit disposed within the charger housing, a power cable comprising a first end and a distal second end, the first end of the power cable coupled to the electric vehicle charging circuit of the charger housing; and an electrical plug coupled to the second end of the power cable. | 17,780 |
9,365,796 | 1. A two-cycle lubricating composition comprising: (i) about 40 to about 50% by weight of an estolide base oil having a kinematic viscosity of about 4 to about 10 cSt at 100° C., said estolide base oil comprising at least one estolide compound selected from compounds of Formula I: (ii) about 3 to about 6% by weight of at least one detergent comprising an overbased calcium detergent; (iii) about 23 to about 27% by weight of at least one viscosity modifier comprising a polybutene polymer; (iv) about 23 to about 27% by weight of at least one solvent comprising a petroleum solvent or synthetic hydrocarbon solvent, and (v) at least one antioxidant, | 12,749 |
9,518,502 | 1. An apparatus for controlling air flow to an engine room of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: vertical support units provided as a pair; a plurality of flaps provided to be unfolded or folded in the vertical support units; a delivery unit configured to selectively fold or unfold the flaps; a rotary unit configured to selectively rotate the flaps; and a controller configured to control operations of the delivery unit and the rotary unit according to operational states of a vehicle. | 6,189 |
9,339,835 | 1. An overspray collection apparatus for a spray booth, the overspray collection apparatus comprising: a first side wall and a second side wall that extend lengthwise along a longitudinal axis, an extraction duct disposed between said first side wall and said second side wall and that extends lengthwise along said longitudinal axis, a first sloped floor and a second sloped floor, said first sloped floor extending downward and away from said first side wall and towards a first side of said extraction duct, said second sloped floor sloping downward and away from said second side wall and towards a second side of said extraction duct, said extraction duct comprising a duct floor that extends lengthwise along said longitudinal axis between said first side and said second side of said extraction duct and a suction hood that extends lengthwise at least partially over said duct floor, said suction hood comprising a first moveable panel and a second moveable panel, said first moveable panel being hinge mounted on said first sloped floor by a first hinge and said second moveable panel being hinge mounted on said second sloped floor by a second hinge, said first moveable panel and said second moveable panel being moveable between an open position and a closed position, said first moveable panel and said second moveable panel when in said closed position forming said suction hood, and said first moveable panel when in said closed position having a lower portion that extends below said first hinge and that is spaced from a lower portion of said first sloped floor and from said duct floor to form a first inlet slot of said extraction duct along said first side, and said second moveable panel when in said closed position having a lower portion that extends below said second hinge and that is spaced from a lower portion of said second sloped floor and is spaced from said duct floor to form a second inlet slot of said extraction duct along said second side. | 14,626 |
8,498,652 | 1. A method for controlling power consumption of a number of user equipments in a wireless communications network comprising a base station, the method comprising the steps of: initially scheduling at least one user equipment (UE); selecting a plurality of UEs scheduled for an uplink; computing a maximum spectral efficiency-optimized bandwidth (BW computing a maximized data size for each selected UE, and dividing any remaining bandwidth between the selected UEs in such a way that total power consumption is minimized. | 25,408 |
9,527,577 | 1. A rotorcraft with a fuselage comprising a nose and with at least one main rotor suitable for rotating around a rotor mast axis, the rotorcraft assuming varying pitch attitudes in operation, and the fuselage being equipped with at least one passive wing-type aerodynamic device that is adapted for generating independently of the varying pitch attitudes a lift force acting on the fuselage, the lift force being oriented perpendicular to an air flow that is directed in operation of the rotorcraft against the passive wing-type aerodynamic device wherein the passive wing-type aerodynamic device comprises at least one wing element that is rotatable relative to the fuselage around an associated rotation axis, the at least one wing element being adapted to self-adjust its rotational orientation relative to the fuselage by rotating in reaction to the air flow, wherein the at least one wing element is positioned longitudinally closer to the nose of the fuselage than the rotor mast axis, and wherein at least one wing element comprises a combined neutral point designating a location, where a derivative of an aerodynamic pitching moment generated in operation of the rotorcraft is zero with respect to changes in an angle of attack encompassed between the air flow, that is directed in operation of the rotorcraft against the at least one wing element, and a chord line of the at least one wing element, wherein the associated rotation axis is arranged relative to the air flow at a position located upstream of the combined neutral point, if the aerodynamic pitching moment tends to increase the angle of attack. | 49,132 |
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