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8,367,051 | 1. A gel particle comprising a polymeric network comprising: vinyl monomeric units; at least one first divinyl monomeric unit, wherein the vinyl groups are connected by a chemically stable linking group which comprises a functionality that degrades in a predetermined chemical or predetermined biological environment over a time period of 7 days to 30 days; and at least one second divinyl monomeric unit, wherein the vinyl groups are connected by a cleavable linking group, wherein the polymeric network is formed by a controlled polymerization process and wherein the first divinyl monomeric unit forms chemically stable crosslinks within the polymeric network and the second divinyl monomeric unit forms cleavable crosslinks within the polymeric network: and wherein the gel particle has a diameter of from 5 nm to 500 nm. | 26,058 |
9,619,781 | 1. A conditioner system for conditioning nutritional substances comprising: a nutritional substance database containing information related to nutritional substances prior to conditioning and ΔN information of the nutritional substances which is defined as changes in nutritional, organoleptic and aesthetic value of the nutritional substances after conditioning the nutritional substance, and further contains various conditioning protocols referenced to the nutritional substances; a reader configured to automatically read a code printed on a label associated with a particular nutritional substance to be conditioned and to retrieve information from the nutritional substance database related to the particular nutritional substance; a consumer interface configured to receive input data from a consumer regarding a desired nutritional, organoleptic or aesthetic value of the particular nutritional substance after conditioning of the particular nutritional substance; a controller configured to receive the input data from the consumer, and ΔN information for the particular nutritional substance, and based on said input data and ΔN information said controller retrieves and modifies a conditioning protocol comprising one of the various conditioning protocols stored in the nutritional substance database, the modified conditioning protocol comprising instructions for carrying out conditioning the particular nutritional substance to achieve the desired nutritional, organoleptic or aesthetic value of the particular nutritional input by the consumer wherein the modified conditioning protocol is responsive to a directly measured internal temperature of the nutritional substance; and a conditioner comprising an apparatus that cooks the nutritional substance responsive to the modified conditioning protocol including by modifying the conditioning parameters during cooking based on the directly measured internal temperature of the nutritional substance, and wherein the conditioning parameters comprise various time and temperatures for cooking the nutritional substance. | 30,840 |
8,748,830 | 1. A radiation sensor comprising: a first layer including a polymer matrix including a first scintillation material within the polymer matrix to produce first light in response to receiving a first targeted radiation, wherein the polymer matrix further includes a wavelength shifting material; and a second layer including a second scintillation material to produce second light in response to receiving a second targeted radiation, wherein the first scintillation material is different from the second scintillation material, and the first targeted radiation is different from the second targeted radiation, wherein the first layer is configured to receive and transmit the second light. | 22,700 |
9,126,244 | 1. A method for accelerated biotic dechlorination of groundwater and soils based on reductive dechlorination processes comprising encapsulating fermentable organic hydrogen donors in order to control release of said fermentable organic hydrogen donors and stimulate said reductive dechlorination processes. | 7,973 |
9,647,455 | 1. A system for distributing power, the system comprising: an input electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter, with a first end and a second end, the first end connected to a direct current (DC) power signal, the input EMI filter configured to produce a filtered DC power signal at the second end; a plurality of inverters, each inverter with a first end and a second end, each of the first ends connected to the second end of the input EMI filter, each inverter configured to convert the filtered DC power signal to a respective alternating current (AC) power signal at the second end; a plurality of primary output EMI filters configured to produce a plurality of filtered AC power signals, each primary output EMI filter with a first end and a second end, each of the first ends connected to a respective one of the second ends of the plurality of inverters, each primary output EMI filter configured to produce a respective one of the plurality of filtered AC power signals by filtering the AC power signal provided by a respective inverter of the plurality of inverters; and a power switching network comprising a plurality of switches arranged between the plurality of primary output EMI filters and one or more electrical loads, wherein the plurality of switches controls a distribution of the plurality of filtered AC power signals to the one or more electrical loads based on one or more received load requests. | 17,789 |
9,716,639 | 1. A protection switching method for an infrastructure segment of a Traffic Engineered Service Instance (TESI) having one or more communication failures in a Provider Backbone Bridged Network (PBBN), wherein the one or more communication failures occurred on at least two tandem work infrastructure segments, the method comprising: identifying a network topology including at least one protection infrastructure segment for each tandem work infrastructure segment, such that the tandem work infrastructure segment and the corresponding protection infrastructure segment terminate on a same node, called a segment end node, wherein two protection infrastructure segments pass through at least one bridge node, called a co-joint node; monitoring for the one or more communication failures in the tandem work infrastructure segment and the protection infrastructure segment in the network topology; defining a Segment Protection Group (SPG) for each tandem work infrastructure segment including the tandem work infrastructure segment rooted at the co-joint node, wherein the SPG is formed by a set of tandem work infrastructure segments and protection infrastructure segments; switching the TESI over a high priority protection infrastructure segment; and provisioning two SPGs of the co-joint node to prevent the protection infrastructure segment from forwarding ambiguity and retracing of the TESI. | 12,703 |
9,190,690 | 1. A molten carbonate fuel cell, comprising: a tube body having many holes in a tubular surface thereof; a tubular first electrode provided around the tubular surface of the tube body; a tubular electrolyte plate which is provided around the first electrode, which the first electrode contacts, and which holds an electrolyte; and a tubular second electrode which is provided around the electrolyte plate, and which makes contact with the electrolyte plate to hold the electrolyte plate, wherein an oxidant gas or a fuel gas is supplied inside the tube body, and a fuel gas or an oxidant gas is supplied to the second electrode, whereby an electrochemical reaction occurs to obtain electric power, the first electrode is a cathode, and the second electrode is an anode, a material constituting the anode is sintered, whereby the anode is clamped diametrically inwardly, and the electrolyte plate is sandwiched and held between the anode and the cathode, and the oxidant gas is supplied from inside the tube body to the cathode through the many holes, and the fuel gas is supplied to the anode. | 41,981 |
9,669,874 | 1. A vehicle, comprising: a plurality of chassis components, at least two of the chassis components connected by a sloping plane; a first drive wheel situated on at least one of the chassis components; another wheel situated on another one of the chassis components; and a device configured to drive the other wheel at a rotational speed different from a rotational speed of the first drive wheel. | 16,622 |
9,498,283 | 1. A nerve modification device for altering nerve function in a bronchial airway of a patient, the nerve modification device comprising: a main catheter body configured to extend though a trachea into the bronchial airway; at least one energy applicator having at least one energy emitter configured to emit energy laterally relative to the main catheter body; and a movable mechanism to move the at least one energy applicator laterally within the bronchial airway such that the at least one energy emitter contacts a first portion of a circumference of the airway wall, wherein the nerve modification device is adapted to deliver energy from the at least one energy emitter to produce an energy field concentrated in a target region in the wall of the bronchial airway in a first lateral direction from the catheter body to alter nerve cells within the target region. | 49,980 |
8,535,403 | 1. An air cleaner assembly for an internal combustion engine in an underhood engine compartment, said air cleaner assembly comprising a bracket forming a combustion air flow passage therethrough wherein said bracket is mounted to a mounting rail or platform of the underhood engine compartment, an air filter comprising a housing mounted to said bracket and having a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet, a combustion air duct having an inlet receiving clean combustion air through said bracket and supplying said clean combustion air to said engine, said clean air outlet of said housing and said inlet of said combustion air duct each being sealed at said bracket, such that: clean filtered air exits said air filter at said clean air outlet of said housing and flows through said combustion air flow passage of said bracket and through said inlet of said combustion air duct as said clean combustion air supplied to said engine. | 13,023 |
8,583,016 | 1. A developing device comprising: a developer bearing body provided so as to face a latent image bearing body, said developer bearing body having a developer thereupon and rotating to supply said developer to said latent image bearing body; a developer supplying member provided so as to contact said developer bearing body, said developer supplying member rotating to supply said developer to said developer bearing body; and a developer recovery member provided so as to contact a surface of said developer bearing body that moves from a position facing said latent image bearing body to a position in contact with said developer supplying member by a rotation of said developer bearing body, said developer recovery member rotating to recover said developer from said developer bearing body, wherein said developer recovery member is constituted by a brush roller, wherein said developer supplying member and said developer recovery member are provided so as to contact each other. | 16,512 |
8,695,343 | 1. A method of generating power comprising: i) providing dehydrated high salinity output (DHSO) from a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) desalination plant and rehydrating said DHSO to form a rehydrated high salinity feedwater (RHSF) having a salinity content of between about 150,000-300,000 ppm; ii) providing a low salinity feedwater comprising effluent from a wastewater treatment plant said low salinity feedwater having a salinity content of about 500-2,000 ppm; iii) feeding said RHSF from i) to a salinity gradient power unit (SGPU) as a high salinity feed to said SGPU; iv) feeding said low salinity feedwater from ii) to a SGPU as a low salinity feed to said SGPU; v) generating electrical power in said SGPU; vi) producing a mixed water output from said SGPU; and vii) discharging said mixed water output into a body of water whereby the salinity of said mixed water output does not exceed the salinity of said body of water by more than 3%. | 35,020 |
