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9,464,213 | 1. A surgical glove tape, comprising: an elongate strip of material comprised of a combination of cotton and spandex, wherein: a tab section adhesive that coats the second major surface of the elongate strip of material within the tab section of the elongate strip of material; a tab strip that covers the tab section adhesive over the tab section; a taping section adhesive that coats the second major surface of the elongate strip of material within the taping section of the elongate strip of material; and a release liner that overlies the elongate strip so as to extend past an edge of the tab section of the elongate strip; wherein: | 44,792 |
8,780,382 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a computer system, a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing and delivery to a plurality of recipients, each recipient having a zip code associated therewith; sorting, by the computer system, the plurality of electronic documents into a plurality of attribute groups based on attributes of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein for each of the plurality of attribute groups, the plurality of electronic documents of one attribute group of the plurality of attribute groups share at least one common attribute; forming, by the computer system, a plurality of output groups from the plurality of electronic documents of each of the plurality of attribute groups based on the zip code associated with each electronic document of the plurality of electronic documents; calculating, by the computer system, a first cost of processing and mailing a selected one of the plurality of output groups; calculating, by the computer system, a second cost of processing and mailing the selected output group along with one or more additional documents sufficient to reach a predetermined number of documents; creating, by the computer system responsive to determining that the second cost is less than the first cost, the one or more additional documents; and routing, by the computer system, the selected output group to one or more processing sites for processing the electronic documents of the plurality of output groups to form a plurality of physical documents for delivery to the plurality of recipients, wherein the electronic documents of the selected output group are routed separately from any other electronic documents of an attribute group from which the selected output group was formed. | 43,304 |
9,063,393 | 1. An in-vivo image capturing system comprising: a capsule casing insertable into a subject from an oral cavity, the capsule casing including an imaging optical system capable of capturing images only in one end direction; an analyzing unit which determines whether an imaging direction of the capsule casing is heading for the throat side or teeth side of the subject by analyzing image components captured by the imaging optical system within the oral cavity; and a warning unit which issues a warning to a user about a direction of the capsule casing based on the determination by the analyzing unit. | 19,732 |
8,350,417 | 1. A method of monitoring energy consumption by a customer structure, the method comprising: providing a circuit breaker module in a single electrical panel of a customer structure that receives power from a utility company and an additional power source, the electrical panel receiving power from a main feed of the utility company to the customer structure through a utility meter of the utility company for distribution to a rest of the customer structure, the circuit breaker module including a first electrical circuit and a second electrical circuit within a housing of the circuit breaker module; measuring energy consumed by the customer structure using the first electrical circuit within the housing of the circuit breaker module to generate energy consumption data indicative of an amount of energy consumed by the customer structure; and transmitting the energy consumption data from the second electrical circuit within the housing of the circuit breaker module to a remotely located data collection computer. | 43,231 |
8,919,754 | 1. A mandrel for producing a fibre-reinforced composite part, which is a blade for a wind turbine, wherein the mandrel comprises: an expandable body with an outer surface onto which a fibre material of the fibre-reinforced composite part is layable out, wherein the expandable body is expandable in an expanded state, wherein in the expanded state the outer surface forms an interior shape of the fibre-reinforced composite part to be produced, wherein the expandable body is collapsible in a collapsed state, wherein the expandable body comprises a hull, wherein the expandable body is expandable by pumping air into the hull, a plurality of spacer elements installed in the hull, wherein each spacer element is independently connected to two separate regions of the inner surfaces of the hull for defining a predetermined distance between the two separate regions of the inner surfaces in the expanded state, and wherein the spacer elements are not in contact with each other in the expanded state of the expandable body. | 632 |
8,996,876 | 1. An access device for use in a reservation system for electric vehicle charging, the access device comprising: a processor ( a communication module ( wherein the processor enables the electric vehicle charger when a current reservation certificate has been presented. | 18,687 |
9,623,123 | 1. A method of enhancing medical imaging comprising administering an effective amount of a polymer to a subject in need of medical imaging and obtaining an image, wherein the amount of the polymer is sufficient to enhance an image compared to an image obtained in absence of the polymer; wherein the polymer is according to formula (I): wherein each -A- is independently selected from or wherein each -AR- is independently selected from arylene or heteroarylene; wherein each R wherein each R wherein each R or wherein each R or wherein each R is independently selected from —H, —(CH and wherein each R and wherein each R wherein m is from 0 to 100; wherein n is from 2 to 300 and wherein p is from 0 to 20. | 19,624 |
9,162,580 | 1. A charge control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an electrically chargeable and dischargeable battery; a battery heater that heats the battery; a battery temperature detecting section configured to detect a temperature of the battery; a battery control section configured to monitor the temperature of the battery and controlling the battery heater so as to heat the battery; a battery charger that supplies electric power to the battery and the battery heater; a timer charge reservation section configured to allow a user to designate a predetermined timer charge time zone and a target charge amount; and a charge control section configured to execute timer charge based on a timer charge start time previously designated by the timer charge reservation section, wherein at a time earlier by a predetermined time period than the timer charge start time, the charge control section judges whether or not the timer charge start time should be advanced in accordance with an operating state of the battery heater. | 5,620 |
8,992,509 | 1. A wound dressing comprising: an air-impermeable backing sheet having an aperture for attachment of a suction element; an air-permeable screen layer on a wound facing side of the backing sheet; and an continuous hydrogel layer covering a wound facing side of said screen layer and bonded to a periphery of said backing sheet around said screen layer to form an air-impermeable barrier adapted to maintain a pressure differential across the hydrogel layer under suction. | 19,798 |
9,606,078 | 1. A sensor array for sensing gaseous chemicals, said sensor array comprising: a sensor slide comprising an interface circuit comprising | 40,883 |
9,014,887 | 1. A utility vehicle comprising: a first axle that is coupled to first and second wheels; a second axle that is coupled to third and fourth wheels; an electric motor operably connected to the first axle and structured and operable to drive the first axle in a first direction and a second direction; an internal combustion engine operably connected to a transmission, the transmission structured and operable to drive a transmission output shaft in one direction; and a torque transfer device structured and operable to selectively drive the second axle in the first direction and in the second direction in response to rotation of the transmission output shaft in the one direction. | 35,967 |
9,242,414 | 1. A delamination apparatus, comprising: a stage to which a lower support, an acceptor substrate disposed on the lower support, and a donor film laminated with the lower support along the edge of the acceptor substrate, interposing the acceptor substrate therebetween are mounted; a first gripper disposed in an end side of the stage to move an end of the donor film to a direction away from the acceptor substrate by gripping the end of the donor film; and a first peeling roll disposed on the donor film to support the donor film disposed between the acceptor substrate and the first gripper, and rotating itself to a direction of the first gripper, the first peeling roll comprises: | 24,156 |
9,479,561 | 1. A method of processing computer graphics generated by a remote computer for streaming to a client computer for display on a display device operatively coupled to the client computer, the graphics streamed to the client computer in a plurality of frames, the client computer connected for data communications to the remote computer through a data communications network, the method comprising: for each frame: receiving, by a client graphics module of the client computer, a compressed frame in a stream of frames; decompressing, by the client graphics module, the compressed frame including identifying one or more regions of the frame compressed at a lower compression rate than other regions of the frame in dependence upon metadata received in the stream describing the frame, wherein the metadata identifies the type of each region in the frame and the compression rate for each region; and displaying the decompressed frame on the display device operatively coupled to the client computer. | 36,528 |
9,087,125 | 1. A method for determining if two video signals match, the method comprising: extracting features from a first video signal to provide a first feature-extracted signal; extracting features from a second video signal to provide a second feature-extracted signal; performing a first pass of determining if the first feature extracted signal matches the second feature-extracted signal based on a cross-correlation of a temporal feature of the first and second feature-extracted signals at each of a plurality of time lags, to provide a temporal feature match score; determining if each of the first feature-extracted signal and the second feature-extracted signal is a flat line signal as determined from a statistical attribute and a length of the respective feature-extracted signal; if the first feature-extracted signal and the second feature extracted signal are not a flat line signal, then else if the first feature-extracted signal and the second feature-extracted signal are a flat line signal, then | 36,833 |
8,727,723 | 1. A receptor assembly for lightning protection of an object comprises: a receptor disk configured to be placed on a surface of the object; a receptor block insulator having a hole therethrough; a receptor block in the hole; and a cover that engages the receptor block insulator; wherein the receptor and the receptor block are made of electrically conductive materials; wherein the cover and the receptor block insulator define a chamber between them; and wherein the chamber is surrounded by an electrically-conductive coating on an inside surface of the cover, on a surface of the receptor block that faces the chamber, and on a surface of the receptor block insulator that faces the chamber. | 16,557 |
9,496,751 | 1. A vehicle comprising: an electric machine; a traction battery including positive and negative end terminals having a voltage of at least 200 volts thereacross at a particular state of charge and configured to provide energy to the electric machine; a solar panel array including a number of solar cells arranged to have an output voltage of at least 200 volts at a standard solar irradiance of 1,000 watts per meter, wherein the number is based on the voltage of the fraction battery at the particular state of charge and wherein an area of each of the cells is based on the number and a target maximum power for the cell; and first and second switches each having a maximum current carrying capability less than 5 Amps, wherein the first switch is electrically connected between the solar panel array and the positive end terminal and the second switch is electrically connected between the solar panel array and the negative end terminal such that the switches, when closed, electrically connect the solar panel array to the traction battery to trickle charge the traction battery without a boost converter. | 43,756 |
9,799,190 | 1. A mobile tracking unit comprising: a processor; a low power location component and a high power location component; memory in electronic communication with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the mobile tracking unit to: | 26,799 |
