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9,136,720 | 1. A vehicle power control apparatus comprising: a secondary battery; a charging terminal that is able to be connected to a supply terminal of a predetermined alternating-current power supply; a charger configured to convert alternating-current power input from the charging terminal to direct-current power and charge the direct-current power to the secondary battery; a discharging terminal that is able to be connected to a receiving terminal of a predetermined alternating-current load and the charging terminal; a power supplier configured to convert the direct-current power from the secondary battery to alternating-current power and output the alternating-current power from the discharging terminal; a notifying portion configured to perform a notifying operation indicating that the charging terminal is improperly connected to the discharging terminal; and a control unit configured to control the charger, the power supplier, and the notifying portion, wherein the control unit is configured to fluctuate a voltage of the alternating-current power output from the discharging terminal with the power supplier when the control unit detects that the receiving terminal of the alternating-current load or the charging terminal is connected to the discharging terminal, or that the supply terminal of the alternating-current power supply or the discharging terminal is connected to the charging terminal, and the control unit is configured to direct the notifying portion to perform the notifying operation when the control unit detects that the voltage of alternating-current power input to the charging terminal is fluctuating in the same manner that the voltage of the alternating-current power output from the discharging terminal is fluctuating. | 24,948 |
9,290,433 | 1. A single stage simultaneous extraction and supercritical fluid carbon dioxide (SCF—CO 2 ) multi-separator refining and separation process of lutein ester from marigold flower meal, the process comprising: feeding the marigold flower meal into extractors maintained at a pressure between 500-625 bar and a temperature less than or equal to 75° C.; maintaining a flow rate of SCF—CO processing of extractor feed in series and into a high pressure separator, a medium pressure separator, and a low pressure separator, the high pressure separator, the medium pressure separator, and the low pressure separator operating at a pressure and temperature of 275-350 bar and 60° C., 70-130 bar and 40-60° C., 40 bar and 12° C., respectively; collecting the lutein ester from the high pressure separator, the lutein ester having a purity of 40-70%, collecting a lower color lutein ester fraction from the medium pressure separator, and collecting waxes and oil from the low pressure separator. | 4,816 |
9,375,580 | 1. A device comprising: a signal generator module configured to deliver pacing pulses to an atrium via one or more electrodes; a processing module configured to: a housing configured for implantation within the atrium, wherein the housing encloses the signal generator module and the processing module. | 8,133 |
9,711,458 | 1. A chip package, comprising: a semiconductor die; a package layer at least partially encapsulating the semiconductor die; a polymer layer over the semiconductor die and the package layer; a dielectric layer over the polymer layer, wherein the dielectric layer is substantially made of a semiconductor oxide material; and a conductive feature in the dielectric layer, wherein the conductive feature is electrically connected to a conductive pad of the semiconductor die, wherein top surfaces of the dielectric layer and the conductive feature are coplanar. | 47,949 |
9,482,709 | 1. A method for assigning individual phase conductors at a first point to phase conductors at at least one further point in a polyphase energy distribution network, in a case of mains operation, which comprises the steps of: determining a common reference time for points in the polyphase energy distribution network including the first point and the at least one further point; determining for the first point, in a case of a four-conductor network, for at least one phase conductor a time difference and/or a phase difference of a phase voltage between a reference time and a time of a zero crossing of the phase voltage, or determining in a case of a three-conductor network, for at least two of the phase conductors the time difference and/or the phase difference of a line-to-line voltage between the reference time and the time of the zero crossing of the line-to-line voltage; determining for the further point, in the case of the four-conductor network, for at least one phase conductor, the time difference and/or the phase difference of the phase voltage between the reference time and the time of the zero crossing of the phase voltage, or determining in the case of the three-conductor network, for the least two phase conductors, the time difference and/or the phase difference of line-to-line voltages between the reference time and the time of the zero crossing of the line-to-line voltages; comparing the time difference and/or the phase difference at the first point with the time difference and/or the phase difference at the further point; and assigning a phase conductor of the first point to a phase conductor of the further point having a same time difference and/or a same phase difference in relation to the common reference time. | 27,906 |
9,554,515 | 1. A belt pickup ( 100 ) with drive system ( 130 ) comprising: a frame ( a pickup conveyor ( a transfer conveyor ( the drive system ( | 2,084 |
9,085,686 | 1. Rubber polymer latex with a multi-layer core-shell structure, comprising based on 100 parts by weight of total monomers composing the rubber polymer latex with a multi-layer core-shell structure: a diene-based rubber core comprising from 75 to 85 parts by weight of a conjugated diene-based monomer; a bridge shell formed on the rubber core and comprising from 5 to 10 parts by weight of a vinyl-based monomer; and an outermost shell formed on the bridge shell and comprising from 10 to 15 parts by weight of an acryl-based monomer, wherein the vinyl-based monomer is a combination of an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyan monomer, and a weight ration of the aromatic vinyl monomer and the vinyl cyan monomer is from 9:1 to 7:3, wherein an average particle diameter of the diene-based rubber core is in a range from 2,000 Å to 3,000 Å, and wherein a weight ratio of the core, the bridge shell and the outermost shell is 15-17:1-2:2-3. | 1,478 |
9,273,872 | 1. A weather resistant heating system comprising: a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, and one or more openings positioned between said inlet end and said outlet end; a combustion chamber positioned within said housing; a fuel tank; a side cover; one or more electronic devices; a controls compartment at least partially defined by said side cover and said housing, wherein said one or more electronic devices are positioned within said controls compartment; said side cover includes one or more dividers extending into said controls compartment from an interior side of said side cover towards said housing, wherein said one or more dividers subdivide said controls compartment into a first compartment and an adjacent second compartment, wherein said first compartment is in fluid communication with at least one of said one or more openings of said housing and said second compartment contains said one or more electronic devices, wherein said one or more dividers deflect air and water being forced through said one or more openings of said housing into said first compartment of said controls compartment away from said one or more electronic devices of said second compartment; and wherein said housing has a first overlapping engagement outwardly from said side cover thereby cascading water from said housing onto said side cover, and wherein said side cover includes a second overlapping engagement outwardly from said fuel tank wherein said side cover extends lower than a top wall of said fuel tank thereby cascading water from said side cover past said top wall of said fuel tank. | 6,584 |
8,431,025 | 1. An apparatus for biologically processing fluid, the apparatus comprising a first reservoir containing growth medium, for supporting a biofilm thereon, and in a position where the growth medium can be covered by the fluid; a second reservoir adapted to receive fluid from the first reservoir in order to maintain the fluid, in use, out of contact with the biofilm, thereby exposing the biofilm to air in order to promote aerobic growth, the second reservoir containing growth medium for supporting a biofilm thereon; and transfer means operable to transfer fluid directly between the first reservoir and the second reservoir and directly between the second reservoir and the first reservoir and wherein the reservoirs are adapted to permit the gravity driven flow of fluid from the second reservoir to the first reservoir. | 6,337 |
9,116,856 | 1. A memory system, comprising: a first memory; a first memory controller coupled to the first memory; and a master controller module included in the first memory controller configured to perform at least one direct memory access operation to effect at least one memory-to-memory data transfer operation between the first memory and a second memory, under control of a second memory controller, using a system bus once; wherein the first memory controller including the master controller module is configured to perform operations comprising: receiving a source address and a destination address; determining whether the source address is in the first memory; determining whether the destination address is in the first memory; and copying the destination address and data stored at the source address to the second memory controller using the system bus once in response to determining that the source address is in the first memory and the destination address is not in the first memory. | 3,297 |
8,523,586 | 1. A terminating and connecting device for electrical connection of an electrical device on a solar module, comprising, a housing having a housing lower part and a housing upper part, the housing having at least one opening for inserting of at least one cable, at least one contact spring for electrically contacting at least one terminal lead extending from the electrical device, the contact spring having two contact legs connected by a back, at least one terminal element located in the housing connecting with the at least one cable, and at least one metal part via which the at least one terminal lead contacted by the contact spring can be connected to a cable connected by the terminal element in an electrical conductive manner, at least one extended actuating element is positioned in the housing upper part, and at least one top spring which has two spring legs and a back which connects the spring legs, the at least one top spring being movable relative to the at least one contact spring, wherein the at least one contact spring, the at least one terminal element and the at least one metal part are provided in the housing lower part, wherein when pressing of the housing upper part onto the housing lower part, the contact spring is moved from a first position out contact with the terminal lead into a second position contacting the terminal lead by the at least one actuating element pressing on the back of the at least one top spring so that the top spring is moved over the at least one contact spring, such that the position of at least one contact leg of the contact spring is changed by the top spring in a manner clamping the at least one terminal lead in between the contact legs. | 38,968 |
9,020,781 | 1. A method comprising: detecting one or more input signals associated with one or more memory modules by using a differential pair of transistors configuration housed on a respective memory module of the one or more memory modules, the differential pair of transistors configuration being coupled between a power supply and ground potential and coupled to an output node; generating, by using the differential pair of transistors configuration, one or more output signals based on at least a subset of the detected one or more input signals; using a voltage divider coupled to a base of a second transistor of the differential pair and operable to provide as a reference signal a programmable reference voltage between zero and an operating voltage of the respective memory module, and a first transistor of the differential pair coupled to the power supply; using a first resistor configurable to be coupled to the base of the second transistor and the voltage divider; using a second resistor configurable to be coupled to the base of the second transistor, and further coupled to a preselected reference voltage, wherein the first resistor is installed when the programmable reference voltage is applied; and wherein the second resistor is installed when the preselected reference voltage is applied; routing the one or more output signals to an area external to the associated one or more memory modules; and generating a first parameter information based on the one or more output signals, wherein the first parameter information is indicative of activity on the associated one or more memory modules, and wherein the area external to the associated one or more memory modules is only for enabling display of the first parameter information. | 21,307 |
