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9,339,592 | 1. A biocompatible polymer comprising fluorinated monomers and hydrocarbon monomers, having the structure of formula I: wherein m and n are positive integers ranging from 1 to 100,000, wherein the fluoro monomers are fluorinated alkylene monomers, wherein the hydrocarbon monomers are hydrocarbon vinyl monomers, wherein the hydrocarbon monomers are CR wherein the fluoro monomers are selected from the group consisting of —CF wherein the fluorinated monomers form about 25.01 mole % to about 99.99 mole % repeating units of the polymer, and wherein the hydrocarbon monomers form about 74.99 mole % to about 0.01 mole % repeating units of the polymer. | 25,299 |
9,826,390 | 1. A mobility management entity (MME), comprising: a memory; and logic, at least a portion of which is implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to receive a forward relocation request during a handover procedure for a user equipment (UE), determine, based on the forward relocation request, whether a local home network of the UE changes, determine whether to maintain a selected internet protocol traffic offload at local network (SIPTO@LN) packet data network (PDN) connection of the UE following the handover procedure based on whether the local home network of the UE changes, and maintain the SIPTO@LN PDN connection in response to a determination that the local home network of the UE does not change. | 43,937 |
9,625,480 | 1. A linkage control device comprises a rack and following devices arranged thereof: wherein the linkage control device also comprises a signal control unit for controlling the start or stop of the power unit, sensing switches connected to the signal control unit via signals, and sensing pins arranged in pair with the sensing switches and placed on the rotating component. | 44,291 |
8,716,788 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a drift region of a first doping type; a junction between the drift region and a device region, the junction being a pn-junction or a Schottky junction adjacent to an anode terminal of a Schottky diode; and at least one field electrode structure in the drift region and separated from the device region, the at least one field electrode structure comprising: | 10,034 |
8,428,891 | 1. A method for apportioning usage of a utility in a multi-unit building, the method comprising: (a) measuring total usage of the utility by the multi-unit building using a meter unit to produce a total usage measurement; (b) positioning at least one sensor unit in each of a plurality of single units of the multi-unit building; (c) monitoring usage of the utility by each of the plurality of the single units using the sensor units to produce monitoring data; (d) receiving the total usage measurement and the monitoring data at a processor unit; (e) correlating the total usage measurement and the monitoring data using the processor unit to generate correlated data; and (f) apportioning the total usage measurement to the plurality of single units using the processor unit based on the correlated data; wherein monitoring usage of the utility by the single unit comprises: wherein apportioning the total usage measurement to the plurality of single units comprises: | 49,299 |
8,481,845 | 1. A photovoltaic cell comprising: a monocrystalline semiconductor silicon lamina having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first, the lamina having a thickness between about 1 micron and about 20 microns between the first and second surfaces; a dielectric layer in contact with the first surface; and a metal layer in contact with the dielectric layer, the metal layer contacting the first surface through vias formed through the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the lamina and the metal layer, and the metal layer is disposed between the dielectric layer and a rear support substrate providing support to the lamina, wherein the metal layer is continuous between all the vias, and wherein the photovoltaic cell comprises the lamina. | 2,081 |
9,007,792 | 1. An arrangement for transmitting power between a direct current power line and an alternating current power line carrying a voltage having a number of phases, said arrangement comprising: a number of transformers, one for each phase, a number of power transfer modules, one for each phase, connected in series between the direct current power line and ground or a negative direct current bus, wherein each of the number of power transfer modules comprises: wherein the first branch and the second branch are connected in parallel between a first connection point and a second connection point of the corresponding one of the number of power transfer modules, a primary winding of a corresponding one of the number of transformers is connected to a corresponding alternating current phase conductor of the alternating current power line, and a secondary winding of the corresponding one of the number of transformers is connected between a midpoint of the first branch and a midpoint of the second branch of the corresponding one of the number of power transfer modules. | 48,102 |
8,831,195 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a communications device, a telephone number and responses to menu prompts via a plurality of keystrokes; assigning, by said communications device, a session identifier to said keystrokes; and storing, by said communications device, the telephone number, the responses to the menu prompts, and data representing time delays between the plurality of keystrokes. | 29,957 |
9,444,377 | 1. A motor drive control device that uses a rotor position sensorless control scheme to drive a motor having a rotor and a stator, the motor drive control device comprising: a rotational speed deriving component configured to derive a rotational speed of the motor at least at a time when the motor is in a state just before startup of the motor; a startup component configured to start up the motor by outputting to the motor a drive signal based on at least one of a changing component configured to change the drive signal based on at least one of the direct-current excitation scheme and the forced drive scheme in accordance with the rotational speed of the motor that the rotational speed deriving component has derived, when the startup component starts up the motor by outputting to the motor the drive signal based on the direct-current excitation scheme, the changing component changing voltage or current of the drive signal in accordance with the rotational speed of the motor, and in a case where the rotational speed of the motor just before startup is larger than a predetermined rotational speed, the changing component making voltage or current of the drive signal that is output to the motor in order to cause the motor to begin to start up smaller than a predetermined drive voltage or a predetermined drive current, respectively, that is output to the motor in a case where the motor begins to start up in a non-rotating state. | 26,600 |
8,423,404 | 1. A kiosk for analysis of an electronic device and financial remuneration to a user for submission of the electronic device, the kiosk comprising: a housing having an inspection area for placement of an electronic device therein; a user interface on the housing for the user to input information; at least one machine vision camera focused on a field of view within the inspection area of the housing; a processor within the housing; wherein the processor is in electrical communication with the at least one machine vision camera to receive the image of the portion of the electronic device and the image of a display screen of the electronic device, the processor configured to utilize visual inspection and recognition software to determine external dimensions of the electronic device to determine a subset of possible electronic devices from a master database of electronic devices stored in a memory, and the processor utilizing a plurality of secondary features of the electronic device selected from the group of a placement of a display screen, a size of a display screen, a placement of a keyboard, a size of a keyboard, a plurality of buttons, and a placement of ports, wherein the processor determines an exact make and model of the electronic device. | 28,047 |
9,642,880 | 1. A method for treating ulcerative colitis, the method comprising: administering a microbiota restoration therapy composition to a patient with ulcerative colitis; wherein the microbiota restoration therapy composition is pre-screened for bacterial diversity; wherein the pre-screened microbiota restoration therapy composition includes bacteria from at least seven different families and has a Shannon Diversity Index of 0.4-2.5 when calculated at the family level; and wherein the microbiota restoration therapy composition comprises a mixture of an effective amount of fecal microbiota from a fresh human fecal sample and a mixture of polyethylene glycol and saline, the polyethylene glycol added to the fresh human stool sample at a concentration of 30-90 g/L. | 17,931 |
9,527,539 | 1. A swather header transport trailer having a forward end and a rearward end, comprising: a first elongated and generally horizontally disposed first frame member having a forward end and a rearward end; a second elongated and generally horizontally disposed second frame member having a forward end and a rearward end; said first and second frame members being spaced from one another; said rearward end of said first frame member being positioned forwardly of said rearward end of said second frame member; a horizontally disposed beam having first and second ends; said first end of said beam being secured to said forward end of said first frame member; said second end of said beam being secured to said forward end of said second frame member; a pivotal wheel assembly operatively secured to said beam so as to be positioned forwardly of said beam; a hitch tongue secured to said pivotal wheel assembly and which extends forwardly from said pivotal wheel assembly for connection to a prime mover; an elongated and horizontally disposed first support member, having first and second ends, which extends between said first and second frame members; said first end of said first support member being selectively horizontally slidably secured to said first frame member; said first end of said first support member being selectively vertically adjustably secured to said first frame member; said second end of said first support member being selectively horizontally slidably secured to said second frame member; said second end of said first support member being selectively vertically adjustably secured to said second frame member; an elongated and horizontally disposed third frame member having first and second ends; said first end of said third frame member being secured to said rearward end of said first frame member; said second end of said third frame member being secured to said second frame member; an elongated and horizontally disposed fourth frame member having forward and rearward ends; said forward end of said fourth frame member being secured to said third frame member intermediate said first and second ends of said third frame member; said fourth frame member being parallel to and spaced from said second frame member; an elongated and horizontally disposed fifth frame member having first and second ends; said second end of said fifth frame member being secured to said second frame member; said fifth frame member being secured to said rearward end of fourth frame member between said first and second ends of said fifth frame member; an elongated and horizontally disposed sixth frame member having forward and rearward ends; said forward end of said sixth frame member being secured to said first end of said fifth frame member so as to extend rearwardly from said fifth frame member; a first wheel operatively secured to said rearward end of said sixth frame member; a second wheel operatively secured to said rearward end of said second frame member; a bumper operatively secured to said rearward end of said sixth frame member and said rearward end of said second frame member; an elongated and horizontally disposed second support member, having first and second ends, which extends between said sixth and second frame members; said first end of said second support member being selectively horizontally slidably secured to said sixth frame member; said first end of said second support member being selectively vertically adjustably secured to said sixth frame member; said second end of said second support member being selectively horizontally slidably secured to said second frame member; said second end of said second support member being selectively vertically adjustably secured to said second frame member; a first header support assembly selectively horizontally adjustably secured to said fourth frame member and said second frame member; a second header support assembly selectively horizontally adjustably secured to said fourth frame member and second frame member rearwardly of said first header support assembly; said first header support assembly including a connector element thereon for connection to a header positioned on the trailer; and said second header support assembly including a connector element thereon for attachment to a header positioned on the trailer. | 49,642 |