9,616,058 | 1. A method of treating a viral infection selected from a herpesvirus or adenovirus in a mammal, the method comprising administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a potent selective LSD1 (lysine-specific demethylase-1) inhibitor or a LSD1/MAO-B (monoamine oxidase-B) dual inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the potent selective LSD1 inhibitor or LSD1/MAO-B dual inhibitor is a cyclopropylamine acetamide derivative or a cyclopropylamine derivative selected from the group consisting of: N-cyclopropyl-2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}acetamide; 2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}acetamide; N-cyclopropyl-2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}propanamide; 2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}-N-prop-2-ynylacetamide; N-(2-morpholin-4-yl-2-oxoethyl)-N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amine; 2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}propanamide; Methyl 2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}propanoate; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)ethanone; 1-(4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)ethanone; 1-(4-benzylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)-1-(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(1,1′-biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-N-cyclopropylacetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-fluorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(4-fluorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-chlorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-(4-phenethoxyphenyl) cyclopropylamino)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; N-[2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethyl]-N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amine; N-cyclopropyl-N′-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]ethane-1,2-diamine; N,N-dimethyl-N′-(2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}ethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine; (3R)-1-(2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; (3S)—N,N-dimethyl-1-(2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; (3R)—N,N-dimethyl-1-(2-{[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(2-piperazin-1-ylethyl)amine; N,N-diethyl-N′-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]ethane-1,2-diamine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(2-piperidin-1-ylethyl)amine; (trans)-2-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-N-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethyl)-2-(3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-2-(3′-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)-N-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethyl)cyclopropanamine; (R)-1-(2-((trans)-2-(3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; N N-4-fluorobenzyl-N-{(trans)-2-[4-(benzyloxy)phenyl]cyclopropyl}amine; N-4-methoxybenzyl-N-{(trans)-2-[4-(benzyloxy)phenyl]cyclopropyl}amine; N-benzyl-N-{(trans)-2-[4-(benzyloxy)phenyl]cyclopropyl}amine, N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino-methyl)pyridin-3-ol; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(3-methylpyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(4-chloropyridin-3-ylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(4-trifluoromethylpyridin-3-ylmethyl)amine; N-(3-methoxybenzyl)-N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(quinolin-4-ylmethyl)amine; N-(2-fluorobenzyl)-N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amine; N-(3-fluorobenzyl)-N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(3,4-dichloro-1-phenylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(5-bromo-thiophen-2-ylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(3-bromo-thiophen-2-ylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(1,3-thiazol-2-ylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine; [(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-[4-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]amine; ({[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}methyl)benzonitrile; N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amine; N-[(trans)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]-N-(3-bromo-pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine; N-4-cyanobenzyl-N-{(trans)-2-[4-(benzyloxy)phenyl]cyclopropyl}amine; N-4-[(benzyloxy)-benzyl]-N-[(trans)-2-(4-phenyl)cyclopropyl]amine; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(4-cyanobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-cyanobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(4-fluorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-fluorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-chlorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(4-chlorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-bromobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(3,5-difluorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-phenethoxyphenyl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(3′-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)-N-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)acetamide; N-(1-(dimethylamino)propan-2-yl)-2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)acetamide; 1-((S)-3-(dimethylamino)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)ethanone; 1-((R)-3-(dimethylamino)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)ethanone; 1-((S)-3-aminopyrrolidin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)-N—((R)-pyrrolidin-3-yl)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)-N—((R)-pyrrolidin-3-yl)acetamide; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(4-chlorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-bromobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 4-((4-((trans)-2-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-oxoethylamino)cyclopropyl)phenoxy)methyl)benzonitrile; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(biphenyl-4-ylmethoxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-pyridin-3-ylphenyl) cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(3′-methoxy-1,1′-biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4′-methoxybiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 4′-((trans)-2-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-oxoethylamino)cyclopropyl)biphenyl-3-carbonitrile; 4′-((trans)-2-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-oxoethylamino)cyclopropyl)biphenyl-4-carbonitrile; 2-((trans)-2-(4′-fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-(3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethanone; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-(4′-(methylsulfonyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(3′,5′-dichlorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(2′,4′-difluorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(6-methoxypyridin-3-yl)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(2′-fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-(4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethanone; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-(2′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethanone; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-(4′-(trifluoromethoxy)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(3′-fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4′-fluoro-2′-methoxybiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-(4-(pyridin-4-yl)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(3′-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4′-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(5′-fluoro-2′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-(2-methoxypyridin-3-yl)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; 1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-((trans)-2-(4-phenethylphenyl)cyclopropylamino)ethanone; 2-((trans)-2-(4-cyclopropylphenyl)cyclopropylamino)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethanone; (trans)-N-((6-methylpyridin-2-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((4-bromothiophen-2-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-2-phenyl-N-((6-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-3-yl)methyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((6-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((4-methylpyridin-2-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((6-methoxypyridin-2-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((6-bromopyridin-2-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-2-phenyl-N-(quinolin-2-ylmethyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-2-phenyl-N-((5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)methyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((3-fluoropyridin-2-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-2-phenyl-N-(quinolin-3-ylmethyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((6-methoxypyridin-3-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((5-methoxypyridin-3-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((2-methoxypyridin-3-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((3H-indol-3-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; 3-(((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)methyl)benzonitrile; (trans)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; 3-(((trans)-2-phenylcyclopropylamino)methyl)pyridin-2-amine; (trans)-N-((2-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-5-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-6-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2,6-difluoro-4-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-2-phenyl-N-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(5-fluoro-2-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2-fluoro-4-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((4-methoxynaphthalen-1-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2-fluoro-6-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((2-methoxynaphthalen-1-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((4,7-dimethoxynaphthalen-1-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(4-methoxy-3-methylbenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(3-chloro-4-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(3-fluoro-4-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(4-methoxy-2-methylbenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[b][1,4]dioxepin-6-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[b][1,4]dioxepin-7-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((2,2-dimethylchroman-6-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(4-methoxy-2,3-dimethylbenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(4-methoxy-2,5-dimethylbenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2-fluoro-4,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(3-chloro-4,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2-chloro-3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2,4-di methoxy-6-methylbenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2,3-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2-chloro-3-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((1H-indol-5-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-2-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-2-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(1-(2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-6-yl)ethyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(1-(5-fluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)ethyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propan-2-yl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-((3-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)methyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; N-(trans)-2-(isobutylthio)-ethyl-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; N-trans-(2-ethoxyethyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; N-trans-(2-methoxyethyl)-2-phenylcyclopropanamine; N1-((trans)-2-(4-(3-bromobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropyl)-N2-cyclopropylethane-1,2-diamine; N1-((trans)-2-(3′-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropyl)-N2-cyclopropylethane-1,2-diamine; N1-cyclopropyl-N2-((trans)-2-(4-phenethoxyphenyl)cyclopropyl)ethane-1,2-diamine; N1,N1-diethyl-N2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-fluorobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropyl)ethane-1,2-diamine; (trans)-2-(4-bromophenyl)-N-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethyl)cyclopropanamine; (trans)-N-(2-(piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)-2-(3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropanamine; N1,N1-diethyl-N2-((trans)-2-(3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropyl)ethane-1,2-diamine; (trans)-N-(2-(piperazin-1-yl)ethyl)-2-(3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropanamine; (S)-1-(2-((trans)-2-(3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; (R)-1-(2-((trans)-2-(3′-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; (R)-1-(2-((trans)-2-(4′-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; (R)-1-(2-((trans)-2-(3′-methoxybiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; (R)-1-(2-((trans)-2-(4-(3-bromobenzyloxy)phenyl)cyclopropylamino)ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; and (R)-1-(2-((trans)-2-(6-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)pyridin-3-yl)cyclopropylamino)ethyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 43,496 |
8,949,236 | 1. A computer-implemented method of detecting violations of policies of an organization, comprising: receiving, by a computer system, external information from one or more external information sources; specifying one or more parameters for identifying the external information; measuring a rate of receipt of the received external information, the rate of receipt indicative of a particular amount of the external information being received from the one or more external information sources; when the rate deviates from a range of acceptable values, adjusting at least one of the one or more parameters to modify the rate of the received external information; receiving internal information from one or more internal information sources; storing the external information and the internal information in one or more data stores that collectively implement one or more ontologies; applying one or more logical conditions to the external information and the internal information in the one or more data stores; determining a conclusion based on application of the one or more logical conditions, the determined conclusion including at least one detected policy violation; and providing the conclusion. | 31,005 |