9,476,890 | 1. An antibody operably linked to a substance, wherein the antibody is capable of binding CD163 and wherein the substance is a prophylactic or therapeutic medicament, wherein the antibody is capable of activating uptake into a CD163-presenting cell, and wherein the antibody is capable of binding to a region in one or more of the SRCR domains D1-D9 of CD163. | 45,456 |
8,392,517 | 1. A computer implemented method of clarifying electronic communication between an originator and a recipient, comprising: providing an application software on one or more of an originator communication device and a recipient communication device; declaring characteristics of an originating message using said application software on said originator communication device, wherein said declaration specifies intent of communication and linguistic type of communication of said originating message, wherein said declaration is used for categorization by said application software on said recipient communication device and formulation of a first response message by said recipient; transmitting said originating message with said declared characteristics to said recipient communication device via a communication network; recognizing said declared characteristics of said transmitted originating message by said application software on said recipient communication device, wherein said recognition enables said recipient to formulate said first response message to said transmitted originating message; categorizing said transmitted originating message by said application software on said recipient communication device based on said recognized declared characteristics of said transmitted originating message; determining requirement of said first response message as a reply to said transmitted originating message, by said application software on said recipient communication device; generating a plurality of response message templates on said recipient communication device based on said categorization on determining said requirement of said first response message, wherein said response message templates declare characteristics of said first response message, wherein said declaration specifies intent of communication and linguistic type of communication of said first response message, wherein said recipient selects one of said generated response message templates for creating said first response message to be transmitted to said originator; and transmitting said created first response message to said originator communication device via said communication network; whereby said declaration of said characteristics of said originating message and said first response message clarifies said electronic communication between said originator and said recipient. | 37,391 |
9,694,544 | 1. A machine implemented method for generating three-dimensional toolpath signals for controlling a three dimensional printer, the method comprising: receiving a three-dimensional geometry; slicing the three-dimensional geometry into a plurality of layers; generating an isotropic fill material toolpath signal for controlling the three dimensional printer to deposit a substantially isotropic fill material along an isotropic fill toolpath, wherein the generated isotropic toolpath signal defines at least part of a perimeter of a first layer of the plurality of layers; generating a first anisotropic fill material toolpath signal for controlling the three dimensional printer to deposit a substantially anisotropic fill material along a first anisotropic fill toolpath, wherein an anisotropic characteristic of the substantially anisotropic fill material is oriented relative to a trajectory of the first anisotropic fill toolpath, and wherein the generated first anisotropic toolpath signal defines at least part of an interior of the first layer of the plurality of layers; and transmitting motion command signals corresponding to the isotropic fill material toolpath signal and the first anisotropic fill material toolpath signal to the three dimensional printer, the option command signals configured to control the three dimensional printer to print a 3D printed part by: | 22,175 |
9,514,261 | 1. A computer-implemented system, comprising: a non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing data representing a circuit design comprising a plurality of circuits, each circuit comprising a plurality of devices to be fabricated in respective tiers of a three dimensional integrated circuit (3D IC) comprising a plurality of tiers; a processor which is programmable, configured to: group the circuits into a plurality of groups based on at least one of a plurality of categories included in a group consisting of an electrical constraint, a symmetry in circuit patterns, and a network, wherein each group of the plurality of groups has an area; and assign the plurality of groups to be fabricated in respective tiers of the 3D IC so as to minimize differences in sizes of areas between a total areas of the groups assigned to each respective tier. | 24,472 |
9,794,893 | 1. A wireless communication control method of controlling a plurality of base stations in a wireless communication system in which the plurality of base stations cover a target area with radio waves of a first radio wave strength or more, the wireless communication control method causing a computer to execute: a step of acquiring a relative positional relationship of the plurality of base stations; a step of identifying a base station, located in a neighborhood of a boundary of the target area, based on the relative positional relationship of the plurality of base stations; and a step of lowering transmission power of radio waves of a base station other than the identified base station among the plurality of base stations. | 7,085 |
8,387,319 | 1. Spacer element for supporting and retaining a peripheral edge portion of a photovoltaic panel assembly spacedly over a rooftop corrugated sheet supported by underlying rooftop frame elements, said spacer element including: a) a unitary main body being generally U-shaped and defining a base leg and two opposite first and second legs, said first leg being shorter than said second leg and having an oblong bore, said second leg having an intermediate ridge section extending parallel to said oblong bore and toward the plane of said first leg and forming a web and two diverging walls, said web closely spaced from said first leg parallel thereto, a screw aperture made centrally into said web and axially clearing said shorter first leg, said first and second legs defining inner walls facing each other and opposite outer walls, said second leg intermediate ridge section outer wall for abutting in conformingly fit fashion against a longitudinal rib of the corrugated sheet, a fraction of said first leg outer wall for supporting a peripheral edge portion of the photovoltaic panel assembly; b) a screw member engaging said main body screw aperture for anchoring said main body to the supporting rooftop frame elements through the corrugated sheet; c) an L-shape bracket, defining inner and outer legs, said bracket inner leg abutting against said main body first leg outer wall, said bracket outer leg for abutting sideways against a registering portion of the peripheral edge portion of photovoltaic panel assembly, and d) a first nut and bolt member engaging said first oblong bore and adjustably interlocking said L-shape bracket to said spacer element main body wherein said L-shape bracket is movable relative to said main body along an axis parallel to said main body ridge section for adjustment of the photovoltaic panel assembly in a plane parallel to the rooftop corrugated sheet. | 6,929 |
9,083,342 | 1. A method, comprising: electrically connecting power domains in a device to one another by a number of control devices during a wake-up mode of the device, the device comprising circuits each in a corresponding one of the power domains, and the circuits being disabled during the wake-up mode of the device; electrically disconnecting the power domains from one another by the number of control devices during a normal mode after the wake-up mode of the device; and enabling the circuits in the normal mode. | 48,345 |
8,696,909 | 1. A device comprising a) a first unit for at least one of hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration of blood; and, b) a second unit for processing blood and dialysate from the first unit, the second unit comprising and wherein the first and second pluralities of permselective hollow fiber membranes are not pretreated with any extracellular matrix components and have polar-dispersive ratios on the lumen side which are greater than 1. | 33,073 |
8,899,512 | 1. An air intake structure for an aircraft turbojet engine, the air intake structure comprising: an air intake lip provided with at least a first acoustic attenuation panel comprising a structuring skin and, as acoustic absorption material, a porous material fastened on said skin, wherein the air intake structure comprises a pneumatic de-icing compartment defined in particular by said lip and by an inner partition, said inner partition closing said pneumatic de-icing compartment and comprising a return being fastened on a common sheet, and said first acoustic attenuation panel is an open-cell porous material capable of resisting a temperature of up to 200° C. and having high heat conductivity, wherein a centering member directly connected to a shroud is fastened on the common sheet partially covering said first acoustic attenuation panel on an opposite side to said structuring skin. | 21,165 |
9,836,824 | 1. A method, comprising: obtaining de-noised reconstructed tomographic image data; generating noisy edge image data by multiplying noise image data and an edge map, wherein the noise image data represents noise removed from reconstructed tomographic image data used to generate the de-noised reconstructed tomographic image data; weighting the noisy edge image data with a predetermined weight by multiplying the noisy edge image data by the weight; and adding the weighted noisy edge image data to the de-noised reconstructed tomographic image data, which edge improves a sub-set of the de-noised reconstructed tomographic image data corresponding to edges of structure represented in the de-noised reconstructed tomographic image data. | 43,180 |
8,928,282 | 1. A control system for an assembled battery that controls an assembled battery comprising a plurality of cells, comprising: a bypass circuit connected in parallel to each cell of the plurality of cells, and comprising a switching element and a resistor connected in series; and a control circuit that controls a bypass current flowing in the bypass circuit by opening and closing the switching element, in order to discharge the cell; wherein the bypass circuit is set so that a current equal to or less than a natural self-discharge current of the cell in a predetermined overcharged state of the cell flows in the bypass circuit; wherein the self-discharge current of the cell is calculated based on a rated capacity of the cell and on a rate of change in a State Of Charge (SOC) of the cell due to self-discharge; and wherein the self-discharge current of the cell is calculated based on the rate of change in the SOC of the cell at a SOC value that is obtained by subtracting a SOC control width of the assembled battery from a value of the SOC of the cell in the predetermined overcharged state at which a gas release vent valve of the cell operates. | 20,273 |
8,558,474 | 1. A lighting system, comprising: a transformer having a primary winding on a receiving path and a secondary winding on a delivering path, the receiving path receiving electric energy regulated based on a dimming angle, the received electric energy being delivered by the delivering path; a secondary switch being switched on to couple a light source with the delivering path to emit light in response to the delivered electric energy and being switched off to decouple the light source from the delivering path; and a dimming controller configured to detect the dimming angle based on an electrical property of the delivering path, and switch on and switch off the secondary switch based on the dimming angle, the dimming controller including a counter configured to provide a count based on a voltage signal on the secondary winding. | 27,534 |