8,613,664 | 1. A gaming system having a controller operative to present a wagering interface on a display, the wagering interface associated with a wagering game having a plurality of symbol-bearing reels, the wagering interface comprising: a plurality of player-selectable quick-bet elements, each quick-bet element indicating a different total wager for a spin of the plurality of reels, each total wager being at least partially divided among a plurality of paylines associated with positions on one or more of the plurality of symbol-bearing reels; a window configured to display a subset of the plurality of quick-bet elements such that a first plurality of the plurality of player-selectable quick bet elements are initially displayed in the window and a second plurality of the plurality of player-selectable quick-bet elements are not initially displayed in the window, thereby allowing a player to select one of the first plurality of displayed quick bet elements, the first plurality of displayed quick-bet elements simultaneously displaying their respective total wagers; and a quick-bet element selection slider configured to allow each of the plurality of player-selectable quick-bet elements to be displayed within the window, the selection slider movable to a plurality of positions along a slider path such that the position of the selection slider on the slider path determines the subset of quick-bet elements to be displayed in the window. | 21,725 |
9,488,311 | 1. A material comprising at least one of a thermal or sound insulation material comprising at least one layer of a chemically expanded and crosslinked high consistency (HCR) polysiloxane polymer blend and where crosslinking is achieved by at least one of hydrosilylation, peroxides, sulphur compounds or metal oxides and wherein the polysiloxane blend is expanded to a closed cell content of at least 80% and to a density of less than 350 kg/m3 according to ISO 845 and the expanded and crosslinked polysiloxane blend is showing a thermal conductivity of less than 0.15 W/mK at 0° C. according to EN 12667. | 28,729 |
9,009,512 | 1. A multi-core processor comprising: a plurality of physical processing cores; inter-core state discovery microcode in each core enabling the core to participate in a de-centralized inter-core state discovery process through signals, unmediated by any centralized non-core logic, sent to or received from other cores; wherein the inter-core state discovery microcode includes synchronization logic, provided to each core, synchronized instances of which are operable to be invoked on multiple cores for purposes of an inter-core state discovery process; wherein each native instance is operable both to invoke new instances of the synchronization logic on other cores, and to respond to any prior instance of the synchronization logic on another core that invoked the native instance; wherein the hierarchical coordination system groups cores into a plurality of domain levels, including at least: for each multi-core domain level, a single core is designated as a master of that domain; each multi-core domain other than the lowest-level multi-core domains defines a kinship group consisting of master cores of constituent domains of the immediately next lower rank; each lowest-level multi-core domain defines a kinship group consisting of all of its cores; each core belongs to at least one kinship group; and each native instance of the synchronization logic is restricted from invoking new instances of the synchronization logic to cores not belonging to a native core kinship group. | 41,153 |
9,312,126 | 1. A method for processing a gate dielectric layer deposited on a germanium-based or Group III-V compound-based substrate, comprising the steps of: depositing a high-K gate dielectric layer on the germanium-based or Group III-V compound-based substrate: and performing a plasma process to the high-K gate dielectric layer using fluorine plasma, wherein during the plasma process, a guiding electric field is applied so that fluorine ions, when being accelerated to a surface of the gate dielectric layer, have an energy of from about 5 to about 50 eV and the fluorine plasma drifts into the high-K gate dielectric layer, wherein a ratio of a density of the fluorine ions in the high-K gate dielectric layer and a density of oxygen atoms in the high-K gate dielectric layer is from about 0.01 to about 0.15:1. | 45,536 |
8,548,450 | 1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a housing; a wireless transceiver carried by said housing; a display carried by said housing; and a controller carried by said housing and coupled to said display and said wireless transceiver, said controller configured to wirelessly download a first page from among a plurality of pages collectively including a sequential listing of a plurality of selectable files, wherein the plurality of pages comprises a plurality of divisions of the sequential listing of the plurality of selectable files, display the first page with a scrollable cursor thereon, wirelessly download a second page based upon the scrollable cursor being positioned at a threshold number of selectable files in the first page, merge the first and second pages, and display the merged first and second pages as a single scrollable page in which selectable files in the first page and selectable files in the second page are scrollable. | 48,032 |
9,073,663 | 1. A carton for holding a plurality of containers, the carton comprising: a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel; a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps is at least partially overlapped with respect to one another to thereby at least partially form a closed end of the carton; a handle formed in the closed end of the carton; a reinforcing insert comprising a central panel, a first insert end flap foldably connected to the central panel along a first fold line, and second insert end flap foldably connected to the central panel along a second fold line, the top panel at least partially overlapping the central panel, the first insert end flap being positioned for contact with at least one of the plurality of containers, and the second insert end flap being positioned for reinforcing the handle, wherein the first fold line is spaced apart from the closed end, the first insert end flap extends from the first fold line to the closed end, and the second insert end flap is at least partially in overlapping relationship with the plurality of end flaps in the closed end. | 32,353 |
8,383,404 | 1. A method comprising: purifying cells from a first sample based on the positive expression of CD150 protein in order to generate a purified cell sample, wherein said cells are CD150 + cells, and wherein said purified cell sample comprises a higher percent of HSCs than are present in said first sample. | 29,231 |
9,639,247 | 1. An information processing device comprising: a processor configured to execute instructions configured to: | 43,983 |
8,696,544 | 1. A urinary incontinence device comprising: a support having a first end and a second end; a hanger attached to the first end, the hanger comprising a segment that is curved and so configured to hang over a surface of a pubic bone; an interconnecting member attached to the second end; and an anchor movably engaged with the interconnecting member, the anchor implantable into tissue of an obturator foramen of a patient, the anchor comprising a body and a collar received over the body, the collar having a first aperture and a second aperture and the anchor defining a pathway in a space between the body and the collar that extends from the first aperture to the second aperture of the collar, the interconnecting member being received through the first and second apertures such that a portion of the interconnecting member is compressed between the body and the collar, that portion of the interconnecting member compressed between the collar and the body extending from the first aperture to the second aperture and extending around a partial circumference of the body; wherein the interconnecting member is movable relative to the implanted anchor to adjust an elevation of the support relative to a urethra of the patient, upon application of a sufficient force to overcome frictional interference between the implanted anchor and the interconnecting member. | 46,903 |
8,404,819 | 1. A crystal of an intact IgG anti-human IL-12 antibody comprising a light chain variable region (LCVR) comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a heavy chain variable region (HCVR) comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein said crystal has a length of about 2-500 μm. | 29,900 |
9,347,006 | 1. A method for optimizing a layered hydrocracking catalytic process, comprising (i) contacting a model compound capable of (a) being hydrocracked as well as at least one of (ii) hydrogenation, hydrosulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation to a plurality of catalysts to determine an optimal catalyst for each of (i) and (ii), (b) following by layering the optimal catalysts for each of (i) and (ii) in a reaction chamber based on their activity reacting with said model compound, and (c) contacting a feedstock to the layered catalysts under condition favoring formation of lower weight hydrocarbon from said hydrocarbon containing feedstock, wherein said model compound boils in the range of 180° C.-520° C. and is selected from the group consisting of methylnaphthalene, dibenzothiophene, an alkylated or naphtalated derivative thereof, a basic nitrogen compound and a carbazole molecule. | 38,820 |
9,000,727 | 1. A system for balancing charge within a battery pack comprising: a plurality of cells connected in series; a capacitor; a processor operable in: a plurality of switches controlled by the processor for transiently coupling the plurality of cells to the capacitor, the plurality of switches operable between: wherein the processor is configured to assign a score to each of the first and second combinations based on a resulting charge transfer rate, a resulting charge transfer efficiency and a resulting charge balance of the battery pack that would result if charge from the donor cells of the combination is transferred to the receiver cells of the combination; wherein the processor is configured to adjust the scores based on a usage scenario of the battery pack or a user preference; and wherein the processor is configured to select one of the first or second combinations based on the scores. | 48,071 |
9,120,980 | 1. A process comprising: (i) mixing a first particulate stream comprising a solid particulate biomass material with a lifting medium in a first mixing zone of a reactor, and fluidizing and transporting said first particulate stream in said lifting medium thereby forming a fluidized first particulate stream; (ii) passing said fluidized first particulate stream to a second mixing zone of said reactor; and (iii) injecting a second particulate stream comprising a heat carrier material into said second mixing zone for mixing with said fluidized first particulate stream, resulting in fluidized cracking of at least a portion of said solid particulate biomass material, wherein said second particulate stream is fed to said second mixing zone at an angle which is counter-current to the flow of said fluidized first particulate stream. | 44,336 |
8,752,253 | 1. A slide fastener comprising: a pair of fastener stringers in which fastener element rows including a plurality of fastener elements are arranged along opposing tape side edges of a pair of fastener tapes; top end stops formed at upper end portions of the tape side edges of the pair of fastener tapes; a reverse separable end stop formed at lower end portions of the tape side edges of the pair of fastener tapes; and an upper slider and a lower slider slidably attached along the fastener element rows to engage and disengage the fastener elements with and from each other, wherein each of the upper and lower sliders includes: wherein a tape insertion path is formed between the upper flanges and the lower flanges, for inserting and guiding the fastener tapes of the pair of fastener stringers thereinto, wherein one of the fastener stringers is separable from the tape insertion path at one side of the body of each of the sliders in a width direction when a lateral pulling force directed outward in the width direction of the fastener tapes is applied to the pair of fastener stringers, and wherein rear ends of the upper and lower flanges at the one side of the body of the upper slider in the width direction are positioned forward with respect to a rear end of the upper slider at a first side of a rear mouth, while rear ends of the upper and lower flanges at an other side of the body of the upper slider in the width direction are positioned at the rear end of the upper slider at a second side of the rear mouth. | 14,402 |
