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8,836,329 | 1. A method of magnetic resonance imaging of tissue, the method comprising: generating a pre-polarizing magnetic field using at least one coil to polarize particles within the tissue, in which the pre-polarizing field has a rise-time of less than 10 microseconds; then conducting a pulse sequence to image the polarized particles, wherein the imaging of the tissue is performed using one or more magnetic fields to produce signal data; and reconstructing the signal data to form image data. | 1,635 |
8,364,326 | 1. A power switch unit (SW), comprising: an appliance power plug having a noise filter; a power meter and relay unit coupled to said power plug and further coupled to an AC power distribution line, said power meter and relay collecting power usage information and relay status; a micro controller unit (MCU) module connected to said power meter and relay unit, said MCU receiving from said power meter and relay unit said collecting power usage information and relay status for compilation; a communication module connected to said MCU, said communication module configured to encrypt and modulate compiled information received from said MCU, for power line communication (PLC) using one of: a broadband and a narrow band; and a coupler filter module connected to said communication module and said AC power distribution lines; wherein said power meter and relay are configured to control a flow of power to said power plug from said AC power distribution lines based on input from said MCU; and wherein power usage information of any appliance connected to said power plug, and status of the plug, are monitored by the MCU, encrypted, modulated and communicated over said AC power distribution lines by said communication module through said coupler filter module. | 14,715 |
9,402,349 | 1. A computer-implemented method of calibrating a tensioning system, the computer-implement method comprising: receiving, by the one or more computing devices, one or more signals from a sensor in communication with a slack arm; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, the slack arm for calibration; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a first movement of the slack arm; determining, by the one or more computing devices, that the slack arm has been maintained in a first calibration position, after the identified first movement, for at least a first predetermined time interval; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a first calibration setting for the slack arm based upon, at least in part, the determined first calibration position; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a second movement of the slack arm; determining, by the one or more computing devices, that the slack arm has been maintained in a second calibration position, after the identified second movement, for at least a second predetermined time interval; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a second calibration setting for the slack arm based upon, at least in part, the determined second calibration position; and determining, by the one or more computing devices, a current position of the slack arm throughout a range of motion during operation based upon, at least in part, at least one of the determined first and second calibration settings. | 31,505 |
9,271,628 | 1. A method of operating a drawer-type dishwasher comprising: shifting a drawer out from an outer housing of the dishwasher to expose a washing chamber; simultaneously with shifting the drawer, urging at least one lifting slider upward to act upon a lid for the washing chamber; raising the lid above the drawer to expose the washing chamber; loading dishware into the washing chamber; shifting the drawer into the outer housing, causing a rear wall of the drawer to abut the lid, urging at least one compression slider to shift downward, and causing the lid to be urged against an upper portion of the washing chamber to establish a seal between the drawer and the lid; and activating the dishwasher to perform a washing operation in the washing chamber. | 1,369 |
9,046,189 | 1. An electromagnetic valve, comprising: a valve main body that includes an inlet and an outlet of a fluid; a valve body that is to be seated on a valve seat provided between the inlet and the outlet; a movable iron core that separates the valve body from the valve seat to thereby communicate the inlet with the outlet; and a fixed iron core that attracts the movable iron core by energization of a coil to thereby axially drive the movable iron core, wherein the valve main body includes an insertion hole into which a guide member is inserted, wherein the guide member includes a sliding hole in which the movable iron core is axially movable, and is arranged in the insertion hole in a slidable manner with respect to the valve main body to be biased by a pressure of the fluid, wherein the valve main body includes a stopper portion to stop the guide member biased by the pressure of the fluid, wherein the stopper portion is a cap member that closes an opening of the insertion hole, wherein the fixed iron core is arranged between the movable iron core and the cap member, wherein the insertion hole communicates with the inlet, and wherein the guide member and the fixed iron core are adapted to be biased in a same direction by the pressure of the fluid introduced from the inlet. | 29,676 |
8,531,361 | 1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising: a data line; a gate line that crosses the data line to receive a scan pulse; a high potential driving voltage source to generate a high potential driving voltage; a low potential driving voltage source to generate a low potential driving voltage; a light emitting element to emit light due to a current flowing between the high potential driving voltage source and the low potential driving voltage source; a drive element connected between the high potential driving voltage source and the light emitting element to control a current flowing in the light emitting element depending on a voltage between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive element; and a driving current stabilization circuit to apply a first voltage to the gate electrode of the drive element to turn on the drive element and to sink a reference current through the drive element to set a source voltage of the drive element at a sensing voltage and to modify the voltage between the gate and source electrodes of the drive element to scale a current to be applied to the light emitting element from the reference current, wherein the drive current stabilization circuit sets the source voltage of the drive element at a sensing voltage during a first period and then modifies the voltage between the gate and source electrodes of the drive element during a second period, such that the light emitting element is turned off during the first and second periods and turned on during a third period following the second period, wherein the first period is a first half period of the scan pulse maintained in a high logic voltage state, the second period is a second half period of the scan pulse maintained in a high logic voltage state, and the third period is a period during which the scan pulse is maintained in a low logic voltage state, and wherein the drive current stabilization circuit changes a potential of the source electrode of the drive element to reduce or increase the voltage between the gate and source electrodes of the drive element to scale the current to be applied to the light emitting element from the reference current. | 48,121 |
8,405,132 | 1. A transistor structure comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface; a diffusion region formed at the first surface; an aluminum gate formed over the diffusion region; insulating side walls formed adjacent to the aluminum gate; an oxide or fluoride layer on the aluminum gate and not on the insulating sidewalls; silicided source and drain contacts formed over the diffusion region adjacent to the side walls; a first oxide layer formed over the substrate; one or more vias formed in the first oxide layer over the silicided source and drain contacts; and a first metal layer disposed in the via to form a metal contact. | 43,747 |
9,079,559 | 1. An airbag device having a hollow airbag which constrains an occupant by being deployed by gas supplied by an inflator, and which includes a first face-constituting base fabric facing a side of the occupant, and a second face-constituting base fabric facing a side opposite to the occupant, the airbag comprising: a vent hole which is provided in the second face-constituting base fabric, for discharging the gas; a slide tether which is provided from an inner surface of the second face-constituting base fabric to an inner surface of the first face-constituting base fabric, and which performs transition of a state of the vent hole, from an open state via a close state to the open state, by changing between a slackened state and an extended state; a slide tether cover which is provided with an opening communicated with the vent hole, one end of which is fastened to the inner surface of the second face-constituting base fabric at an inner peripheral side of the vent hole via a body portion of the slide tether, the other end of which is fastened to the inner surface of the second face-constituting base fabric at an outer peripheral side of the vent hole, and which guides the slide tether; and a joint capable of being separated by a predetermined pressure of the gas and formed in the first face-constituting base fabric and the second face-constituting base fabric, both in the outer peripheral side of the vent hole, wherein the slide tether includes the body portion, bifurcated portions which are bifurcated from one end portion in a longitudinal direction of the body portion, and leg piece portions which are respectively extended from the bifurcated portions, wherein the other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the body portion constitutes a first supporting point by being fastened to an inner surface of the second face-constituting base fabric in a direction going from the vent hole toward a mounting position of the inflator, wherein the bifurcated portions constitute a second supporting point by the other end portion of the slide tether cover being fastened to the inner surface of the second face-constituting base fabric, wherein extended terminal end portions of the leg piece portions constitute a third supporting point by being respectively fastened to the inner surface of the first face-constituting base fabric, and wherein, when the airbag is deployed, transition of a state of the vent hole is performed based on a force acting in an airbag deploying direction which is generated with the first supporting point and the third supporting point as a starting point, and a force acting, in a direction going from a center portion of the airbag toward an outer peripheral portion of the airbag and intersecting with the airbag deploying direction, which is generated with the second supporting point as a starting point. | 12,485 |
9,035,358 | 1. A semiconductor element comprising: a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type and a first side face; a second semiconductor layer laminated on the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type, a top surface, and a second side face; a third semiconductor layer laminated on a first part of the top surface, the third semiconductor layer having the first conductivity type; a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; a second electroded located on a second part of the top surface and surrounding the third semiconductor layer; and a third electrode located on the third semiconductor layer; wherein | 33,106 |