9,258,681 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, one or more wireless network access point identifiers and signal strengths for a geographic area; quantizing, by the one or more processors, the received signal strengths into a plurality of quantized signal strengths for each received wireless network access point identifier; and generating, by the one or more processors, for each received wireless network access point identifier, a map including a plurality of representative rectangles, each rectangle of the plurality representing an equivalent quantized signal strength. | 39,692 |
9,435,294 | 1. An engine apparatus, comprising: an exhaust gas purifier configured to purify exhaust gas from an engine and mounted above the engine through a mounting base, wherein an L-shaped heat conductive bracket is disposed on an outer surface of the exhaust gas purifier that is closer to the engine, a sensor fastening portion is integrally formed on a portion of a flange disposed on the exhaust gas purifier, the heat conductive bracket being detachably attached to the sensor fastening portion, on a horizontal plate portion of an upper surface of the heat conductive bracket is affixed an exhaust pressure sensor for detecting pressure of the exhaust gas of the exhaust gas purifier, on a vertical plate portion on a side surface of the heat conductive bracket is affixed an exhaust gas temperature sensor that detects temperature of the exhaust gas of the exhaust gas purifier, and on the heat conductive bracket, each of the horizontal plate portion, the vertical plate portion, and the sensor fastening portion have fastening surfaces oriented in differing directions relative to each other. | 21,444 |
8,830,934 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: actively receiving on a first radio access technology (RAT); and actively transmitting on a second radio access technology (RAT) while selectively filtering the transmissions from the second RAT to attenuate in-band power on a selected frequency range to reduce interference to receptions of the first RAT, wherein: | 16,061 |
9,830,105 | 1. A method of performing data migration, the method comprising: duplicating multiple source snaps to generate multiple respective target snaps, each of the source snaps being a point-in-time version of a source data object; generating an internal snap of the source data object, the internal snap being a point-in-time version of the source data object; performing a data mirroring operation, the data mirroring operation including (i) receiving, over time, multiple IO (Input/Output) requests specifying respective data to be written to the source data object, (ii) writing the data specified in the IO requests both to the source data object and to a target data object, the target data object providing a migrated version of the source data object, and (iii) marking a bitmap to indicate locations within the source data object at which the data specified in the IO requests are written; and while performing the data mirroring operation, simultaneously performing a filtering copy operation, the filtering copy operation including (i) in response to the bitmap not being marked for a first location within the source data object, copying a set of data at a corresponding first location of the internal snap to the target data object, and (ii) in response to the bitmap being marked for a second location within the source data object, performing no copying of data at a corresponding second location of the internal snap to the target data object, wherein the method further comprises: | 25,199 |
9,087,308 | 1. A method for developing an asset by competition, comprising: installing and configuring a master software environment for development or testing of a software asset in an online competition; saving a copy of the master software environment as a virtual image suitable for use with a virtual machine in a cloud computing infrastructure; receiving indicia of interest in the online competition for development or testing of the software asset from a plurality of competitors; in response to the receipt of the indicia of interest in the competition, automatically allocating a virtual machine in a cloud computing infrastructure to each of the competitors and configuring the allocated virtual machines with a copy of the virtual image, each virtual machine configured to provide elements of the master software environment to the respective competitor via the virtual image for use in development or testing of the software asset by the respective competitor during the competition; automatically communicating access information for each of the allocated virtual machines in the cloud computing environment to the respective competitors via a communications network, thereby providing the competitors with use of a virtual machine configured with an identical copy of the master software environment for the competition; and upon selecting a winner of the online competition, allocating to the winner a virtual machine configured with the master software environment for building and testing changes required by a reviewer of a winning submission made by the winner during the competition. | 37,827 |
8,496,573 | 1. A swimming capsule for navigation in a cavity comprising: a main body; at least one tail connected to the main body; at least two coils disposed on each tail such that the at least two coils are responsive to a magnetic field interacting with the at least two coils such that a force is exerted on the at least one tail; a driving circuit communicating with the at least two coils to provide current to the at least two coils to affect interaction with the magnetic field and control the forces exerted on the at least one tail. | 2,846 |
8,411,580 | 1. A method of maintaining cached information at an end user terminal of a telecommunication system, the cached information comprising capability information for one or more other end user terminals and/or associated subscribers and the cached information being used to control the establishment of communication channels between terminals, the method comprising: predefining both of the following events, which are indicative of a change in a terminal's capabilities: examining incoming signalling messages received from peer terminals to determine whether or not one of said events has occurred; and if one of said events has occurred, reacting by refreshing the cached information for the end user terminal. | 9,024 |
8,882,810 | 1. A method of using an interspinous spacer having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition, the method comprising the steps of: a) inserting the interspinous spacer in its collapsed condition into an interspinous space of a patient that has been selected for spinal fusion, b) expanding the interspinous spacer, and c) fusing at least a portion of the spine of the patient, wherein the interspinous spacer comprises: wherein the first and second bodies are slidingly received in the housing, and wherein the first body slidingly engages the second body. | 47,608 |
9,476,494 | 1. A flexible externally toothed gear for a wave gear device comprising: a boss constituted by a disc- or ring-shaped rigid body; a diaphragm plate that is continuous with an outer circumferential part of the boss and extends outward in a radial direction of the boss; a cylindrical cup body, continuous with a round outer periphery part of the diaphragm plate, that extends in a direction of a central axis of the boss and is capable of flexing in a radial direction thereof; and external teeth formed on a part of an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical cup body at a side of an open end of the cylindrical cup body; the diaphragm plate being inclined with respect to a perpendicular plane that is perpendicular to the central axis, the diaphragm plate being inclined in a direction such that an outer periphery part of the diaphragm plate moves away from the open end of the cylindrical cup body, from an inner periphery part of the diaphragm plate toward the outer periphery part of the diaphragm plate, the outer periphery part of the diaphragm plate being continuous with the cylindrical cup body, and the inner periphery part of the diaphragm plate being continuous with the outer circumferential part of the boss, wherein: an inner end surface of the diaphragm plate on a side of the open end is smoothly continuous with an inner end surface of the boss on a side of the open end, and an outer end surface of the diaphragm plate on an opposite side to the open end is smoothly continuous with a round outer circumferential surface of the boss, and wherein, and when bisected by a plane along the central axis, the inner end surface of the boss is defined by an inner straight line perpendicular to the central axis, the inner end surface of the diaphragm plate is defined by an inner convexly curved line that is smoothly continuous with an endpoint of the inner straight line and convexly curved inward, and an inner inclined straight line that is smoothly continuous with an endpoint of the inner convexly curved line, the inner inclined straight line is inclined at a first angle of inclination with respect to the inner straight line defining the inner end surface of the boss in a direction such that an endpoint thereof nearer the cylindrical CUP body moves away from the inner end surface of the boss with respect to the endpoint nearer the boss, an outer end surface of the boss on a side opposite the inner end surface of the boss is defined by an outer straight line that is perpendicular to the central axis, a round outer circumferential surface of the boss continuous with an outer periphery of the outer end surface of the boss is defined by an outer circumference straight line that bends back to extend from a endpoint of the outer straight line toward the inner end surface of the boss, the outer end surface of the diaphragm plate is defined by a concavely curved line that tis smoothly continuous with an endpoint of the outer circumference straight line and curves concavely inward, a second concavely curved line that is smoothly continuous with an endpoint of the first concavely curved line and curves concavely inward, a third concavely curved line that is smoothly continuous with an endpoint of the second concavely curved line, and an outer inclined straight line that is smoothly continuous with an endpoint of the third concavely curved line, the radii of curvature of the first concavely curved line, the second concavely curved line, and the third concavely curved line are set so as to increase in that order, and the outer inclined straight line is inclined at a second angle of inclination, smaller than the first angle of inclination, in a same direction as the inner inclined straight line. | 42,161 |
9,382,634 | 1. A method for aluminum electroplating, comprising the steps of: preparing a plating solution for aluminum electroplating containing at least (1) a dialkyl sulfone, (2) an aluminum halide, and (3) a nitrogen-containing compound, characterized in that the blending proportions of the dialkyl sulfone, the aluminum halide, and the nitrogen-containing compound in a preparation of a plating solution are such that per 10 mol of the dialkyl sulfone, the aluminum halide is 3.5+n to 4.2+n mol, and the nitrogen-containing compound is n mol (wherein n is 0.001 to 2.0 mol), and conducting an electroplating treatment with the plating solution at a temperature of 25 to less than 80° C. | 40,586 |
9,408,261 | 1. A circuit for timing a duration of any removed portion of a rectified line signal, the circuit comprising: an input to be coupled to receive the rectified line signal; a voltage divider coupled to the input to yield a divided rectified line signal; a first comparator coupled to compare the divided rectified line signal with a first threshold voltage and to output a comparison result; and a timer coupled to the first comparator and responsive to the comparison result to time the duration of the removed portion of the rectified line signal. | 24,966 |
9,665,080 | 1. An arrangement for communicating data between a control system of a power tool and a computing device, the arrangement comprising: a control system of the power tool, the control system comprising at least one electronic control unit, ECU, a computing device provided externally of the power tool, a connecting unit interconnecting the computing device and the control system, the connecting unit comprising a data connection, wherein the at least one ECU has a passive service mode and an active service mode, wherein an allowed power consumption is significantly lower in the passive service mode than in the active service mode, wherein the computing device is operable to transmit a wake-up communication signal to the at least one ECU when the at least one ECU is in the passive service mode, the wake-up communication signal comprising an ID of a selected ECU out of the at least one ECU, wherein the selected ECU is operable to switch from the passive service mode to the active service mode as a response to detecting its ID in the wake-up communication signal, so as to allow communication of data between the selected ECU and the computing device via the data connection, wherein the at least one ECU enters a transitional start-up mode in response to detection of a voltage supply and wherein the computing device is operable to trigger each of the at least one ECU to switch from the transitional start-up mode to the passive service mode by transmitting a passive service mode initiating signal via the data connection. | 13,385 |