8,738,875 | 1. A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage device including computer usable code for increasing a capacity of a memory, the computer usable code comprising: computer usable code for configuring, using an application executing using a processor wherein the memory includes a set of ranks, the memory to form a cold tier and a hot tier, the cold tier including a first subset of ranks from the set of ranks in the memory, and the hot tier including a second subset of ranks from the set of ranks in the memory; computer usable code for determining whether a page to which a memory access request is directed is located in the cold tier in the memory; and computer usable code for throttling, responsive to the page being located in the cold tier of the memory, the processing of the memory access request by processing the memory access request with a delay. | 46,091 |
8,471,084 | 1. A process for converting olefins to larger compounds comprising: contacting cracking catalyst with a hydrocarbon feed stream to crack hydrocarbons to cracked product hydrocarbons having lower molecular weight and deposit coke on the cracking catalyst to provide coked cracking catalyst; separating said coked cracking catalyst from said cracked products; combusting coke on said coked cracking catalyst with oxygen to regenerate said cracking catalyst; separating said cracked products in a main fractionation column; compressing at least a portion of an overhead stream from said main fractionation column to provide a compressed overhead stream; separating a liquid stream from said compressed overhead stream; depropanizing at least a portion of said liquid stream to provide a stream of C passing said stream of C feeding said C | 1,653 |
9,452,569 | 1. A method of making a fiber-reinforced composite article, the method comprising: providing fibers to an article template, wherein the fibers have been treated with a coupling-initiator compound and the coupling-initiator compound has the formula: wherein: providing a pre-polymerized mixture comprising the monomer and a catalyst to the article template; heating a combination of the fibers and the pre-polymerized mixture to a polymerization temperature where the monomers polymerize around the fibers and form at least a portion of the composite article, wherein the portion of the composite article comprises a thermoplastic polymer; and removing the composite article from the article template. | 23,808 |
8,871,630 | 1. A method, comprising: providing a device, comprising: wherein each of the multiple contact elements has a first surface which forms a portion of the bottom surface of the device at the first plane and a second surface which is coplanar with the electrically insulating material and together with the electrically insulating materials forms one of the side faces of the device, wherein at least one of the multiple contact elements has a cross section in a direction orthogonal to the first plane that is longer than 30% of the distance between the first plane and the second plane; and wave soldering the device to a circuit board via second surfaces of the multiple contact elements forming a portion of the side faces of the device. | 15,016 |
9,529,152 | 1. A method for processing optical fibers, comprising: securely holding both a first plurality of optical fibers of a cable and a second plurality of optical fibers of the cable with a fixture that at least partially separates the first and second pluralities of optical fibers from one another; cleaving the first plurality of optical fibers with at least one laser while the first and second pluralities of optical fibers are securely held stationary by the fixture; then causing movement of the fixture while the first and second pluralities of optical fibers remain securely held by the fixture; and then cleaving the second plurality of optical fibers with the at least one laser while the first and second pluralities of optical fibers remain securely held by the fixture. | 1,745 |
9,070,454 | 1. A system comprising: flash memory cells; and a flash controller, the flash controller configured to: | 36,350 |
9,808,790 | 1. A process for manufacturing an oxidation catalyst comprising the steps of: a) mixing a support with an aqueous solution comprising at least one gold-containing compound to form a slurry, b) adding a base to the slurry to form an insoluble gold complex which deposits on the surface of the support thereby forming a gold-containing support, c) heating the gold-containing support, d) mixing the gold-containing support from step c) with an aqueous solution or a colloid comprising at least one platinum-containing compound to impregnate the gold-containing support with the platinum-containing compound, e) drying the resulting impregnated support from step d) at a temperature up to about 120° C., and f) reducing platinum on the dried impregnated support from step e) at a temperature in the range of from about 200° C. to about 600° C. to produce the oxidation catalyst, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises particles comprising gold and particles comprising platinum on the support, the molar ratio of platinum to gold of the catalyst is in the range of from about 100:1 to about 1:4, the platinum is substantially present on the support as Pt(0), and the particle sizes of the particles comprising platinum are substantially in the range of from about 2 to about 50 nanometer, and wherein the catalyst has the ability to catalyze oxidation of glucose to glucaric acid. | 13,356 |
8,892,413 | 1. A computer-implemented method for accelerating convergence of iterative inversion of seismic data to obtain a model of one or more physical parameters in a subsurface region, comprising: using local cost function optimization, wherein an assumed or current model is updated to reduce misfit between the seismic data and model-simulated data, wherein a frequency spectrum of the updated model is controlled in a first iteration and thereafter to match a known or estimated frequency spectrum for the subsurface region; wherein the controlling of the frequency spectrum comprises applying a spectral-shaping filter to both the seismic data and to a source wavelet used to generate the model-simulated data, said spectral-shaping filter being derived according to a criterion that the spectrum of a gradient of the cost function with respect to one of the one or more physical parameters, after application of the spectral-shaping filter to both the seismic data and to a source wavelet, should match the known or estimated frequency spectrum for the subsurface region. | 13,842 |
9,559,390 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a traction battery subject to alternating storage and cycling modes; and at least one controller programmed to operate the traction battery according to a parameter representing total degradation of the traction battery, wherein, in response to a transition between modes, the parameter increases in value according to a degradation profile associated with the present mode starting from an initial degradation value that depends on accumulated degradation for the prior mode. | 6,656 |
9,461,928 | 1. A Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) negotiation processing method comprising: receiving, by a relay node, LACP packets; acquiring, by the relay node, first link information between the relay node and a first node according to an LACP packet sent by the first node; acquiring second link information between the relay node and a second node according to an LACP packet sent by the second node; establishing, by the relay node, a correspondence between the first link information and the second link information; forwarding to the second node, by the relay node and according to the correspondence, the LACP packet sent by the first node over a link corresponding to the first link information; and forwarding, to the first node according to the correspondence, the LACP packet sent by the second node over a link corresponding to the second link information. | 25,851 |
9,108,376 | 1. A method for making a wind turbine rotor blade half shell comprising the steps of: arranging a fibrous material in a mold having an inner side which determines an aerodynamic surface area of the half shell and having a pinching edge defining the profile of a trailing edge of the half shell; curing a liquid plastics material surrounding the fibrous material; and, arranging an insert in a predetermined position in relation to the mold in which a surface of the insert and a bordering portion of the inner side of the mold conjointly define an acute angle tapering toward the pinching edge so that a thinly tapering trailing edge of the half shell is formed between the surface of the insert and the bordering portion. | 9,603 |
9,184,296 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an oxide semiconductor film including a first region, a second region, and a third region; a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film; a gate electrode over the gate insulating film, the gate electrode overlapping with the first region; a first electrode electrically connected to the second region; and a second electrode electrically connected to the third region, wherein the first region is interposed between the second region and the third region, wherein the first region comprises a first c-axis-aligned crystal portion, wherein each of the second region and the third region comprises an oxide semiconductor region containing a dopant, and wherein each of the second region and the third region comprises a plurality of crystal portions and a second c-axis-aligned crystal portion over the plurality of crystal portions. | 39,258 |
9,613,835 | 1. A heating lamp for use in a semiconductor process chamber, comprising: a bulb; a reflector circumscribing the bulb proximate a first end of the bulb; a base coupled to the reflector on a side opposite the bulb; a handle coupled to the base on a side opposite the reflector, wherein the handle comprises a body having a first end coupled to the base and an opposing second end; a first conductor extending from the bulb and through the base and the handle in a direction opposite the bulb; a second conductor extending from the bulb and through the base and the handle in a direction opposite the bulb; a first spring circumscribing a portion of the first conductor within the body of the handle; and a second spring circumscribing a portion of the second conductor within the body of the handle; wherein the handle comprises an inner volume having a first tube extending from the first end of the handle to the second end of the handle to retain the first spring and the first conductor, and a second tube extending from the first end of the handle to the second end of the handle to retain the second spring and the second conductor; and wherein the first tube comprises a first opening at a first end of the handle to engage the first spring and the first conductor, and a surface, opposite the first opening of the first tube, having a second opening to engage the first conductor, wherein the surface biases the first spring toward the base when the heating lamp is assembled. | 31,086 |
9,528,651 | 1. An intraductal power vehicle, to be operated inside a tubular tunnel having an inner circumference, comprising: a main vehicle body, extending from a first end face to a second end face along a central axis, further having a vehicle circumference located between the first end face and the second end face; at least one power wheel, mounted to a first circumferential portion of the vehicle circumference; at least one elastic wheel, mounted to a second circumferential portion of the vehicle circumference, the second circumferential portion and the first circumferential portion being separated to opposing sides of the central axis; at least one auxiliary wheel, located on the vehicle circumference at appropriate positions closer to the second end face than the at least one power wheel and the at least one elastic wheel; and at least one drive module, mounted inside the main vehicle body, coupled with the at least one elastic wheel, and being triggered for driving at least one of the at least one power wheel and the at least one auxiliary wheel when the at least one elastic wheel is depressed by the tubular tunnel; wherein, when the intraductal power vehicle is operated inside the tubular tunnel, the least one auxiliary wheel contacts at correspondingly at least one floating contact point on the inner circumference in a floating manner, the at least one power wheel and the at least one elastic wheel are constantly and simultaneously contacted with the inner circumference at respective constant contact points, two of the constant contact points and one of the at least one floating contact point form integrally an obtuse angled triangular projection on a projection surface perpendicular to the central axis, and thereby the intraductal power vehicle is able to be steadily operated inside the tubular tunnel. | 48,626 |