9,316,521 | 1. A method for monitoring a process plant having a fieldbus of process automation technology, via which a plurality of field devices exchange with a process control unit telegrams in regular data traffic for process control, having further a monitoring unit, which is connected to the fieldbus and separate from the process control unit, wherein a monitoring application runs in the monitoring unit and the monitoring unit via the monitoring application performs the following: tapping of all regular data traffic telegrams, which are exchanged between the plurality of field devices and the process control unit via the fieldbus testing the regular data telegrams for data relevant for the monitoring application, in order to obtain the data needed for monitoring the process plant; processing the data relevant for the monitoring application as actual values in a process modeling application that is part of the monitoring application; and generating an error signal when the process in the process plant is not running properly by way of the process modeling application that determines a deviation between desired values and actual values by comparing the desired-values and the actual-values. | 17,503 |
9,123,634 | 1. A method for yield enhancement of making a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: providing the semiconductor device comprising an epitaxial layer including a defect; forming a dielectric layer on the epitaxial layer; detecting and identifying a location of the defect; etching the dielectric layer and leaving a part of the dielectric layer to cover an area substantially corresponding to the detected defect; forming a photo-resist on the dielectric layer in the area substantially corresponding to the detected defect before etching the dielectric layer; and forming an electrode comprising a first part and a second part, wherein the first part overlaps the area and the second part does not overlap the area, wherein detecting and identifying the location of the defect is performed by an image recognition system, and wherein the step of forming a photo-resist on the dielectric layer in an area substantially corresponding to the detected defect comprises coating the photo-resist on the dielectric layer and exposing a part of the photo-resist according to an information of the location of the defect provided by the image recognition system. | 33,114 |
9,738,330 | 1. An air-guiding device for a passenger vehicle, and which is arranged in a top rear region of the vehicle, comprises: an air-guiding element which is shiftable from a retracted inoperative position, in which the air-guiding element is integrated in a surface-flush manner into a shape profile of the rear region, into an extended operating position, wherein, both in the retracted inoperative position and in the extended operating position, the air-guiding element serves for guiding air in the rear region of the motor vehicle, wherein the air-guiding element is assigned at least one propeller which, together with the air-guiding element, is shiftable between the retracted inoperative position and the extended operating position, wherein the or each propeller, in the extended operating position, is fixable in a first operating state, wherein the or each propeller, in the extended operating position, is operable in a second operating state in order to produce a throughflow in the direction of travel, and wherein the or each propeller, in the extended operating position, is operable in a third operating state in order to produce a throughflow opposed to the direction of travel. | 25,559 |
9,076,969 | 1. A piezoelectric material comprising: a tungsten bronze structure metal oxide that includes metal elements which are barium, bismuth, and niobium; and tungsten, wherein the metal elements satisfy following conditions on a molar basis: a tungsten content on a metal basis is 0.40 to 3.00 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the tungsten bronze structure metal oxide; and the tungsten bronze structure metal oxide has a c-axis orientation. | 47,753 |
9,308,831 | 1. A method for controlling creep torque in a vehicle with an electric powertrain, comprising the steps of: a) gathering brake signals from a brake sensor and speed signals from one or more speed sensor(s); b) using the brake signals to compare a requested brake torque to a minimum brake threshold and using the speed signals to compare a current vehicle speed to a maximum speed threshold, wherein the current vehicle speed must be less than or equal to the maximum speed threshold for a certain amount of time in order to determine when the creep torque should be reduced; c) when it is determined that the creep torque should be reduced, then reducing the creep torque; d) continuing to monitor the brake signals from the brake sensor and using the brake signals to compare another requested brake torque to a reinstatement threshold to determine when the creep torque should be reinstated; and e) reinstating the creep torque when the requested brake torque is less than or equal to the reinstatement threshold. | 8,185 |
8,850,800 | 1. An exhaust treatment system comprising: a body including an inlet for receiving a flow of exhaust, an outlet for exhaust flow to exit, an opening and a receiving mount disposed around the opening; an injector head including a head mount; the receiving mount engaging the head mount of the injector head to mount the fuel injector head over the opening in one of a plurality of positions relative to the body; and the body including an outer surface having a plurality of pads separate from the receiving mount, each of the pads having one or more openings adapted to accept a fastener, the pads being positioned at least partially circumferentially around the body for coupling a support bracket separate from the injector head and head mount to the body in one of a plurality of positions relative to the body. | 24,340 |
9,089,105 | 1. A seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of inbred maize variety PH1TRP, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-122095. | 12,668 |
8,565,563 | 1. A crush-resistant fiber optic cable having a central axis, comprising: a plurality of optical fibers generally arranged longitudinally about the central axis, with no strength member arranged along the central axis; a tensile-strength layer surrounding the plurality of optical fibers; and a protective cover surrounding the tensile-strength layer and having an outside diameter D | 26,973 |
8,928,567 | 1. A switchable viewing angle display method, using arrayed microlenses and a waveguide pipe with selectable light extraction positions, the method comprising: providing a liquid crystal (LC) front panel array of display pixels arranged in a plurality of sequences; providing an array of microlenses underlying the array of display pixels, where each microlens has a focal point and each microlens is associated with a corresponding block of display pixels; providing a backlight panel with a single layer of edge-coupled waveguide pipes having optical inputs connected to a column of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the backlight panel including a first array of extraction pixels underlying the array of microlenses disposed at a first light extraction position, which is at a first distance from a focal point of the array of microlens, a second array of extraction pixels overlying a planar mirror disposed at a second light extraction position, which is at a second distance from the focal point of the array of microlens, wherein the first distance is less than the second distance, and the backlight panel including the planar mirror underlying the waveguide pipe; accepting a display viewing angle change command; and, in response to the change command, selecting a waveguide pipe's light extraction position, using, an array of extraction pixels selected from a group consisting of the first array of extraction pixels and the second array of extraction pixels; and, changing the display viewing angle. | 43,991 |
8,716,188 | 1. A superconducting article, comprising: a first stacked conductor segment having a nominal thickness t a second stacked conductor segment having a nominal thickness t a joint region comprising a first splice connecting the first and third superconductive segments together and a second splice connecting the second and fourth superconductive segments together, the first splice adjacent to and bridging portions of both the first and third superconductive segments along at least a portion of the joint region, the second splice adjacent to and bridging portions of both the second and fourth superconductive segments along at least a portion of the joint region, the joint region having a thickness t | 25,349 |
9,006,568 | 1. A method of making a fused heterocycle, comprising using a compound according to formula (I) or a protected derivative thereof as a starting material: to form a fused heterocycle of formulae (II) or (III): wherein R is hydrogen, C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 1 -C 20 haloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, C 1 -C 20 alkoxy, C 1 -C 20 haloalkoxy, aryloxy, —C 1 -C 20 alkyl-O—C 1 -C 10 alkyl, —C 1 -C 10 alkyl-O-aryl, nitro, halo, amino, or mono- or di alkyl amino. | 2,676 |
9,560,757 | 1. A chip component mounting structure comprising: a substrate including: a chip component including at least a pair of a first external terminal and a second external terminal that are arranged on a mounting surface of the chip component at positions that are rotationally symmetric to each other by 180 degrees with respect to a center of the mounting surface; at least a pair of a third external terminal and a fourth external terminal that are arranged on the mounting surface of the chip component at positions that are rotationally symmetric to each other by 180 degrees with respect to the center of the mounting surface of the chip component and that are rotationally symmetric to each other by 90 degrees with respect to the first external terminal and the second external terminal; an external terminal that is arranged between two of the first external terminal, the second external terminal, the third external terminal, or the fourth external terminal that are adjacent to each other; and four mounting terminals each of which is arranged between the first mounting terminal and the third mounting terminal, between the second mounting terminal and the third mounting terminal, between the first mounting terminal and the fourth mounting terminal, and between the second mounting terminal and the fourth mounting terminal; wherein the first mounting terminal and the second mounting terminal are configured to face the first external terminal and the second external terminal of the chip component, and the third mounting terminal and the fourth mounting terminal are configured to face the first external terminal and the second external terminal of the chip component; the first mounting terminal and the fourth mounting terminal are connected to each other, and the second mounting terminal and the third mounting terminal are connected to each other; the first external terminal and the second external terminal are signal terminals; and the third mounting terminal and the fourth mounting terminal are floating terminals. | 46,303 |
9,315,530 | 1. A composition, comprising a TLR7 agonist of formula (C) and an insoluble metal salt, wherein at least 50% by mass of the TLR7 agonist of formula (C) is adsorbed to the metal salt, and wherein formula (C) is: wherein: P R R X X is selected from a covalent bond, O and NH; Y is selected from a covalent bond, O, C(O), S and NH; L is selected from, a covalent bond, C each p is independently selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; q is selected from 1, 2, 3 and 4; and s is selected from 0 and 1. | 27,445 |
8,543,269 | 1. A method for selecting at least one contour line of a body of water from a map of lake bottom contours displayed on a display device and converting the contour line into a machine readable code to instruct a vessel control device (Auto Pilot) to navigate a vessel along the selected contour(s), the method comprising: providing at least one chart out of a plurality of charts of one or more regions of a body of water, the chart comprising a depiction of a plurality of bottom contour lines each of which is a constant depth below the surface, the chart being configured to allow selection of a contour; selecting at least one contour or portion of a contour to be highlighted simultaneously with the chart on the display, the selecting being free from determining an end point of the contour and the contour being free from the end point; processing contour information associated with the selected contour with chart information from the chart to convert the contour information into a machine readable code; outputting one or more indications associated with the selected contour or portion of the contour on the display; outputting the machine readable code to a vessel control device; and instructing the vessel control device using the machine readable code to move the vessel along a path representative of the selected contour. | 13,586 |