9,718,366 | 1. An electric vehicle comprising: an electric motor for generating driving power for moving a vehicle body of the electric vehicle; a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor; an outside electric power supply connection unit connected to an outside electric power supply for supplying the electric power to be charged; a control device for controlling switching between a first connection state in which the battery is connected to the electric motor and a second connection state in which the battery is connected to the outside electric power supply connection unit, the control device including a volatile memory; and a switch for opening and closing a power supply path connected to the control device; wherein when one of the first connection state and the second connection state is switched to the other connection state, the switch opens the power supply path to cut off electric power supply to the control device for a specified time, and the control device performs control in the other connection state, in a state in which the control device is reset. | 17,048 |
9,147,687 | 1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: preparing a template having a three dimensional (3D) stair type structure formed in intaglio; forming an imprint pattern having the stair type structure using the template; and simultaneously forming a stair type pattern on a substrate using the imprint pattern. | 42,931 |
9,018,846 | 1. An illumination device comprising: a full wave rectifier for converting an alternating current (AC) supply into a direct current (DC); a current limiting diode (CLD) module coupled in series to an output of the full wave rectifier, the CLD module comprising at least two CLDs in series; and a light emitting diode (LED) module coupled in series between an output of the CLD module and the full wave rectifier, the LED module comprising a plurality of LEDs; wherein a pulsed (DC) forward current having a truncated waveform is supplied to the LED module. | 38,346 |
9,105,835 | 1. An air-coupled ultrasonic sensor, comprising: a closed-end cylindrical case including an opening portion at one end in its axial direction and a bottom surface at another end; a piezoelectric oscillator firmly fixed onto an inner bottom surface of the closed-end cylindrical case; an open-end cylindrical case including opening portions at both ends in its axial direction; and a thin film firmly fixed on one of the opening portions at one end of the open-end cylindrical case, wherein the open-end cylindrical case is fitted to the closed-end cylindrical case, and has a structure capable of moving along a side wall of the closed-end cylindrical case. | 31,116 |
9,144,016 | 1. A method in a radio base station for transmitting an information signal in a radio communications network, which radio base station is arranged to operate in a time structure associated with a clock and arranged to transmit an information signal associated with the time structure, and which radio base station is comprised in the radio communications network, the method comprises: transmitting the information signal repeatedly with a first frequency over a first period of time, and transmitting the same information signal repeatedly with a second frequency over a second period of time, wherein the first frequency is lower than the second frequency and the first period of time is longer than the second period of time, which information signal is to be received by a user equipment enabling the user equipment to synchronize to the time structure in the radio base station. | 590 |
8,708,077 | 1. A grille shutter apparatus adapted to be arranged at a grille opening portion at a frontal portion of a vehicle body, comprising: a frame shaping a flow path of air flowing into the vehicle body from the grille opening portion; a movable fin rotationally supported by the frame and configured to control a flow amount of the air by providing an opening movement and a closing movement; the movable fin including a fin portion and rotary shafts to be rotationally supported by the frame; the rotary shafts including exposure portions arranged on the flow path of the air; first shielding walls extending radially outward of the rotary shafts and respectively provided at the exposure portions; and a second shielding wall arranged at an upstream side of the air that flows in relative to the exposure portions and extending in a direction intersecting a direction of the air that flows in. | 22,942 |
8,591,426 | 1. A light-emitting sensor device comprising: a substrate; an irradiating part, disposed on said substrate, for applying light to a specimen; a light receiving part, disposed on said substrate, for detecting light from the specimen caused by the applied light; a light scattering part, adapted to be disposed at least one of between said irradiating part and the specimen and between the specimen and said light receiving part, for scattering at least one of light emitted from said irradiating part and the light from the specimen; and a front plate disposed to face said substrate, on a front surface side where the specimen is disposed with respect to said substrate, wherein said light scattering part is disposed to wrap around said front plate and has a higher elasticity than an elasticity of said front plate. | 2,242 |
9,064,045 | 1. A system for generating a report identifying a therapeutic agent for an individual with mesothelioma comprising: a. at least one nucleic acid sequencing device configured to assay a plurality of molecular targets in a biological sample from the individual to determine molecular profile test values for the plurality of molecular targets, wherein the molecular targets comprise BRAF, EGFR, PDGFRA, and PI3K; b. at least one computer database comprising: c. a computer-readable program code comprising instructions to input the molecular profile test values and to compare each of the molecular profile test values with a corresponding reference value from the at least one computer database in (b)(i); d. a computer-readable program code comprising instructions to access the at least one computer database and to identify at least one therapeutic agent from the listing of available therapeutic agents for the plurality of molecular targets wherein the comparison to the reference values in (c) indicates a likely benefit of the at least one therapeutic agent; and e. a computer-readable program code comprising instructions to generate a report that comprises a listing of all the molecular targets for which the comparison to the reference value indicated a likely benefit of the at least one therapeutic agent in (d) and the at least one therapeutic agent identified in (d). | 36,582 |
8,426,990 | 1. Turbine device ( 1 ) for a hydropower plant, with a turbine wheel ( 3 ) rotating around a particularly vertically orientated turbine rotation axis ( 2 ) and having turbine vanes ( 4 ) fitted in a, particularly fixed, angle to the turbine wheel ( 3 ), with a generator that converts the mechanical rotation energy of the turbine wheel ( 3 ) into electrical energy, where the generator is particularly a ring generator ( 5 ), with a circular rotor ( 6 ) and an accordingly circularly arranged stator ( 7 ), characterized by the fact that the turbine rotation axis ( 2 ) is coupled to the rotor ( 6 ) in a rotationally fixed manner and the rotation around the turbine rotation axis ( 2 ) is carried out by a hollow shaft ( 8 ), with a cup-like receptacle ( 9 ) into which a fixed journal ( 10 ) with circumjacently arranged movable bearings ( 11 ) is particularly directly inserted, and the turbine wheel ( 3 ) and the rotor ( 6 ) are rotable around the journal ( 10 ); characterized by the fact that the cup-like receptacle ( | 20,552 |
8,945,246 | 1. A method for producing a liquefied fuel oil, comprising adding, to biomass comprising lignocellulose, a solvent comprising an organic solvent and having a moisture content adjusted to 10 to 25 wt %, including the moisture contained in the biomass, and liquefying the biomass at a temperature of 250 to 350° C., wherein the organic solvent is n-dodecane or n-hexadecane, and wherein the moisture content is calculated based on the formula: | 25,150 |
9,586,489 | 1. A battery pack discharging device, comprising: a hand-held member having a handle portion, first and second extension members, first and second guide tabs, first and second conductive members and a resistor electrically coupled between the first and second conductive members, the handle portion and the first and second extension members extending from the handle portion in a first direction, the resistor being disposed in the handle portion, the first and second guide tabs extending from the handle portion in the first direction, the first and second guide tabs being disposed proximate to first and second sides, respectively, of the first extension member, the hand-held member having at least one aperture extending therethrough such that airflow through the aperture cools the resistor; and a docking station having a housing and first and second contact members disposed in the housing, the housing having first and second apertures extending therethrough, the hand-held member configured to be at least partially disposed in the first and second apertures, respectively, of the housing such that the first and second conductive members contact the first and second contact members, respectively, for discharging a battery pack. | 5,668 |
9,668,169 | 1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: generating a frame having one or more bits that indicate both a minimum bandwidth and a maximum bandwidth for communicating in a network, wherein different values of the one or more bits map to different combinations of minimum and maximum bandwidths, and wherein at least one of the different values maps to at least two different combinations of minimum and maximum bandwidths; and outputting the frame for transmission in the network. | 20,350 |
8,806,472 | 1. A method performed within a network element, comprising: receiving new software to be installed on the network element having an active controller card and a backup controller card, wherein the new software comprises metadata describing a format used by the new software to store and access state information of the network element; installing the new software on the backup controller card; synchronizing an active state of the network element on the backup controller card, wherein the active state is associated with an old software running on the network element; and translating the active state that is synchronized on the backup controller card using the metadata to the format used by the new software, wherein the active state that is translated using the metadata includes at least one of a traffic forwarding table, user session information, and subscriber session information, wherein the active state that is translated has been dynamically built up during runtime and is used to control how the network element handles data traffic, and wherein the metadata that is used to translate the active state describes a structure and fields of an active state data structure to be used by the new software, wherein the translating further comprises performing at least one of: | 2,651 |
9,172,599 | 1. A system to facilitate resilient network communications, the system comprising: a folded clos network comprising a plurality of tier 1 routers in communication with a plurality of tier 2 routers, the folded clos network configured to facilitate communication between client computing devices of the plurality of tier 1 routers; and a throwback router in communication with the plurality of tier 2 routers; wherein individual tier 2 routers of the plurality of tier 2 routers are configured to: wherein the throwback router is configured to: | 17,778 |
8,708,073 | 1. A generator unit comprising: at least one generator for producing electrical power; a first exhaust gas turbocharger provided as a high-pressure exhaust gas turbocharger; a second exhaust gas turbocharger provided as a low-pressure exhaust gas turbocharger; a compressor unit including at least two compressors connected in series, the at least two compressors including a high-pressure compressor and a low-pressure compressor, a flow channel which connects a flow output of the low-pressure compressor to a flow input of the high-pressure compressor, a turbine unit including a turbine and a further turbine and operatively connected to the compressor unit, a combustion chamber being situated between the compressor unit and the turbine unit; and an injection device for injecting fuel into the flow channel between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, wherein the second exhaust gas turbocharger includes the low-pressure compressor and the turbine, and wherein an output shaft of the turbine is operatively connected to a drive shaft of the low-pressure compressor, wherein the first exhaust gas turbocharger includes the high-pressure compressor and the further turbine, and wherein an output shaft of the further turbine is operatively connected to a drive shaft of the high-pressure compressor, wherein the output shaft of the turbine and the drive shaft of the low-pressure compressor are developed separately from the output shaft of the further turbine and from the drive shaft of the high-pressure compressor. | 37,772 |