9,777,362 | 1. An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium ion capacitor by doping an electrode material on an electrode sheet with a lithium ion, the electrode manufacturing apparatus comprising: a processing chamber to and from which the electrode sheet is loaded and unloaded; a rare gas supply unit configured to introduce a rare gas into the processing chamber; an exhaust device configured to exhaust an inside of the processing chamber to a predetermined vacuum level; and a lithium thermal spraying unit configured to dope the electrode material with the lithium ion by forming a lithium thin film on the electrode material of the electrode sheet loaded into the processing chamber while melting and spraying lithium-containing powder, wherein the lithium thermal spraying unit comprises a lithium-containing powder supply unit configured to discharge the lithium-containing powder toward the electrode material of the electrode sheet; and at least one heating gas supply unit configured to supply a heating gas that melts the lithium-containing powder discharged from the lithium-containing powder supply unit, and wherein the electrode sheet is formed in a roll shape, accommodation chambers configured to accommodate the electrode sheet are respectively provided at both sides of the processing chamber to be communicated with each other, and the electrode sheet is unwound in one of the accommodation chambers to pass through the processing chamber, and then, is wound in the other accommodation chamber, the lithium thermal spraying unit forms the lithium thin film on the electrode material while the electrode sheet is unwound and passes through the processing chamber, the lithium-containing powder supply unit is a substantially plate-shaped member in which multiple holes are formed, and the plate-shaped member is extended in a width direction of the electrode sheet and arranged perpendicularly to the electrode sheet, and the holes through which the lithium-containing powder is supplied are arranged in the width direction of the electrode sheet, and the at least one heating gas supply unit is plural in number, and two heating gas supply units are arranged to be symmetrical with respect to each hole of the lithium-containing powder supply unit in a longitudinal direction of the electrode sheet. | 44,082 |
9,703,121 | 1. A spectacle attachment that provides protection from radiation comprising: a body of material that is a barrier to at least some form of radiation; wherein the body of material is configured so that it can couple with either temple of a pair of glasses; and wherein the body of material is sized to protect the side of a wearer's face from at least approximately the wearer's temple to approximately below the wearer's cheek when the body of material is coupled to a temple of a pair of glasses and the pair of glasses is worn. | 32,539 |
9,189,385 | 1. A method comprising: via a Solid-State Disk (SSD) controller, communicating with one or more Non-Volatile Memories (NVMs) and populating one or more buffer memories of the SSD controller with one or more data structures comprising management information usable by the SSD controller, the management information comprising map information usable by the SSD controller to map storage addresses of a host to physical addresses of the NVMs; further via the SSD controller, scaling at least one of the data structures based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the NVMs, the characteristics comprising one or more operational characteristics and one or more dynamic characteristics, the operational characteristics comprising a selected one of a plurality of storage capacities; and determining locations in the data structures based at least in part on a host storage address and a programmable parameter by arithmetically dividing in accordance with a divisor specified at least in part by the programmable parameter, the SSD controller operable to provide storage in accordance with respective first and second ones of the storage capacities when operating in respective first and second storage modes, the first storage capacity being greater than the second storage capacity, the SSD controller further operable to set the programmable parameter to respective first and second values when operating respectively in the first and second storage modes, the first value being greater than the second value. | 7,212 |
9,082,096 | 1. A method for shipping a parcel, the method comprising: receiving, via a kiosk, input from a user requesting shipment of a parcel; causing, via the kiosk, display of a request for input identifying a method of payment for shipment of the parcel; after causing display of the request for input of the method of payment for shipment of the parcel, receiving, via the kiosk, input (a) identifying an account for wireless services as the method of payment and (b) a phone number associated with the account for wireless services; determining whether the account for wireless services is valid; after a determination that the account for wireless services is valid, (a) providing a message to a mobile device associated with the phone number, wherein the message comprises an authorization code that authorizes shipment of the parcel, and (b) correlating the authorization code with a tracking number that is for tracking shipment of the parcel, and (c) storing the authorization code in association with the tracking number; causing, via the kiosk, display of a request for input of the authorization code that authorizes shipment of the parcel provided to the mobile device; and causing, via the kiosk, display of a request for input of the authorization code that authorizes shipment of the parcel provided to the mobile device; receiving, via the kiosk, input from the user identifying the authorization code that authorizes shipment of the parcel provided to the mobile device; after receiving input identifying the authorization code, automatically (a) printing a shipping label to be affixed to the parcel and (b) storing the authorization code in association with the phone number, and shipment information; determining shipping charges for shipment of the parcel; and charging the shipping charges to the account, wherein determining the shipping charges for shipment of the parcel further comprises automatically determining a weight of the parcel. | 2,326 |
9,017,522 | 1. A process to separate a multi-component hydrocarbon stream which includes ethylene and other components with at least some of the components being present in a plurality of phases, the process including in a first flash stage, flashing the multi-component hydrocarbon stream, from an elevated pressure of more than 18 bar(a) and a temperature of more than 180° C. to a pressure in the range of 10-18 bar(a), producing a first ethylene-containing vapour stream at a pressure in the range of 10-18 bar(a) and a multi-phase stream which includes some ethylene; in a second flash stage, flashing the multi-phase stream to a pressure of less than 6 bar(a), producing a second vapour stream at a pressure of less than 6 bar(a) and a bottoms stream; removing the first ethylene-containing vapour stream from the first flash stage and the second vapour stream from the second flash stage; separating at least a portion of the ethylene from the first ethylene-containing vapour stream by subjecting the first ethylene-containing vapour stream to at least one ethylene recovery stage producing an ethylene-rich stream and an ethylene-poor multi-component hydrocarbon stream; and removing the bottoms stream from the second flash stage. | 12,001 |
9,413,354 | 1. A system comprising: a plurality of units, wherein each unit of the plurality of units has a respective common mode voltage terminal, a respective communication up terminal, and a respective communication down terminal; wherein a first unit of the plurality of units is configured to generate a first plurality of currents on the respective communication up terminal of the first unit, wherein each current of the first plurality of currents corresponds to a respective bit of a first plurality of bits; wherein a second unit of the plurality of units is configured to: | 21,393 |
8,802,296 | 1. An amorphous carbon material for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery, the material comprising: a size of a crystallite Lc(002) in c-axis direction ranging from 2.0 to 8.0 nm, the size being calculated from a (002) diffraction line of the amorphous carbon material measured by powder X-ray diffractometry; a carbon-derived spectrum appearing in a range from 3,200 to 3,400 gauss (G) in an electron spin resonance measured using X band; a relative signal intensity ratio (I a line width (ΔHpp) of the spectrum ranging from 70 to 180 gauss (G), wherein the line width is calculated from a first-order derivative spectrum at temperature of 4.8 K. | 7,122 |
8,952,383 | 1. A test carrier comprising: a base configured to hold an electronic device, the base comprising: a flexible base film comprising: a rigid base frame attached to the flexible base film; and a cover laid over the base, wherein: | 35,493 |
8,699,694 | 1. A computer implemented method for pre-processing caller-agent pairs in a call-center routing environment, the method comprising the acts of: determining, by one or more computers, at least one agent data for each agent of a set of agents, wherein the agent data comprises one or more of demographic data or psychographic data; determining, by the one or more computers, at least one caller data for each potential future caller of a set of potential future callers selected based on one or more criteria, wherein the caller data comprises one or more of demographic data or psychographic data; determining for each of the selected potential future callers, by the one or more computers, multiple scores, with each of the scores comprising a score for the respective potential future caller paired with a different one of the agents in the set of agents to obtain respective scores for different caller-agent pairs for the respective future caller using the agent data and the caller data in a multi-data element pattern matching algorithm that matches at least one or more of demographic data or psychographic data, to increase the chance of an optimal interaction; storing, by the one or more computers, the determined scores for caller-agent pairs; obtaining, by the one or more computers, call connections to a set of callers including to one of the potential future callers; retrieving, by the one or more computers, the scores for multiple of the caller-agent pairs for the one potential future caller; and matching, by the one or more computers, the call connection to the one potential future caller to one of the agents based at least in part on the stored scores of caller-agent pairs retrieved for the one potential future caller. | 22,017 |
8,919,742 | 1. A system for strengthening a vinyl fence, comprising: a first post and a second post distanced from each other, each post having predetermined dimensions, each post defining a hollow interior having a first shape, the first post having a first top side opening and a first bottom side opening, the second post having a second top side opening and a second bottom side opening, the first top side opening and the second top side opening longitudinally facing each other, the first bottom side opening and the second bottom side opening longitudinally facing each other; a plurality of slats disposed side by side to each other and collectively provided between the first post and the second post, each slat comprising a top portion and a bottom portion; a hollow top railing for collectively receiving the top portions of the plurality of slats, the hollow top railing comprising a first end adapted to be inserted into the first top side opening of the first post to be disposed within the hollow interior of the first post and a second end adapted to be inserted into the second top side opening of the second post to be disposed within the hollow interior of the second post; a first U-shaped strengthening member extending longitudinally in the hollow top railing, the first U-shaped strengthening member comprising a first end adapted to be inserted into the first top side opening of the first post to be disposed within the hollow interior of the first post and a second end adapted to be inserted into the second top side opening of the second post to be disposed within the hollow interior of the second post; a hollow bottom railing for collectively receiving the bottom portions of the plurality of slats, the hollow bottom railing comprising a first end adapted to be inserted into the first bottom side opening of the first post to be disposed within the hollow interior of the first post and a second end adapted to be inserted into the second bottom side opening of the second post to be disposed within the hollow interior of the second post; a second U-shaped strengthening member extending longitudinally in the hollow bottom railing, the second U-shaped strengthening member comprising a first end adapted to be inserted into the first bottom side opening of the first post to be disposed within the hollow interior of the first post and a second end adapted to be inserted into the second bottom side opening of the second post to be disposed within the hollow interior of the second post; a first post member disposed in the hollow interior of the first post and having a second shape complementary to the first shape of the hollow interior, the first post member having a central hole, wherein after the first end of the top railing and the first end of the first U-shaped strengthening member are inserted into the first top side opening of the first post, the first post member is provided on top of the top railing and a first screw extends through the first post member, the top railing and the first U-shaped strengthening member to provide fixation thereof; and a first rod extending through the center hole of the first post member from the top to the bottom of the first post. | 17,495 |