8,746,118 | 1. A cutting chain, comprising: a cutter link including a cutter portion adapted to be sharpened on an upper edge to form a cutting edge, the cutter link further including a first depth gauge leading the cutter portion; and a non-cutting link, coupled to the cutter link, including a stabilizer trailing the cutter portion, wherein the stabilizer, depth gauge, and the cutter portion are adapted to, during operation, simultaneously engage a sharpening element as the cutter link traverses a nose of a guide bar. | 4,575 |
9,479,116 | 1. A capacitive trans-impedance amplifier circuit with charge injection compensation, comprising: an amplifier having at least an inverting input port and an output port; a feedback capacitor connected between the inverting input port of the amplifier and the output port of the amplifier; a reset switch, implemented as a MOS transistor having a gate terminal, a source terminal and a drain terminal, the source terminal and the drain terminal being connected between the inverting input port and the output port of the amplifier, and the gate terminal being controlled by a reset signal, wherein the reset switch is configured to be in a closed or active state for establishing a conductive path between the inverting input port of the amplifier and the output port of the amplifier during a reset phase, and configured to be in an open or inactive state during an integration phase; a photodiode directly connected to the inverting input port of the amplifier; and one or more compensation capacitors that are configured to provide a total compensation charge that has an opposite polarity of a charge injected by the reset switch at the inverting input port, wherein each compensation capacitor is not implemented as a gate oxide or a MOS capacitor, and each compensation capacitor having: | 10,810 |
8,450,584 | 1. A seed of inbred maize variety PH1DGV, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-13521. | 39,990 |
9,834,102 | 1. A vehicle-mounted power supply apparatus comprising: a DC/DC converter that converts a first DC voltage outputted from a vehicle-mounted storage battery into a second DC voltage and that outputs the second DC voltage; a switching section that selectively outputs the second DC voltage outputted from the DC/DC converter to any one of an auxiliary battery mounted on the vehicle or a DC voltage outlet through which the second DC voltage is outputted to an outside of the vehicle; and a control section that controls the DC/DC converter and the switching section, wherein the DC/DC converter, the switching section, the control section, the DC voltage outlet, the storage battery, and the auxiliary battery are mounted on the vehicle, when the control section controls the switching section so that the second DC voltage is outputted to the DC voltage outlet, the control section controls the DC/DC converter so that the second DC voltage becomes equal to or below a predetermined voltage value which is smaller than a rated voltage value of the storage battery. | 19,559 |
8,753,105 | 1. An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layerwise consolidation of powder comprising, a lowerable build platform for supporting the object during manufacture, and a sealable chamber for controlling the atmosphere surrounding the object, and a plurality of gas transport devices, including a pump and/or one or more gas valves wherein the pump and/or one or more valves are housed in a chamber in which a controlled atmosphere can be maintained a gas circuit for supplying a stream of gas to the build chamber, the gas circuit comprising the plurality of gas transport devices. | 16,374 |
9,742,218 | 1. A charging control device used in a system having an engine, an electric power generator driven by the engine, and a battery charged by electric power generated by the electric power generator and the system being capable of executing stop control for prohibiting the engine from restarting in a state where the engine is stopped and the charging control device controlling the charging of the battery, the charging control device comprising: a charging and discharging rate calculation unit calculating a charging and discharging rate, the charging and discharging rate being a ratio of an absolute value of a charging current integrated value of the battery to an absolute value of a discharging current integrated value of the battery following a full charging of the battery; a pre-charging execution unit executing pre-charging for increasing an average remaining capacity of the battery, the pre-charging execution unit shortening a period during which the pre-charging is executed when the calculated charging and discharging rate is high; and a refresh charging execution unit executing refresh charging for charging the battery by the electric power generated by the electric power generator, without executing the stop control, after the execution of the pre-charging and allowing the battery to be fully charged. | 1,906 |
8,985,280 | 1. A method for protecting an elevator assembly, the method comprising: determining a plurality of operational objectives for elevator traffic; selecting one or more of the plurality of operational objectives to be implemented as an operational objective of the elevator traffic based on selection criteria for the operational objective of the elevator traffic; forming a movement profile for an elevator car based on the one or more selected operational objectives; measuring a physical magnitude of a parameter for the one or more parts of the elevator assembly; determining whether the measured physical magnitude of the parameter exceeds a threshold maximum value of the physical magnitude of the parameter; and decreasing at least one movement magnitude value of the elevator car in the movement profile for the elevator car when the measured physical magnitude of the parameter for the one or more parts of the elevator assembly exceeds the threshold maximum value of the physical magnitude of the parameter for the one or more parts of the elevator assembly. | 30,812 |
9,112,193 | 1. A sealing assembly for metal components, the sealing assembly having an electrical insulating property by which said metal components are electrically insulated from each other by the sealing assembly, the sealing assembly configured as a gas-tight seal between said metal components at temperatures above 400 degrees Celsius, the sealing assembly comprising: a ceramic layer which is an electrical insulator, the ceramic layer having pores and grain boundaries; a brazing material disposed on and in contact with the ceramic layer without a barrier layer between the ceramic layer and the brazing material; the brazing material having a composition configured to reduce infiltration of the brazing material into the ceramic layer at pores and grain boundaries of the ceramic layer; said brazing material composition comprising: | 40,021 |
9,470,262 | 1. A bearing arrangement comprising: a first thrust bearing and a second thrust bearing, each of the first thrust bearing and the second thrust bearing including: applying a shaft thrust load elastically deforms the at least one resilient element of the respective outer races of the first thrust bearing and the second thrust bearing so as to axially displace the respective outer races of the first thrust bearing and the second thrust bearing such that the shaft thrust load is shared between the first thrust bearing and the second thrust bearing; when in an undeformed condition, each of the resilient elements is within a projected axial length of the respective first thrust bearing and second thrust bearing; and when in an elastically deformed condition, each of the resilient elements extends beyond the projected axial length of the respective first thrust bearing and second thrust bearing. | 29,322 |
8,475,328 | 1. A micro-hybrid system for a transport vehicle, comprising: a rotary electrical machine ( an AC-to-DC converter ( a DC-to-DC converter ( first ( control means ( said control means ( said piloting means ( said operating modes comprising the following modes: | 19,110 |
8,759,139 | 1. A method of forming a photovoltaic device comprising: forming a plurality of metal nanoparticles on exposed portions of a single-crystalline silicon substrate that are not covered by patterned antireflective coatings (ARCs); forming trenches within the exposed portions of the single-crystalline silicon substrate by utilizing a metal nanoparticle catalyzed etching process; removing the metal nanoparticles from the trenches; forming an emitter region within exposed wall portions of the single-crystalline silicon substrate; and forming a metal contact atop the emitter region. | 36,985 |
9,807,567 | 1. A method, at a network entity, for determining coordinates of one or more devices within a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving range detection signals from the one or more devices, wherein the one or more devices include a first device and a second device; determining latest distances between each the first device, the second device, and the network entity; determining a probability distribution of coordinates for each of the first device and the second device from the latest distances and at least a portion of prior distances from a database; determining coordinates for each of the first device and the second device based on the probability distribution of coordinates; and appending the database with at least one of the range detection signals, the latest distances, and the coordinates. | 31,551 |
9,456,737 | 1. A method for performing spectral analysis of a lumen tissue to determine blood concentration using an in-vivo imaging device, said method comprising: collecting a plurality of wavelengths of light that are reflected off the lumen tissue by an image sensor, thereby generating spectral information of the lumen tissue, wherein at least two wavelengths λ calculating, by a processor, a difference between the absorption coefficient of the medium surrounding the tissue at wavelength λ calculating, by the processor, the absorption coefficient per wavelength by comparing the difference between absorption coefficient per wavelength λ calculating, by the processor, light reflections for wavelengths λ calculating, by the processor, a ratio between the light reflections from the tissue for wavelengths λ determining, by the processor, blood concentration in the tissue from said ratio between light reflections. | 20,964 |
8,826,055 | 1. A computer system comprising: a main memory comprising a plurality of memory units which are arranged in a dual channel architecture; a power supply to supply power to the plurality of memory units; a controller to control the supply of power to the plurality of memory units so as to intercept power supplied from the power supply to at least one, but not all, of the plurality of memory units, according to a user selection input setting a low-power mode, wherein the controller comprises a Central Processing Unit (CPU) to execute control programs and perform operations, and the plurality of memory units loads the control programs comprising a basic input/output system (BIOS) and an operating system (OS) executed by the CPU; and a user input unit to select the low-power mode; wherein the controller determines whether the low-power mode is selected by the user input unit, and intercepts power supplied to at least one memory unit of the plurality of memory units that corresponds to the low-power mode when the user selects the low-power mode, and wherein a power mode comprising a normal mode and the low-power mode is toggled to the normal mode or the low-power mode when a button included in the user input is pressed, and the CPU monitors whether the button of the user input unit is pressed so as to determine whether the low-power mode is selected. | 33,923 |