8,691,835 | 1. A compound having the formula where R | 17,884 |
8,927,795 | 1. A process for controlling the simultaneous production of a diesel component comprising hydrocarbons having boiling points in the diesel fuel range and an aviation component comprising hydrocarbons having boiling points in the aviation fuel range from a renewable feedstock comprising: identifying target specifications required for the diesel component and for the aviation component; determining yields required for the diesel component and for the aviation component that meet the target specifications; determining a mixture of at least two renewable feedstocks having different carbon number distributions that results in the predetermined yields required for the diesel component and for the aviation component wherein the diesel component and the aviation component further meet the identified specifications; mixing the at least two renewable feedstocks to form the mixture; hydrogenating and deoxygenating the mixture by contacting the mixture in a hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone with a hydrogenation and deoxygenation catalyst at hydrogenation and deoxygenation conditions to provide a hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone effluent comprising n-paraffins; isomerizing at least a portion of the n-paraffins in the hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone effluent by contacting the n-paraffins with an isomerization catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at isomerization conditions in an isomerization zone to generate branched-paraffins in an isomerization zone effluent wherein the isomerization zone effluent comprises less than 5 wt. % of hydrocarbons having lower boiling points than the aviation component; and fractionating the isomerization zone effluent to provide a first product stream comprising the diesel component and a second product stream comprising the aviation component at substantially the predetermined yields and target specifications. | 2,178 |
9,325,863 | 1. A scanning method to scan a document in a scanner, the scanner and a user host computer connectable by at least one of a local interface and a network, the method comprising: receiving a scanning request from a user interface unit of the scanner; receiving a user input regarding user information from the user interface unit of the scanner; transmitting, to the user host computer, a message to activate a TWAIN driver corresponding to the user information when the user information corresponds to pre-registered user information; and sending scan data to the user host computer. | 4,783 |
8,356,143 | 1. A bus master prefetch unit for optimizing memory bus bandwidth, the bus master prefetch unit comprising: means for receiving a request from a bus master of a plurality of bus masters for accessing a particular line of data in a memory device through a memory bus; means for verifying if the received request is for data stored in the bus master prefetch unit; means for generating at least one prefetch request for accessing at least one line of data in the memory device, the at least one line of data being next to the line of data for which the received request is received from the bus master; means for arbitrating between said request from the bus master and said at least one prefetch request; means for obtaining data from the memory device, the data corresponding to the prefetch request; and a prefetch buffer for storing the obtained data as stored data, wherein the stored data is operable to be served to the bus master when the bus master requests the stored data. | 27,816 |
8,414,316 | 1. An electrical card connector comprising: an insulating housing; a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing; an ejector including a slider and a pin member, the slider being moveable relative to the housing along a front-to-back direction under a controlled movement of the pin member; and a metal shield shielding the insulating housing to define a card receiving space and comprising a flat portion and a pair of sidewalls extending downwardly from the flat portion; wherein said flat portion defines a first spring arm extending rearwardly into the card receiving space and a second spring arm extending forwardly into the card receiving space for abutting against the pin member, wherein a root of the second spring arm is located in a middle area of the first spring arm. | 17,005 |
9,490,138 | 1. A method for processing a substrate having a nitride film on the upper surface of the substrate in single substrate tool, the method comprising: providing the substrate having a nitride film on the upper surface of the substrate in the single substrate tool; applying a first processing fluid at a first temperature greater than 100° C. to a lower surface of the substrate to heat the substrate to approximately the first temperature, wherein the first processing fluid comprises phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, or a mixture thereof; and applying a second processing fluid at a second temperature greater than 100° C. to an upper surface of the substrate to etch the nitride film on the upper surface of the substrate, wherein the second processing fluid comprises phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, or a mixture thereof. | 35,507 |
9,380,708 | 1. Device for transporting a flat material to be treated, which is mounted along an edge region by means of holding means, for an installation for the chemical and/or electrochemical treatment of said material to be treated, wherein said device is set up so as to transport the material to be treated within a plane of transport in a direction of transport, said device comprising: transporting means coupled to the holding means in a detachable manner and which are configured to move said holding means, with the material to be treated mounted thereon, in the direction of transport; and tensioning means for exerting, upon the holding means, a force which is directed within the plane of transport and transversely to the direction of transport, the tensioning means comprising: wherein the device is configured to exert, at least during a portion of the transportation of the material to be treated, a force having a component which lies within the plane of transport and is directed transversely to the direction of transport, upon at least one region of the material to be treated. | 1,668 |
8,406,076 | 1. A method for performing an operation in a non-volatile storage device, the method comprising: performing, by a controller in a non-volatile storage device, the controller in communication with a non-volatile memory in the non-volatile storage device: | 42,364 |
8,947,999 | 1. A network node in a mesh network, comprising: at least two degrees having working transponders, at least one of the degrees having protection transponders connected to at least one respective adjacent node along a preconfigured protection cycle in the mesh network, the protection transponders being of a number at least equal to the number of working transponders needing support in an event of a failure relating to any one of the degrees; a switch fabric electronically disposed between the working and protection transponders to switch traffic simultaneously from working transponders of a given degree to protection transponders of multiple other degrees associated with at least two protection paths of the preconfigured protection cycle, in an event of a failure relating to the given degree; and a control plane to configure the switch fabric to switch traffic simultaneously from the working transponders of the given degree to the protection transponders of the multiple other degrees in the event of the failure relating to the given degree. | 20,855 |
8,705,653 | 1. A method for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: generating a reference signal sequence r(n) corresponding to a base sequence x r(n)=e transmitting the reference signal r(n) generated based on the base sequence x wherein the base sequence x x if a length of the base sequence x or if a length of the base sequence x | 29,274 |
9,660,382 | 1. An extension cord having a convertible electrical plug end connectable to both a grounded and ungrounded power supply outlet, said extension cord comprising: a. an extension cord configured to transmit electrical power; and b. a plug end connected to said extension cord, said plug end comprising: wherein when said flap is in the closed position, said plug end is connectable to the grounded power supply outlet, and wherein when said flap is in the open position, said plug end is connectable to the ungrounded power supply outlet. | 7,804 |
9,841,019 | 1. A fuel pump comprising: an outer gear that has a plurality of internal teeth; an inner gear that has a plurality of external teeth, wherein the inner gear is eccentric to the outer gear in an eccentric direction and is meshed with the outer gear in the eccentric direction; a pump housing that rotatably receives the outer gear and the inner gear; a motor that includes a rotatable shaft, which is driven to rotate upon energization of the motor; and a joint member that relays the rotatable shaft to the inner gear to rotate the inner gear in circumferential direction about an inner central axis of the inner gear, wherein: the inner gear includes: the joint member includes: an inserting direction of the leg into the through-hole in the axial direction is defined as a first direction, and a direction, which is opposite from the first direction in the axial direction, is defined as a second direction; in a view taken in a direction that is perpendicular to the axial direction, at least a part of a first direction side end portion of the leg is axially placed between: | 15,545 |
8,391,321 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a circuit in patch panel, a signal over a cable coupled to a port of the patch panel, wherein the signal communicates an alphanumeric identifier of the port of the patch panel to which the cable is coupled. | 23,998 |
9,027,245 | 1. A method for producing a metal reinforcement for a leading edge or a trailing edge of a turbomachine blade comprising: a step of deforming a metal bar by forging through two dies in order to obtain an intermediate component comprising two fins, one on each side of a solid part capable of forming a base of said metal reinforcement, said two fins forming an opening angle α; deforming said two fins of said intermediate component altering said opening angle α, so as to obtain a final shape of the metal reinforcement on leading edge or trailing edge of the turbomachine blade. | 6,392 |
9,807,886 | 1. A method of fabricating an electronic circuit using a mother substrate, comprising: providing a substrate including an interconnection region and a device region; forming a conductive line on an upper surface of the substrate in the interconnection region and forming an electronic device on the upper surface of the substrate in the device region; and forming a capping layer on the substrate, wherein the interconnection region has an uneven portion, wherein the device region is flat, wherein the electronic device and the conductive line are embedded between the substrate and the capping layer, wherein the electronic device and the conductive line are in contact with each other horizontally, and wherein the providing of the substrate comprises: | 25,515 |
8,420,238 | 1. A turbine component, comprising: a substrate; and a thermal barrier coating arranged on the substrate, wherein the thermal barrier coating comprises a tungsten bronze structured ceramic coating material, wherein the tungsten bronze structured ceramic coating material has the formula AO—B wherein C is a mixture of the elements of the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Ce, Th, Nb, and Ta. | 15,471 |