9,635,606 | 1. A method of selecting one of access points by user equipment in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: receiving a probe response frame from access points; performing a first analysis process for analyzing quality parameters included in the received probe response frame to estimate wireless link quality of each access point; selecting candidate access points from the access points based on the analysis result; determining whether each of the candidate access points supports a predetermined standard protocol; when the predetermined standard protocol is supported, transmitting a query frame of the predetermined standard protocol to the selected candidate access points, wherein the query frame excludes a probe request frame; receiving a response frame of the predetermined standard protocol from the selected candidate access points, wherein the response frame excludes a probe response frame; performing a second analysis process for analyzing quality parameters based on information included in the received response frame to estimate wireless link quality of each of the selected candidate access points; and selecting one from the selected candidate access points based on the analyzing result. | 5,434 |
9,426,984 | 1. A fire-retardant powder comprising at least 30% by weight of Lewis acid, at least 18.75% by weight of alkaline bicarbonate, and at least 18.75% by weight of a silica compound selected from the group consisting of silica, acid silicates, alkaline silicates, feldspars, diatomaceous earths, zeolites, phonolite, aluminium silicate, magnesium silicate, iron silicates, fuller's earth, talc, mica, vermiculite, clays, bentonite, montmorillonite, and kaolin. | 34,740 |
8,749,574 | 1. A computer implemented method for color matching during compositing, comprising: storing a set of one or more un-color matched pixels of at least one image, wherein the set of un-color matched pixels of the at least one image is associated with an image color profile, wherein the set of un-color matched pixels collectively form a first region and a second region to be positioned on a display, wherein the first region is associated with the image color profile, and the second region is associated with a color profile different than the image color profile; generating a first fragment program based on the image color profile and a display color profile, wherein the display color profile is associated with the display; applying the first generated fragment program to the set of un-color matched pixels of the first region to match colors of those pixels with the display during compositing of color matched pixels with a graphics processing unit; and writing the color matched pixels to the display. | 47,741 |
9,381,845 | 1. A loading and unloading apparatus for use with truck beds, comprising: a cross bar having a first section perpendicular to a second section, defining a leading edge at an intersection of said first section and said second section; wherein said first section is adapted to be disposed vertically; wherein said second section is adapted to be disposed horizontally; a plurality of wheels attached to said second section; bristles that span said leading edge; a telescopic handle attached to said first section; wherein said telescopic handle is parallel to said second section; wherein said second section comprises openings at opposing sides of said handle, a plate slideably attached to the second section at each of said openings, the plates each having a centrally located wheel opening and a channel on opposing sides of said wheel opening, one of said plurality of wheels rotatably attached to sides of each said wheel opening. | 5,827 |
8,794,919 | 1. A wind turbine blade for a rotor of a wind turbine having a substantially horizontal rotor shaft, the blade comprising: a profiled contour comprising a pressure side and a suction side as well as a leading edge and a trailing edge, a chord extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the profiled contour generating a lift when being impacted by an incident airflow, in a cross section of the wind turbine blade perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the wind turbine blade, a suction side point being defined on the aft-most point of the suction side at the trailing edge of the blade, and a pressure side point being defined on the aft-most point of the pressure side at the trailing edge of the blade, wherein the suction side and pressure side of the blade are flexible such that the suction side is movable in relation to the pressure side via a displacement device configured to displace the pressure side and the suction side so that a distance between the suction side point and the pressure side point can be varied between a closed, first state, where the suction side point and the pressure side point are connected, and an open, second state, where the suction side point and the pressure side point are spaced apart. | 28,238 |
9,480,157 | 1. A wiring board, comprising: a first interlayer insulation layer; a second interlayer insulation layer formed on the first interlayer insulation layer and having an opening portion; a plurality of first conductive pads formed on the second interlayer insulation layer; a conductive plane layer formed on the first interlayer insulation layer such that the conductive plane layer is exposed by the opening portion of the second interlayer insulation layer; a wiring structure positioned directly on the conductive plane layer such that the wiring structure is accommodated in the opening portion of the second interlayer insulation layer; and a plurality of second conductive pads formed on the wiring structure such that the plurality of first conductive pads and the plurality of second conductive pads are set to be positioned on a same plane. | 14,918 |
9,295,684 | 1. A cream composition enhancing skin absorption of glucosamine, the cream composition comprising: at least 10 wt %-15 wt % of glucosamine HCL, based on a total weight of the cream composition; a methylsulfonylmethane component; a chondroitin component; and a cream base, wherein the components forming the composition act synergistically to facilitate the glucosamine component to permeate into skin of affected body areas, thereby enhancing human absorption of glucosamine. | 36,844 |
9,614,397 | 1. A battery charging apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a driver unit that converts three-phase AC power outputted from a winding of each phase of a stator of a three-phase AC generator into DC power using a plurality of switching elements to supply the DC power to a battery; a control unit that controls switching between an energized state and non-energized state of each of the plurality of switching elements; and a position detection unit that outputs a position detection signal indicating a position of a rotor of the three-phase AC generator, the control unit obtaining a next estimation power generation period of the three-phase AC generator on the basis of the previous position detection signal and determining a next energization period of each of the plurality of switching elements on the basis of the estimation power generation period, wherein the control unit judges start of the energization period on the basis of input of the position detection signal, and, if a period until next input of the position detection signal exceeds the energization period, during the period until the next input of the position detection signal, the control unit has a maintenance period in which the plurality of switching elements are maintained in the energized state or non-energized state immediately before the period until the next input of the position detection signal exceeds the energization period. | 20,491 |
8,537,582 | 1. A method of providing power factor correction and a constant current output in a power supply, the method comprising: generating a delayed ramp signal; integrating an input current sense signal representative of an input current and generating an input charge signal in response thereto; determining a ratio of an input voltage sense signal to an output voltage sense signal; generating an input charge control signal responsive to the input charge signal and the ratio of the input voltage sense signal to the output voltage sense signal; and comparing the input charge control signal to the delayed ramp signal to generate a drive signal to control a switch of the power supply. | 15,997 |
8,779,622 | 1. A customizable energy system for a vehicle, the customizable energy system comprising: a plurality of interchangeable energy modules, wherein at least one of said plurality of interchangeable energy modules is an energy storage module configured for storing a first form of energy; and a receptacle defining at least one cavity therein and configured for operatively communicating with said plurality of interchangeable energy modules, wherein said at least one cavity is configured for receiving any one of said plurality of interchangeable energy modules; wherein each of said plurality of interchangeable energy modules has a substantially similar shape and is interchangeably insertable into and removable from said at least one cavity. | 505 |
9,034,581 | 1. A method of detecting Staphylococcus aureus (SA) in a sample, the method comprising: performing an amplifying step comprising contacting the sample with a set of SA primers to produce an amplification product if SA is present in the sample whether or not SA is methicillin resistant; performing a hybridizing step comprising contacting the amplification product with one or more detectable SA probes; and detecting the presence or absence of the amplified product, wherein the presence of the amplified product is indicative of the presence of SA in the sample whether or not SA is methicillin resistant, and wherein the absence of the amplified product is indicative of the absence of SA in the sample whether or not SA is methicillin resistant; wherein the set of SA primers comprise a first primer consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, or the complete complement thereof, and a second primer consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12, or the complete complement thereof, wherein the amplification product produced by the set of SA primers consist of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, or the complete complement thereof; and wherein the one or more detectable SA probes comprise at least one detectable SA probe consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10, or the complete complement thereof. | 36,311 |
8,946,874 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a substrate layer having an active device disposed thereon; a dielectric layer disposed over the active device; a metal layer disposed over the dielectric layer, the metal layer electrically connected to the active device by metal features disposed in the dielectric layer; and a protection layer on top of the metal layer and in physical contact with the metal layer, wherein a first portion of the protection layer contains a thermal neutron absorbing material that is an elemental impurity selected from the group consisting of Gd, Sm, Cd, and combinations thereof, wherein the first portion of protection layer extends past the metal layer and contacts a topmost surface of the dielectric layer, and wherein at least a portion of the thermal neutron absorbing material is disposed below a topmost surface of the metal layer. | 49,278 |