9,804,949 | 1. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising: receiving an application to instrument; performing a preliminary trace of said application while said application executes, and collecting preliminary results for one or more time series data sets; analyzing said preliminary results to identify a set of periods within said preliminary results; selecting a first period within said set of periods; identifying a first trace objective for said application, said first trace objective comprising a plurality of data items to collect and a first collection window comprising a size at least as large as a longest frequency observed in the one or more time series data sets; and causing said first trace objective to be executed and collecting a first results set comprising said plurality of data items and a first input stream. | 46,543 |
9,729,580 | 1. A method for managing secure communication over a network, wherein execution of logic by a gateway computer performs actions, comprising: intercepting a communication from an unauthenticated source node computer, wherein the communication is directed at a target node computer; employing the unauthenticated source node computer that provides its credentials in response to a request for credentials from the gateway computer to provide the credentials and the intercepted communication to a management platform server that performs further actions, including: providing configuration information for generating a secure private network connection between the gateway computer and the target gateway computer; and establishing the secure private network connection to the target gateway computer based on the configuration information, wherein when the gateway computer fails, one of one or more other gateway computers are employed to replace operation of the gateway computer based on a single shared identifier; and securely sending the intercepted communication to the target gateway computer over the secure private network connection, wherein the target gateway computer securely provides the intercepted communication to the target node computer. | 5,549 |
9,745,959 | 1. A wind turbine comprising: a transformer comprising a low-voltage side and a high-voltage side and configured to step up a low voltage at the low-voltage side to a high voltage of an external grid; an electrical power generating unit connected to the low-voltage side of the transformer and configured to feed an ac-power to the low-voltage side of the transformer; and a charging device connected to the low-voltage side of the transformer and configured to charge the low-voltage side of the transformer with energy buffered from the external grid when the electrical power generating unit does not feed ac-power to the low-voltage side of the transformer. | 16,599 |
8,939,576 | 1. An ocular lens comprising: an optical element comprising a luminescent compound in a substantially transparent matrix; wherein the device is configured so that the optical element modifies a color of an object or image viewed through the optical element by a user to thereby allow the user to better distinguish colors; wherein the luminescent compound absorbs light at an absorption wavelength and emits light at an emission wavelength, wherein a human cone photopigment is substantially more sensitive to the emission wavelength than to the absorption wavelength; wherein the luminescent compound has an average wavelength of visible absorption of about 380 nm to about 450 nm. | 47,171 |
9,642,850 | 1. A method of treating pain in a human patient comprising applying a transdermal delivery system to the skin of the patient, and maintaining said transdermal delivery system in contact with the patient's skin for a seven day dosing interval, wherein the transdermal delivery system comprises a layer comprising buprenorphine, levulinic acid, polyacrylate, and polyvinylpyrrolidone, and wherein the amount of buprenorphine included in the transdermal delivery system is from about 5 mg to about 20 mg, and the active surface area is from about 6.25 cm | 19,399 |
9,620,252 | 1. A method of operating a nuclear power plant that includes a pressurized water reactor (PWR), a steam generator, a turbine, an electric generator, and a condenser, the method comprising: operating the PWR to heat primary coolant flowing through a nuclear reactor core comprising fissile material immersed in the primary coolant water; operating the steam generator to convert secondary coolant feedwater to steam using primary coolant water heated by the operating PWR; operating the turbine by flowing steam from the steam generator through the turbine and then through the condenser; driving the electric generator using the turbine to generate electricity; conveying the generated electricity to an electrical switchyard; and responsive to a station blackout, transitioning the nuclear power plant to an island mode over a transition time interval by transition operations including: | 45,814 |
9,283,851 | 1. A low temperature drive control device for a motor mounted automotive vehicle, in which rotation of a motor is transmitted to a wheel through a gear and an oil for use in cooling the motor and an oil for use in lubricating the gear are commonly used, the drive control device comprising: a command torque calculator to calculate a command torque to be supplied to the motor in dependence on an acceleration input inputted from an acceleration input unit; a motor drive controller to control an electric current value to be supplied to the motor in dependence on the command torque calculated by the command torque calculator; an oil temperature detector to detect the temperature of the oil; and a motor torque changer to change the command torque in dependence on an oil temperature detected by the oil temperature detector, wherein the motor torque changer is operable to multiply the command torque, calculated by the command torque calculator, by a coefficient which varies with the oil temperature detected by the oil temperature detector. | 47,833 |
8,485,596 | 1. A stadium blanket 100 comprising: (a) an inside blanket surface (b) a seat (c) a first blanket region (d) a hood (e) an outside pocket | 31,239 |
9,793,554 | 1. A fuel cell separator, comprising: a metal substrate molded from titanium, a conductive coating that exhibits conductivity and is formed on a surface of the metal substrate, and an oxide layer being a continuous layer provided between the metal substrate and the conductive coating, wherein the conductive coating comprises gold particles, an average particle size of the gold particles is not less than 1 nm and not more than 100 nm, and the thickness of the oxide layer is from 5 nm to 200 nm. | 27,283 |
9,620,341 | 1. A system for inspecting a sample, the system comprising: a laser system for generating light; first components for directing the light to the sample; one or more detectors; and second components for directing light from the sample to the one or more detectors, wherein said one or more detectors include a photomultiplier tube, the photomultiplier tube comprising: a semiconductor photocathode; and a photodiode including: wherein the semiconductor photocathode comprises silicon, and wherein the semiconductor photocathode further comprises a pure boron coating on at least one surface. | 14,136 |
9,606,729 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving a request to add data at a logical location in a storage system, the request including a set of fields describing the logical location in the storage system; traversing a map of nodes from a root node to a first parent node of a first node identified as containing the logical location, wherein at least a subset of fields from the set of fields represent a key for navigating the map of nodes, each node identifying, based on information in a header of the node, a portion of the key to use to select an entry in the node, the entry identifying a next node or a physical location in the storage system; determining that adding a node entry to the first node exceeds a threshold utilization of entries; creating a new parent node for the first node, wherein an entry in the first parent node points to the new parent node; determining, based on information in a header of the new parent node, a portion of the key to enable redistribution of first node entries from the first node; creating a second node; determining, based on information in the header of the new parent node, a first offset value of a portion of the key to use to select an entry in the new parent node that leads to the first node; determining a second offset value of the portion of the key to use to select an entry in the new parent node that leads to the second node; redistributing first node entries from the first node to the first node and the second node based at least in part on the header information in the new parent node; and providing entries for the first node and the second node based at least in part on the first or second offset values. | 32,364 |
9,271,373 | 1. A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system, comprising: a first LED light source deployed in a first location in an indoor environment; a second LED light source deployed in a second location, wherein the first location is different from the second location in an outdoor environment; a first plug and play power supply for powering the first LED light source; and a second plug and play power supply for powering the second LED light source, wherein the first plug and play power supply and the second plug and play power supply are located together in a power supply rack at a third location that is remotely located from the first LED light source and the second LED light source, wherein the first plug and play power supply and the second plug and play power supply are each designed to power the respective LED light source to minimize a power loss along a length of an electrical connection coupled to a respective LED light source and to provide a low voltage direct current (DC). | 46,455 |
9,541,937 | 1. An in-vehicle communication system comprising: a plurality of communication buses mounted in a vehicle; a plurality of communication devices connected to any one of the plurality of communication buses; a relay device for relaying information among different communication buses; and a power supply control device for respectively performing power supply control of one or a plurality of in-vehicle devices being connected; wherein: | 34,403 |
9,538,650 | 1. A wiring substrate comprising: an insulating base layer; an insulating layer laminated on the base layer, the insulating layer having a first surface with an opening, and a second surface located within the opening and being concave toward the base layer in relation to the first surface; and an electrically conductive connection terminal projecting from the insulating layer inside the opening, wherein the second surface extends from the first surface to the connection terminal inside the opening; on a cut surface which is a flat surface extending along a lamination direction in which the insulating layer is laminated on the base layer, an angle which is larger than 0° but smaller than 90° is formed between a normal line extending outward from an arbitrary point on the second surface and a parallel line extending from the arbitrary point toward the connection terminal in parallel to the first surface, with the angle larger than 0° but smaller than 90° at all points on the second surface; and the second surface has a surface roughness greater than that of the first surface. | 35,657 |
9,750,501 | 1. A stapling assembly for stapling tissue, said stapling assembly comprising: a channel containing a staple cartridge, wherein said staple cartridge comprises staples removably stored therein; an anvil configured to deform said staples, wherein said anvil comprises: a connection, wherein said connection is configured to permit said anvil to pivot toward said channel, and wherein said connection is configured to permit said anvil to tilt laterally relative to said channel about a longitudinal axis defined along a proximal portion of said staple cartridge. | 7,565 |