8,632,615 | 1. A method for producing synthetic gas from biomass by high temperature gasification, the method comprising: (a) feeding biomass to a supercharging feeding system of biomass, pneumatically boosting the biomass, and transporting the biomass to a carbonization furnace; (b) carbonizing the biomass in said carbonization furnace to produce pyrolysis gas and charcoal; (c) pulverizing the charcoal into charcoal powder; and (d) transporting the charcoal powder via a transportation pipe to a gasifier for gasification, wherein prior to pulverizing the charcoal into charcoal powder, the charcoal is reduced to a normal pressure by a decompression feeding system; after pulverizing the charcoal into charcoal powder and before transporting the charcoal powder via said transportation pipe to said gasifier for gasification, the charcoal power is transported to a supercharging feeding system of charcoal powder by normal pressure transport gas; and the pyrolysis gas produced in said carbonization furnace is used as a carrier gas to transport the charcoal powder to said gasifier. | 8,530 |
9,175,668 | 1. A hub for a rotor of a wind turbine, the hub comprising: a hollow body rotatable around a rotation axis, the hollow body comprising a blade flange and defining a blade flange area surrounded by the blade flange, the hollow body further comprising a main shaft flange defining a first end, and a second end opposite the first end; and a stiffening web extending within the blade flange area and defining a web plane, wherein a side profile of the web plane extending from the first end to the second end is oriented at a cone angle to the rotation axis, and wherein a thickness of the stiffening web tapers throughout at least a portion of a length of the stiffening web from the first end to the second end. | 26,420 |
8,674,668 | 1. A photovoltaic power generation system, the system comprising: at least two photovoltaic panels each having a dc power output; a power conditioning unit having a dc power input and an ac mains power supply output for delivering ac power to an ac mains power supply; wherein said dc power outputs of said at least two photovoltaic panels are connected in parallel with one another to said dc power input of said power conditioning unit; wherein said power conditioning unit comprises: | 13,455 |
8,711,806 | 1. A data transmission method at a target evolved Node B (eNB), the method comprising: receiving an end marker added source data and the end marker from a source eNB, when a handover is carried out from the source eNB to the target eNB, wherein the end marker is generated by one of a Packet data network Gate Way (PGW) and a source Serving Gateway (SGW) according to whether the source SGW differs from a target SGW; receiving a target data immediately following the source data from the PGW; and transmitting the target data, which is classified into the source data by the end marker and immediately follows the end of the source data to user equipment, wherein the end marker is generated by the PGW when the source SGW differs from the target SGW, wherein the end marker is generated by the source SGW when the source SGW is the same as the target SGW, and wherein the source SGW transmits the source data from the PGW to the source eNB and the target SGW transmits the target data to the target eNB. | 26,618 |
9,261,952 | 1. A method for shifting and recharging an emotional state of a user with word sequencing presented on a data processing apparatus with a display and an input, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from the user through the input of the data processing apparatus, a selection of a first word sequence set defined by a mood recharging characteristic value, the first word sequence set including a plurality of words each with at least one corresponding definition; generating on the display with a first predefined typeface a first one of the plurality of words in the selected first word sequence set; generating on the display with a second predefined typeface, while the first one of the plurality of words remains generated on the display, a first one of the at least one corresponding definition of the first one of the plurality of words in the selected first word sequence set for a time duration corresponding to a predefined cadence rate value; and prompting the user with a question related to the mood recharging characteristic value and associated with the first word sequence set. | 1,028 |
9,250,910 | 1. An apparatus comprising: logic, the logic at least partially comprising hardware logic, to insert one or more bubbles in one or more Execution Unit (EU) logic pipelines or one or more sampler logic pipelines of a processor to at least temporarily reduce execution of operations in one or more subsystems of the processor based at least partially on a comparison of a first value and one or more clamping threshold values, wherein the first value is to be determined based at least partially on a summation of products of one or more event counts and dynamic capacitance weights for one or more subsystems of the processor, wherein each of the one or more clamping thresholds values are to correspond to one of one or more steps and wherein the length of each of the one or more steps is to be determined based at least partially on feedback from a voltage sense point. | 4,651 |
9,231,468 | 1. An interleaved converter that is configured by connecting in parallel a plurality of switching converter circuits configured by a plurality of inductors, a plurality of switching elements, and a plurality of diodes, that rectify, with a rectifier circuit, an alternating-current voltage supplied from an alternating-current power supply, and that switch, with the switching elements, an output voltage of the rectifier circuit via the inductors to perform one or both of power factor improvement and a boosting operation and to supply electric power to a load, the interleaved converter comprising: an inter-inductor switch that makes it possible to select whether first and second inductors are connected in series; an input side switch that is connected to a connection point of the first inductor and the inter-inductor switch and makes it possible to select whether electric power is supplied from the rectifier circuit to a power supply side of the first inductor; an output side switch that is connected to a connection point of the second inductor and the inter-inductor switch and makes it possible to select whether electric power is supplied from the inductor to a diode side of the second inductor; and a control circuit that controls the inter-inductor switch, the input side switch, and the output side switch, wherein the control circuit wherein, as a condition for switching the operation mode, the control circuit sets a first load power threshold for shifting the operation mode from the high-load operation mode to the low-load operation mode to a value lower than a second load power threshold for shifting the operation mode from the low-load operation mode to the high-load operation mode. | 24,575 |
8,513,332 | 1. A color filter ink composition comprising: an acrylic-based copolymer resin including repeating units represented by the following Formulae 1 to 3, a polymerizable monomer, a pigment, and a solvent, wherein, in the above Formulae 1 to 3, R Ar n1 and n2 are the same or independently an integer ranging from 1 to 5; e is an integer ranging from 1 to 10; f is an integer ranging from 1 to 5; and each of a, b, and c represents 1 to 50 mole % based on the total moles of monomers of the acrylic based copolymer resin, wherein the color filter ink composition comprises a high boiling-point solvent having a boiling point of 170 to 250° C. and a low boiling-point solvent having a boiling point of less than 170° C., wherein the weight ratio of the high boiling-point solvent and the low boiling-point solvent is 99:1 to 50:50, and wherein the term substituted refers to one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, halogen, linear alkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryl, heteroaryl, and alkenyl and the terms heterocycloalkyl and heteroaryl refer to cycloalkyl and aryl, respectively, including 1 to 20 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, and Si. | 18,262 |
9,407,597 | 1. A system comprising: a call router constructed to: the event router, the event router being constructed to: wherein the system is a multi-tenant telephony web event system. | 6,632 |
8,888,650 | 1. A vehicle drive apparatus, comprising: a motor generator; a speed reduction mechanism connected to a rotor shaft of the motor generator; an output shaft connected to the speed reduction mechanism; an intermediate wall separating the motor generator from the speed reduction mechanism; and a bearing that is fixed to the intermediate wall and supports the rotor shaft, wherein the motor generator, the intermediate wall, the speed reduction mechanism, and the output shaft are disposed in this order, and a ring gear of the speed reduction mechanism is fixed, the ring gear is fixed to the intermediate wall via a ring gear flange that is positioned relative to, and fixed to, the intermediate wall by a centering mechanism and a locking mechanism, the centering mechanism is formed by fitting of a boss portion of the ring gear flange and the intermediate wall, and the locking mechanism is disposed on an outer peripheral side relative to the centering mechanism. | 293 |
9,794,845 | 1. A method for applying changed system information, the method performed by a terminal and the method comprising: receiving, by the terminal and from a cell, an indicator indicating a change in system information; receiving, by the terminal and from the cell, time information indicating when the change in the system information is to be applied; determining, by the terminal, whether the indicator indicates the system information is to be changed; when the indicator indicates the system information is to be changed, determining, by the terminal, time to apply the changed system information using the time information; determining whether the changed system information is supported by the terminal; and when the changed system information is not supported by the terminal, transmitting to the cell information that a handover is required by the terminal, wherein the indicator is included in a reserved field of an MIB (Master Information Block). | 15,965 |
8,530,713 | 1. A process for nonoxidative dehydroaromatization of a reactant stream R comprising C 1 -C 4 -alkanes to a product stream P, comprising H 2 and at least at least one aromatic hydrocarbon selected from the group of compounds consisting of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, sturene, xylene and naphthalene, the process comprising: I) converting the reactant stream R at a temperature of from 400 to 1000° C. and a pressure of from 0.5 to 100 bar in the presence of a catalyst which comprises: II) regenerating the catalyst under nonoxidative conditions with a hydrogen-comprising mixture H, wherein when the catalyst is prepared, prior to applying the at least one element b) and dopant c) to the support a) the metallosilicate support is treated at least twice with a mixture comprising NH | 10,434 |
8,973,375 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a gas turbine engine hot section cladding coupled with a gas turbine engine blade using a plurality of protrusions, the hot section cladding, the gas turbine engine blade, and the protrusions being non-integral discrete components, the protrusions extending through a plurality of openings, the plurality of protrusions having heads extending from stems, the heads having widths greater than a portion of the respective stems and operable to extend past a periphery of the openings such that the gas turbine engine hot section cladding is discouraged from being decoupled from the gas turbine engine blade, wherein the heads of the plurality of protrusions have an oblong shape and the openings have an oblong shape such that when the protrusions are in a first orientation the heads can pass through the openings and when the protrusions are in a second orientation different from the first orientation the heads resist being withdrawn through the openings; wherein the heads have a tapered portion for guiding the heads into the openings wherein the stem is attached to the hot section cladding, and further including a plurality of retainer engagement members defining the openings and operable to be engaged with the heads, the retaining engagement members having open positions and closed positions. | 29,276 |
8,888,800 | 1. A method for treating a lung of a patient, the lung including a first airway axial region having a pre-deployment airway axis and a second airway axial region, the method comprising: compressing a lung tissue volume by urging the first airway axial region laterally away from the pre-deployment airway axis toward the second airway axial region using an implant system extending into the first and second airway axial regions. | 39,076 |
9,352,270 | 1. A fluidized bed separation system, comprising: an input to receive a carbon dioxide-containing gas stream; a plurality of stacked beds fluidized by the gas stream, wherein each of the plurality of stacked beds comprise a solid sorbent to remove the carbon dioxide from the gas stream and form a purified gas stream and a carbon-dioxide loaded sorbent; a down comer operable to move carbon-dioxide loaded sorbent particles from a first bed of the plurality of stacked beds to a lower second bed of the plurality of stacked beds; a regenerator to receive, from the first plurality of stacked beds, the carbon dioxide-loaded sorbent, the regenerator comprising a heating device to heat the carbon dioxide-loaded sorbent and remove carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide-loaded sorbent, thereby forming carbon dioxide-lean solid sorbent for recycle to the first bed and carbon dioxide gas for capture; first and second cooling devices in the first and second beds, respectively, wherein a heat transfer surface area of the first cooling device is greater than a heat transfer surface area of the second cooling device to remove thermal energy from sorbent regeneration and sorption of carbon dioxide; and an output for the purified gas stream, wherein the carbon dioxide-containing gas stream flows countercurrently to movement of the carbon-dioxide loaded sorbent particles from the first to the second beds. | 22,724 |