8,948,314 | 1. A method of performing timing error detection, comprising: receiving, by a multi-core processor, a data stream; up-sampling the data stream by a plurality of processing cores of the multi-core processor, the up-sampling performed in parallel by the plurality of processing cores; selecting one sample per symbol of the data stream to generate a resampled data output; and performing, by the plurality of processing cores, symbol timing recovery based on the resampled data output to adjust a resampling point, the symbol timing recovery performed in parallel by the plurality of processing cores. | 33,469 |
8,486,674 | 1. A method of continuously producing ethanol and electricity from a sustainable, renewable biomass feedstock substantially year round in a processing plant comprising: a) harvesting a bagasse containing biomass grown year round from an acreage of at least 25,000 acres and transporting the biomass to the processing plant; b) extracting a sugar from the harvested biomass while producing moist bagasse; c) either directly combusting the bagasse or gasifying the bagasse then burning the resulting gas to boil water to make steam and an exhaust gas; d) using the steam to drive a turbine to produce all the electricity necessary for the processing plant and an excess which is sold, wherein said electricity is produced substantially year round; e) recycling the exhaust gas from the bagasse gasification or combustion to dry the bagasse after step b); f) fermenting the sugar juice to produce a fermentate and distilling the fermentate to produce ethanol. | 12,005 |
8,939,408 | 1. A spacecraft comprising a hybrid assembly equipped with at least one solar panel, said assembly comprising: at least one solar cell provided with luminous energy concentration means and at least one solar cell with no luminous energy concentration means. | 33,094 |
8,596,374 | 1. A ground working apparatus, comprising: a bridle assembly to secure a plow frame; a plow assembly defines a load and comprises a frame, and a runner and a plow tool each coupled to the frame; a linkage assembly coupling the frame to the bridle assembly to secure the plow frame for movement of the plow assembly between a raised position and lowered ground-working position relative to the bridle assembly; the runner and the plow tool depending downwardly from the frame to concurrently run over and plow, respectively, ground to be plowed along a plowing path ahead of the bridle assembly and the plow assembly, and the runner to run over the ground to be plowed to set the frame of the plow assembly at a fixed elevated position with respect to the ground to be plowed; and a load take-up assembly coupled between the bridle assembly and the linkage assembly, in the lowered ground-working position of the plow assembly the load take-up assembly applies a bias to the linkage assembly that takes up a portion of the load of the plow assembly, which, while insufficient to alone displace the plow assembly from the lowered ground-working position to the raised position relative to the bridle assembly, urges the plow assembly toward the raised position away from the lowered ground-working position relative to the bridle assembly to assist the plow assembly in displacing upwardly into the raised position from the lowered ground-working position relative to the bridle assembly in response to the runner encountering an obstacle. | 29,003 |
9,382,491 | 1. A method for producing a hydrocarbon product stream comprising: reacting components of a reaction mixture in the presence of a catalyst for a contact time to form a product mixture, the reaction mixture comprising a carbon source selected from the group consisting of oleic acid, camelina oil, corn oil, soybean oil, and algae oil and at least about 50% water by mass, wherein the reaction takes place at a temperature and pressure inside a reaction vessel, wherein the temperature inside the reaction vessel is between 540 degrees Celsius and 600 degrees Celsius and the pressure inside the reaction vessel is above critical pressure of water, wherein the product mixture comprises at least about 20% aromatics as measured by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry chromatographic peak area normalization method, and wherein the catalyst comprises a metal oxide. | 14,625 |
9,528,993 | 1. A method of screening cancer cells from a subject with cancer for a biomarker of resistance to a death receptor 5 (DR5) agonist and treating the subject with cancer, comprising (a) monitoring the association of DR5 and a caspase-associated recruitment domain (CARD) containing protein, wherein the CARD-containing protein is DDX3 comprising amino acids 50-100 of SEQ ID NO:26 and wherein association signifies resistance to the DR5 agonist, and (b) administering to the subject lacking resistance to the DR5 agonist a therapeutic amount of the DR5 agonist. | 38,104 |
8,411,607 | 1. A wireless access point (WAP), comprising: a radio frequency module, configured for receiving a wireless signal; an identifying module, configured for identifying whether or not the wireless signal matches a frame format of a physical layer convergence protocol (PCLP) sub-layer of the IEEE 802.11 standards, thereby generating an identifying result; and a controlling module, configured for controlling the WAP to switch to a power-saving mode (PSM) or a constantly awake mode (CAM), according to the identifying result from the identifying module; wherein when the radio frequency module receives the wireless signal, the identifying module demodulates the wireless signal and packs the data contained in the wireless signal, and generates a preamble packet that matches the IEEE 802.11 standards, then, the identifying module generates a controlling signal, the controlling module receives the controlling signal and controls the WAP to switch to the CAM; wherein the WAP further comprises a delay module, configured for determining whether or not the identifying module generates the controlling signal within a predetermined time, wherein if the delay module detects that the identifying module does not generate the controlling signal within the predetermined time, the controlling module controls the WAP to switch to the PSM, otherwise, the delay module starts re-timing after detecting the controlling signal from the identifying module. | 48,253 |
8,533,914 | 1. A hinge, comprising: a first box-shaped body for fixing to a frame; a second box-shaped body for fixing to a door; a connecting mechanism between the box -shaped bodies, for rendering the door movable with a tilting action relative to the frame between a closed position and at least one open position; a damping mechanism, supported by the first body, for applying a damping force on the second body damping movement of the second body towards the first body, when the closed position is almost reached; and a mechanism for controlling operation of the damping mechanism, the mechanism for controlling operation attached to the second box-shaped body, the mechanism for controlling operation spaced apart from the damping mechanism in a non-engaging manner when in the open position, the mechanism for controlling operation first coming into operative engagement with the damping mechanism only when the closed position is almost reached and from that position of first operative engagement until the closed position, operatively engaging the damping mechanism in such a manner that a compression of the damping mechanism continuously increases between the position of first operative engagement and the closed position; a mechanism for operating the damping mechanism, the mechanism for operating the damping mechanism being operatively positioned between the mechanism for controlling operation and the damping mechanism; wherein the mechanism for operating the damping mechanism comprises a rocker lever pivoting on the first box-shaped body. | 41,854 |
8,465,017 | 1. A supply device comprising: a supply roller that rotates around a first axis and supplies a medium; a rotary unit that supports the supply roller at the first axis, and rotates in a determined direction around a second axis different from the first axis to thereby move the supply roller from a first position separated from the medium to a second position in contact with the medium; a restriction part that, when the supply roller is located at the first position, comes into contact with the rotary unit and restricts the rotation of the rotary unit in the determined direction; a member that, upon receipt of drive force, rotates around a third axis different from the second axis; and a swing part that, upon receipt of drive force when the rotation of the rotary unit in the determined direction is restricted by the restriction part, swings in a first direction and causes the member to press and separate the restriction part from the rotary unit, to thereby rotate the rotary unit in the determined direction and move the supply roller to the second position, and that, upon receipt of drive force from the member when the supply roller is located at the second position, swings in a second direction opposite to the first direction and comes into contact with the rotary unit, to thereby rotate the rotary unit in a direction opposite to the determined direction and move the supply roller to the first position. | 34,987 |
9,304,579 | 1. A method of operation within a memory controller, the method comprising: transitioning to a low-power mode in which an active-mode resource required to transmit memory access commands to a memory device at a first command-signaling frequency of the memory controller is disabled; and transmitting a first memory access command to the memory device using an alternative signaling resource during a transitional interval in which the active-mode resource is re-enabled. | 13,484 |
9,461,305 | 1. A magnesium alloy fuel cell comprising a negative electrode material comprising a magnesium alloy, and an electrolytic solution for eluting magnesium ions from the negative electrode material, wherein the magnesium alloy contains 3 wt % to 9 wt % aluminum and 1 wt % to 3 wt % calcium, and wherein the content of lithium in the magnesium alloy is not more than 1 wt %. | 40,615 |
8,604,178 | 1. A vaccine vector comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide and a CD154 polynucleotide sequence encoding a CD154 polypeptide capable of binding CD40, wherein the CD154 polypeptide has fewer than about 50 amino acids and comprises amino acids 140-149 of SEQ ID NO:26 or a homolog thereof, wherein the antigenic polypeptide is an Influenza polypeptide and wherein the polynucleotide sequence encoding the antigenic polypeptide and the CD154 polynucleotide sequence are expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector. | 28,172 |
9,733,144 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a display; a sensor configured to measure information to be used for determining whether the electronic device is underwater; and at least one processor configured to determine, based on results of the measurement by the sensor, whether the electronic device has fallen into the water, wherein upon determining that the electronic device has fallen into the water, the at least one processor displays maintenance operation information on the display, the information guiding a user to maintenance operations for the electronic device. | 46,040 |
9,070,916 | 1. A method for controlling a fuel cell system having a fuel cell to generate power according to an electrochemical reaction of an oxide gas supplied to a cathode side with a fuel gas supplied to an anode side, an oxide-gas supply apparatus to supply the oxide gas to the fuel cell, and a fuel-gas supply apparatus to supply the fuel gas to the fuel cell, the method comprising: an in-stop-mode power generating process of, if an operation stop instruction to stop an operation of the fuel cell is detected, stopping supply of the fuel gas to the fuel cell from fuel-gas supply apparatus, supplying the oxide gas to the fuel cell from the oxide-gas supply apparatus, and stopping power generation of the fuel cell; determining whether or not an elapsed time since the stopping of the power generation of the fuel cell until an operation start instruction to start the fuel cell system is detected is shorter than a specified time, if the operation start instruction to start the fuel cell system is detected after the power generation of the fuel cell is stopped; setting, as a first amount, an amount of replacement of the fuel gas on the anode side at a time of starting the fuel cell system, if it is determined that the elapsed time is shorter than the specified time; and setting, as a second amount, an amount of replacement of the fuel gas on the anode side at the time of starting the fuel cell system, if it is determined that the elapsed time is longer than the specified time, the first amount being larger than the second amount; wherein the specified time is defined as a period of time from a point of time when operation of the fuel cell system is stopped after the in-stop-mode power generating process is executed to a point of time when hydrogen concentration drops down to a predetermined threshold concentration. | 42,171 |