8,914,964 | 1. A hemming working method for carrying out hemming working for a hem portion of a work, comprising: rotatably supporting a work roller with a rotating shaft to define a work roller rotation axis; moving the work roller with a moving means to a predetermined position; rotating the work roller; moving the work roller along the work roller rotation axis relative to the moving means while hemming working the hem portion of the work in a state that the work roller is in contact with the hem portion of the work; movably supporting a guide roller with the moving means; decreasing a distance between the work roller and the guide roller to pinch the work between the work roller and the guide roller; and moving at least one of the work roller rotation axis and a guide roller rotation axis so as to change a measure of an angle made at a meeting of the work roller rotation axis and the guide roller rotation axis. | 29,256 |
8,860,936 | 1. A method of inspecting a silicone hydrogel ophthalmic lens housed in a container with packaging solution that is moving through a manufacturing line comprising (a) illuminating the ophthalmic lens with radiation comprising one or more members of the group consisting of visible, ultraviolet, or infrared radiation to create a first image; (b) transferring the first image to an intermediate storage area (c) illuminating the ophthalmic lens with radiation comprising one or more members of the group consisting of visible, ultraviolet, or infrared radiation to generate a second image, provided that the illuminating radiation of step (c) is different from the illuminating radiation of step (a) (d) transferring the first image from the intermediate storage area to an image capturing device (e) transferring the second image to the intermediate storage area (f) transferring the second image to the image capturing device (g) comparing the first image to the second image when viewed from the image capturing device to determine if the ophthalmic lens contains defects. | 26,224 |
9,466,851 | 1. A fuel-cell gas diffusion layer that is obtained by forming a conductive porous layer on one surface of a sheet-shaped diffusion-layer base material and that is stacked on a membrane electrode assembly in a state in which the conductive porous layer is in contact with a catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, wherein the conductive porous layer comprises: a porous conductive member formed so as to have a porosity distribution substantially uniform in a stacking direction with respect to the membrane electrode assembly and formed so as to have a density of carbon substantially uniform in a stacking direction with respect to the membrane electrode assembly; and a water-repellent member that is arranged dispersedly across an inside of the porous conductive member, and wherein, when a ratio of a surface of the conductive member to a surface that is exposed without being covered with the water-repellent member is defined as an exposure ratio, the exposure ratio of a surface, on a catalyst layer side, of the conductive porous layer, is higher than the exposure ratio, on the diffusion-layer base material side, of the conductive porous layer. | 28,787 |
9,102,060 | 1. A method to control a multiple-machine arrangement comprising at least a first robot operated by a first controller and a second robot operated by a second controller, said method comprising the steps of: generating specific robot-operating data packages respectively for said first controller and said second controller, said first controller being in an initial first controller state that defines operation of said first robot by said first controller, and said second controller being in an initial second controller state that defines operation of said second robot by said second controller; transferring the specific robot-operating data packages respectively to the first controller and to the second controller, and downloading the transferred specific robot-operating data package respectively to said first controller and at said second controller; at respective points in time after said transferring of said specific robot-operating data packages, selectively activating the respective specific robot-operating data packages in said first controller and in said second controller; in each of said first and second controllers, after selectively activating the respective specific robot-operating data package therefor, automatically checking whether the respective controller, or the respective robot operated thereby, is in a current state that allows the activating of the respective specific robot-operating data package; and only when said checking at the respective controller indicates said selective activating is allowed for both of said first and second controllers, copying data in the respective specific robot-operating data packages respectively into the first controller and the second controller, and thereby converting said first and second controllers at said respective points in time to an updated state in which each of said first and second controllers is updated compared to said initial first state and said initial second state, by being configured respectively to implement operation of said first and second robots according to said data in said specific robot-operating data packages. | 23,626 |
8,971,446 | 1. A method for determining predistortion data for a power amplifier comprising: generating a baseband signal comprising sequential complex samples generated at a predetermined sample rate to obtain samples of the baseband signal; capturing one of the samples of the baseband signal and a sample of an output signal generated by the power amplifier from the captured sample of the baseband signal; assigning, iteratively, complex values to a complex factor such that a product of the captured sample of the baseband signal and the complex factor converges with each iterative assignment towards equivalence to the captured sample of the output signal; and storing, as the predistortion data, the complex factor in a memory at an address associated with a value of the captured sample of the baseband signal. | 16,885 |
8,989,142 | 1. A method in a first network element of a wireless communications network, the method comprising: receiving a first message from a mobility management entity (MME), the first message associated with causing a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) procedure to move a User Equipment (UE) from the first network element to a second network element; determining that Packet Switched Handover (PS HO) is not available for the CSFB procedure because the UE has only one or more Local IP Access (LIPA) packet data network (PDN) connections at the first network element; and sending a second message to the UE in response to said determining, wherein the second message is a signaling message to trigger a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection release with redirection to the second network element, where the signaling message to trigger the RRC connection release comprises one or more physical cell identities and associated system information if the second network element is a Global System for Mobile Enhanced Data Rates for Global System for Mobile Evolution Radio Access Network (GERAN) base station or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) base station, and the UE and the wireless communications network support “RRC connection release with redirection and Multi Cell System Information to GERAN/UTRAN.” | 39,731 |
9,386,649 | 1. A method for controlling at least one LED strip including a multiplicity of LEDs connected in series, wherein each of the LEDs is separately connected by a switching element and a controller connects the switching elements for connecting the LEDs by outputting drive pulses, wherein the brightness generated by the LEDs is adjusted by means of pulse-width modulation by changing the ON period of an LED within a drive frame, and the LEDs connected in series are driven temporally offset to one another, the method comprising the steps of: in the event of a shift in the on-time of at least one LED, the controller inserts at least one additional drive pulse to switch on the LEDs if the interval of the on-times of an LED in the time frame before the shift and in the drive frame after the shift is so large that the interval arising therefrom exceeds a first threshold, and/or the controller reduces at least one drive pulse for switching on the LEDs to curtail the on-time of the LEDs if the interval of the on-times of an LED in the time frame before the shift and in the time frame after the shift is so small that the interval arising therefrom drops below a second threshold. | 18,047 |
9,110,042 | 1. A clinical specimen processing system including a clinical specimen processing apparatus situated at a user facility and maintenance management device situated in at a maintenance facility located in a building different from the user facility, the clinical specimen processing apparatus comprising: a liquid transport system including a liquid supply, a pressure regulator, a liquid flow passage and a pressurized chamber coupled to the liquid supply and the pressure regulator, the pressurized chamber including a float switch responsive to a quantity of liquid in the pressurized chamber; at least one memory that stores programs executable by at least one processor of a computer system within the clinical specimen processing apparatus, wherein, in response to a signal from the float switch, the processor executes the programs to: activate the pressure regulator to transport liquid from the liquid supply to the pressurized chamber through the liquid flow passage; deactivate the pressure regulator when the float switch detects that a required amount of liquid has been transported to the pressurized chamber; measure an amount of time elapsed between a beginning and an end of the liquid transport; and when detecting that the required amount of liquid has been transported from the liquid supply to the pressurized chamber, diagnose the liquid transport system by: (a) determining whether the measured elapsed time falls within a first time range, wherein when the measured elapsed time is determined to fall within the first time range, the at least one processor diagnoses the liquid transport system as being in a normal condition; (b) determining whether the measured elapsed time falls within a second time range, wherein when the measured elapsed time is determined to fall within the second time range, the at least one processor diagnoses the liquid transport system as being in a warning condition, the controller does not display an alert message on the display and stores and transmits warning information to the maintenance management device over a network; and (c) determining whether the measured elapsed time falls within a third time range, wherein when the measured elapsed time is determined to fall within the third time range, the at least one processor diagnoses the liquid transport system as being in an error condition, the controller displays an alert message on the display and stores and transmits error information to the maintenance management device over the network, the maintenance management device comprising: a maintenance management device display; at least one memory that stores an error log and programs executable by a processor of a computer system within the maintenance management device, wherein, in response to receiving the warning information or the error information, the processor executes the programs to: classify the warning information or the error information in the error log; calculate the number of times each warning information and error information is received, and display on the maintenance management device a maintenance alert if the warning information or error information occurs more than a predetermined number of times. | 15,582 |