8,899,129 | 1. A steering device for construction machine comprising: a steering column arranged on the front side of an operator's seat of a construction machine and steered by a steering wheel; a tilt angle adjusting mechanism for adjusting a tilt angle of said steering column; a column length adjusting mechanism for adjusting a column length of said steering column; and a tilt-up mechanism provided independently from said tilt angle adjusting mechanism and said column length adjusting mechanism and for tilting up said steering column together with said steering wheel to a tilt-up position away from said operator's seat with respect to a drive position close to said operator's seat; wherein said tilt-up mechanism is configured to perform a tilt-up operation of said steering column in a state where an adjusted position of said tilt angle and an adjusted position of said column length are maintained, characterized in that: said steering column is composed of a lower column accommodating a lower shaft for steering having the lower end side fixed to the side of a floor surface of said operator's seat and extending in the upper-lower direction, an upper column accommodating an upper shaft for steering attached to the upper side of said lower column movably in the front-rear direction and the upper-lower direction and extending in the upper-lower direction, and a joint member provided between said lower shaft and said upper shaft and transmitting a steering operation of said steering wheel between said shafts; between said lower column and said upper column of said steering column, a tilt-up member extending in the upper-lower direction between the both and constituting a part of said tilt-up mechanism is provided; on said tilt-up member, a pivot portion located in the middle of the length direction and rotatably attached to said lower column and an elongate hole portion for tilt angle adjustment arranged on the upper side of said pivot portion and to which said upper column is connected capable of adjusting said tilt angle are provided; said tilt angle adjusting mechanism, for performing adjustment of said tilt angle by tilting said upper column in the front-rear direction with respect to said lower column, includes a connecting member, provided on said upper column, connecting said upper column to said elongate hole portion of said tilt-up member, and maintaining said adjusted position of said tilt angle and a tilt lever which releases the connected state of said connecting member, by a rotating operation from the outside so that said upper column can relatively move along said elongate hole portion of said tilt-up member when said tilt angle is adjusted; and said column length adjusting mechanism performs adjustment of said column length by moving said upper column in the upper-lower direction with respect to said lower column. | 8,860 |
8,740,790 | 1. A computerized method for providing medical advice to a user, the method comprising: receiving, via a direct interactive dialog between a computing device and the user, a plurality of values representing a health parameter of a patient, each value is associated with a different time, wherein the direct interactive dialog comprises presenting a health parameter question to the user, analyzing and storing of a user response, and taking further action based on the analysis of a current and stored user responses, the user response comprising an objective input of a health parameter and a subjective input of a health parameter, the subjective input factored by a subjective objective correlation factor, the subjective objective correlation factor a measure of how well the patient can assess his own disease state and progress, the further action based on the analysis of the current and stored user responses comprising at least one of: presenting an additional health parameter question, a request for an objective measurement, a request for a subjective answer, an adjustment of a level of health parameter questions, and a notification of a medical professional; storing, in a memory in communication with the computing device, the plurality of values; determining, with the computing device, a numerical characteristic value based on a difference between each of the plurality of values and a difference between the times associated with the values; determining, with the computing device, medical advice based on a comparison of the determined characteristic value with a stored characteristic value and the analysis of the user response; and outputting the medical advice to a user via the direct interactive dialog. | 40,927 |
8,694,189 | 1. A vibration suppression system for an electrically driven vehicle having an electrically driven motor as a power source, comprising: a rotation speed detector configured to detect a motor rotation speed; a motor torque target calculation unit configured to calculate a motor torque target value in response to a driver request; a first torque target calculation unit configured to calculate a first torque target by feedforward (F/F) operation using a model transfer characteristic between a torque input and the motor rotation speed with respect to the motor torque target value; a second torque target calculation unit configured to calculate a second torque target by feedback (F/B) operation using the model transfer characteristic between the torque input and the motor rotation speed with respect to the motor rotation speed; a motor torque command setting mechanism configured to add the first torque target and the second torque target to obtain the motor torque command to the motor; a determination mechanism configured to determine whether or not the model transfer characteristic between the torque input and motor rotation speed matches an actual transfer characteristic; and a vibration suppression mechanism configured to set the motor torque target value as the motor torque command during at-he time period in which the transfer characteristic between the torque input and motor rotation speed is not determined to match the actual transfer characteristic, while stopping the F/F operation of the first torque target using the first torque target calculation unit and the F/B operation of the second torque target using the second torque target calculation unit. | 38,207 |
8,828,692 | 1. A process for converting a feed gas containing at least one of CO or a mixture of CO 2 and H 2 under anaerobic conditions to a liquid product comprising at least one of ethanol, propanol, n-butanol, acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid: a) passing a feed gas comprising a mixture of at least one of CO or a mixture of CO b) circulating a fermentation liquid on the biofilm support side of the bio-support membrane, the fermentation liquid having a redox potential of less than −200 mV; c) maintaining a biofilm consisting essentially of anaerobic microorganisms on the biofilm support side of the bio-support membrane to convert at least a portion of the feed gas components to a liquid product comprising at least one of ethanol, propanol, n-butanol, acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid; d) maintaining a pressure differential across the bio-support membrane that avoids the formation of bubbles in the fermentation liquid and prevents wetting of the bio-support membrane on the gas contacting side of the bio-support membrane; and, e) recovering a liquid product from the fermentation liquid. | 31,067 |
8,713,366 | 1. A system for restarting event and alert analysis after a shutdown in a distributed processing system, the system comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable, when executed by the computer processor, of causing the system to carry out the steps of: identifying, by an incident analyzer, a shutdown condition of the distributed processing system; determining, by the incident analyzer, whether the shutdown was a planned shutdown or an unplanned shutdown; if the shutdown was planned, storing, by the incident analyzer, an identification of the last event in an event log that was injected in an event queue at the time of the planned shutdown and restarting, by the incident analyzer, event and alert analysis using the next event identified in the event log; if the shutdown was unplanned, identifying, by the incident analyzer, a previously configured restart mode; selecting, by the incident analyzer, an identification of a restart event in the event log according to the previously configured restart mode, wherein selecting an identification of a restart event in the event log according to a previously configured restart mode further comprises determining, by the incident analyzer, the last event injected in the event queue from the event log, determining the logged time of the last event injected in the event queue, and selecting as the restart event an event logged in the event log a predetermined period of time before the logged time of the last event injected in the event queue; and restarting, by the incident analyzer, event and alert analysis using the restart event identified in the event log. | 40,681 |
9,431,077 | 1. A method for preempting a first processor by a second processor, the method comprising: performing data accesses by a first processor from a non-volatile memory device that is shared by direct access with the first processor and a second processor; issuing a doorbell interrupt to the first processor to request preemption of operations by the first processor on the shared non-volatile memory device; and preempting the data accesses by the first processor to initiate a memory access by the second processor; wherein: | 12,619 |
9,479,122 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an amplifier configured to amplify an intermediate signal to generate an output signal, wherein said amplifier is a microwave frequency amplifier; and a correction circuit configured to (i) generate a control signal based on a plurality of characteristics of said amplifier, (ii) receive an input signal carrying a pulse burst having a plurality of pulses and (iii) adjust a plurality of phases of said pulses in said pulse burst in response to said control signal to generate said intermediate signal, wherein (a) said phases of said pulses as adjusted in said intermediate signal cancel a plurality of uneven phase errors induced by said amplifier in said pulses in said pulse burst and (b) each of said uneven phase errors corresponds to a respective one of said pulses in said pulse burst. | 12,817 |
9,807,342 | 1. A collaborative presentation system comprising: a display device; an image sensor configured to image a region including the display device; a network interface; a logic device; and a storage device holding instructions executable by the logic device to: | 23,809 |
9,457,720 | 1. A display device for a motor vehicle, comprising: a display; a display device housing configured to house the display, the display device housing having a first wall and a second wall opposing the first wall and having an opening at a front face; and a laminated safety glass panel disposed in front of the display on the front face of the display device housing, the laminated safety glass panel being supported by at least one of the display device housing and the display, and wherein the display device housing comprises a first interior circumferential web disposed on the first wall and arranged behind the laminated safety glass panel, and a second interior circumferential web disposed on the second wall and arranged behind the laminated safety glass panel, and wherein the laminated safety glass panel is supported by the display device housing via the first and second circumferential webs. | 49,656 |
9,363,984 | 1. A method of thermal treatment of bee colonies in order to ensure death of bee parasites in an interior of a hive frame superstructure through transformation of short wave electromagnetic radiation into long wave thermal radiation, the method comprising: removing a thermally insulating removable hive cover from a thermosolar lid of the hive frame superstructure in the presence of solar rays to allow the solar rays to penetrate through the thermosolar lid of the hive frame superstructure and strike a surface adapted to absorb short wave electromagnetic radiation; allowing an interior of the hive frame superstructure to achieve a temperature increase above a value of 40° C.; replacing the thermally insulating removable hive cover on the thermosolar lid to block the passage of solar rays through the thermosolar lid and; allowing additional solar rays to pass through a screen on a side of the hive frame superstructure to strike a thermo solar frame, and wherein thermal energy flows in the interior of the hive frame superstructure upward along the thermo solar frame up to a level of the thermosolar lid and then proceeds in a horizontal direction further into the hive frame superstructure, where it heats a brood nest. | 36,729 |