9,000,374 | 1. An apparatus for determining CO 2 concentrations in a fluid stream, the apparatus comprising: a combined light source affixed to a first end of an pitch optic cable, the combined light source having a probe LED producing light in a first portion of the MIR spectrum including significant CO a lens disposed proximate a second end of the pitch optic cable for directing the combined light source through a sampling chamber to a mirror; a catch optic cable having a second end disposed proximate said lens; and a catch optic affixed to a first end of said catch optic cable. | 24,495 |
9,322,389 | 1. A system configured for generating electrical power by way of electromagnetic induction through oscillating linear translation driven by flow of a fluid being transported by a tubular structure, the system comprising: a power generation apparatus disposed at a position along a tubular structure, having a longitudinal axis with substantially parallel sides, the power generation apparatus comprising: a conductive coil disposed along a length of the tubular structure such that the conductive coil encircles the tubular structure, the conductive coil being in a fixed position relative to the tubular structure, the conductive coil being electrically coupled to an electrical load and/or a power storage apparatus, the electrical load and/or the power storage apparatus being disposed at a remote position; a linear translation apparatus disposed radially inward from the conductive coil, the linear translation apparatus being attached to the tubular structure in a slidable manner such that it is able to move linearly and parallel to a longitudinal axis and substantially parallel to the sides of the tubular structure and within the conducting coil; a fluid motion capture apparatus affixed to the linear translation apparatus and connected to a controller, the fluid motion capture apparatus comprising an actuating mechanism, wherein the actuating mechanism comprises a mechanism that moves the fluid motion capture apparatus between at least two states when actuated by the controller: a) a disengaged state, and b) an engaged state, where the fluid motion capture apparatus is positioned further towards the radial center of the tubular member than when in the disengaged state; and one or more magnets affixed to the linear translation apparatus. | 4,792 |
9,726,008 | 1. A method to detect the relative position of a drill bit with respect to a selected underground formation boundary or boundaries using an electric-field borehole telemetry apparatus, that includes the steps: a) providing a measure-while-drilling apparatus that includes inclination sensors, directional sensors, logging sensors of choice and an electric-field borehole telemetry apparatus, b) within the electric-field borehole telemetry apparatus, in addition to monitoring the inclination, direction and logging parameters, monitoring one or more parameters of an electrical output of the electric-field borehole telemetry apparatus, c) transmitting to a surface computer the inclination, direction, and logging parameters as well as the one or more parameters of the electrical output by means of the electric-field borehole telemetry apparatus, d) computing drilling parameters to guide a drill string along an intended path, e) determining from the one or more transmitted parameters of the electrical output from the electric-field borehole telemetry apparatus parameters indicative of approaching or penetrating the selected formation boundary or boundaries, and f) making corrections to the direction of drilling to maintain the drill string and drill bit in the selected formation, g) the method including: | 7,353 |
8,342,809 | 1. A runner for a liquid machine that is designed to work in sand-containing water, comprising: a runner hub that has a curvature on a blade side thereof, and a plurality of curved blades distributed around a centre axis of the runner, wherein each blade is detachably connected to the runner hub wherein each blade fits complementarily into a groove in the runner hub, the groove following the curvature of the blade as well as the curvature of the runner hub surface. | 14,683 |
9,478,972 | 1. An over-voltage prevention device provided between a secondary-winding side of a wound-rotor induction machine and a frequency converter configured to excite the secondary-winding side of the wound-rotor induction machine through a three-phase excitation power supply line, the over-voltage prevention device comprising: a first short-circuit device having a function of short-circuiting between phases of the excitation power supply line; a second short-circuit device having a function of short-circuiting between phases of the excitation power supply line with a short-circuit impedance greater than a short-circuit impedance of the first short-circuit device; and a control unit configured to i) activate the first short-circuit device and the second short-circuit device at a time of a fault in an electric power system, ii) inactivate the first short-circuit device after the fault is eliminated, and iii) inactivate the second short-circuit device after a lapse of a predetermined time from a time when the first short-circuit device is inactivated. | 27,662 |
8,751,153 | 1. A system comprising one or more memory storage areas and one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to: identify a serviceable address that is associated with (a) a street network connection point, (b) a vehicle parking point, and (c) a parcel drop-off point; identify street network connection point information for the street network connection point, wherein the street network connection point information is part of a digital map; identify parcel drop-off point information for the parcel drop-off point, wherein the parcel drop-off point information includes (a) a street network connection point geo coordinate associated with the parcel drop-off point, (b) a vehicle parking point geo coordinate associated with the vehicle parking point, and (c) a street network connection point geo coordinate associated with the street network connection point; determine a first distance from an origin point to the street network connection point based at least in part on the street network connection point geo coordinate; determine a second distance from the street network connection point to the vehicle parking point based at least in part on the street network connection point geo coordinate and the vehicle parking point geo coordinate; determine a third distance from the vehicle parking point to the parcel drop-off point based at least in part on the vehicle parking point geo coordinate and the parcel drop-off point geo coordinate; and determine a total distance from the origin point to the parcel drop-off point, wherein the total distance is based at least in part on the first distance, the second distance, and the third distance. | 3,806 |
8,423,961 | 1. At a computer system, a method for marshalling data to perform a diagnostic operation for a target execution context, the method comprising: an act of receiving an indication that a diagnostic operation is to be performed for part of a target execution context within another separate execution context, the other separate execution context being separated by an execution boundary such that execution within the other separate execution context does not influence execution outside of the other separate execution context, the other separate execution context to be created from an instrumented version of the assembly used to create the target execution context, and the other separate execution context being representative of the target execution context; an act of non-invasively obtaining a portion of state data related to performing the diagnostic operation for the part of the target execution context, non-invasively obtaining the state data including accessing state data from at least one of: a memory location and a register the target execution context is using to store state data during execution, without altering any accessed state data contained in the at least one of: the memory location and the register; an act of marshalling any obtained state data into a format for delivery to the other separate execution context so that the other separate execution context can perform the diagnostic operation based on the obtained state data; and simulating, in the other separate execution context, performance of the diagnostic operation within the target execution context without influencing subsequent execution within the target execution context. | 23,462 |
8,462,774 | 1. A local aggregation switch in a multi-chassis system, comprising: a plurality of network interface modules, each including at least one respective customer-facing port, a portion of the customer-facing ports being member ports of a multi-chassis link aggregate group (MC-LAG) and assigned to a multi-chassis link aggregate group virtual local area network (MC-LAG VLAN), the member ports of the MC-LAG including remote ports on a remote aggregation switch of the multi-chassis system, the remote aggregation switch being active and in a separate physical chassis; and a virtual Internet Protocol (IP) interface allocated to the MC-LAG VLAN and configured on both the local aggregation switch and the remote aggregation switch, the virtual IP interface having an IP address. | 22,344 |
8,428,649 | 1. A method for upgrading a storage device, comprising: performing by a host device, in response to receiving a request to replace a first storage unit with a new storage unit, the first storage unit storing first content and being bound to a third storage unit based on one or more binding types prior to receiving the request, the first storage unit being replaceable by the new storage unit in being removeably coupled to the host device, and the third storage unit being removeably coupled to the host device; obtaining the first content stored originally in the first storage unit; sending the first content to the new storage unit; modifying a portion of the first content in the new storage unit based on the one or more binding types so as to bind the new storage unit to the third storage unit; and modifying second content in the third storage unit based on the one or more binding types. | 21,957 |
8,563,731 | 1. A mesylate salt of 5-(2-{[6-(2,2-difluoro-2-phenylethoxy)hexyl]amino}-1-hydroxyethyl)-8-hydroxyquinolin-2(1H)-one. | 21,825 |
9,438,488 | 1. A method for monitoring application level flow by an intermediary device between a client and a server hosting a database, comprising: receiving, by an intermediary device from a client device, a first database request designated for a server hosting a database having a first type, the first database request comprising a request type and a request string, the intermediary device identifying from parameters of the first database request each of the first type of database, the request type and the request string, wherein the request type comprises one of a read type of request or a write type of request; identifying, by the intermediary device, that a parameter of the first database request matches a parameter of a first policy of a set of one or more policies; selecting by the intermediary device, the server from a plurality of servers based on the request type, the intermediary device configured to select a master server for write type of requests and a slave server having a copy of the database for read type of requests; generating, by the intermediary device responsive to the identification, a first Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (IPFIX) message comprising an identification of the first type of database, an identification of the request type of the first database request, and the request string of the first database request; transmitting, by the intermediary device to the server, the first database request; determining, by the intermediary device, that the first response corresponds to the first database request; and generating, by the intermediary device responsive to the determination, a second IPFIX message comprising an identification of the response status and the response string of the first response; aggregating, by the intermediary device, the first IPFIX message and the second IPFIX message into a single application flow record. | 5,852 |