9,133,819 | 1. A blade for use in a wind turbine, comprising: a pressure side and suction side meeting at a trailing edge and leading edge, the pressure side having a pressure side surface and the suction side having a suction side surface, the pressure side surface and suction side surface for providing lift to the blade upon the flow of air from the leading edge to the trailing edge and over the pressure side and suction side surfaces; and one or more openings at the suction side, the one or more openings each at an angle between about 0 degrees and 70 degrees with respect to a surface axis, the surface axis parallel to the suction side surface at or near the location of the opening, where 0 degrees with respect to the surface axis points along the suction side surface of the blade towards the leading edge, the one or more openings configured to provide a pressurized fluid such that a majority of the pressurized fluid flows towards the leading edge of the blade along the suction side surface of the blade before separating away from the blade. | 9,459 |
9,784,468 | 1. An electronic assembly, comprising: a touch screen display having a viewing side and an opposing non-viewing side; a connector extending from the touch screen display and electrically connecting the touch screen display to a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board is positioned adjacent the non-viewing side of the touch screen display; a frame releasably connecting the printed circuit board and the touch screen display; a conductive trace extending at least substantially around the viewing side of the touch screen display, wherein the conductive trace is in electrical communication with the printed circuit board via the connector; wherein the conductive trace is configured to collect Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) entering from the viewing side of the touch screen display, and to deliver the collected ESD to the printed circuit board via the connector; and a layer over at least part of the conductive trace, wherein at least part of the conductive trace is exposed toward the viewing side of the touch screen display at one or more ESD collection sites. | 2,136 |
9,828,654 | 1. A method for directly recovering lead oxide for negative electrode of lead-acid battery from waste lead paste, comprising the following steps: (1) controlling waste lead paste to contact with a barium-containing desulfurizing agent to desulfurize through wet ball milling, and carrying out solid-liquid separation for a mixture obtained from the contact, to obtain filtrate and filter residue; (2) controlling the filter residue to have a conversion reaction at 350-750° C., to convert lead-containing components in the filter residue into lead oxide, thereby obtaining a product of lead oxide and barium sulfate; wherein the barium-containing desulfurizing agent is NaOH and/or KOH solution containing soluble barium compound and/or barium sulfate and the concentration of the NaOH and/or KOH solution is 4-23 wt %. | 34,330 |
8,657,991 | 1. A process for manufacture of a solar panel string assembly for a solar canopy, the process comprising: (a) horizontally aligning two solar panel support channels substantially parallel to one another; (b) applying an adhesive with a robotic tool to an upper portion of the solar panel support channels, the robotic tool comprising a fixed track aligned parallel with the two solar panel support channels, a robotic arm assembly movably supported by the track, a positioning member for adjusting the position of the robotic arm assembly along the track, and wherein the robotic arm comprises an adhesive applicator and a lift component; and (c) lifting with the lift component of the robot arm assembly of the robotic tool and aligning a solar panel on top of the two solar panel support channels near opposing edges of the solar panel; and (d) repeating the lifting step (c) until the desired number of solar panels are aligned side-by-side on the two solar panel support channels, thereby forming a solar panel string assembly. | 5,527 |
8,821,122 | 1. An integrally bladed rotor disk for a turbine, comprising: a disk element; a plurality of rotor blades joined in a substance-to-substance bond to the disk element; a seal for preventing or reducing an extent to which cooling air is able to flow from a high-pressure side of the rotor disk through openings on the rotor disk to a low-pressure side of the rotor disk; the openings being annularly configured, the seal including a single- or multi-part annular component configured on the high-pressure side or on the low-pressure side of the openings; and holding devices engaging into the openings and holding the annular component, one of the holding devices including a pipe or profiled sheet-metal component inserted into a corresponding opening and holding the annular component by a collar or a raised edge. | 43,948 |
8,865,995 | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor alloy thermoelectric material, comprising: providing at least two different elemental powders; mechanically alloying the at least two different elemental powders to form a semiconductor alloy powder comprising semiconductor alloy nanoparticles; and compacting the semiconductor alloy powder under pressure and at an elevated temperature to generate the semiconductor alloy thermoelectric material with a ZT value greater than 1.2 for at least one temperature in a range of room temperature to 300° C.; wherein: a current is passed through the semiconductor alloy powder during the step of compacting; the semiconductor alloy thermoelectric material comprises randomly oriented grains having an average grain size below 5000 nm and precipitation regions having an average size of 1 nm to 100 nm; wherein the semiconductor alloy thermoelectric material comprises a bismuth telluride or bismuth antimony telluride based material; and the step of providing at least two different elemental powders comprises providing at least a bismuth elemental powder and a tellurium elemental powder, or at least a bismuth elemental powder, an antimony elemental powder and a tellurium elemental powder. | 45,101 |
9,099,253 | 1. A method of forming core-shell nanoparticles on carbon support, comprising: functionalizing a surface of the carbon support; producing elongated nanoparticles of a first noble metal on the surface of the functionalized carbon support by pulse potential deposition; and forming a shell layer of a second noble metal on an external surface of the nanoparticles to form core-shell nanoparticles. | 412 |
8,373,399 | 1. A control circuit of an interleaved PFC power converter comprising: a master switching control circuit, generating a first switching signal and a control signal in response to an input voltage and a feedback signal, the first switching signal controlling a first switch of the interleaved PFC power converter; a slave reference signal generator, generating a slave control signal in response to a load condition of the interleaved PFC power converter and the control signal; and a slave switching control circuit, generating a second switching signal in response to the slave control signal to control a second switch of the interleaved PFC power converter. | 9,178 |
9,511,124 | 1. A method of treating allergic disease, comprising orally administering a purified glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase to a patient who has atopic dermatitis or allergic rhinitis, thereby inhibiting IgE antibody production in said patient. | 6,827 |
9,665,519 | 1. A method comprising: (a) maintaining a Credits Available value on a credit-aware device; (b) using the Credits Available value to make a determination to send a PPI (Packet Portion Identifier) allocation request to a packet engine via a bus, wherein the packet engine is a device that uses a PPI Addressing Mode (PAM) and that handles storing data into and retrieving data from a memory on behalf of other devices including the credit-aware device; (c) as a result of the determination of (b) sending the PPI allocation request from the credit-aware device to the packet engine via the bus; (d) reducing the Credits Available value; (e) receiving a PPI allocation response back from the packet engine, wherein the PPI allocation response includes a PPI value and a credits value; and (f) adding the credits value received in the PPI allocation response of (e) to the Credits Available value that was reduced in (d) thereby generating an updated Credits Available value, wherein (a) through (f) are performed by the credit-aware device, wherein the Credits Available value maintained in (a), (b), d), and (f) are a first Credits Available value, wherein the credit-aware device further maintains a second Credits Available value, wherein the first Credits Available value is a number of PPIs, and wherein the second Credits Available value indicates an amount of memory space, and wherein the credit-aware device uses the Credits Available value in (b) along with the second Credits Available value to make the determination to send the PPI allocation request. | 10,733 |
9,516,641 | 1. A terminal apparatus comprising: receiver which, in operation, receives configuration information indicative of an added or deleted component carrier from a base station apparatus, the configuration information including a carrier indicator field value (CIF value) allocated to a newly added component carrier and a component carrier identification index of the newly added component carrier, wherein at the base station apparatus, an unconfigured CIF value is allocated to the component carrier identification index of the newly added component carrier, with a correspondence relationship between CIF values and component carrier identification indexes maintained, when the new component carrier is added to one or more component carriers, each of the CIF values being used to label each of the one or more component carriers; and a setting circuitry which, in operation, corrects the correspondence relationship between CIF values and component carrier identification indexes based on the received configuration information, wherein when a part of the one or more component carriers is deleted, the configuration information indicates the component carrier identification index of the deleted component carrier and the setting circuitry deletes a CIF value corresponding to the deleted component carrier. | 24,054 |
8,933,266 | 1. A process for producing terephthalic acid from para-xylene, the process comprising: forming a mixture comprising the para-xylene, a solvent, a bromine source, a catalyst and ammonium acetate wherein the amount of ammonium acetate ranges from about 1 wt % to about 100 wt %, relative to the weight of the solvent; and oxidizing the para-xylene by contacting the mixture with an oxidizing agent at oxidizing conditions to produce a solid oxidation product, the solid oxidation product comprising terephthalic acid, 4-carboxybenzaldehyde, and para-toluic acid; wherein the solvent comprises a carboxylic acid having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, and the catalyst comprises at least one of cobalt, titanium, manganese, chromium, copper, nickel, vanadium, iron, molybdenum, tin, cerium, and zirconium. | 4,469 |
9,061,443 | 1. Method of separating foreign polymers from a polymer mixture, comprising amorphous PET particles and crystalline PET particles, wherein the softening point of the foreign polymers is lower than that of the crystalline PET particles, comprising: separating the amorphous PET particles from the polymer mixture, wherein the separated amorphous PET particles are transformed into thermally crystallized PET particles by thermal crystallization, heating the resulting polymer mixture to a temperature between the softening point of the foreign polymers and that of the crystalline PET particles, separating the foreign polymers from the resulting polymer mixture. | 35,935 |
8,484,589 | 1. A method comprising: performing, by one or more computers each comprising at least a processor and a memory: | 47,051 |
9,344,894 | 1. A method for handling malicious attacks, comprising identifying, at a wireless device, packets received from a malicious source based at least in part on the packets received by the wireless device from the malicious source changing a state of the wireless device from a dormant state to a connected state; selectively disconnecting the wireless device from a packet data network (PDN) by releasing a first Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect the wireless device to the PDN when a number of the packets identified as received from the malicious source changing the state of the wireless device reaches a threshold number within a monitoring period; and reconnecting the wireless device to the PDN using a second IP address that is different from the first IP address. | 41,940 |
8,826,728 | 1. In combination: A hollow type plate through which refrigerant gas can pass, which can be employed for refrigeration of a block by employment of the plate in thermal communication with the block but not by communication of the refrigerant gas between the plate and interior of the block; and the block, wherein the plate is positioned adjacent the block such that the refrigeration of the block can be carried out as aforesaid. | 8,866 |