8,453,528 | 1. A mechanical component constituted of steel containing at least 0.11 mass % and not more than 0.15 mass % of carbon, at least 0.1 mass % and not more than 0.25 mass % of silicon, at least 0.15 mass % and not more than 0.35 mass % of manganese, at least 3.2 mass % and not more than 3.6 mass % of nickel, at least 4 mass % and not more than 4.25 mass % of chromium, at least 4 mass % and not more than 4.5 mass % of molybdenum and at least 1.13 mass % and not more than 1.33 mass % of vanadium with a remainder consisting of iron and impurity, the mechanical component being provided with a nitrogen-enriched layer having a nitrogen concentration of at least 0.05 mass % formed on a region including a surface, a total of a carbon concentration and said nitrogen concentration in said nitrogen-enriched layer being at least 0.55 mass % and not more than 1.9 mass % at a depth of 0.1 mm from the surface. | 36,114 |
8,793,496 | 1. A method for secure authentication, comprising: receiving, by a constrained device, a random string transmitted from a server; determining, by the constrained device, a responsive output by evaluating a first deterministic function including first inputs to the first deterministic function, the first inputs comprising the received random string, a locally generated string, and a first private key stored on the constrained device; transmitting at least one portion of the responsive output and the locally generated string from the constrained device to a server; determining, by the server, a validation output by evaluating a second deterministic function including second inputs to the second deterministic function, the second inputs comprising the random string, the locally generated string, and a second private key of a plurality of private keys stored on the server; and authenticating the constrained device based upon the server matching the transmitted at least one portion of the responsive output to at least a portion of the validation output; transmitting a server answer component of the validation output to the constrained device; matching, at the constrained device, the received server answer component to a server answer component of the responsive output; and updating the first private key and the second private key; wherein the first private key is updated based upon a new private key of the responsive output, and wherein the second private key is updated based upon a new private key of the validation output. | 32,279 |
9,299,437 | 1. A memory device comprising: a first access line associated with first memory cells; a second access line associated with second memory cells, the first access line being adjacent to the second access line; and a voltage generator to provide a first voltage to the first access line during a first time interval of an operation of storing information in at least one of the second memory cells, to provide a second voltage to the first access line during a second time interval of the operation, and to provide a third voltage to the second access line during the first time interval, wherein the first and third voltages have different values, and the second access line is configured to be in a floating state during at least a portion of the second time interval. | 29,476 |
8,625,774 | 1. A method for generating a subliminal alert at a computing device comprising a processing unit interconnected with a memory and a speaker, said method comprising: selecting a first audio file comprising a subliminal alert, said first audio file enabled for processing by said processing unit to control said speaker, said first audio file is at least one of: selecting a second audio file associated with an audible alert, said second audio file enabled for processing by said processing unit to control said speaker; combining said first audio file and said second audio file to produce an audio notification file; and, associating said audio notification file with at least one alert condition, such that when said alert condition is met, said processing unit controls said speaker to play said audio notification file with said audible alert provided at a louder volume than said subliminally audible volume of said subliminal alert. | 21,008 |
9,067,303 | 1. A method for executing shot peening comprising steps of: bringing an end portion of a chamber into contact with a surface of a peening object, said chamber containing water and a plurality of shots and having a rotary vane of a water jet generation apparatus disposed therein; generating a water jet from the water in said chamber toward said surface of said peening object by rotating said rotary vane; and moving the plurality of shots in said chamber toward said surface of said peening object by said water jet and making said shots collide with said surface of said peening object. | 29,334 |
8,406,011 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a main body; a mounting apparatus to hung the main body to a wall, the mounting apparatus comprising a fixing bracket mounted to the main body, an engaging member slidably assembled to the fixing bracket and positioned between the main body and the fixing bracket, and a resilient member connected between the fixing bracket and the engaging member; and a supporting apparatus comprising a connecting bracket detachably mounted to the fixing bracket opposite to the engaging member, a supporting bracket mounted to the connecting bracket to support the main body; wherein the fixing bracket defines a connecting hole therein, the connecting bracket comprises a first hook aligning with the connecting hole, the engaging member comprises a stop piece aligning with the connecting hole, and wherein when the engaging member is slid relative to the fixing bracket such that the stop piece moves away from the connecting hole, the first hook extends through the connecting hole, and after the engaging member is released to slide back under a force of the resilient member, the stop piece aligns with the connecting hole to engage with the first hook. | 12,222 |
8,945,794 | 1. A process for etching a silicon-containing substrate, comprising the steps of (a) cleaning a surface of the substrate, (b) depositing a film on the cleaned substrate surface, (c) depositing a silver film on the film deposited in step (b), and (d) contacting the silver with an etchant comprising HF, wherein the film deposited in step (b) can be etched by an etchant comprising HF, and wherein the silver film deposited in step (c) is substantially uniform, wherein the etching of step (d) is silver-assisted; wherein the film described in step (b) comprises alumina. | 27,232 |
8,948,650 | 1. A toner cartridge for use in an image forming device, comprising: a housing having a reservoir for containing toner therein, the housing having an exit port in fluid communication with the reservoir; a shutter positioned at the exit port that is movable between an open position to permit toner from the reservoir to pass out of the exit port and a closed position to prevent toner from passing out of the exit port, the shutter being biased toward the closed position; a linkage operatively connected to the shutter to open the shutter upon being actuated by a first engagement feature in the image forming device; and an interlock operatively engaged with the linkage and biased toward a locked position preventing the linkage from opening the shutter, the interlock being movable to an unlocked position when the interlock is actuated by a second engagement feature in the image forming device permitting the linkage to open the shutter. | 21,746 |
9,284,058 | 1. A convertiplane ( 1 ) comprising: a pair of semi-wings ( at least one first rotor ( said first axis (B) being, in use, transversal to a longitudinal direction (A) of said convertiplane ( characterized by comprising: at least one first actuator ( a flight control system ( an electrical power storage device ( at least one electrical machine ( said actuator ( a fixed part ( a ram ( a rod ( a control unit ( said electrical machine ( a stator ( a second rotor ( said electrical machine ( an electric motor for driving in rotation said first rotor ( as an electrical power generator for re-charging said storage device ( said first rotor ( said wind-current driving in rotation said shaft ( said flight control system ( | 24,645 |
8,873,491 | 1. A method of transmitting data for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a control message in a first sub-frame from a base station to process a second sub-frame followed by the control message; receiving from the base station a second sub-frame of data; decoding the second sub-frame of data according to the control message; and obtaining a belonging data packet from the decoded sub-frame according to a candidate packet set and a search order, wherein the step of obtaining the belonging data packet from the decoded sub-frame comprises: determining the candidate packet set and the search order based on the control message; searching the candidate packet set according to the search order; and obtaining the belonging data packet from the searched candidate packet set. | 4,223 |
9,658,308 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a carrier having first and second vertical portions positioned on opposing sides of a primary axis; and a first plurality of objects carried by the first and second vertical portions, and configured to cooperatively rotate the carrier about the primary axis to track an azimuth of an electromagnetic radiation source. | 49,673 |
8,471,651 | 1. A microelectromechanical filter, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; an input electrode, disposed on the first substrate; an output electrode, disposed on the second substrate; a first suspended resonator, connected to the first substrate and the second substrate; a second suspended resonator, connected to the first substrate and the second substrate; a piezoelectric resonator, disposed on the first suspended resonator, wherein the piezoelectric resonator having an upper electrode with an interdigitated pattern, two sides of the interdigitated pattern being respectively connected to the input electrode and the output electrode, and a first piezoelectric material layer and a first lower electrode being disposed under the upper electrode of the piezoelectric resonator; and a coupling beam, coupled between the first suspended resonator and the second suspended resonator, for transmitting an acoustic wave, and controlling a bandwidth of the microelectromechanical filter. | 2,680 |
8,418,824 | 1. An electrical vehicle transportation system, comprising: an electrical vehicle and a powered roadway system, said electrical vehicle having a power source and a vehicle master control system, said master control system including switching means having electrical power on and off positions, said master control system further including vehicle circuitry having at least a first relay, said electrical vehicle further having at least a first front wheel and at least a first longitudinally spaced rear wheel, said first front and first rear wheels being configured to traverse over a roadway surface, said powered roadway system including an electrical vehicle engagement system, a roadway control system, roadway control circuitry having at least a first relay, and roadway electrical energy source, said electrical vehicle engagement system being in communication with said roadway electrical energy source and including at least two pair first and second pairs of elongated longitudinally and laterally spaced parallel electrically conductive roadway segments, each of said first and second roadway segments having a segment length (S a longitudinal spacing (D said roadway segment length (S said electrical vehicle including a vehicle power control system, said power source, an independent electrical energy source and an energy harvesting system, said vehicle power control system including a hard-wired relay control sub-system, wherein said vehicle control circuitry first relay and said roadway control circuitry first relay are connected in series, said vehicle electrical energy source having sufficient electrical energy to power said vehicle power source upon command of said vehicle power control system, said electrical energy harvesting system including at least one pair of roadway contacts having first and second ends, said first end of said roadway contacts including an electrically conductive region, said second end of said roadway contacts being releasably and rotatably engaged on each side of said vehicle and spaced apart a distance substantially equal to a lateral spacing of said first and second conductive roadway segments, whereby said vehicle can be positioned on said roadway with said roadway contacts in contact with said electrically conductive layers of at least one pair of said first and second roadway segments and, hence, whereby said vehicle energy harvesting system is coupled to said roadway electrical vehicle engagement system, said vehicle energy harvesting system, when coupled to said roadway electrical vehicle engagement system, defining a first vehicle envelope characterized by substantially all electrical energy associated with said coupled vehicle energy harvesting system and roadway electrical vehicle engagement system being substantially contained within an area defined by outer dimensions of said vehicle, said vehicle control system being operatively connected to said vehicle electrical energy source and said vehicle energy harvesting system, and in communication with said roadway control system when said vehicle energy harvesting system and roadway electrical vehicle engagement system are coupled, said vehicle control system being programmed to release said roadway contacts upon positioning said master control system switching means to said power on position, whereby said vehicle circuitry and said hard-wired relay control sub-system are energized and said vehicle roadway contacts are in contact with at least said first parallel roadway segments, said vehicle control system being further programmed to control transfer of electrical energy from said roadway electrical energy source to said vehicle when said vehicle energy harvesting system and roadway electrical vehicle engagement system are coupled, and, in conjunction with said roadway control system and said vehicle hard-wired relay control sub-system, when said vehicle energy harvesting system and roadway electrical vehicle engagement system are coupled, the roadway segments that are disposed within said vehicle envelope are energized, said vehicle control system being further programmed to de-energize said first roadway segments in response to a first current flow signal generated by a current transformer and transmitted to said vehicle control system, said current flow signal being generated and transmitted when said roadway contacts are de-coupled from said first roadway segments, transition over said longitudinal spacing between said first and second roadway segments (D | 49,295 |