9,274,105 | 1. A method for identifying an antibody using an integrated chromatography-immunoassay system, comprising: receiving, by a chromatographic unit, labeled nano-structured probes comprising nano particles, and Raman markers and antibodies attached to the nano particles; allowing the labeled nano-structured probes comprising the nano particles and the associated Raman markers and the antibodies to diffuse through a test membrane comprising coating antigens; allowing the antibodies on the associated nano particles with the associated Raman markers to bind to the coating antigens on the test membrane; illuminating the labeled nano-structured probes having the Raman markers, and the antibodies bound to the coating antigens on the test membrane by a laser light; obtaining a Raman spectrum from light scattered with a spectral analyzer from the labeled nano-structured probes having the antibodies bound to the coating antigens on the test membrane; and identifying a spectral signature related to the Raman markers in the Raman spectrum associated with the antibody-antigen pair, which enables detection and identification of at least one of the antibodies attached to the nano particles. | 32,441 |
8,708,272 | 1. A landing gear door that covers retractable landing gear of an aircraft when the landing gear is retracted during flight, and shifts outwardly when the landing gear is deployed, the landing gear door comprising: a door structure defining first and second opposite sides having first and second opposite surfaces, respectively, and edge surfaces extending between the first and second sides, the door structure further defining an internal structure disposed between the first and second opposite sides, wherein the door structure defines a porous surface on at least one of the first and second opposite side surfaces, and wherein the internal structure defines a plurality of internal acoustic chambers each defining a first end that is acoustically connected to the porous surface such that at least a substantial portion of sound entering the acoustic chamber at the first end is absorbed by the internal structure of the landing gear door; wherein each of the plurality of internal acoustic chambers defines a second end disposed in spaced relationship to the porous surface, with a length extending between each of the first ends and second ends and wherein at least one of the plurality of internal acoustic chambers includes first and second portions that extend transverse relative to each other at an angle in the range of about 30° to 90°; and, wherein the lengths of at least two of the plurality of internal acoustic chambers are different from one another. | 29,707 |
8,436,720 | 1. A method of monitoring operating parameters in a distributed computing system with active messages, the distributed computing system comprising a plurality of nodes organized for collective operations, the method comprising: initiating, by a root node through an active message to all other nodes, a collective operation, the active message comprising an instruction to each node to store operating parameter data in each node's send buffer; and responsive to the active message: storing, by each node, the node's operating parameter data in the node's send buffer and returning, by the node, the operating parameter data as a result of the collective operation. | 33,671 |
8,618,680 | 1. A system for storing and retrieving energy comprising: a cable; a weight connected to the cable; a plurality of cable modules attached at spaced-apart locations to the cable above the weight, each cable module being configured to prevent the cable above and below the cable module from coming in contact with a neighboring stationary wall; and a hoist configured to controllably raise and lower the weight by sequentially grabbing each neighboring cable module. | 12,784 |
8,691,446 | 1. A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains, as an active material, at least two lithium-containing transition metal oxides having different average particle sizes, wherein said at least two lithium-containing transition metal oxides having different average particle sizes have different compositions of elements between them, said lithium-containing transition metal oxide having the smallest average particle size is a lithium-containing transition metal oxide represented by the formula (1): wherein M the positive electrode mixture layer has a density of at least 3.5 g/cm the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a compound having at least two nitrile groups in the molecule. | 1,470 |
9,809,522 | 1. A method comprising: producing a phenolic product or group of chemically related phenolic products by liquefaction of a biomass or lignin in the presence of a homogenous catalyst in sub-, near-, or supercritical state; mixing one or more heterogeneous catalysts with sub-, near-, or supercritical water. | 40,167 |
8,682,903 | 1. A method comprising: creating an aggregated list of items of digital content stored in each media device in an interconnected cluster of media devices, wherein the items of digital content area available for playback by each of the media devices in the interconnected cluster; and generating a binary tree by placing a hash representation of the aggregated lists on the leaf nodes of said binary tree and calculating higher nodes on said binary tree as hash values of lower nodes until a root node is calculated, wherein a change in any item of content on any of the media devices results in a change in a plurality of said nodes. | 1,508 |
8,524,094 | 1. A method for producing a tunneling magnetoresistive element having a tunneling magnetoresistive structure which comprises an insulating layer sandwiched between two ferromagnetic layers of a pin layer and a free layer, wherein the tunneling magnetoresistive structure has a protective film formed thereon, the method comprising: forming a mask on a surface of a laminate of the tunneling magnetoresistive structure, wherein the mask comprises a tantalum metal having a specific physical property that its melting point or boiling point increases when the tantalum metal is converted into a nitride or carbide; and dry etching the laminate, the mask being formed on the surface thereof, using a mixed gas comprising carbon monoxide and a nitrogenous compound as etching gas to form the tunneling magnetoresistive structure; wherein the mask including tantalum remains on the surface of the tunneling magnetoresistive structure after the dry etching, and the mask including tantalum is configured to be the protective film of the tunneling magnetoresistive structure after the dry etching. | 21,170 |
9,263,777 | 1. A semiconductor device for monitoring a state of a battery, the semiconductor device comprising: a voltage measurement unit for measuring a voltage of the battery; a current measurement unit for measuring a current of the battery; and a data processing control unit for generating state information indicating the state of the battery, based on measurement results of the voltage measurement unit and the current measurement unit, wherein the data processing control unit calculates a first estimate value of a capacity that can be extracted from the battery in the case of discharging the battery from a full charge state until a discharge cutoff voltage at a predetermined discharge rate and a second estimate value of a capacity that can be extracted from the battery in the case of discharging the battery until a voltage larger than the discharge cutoff voltage, and corrects the first estimate value based on an error in the second estimate value, wherein the error in the second estimate value is determined based on a difference amount between a capacity value extracted from the battery by discharging the battery from the full charge state until the voltage larger than the discharge cutoff voltage and the second estimate value. | 18,474 |
8,937,099 | 1. A method for treatment of a human subject in need of treatment for exposure to ionizing radiation, comprising administering to the human subject an effective dose of N-acetylcysteine amide (NAC Amide), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, thereby treating the human subject in need of treatment for exposure to ionizing radiation. | 42,638 |
9,629,294 | 1. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) monitor device, comprising: an ESD bus comprising metal interconnects above a substrate of said ESD monitor device, said substrate comprising a semiconductor; a plurality of input/output (I/O) sites; and a plurality of monitor components disposed at each of said I/O sites, each of said monitor components comprising a scalable physical structure which provides ESD robustness, each of said monitor components being electrically connected to said ESD bus. | 43,790 |
9,231,131 | 1. A method comprising: forming a waveguide structure bounded by one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structure(s); and forming a photodetector fully landed on the waveguide structure, | 47,454 |
9,816,389 | 1. A turbine rotor blade for a turbine section of an engine, the turbine rotor blade comprising: a platform; and an airfoil extending from the platform into a mainstream gas path of the turbine section, the airfoil comprising | 126 |
8,978,419 | 1. An apparatus for stirring comprising: a stir chamber having a bottom and a cover; molten glass disposed in the stir chamber and having a free surface; a first axial direction defined as pointing from the bottom toward the cover; a stirring rod extending into the stir chamber and being disposed at a first predetermined position, the stirring rod being movable in the first axial direction over a first distance from the first predetermined position to a displaced position; a stirring blade coupled to the stirring rod and disposed in the stir chamber at a second distance below the free surface when the stirring rod is in the first predetermined position; and an obstruction coupled to the stirring rod, wherein the obstruction limits the axial movement of the stirring rod in the first axial direction to the first distance, wherein the first distance is greater than or equal to the second distance. | 8,123 |
8,698,521 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first transistor; a second transistor; and an inverter, wherein an output of the inverter is input to a gate of the first transistor, wherein an input to the inverter is input to a gate of the second transistor, wherein each of a channel region of the first transistor and a channel region of the second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film containing at least one of In, Zn, and Sn, wherein a channel region of a third transistor included in the inverter contains silicon, wherein when a high voltage is input to the inverter and the gate of the second transistor, a low voltage is output from the inverter and is input to the gate of the first transistor, so that the first transistor is turned off and the second transistor is turned on, and wherein when a low voltage is input to the inverter and the gate of the second transistor, a high voltage is output from the inverter and is input to the gate of the first transistor, so that the first transistor is turned on and the second transistor is turned off. | 10,346 |
9,080,062 | 1. A paint composition having a viscosity of at the most 140 KU at 30° C. and comprising: 35-80% by solids volume of the paint of an epoxy-based binder system having a ratio between the hydrogen equivalents and the epoxy equivalents in the range of 60:100 to 120:100, wherein the epoxy-based binder system comprises (a) one or more epoxy resins selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A and bisphenol F and (b) one or more polyamidoamine or Mannich base curing agent, and 0.5-30% by solids volume of the paint of one or more mineral fibres having an average length, of at most 250 μm. | 19,370 |
8,543,303 | 1. In a motor vehicle having a powertrain that includes an automatic or an automated transmission system, an anti-rollback control system for preventing undesired rolling of the said vehicle in a direction opposite to an intended direction of vehicle movement on beginning or resuming the movement of the vehicle after stopping the vehicle on an incline, said anti-rollback control system comprises: at least one tilt sensor that measures the angle of inclination of the vehicle's longitudinal axis with reference to the horizontal plane and generates signals accordingly; at least one sensor for detecting a selected operating mode of the vehicle's transmission system and generating signals accordingly; an accelerator pedal control module; and an operator-independent accelerator pedal position-adjusting device that includes a stepper motor, and that is operable to cause controlled movement of at least one movable component of the vehicle's accelerator pedal assembly in response to and in accordance with instructions received from the said accelerator pedal control module, with the accelerator pedal control module being constructed and configured for receiving the signals generated by the said at least one tilt sensor and the said at least one sensor for detecting the selected operating mode of the transmission system, processing said received signals, and sending instructions accordingly to the said operator-independent accelerator pedal position-adjusting device to move the said at least one movable component of the vehicle's accelerator pedal assembly to a predetermined position according to which a predetermined corresponding amount of mechanical power is generated by the vehicle's powertrain, with said predetermined amount of mechanical power being sufficient to create a force, in the intended direction of movement of the vehicle, equivalent to, or bigger than, the gravitational force tending to roll the vehicle in a direction opposite to the intended direction of vehicle movement. | 37,848 |