8,618,317 | 1. Organic electroluminescent device comprising at least one compound of the formula (1): where the following applies to the symbols and indices used: M X is on each occurrence, identically or differently, P, As, Sb or Bi; Y is on each occurrence, identically or differently, C(R L L R R R R m, n are on each occurrence, identically or differently, 0, 1, 2 or 3; p is 0, 1, 2 or 3; with the proviso that the indices m, n and p are selected so that the coordination number on each of the metals M | 29,577 |
8,779,388 | 1. An optical sensor for determining at least one parameter in a medium, the sensor comprising at least one matrix that has opposite first and second surfaces and that contains at least one fluorescent dye; a transparent substrate on the first surface of the matrix and supporting the matrix; and a precious metal layer on the second surface of the matrix opposite the transparent substrate and facing the medium, the second surface of the matrix being an uneven surface with peaks and valleys defining a peak-to-valley height larger than a thickness of the precious metal layer so that the precious metal layer does not completely close off the matrix. | 24,520 |
8,464,594 | 1. A gas nozzle measurement apparatus comprising: (a) a controllable gas source to provide across a gas plate having gas nozzles, a flow of gas at a constant pressure or constant flow rate; and (b) a sensor plate sized to cover an area comprising at least a portion of the front face of the gas plate, the sensor plate comprising gas flow sensors arranged in locations that correspond to positions of individual gas nozzles of the gas plate such that each gas flow sensor can measure a pressure, flow rate, density or velocity of a gas stream passing through the individual gas nozzle that faces a gas flow sensor, and generate a signal indicative of, or display, the pressure, flow rate, density or velocity of the gas stream passing through the individual gas nozzle. | 47,362 |
9,157,410 | 1. A method for operating a supercharged internal combustion engine including at least one exhaust-gas turbocharger which has a turbine arranged in an exhaust-gas discharge system and a compressor arranged in an intake system, comprising: during an engine load increase Δp | 32,723 |
9,240,154 | 1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a liquid crystal display panel having data lines and gate lines crossing each other and a matrix of liquid crystal cells arranged by the crossing structure of the lines, the liquid crystal display panel being divided into at least four portions including a first portion, a second portion, a third portion and a fourth portion, wherein the first and third portions are disposed in a left portion of the liquid crystal display panel and the second and fourth portions are disposed in a right portion of the liquid crystal display panel; a first gate drive circuit that sequentially supplies a gate pulse to the gate lines present in the first portion and the second portion on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel in response to a gate output enable signal, wherein the second portion is apart from the first portion in a horizontal direction; a second gate drive circuit that sequentially supplies the gate pulse to the gate lines present in the third portion and the fourth portion on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel in response to the gate output enable signal, wherein the third portion is apart from the first portion in a vertical direction, and the fourth portion is apart from the third portion in the horizontal direction; a first data drive circuit that supplies a data voltage to the data lines present in the first portion and the third portion on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel in response to a first source output enable signal; a second data drive circuit that supplies the data voltage to the data lines present in the second portion and the fourth portion below the second portion on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel in response to a second source output enable signal; and a timing controller that generates the gate output enable signal, the first source output enable signal, and the second source output enable signal to control the gate pulse output timing of the gate drive circuits and the data voltage output timing and charge sharing timing of the data drive circuits, wherein the first source output enable signal controls the data voltage output timing and charge sharing timing of the first data drive circuit, and the second source output enable signal controls the data voltage output timing and charge sharing timing of the second data drive circuit in a different way from the first data drive circuit, wherein at least some of data output channels of the first data drive circuit for the data lines in the first and third portions are connected during the charge sharing timing of the first data drive circuit and are disconnected to supply the data voltage to the data lines in the first and third portions during the data voltage output timing of the first data drive circuit, and wherein at least some of data output channels of the second data drive circuit for the data lines in the second and fourth portions are connected during the charge sharing timing of the second data drive circuit and are disconnected to supply the data voltage to the data lines in the second and fourth portions during the data voltage output timing of the second data drive circuit. | 13,824 |
8,955,952 | 1. An ink circulation apparatus, comprising: an ink tank that accumulates radical polymerization-type UV-curing ink; a supplying flow path that communicates with the ink tank and a supply port of an inkjet head that includes the supply port to which the radical polymerization-type UV-curing ink is supplied, a nozzle that ejects the radical polymerization-type UV-curing ink, and a discharge port from which the radical polymerization-type UV-curing ink that is not ejected from the nozzle is discharged; a supply pump that is provided in the supplying flow path, and supplies the radical polymerization-type UV-curing ink accumulated in the ink tank to the inkjet head; an oxygen removing unit that is provided in the supplying flow path, and removes oxygen from the radical polymerization-type UV-curing ink to be supplied to the inkjet head; a discharging flow path that communicates with the discharge port of the inkjet head and the ink tank; a collecting pump that is provided in the discharging flow path, and collects the radical polymerization-type UV-curing ink discharged from the discharge port to the ink tank; and an oxygen supplying unit that is provided in the discharging flow path, and supplies oxygen to the radical polymerization-type UV-curing ink to be collected in the ink tank. | 2,769 |
8,655,362 | 1. A method in a multi-access mobile device connected to a first system, said method comprising: acquiring a second system while the multi-access mobile device is in a first-system dormant state on a data session; determining whether a second system signal is at least equal to an RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) threshold subsequent to acquiring the second system; moving the data session to the second system subsequent to acquisition thereof during said acquiring if the second system signal is at least equal to the RSSI threshold; and maintaining the data session in the first system if the second system signal is determined, subsequent to the acquisition of the second system, less than the RSSI threshold. | 38,982 |
9,239,373 | 1. A method for adaptive image optimization in induced wave ultrasound imaging, the method comprising: transmitting, from a transducer of an ultrasound system, acoustic energy into a patient; generating a wave in response to the transmitting; scanning, with a beamformer of the ultrasound system, a region of the patient with ultrasound; detecting, from the scanning, displacement of tissue caused by the wave; and changing a transmit setting of the ultrasound system for transmit operation subsequent to the transmitting, the transmit setting being for a transmit frequency, line spacing, F-number, pulse repetition frequency, line sampling count, acoustic energy amplitude, acoustic energy pulse length, or combinations thereof and the transmit setting changing to a value that is a function of the displacement. | 16,708 |
9,553,798 | 1. A method implemented by a network device for updating conversation allocation over links of a link aggregation group, wherein the network device is communicatively coupled with aggregation ports through the links of the link aggregation group, the method comprising: verifying that an implementation of a conversation-sensitive link aggregation control protocol (LACP) is operational, wherein the conversation-sensitive LACP coordinates conversation-sensitive frame collection and distribution of the network device and a partner network device, and wherein the partner network device is a remote network device of the link aggregation group communicatively coupled with the network device; determining that operations through enhanced link aggregation control protocol data units (LACPDUs) are possible, wherein the determination is based at least partially on a compatibility check between a first set of operational parameters of the network device and a second set of operational parameters of the partner network device; and updating a first conversation allocation state of an aggregation port of the link aggregation group based on a determination that the first conversation allocation state is incorrect, wherein the first conversation allocation state indicates a first list of conversations transmitting through the aggregation port, and wherein updating the first conversation allocation state of the aggregation port of the link aggregation group includes: | 15,645 |
8,899,158 | 1. A tender car of a consist, comprising: a frame; a truck configured to support the frame; a wheel rotatably connected to the truck; a motor operatively connected to the wheel and configured to generate electric power when the wheel is rotated; a tank mounted to the frame and configured to hold a liquefied gaseous fuel; and a fuel pump mounted to the frame and configured to pump the liquefied gaseous fuel from the tank, an auxiliary engine configured to generate electric power directed to the fuel pump, wherein the auxiliary engine is powered by fuel pumped by the fuel pump, and wherein the fuel pump is driven by electric power generated by the motor. | 41,964 |
9,371,925 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a valve body having an inlet and an outlet to allow fluid to flow therethrough; a backing plate disposed within a bonnet and operatively coupled to the valve body; and first and second diaphragms, each having a corrugated profile and in a stacked configuration, wherein first corrugations of the first diaphragm are to contact second corrugations of the second diaphragm such that the first corrugations matably receive the second corrugations, wherein the first and second corrugations include a sawtooth-shaped pattern, wherein the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm are to move together, the diaphragms operatively coupled to the backing plate, each of the diaphragms is clamped between the valve body and the bonnet proximate a peripheral edge of the diaphragm. | 7,382 |