9,422,921 | 1. A method of converting an air flow into a source of electricity, the method comprising: receiving the air flow with an airflow generator comprising an airflow inlet port, a ventilator cowl, and a venting port disposed between the inlet port and the ventilator cowl, the venting port continually venting the airflow and both mitigating induced backpressure and augmenting air flow between the inlet port and the ventilator cowl; and converting the air flow to electricity in response to receiving the air flow. | 4,112 |
8,628,991 | 1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor layer including a p-type impurity-containing layer and an n-type impurity-containing layer; disposing a dielectric layer on a front side of the semiconductor layer; disposing a photosensitive pattern on the dielectric layer; isotropically etching a surface of the dielectric layer using the photosensitive pattern; a first electrode electrically connected with the p-type impurity-containing layer; and a second electrode electrically connected with the n-type impurity-containing layer. | 35,899 |
9,319,913 | 1. A wireless end-user device, comprising: a wireless wide area network (WWAN) modem to communicate data for Internet service activities between the device and at least one WWAN, when configured for and connected to the WWAN; a wireless local area network (WLAN) modem to communicate data for Internet service activities between the device and at least one WLAN, when configured for and connected to the WLAN; and one or more processors configured to | 30,325 |
9,186,320 | 1. A method of providing dopaminergic activity to brain tissue of a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a dopamine gel formulation to the nasal mucosa of the subject, wherein the dopamine gel formulation comprises: (a) dopamine in an amount of from about 0.01% to about 6% by weight of the dopamine gel formulation; (b) castor oil in an amount of from 75% to about 95% by weight of the dopamine gel formulation; (c) oleoyl macrogolglyceride or a mixture of oleoyl macrogolglycerides in an amount of from about 0.5% to about 20% by weight of the dopamine gel formulation; and (d) colloidal silicon dioxide in an amount of from about 0.5% to about 10% by weight of the dopamine gel formulation. | 19,721 |
9,375,605 | 1. A method to provide high efficiency direct current motor control, comprising: obtaining, by a direct current motor controller, a high voltage direct current signal from a power supply having power factor correction circuitry; obtaining, by a processor, a control command from an exercise machine having a direct current motor; generating, by the processor, a pulse-width modulation signal from the direct current signal based on the control command; and providing, by the direct current motor controller, the pulse-width modulation signal to the direct current motor. | 32,233 |
9,372,008 | 1. A humidifier comprising: a housing with a substantially open top portion; a main water reservoir finable by providing water through the substantially open top portion of the housing; an engine deck configured to hold water disposed above a bottom of the main water reservoir; an impeller configured to pump water from the main water reservoir to an overflow chamber of the engine deck; a heating chamber disposed on the engine deck and having at least one heating element disposed therein; a nebulizing chamber disposed on the engine deck and having at least one ultrasonic transducer disposed therein; and an engine chamber disposed adjacent the main water reservoir and below the engine deck, the engine chamber including at least one motor for driving the impeller and a fan, the fan being configured to draw air through the housing so as to carry water vapor produced by the heater and nebulized air into the environment around the humidifier. | 24,070 |
8,810,149 | 1. A lighting apparatus, comprising: a light source; a control part controlling a light quantity of the light source on the basis of a control signal; a conversion part converting the control signal into an analog voltage; and an output part converting the converted analog voltage to each reference voltage corresponding to each set value of the current and the voltage to be supplied to the light source and outputting to the control part, wherein the control part includes a light quantity control part which has a constant current control part and a constant voltage control part and controls the light quantity by changing magnitude of a current and/or a voltage to be supplied to the light source to be the set value on the basis of the reference voltage, wherein the constant current control part controls magnitude of the current to be supplied to the light source to be the set value when the light quantity of the light source is larger than a predetermined value, and wherein the constant voltage control part controls magnitude of the voltage to be supplied to the light source to be the set value when the light quantity of the light source is smaller than the predetermined value. | 40,473 |
8,742,668 | 1. A method for stabilizing plasma ignition in a continuous process conducted on a substrate, comprising: applying a spike of RF power between an upper electrode and a lower electrode on which the substrate is placed, wherein the spike starts from zero power, jumps to a spike power, and then drops to a base power which is so low as to cause plasma ignition failure; and continuously applying RF power at the base power between the upper and lower electrode for a duration substantially longer than a duration of the spike to process the substrate, wherein the spike is such that ignition failure is reduced. | 29,369 |
9,284,837 | 1. A method for testing a formation, the method comprising: pumping fluid through a probe including one or more inner channels and one or more outer channels, where the probe is defined by a height and a width, and the heigreater than the width to define an elongate shape for the one or more inner channels and the one or more outer channels; regulating at least one of flow rates or pressures between the one or more inner channels and the one or more outer channels; and clearing the one or more inner channels including pumping fluid out of the one or more inner channels while pumping into the one or more outer channels or clearing the one or more outer channels including pumping fluid out of the one or more outer channels while pumping into the one or more inner channels. | 3,296 |
9,279,113 | 1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid encoding an alpha-amylase and a heterologous promoter, wherein the nucleic acid is operably linked to the heterologous promoter, and wherein the amino acid sequence of said alpha-amylase is selected from the group consisting of: a) an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, b) a fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the fragment has alpha-amylase activity, and c) the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 62. | 25,626 |
8,444,120 | 1. A vapor delivery vessel comprising: a peripheral vessel wall bounding an interior volume; a gas outlet arranged in fluid communication with the interior volume; and at least one support structure disposed within the interior volume and adapted to receive vaporizable source material within the at least one support structure and to support the vaporizable solid source material within the interior volume, characterized in that the at least one support structure disposed within the interior volume comprises any of (i) a metal wool material configured to at least partially support the vaporizable source material when the vaporizable source material is poured therein, and (ii) a partially permeable material having pores configured to prevent the vaporizable source material from exiting the at least one support structure prior to being vaporized, wherein the pores in the partially permeable material include pores of a larger size toward a first end of the partially permeable material and pores of a smaller size at a second opposite end of the partially permeable material, wherein the partially permeable material is positioned to receive a flow of gas at the first end and to pass the flow of gas at the second opposite end. | 23,407 |
8,649,234 | 1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a memory cell; and an interface which comprises: | 39,092 |
8,432,650 | 1. A control system comprising: a solid-state switch that is connected in series with a power source and an intake air heater; a mechanical current interrupting device that is connected in series with the power source and the solid-state switch; and a control module that selectively closes the solid-state switch to provide power to the intake air heater and that causes the mechanical current interrupting device to mechanically interrupt current flow to the intake air heater when a voltage of the intake air heater is outside of a desired range. | 18,234 |
8,463,208 | 1. A communications device, comprising: a signal generator to provide a signal-of-interest to be amplified via a power amplifier and transmitted over an RF antenna; a transmission path extending between the signal generator and the power amplifier and comprising a delay element, wherein the delay element delays the signal-of-interest to provide a delayed signal-of-interest on the transmission path; a control path extending between the signal generator and the power amplifier and comprising a signal analyzer and a tunable DC power supply, wherein the signal analyzer analyzes the signal-of-interest and induces a change in a DC power level provided by the tunable DC power supply based on the analysis of the signal-of-interest; and wherein the power amplifier receives the DC power from the tunable DC power supply and amplifies the delayed-signal-of-interest as a function of the DC power, thereby facilitating transmission of the signal-of-interest over the RF antenna; wherein the signal analyzer comprises: an envelope generator to determine an envelope of the signal-of-interest; and an envelope analyzer to compare a magnitude or width of the envelope of the signal-of-interest at a given time to an envelope threshold value and provide a target DC signal based on the comparison, wherein the target DC signal is used to set the DC power level. | 15,469 |
8,884,159 | 1. A photovoltaic device comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a p-n junction with a p-type semiconductor portion and an n-type semiconductor portion one on top of the other, wherein an upper exposed surface of one of the semiconductor portions represents a front side surface of the semiconductor substrate; patterned antireflective coatings on the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein said patterned antireflective coatings protect some portions of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate, while leaving other portions of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed, said other portions of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate that are exposed form a grid pattern on the front side surface; a multimetal semiconductor alloy layer located on the other portions of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate that are exposed, wherein said multimetal semiconductor alloy comprises at least a first elemental metal that forms an alloy with a semiconductor material at a first anneal temperature, and at least a second elemental metal that differs from the first elemental metal and that does not form an alloy with a semiconductor material at said first anneal temperature, and wherein said multimetal semiconductor alloy layer has a bottommost surface located below an uppermost surface of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a copper-containing layer in direct physical contact with the multimetal semiconductor alloy layer, wherein said copper-containing layer has sidewall surfaces that are vertically coincident to sidewall surfaces of said multimetal semiconductor alloy layer. | 18,080 |
9,138,965 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a fibrous planar material including a plurality of fibers coated by a conductive coating of carbon nanotubes on respective surfaces of the plurality of fibers and forming a matrix of conductive-coated fibers and including electrolyte molecules that occupy openings between the conductive-coated fibers and that have a cross-section that is less than a size of the openings; a coating of metal nanowires on the coating of carbon nanotubes; and conductive materials embedded in the fibrous planar material and between the plurality of fibers. | 2,635 |
9,009,731 | 1. A system for processing a lightweight composite object that shares a parent with another lightweight composite object, comprising: a database for storing a lightweight composite object, one or more other lightweight composite objects, and a parent object instance, wherein the lightweight composite object and the one or more other lightweight composite objects share the parent object instance, wherein the lightweight composite object and the one or more other lightweight objects inherit data and behavior from the shared parent object instance, wherein the lightweight composite object and the one or more other lightweight composite objects each comprise a lightweight object instance and a link to the shared parent object instance, wherein the database stores one copy of the shared parent object instance; an interface for receiving an indication that a change is to be made to data associated with the lightweight composite object, wherein the data comprises data of the shared parent object instance; and a processor configured to: clone the parent object instance to create a new parent object instance; and designate the new parent object instance as the parent of the lightweight object instance corresponding to the lightweight composite object. | 14,687 |