9,502,901 | 1. A method of detecting islanding of an area electric power system including a number of inverters outputting an alternating current voltage including a voltage and a frequency, the method comprising: providing controlled reactive power injection by the number of inverters; detecting islanding responsive to a number of changes of the voltage and the frequency of the alternating current voltage output by the number of inverters; and not allowing the voltage or the frequency of said alternating current voltage to drift when said number of inverters do not provide said controlled reactive power injection of a sufficient amount to detect islanding. | 24,797 |
9,805,944 | 1. A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device, the method comprising the steps of: introducing an impurity into a surface portion of a front surface of a semiconductor substrate that contains silicon carbide, thereby forming an impurity region in the surface portion; covering the front surface of the semiconductor substrate by an oxide film having a thickness of 1 nm or more, after the forming step; and activating the impurity in the impurity region by performing a heat treatment, with the oxide film covering the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, at a temperature of 1500 degrees C. or higher in a gas atmosphere that includes oxygen. | 30,476 |
9,822,309 | 1. A process for producing a pumpable high carbon content slurry comprising: providing a mixture of water and a material selected from the group consisting of an agricultural product, wood, plant, paper and cardboard, wherein the material comprises a weight percentage between 30 wt % to 70 wt % of the mixture; mixing the mixture with a residue produced from a waste water treatment process to form a slurry mixture; and heating the slurry mixture under a non-oxidative gas to thereby produce the high carbon content slurry. | 26,590 |
9,467,445 | 1. A network connected authentication system for authenticating a user attempting to connect to at least one of a plurality of third party application servers over a public network, comprising: a network connected authentication server system communicatively coupled to a network for access by a plurality of users; a database coupled to the network connected authentication server system to store information including at least group identifiers, which uniquely identify a specific subset of the plurality of users, wherein the specific subset includes more than one user, user identifiers, which uniquely identify each of the plurality of users, third party application identifiers, which uniquely identify each of the plurality of third party application servers, and authentication rules; wherein the network connected authentication server system has a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute an electronic method for authenticating a first user for at least one of the plurality of third party application servers, said electronic method comprising: receiving an authentication request for the first user from the at least one of the plurality of third party application servers, said request including a group identifier and a third party application identifier corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of third party application servers, retrieving authentication rules from the database based on the group identifier and the third party application identifier, sending authentication request to each of the specific subset of users identified with the group identifier based on the retrieved authentication rules, receiving authentication responses from the specific subset of users that the authentication requests were sent to, and sending an authentication result based on the received authentication responses to the third party application server requesting authentication for the first user, to determine whether to allow the first user to connect to the third party application server. | 21,233 |
9,821,297 | 1. A process for comprising hydrothermally treating an aqueous composition comprising: (a) a source of a silicon oxide; (b) an optional source of an aluminum oxide; (c) an optional source of a germanium oxide; (d) an optional source of a titanium oxide; (e) an optional source of one or more of a boron oxide, gallium oxide, hafnium oxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, indium oxide, vanadium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, or combination or mixture thereof; (f) a mineralizing agent; and (g) an organic structure directing agent (OSDA) comprising a substituted benzyl-3H-imidazol-1-ium cation of Formula (I): and optionally a tetramethylammonium salt, under conditions effective to crystallize a crystalline microporous silicate solid of LTA topology; wherein R R the substituted benzyl-3H-imidazol-1-ium cation has an associated bromide, chloride, fluoride, iodide, nitrate, or hydroxide anion. | 23,729 |
9,577,229 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate comprising a first electrode coating portion on which a first active material of the first electrode plate is coated and a first electrode non-coating portion on which the first active material of the first electrode plate is not coated at a first end of the electrode assembly; a second electrode plate comprising a second electrode coating portion on which a second active material of the second electrode plate is coated and a second electrode non-coating portion on which the second active material of the second electrode plate is not coated at a second end of the electrode assembly opposite the first end, wherein the first and second ends oppose each other across the length of the electrode assembly, the length being greater than the width of the electrode assembly; and a separator between the first and second electrode plates; a collector comprising a connection part physically and electrically connected to an outer surface of the first electrode non-coating portion; and an insulation part directly formed on ah edge of the connection part at an insulation region of the collector adjacent the first and second electrode plates, wherein the edge of the connection part is nearer to the second end of the electrode assembly than is an opposing edge of the connection part, wherein the edge of the connection part is between the first end and the second end of the electrode assembly and faces away from the first end, and wherein the insulation part directly formed on the edge covers the edge and is located between the edge and the second end along a longitudinal axis of the electrode assembly extending from the first end to the second end; and a case accommodating the electrode assembly and the collector, wherein the collector is welded to the first electrode non-coating portion at a connection region of a first surface of the collector connection part, the edge on which the insulation part is directly formed being a lateral edge extended from the first surface to a second surface of the connection part opposite the first surface, the connection region being spaced apart; from the insulation region, wherein the insulation part comprises at least one of an anodizing layer or an insulation tape layer. | 46,299 |
9,830,567 | 1. A method comprising: receiving an indication of a particular task to be completed; receiving first image data corresponding to the particular task; receiving second image data corresponding to the particular task captured by a mobile device; comparing by at least one processor the first image data and the second image data; determining by the at least one processor whether the particular task is completed based on the comparing of the first image data and the second image data; disabling at least one of an application or a functional component of the mobile device responsive to determining the particular task is not completed; providing a notification to a particular device indicating the particular task is not completed and providing to the particular device the second image data; and enabling the particular device to selectively re-enable the at least one of the application or the functional component via a network communication. | 48,762 |
9,631,173 | 1. A method of constructing a tissue engineered model (TEM) structure, the method comprising: forming a first TEM segment by: a) providing a frame defining a bounded area, the frame including: a height, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge, each of the first edge and the second edge defining a perimeter of the bounded area, and the height defining a distance between the first edge and the second edge; b) affixing a membrane to the first edge about the perimeter of the frame; c) orienting the frame such that the second edge faces upward; d) pouring a liquid matrix precursor solution into a volume defined by the bounded area and the height of the frame, wherein the liquid matrix precursor solution includes a gelling agent and is seeded with selected cells; e) solidifying the liquid matrix precursor solution to form a matrix; and f) growing the cells in culture. | 14,730 |
9,587,213 | 1. A method of aggregating cells, comprising the steps of: a) depositing a plurality of cells into an upper cell suspension seeding chamber of a cell aggregation device having a biocompatible, polymeric hydrogel substrate that includes an upper surface and a lower surface and having at least one compartment at least partially recessed into the upper surface, the compartment being composed of the upper cell suspension seeding chamber, at least one lower cell aggregation recess and a port extending there between, the upper cell suspension seeding chamber being formed and positioned to funnel cells into the lower cell aggregation recess via the port through gravitational force and the lower cell aggregation recess being composed of a cell-repellant hydrogel and being formed and positioned to coalesce the cells into a finite region of minimum gravitational energy; and b) incubating the cells for time sufficient to allow the cells to be funneled from the upper cell seeding chamber to the lower cell aggregation recess by gravity through the port and into the finite region; and c) incubating the cells for a time sufficient to allow the cells to aggregate in the finite region of the lower cell aggregation recess. | 6,767 |
9,173,435 | 1. A device comprising an adjustable bra, the device comprising: a rear band, with one end of the rear band attached to a first bra cup and a second end of the rear band attached to a second bra cup; at least one shoulder strap; a flexible attachment band connected to the at least one shoulder strap and wrapping around the rear band to circumscribe the rear band; wherein the at least one shoulder strap being connected to the flexible attachment band by a female and male engaging buckle member; two mating patches of hook and loop fastener, one of the patches of hook and loop fastener comprising a matrix of flexible hooks and the other of the patches of hook and loop fastener comprising a matrix of flexible loops, wherein the two mating patches of hook and loop fastener are configured to releasably adhere to each other when the two mating patches of hook and loop fastener are pressed together; wherein a first of the two mating patches of hook and loop fastener is affixed to a surface of the flexible attachment band; wherein a second of the two mating patches of hook and loop fastener is affixed along the rear band and is configured to enable selective placement of the flexible attachment band on the rear band at the discretion of the wearer; and wherein the flexible attachment band comprises a second set of mating patches of hook and loop fastener, one portion of the second set of mating patches of hook and loop fastener is attached at a first end of the flexible attachment band and a second portion of the second set of mating patches of hook and loop fastener is attached at a second end of the flexible attachment band such that the first and second ends of the flexible attachment band are attached together in order to circumscribe the rear band after the flexible attachment band is wrapped around the rear band. | 24,939 |