8,622,996 | 1. A method of delivering an antimicrobial composition to the proximal end of a transdermal catheter, the method comprising: a) providing a transdermal catheter implanted within a patient, the transdermal catheter having a proximal end located outside of the patient and a distal end located at least partially within a blood vessel of the patient, the catheter comprising: b) providing an antimicrobial composition delivery device for insertion into the proximal opening of the catheter, the antimicrobial composition delivery device comprising: c) injecting a liquid lock solution into the transdermal catheter such that at least the proximal end of the transdermal catheter is substantially filled with the lock solution; d) applying a clamp across the proximal end of the catheter, the clamp substantially preventing the flow of fluids across the clamped portion of the catheter; and after applying the clamp, insertion of the tapered member of the antimicrobial delivery device into the hub located at the proximal end of the catheter so as to displace liquid lock solution from the interior of the catheter hub to the exterior of the catheter hub such that at least a portion of the antimicrobial composition on the threads of the retaining ring is transferred to the threads of the hub. | 3,398 |
9,787,181 | 1. A sensor device comprising: a first sensor unit configured to measure a measurement target; a controller configured to switch a power supply route; a power supply configured to supply power to the first sensor unit and the controller; a converter configured to convert a voltage a regulator configured to regulate the voltage; and a communicator configured to transmit measurement data of the first sensor unit, wherein a power supply route A, a power supply route B, and a power supply route C are provided as the power supply routes from the power supply to the first sensor unit and the controller, the first sensor unit being directly connected to the power supply or not being electrically conducted to the power supply and the controller being directly connected to the power supply in the power supply route A, the power supply, the converter, and the regulator being connected in series, output of the regulator being supplied to the first sensor unit, and output of the converter or the regulator being supplied to the controller in the power supply route B, the power supply and the converter being connected to each other, the output of the converter being supplied to the controller and the communicator, the first sensor unit being not electrically conducted to the power supply in the power supply route C, and the controller switches among the power supply route A, the power supply route B, and the power supply route C according to an operating state of the first sensor unit or the communicator. | 15,747 |
8,654,167 | 1. An optical deflector comprising: a first electrooptic crystal having an electrooptic effect, for which a first electrode pair is formed opposite each other on faces that are parallel to each other; a second electrooptic crystal having an electrooptic effect, for which a second electrode pair is formed opposite each other on faces that are parallel to each other, and for which a direction of an electric field applied by the second electrode pair is perpendicular to a direction of an electric field of the first electrooptic crystal; and a half-wave plate located on an optical path extending between the first and second electrooptic crystals, wherein the first and second electrode pairs are formed of a material that serves as an ohmic contact for a carrier that contributes to electrical conduction of the electrooptic crystal, and wherein, when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrode pairs: | 28,529 |
8,366,794 | 1. An apparatus for producing a biodiesel fuel or biodiesel fuel additive, the apparatus comprising: a reactor configured as an unobstructed continuous flow through loop for circulating a reactive mixture therethrough, the reactor comprising a membrane module in open fluid communication within the continuous flow through loop and a reactive mixture circulating pump; the membrane module comprising a porous membrane disposed therein as a cross flow filter, having a pore size of from 1 nm to 3 μm, for separating a permeate from the reactive mixture contained in the membrane module, the membrane having a permeate side and a reactive mixture side, the reactive mixture side facing the interior of the membrane module, said reactive mixture comprising an oil-in-alcohol emulsion and a catalyst for converting oil in said oil-in-alcohol emulsion to products including said fuel or fuel additive; said porous membrane being substantially impermeable to oil droplets in said emulsion, and substantially permeable at least to said fuel or fuel additive, and to said alcohol; said fuel or fuel additive being substantially miscible in the alcohol, the continuous flow through loop permitting continuous unobstructed circulation of reactive mixture past the reactive mixture side of the porous membrane to a location remote from the porous membrane, at least one supply conduit comprising a reactant feed pump and a feed line for supplying reactants directly into the reactor, said reactive mixture circulating pump comprising a centrifugal pump to circulate the reactive mixture through the continuous flow through loop of the reactor and past the reactive mixture side of the membrane, said reactive mixture circulating pump causing turbulence on the reactive mixture side of the porous membrane, a permeate removal conduit disposed on the permeate side of the porous membrane, for removing a permeate stream comprising said fuel or fuel additive from the permeate side of the porous membrane, and a control valve on the permeate removal conduit disposed on the permeate side of the porous membrane, to control the relative pressure between the permeate side and the reactive mixture side of the membrane. | 23,824 |
8,977,781 | 1. A computer system comprising: a first storage control module that includes a plurality of storage processors and storage memory; and at least one server module that each includes a server memory, a server processor and a server interface device (server I/F) connected to the server processor and at least two of the plurality of storage processors, wherein the server processor of an issuance server which is any one of the at least one server module is configured to issue an I/O request, and wherein the server I/F of the issuance server is configured to receive the I/O request from the server processor of the issuance server, acquire a storage destination address in the server memory of data indicated by the I/O request issued from the issuance server, specify the storage processor by referring to sorting information in which identification information of the issuance server issuing the received I/O request, identification information of a destination storage area of the I/O request, and identification information of the storage processor in charge of the destination storage area are correlated with each other, send a command based on the I/O request to the specified storage processor, and acquire the storage destination address in the storage memory of data indicated by the I/O request, in response to the command sent to the specified storage processor, from the specified storage processor, and transmit the data between the acquired storage destination address in the server memory and the acquired storage destination address in the storage memory. | 8,109 |
9,361,254 | 1. A packaged memory device comprising: a semiconductor interposer; a first memory stack that is coupled to the semiconductor interposer and includes a first plurality of memory chips configured as a single stack; a second memory stack that is coupled to the semiconductor interposer and includes a second plurality of memory chips configured as a single stack; and a buffer chip that is coupled to the semiconductor interposer, coupled to the first memory stack via a first data bus, coupled to the second memory stack via a second data bus, and coupled to a processor data bus that is configured for transmitting signals between the buffer chip and a processing unit. | 21,594 |
8,366,061 | 1. A support for use on an uneven surface comprising: a support tray; at least one leg pivotally coupled to the support tray and selectively positionable for fixing the angular orientation of the at least one leg relative to the support tray; a retaining mechanism for maintaining the angular orientation of the at least one leg relative to the support tray while the support is in use; each leg comprising an arm portion pivotally connected to the support tray and a surface engaging portion extending at an angle from the arm portion; wherein: in use, the arm portion remains at or above a bottom surface of the support tray when the surface engaging portion engages the uneven surface; the support tray has sides, a front, a rear, and a midpoint, the midpoint being midway between the front and the rear; the uneven surface is a staircase having an upper stair and a lower stair; a portion of the support tray towards the rear rests on the upper stair; the at least one leg being pivotally coupled to a side of the support tray between the rear of the support tray and the midpoint and the at least one leg being selectively positionable for fixing free ends of the at least one leg relative to the support tray; and the at least one leg being curved and sized such that when the support tray is placed on the upper stair, the at least one leg contacts the staircase only with the free ends on the lower stair. | 26,091 |
9,825,327 | 1. A lithium secondary battery comprising: an anode, a cathode, a separator between the anode and the cathode, a binding agent comprising a water-based binder for the anode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the anode has a specific surface area of at least about 1.5 m wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a lithium salt; a non-linear carbonate-based mixed organic solvent consisting of (a) a cyclic carbonate comprising ethylene carbonate and (b) a propionate-based ester having the following chemical formula are mixed at a volume ratio (a:b) in the range from about 20:80 to about 60:40; and an inhibitor against a reaction between the anode and the propionate-based ester: where R wherein the inhibitor is one or more selected from the group consisting of cyclic carbonate with a vinyl group, fluorinated ethylene carbonate and a compound having a cyclic S═O group, and a linear carbonate is excluded from the lithium secondary battery. | 934 |
9,147,789 | 1. A method for producing a photoconductor, comprising: depositing a layer stack comprising a semiconductor layer photoconductive for a predetermined wavelength range between two semiconductor boundary layers with a larger band gap than the photoconductive semiconductor layer on a substrate, wherein the semiconductor boundary layers comprise deep impurities for trapping and recombining free charge carriers from the photoconductive semiconductor layer and wherein the photoconductive semiconductor layer comprises a thickness in a range of less than 30 nm; and electrically contacting the photoconductive semiconductor layer between two electrodes for lateral current flow between the electrodes through the photoconductive semiconductor layer, wherein the depositing the layer stack is performed so that the photoconductive semiconductor layer has higher crystal quality and/or is less doped with deep impurities than the two semiconductor boundary layers. | 7,199 |
9,838,242 | 1. A method of performing fault-tolerant data processing in a distributed computing system, the method including: instantiating plural flowlets associated with a workflow, the workflow implementing a program for accomplishing at least one data processing task, on multiple compute nodes of the distributed computing system, wherein the plural flowlets include one or more key/value store (KVS) flowlets; and interconnecting the flowlets between one or more data sources and data sinks to form at least one directed acyclic graph between the one or more data sources and data sinks, wherein the at least one directed acyclic graph includes at least one of the one or more KVS flowlets; wherein the one or more KVS flowlets is a synchronous KVS flowlet configured to implement a barrier between operations that push key/value pairs toward a respective KVS flowlet and operations that pull key/value pairs from the respective KVS flowlet; wherein the one or more KVS flowlets dominate upstream data processing of one or more subsets of the multiple compute nodes in such a way that every path for data from one of the subsets of the multiple compute nodes to reach a downstream flowlet after one of the one or more KVS flowlets goes through the KVS flowlet. | 17,959 |
