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9,070,641 | 1. A method for forming an assembly including semiconductor devices in stacked arrangement, the method comprising: attaching a first semiconductor device including an active surface to a surface of a substrate; disposing a plurality of discrete spacers on the active surface of the first semiconductor device; extending a plurality of discrete conductive elements between a plurality of bond pads positioned in a central region of the active surface of the first semiconductor device and the substrate, comprising: extending another plurality of discrete conductive elements from a plurality of peripherally located bond pads on the active surface of the first semiconductor device to the surface of the substrate, comprising: positioning a second semiconductor device having a back side over the first semiconductor device; attaching the back side of the second semiconductor device to the plurality of discrete spacers; and electrically isolating the plurality of discrete conductive elements from the back side of the second semiconductor device. | 9,467 |
9,426,745 | 1. A method for controlling operation of a wireless network device that includes (i) a host assembly, and a (ii) a wireless device assembly, the method comprising: receiving a filter expression at the wireless device assembly; while the host assembly is in a sleep mode, | 35,261 |
9,711,976 | 1. A lead storage battery system capable of controlling charge and discharge of a lead storage battery bank that includes a single or a plurality of lead storage batteries or a plurality of lead storage battery modules connected in parallel, each of the lead storage battery module including the lead storage batteries connected in series, the lead storage battery state comprising; an individual battery state measurement unit that measures battery states including current, voltage and temperature of the individual lead storage batteries or the individual lead storage battery modules; a state-of-charge model storage unit that accumulates state-of-charge models representing a correlation between the battery state and a state of charge; a state-of-charge estimation unit that estimates individual states of charge from the state of charge models and the battery states, the individual states of charge being state of charge of the respective lead storage batteries or lead storage battery modules; a state-of-charge variation range determination unit that calculates a state-of-charge maximum value and a state-of-charge minimum value; an equalization-charging management unit that controls performance of an equalization charge on the lead storage battery bank; a usable state-of-charge range adjustment unit that restricts the state-of-charge maximum value and the state-of-charge minimum value into a narrower restricted range in consideration of an influence of degradation of the lead storage batteries or the lead storage battery modules; an equalization-charging planning unit that makes a plan to perform the equalization charging when the state-of-charge maximum value and the state-of-charge minimum value go out of the restricted range; an equalization-charging schedule notification unit that notifies a schedule of the equalization charge; and an equalization-charging management unit that performs the equalization charge in accordance with the plan made the equalization-charging planning unit, wherein the state-of-charge maximum value is a maximum value of the individual states of charge the state-of-charge minimum value is a minimum value of the individual states of charge and the equalization-charging management unit performs the equalization charge so that the state-of-charge maximum value falls within a range lower than an overcharge region and the state-of-charge minimum value falls within a range higher than a sulfation region, and wherein the state-of-charge variation range determination unit calculates an average value and a variation of the individual states of charge, the state-of-charge maximum value is a sum of the average value and half of the variation, and the state-of-charge minimum value is a difference between the average value and half of the variation. | 48,791 |
9,666,736 | 1. A photodetector arrangement comprising: a plurality of germanium-based photodetectors, each germanium-based photodetector configured to receive an optical signal and to generate an electrical signal in response to the received optical signal; and an electrode arrangement arranged to conduct the electrical signals; wherein the electrode arrangement comprises a traveling-wave electrode arrangement. | 5,102 |
8,664,407 | 1. A single α-amino acid compound of the formula wherein AA L o is 0 or 1; X P is 1; and D comprises a structure: wherein X is a member selected from O, S and NR Z is NR R R R R R wherein R R wherein n is an integer from 1 to 20; R R R wherein at least one of R wherein the compound is a single α-amino acid compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 3,329 |
9,231,272 | 1. A method for producing an electrode consisting of an active material-containing single layer, comprising the steps of: forming an electrode precursor including an active material-containing layer by uniformly applying a paint for forming an active material-containing layer once to one side or both sides of a current collector so that an active material-containing single precursor layer having a uniform porosity is formed on one side or both sides of the current collector, and then drying the active material-containing single precursor layer internally with an infrared heater including a filament-type heating element; and compressing the electrode precursor, wherein when the surface of the current collector on which the active material-containing single layer is formed is given as a first datum, the active material-containing single layer is marked off every 5 μm from the first datum by planes parallel to the first datum, and the plane parallel to and located 5 μm from the first datum is given as a second datum, the average porosity of a part of the active material-containing single layer located 5 to 10 μm from the first datum is given as Va %, and the highest of average porosities measured every 5 μm range between the second datum and the surface of the active material-containing single layer not opposing the current collector is given as Vm %, the active material-containing single layer is formed in the electrode precursor forming step so that the following formulae (1) and (2) hold: | 430 |