8,700,761 | 1. A method of managing network alarms in an electronic communication network having an alarm management system comprising a control device operably connected to a memory device and a network interface device, the alarm management system being in communication with the electronic communication network and operative to receive and process network alarms, the method comprising: determining, by the alarm management system, an alarm type associated with a plurality of network alarms using information associated with the plurality of network alarms, the information comprising at least one of (1) a quantity of the plurality of network alarms during a period of time, (2) a cause associated with the plurality of network alarms, (3) a network object associated with the plurality of network alarms, and (4) a capacity of a network provider to redress the plurality of network alarms; categorizing the plurality of network alarms into alarm types in response to a determination that a predetermined rate of alarms is exceeded; processing the plurality of network alarms based on the determination of alarm type; and setting a threshold number of alarms, and if the threshold is exceeded, storing alarms of the first type in a buffer in response to a determination that the plurality of network alarms are of a first alarm type; consolidating the network alarms associated with a particular network object into a single alarm, thereby facilitating the handling of the network alarms and reducing the effects of a multiplicity of network alarms generated by a network alarm storm; and suppressing incoming alarms in response to the buffer being full. | 34,782 |
8,809,900 | 1. A method for producing a light emitting diode device, provided with a base board including a terminal and a light emitting diode element flip mounted on the base board, comprising preparing the base board; allowing a light semiconductor layer where an electrode portion is provided at one side in a thickness direction to be disposed in opposed relation to the base board in the thickness direction, and the electrode portion to be electrically connected to the terminal, so that the light semiconductor layer is flip-chip mounted on the base board; forming an encapsulating resin layer containing a light reflecting component on a side of the base board having the light semiconductor layer and an electrode portion so as to embed the light semiconductor layer and the electrode portion; removing the encapsulating resin layer so as to expose the light semiconductor layer; and forming a phosphor layer formed in a sheet state so as to be in contact with the exposed surface of the light semiconductor layer to form the light emitting diode element including the phosphor layer, the light semiconductor layer, and the electrode portion. | 32,434 |
8,728,958 | 1. A method of filling an unfilled gap on a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: depositing a flowable dielectric film in the gap to partially fill the gap; after partially filling the gap with the flowable dielectric film, depositing a high density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDP-CVD) dielectric film via a high density plasma chemical vapor deposition reaction in the gap to complete fill of the gap, wherein the flowable dielectric film is uncured prior to the subsequent HDP-CVD deposition, wherein the flowable dielectric film is at least partially densified during deposition of the HDP-CVD dielectric film, wherein depositing a flowable dielectric film in the gap comprises introducing a process gas comprising a silicon-containing precursor, an oxidant and a solvent, wherein the process gas is characterized as having an oxidant: silicon-containing precursor partial pressure ratio of about 5 to 15. | 16,965 |
9,732,646 | 1. A method for a vehicle, comprising: selectively regenerating a diesel particulate filter based on a soot load, a predicted destination distance, and an estimated ability to maintain a vehicle speed greater than a threshold vehicle speed, the particulate filter receiving exhaust from a vehicle engine combusting diesel fuel; wherein the estimated ability to maintain the vehicle speed greater than the threshold vehicle speed is based on the vehicle speed and an average speed of other vehicles within a lead vehicle to vehicle network communicatively coupled to the vehicle. | 24,956 |
8,712,179 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable program code embodied thereon, the computer executable program code configured to cause a computing device to improve reconstruction of a deforming surface given a sequence of reconstructed surfaces and corresponding calibrated input images by: canceling ambient occlusion of the deforming surface from an input image; computing an optical flow of the image; and refining a 3-D shape of the surface. | 49,141 |
9,118,411 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an optical transceiver system having: | 19,919 |
9,657,495 | 1. A method of erecting an annular tower, comprising: positioning a structural truss within a central opening of a first annular tower section at a first height, wherein the structural truss has multiple beams that form a lattice with multiple joints that are in contact with an inside surface of the first annular tower section; connecting a crane mast positioned on an outside of the first annular tower section to the structural truss through a lateral opening in the first annular tower section; and moving the structural truss to a second height within the central opening. | 31,789 |
8,729,828 | 1. An integrated circuit controller for the ballast, comprising: an oscillator circuit generating an oscillation signal; a driver circuit coupled to the oscillator circuit to receive the oscillation signal to control switches of the ballast, the oscillation signal determining a switching frequency of the integrated circuit controller for the ballast; a timing control unit generating a preheat signal for a preheat time control; a control circuit coupled to the timing control unit to control the timing control unit; and a control logic circuit connected to the control circuit to control the control circuit and coupled to the timing control unit to receive the preheat signal from the timing control unit, wherein the control logic circuit performs preheating of a filament of a lamp in response to the preheat signal and controlling the oscillator circuit. | 26,261 |
9,095,832 | 1. An apparatus for preparing polymer beads of uniform particle size by suspension polymerization comprising a vertically located monomer droplets forming reaction vessel defining contiguously a monomer solution distribution section at the bottom of the reaction vessel, a monomer droplet viewing first transparent section above the monomer solution distribution section, a monomer droplet stabilizing section above the first transparent section, a monomer droplet viewing second transparent section above the monomer droplet stabilizing section and a turbulence dampening and droplet discharging section above the second transparent section and at the top of the reaction vessel, wherein the monomer solution distribution section is connected at the bottom thereof to a pulsating monomer solution supply capable of supplying a monomer solution containing initiators in a pulsating manner at a flow rate of 2-4 L/hr and at a pressure of 0.2-1 kg/cm 2 and the monomer solution distribution section comprises a jetting orifice plate at the top thereof having a plurality of orifices of 50-300 micron size, the first transparent section comprises a jetting hollow tubular ring located at the bottom thereof above and spaced apart from the orifice plate at a distance of 10-40 mm with respect to the orifice plate, the tubular ring surrounding the outer periphery of the orifices in the orifice plate and having a plurality of spaced apart holes of 0.5-1 mm size at the upper face thereof, the tubular ring being connected to a pulsating liquid solution supply capable of supplying a liquid solution immiscible with the monomer solution and containing suspension stabilizers at a flow rate of 4-8 L/hr and at a pressure of 2.5-3 kg/cm 2 , the ratio between the monomer solution and liquid solution being 1:10 v/v and the monomer droplet stabilizing section comprises heating means to heat and stabilize the monomer droplets partially in the liquid solution in the monomer droplet stabilizing section at 50-60° C. and the turbulence dampening and droplet discharging section comprises a monomer droplet outlet line connected to a horizontal droplet flow line and a polymerization reactor located at an elevated position with respect to the reaction vessel in the proximity of the horizontal droplet flow line and connected to the horizontal droplet flow line at the top thereof, the polymerization reactor being fitted with agitator and heating means to heat and polymerize the monomer droplets to polymer beads at 80-85° C., the polymerization reactor further having a polymer bead discharge line fitted with a valve at the bottom thereof. | 11,546 |
9,665,457 | 1. In a process controlling method performed in a network device, a method of controlling a process based on an operation mode comprising: determining the operation mode for an operating system of the network device; determining an entity for controlling a process based on the determined operation mode; and controlling the process through the determined entity, wherein the determining of the entity for controlling the process includes controlling an operation of the process through a redundancy manager and a lifecycle manager that in conjunction with the redundancy manager when the operation mode is a redundant mode, and wherein the determining of the entity for controlling the process includes controlling an operation of the process through a lifecycle manager when the operation mode is a single mode. | 24,634 |
9,570,752 | 1. A negative electrode material, comprising: an active material present in an amount ranging from about 60 wt % to about 95 wt % of a total wt % of the negative electrode material, wherein the active material includes carbon coated silicon, carbon coated silicon alloy, or a combination thereof, and wherein the active material has a diameter ranging from about 30 nm to less than 1000 nm; a polyimide binder present in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of the total wt % of the negative electrode material, wherein a backbone structure of each repeating unit of the polyimide binder has no ether group present and no more than one carbonyl group present; and a conductive filler present in an amount ranging from about 3 wt % to about 20 wt % of the total wt % of the negative electrode material. | 35,898 |
8,533,344 | 1. A method for connecting a plurality of remote applications with a data source, the method comprising: providing a plurality of interface modules configured to individually interface with respective ones of the plurality of remote applications; providing a plurality of port modules configured to individually interface between respective ones of the interface modules and the data source; providing a connection manager that facilitates a direct connection between respective ones of the plurality of interface modules and the plurality of port modules, for communicating independently from the connection manager in subsequent communications, by indicating to a first one of the plurality of interface modules that a first one of the plurality of port modules is available, sending subsequent communications independently of the connection manager, from the first one of the plurality of interface modules to the first one of the plurality of port modules after the first one of the plurality of interface modules connects directly with the first one of the plurality of port modules, wherein the first one of the plurality of port modules determines a last status of the data source and connects with the data source based on the result of the determination, and wherein availability status of the plurality of port modules are stored in a storage and the connection manager facilitates the direct connection between respective ones of the plurality of interface modules and the plurality of port modules by checking the availability status of the plurality of port modules stored in the storage, wherein the connection manager determines a first available port module among the plurality of port modules stored in the storage and passes a port module identifier of the first available port module to a respective one of the plurality of interface modules. | 49,565 |