9,830,505 | 1. A method of identifying and obscuring faces of specific individuals in an image, comprising: receiving a request for an image comprising computer-rendered image content for display on a computer display device from a viewing user, the request received by a social network application running on a server; determining automatically by a processor associated with the server running the social network application one or more individuals represented in the image using an image processing technique; identifying a target individual from the one or more individuals whose facial image is to be obscured when displaying the image based on access control level associated with the viewing user and one or more criteria associated with the target individual, the one or more criteria comprising an access control list that determines a particular user's rights to view the target individual in the image and relationships between the one or more individuals in the image, wherein based on the particular user's rights to view the target individual in the image and the relationships between one or more individuals in the image, the facial image is determined to be obscured or not obscured, the access control list providing a selective list of viewers with access levels that indicate who in the selective list can or cannot view the target individual in the image, the access control list further specifying that the target individual can be shown in the image if a first specified individual also appears in the image and that the target individual cannot be shown in the image if a second specified individual also appears in the image; responsive to the identifying, generating a customized image by obscuring a region having the facial image of the target individual from the image by combining pixel values of at least a portion of the facial image to distort the image represented by pixels on the display device; and transmitting the customized image for display, the image rendered differently for the viewing user than for another viewing user based on different access rights of the viewing user and said another viewing user. | 47,781 |
9,606,317 | 1. A media patching system comprising: a first bracket member having a substantially Z-shaped configuration, the first bracket member including a first segment, a second segment and a third segment, with the third segment: (i) connecting the first and second segments to define the substantially Z-shaped configuration, and (ii) having at least one aperture configured to mount to a supporting structure; a second bracket member having a substantially Z-shaped configuration, the second bracket member including a first segment, a second segment and a third segment, with the third segment: (i) connecting the first and second segments to define the substantially Z-shaped configuration, and (ii) having at least one aperture configured to mount to the supporting structure; a panel assembly having a substantially U-shaped configuration, the panel assembly including a front panel segment, a first side segment and a second side segment, with the front panel segment: (i) connecting the first and second side segments to define the substantially U-shaped configuration, and (ii) having a plurality of apertures with each aperture configured to mount to a media connector assembly; a rear cable management assembly that is releasably secured to the second segment of the first bracket member and the second segment of the second bracket member; wherein the first segment of the first bracket member includes at least one protrusion member configured to releasably mount to a first cable management member, the first cable management member configured to manage media cables; wherein the first segment of the second bracket member includes at least one protrusion member configured to releasably mount to a second cable management member, the second cable management member configured to manage media cables; wherein the first and second cable management members each include a top extension arm, a first middle extension arm located below the top extension arm, a second middle extension arm located below the first middle extension arm, and a bottom extension arm; and wherein the top extension arm and the first middle extension arm define a first cable passageway, the first middle extension arm and the second middle extension arm define a second cable passageway, and the second middle extension arm and the bottom extension arm define a third cable passageway. | 16,784 |
9,486,783 | 1. A method for improving the performance of catalytic systems comprising a catalyst, comprising: providing at least one ceramic-based substrate; depositing a washcoat suitable for deposition on the substrate; depositing an overcoat overlying said washcoat, the overcoat comprising at least one support oxide material comprising ZrO depositing at least one impregnation layer overlying the overcoat; wherein one of the at least one impregnation layer comprises Cu—Mn spinel. | 37,543 |
9,550,261 | 1. A method for retrofitting an already existing gas turbine power plant, wherein the method comprises at least the following: fluidically connecting a field run, simple cycle gas turbine to a flue gas duct suitable for conducting flue gas produced by the gas turbine; connecting the flue gas duct to a steam generating unit which is fluidically connected to a water-steam cycle of a power generating facility; fluidically connecting a CO2 separation apparatus to the flue gas duct for separating CO2 from the flue gas in the flue gas duct, and; electrically connecting the power generating facility to the CO2 separation apparatus, wherein electrical power generated by the water-steam cycle of the power generation facility alone powers the CO2 separation apparatus. | 10,196 |
8,911,325 | 1. A gear ratio control device comprising: a controller configured to control a gear ratio in a vehicle including a continuously variable transmission having a four-bar linkage mechanism, the continuously variable transmission including the continuously variable transmission being provided to change the gear ratio at the time of the rotational force input to the input shaft being transmitted as rotational force to the output member of the one-way clutch via the eccentric discs and the linking members, the variable gear ratio mechanism being configured so that the eccentricity can be set to zero, to enable the gear ratio to be set to approach infinity, the controller being configured to start to adjust the eccentricity so that, in the event of starting the power source in a state in which the power source is stopped and the vehicle is traveling, the gear ratio at the continuously variable transmission is at a target value at the same time as performing start control of the power source, and the controller adjusts the eccentricity so that the gear ratio reaches the target value before revolutions of the power source reach target revolutions according to a requested output to the power source. | 45,847 |
9,812,381 | 1. An integrated fan-out package, comprising: a first die and a second die arranged adjacent to the first die; a molding compound encapsulating the first and second dies and separating the first die from the second die; an inter-dielectric layer located between the first and second connection structures and separating the first connection structure from the second connection structure; ball pads disposed on the redistribution structure, wherein the ball pads are electrically connected with the first die through the first connection structure or are electrically connected with the second die through the second connection structure; and a bridge structure disposed on the first connection structure and on the second connection structure of the redistribution structure and electrically connecting the first die with the second die through the first connection structure and the second connection structure. | 18,856 |
9,750,266 | 1. A fish processing system, comprising: a blade to incise a belly of a fish when the fish is transported from an upstream location across the blade; a guide located downstream of the blade to guide the fish to a predetermined elevation for a gutting operation; and a gutting device positioned downstream of the guide, the gutting device including | 30,718 |
9,372,517 | 1. A micro-controller reset system, comprising: an enable circuit electrically connected to a system power source, wherein when a voltage of the system power source is raised to be greater than a first voltage, the enable circuit outputs an enable signal with a steep leading edge; a buck converter configured to convert the system power source to a micro-controller power source according to the enable signal, thereby supplying power to a micro-controller; a reset circuit electrically connected to the system power source and the micro-controller power source, wherein when a voltage of the system power source is dropped to be smaller than a second voltage, the reset circuit outputs a reset signal to reset the micro-controller, wherein the first voltage is smaller than the second voltage, wherein when the reset system enters a power drop state, a voltage of the system power source begins to drop to cause a voltage of the micro-controller power source to drop; when a voltage of the system power source is dropped to be smaller than the second voltage but greater than the first voltage, the reset circuit outputs the reset signal and the enable circuit continues to output the enable signal; and the enable signal controls the buck converter to output the micro-controller power source to the micro-controller to hold the micro-controller at a work state to receive the reset signal to perform a reset process; and wherein the reset circuit further comprises: | 29,796 |
9,254,469 | 1. A process for the treatment of crude gases obtained in gasification of solid or liquid carbon-containing starting materials in an entrained-flow, a fixed-bed or a fluidized-bed gasification, the process comprising: conducting the treatment of the crude gases at up to pressures of 12 MPa and at temperatures of up to 1900° C.; using a shift technology for achieving a predetermined H the feeding of the second shift reactor is with the partially shifted crude gas fed from said first shift reactor, wherein the second shift reactor contains a catalyst which is not reaction-kinetically limited. | 25,574 |
9,597,536 | 1. A quint configuration fire apparatus, comprising: a chassis; a body assembly coupled to the chassis and having a storage area configured to receive a ground ladder and a fire hose; a pump coupled to the chassis; a water tank coupled to the chassis; a ladder assembly including a plurality of extensible ladder sections, the ladder assembly having a proximal end that is coupled to the chassis; a single front axle coupled to a front end of the chassis; and a single rear axle coupled to a rear end of the chassis, wherein the ladder assembly is extensible to provide a horizontal reach of at least 90 feet and a vertical height of at least 95 feet, wherein the ladder assembly is configured to support a tip load of at least 750 pounds, wherein the water tank is configured to contain at least 500 gallons of water, and wherein the center of gravity of at least one of the chassis, the body assembly, the pump, and the water tank are positioned to counterbalance a moment generated by the tip load with the ladder assembly extended to the horizontal reach of at least 90 feet. | 46,139 |
8,998,572 | 1. A blade outer air seal (BOAS) segment, comprising: a seal body having a radially inner face and a radially outer face that circumferentially extend between a first mate face and a second mate face and axially extend between a leading edge face and a trailing edge face; and at least one of said first mate face and said second mate face including an inner wall having a ledge that protrudes from said inner wall and an undercut passage radially inward from said ledge and that extends uninterrupted along a length of said ledge, said ledge further extending along an inner wall of at least one of said leading edge face and said trailing edge face. | 29,691 |
8,671,291 | 1. A battery charging method in a power supply client connected by a data bus to a power supply host, comprising the steps of: detecting a state of a power supply host; determining a limit of current from the power supply host to a client, by: receiving information from the host power supply via a data bus, the information comprising at least one of: a current capability; a model identifier; a limit number of connected clients; and a count of presently connected clients; and accessing a remote data base look up via a server of current capability indexed to at least one of: the model identifier; and the count of presently connected clients; allocating a portion of the limit to a battery charging current in the power supply host; and charging a battery of the client at the battery charging current such that the current from the power supply host is greater than a recommended limit and less than or equal to the determined amount. | 6,914 |
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