9,440,285 | 1. A device for forming at least one film made of powder comprising, a storage area for supporting powder, a deposition area spaced from the storage area and upon which the powder is formed into a thin film, a spreading and compacting cylinder driven by a carriage, the spreading and compacting cylinder being rotatable about an axis of revolution (A) and having a circular cross-section and a smooth outer surface with an apparent roughness (Ra) of approximately 0.06 microns, the apparent roughness preventing adherence of powder to the cylindrical outer surface as the spreading and compacting cylinder spreads and compacts the powder, at least one servo-control device for controlling speeds of the spreading and compacting cylinder and the carriage; and a pivotably mounted cover disposed over the spreading and compacting cylinder, the cover including a scraper, the scraper being pivotably moved in a direction perpendicular to a main plane (P | 19,895 |
9,492,398 | 1. A composition comprising at least one essential oil or essential oil extract having a broad spectrum antibacterial activity, antiparasitic activity, antifungal activity, undesirable vegetation activity, weed activity and/or plant antipathogenic activity, wherein: a. said essential oil or essential oil extract is encapsulated within nanoparticles or lipidic nanocapsules obtained by a phase-inversion temperature method, whereby lipidic nanocapsules have an oily core of medium-chain triglycerides surrounded by a membrane made of lecithin and a PEGylated surfactant, and nanoparticles have a membrane made of lecithin and a PEGylated surfactant and no medium-chain triglycerides oily core, and b. said essential oil or essential oil extract is selected from the group of: essential oil from oregano, essential oil or essential oil extract from thyme, essential oil or essential oil extract from cloves, essential oil or essential oil extract from savory, essential oil or essential oil extract from ravintsara, essential oil or essential oil extract from laurel leaves, essential oil or essential oil extract from scotch pine, essential oil or essential oil extract from eucalyptus, essential oil or essential oil extract from paper bark, essential oil or essential oil extract from cinnamon and mixtures thereof. | 34,050 |
9,711,214 | 1. A method of operating a memory device, comprising: applying one or more programming electrical pulses to one or more memory cells; detecting one or more parameters related to a programmed state of the one or more memory cells; and adjusting one or more aspects of one or more subsequent programming electrical pulses based at least in part on a distribution of the one or more detected parameters. | 27,864 |
9,018,800 | 1. A method to determine a maximum power point (MPP) of a photovoltaic (PV) module, comprising: determining a voltage at which each bypass diode of said PV module bypasses an associated portion of said PV module at multiples of 0.75*V determining multiples of said voltage; selecting a largest of the power points occurring at said voltage and at said multiples of said voltage to be said MPP; and establishing a starting point for a perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm that is substantially equal to said MPP, where V | 14,770 |
8,696,302 | 1. A wind turbine comprising: a rotatable main shaft having a centre and being at least indirectly connected to a wind turbine rotor of the wind turbine; and a main bearing supporting the rotatable main shaft at least indirectly against a first stationary part of the wind turbine; fastening unit for fastening the wind turbine rotor to the first or a second stationary part of the wind turbine during replacement of the main bearing; and tappet unit acts on the main bearing and permits a movement of the main bearing relatively to the first stationary part in the direction of the centre axis. | 21,399 |
8,502,460 | 1. A 2-lamp parallel-type fluorescent lamp appliance in which two current-carrying circuits are connected to output terminals of a stabilizer using a commercial power supply as a power supply in series to the output terminals and are connected in parallel to each other, fluorescent lamps are connected to each of the two current-carrying circuits, the stabilizer is electrically connected to the current-carrying circuits by an ON/OFF operation of a power supply switch thereby two fluorescent lamps are turned on, the fluorescent lamp appliance comprising: a fluorescent lamp switching means that is provided at one of the two current-carrying circuits and connects or disconnects the one current-carrying circuit; a first control circuit that operates according to the ON/OFF operation of the power supply switch, is electrically connected by the ON operation of the power supply switch within a predetermined time after the power supply switch is turned on and then is turned off, and controls the fluorescent lamp switching means to disconnect the current-carrying circuit; and a second control circuit that opens a normally closed relay contact point when the relay contact point is connected to a power supply input terminal of the first control circuit and is electrically connected to a relay coil by receiving an external instruction signal, and disconnects the one current-carrying circuit by controlling the first control circuit when the relay contact point is closed within a predetermined time after it is opened at the time of the ON operation of the power supply switch. | 46,070 |
8,787,168 | 1. A method for efficiently transmitting packets from a client device comprising: receiving a packet to be transmitted at a network socket on a client device; calculating a flow hash value for the packet, the flow hash value associating the packet with a particular network flow, the flow hash value usable to track the packet and other packets associated with the particular network flow; receiving feedback for the flow from a network layer of the client device beneath the socket, the flow being identified using the flow hash value, the feedback indicating conditions associated with the flow on a network link; and performing flow control operations on the flow responsive to the feedback for the flow; wherein the flow control operations comprise tagging a socket associated with the flow as flow controlled and notifying an application associated with the flow of a flow controlled state. | 45,719 |
8,655,247 | 1. A fixing device comprising: a heat source; a roller that is heated by the heat source; an endless belt that contacts the roller and rotates along with a rotation of the roller; a guiding portion that includes a first resin member being disposed inside the endless belt and guiding a rotation of the endless belt; a second resin member being disposed inside the endless belt and pressing the endless belt on the roller; and a plate member that includes an elongated metal member of which the longitudinal direction is arranged to be parallel to a rotation axis of the roller, a first end and a second end of the elongated metal member in the transverse direction being unified with the first resin member and the second resin member, respectively, the second end of the elongated member being disposed within a groove formed in the second resin member, wherein the elongated metal member has a part facing the inner surface of the endless belt. | 21,290 |
9,834,458 | 1. A water treatment system comprising: an electrochemical water treatment device; a recirculating concentrate stream in fluid communication with a first inlet and a first outlet of the electrochemical water treatment device; a recirculating dilution stream in fluid communication with a second inlet and a second outlet of the electrochemical water treatment device; a conductivity sensor in communication with the recirculating dilution stream and positioned downstream from the second outlet of the electrochemical water treatment device, the conductivity sensor configured to measure a conductivity of the recirculating dilution stream; an acidic liquid stream comprising an acidic water generated from a feed water; a feed stream comprising the feed water; a flow control device disposed both between the recirculating concentrate stream and the acidic liquid stream and between the recirculating concentrate stream and the feed stream, the flow control device configured to control the flow of the acidic water and the flow of the feed water to the recirculating concentrate stream; and a control system in communication with the flow control device and configured to regulate power to the flow control device such that the control system controls the flow of the acidic water and the flow of the feed water to the recirculating concentrate stream based at least in part on the measured conductivity of the recirculating dilution stream. | 16,245 |
9,068,838 | 1. A method of detecting an event, comprising: providing a plurality of map data stored in a non-transitory storage medium, wherein the plurality of map data describes a physical course having a plurality of points of interest; receiving, by a computing device, a velocity signal associated with movement of a vehicle and a location signal associated with a position of the vehicle; determining, by the computing device, an observed position signal of the vehicle using the velocity signal associated with movement of the vehicle and the location signal associated with the position of the vehicle; comparing, by the computing device, the observed position signal of the vehicle to the plurality of map data describing the physical course; detecting, by the computing device, that a first event has occurred based on the observed position signal associated with the vehicle corresponding to a first point of interest of the plurality of points of interest on the physical course that is included in the plurality of map data describing the physical course and, in response, determining a first time; detecting, by the computing device, that a second event has occurred based on the observed position signal associated with the vehicle corresponding to a second point of interest of the plurality of points of interest on the physical course that is included in the plurality of map data describing the physical course and, in response, determining a second time; determining, by the computing device, an observed time period between the detecting of the first event and the detecting of the second event using the first time and the second time; displaying, by the computing device on a display device, the observed time period; retrieving, by the computing device, an ideal time period; determining, by the computing device, an error time period that is the difference between the ideal time period and the observed time period; and displaying, by the computing device on a display device, the error time period. | 49,688 |
9,318,302 | 1. A modular ion source and extraction apparatus, comprising: an ion source chamber selectively electrically coupled to a voltage potential, wherein the ion source chamber comprises an extraction aperture; an extraction electrode system positioned proximate to the extraction aperture of the ion source chamber, wherein the extraction electrode system is configured to extract ions from the ion source chamber via one or more extraction electrodes; one or more linkages operably coupled to the ion source chamber; one or more insulators coupling the extraction electrode system to the respective one or more linkages, wherein the one or more insulators electrically insulate the respective one or more linkages from the extraction electrode system, therein electrically insulating the extraction electrode system from the ion source chamber; and one or more actuators operably coupling the one or more linkages to the ion source chamber, wherein the one or more actuators are configured to translate the one or more linkages with respect to the ion source chamber, therein translating the extraction electrode along one or more axes. | 42,499 |
9,401,600 | 1. An overvoltage protection circuit, arranged to adjust drive output voltage of LED strings coupled with a main IC and a secondary IC, comprises a main IC overvoltage triggering circuit and a secondary IC overvoltage triggering circuit, wherein, said main IC overvoltage triggering circuit connected respectively in series to said main IC and several LED strings, said secondary IC overvoltage triggering circuit connected respectively in series to the secondary IC and several LED strings, said main IC overvoltage triggering circuit comprises at least two main divider resistances connected in series each other, said secondary IC overvoltage triggering circuit comprises at least two secondary divider resistances connected in series each other, wherein, an overvoltage protection triggering point of the main IC is set in the main divider resistances, and an overvoltage protection triggering point of the secondary IC is set in the secondary divider resistances, and the voltage value of the overvoltage protection triggering point of the secondary IC is less than that of the main IC, wherein the mininmin voltage of said secondary IC overvoltage triggering circuit is larger than the maximum voltage of said main IC, wherein said main divider resistance comprises a first resistance, a second resistance and a third resistance, said first resistance and said second resistance are set between the overvoltage protection triggering point of the main IC and the drive output end, said third resistance is set between the overvoltage protection triggering points of the main IC and the ground end, a forth and a fifth resistances are set between the overvoltage protection triggering points of the secondary IC, and the drive output end a sixth resistance is set between the overvoltage protection triggering points of the secondary IC and the ground end, wherein, the ratio of the sixth resistance value and the sum of the forth, the fifth and the sixth resistance values of the second divider resistance is larger than the ratio of the third resistance value and the sum of the first, the second and the third resistance values of the main divider resistance. | 47,884 |