8,517,677 | 1. A booster for a gas turbine engine comprising: an inlet guide vane stage having a plurality of inlet guide vanes spaced in a circumferential direction around a longitudinal centerline axis; a plurality of stator stages, each stator stage having a plurality of stator vanes spaced in a circumferential direction around the longitudinal centerline axis and each stator vane having pressure and suction sides extending between leading and trailing edges, and longitudinally between a root and a tip, the leading edge for each vane in at least one stator stage having a forward sweep from the root to a first span location and at least one stator stage having vanes having leading edge aft sweep between a first span location and the tip, the leading edge aft sweep at the tip for each stator vane with leading edge aft sweep is less than the leading edge aft sweep at the tip for any vane located axially forward from it; a plurality of rotor stages, each rotor stage having a plurality of rotor blades spaced in a circumferential direction around a rotor hub located coaxially around the longitudinal centerline axis, each rotor blade having a blade leading edge shape adapted to receive the flow from a stator stage or an inlet guide vane stage located axially forward from it. | 49,896 |
9,113,526 | 1. An illumination controller comprised of: a data input configured to receive a sequence of instructions, the instructions having at least one fade command that specifies a fade duration, at least one color code, and a wait command with a specific time value; a processor to process the instructions; and a plurality of outputs configured to control a plurality of light emitting devices, the light emitting devices including a first device configured to emit a first light of a first color, a second device configured to emit a second light of a second color, and a third device configured to emit a third light of a third color, wherein the processor is configured to | 31,946 |
9,507,363 | 1. An energy management system for encouraging energy-conscious behavior, the system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: | 2,879 |
9,797,631 | 1. A temperature-control device for the temperature control of an energy source, comprising: a temperature-control unit which has at least one Peltier element which is arranged in a thermally active fashion between an accommodation region for the energy source and a fluid region; and a control unit for supplying voltage to the Peltier element, wherein, the control unit is configured to operate in three modes, wherein: (a) in the first mode, the control unit feeds to the Peltier element a voltage that causes the Peltier element to transfer heat from the hotter of the accommodation region or the fluid region to the colder of the accommodation region or fluid region; (b) in the second mode, the control unit feeds to the Peltier element a voltage that causes the Peltier element to transfer heat from the colder of the accommodation region or fluid region to the hotter of the accommodation region or fluid region; (c) in the third mode, the control unit does not feed a voltage to the Peltier element during operation of the temperature-control device, wherein the amount of power measured in watts delivered to the Peltier element to transfer heat in the first mode or in the second mode is not greater than 10% of the amount of heat transferred by the Peltier element measured in watts, wherein a rate of heat transfer in the first mode or in the second mode more than doubles when 1 watt of power is delivered to the Peltier element as compared to when 0 watts of power are delivered to the Peltier element. | 47,679 |
9,458,030 | 1. A desalination system comprising: a vertical vessel having a four-layer column of alternating water-immiscible and aqueous layers with decreasing densities from a bottom to a top of the vessel, the column comprising: a brine handling unit arranged to introduce brine into the bottom layer and remove concentrated brine from the brine layer, wherein the desalination system is arranged to freeze water in the brine layer and enable floating of the ice from the brine layer through the intermediate layer to the top water layer. | 44,062 |
8,631,655 | 1. A method of generating thrust in a gas turbine engine comprising a low pressure shaft coupled to a low pressure turbine and a high pressure shaft coupled to a high pressure turbine, the method comprising: generating torque using the low pressure turbine and the high pressure turbine; transforming torque generated by one of the low pressure turbine and the high pressure turbine into electrical power; and using the electrical power to heat gases at a location in a gas path where the location is one of: toward a downstream end of a by-pass gas path of the gas turbine engine; and downstream of a compressor section of a core gas path of the gas turbine engine. | 4,259 |
8,658,246 | 1. A manufacturing method comprising the steps of: providing a seed atom layer on a surface of a first substrate; placing the first substrate and a second substrate so that the surface of the first substrate faces a surface of the second substrate, and introducing a gas containing silicon and performing chemical vapor deposition so as to grow a group of whiskers from the second substrate, wherein no seed atom layer is included with the second substrate. | 203 |
9,693,787 | 1. Apparatus for performing an open wedge, high tibial osteotomy, comprising: a cutting apparatus for forming an osteotomy cut in a tibia, the cutting apparatus comprising: a) targeting apparatus configured for identifying (1) a cutting plane through the tibia and (2) a boundary line within the tibia for limiting a cut made along the cutting plane, the targeting apparatus including a drill guide arranged to locate the boundary line parallel to an anterior-posterior slope of the tibia and parallel to a sagittal plane of a patient, b) a positioning guide configured for attachment to the tibia so as to establish the cutting plane and the boundary line relative to the tibia, c) a cutting guide configured for attachment to the positioning guide to align a cutting slot with the cutting plane, d) a keyhole drill guide, separate from the cutting guide, for attachment to the positioning guide, the keyhole drill guide further including at least one internally arranged hole adapted to receive a milling device for forming at least one keyhole at the antero-medial surface of and within the tibia, and e) attachment and alignment members to align and removably attach the cutting guide and keyhole drill guide to the positioning guide, wherein the alignment members arrange a cross-sectional area of the at least one internally arranged hole to extend beyond a cut formed through the slot, such that keyhole surfaces are formed within the tibia and extend transversely into the tibia adjacent to and in communication with the osteotomy cut. | 25,738 |
9,412,891 | 1. A method of dissipating heat from a photovoltaic cell, comprising: forming a cell package by: coupling the second thermally conductive layer of the cell package to a thermally conducting backplane via a thermal adhesive layer and an electrically insulating layer, wherein the thermally conducting backplane conducts heat away from the second thermally conductive layer. | 7,927 |
9,681,382 | 1. A method for reducing coexistence interference in a multi-radio device, comprising: receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration at the multi-radio device from an enhanced Node B (eNodeB), wherein the multi-radio device is a user equipment having a plurality of radio transceivers; applying the discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration to at least one of the plurality of radio transceivers in the multi-radio device, wherein the DRX includes a long DRX cycle for the at least one of the plurality of radio transceivers; selecting one of a 2 milliseconds (ms), 5 ms, and 8 ms cycle start offset period for the long DRX cycle to reduce coexistence interference between the plurality of radio transceivers in the multi-radio device; applying a 2 ms, 5 ms, or 8 ms long DRX cycle to provide additional DRX patterns to reduce in-device interference, wherein the 2 ms long DRX cycle and the 5 ms long DRX cycle provides a plurality of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) reservation patterns for Long Term Evolution (LTE) Time Division Duplex (LTE-TDD) and the 8 ms long DRX cycle corresponds to eight HARQ reservation patterns for LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD); selecting a downlink channel state information (CSI) reference resource subframe with no in-device interference from the plurality of radio transceivers in the multi-radio device, wherein the downlink CSI reference resource subframe with no in-device interference that is selected is within an unscheduled period of the long DRX cycle, wherein CSI for the multi-radio device is determined using the selected downlink CSI reference resource subframe with no in-device interference to obtain an accurate CSI for the multi-radio device; and periodically reporting the CSI, from the multi-radio device to an evolved node B (eNB), at a CSI reporting subframe, wherein the CSI reporting subframe is located at least four subframes after the downlink CSI reference resource subframe such that the CSI reporting subframe is not impacted by in-device interference, wherein the CSI is reported during a transition from the unscheduled period of the long DRX cycle to a scheduling period of a subsequent long DRX cycle. | 47,692 |
9,762,546 | 1. A multi-connection system (MCS) configured to connect a client and a server in a multi-connection manner for a service using an Internet protocol, the MCS comprising: a plurality of proxies; an MCS client, configured such that when the client transmits forward packets to the server, the MCS client is configured to: an MCS server device comprising a processor and memory configured to: wherein the MCS client is further configured to: respectively receive the backward MCS packet from one of the plurality of proxies; detect and replace one of the plurality of proxies that failed with a new proxy corresponding to the proxy access information; extract the backward MCS sequence ID from the backward MCS packet; store the backward MCS sequence ID in the MCS client in response to determining that a same backward MCS sequence ID as the backward MCS sequence ID is not stored in the MCS client; generate a client-receivable packet from the backward MCS packet; transmit the client-receivable packet to the client; and discard the backward MCS packet in response to determining that the same backward MCS sequence ID as the backward MCS sequence ID is stored in the MCS client. | 6,234 |
8,613,278 | 1. A receiver system for harnessing solar radiation, the receiver system comprising: a tower mounted solar receiver comprising: | 13,014 |