8,507,742 | 1. A process for producing olefins, comprising: a. providing a feed comprising at least methane, ethane and carbon dioxide; b. separating the feed into at least a methane-comprising feed, an ethane-comprising feed and a carbon dioxide-comprising feed; c. providing at least part of the methane-comprising feed to a process for preparing synthesis gas to obtain a synthesis gas; d. cracking the ethane-comprising feed in a cracking zone under cracking conditions to obtain a cracking zone effluent comprising at least olefins and hydrogen; e. providing at least part of the carbon dioxide-comprising feed and at least part the synthesis gas obtained in step c) to an oxygenate synthesis zone and synthesising oxygenates; f. converting at least part of the oxygenates obtained in step (e) in an oxygenate-to-olefin zone to obtain an oxygenate-to-olefin zone effluent comprising at least olefins and hydrogen; g. combining at least part of the cracking zone effluent and at least part of the OTO zone effluent to obtain a combined effluent; h. separating hydrogen from the combined effluent and providing at least part of the hydrogen to the oxygenate synthesis zone in step (e). | 4,580 |
9,463,341 | 1. An automatic fire extinguishing system, comprising: a canister having a central axis; an outlet port disposed on the canister; a propellant gas mixture of CO a gaseous fire suppression agent disposed in the canister; and a dip tube disposed in the canister about the central axis, the dip tube including a volume of dry powdered extinguishing agent stored therein adjacent the outlet port regardless of the orientation of the system, wherein the dip tube includes an inlet port disposed at an axial end of the dip tube having an opening covered by a semi-permeable membrane such that the propellant gases within the canister permeate the semi-permeable membrane to pressurize the extinguishing agent, and such that the semi-permeable membrane prevents egress of the volume of dry powdered extinguishing agent from the dip tube via the inlet port; a central rod disposed in the canister and the dip tube, the central rod being disposed about the central axis; a broad head cutter disposed on an end of the central rod; a burst disc disposed in the outlet port and adjacent the broad head cutter, the burst disc being configured to maintain isolation between the canister and the dip tube when the system is in a non-activated state; and wherein an actuation means is configured to move the central rod along the central axis. | 34,347 |
9,613,149 | 1. A method performed by a computer system having a processor of automatically mapping a pattern related to a location identifier of an object having content in the Web to a semantic type using metadata associated with the object, the method, comprising: collecting the metadata from, one or more of, a plurality of content sources hosted by host servers and the object itself, wherein each of the plurality of content sources includes at least a portion of the object or a reference to the object associated with the location identifier; creating, by a processor, the pattern from the location identifier of the object in the Web, wherein the pattern is not identical to the location identifier and is used to search for other location identifiers of objects in the Web, wherein the metadata corresponds to the semantic type with which the content of the object has a semantic relationship, the metadata having an associated weighting; and storing, by the processor, the pattern in a database embodied in a machine-readable storage medium as being mapped to the semantic type; receiving via a user interface a search query associated with the semantic type; mapping the search query into the pattern stored in the database based on the semantic type; and performing a search for the other location identifiers matching the pattern for locating other objects or other objects including content embodied therein, that have the semantic relationship to the semantic type. | 31,042 |
9,570,500 | 1. An imaging device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a pixel region and a peripheral region disposed outside of the pixel region, and a first side as a light incident side and a second side opposite the first side; a silicon oxide film disposed above the first side of the semiconductor substrate; a hafnium oxide film disposed on the silicon oxide film; a light-shielding film disposed above the hafnium oxide film; a titanium nitride layer disposed between the hafnium oxide film and the light-shielding film at the peripheral region in a cross-section view; a plurality of photodiodes disposed in the semiconductor substrate in the pixel region; a plurality of isolation regions, wherein a photodiode is disposed between a first isolation region and a second isolation region in the cross-section view; and a metallic oxide film disposed on at least a portion of the first side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the metallic oxide film extends continuously from the first isolation region to the second isolation region along the first side of the semiconductor substrate. | 19,812 |
9,781,676 | 1. A method in a mobile device comprising: setting a timer associated with a source of transmit data to expire at a timeout duration, expiry of the timer defining a time at which the source of transmit data is to transmit data if there is data to transmit; during an active data connection with a network: | 34,057 |
9,790,896 | 1. A remedial method for utilizing volatile organic compounds comprising: collecting a process stream laden with volatile organic compounds to produce a vapor fuel feed source; providing an air supply stream; providing an alternate fuel stream; mixing the vapor fuel feed source, the air supply stream and the alternate fuel stream to produce a mixed fuel stream; controlling the producing of the vapor fuel feed source, the providing of the air supply stream, and the providing of the alternate fuel stream to keep a ratio of air and fuel in the mixed fuel stream at or near a stoichiometric air to fuel ratio; directing the mixed fuel stream to a combustor; splitting off from the vapor fuel feed source a recycling feed; and compressing the recycling feed to produce a high pressurized gas. | 19,576 |
9,035,376 | 1. A semiconductor device having a superjunction structure, the semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a first conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of trenches disposed in the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a second conductivity type semiconductor layer embedded in the trench; a parallel pn layer composed of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer in contact with the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, the first and second semiconductor layers being alternately arranged in a horizontal direction, which is parallel to a principal surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a high concentration first conductivity type semiconductor region provided in an upper part of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, the high concentration first conductivity type semiconductor region having an impurity concentration that is higher than an impurity concentration in a lower part of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and being in contact with the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; wherein in the high concentration first conductivity type semiconductor region, along the direction parallel to the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate, the impurity concentration of the high concentration first conductivity type semiconductor region is higher at a side in contact with the second conductivity type semiconductor layer than at a central portion of the high concentration first conductivity type semiconductor region; and an average thickness of the high concentration first conductivity type semiconductor region is at most ½ of the distance from a top surface of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer to a bottom surface of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer. | 41,586 |
9,724,565 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving from a first sensor during a first time period, locational data of a user traversing over a route having a plurality of locations comprising at least a first location and a second location during performance of an athletic activity; receiving from an electronic source, an identification of a first audio datum presented to the user while traversing over the route between at least the first and the second location during the first time period; determining that a pace of the user between the first and the second locations of the route on the first time period meets a pace threshold; based upon, at least in part, the determination that the pace between the first and second locations met the pace threshold, adding the identification of the first audio datum to a workout playlist storage device; after the first time period, receiving from the first sensor, updated locational data of the user traversing over a route comprising at least one of the first location and the second location during; determining from the updated locational data of the user, an updated pace of the user; based upon the updated pace of the user and historical data of the user traversing at least a portion of the route, calculating a workout duration estimate; based upon the calculated workout duration estimate, selecting a plurality of audio data from the workout playlist storage device to present to the user as a workout playlist; and in real-time, initiate playback of the workout playlist to the user. | 10,061 |
8,767,422 | 1. An interface arrangement for connection between an AC system and a DC system and comprising: a voltage source converter for conversion between AC and DC, said converter having a DC side for connection to said DC system and an AC side for being coupled to said AC system; a set of circuit breakers coupled between the AC side of the converter and the AC system; and a breaker assisting unit comprising a set of branches connected between the AC side of the converter and ground, where each branch includes a switch in series with an impedance element, wherein the circuit breakers are closed and the switches are open in normal operation, and the interface arrangement further comprises a control unit configured to close the switches of the branches upon the occurrence of a fault for ensuring zero-crossings in currents flowing through the circuit breakers and to open the circuit breakers at such zero-crossings. | 35,196 |
9,815,940 | 1. A polymer comprising at least one structural unit of the following formula (I): wherein the at least one structural unit of the formula (I) is selected from the structural unit of formula (Ia): where Ar R is on each occurrence, identically or differently, H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, N(R R the dashed lines represent bonds to adjacent structural units in the polymer, characterised in that Ar q=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, X═CR r=0 or 1. | 21,937 |
9,480,130 | 1. A remote control unit for controlling a set of light sources, comprising a user interface arranged to receive user input identifying an area in an image, the area being identified by a set of coordinates, the set of coordinates being associated with color information and user input identifying a light source; a processing unit configured to determine said color information from pixel values associated with said set of coordinates and link said light source with said set of coordinates; and a transmitter arranged to transmit said color information associated with said set of coordinates to said light source. | 27,748 |
8,557,550 | 1. A recombinant vector comprising one or more of an isolated polynucleotide which is (a) a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:266, (b) a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence which is capable of hybridizing with the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:266 under stringent conditions comprising washing in a solution comprising 30 mM trisodium citrate, 300 mM sodium chloride and 0.5% SDS at 60° C. for 20 minutes, (c) a polynucleotide having a polynucleotide sequence encoding at least one amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:267 to 274 or an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:267 to 274 having 1 to 40 substituted, deleted, added or inserted residues and having the same enzymatic activity as SEQ ID NOs:267 to 274, respectively, or (d) a polynucleotide having at least one nucleotide sequence selected from the nucleotide sequence of any of (1) or (2) below: (1) a nucleotide sequence of any of (i) to (viii) below: (2) a nucleotide sequence which is capable of hybridizing with a nucleotide sequence of (1) under stringent conditions comprising washing in a solution comprising 30 mM trisodium citrate, 300 mM sodium chloride and 0.5% SDS at 60° C. for 20 minutes. | 22,172 |