9,406,327 | 1. A magnetic recording medium, comprising: a recording layer positioned directly or indirectly above a substrate, the recording layer comprising at least Co, Pt, and an oxide or oxygen; and an assist layer positioned above the recording layer, the assist layer being positioned closer to a head-facing side of the magnetic recording medium than the recording layer, the assist layer comprising at least Co and Pt, wherein at least a portion of the recording layer has a smaller anisotropic magnetic field than the assist layer, and wherein a relationship between an absolute value of an anisotropic magnetic field (H | 42,220 |
8,876,438 | 1. A method for casting a concrete retaining wall block for use with a geogrid fabric, said retaining wall block having a passage for the geogrid fabric extending between a top of the block and a bottom of the block, a top recess for passing the geogrid fabric between a back of the block and the passage and a bottom recess for passing the geogrid fabric between the passage and the back of the block, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a form in which the block is cast; b) positioning in said form a plurality of shaped mold inserts for forming said recesses and said passage, at least two of said mold inserts for forming the passage abutting while a block is cast, wherein flashing may be formed on a rear side of the passage between such abutting mold inserts, and wherein said mold inserts are shaped to form a raised portion in said passage whereby any flashing formed on the rear side of the passage is spaced away from the geogrid fabric when a cast block installed in a retaining wall is secured with the geogrid fabric extending through the top recess, the passage over the raised portion and the bottom recess; c) casting a block in the form; and d) separating the cast block from the form and the mold inserts. | 14,647 |
8,761,329 | 1. A method of determining a current position of a rod that is movable within at least a portion of a passageway, the method comprising: transmitting an electromagnetic signal at a first location along the passageway; detecting as an input at least a portion of the electromagnetic signal at a second location along the passageway; determining a group delay of at least a portion of the input; and employing the group delay in conjunction with a calibration data set in determining a current position of the rod that corresponds with the group delay. | 45,559 |
8,775,705 | 1. An integrated circuit device comprising: a transmitter circuit including an output driver; a first register to store a value representative of a drive strength setting associated with the transmitter circuit such that the output driver outputs data in accordance with the drive strength setting; a second register to store a value representative of an equalization setting associated with the transmitter circuit such that the output driver outputs data in accordance with the equalization setting; and a third register to store a value representative of a slew rate setting associated with the transmitter circuit such that the output driver outputs data in accordance with the slew rate setting. | 12,361 |
9,455,299 | 1. A method comprising: converting received light into a voltage signal by a sensor, the sensor being disposed in a first crystalline material, the first crystalline material being in a recess in a substrate, the recess having non-crystalline sidewalls, the substrate comprising a second crystalline material lattice mismatched to the first crystalline material; and amplifying the voltage signal into an amplified signal using a first transistor, the first transistor comprising a first source/drain region disposed in the second crystalline material. | 45,574 |
8,789,412 | 1. A transmitting device provided in a tire cavity area to transmit tire information about a condition of a tire, the transmitting device comprising: a sensor configured to detect, as the tire information, a condition of gas filled in the tire cavity area surrounded with the tire and a rim; a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the detected tire information; and a housing which has a wall surrounding the sensor and the transmitter, such that an inner space is separated from the tire cavity area by the wall, the housing defining a plurality of through holes passing through the wall, the through holes including a communicating through hole which enables communication between the tire cavity area and the inner space in the housing and a selectively non-communicating through hole having a member which is movable between a blocking position which impedes communication between the tire cavity area and the inner space in the housing through the selectively non-communicating through hole and an unblocking position which enables communication between the tire cavity area and the inner space in the housing through the selectively non-communicating through hole. | 14,786 |
9,543,226 | 1. A semiconductor chip device comprising: a substrate including first and second sides, and an opening extending through the substrate between the first and second sides; first opto-electronic or electronic components mounted on the first and second sides; a heat sink mounted on the first surface in thermal contact with the components on the first side, and including an extension extending through the opening with an exposed surface parallel with the second side; and at least one second opto-electronic or electronic components mounted on the exposed surface of the extension; wherein the heat sink provides a first thermally-conductive path for the first components on the first side and each of the second components on the exposed surface. | 17,459 |
9,073,182 | 1. A screwing tool comprising: an engaging member adapted to be gripped as a handle including a first inserting member; a biasing member received within a chamber of the engaging member; a driving member including a driving head and a guiding groove at two different ends, with the guiding groove receiving the first inserting member and which interconnecting the engaging member and the driving member, with the biasing member disposed between the driving member and the engaging member; a control ring receiving the driving member and selectively movable between a first position disposed at a first relative position with respect to the engaging member and in which the screwing tool becomes an impact screwdriver, and a second position disposed at a second relative position with respect to the engaging member and in which the screwing tool becomes a regular screwdriver; wherein the guiding groove is extended annularly and V-shaped and includes two terminal ends thereof defining first and second stop ends and a turning corner at a junction of two groove sections of the V-shaped guiding groove. | 22,853 |
9,497,481 | 1. A motion vector predictive encoding method in a moving picture encoding scheme in which a picture to be encoded is divided into blocks and encoding is performed using motion compensation for each block, the method comprising: a step of performing a motion search for a block to be encoded in the picture to be encoded using an encoded reference picture to calculate a motion vector; a step of setting a plurality of blocks which include at least one of encoded blocks in the picture to be encoded and encoded blocks in an encoded picture, the encoded blocks in the picture to be encoded and the encoded blocks in the encoded picture being in predetermined positions relative to the position of the block to be encoded in the picture to be encoded, as primary candidate blocks, and determining N (N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) primary candidate reference motion vectors from motion vectors used in encoding the primary candidate blocks; a step of calculating degrees of reliability of the primary candidate reference motion vectors which quantitatively represent effectiveness in motion vector prediction of the block to be encoded, using only information already encoded at the time of encoding the block to be encoded for each of the primary candidate reference motion vectors; a step of selecting top M (M is a predetermined integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than N) primary candidate reference motion vectors with higher degrees of reliability from the N primary candidate reference motion vectors as secondary candidate reference motion vectors; and a step of setting a secondary candidate reference motion vector having a value nearest the motion vector obtained by the motion search among the secondary candidate reference motion vectors as a predictive motion vector of the block to be encoded, encoding an identifier of the set predictive motion vector, and encoding a residual between the motion vector obtained through the motion search of the block to be encoded and the predictive motion vector as encoded information of the motion vector, wherein, in the step of determining the primary candidate reference motion vectors, the primary candidate reference motion vectors are determined from the motion vectors used in encoding the primary candidate blocks and motion vectors which designate positions within a predetermined range from a position designated by each of the motion vectors used in encoding the primary candidate blocks. | 6,745 |
8,460,648 | 1. A method for the treatment of a chronic disorder associated with the presence of an abnormal or an abnormal distribution of microflora in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammalian host, the chronic disorder selected from the group consisting of: irritable bowel syndrome, chronic persistent diarrhoea, diarrhoea, flatulence, constipation, and alternating constipation/diarrhoea, which method comprises administering an effective amount of a composition comprising viable non-pathogenic or attenuated pathogenic microorganisms for a period of time sufficient to displace the existing microflora, wherein the composition comprises: at least two Clostridia selected from among at least one Bacteroides selected from among wherein lavage or other methods of removal of at least part of the host's existing enteric microflora is omitted. | 30,848 |
8,913,937 | 1. A roller for a fixing device, said roller comprising: a foam layer including porous cells; an elastic layer containing a thermo-conductive filler and provided outside of said foam layer; and a middle layer provided between said foam layer and said elastic layer; wherein said middle layer is free of the porous cells, and wherein said middle layer is free of all filler including said thermo-conductive filler, or a content of all filler in said middle layer is smaller than a content of all filler in said elastic layer. | 46,252 |
8,859,831 | 1. A method for processing biomass into hydrocarbon fuels comprising: processing a biomass in a hydropyrolysis reactor resulting in hydrocarbon fuels, char, and a process vapor stream; cooling the process vapor stream to a condensation temperature resulting in an aqueous stream; sending the aqueous stream to a catalytic reactor; injecting air into the catalytic reactor to obtain an aqueous product stream containing ammonia and ammonium sulfate; and obtaining a cooled product vapor stream, containing non-condensable process vapors comprising H | 3,385 |
8,723,447 | 1. A wireless battery-powered daylight sensor for measuring a total light intensity, the sensor comprising: a photosensitive circuit operable to generate a light intensity control signal in response to the total light intensity; a wireless transmitter for transmitting wireless signals; a controller coupled to the photosensitive circuit and the wireless transmitter, the controller operable to transmit wireless signals in response to the light intensity control signal; and a battery for powering the photosensitive circuit, the wireless transmitter, and the controller; wherein the controller is operable to transmit wireless signals using a variable transmission rate that is dependent upon an amount of change of the total light intensity and dependent upon a rate of change of the total light intensity, such that the controller does not transmit a digital message if the rate of change of the total light intensity is outside of predetermined limits. | 34,749 |
9,418,060 | 1. A method comprising: sending, by one or more computing devices, a portion of a work to a second computing device associated with a translator, the translator having an experience level for translating that is less than a predetermined experience level; receiving, at the one or more computing devices, a translated portion of the work from the translator; sending, by the one or more computing devices, the translated portion of the work to an electronic book (eBook) reading device; receiving, at the one or more computing devices and from the eBook reading device, consumption data associated with the translated portion of the work, the consumption data including one or more of a reading duration, a reading rate, or starting and stopping points for reading; assigning, based at least in part on the consumption data, a value to the work; and determining, based at least in part on the consumption data, an updated experience level of the translator. | 36,083 |
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