8,933,935 | 1. A computer implemented method of dynamically displaying an anatomical object on a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device including sensors for determining an orientation of the mobile computing device and a display for displaying the anatomical object, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining three-dimensional image data associated with the anatomical object; b) determining a virtual camera vector defining a distance between a virtual camera and the anatomical object upon rendering of the anatomical object; c) determining a reference vector associated with the anatomical object, such that when rendering the anatomical object on the display, the reference vector is aligned with a gravity vector when the mobile computing device is oriented in a reference orientation; d) interrogating the sensors of the mobile computing device and determining an orientation of the mobile computing device; e) determining a transformation such that the reference vector is aligned with the gravity vector, and such that the anatomical object is perceived as residing within the display at a location corresponding to the virtual camera vector; f) applying the transformation to three-dimensional image data and obtaining transformed three-dimensional image data such that when rendered on the display, the anatomical object image appears to be stationary after a change in the orientation of the mobile computing device; and g) rendering an image of the anatomical object on the display of the mobile computing device according to the transformed three-dimensional image data. | 44,376 |
9,381,508 | 1. A process for preparing compound (A), comprising: coupling a sulfonamide with compound (5) in the presence of a catalyst composition: wherein Ar LG R the catalyst composition comprises a transition metal catalyst precursor and a ligand of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein Ar R X is a phosphorus containing heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of wherein R 20 is hydrogen. | 40,269 |
8,578,586 | 1. A process for assembling a floating power generation assembly having as components at least three floating units floating on a body of water, and at least three anchors secured to a solid surface beneath the body of water, each of the floating units being provided with power generation means, each of the anchors being connected by cables to at least two of the floating units, and each of the floating units being connected by cables to at least two other components, the process comprising: placing the anchors in the desired positions, with each anchor having attached thereto a cable, means for varying the length of the cable, at least one temporary connector capable of interconnecting at least two cables, and floatation means capable of keeping the end of the cable remote from the anchor at the water surface; interconnecting the cables by means of the temporary connectors to provide the connections between cables required in the final assembly; replacing the temporary connectors with the floating units; and reducing the length of at least one cable to produce the final assembly. | 43,830 |
9,372,682 | 1. A method for programming lighting bus users comprising the steps of: a. determining lighting bus users by means of a central processing unit connected to the lighting users via a bus, wherein the central processing unit polls the bus for identifying the lighting bus users connected to the bus, b. receiving, responsive to the polling, responses from the lighting bus users, the responses including the ID of the lighting bus users, the version information of the software running on the lighting bus users and whether the software is operating correctly, c. classifying the lighting bus users into a plurality of lighting bus user groups based on the responses, d. selecting at least one lighting bus user group from the lighting bus user groups using the central processing unit, e. placing at least one selected lighting bus user from the selected lighting bus user group into an update mode and allocating an update identification to said at least one selected lighting bus user, f. transmitting update software, without performing the update, to said at least one selected lighting bus user, wherein the update software is grouped into blocks and transmitted block-by-block to said at least one selected lighting bus user, g. transmitting a separate request for scheduling the update to said at least one selected lighting bus user, h. in response to the transmitted request, scheduling a time for updating the software on said at least one selected lighting bus user, and i. receiving confirmation message about successful writing of the update software from said at least one selected lighting bus user. | 24,172 |
8,397,370 | 1. A method for designing an antenna, comprising: determining a space in an electronic device that is dedicated to the antenna; defining a largest possible flex having the largest possible size and shape for use as part of the antenna that fits in the determined space; cutting a flex that is substantially the size and shape of the defined flex; drawing an antenna trace from a conductive material on the cut flex; testing the drawn antenna trace; determining that the drawn antenna trace is inadequate; and revising the antenna trace on a new flex having the same shape as the initial flex. | 32,298 |
8,505,863 | 1. A system for securing a module to a roof seam, comprising: a module end clamp comprising: a cam receiver comprising: a cam comprising: a bolt extending from the upper surface component of the module end clamp through the horizontal component of the cam receiver and into the threaded cam insert of the cam, wherein the bolt is configured to: | 27,444 |
9,372,810 | 1. A method for collaborative caching between a server cache of a server computer and an array cache of a storage array coupled to the server computer, comprising: collecting instrumentation data on the server cache and the array cache of the storage array; and based on the instrumentation data, adjusting the operation of at least one of the server cache and the array cache in real-time, | 33,336 |
9,433,887 | 1. A membrane process for treating flue gas, comprising: (a) performing a combustion step by combusting a mixture of a fuel and air, oxygen enriched air, or oxygen, thereby creating an exhaust stream comprising carbon dioxide and nitrogen; (b) splitting the exhaust stream into a first portion and a second portion without adjusting the composition of either portion; (c) providing a membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, and being selectively permeable to carbon dioxide over nitrogen and to carbon dioxide over oxygen; (d) performing a membrane separation step, comprising, (e) passing at least a portion of the permeate stream to step (a) as at least part of the air, oxygen-enriched air, or oxygen used in step (a), thereby forming a gas-flow loop between the combustion step and the membrane separation step; (f) withdrawing a second portion of the exhaust stream from a point in the gas flow loop downstream of the combustion step and upstream of the membrane separation step; and (g) using, storing, or otherwise disposing of the second portion in a confined manner. | 6,010 |
8,346,423 | 1. An interlock method for a plug-in vehicle, comprising: enabling the vehicle when a negative result from a cord set indicator is detected; enabling the vehicle when a positive result from the cord set indicator is detected following detection of a negative result from the cord set indicator while the vehicle is continuously activated; and disabling the vehicle when a positive result from a cord set indicator is detected while the vehicle is deactivated. | 12,159 |
8,519,657 | 1. A motor system, comprising: a drive motor configured to generate a drive force using power supplied from a fuel cell; an idle control unit configured to operate the fuel cell intermittently between an idle operation mode and an idle stop mode; a state detection unit configured to detect a state of the fuel cell when the idle stop mode of the fuel cell ends; a rotational speed detection unit configured to detect rotational speed of the drive motor; a drive motor available power calculation unit configured to calculate a drive motor available power based on a battery suppliable power and a rated output characteristic of the fuel cell, the rated output characteristic corresponding to the state of the fuel cell when the idle stop mode of the fuel cell ends; a drive motor output characteristic calculation unit configured to calculate a drive motor output characteristic based on the drive motor rotational speed; and a control unit configured to perform a correction control for torque of the drive motor based on the drive motor available power and the drive motor output characteristic. | 42,825 |
9,590,511 | 1. An insulation type switching power source apparatus comprising: a transformer that insulates a primary circuit system and a secondary circuit system from each other and uses a primary winding and a secondary winding to transform an input voltage into an output voltage, a switching control device that is disposed in the primary circuit system to drive the primary winding, and an output monitor device that is disposed in the secondary circuit system to monitor the output voltage, wherein the transformer includes a first auxiliary winding disposed in the primary circuit system and a second auxiliary winding disposed in the secondary circuit system besides the primary winding and the secondary winding, a first node of the second auxiliary winding is connected to one end of the secondary winding, a second node of the second auxiliary winding is connected to a terminal of the output monitor device, the output monitor device drives the second auxiliary winding to generate an induced voltage in the first auxiliary winding when the output voltage is smaller than a predetermined threshold value voltage, and the switching control device temporarily stops driving of the primary winding upon detecting a light load state and resumes the driving of the primary winding upon detecting the induced voltage in the first auxiliary winding, and wherein the output monitor device includes: a comparator that compares the output voltage with the predetermined threshold value voltage to generate an output detection signal, a logic portion that generates a gate signal in accordance with the output detection signal, and a switch that activates and inactivates an electric current route of the second auxiliary winding in accordance with the gate signal. | 35,533 |
8,512,981 | 1. A method for producing a recombinant parvoviral virion in an insect cell, comprising the steps of: (a) culturing an insect cell comprising: (b) recovering the recombinant parvoviral virion. | 47,082 |
8,406,807 | 1. A system for providing a multi-screen service of a mobile terminal, the system comprising: a mobile terminal; a cradling stand for accepting the mobile terminal and for transmitting screen information from the mobile terminal to an external display device while the mobile terminal is accepted by the cradling stand and is communicably connected with the cradling stand, such that the screen information is displayed on the external display device; and a remote control device for controlling the mobile terminal to transmit the screen information to the external display device through the cradling stand, wherein the mobile terminal, the cradling stand, and the remote control device are separated from one another, and the mobile terminal can be used as a portable phone to make a phone call, and wherein the screen information is directly transmitted from the mobile terminal to the external display device through the cradling stand, not through the remote control device. | 33,724 |
8,443,922 | 1. A containment device for an energy storage device, the containment device comprising a box defining an internal volume and an opening into said internal volume, said box being formed as a layered structure including at least a first layer and a second layer inside said first layer, said first layer consisting of a woven ceramic fabric and said second layer consisting of oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers. | 46,456 |