8,982,098 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a display unit; and a controller configured to: transition the electronic device into a lock state; display a first indication of a first missed call, the first indication being displayed while the electronic device is in the lock state; display a second indication of a second missed call, the second indication being displayed while the electronic device is in the lock state; responsive to a first input event generated at a first location in the display unit where the first indication is displayed, transition the electronic device out of the lock state and activate a function corresponding to the first missed call; and responsive to a second input event generated at a second location in the display unit where the second indication is displayed, transition the electronic device out of the lock state and activate a function corresponding to the second missed call, wherein the first indication and the second indication are displayed concurrently on the display unit. | 14,138 |
9,673,641 | 1. A voltage detecting device comprising: a plurality of voltage detecting circuits provided for respective battery modules of a battery, the battery being formed by connecting, in series with each other, the battery modules each formed by connecting battery cells in series with each other, the plurality of voltage detecting circuits configured to detect voltage of each of the battery cells; a plurality of voltage detecting lines connecting the battery cells to the voltage detecting circuits; and a control device controlling charge and discharge of the battery cells on a basis of detection information obtained from the voltage detecting circuits, wherein the plurality of voltage detecting circuits detect the voltage of each of the battery cells via the voltage detecting lines, the plurality of voltage detecting circuits being connected in series with each other via a communication line, and one of the voltage detecting circuits at one end of the voltage detecting circuits connected in series with each other being directly connected to the control device via a communication line, a voltage detecting line having a lowest potential, the voltage detecting line having the lowest potential being connected to one of the voltage detecting circuits adjacent to each other, and a voltage detecting line having a highest potential, the voltage detecting line having the highest potential being connected to another of the voltage detecting circuits adjacent to each other, being adjacent to each other and directly connected to each other via a first capacitor. | 11,706 |
8,489,906 | 1. A processor comprising: a first virtual ground terminal; a second virtual ground terminal; circuitry coupled to the first virtual ground terminal for providing current to the first virtual ground terminal; a first regulating transistor coupled between the first virtual ground terminal and the second virtual ground terminal; a first disabling transistor coupled in parallel with the first regulating transistor for selectively disabling the first regulating transistor by directly connecting the second virtual ground terminal to the first virtual ground terminal; a second regulating transistor coupled between the second virtual ground terminal and a first ground terminal; and a second disabling transistor coupled in parallel with the second regulating transistor for selectively disabling the second regulating transistor by directly connecting the second virtual ground terminal to the first ground terminal. | 1,943 |
8,653,961 | 1. A vehicle display device comprising: a display unit that displays an image in a field of view of a driver of a vehicle; an eyeball position detection unit that detects an eyeball position of the driver relative to the vehicle; a display position adjustment unit that adjusts a display position of the image relative to the vehicle based on the detected eyeball position; and a travel condition detection unit that detects a vehicle travel condition, wherein the display position adjustment unit adjusts the display position of the image when the travel condition detection unit detects a linearly traveling state of the vehicle, wherein the eyeball position detection unit detects the eyeball position when the travel condition detection unit detects the linearly traveling state of the vehicle, and wherein the display position of the image is adjusted based on the detected eyeball position when the linearly traveling state of the vehicle is detected. | 31,618 |
9,327,608 | 1. A charging station for an electric vehicle comprising: a primary coil; and an inflatable membrane having a primary coil carrying first structure surrounding the primary coil, the inflatable membrane further having an extendable, deformable, and elastic second structure, the first structure being carried by the second structure, the charging station having a first position wherein the first structure is held beneath or substantially level to a first surface, and a second position where the first structure is moved by the second structure to be held beyond the level of the first surface, wherein the primary coil is embedded in the first structure of the inflatable membrane. | 13,306 |
8,358,036 | 1. A method of activating a power bus, the method comprising: receiving a group start signal and responsively initiating startup of a plurality of generator sets; communicating to the plurality of generator sets an operational status of each of the plurality of generator sets; communicating to the plurality of generator sets a desire of at least two of the plurality of generator sets to connect to the power bus; inhibiting the remaining of the plurality of generator sets from attempting to connect to the power bus based on the communicated desire; activating an arbitration relay at the locations of the at least two generator sets based on the communicated desire, the arbitration relays being connected in series along an arbitration signal cable directed to the plurality of generator sets; interrupting power along the arbitration signal cable at the locations of the activated arbitration relays; and connecting one of the at least two generator sets to the power bus based on a status of the arbitration signal cable. | 10,450 |
9,610,880 | 1. A system for attaching a floor cover to a vehicle foot well, the system comprising: a bottom grommet, an outer sidewall of the bottom grommet formed around an axis and having an outer surface and an inner surface, a floor cover retention flange of the bottom grommet joined to the outer sidewall and radially outwardly extending from the outer surface of the outer sidewall, the outer sidewall of the bottom grommet extending axially upwardly from the retention flange to a hinge plane of the bottom grommet; an annulus disposed in the hinge plane of the bottom grommet and radially inwardly extending from the outer sidewall of the bottom grommet to an inner end of the annulus; a plurality of fingers disposed around the axis to be angularly spaced apart from each other, an upper end of each finger joined to the inner end of the annulus so that the annulus spaces said upper end from the inner surface of the outer sidewall, each finger extending axially downwardly from the upper end of the finger to a lower end of the finger and having an inner sidewall surface disposed between the upper and lower finger ends that is in alignment with the axis; for each finger, a bead formed proximate to the lower end of the finger and radially inwardly extending from the inner sidewall surface of the finger, the bead adapted to engage any of a plurality of differently shaped, predetermined vehicle foot well retention post heads with an interference fit; each finger having an outer surface facing the inner surface of the outer sidewall of the bottom grommet, the bottom grommet further including, for each finger, a vertical rib radially extending from the inner surface of the outer sidewall to the outer surface of the finger, an angular width, relative to the axis, of the vertical rib being less than or equal to one-fourth of a corresponding angular width of the finger; a top grommet, a downwardly extending sidewall of the top grommet adapted to fasten to the outer surface of the outer sidewall of the bottom grommet; and an affixation device adapted for attachment to a vehicle foot well, the affixation device having an affixation device body with an upper surface and a lower surface, a floor cover retention post upwardly extending from the upper surface of the affixation device body and adapted to engage the fingers of the bottom grommet. | 48,956 |
9,677,448 | 1. A method for an engine, comprising: introducing ionized air downstream of an exhaust catalyst responsive to catalyst temperature, wherein the catalyst is an exhaust oxidation catalyst, and wherein the introducing includes initiating introduction of ionized air when a catalyst temperature of the catalyst is below a threshold, continuing to introduce the ionized air until the catalyst temperature is at the threshold, and discontinuing the introduction of ionized air when the catalyst temperature is above the threshold. | 1,192 |
9,026,215 | 1. An implantable baroreflex activation system for controlling an expected blood pressure surge event, the system comprising: at least one electrode; an electrotherapy circuit electrically coupled with the at least one electrode; a clock; and a processor electrically coupled with the electrotherapy circuit and the clock, the processor including operating logic that controls administration of electrotherapy to stimulate baroreceptors of a patient via the electrotherapy circuit and based at least in part on information received from the clock, the processor configured to: | 24,899 |
8,925,692 | 1. An electromechanically actuable parking brake for motor vehicles, comprising a drum brake and a control unit, the drum brake having a brake actuating device, actuated by an electromechanical actuator and configured as an expander element which acts on two brake shoes; the expander element being supported via a spring energy storage device, and being spreadable by a predetermined length of travel, when the parking brake is actuated, to apply an application force, wherein the control unit sets a length of axial travel travelled by the expander element to apply the application force when the parking brake is actuated as a function of at least one motor vehicle state parameter, the at least one motor vehicle state parameter including an inclination of a slope on which the vehicle is parked, such that when the vehicle is parked on a slope having an actual inclination, the control unit sets a first length of axial travel greater than predetermined travel length, the first length determined as a function of the actual inclination of the slope, and a second, different length of axial travel greater than the predetermined travel length when the actual inclination of the slope is above a predetermined threshold value. | 36,630 |
8,937,311 | 1. A thin film transistor, comprising: a gate electrode on a substrate, wherein the gate electrode includes a first layer formed of copper and a second layer formed of copper nitride on the first layer; a gate insulating layer including a first gate insulating layer formed of silicon nitride and a second gate insulating layer formed of silicon oxide, wherein the first gate insulating layer is disposed on and contacts the gate electrode, and the second gate insulating layer is disposed on the first gate insulating layer; a semiconductor layer formed of an oxide semiconductor material on the second gate insulating layer; an etch-stopper layer formed on the semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the etch-stopper layer and spaced apart from each other. | 27,029 |
9,014,219 | 1. A switch, comprising: a processor adapted for executing logic; logic configured to receive link aggregation (LAG) information about a first peer switch; logic configured to store the LAG information about the first peer switch; and logic configured to use the LAG information about the first peer switch and LAG information about the switch to determine load balancing across one or more connections between the switch and the first peer switch, wherein the LAG information about the first peer switch comprises: a LAG index for the first peer switch, a hashing algorithm used for the first peer switch, a maximum number of LAG members allowed for the first peer switch, an actual number of LAG members used by the first peer switch, a maximum number of LAG groups supported by the first peer switch, an actual number of LAG groups used by the first peer switch, and a LAG type (static or dynamic) for the first peer switch. | 19,134 |