9,182,138 | 1. An apparatus for controlling an attic exhaust fan comprising: a controller having a plurality of signal inputs, a plurality of power inputs, and a power output; a display unit in communication with said controller; a plurality of user-triggerable switches in communication with said controller; and a plurality of light indicators in communication with said controller, wherein a first one of said plurality of light indicators indicates a status of said attic exhaust fan, wherein the plurality of power inputs includes a first power input for connecting to a local solar array and a second power input for connecting to a local public utility AC power supply, wherein the controller is configured to operate the attic exhaust fan based on sensed input signals at the plurality of signal inputs, wherein the controller is configured to provide power to the power output from the first power input as a default if a predetermined amount of power for operating the attic exhaust fan is provided at the first power input and provide power to the power output from the second power input if a predetermined amount of power for operating the attic exhaust fan is not provided at the first power input, wherein when the controller operates the attic exhaust fan based on the sensed inputs: further comprising a temperature sensor connected to said controller through a first one of said signal inputs and a humidity sensor connected to said controller through a second one of said signal inputs, at least one of said temperature sensor and said humidity sensor providing said sensed input signals. | 35,719 |
9,778,437 | 1. A lens driving device, comprising: a lens frame; a supporting unit that supports the lens frame in driving directions; a driving unit that drives the lens frame in one or both of a direction of an optical axis and a direction intersecting the optical axis; and a sensor that is mounted on the supporting unit and detects a position of the lens frame, wherein the supporting unit comprises: | 17,336 |
8,706,969 | 1. A method for generating memory prefetches in caching systems, comprising: receiving an initial memory read request from one of a plurality of requestors, each requestor having a corresponding request width; generating a prefetch addresses corresponding to the initial received memory read request, an address associated with the initial received memory read request, and the request width of the requestor of the initial received memory read request; generating prefetch operations using the generated prefetch addresses, wherein each generated prefetch address is stored in a prefetch buffer slot that is selected by a prefetch FIFO (First In First Out) prefetch counter, wherein each slot includes an address buffer for storing one of the generated prefetch addresses and includes a data buffer for storing data that is prefetched in response to the prefetch address stored in the address buffer of the slot, wherein a size of the data buffer is selected in response to the request width of the initial received memory read request; and returning prefetched data to the requestor in response to a subsequent memory read request received after the initial received memory read request from the same requestor. | 36,614 |
9,746,371 | 1. A lighting control system for calibrating a light sensor comprising: a light sensor configured for recording light levels; a load controller electrically connected to a lighting load and configured for providing a dimmed output to the lighting load; at least one processor comprising a memory encoding one or more processor executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor is configured for determining a calibration curve by: | 42,296 |
9,652,433 | 1. A method, comprising: obtaining, by one or more processors, an input data set from a plurality of data providers, the input data set comprising information about online actions of a plurality of users; converting, by one or more processors, the input data set into data files having a common file format, each data file corresponding to a user of the plurality of users and comprising an identifier for the user and a plurality of Uniform Resource Locations (URLs) associated with online actions of the user; decomposing and hashing, by one or more processors, the plurality of URLs associated with the online actions of the plurality of users to generate decomposed and hashed URL information; accessing, by one or more processors, a list of verticals stored on an external communication facility, each of the verticals associated with a plurality of service providers; extracting, by one or more processors, URL key-value pairs for each of the plurality of service providers from one or more webpages associated with the plurality of service providers; identifying, by one or more processors, a URL of the plurality of URLs that matches an extracted URL key-value pair by comparing the decomposed and hashed URL information with the extracted URL key-value pairs; obtaining, by one or more processors, webpage information of a webpage associated with the identified URL, the webpage information comprising product information of a product advertised on the webpage; determining, by one or more processors, a first metric of user behavior associated the product advertised on the webpage based on the product information and the data files corresponding to the plurality of users; and generating, by one or more processors, a separate data file comprising the first metric of user behavior. | 21,483 |
8,763,591 | 1. A fuel heating equipment of a diesel engine, comprising: a main heating part having a collective tank formed between a plurality of runners from the diesel engine and an exhaust pipe, the collective tank collecting heated exhaust gas from the plurality of runners; and a fuel supply pipe wound around the collective tank; wherein the collective tank has flat upper and lower parts, wherein the main heating part further includes first and second heat conduction blocks respectively in a contact with the upper and lower parts of the collective tank, wherein the fuel supply pipe is intervened between the first heat conduction block and the upper part of the collective tank and between the second heat conduction block and the lower part of the collective tank, wherein a heating groove is formed in an outer surface of the collective tank to receive the fuel supply pipe therein, wherein the main heating part further includes a first heat insulation cover and a second heat insulation cover to respectively cover the upper and lower parts of the collective tank, and wherein a rock wool is filled between the first heat conduction block and the first heat insulation cover and between the second heat conduction block and the second heat insulation cover. | 18,393 |
9,429,461 | 1. A method for capacitive fill level measurement of liquids and/or bulk materials in a container using at least one measuring sensor that is connected to measuring electronics, wherein the measuring sensor is constructed from a plurality of, at least three, electrodes which are electrically insulated from one another and which, for measuring the fill level, are inserted into the container, and in the inserted state extend into the container, and wherein these at least three electrodes are connected to the measuring electronics and are adapted to selectively operate in a first measuring mode and a second measuring mode, wherein: | 35,201 |
9,354,875 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a decoder to decode instructions in a loop into micro-operations; a loop streaming detector coupled to the decoder to detect presence of the loop in the micro-operations; a loop characteristic tracker unit coupled to the loop streaming detector to identify hardware components downstream from the decoder that are not to be used by the micro-operations in the loop, and to disable the identified hardware components, wherein the loop characteristic tracker unit comprises a plurality of tracker bits, one or more of the tracker bits indicate whether a micro-operation of a given characteristic is in the loop; circuitry to implement a state machine, and wherein the state machine to include a reset state where all tracker bits of the loop characteristic tracker unit are cleared, a learn state where tracker bits corresponding to the micro-operations in the loop are set, and a replay state where the micro-operations in the loop are executed with the identified hardware components disabled according to the tracker bits; and execution circuitry coupled to the loop streaming detector to execute the micro-operations in the loop with the identified hardware components disabled. | 1,899 |
9,468,141 | 1. A device for a self-regulated pneumatic supply from a main reservoir containing product toward at least one auxiliary reservoir according to filling rate of the at least one auxiliary reservoir, the supply device comprising: a compressed air supply; a tilted duct connected to pipe connections; a bypass air duct including a first channel emerging at an end of the tilted duct connected to an outlet of the main reservoir and a second channel emerging in the titled duct downstream of the first channel to direct air toward an inlet of the pipe connections to bring product to the at least one auxiliary reservoir; a sliding system to adjust a passage section of air passing through one of the channels, the sliding system including moveable portion having a first end positioned within the one of the channels and a second end extending to an exterior of the supply device. | 48,222 |
8,366,335 | 1. A platen roller assembly for a printer, comprising: a platen roller defining a longitudinal axis; a retaining clip that mounts to a support body of the printer and is positioned to retain the platen roller relative to the support body; a plurality of bearings operably coupled to the platen roller, each of the bearings permitting rotational movement of the platen roller about the longitudinal axis thereof; and a pulley assembly mounted to the support body and operably associated with at least one of the beatings, the pulley assembly including a pulley and a belt, the belt being operably coupled to the pulley such that the platen roller rotates in response to rotational movement of the belt; wherein the platen roller is selectively coupled and uncoupled to/from the support body independent of the pulley assembly; wherein at least one of the plurality of bearings and the pulley assembly are operably associated with a mounting bracket that mounts the at least one bearing of the plurality of bearings and the pulley assembly to the support body of the printer independent of the platen roller. | 23,286 |
9,200,950 | 1. A method comprising: receiving light emitted by a pulsed plasma in a semiconductor plasma processing chamber; sampling the received light at a sampling rate higher than a pulse rate of the pulsed plasma, wherein the sampled light has a periodic amplitude waveform and the sampling rate is higher than the period of the amplitude waveform; accumulating multiple sampled waveforms to form a mean waveform; and transmitting characteristics of the mean waveform to a chamber control tool. | 48,168 |
9,573,875 | 1. Procedure for obtaining fatty acids of pharmacological and nutritional interest comprising the steps of: a) feeding a gas or mixture of gases comprising CO b) photosynthesis by the species of microalgae using the CO wherein: A and X are equal or different independently and are selected from alkyl C n is an integer from 1 to 10; R is selected from H, a hydroxyl group, alkyl C W is selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a glycerol molecule bound to an additional general formula (I) compound forming a diglyceride, or a glycerol molecule bound to two additional general formula (I) compounds forming a triglyceride; and their salts, preferably any pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvates and their prodrugs; c) extraction of the general formula (I) compound from the biomass obtained in step b); and d) concentration and/or purification of the general formula (I) compound from the extract obtained in step c); characterised in that, after the photosynthesis step, between 5 and 100% of the culture is removed from the reactor, which is then separated in a solid fraction that contains biomass, which biomass subsequently undergoes the step of extracting the general formula (I) compound and a liquid phase fraction that contains carbonates and/or bicarbonates, which are separated from the liquid fraction, after which the liquid fraction substantially free of carbonates and/or bicarbonates is then returned at least partially to the reactor. | 3,128 |
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