8,795,612 | 1. A method of recovering copper from chalcopyrite concentrate, comprising the steps of: (a) exposing particulate pyrite to silver ions to form a silver-treated pyrite; (b) mixing the chalcopyrite concentrate in particulate form with the silver-treated pyrite in an acidic sulfate leach solution; (c) leaching the copper from the chalcopyrite concentrate in the leach solution, in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas, under conditions whereby the pyrite is substantially unoxidized, to produce a solution containing copper ions; and (d) recovering the leached copper from the solution. | 19,956 |
8,441,209 | 1. A lighting device comprising: a surface light source portion including an organic EL element; and a control circuit portion provided in a base portion, wherein the control circuit portion includes: | 10,093 |
8,739,080 | 1. A method, comprising: providing an integrated circuit (IC) layout, wherein the IC layout has a first feature and an adjacent second feature; determining a first mask error enhancement factor (MEEF) index associated with the first feature using an electronic processor; determining a second MEEF index associated with the second feature using an electronic processor; determining a space violation of a distance between the first feature and the second feature using an electronic processor; using the first MEEF index and the second MEEF index to remedy the space violation by modifying a location of at least an edge of the first feature, thereby increasing the distance between the first feature and the second feature; and fabricating a photomask, wherein the photomask has the modified location of the edge of the first feature. | 15,072 |
9,646,990 | 1. A method of fabricating a memory device, comprising: forming a material layer stack over a major surface of a semiconductor substrate; etching the material layer stack through a mask to the semiconductor substrate using a first etching process to form a memory opening having a sidewall defined at least in part by the stack and a bottom surface that is defined by the semiconductor substrate, wherein each layer within the material layer stack includes a respective sidewall surface that constitutes a portion of the sidewall of the memory opening, and an entire set of the sidewall surfaces of the layers within the material layer stack that constitute portions of the sidewall of the memory opening continuously extends from a bottommost layer within the material layer stack to a topmost layer within the material stack at a terminal portion of the first etch process; etching through the memory opening using a second etching process that is different from the first etching process to remove a damaged semiconductor material within a damaged semiconductor material portion of the semiconductor substrate from the bottom surface of the memory opening employing an etchant that etches the damaged semiconductor material, wherein the entire set of the sidewall surfaces of the layers within the material layer stack as provided at the terminal portion of the first etch process continues to be exposed to the etchant that etches the damaged semiconductor material throughout duration of application of the etchant into the memory opening during the second etching process; forming a single crystal semiconductor material over the semiconductor substrate on the bottom surface of the memory opening using an epitaxial growth process; forming at least one memory film on at least a portion of the sidewall of the memory opening and over the single crystal semiconductor material on the bottom surface of the memory opening; forming a layer of semiconductor material over the at least one memory film on at least a portion of the sidewall of the memory opening and on the bottom surface of the memory opening; etching through the memory opening using a third etching process to remove a portion of the layer of semiconductor material and a portion of the at least one memory film from over the bottom surface of the memory opening and expose the single crystal semiconductor material on the bottom surface of the memory opening; and forming a semiconductor channel material over the layer of semiconductor material on the sidewall of the memory opening and over the single crystal semiconductor material on the bottom surface of the memory opening. | 37,766 |
8,358,808 | 1. A method, performed by a computer having a memory and a processor, for locating objects within video data, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a set of pixels of the video data; for each of a plurality of frames of the video data, capturing pixel data for the selected set of pixels, and adding the captured pixel data to image data associated with the selected set of pixels, wherein the image data comprises a spatio-temporal map representative of the selected set of pixels over a period of time; with the processor, detecting strand lines within the image data associated with the selected set of pixels; clustering the strand lines detected within the image data associated with the selected set of pixels; and detecting objects based on the clustered strand lines, wherein each cluster of strand lines corresponds to a different object within the video data. | 3,280 |
8,800,068 | 1. An air ventilated protection suit comprising an entry/exit opening, which is openable via a zipper for a wearer to put on the protection suit; a seal flap set provided on an outer side of the entry/exit opening to prevent air from entering the protection suit via the entry/exit opening; an air input port; a flat air duct connected to an inner end of the air input port for delivering air to four limbs of the protection suit; and pressure relief devices for releasing air that causes instantaneous high internal pressure in the protection suit; characterized in a plurality of hoses provided in the flat air duct to separately extend in directions along which air is delivered; the hoses respectively including an axially extended spiral cut, such that air supplied into the hoses pushes open the spiral cuts on the hoses to flow from the hoses into the air duct via the push-opened spiral cuts, and wherein the flat air duct has four hoses provided therein, and the four hoses separately extend from the inner end of the air input port to the four limbs of the protection suit. | 45,365 |
8,705,497 | 1. A User Equipment (UE) in a communication system comprising: a transceiver for receiving, from a wireless access network, a control message including gap configuration information and an s-Measure including a serving cell quality threshold, the gap configuration information being used to setup and release measurement gaps; and a controller for i) measuring a quality of a first wireless link between the UE and a serving cell, ii) comparing the quality of the first wireless link with the s-Measure, iii) determining whether a quality measurement of at least one second wireless link between the UE and at least one neighbor cell is performed according to a result of the comparison, iv) if performing the quality measurement of the at least one second wireless link is determined, measuring a quality of the at least one second wireless link during a gap according to the gap configuration information, and v) controlling the transceiver for transmitting a report message indicating a result of the performed measurement, if a certain reporting condition is satisfied, wherein the s-Measure is used for controlling whether the UE is required to perform at least one of an intra-frequency measurement, an inter-frequency measurement, and an inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurement for the at least one neighbor cell. | 17,519 |
9,666,519 | 1. A power semiconductor module, comprising: a plurality of semiconductor element substrates disposed on the same plane, each of which includes an insulating substrate with a front-side electrode formed on one of the surfaces of an insulator plate and a back-side electrode formed on the other surface of the insulator plate and a power semiconductor element fixed on a surface of the front-side electrode; and a wiring member that electrically connects with each other the semiconductor element substrates adjacent to each other; the semiconductor element substrates and the wiring member being molded with mold resin in such a way that at least a plurality of back-side electrodes disposed is exposed over the entire surfaces thereof; wherein the mold resin is provided with a recessed part, between the insulating substrates adjacent to each other, which is not filled with the resin constituting the mold resin to a predetermined depth from the side of the back-side electrode. | 3,406 |
8,632,339 | 1. Apparatus for simulated driving of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having at least one drive wheel, the apparatus comprising: a support for rotatably supporting the drive wheel of the motor vehicle such that the motor vehicle remains stationary whilst a driver thereof controls the rotational speed of the drive wheel, the support including a securing mechanism for securing the motor vehicle to the support, the securing mechanism comprising a vehicle engaging component that is engageable with a structural part of the motor vehicle that is directly associated with the drive wheel such that a resilient suspension of the motor vehicle is not interposed to ensure the motor vehicle remains stationary whilst the drive wheel rotates, and an actuator for moving the vehicle engaging component into engagement with the structural part of the motor vehicle, wherein the actuator is operable to move the vehicle engaging component upwardly and downwardly relative to the support to apply an adjustable, selected holding down force to the motor vehicle during drive wheel rotation, a computer containing simulation software for generating virtual scenic imagery for the driver of the motor vehicle, and a visual display system comprising a viewing screen arrangement, wherein the support, the computer and the visual display system are operably interconnected for the simulation software to generate virtual scenic imagery on the viewing screen arrangement for viewing by the driver whilst the driver controls the rotational speed of the drive wheel, the virtual scenic imagery having a progression which is dependent upon the rotational speed of the drive wheel, wherein the viewing screen arrangement, in use of a motor vehicle with the apparatus, extends across the front of and extends respectively a distance along each side of the motor vehicle, and wherein the simulation software and visual display system generate virtual front and side scenic imagery for the driver on the viewing screen arrangement. | 41,763 |
9,008,238 | 1. An apparatus for Low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoding, the apparatus comprising: a post effective noise variance estimation unit for estimating a post effective noise variance based on a preamble in a received signal; a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) calculation unit for calculating an LLR based on the estimated post effective noise variance; and a decoding unit for performing LDPC decoding based on the calculated LLR, wherein the post effective noise variance is estimated based on a channel frequency response, a noise variance and a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) of the received signal. | 39,038 |
8,999,517 | 1. A coated pipe for automotive piping, comprising a steel pipe coated with a multi-layer coating, wherein the multi-layer coating comprises: a plating film formed on the surface of the steel pipe; a chemical conversion coating covering the plating film; a primer coating covering the chemical conversion coating and a polyamide resin coating covering the primer coating; wherein the primer coating is made by baking a curable composition composed mainly of a curable epoxy resin but also comprising a polyamide imide to form the primer coating as a baked composition that provides for enhanced adhesion of the primer coating to the polyamide resin coating as compared with the baked composition if made by baking the curable composition except that the curable composition does not comprise any polyamide imide. | 49,372 |
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