8,368,272 | 1. A torque generation assembly comprising: a) a frame structure; b) a rotational load; c) at least one generating wheel coupled to said rotational load, said generating wheel having a circumferential periphery with at least one peripheral vein, said peripheral vein having at least one magnetic or nonmagnetic key section; d) an electromagnetic source positioned adjacent said circumferential periphery of said generating wheel, said electromagnetic source being constructed to act upon said magnetic or nonmagnetic key section of said at least one vein; and e) an electrical control system operative on said electromagnetic source, said electrical control system having a timing circuit providing predetermined electromagnetic power to said at least one magnetic key section of said at least one vein. | 44,750 |
8,550,209 | 1. A muffler for a turbo engine or piston engine, particularly a screw compressor, said muffler comprising: a housing ( 1 . 1 - 1 . 3 ) including at least a first and second housing part ( 1 . 1 - 1 . 2 ), a flange section radially extending from each of said first and said second housing part, said flange sections opposing each other; a disk arrangement including at least one disk ( 3 , 4 ) fastened between said opposing flange sections; a pipe arrangement fastened to said disk arrangement and having at least one pipe ( 2 . 1 , 2 . 2 ) for guiding a fluid of the turbo engine or piston engine; and an elastic element ( 3 . 3 , 4 . 3 , 6 , 7 , 8 ) as a separate part from the disc arrangement and interposed between said pipe arrangement and said opposing flange sections, said elastic element being constructed to damp vibrations for at least partially decoupling said pipe arrangement from said housing with respect to vibration. | 13,466 |
9,006,919 | 1. An adaptive hydrokinetic energy harvesting system, comprising: a first blade having a first leading end, a first trailing end opposite said first leading end, and a first part of an electrical power generating means for generating electrical current from torque, said first part being affixed to said first trailing end; and a second blade having a hydrofoil cross-section, a second leading end, a second trailing end opposite said second leading end, and a second part of said electrical power generating means affixed to said second leading end, wherein said second leading end of said second blade is movably attached to said first trailing end of said first blade, said first and second blades being arranged such that turbulent fluid flow from said first leading end of the said first blade to said second trailing end of said second blade causes said second blade to oscillate relative to said first blade thereby generating torque, and said first and second parts of said electrical power generating means cooperating to convert the generated torque to electrical current. | 10,529 |
9,674,796 | 1. A terminal comprising: a processor configured to a transmitter, configured to perform PRACH enhanced sending according to the first characteristic parameter determined by the processor. | 49,257 |
9,754,225 | 1. A method for automated security processing, the method implemented in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium as executable instructions that are processed by one or more processors configured to perform the method, comprising: assigning, by the one or more processors, base annotations to a resource identity associated with a resource in an enterprise data store and identifying the resource as a resource type that is one of: performing, by the one or more processors, a number of iterations, the number of iterations is a depth of a hierarchy used for annotating assignments of enterprise resources and each iteration calculating new annotations using the value portions of the name-value pairs, and each iteration based at least in part on the value portions of prior annotations and the new annotations assigned to the resource identity in the enterprise data store, wherein for a first iteration the base annotations are the prior annotations, wherein the hierarchy is for available annotations within an enterprise, wherein calculating further includes summing the value portions for same annotation types during each iteration to arrive at revised total annotation type values; and monitoring, by the one or more processors, the enterprise data store for the resource identity based on the base annotations and the new annotations to perform one or more automated actions, wherein monitoring further includes dynamically changing security within an enterprise system for the resource type based on the revised total annotation type values and dynamically providing automated security processing. | 6,245 |
9,411,535 | 1. A method comprising: discovering devices on a data store comprising a first virtual device and a second virtual device; receiving an inquiry from a virtual data protection appliance; responding to the query by providing information on a pseudo data storage system; sending discovered devices to the virtual data protection appliance; receiving a first input/output (I/O) request at a kernel interface using the pseudo data storage system; writing the first I/O request to a first journal, used in a data replication process, in a first virtual device on the datastore; receiving a second I/O request at the kernel interface using the pseudo data storage system; and writing the second I/O request to a second virtual device on the datastore, wherein the second storage device is separate from the first storage device. | 31,715 |
9,529,538 | 1. A method of storing small volumes of data comprising: in a grid scale storage system comprising a plurality of storage disks, establishing, by one or more computer processors, a set of storage slices, within a plurality of logical unit number (LUN) through the plurality of storage disks, wherein a minimum size of each LUN is 17 GB based on: (partition size)*(the set of storage slices), and wherein the partition size is 1 MB and the set of storage slices comprises 16,411 slices; creating, by one or more computer processors, a container within a slice of the set of storage slices from the plurality of storage disks; creating, by one or more computer processors, a partition within said container, wherein said partition creates a small volume of storage; assigning, by one or more computer processors, an offset, wherein the offset is a volume between the start of a slice and the start of the container and wherein the offset indicates an origin location to store data; receiving, by one or more computer processors, a fragment of data; and storing, by one or more computer processors, said fragment of data in said partition, wherein said partition is at least as large as a size of the fragment of data. | 46,325 |
8,671,667 | 1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust purification system comprising: an exhaust purification catalyst arranged in an engine exhaust passage for reacting NO a precious metal catalyst carried on an exhaust gas flow surface of the exhaust purification catalyst; a basic layer formed around the precious metal catalyst; and an electronic control unit, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control a vibration of a concentration of hydrocarbons flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst within a predetermined range of amplitude and within a predetermined range of period, and is configured to control the vibration period of the hydrocarbon concentration longer than the predetermined range, wherein when the electronic control unit controls the vibration of the concentration of hydrocarbons flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst within the predetermined range of amplitude and within the predetermined range of period, a reducing intermediate containing nitrogen and hydrocarbons is produced on the precious metal catalyst and held on the basic layer, the NO when the electronic control unit controls the vibration period of the hydrocarbon concentration longer than the predetermined range, the catalyst has a property of being increased in a storage amount of NO | 48,239 |
8,855,656 | 1. A method comprising: determining the amount of radio data traffic within a specific area of a mobile telecommunication network, comparing the determined amount of radio data traffic with a first radio data traffic capacity, which can be provided by the at least one first base station; if the first radio data traffic capacity is larger than the determined amount of radio data traffic, transferring the at least one second base station into a predefined operational state, in which the at least one second base station has a reduced electric power consumption, which is smaller than the electrical power consumption being assigned to a full operation of the at least one second base station, serving the specific area exclusively by the at least one first base station. | 48,725 |
9,440,547 | 1. A method of charging a battery in a plug-in electric vehicle, comprising the steps of: obtaining electricity rate preferences; obtaining a scheduled departure time; determining an amount of charging needed to fully charge the battery; and developing a charging scheme with a control module and charging the battery with a battery charger according to the developed charging scheme, wherein the charging scheme satisfies the electricity rate preferences and shifts charging towards the scheduled departure time so as to reduce an amount of time at which the battery is maintained at an elevated charge before the scheduled departure time. | 42,447 |
8,603,611 | 1. A transparent planar body comprising: a transparent substrate; a patterned transparent conductive film provided on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, the patterned transparent conductive film having a thickness within the range of 10 to 25 nm; and an adjusting laminate for equalizing the reflectance of light that is transmitted through a patterned region where the transparent conductive film is provided via the transparent substrate with that transmitted through a non-patterned region where the transparent conductive film is not provided, wherein the adjusting laminate is provided with an undercoat laminate comprising a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer whose light refractive index is higher than that of the low refractive index layer, the undercoat laminate lies between the transparent substrate and the transparent conductive film in such a manner that the transparent conductive film is disposed on the low refractive index layer side, and the high refractive index layer is thinner than the low refractive index layer, and the thickness of the high refractive index layer falls within the range of 10 to 25 nm and that of the low refractive index layer falls within the range of 25 to 45 nm. | 40,545 |
8,389,079 | 1. A container comprising: at least one wall that defines an internal volume and an opening into said internal volume, said wall defining an internal surface and an external surface and being formed as a layered structure comprising a first layer, a second layer that comprises paperboard and defines said external surface, and an adhesive layer disposed between said first layer and said second layer, wherein at most 0.15 grams of condensation forms on said external surface per 300 square centimeters of said external surface during a 20-minute interval, said 20-minute interval beginning upon filling 75 percent of said internal volume with a liquid maintained at a temperature of about 32° F. while said filled container is exposed to an ambient temperature of about 73° F. and about 50 percent relative humidity. | 45,763 |
8,551,031 | 1. A swab applicator, comprising: an elongated member having first and second ends; a first end member attached to the first end of the elongated member and having a covering layer; and a second end member attached to the second end of the elongated member, the second end member being different from the first end member, wherein the first end member comprises a three-dimensional ovoid portion having a plurality of through openings formed by loops, the ovoid portion defining a chamber. | 33,705 |
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