8,845,781 | 1. A method for melting an aluminum powder, comprising the steps of: preparing a mixture (M) which consists of an aluminum powder (A) and a fluoride-based flux (F) by previously mixing the aluminum powder (A) and the fluoride-based flux (F); charging the mixture (M) in molten aluminum (L); and melting the charged mixture (M) in the molten aluminum (L). | 21,930 |
8,537,707 | 1. A wireless communication terminal apparatus that communicates with a wireless base station wirelessly, the wireless communication terminal apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit that communicates wirelessly with a wireless base station, which is connected to the wireless communication terminal apparatus; and a control unit that transmits a search request, which includes information on search duration for searching a wireless base station, from the wireless communication unit to the wireless base station, which is connected, and after a search response is received by the wireless communication unit from the wireless base station, which is connected, suspends at least a transmitter, in the transmitter and a receiver of the wireless communication unit, for all or a part of the search duration, which is requested by the search request, to prevent the wireless communication unit from overheating. | 26,450 |
8,617,641 | 1. A method of making a coated article, the method comprising: providing a glass substrate; preparing a sol, the sol comprising colloidal silica having a particle size of 10-110 nm; spin coating the sol, directly or indirectly, onto the glass substrate; curing the sol to form a silica-inclusive anti-reflective (AR) coating, wherein the curing comprises exposing the substrate together with the sol spin coated thereon to first and second elevated temperatures, the second elevated temperature being higher than the first elevated temperature, wherein the substrate together with the sol spin coated thereon is exposed to a temperature of about 150 degrees C. for 2 minutes, followed by a temperature of about 220 degrees for 2.5 minutes; and heat treating the glass substrate together with the AR coating at a temperature of at least about 500 degrees C., wherein, post heat treatment, the AR coating has a b* value of 0.8 or greater. | 44,051 |
8,578,893 | 1. A method of operating a vehicle hybrid propulsion system comprising: operating a vehicle engine in a two-stroke cycle to produce a first torque, and charging a battery by absorbing a first torque amount at a generator; and then operating the engine in a four-stroke cycle to produce a second torque lower than the first, and charging the battery by absorbing a second torque amount, less than the first torque amount, at the generator. | 39,226 |
9,319,109 | 1. A method comprising: establishing a wireless connection between a mobile device and a docking station to support wireless communication, the docking station being in communications with at least one external device, each of the at least one external device configured to selectably communicate with the mobile device through a connectivity through the docking station and through a direct connectivity with the mobile device; receiving a connectivity assignment by the docking station, establishing the respective connectivity between the mobile device and specified external devices based on the connectivity assignment; and generating a display indicating a connectivity configuration, the connectivity configuration comprising: | 19,927 |
9,755,833 | 1. An identification information management system, which manages identification information for terminals, comprising: an identification information processing unit provides anonymity of the identification information by performing: determining a first value of “x” that satisfies a conditional equation “f(x)=a”, the function “f” being a one-way hash function, the value of “a” being a terminal-unique ID (identification) that is uniquely allocated to a terminal in advance; and using the first value of “x” as a first session identifier that identifies a first communication session, the terminal-unique ID of which is “a”, determining a second value of “x” that satisfies the same conditional equation “f(x)=a”, the function “f” being the same one-way hash function, the value of “a” being the same terminal-unique ID (identification) that is uniquely allocated to the terminal in advance; and using the second value of “x” as a second session identifier that identifies a second communication session, the terminal-unique ID of which is “a”, wherein the first and the second communication sessions are different; wherein the determination of the first and second value of “x” includes selecting a candidate value of “x” from a pre-determined value space until “f(x)=a” is satisfied with one of the candidate values of “x”, wherein the identification information processing unit comprises a circuit, and wherein when establishing a communication session with any server or an apparatus, the terminal or a second apparatus generates and sets its own identification information by the identification information processing unit from the determination of the value of “x”. | 48,338 |
8,952,246 | 1. A single-piece photovoltaic material comprising: a bulk layer of semiconductor material; an intermediate layer provided over the bulk layer, the intermediate layer containing a coherent crystal structure of the bulk layer; a transition layer provided over the intermediate layer, the transition layer containing the coherent crystal structure of the bulk layer, whereby either of the intermediate layer or the transition layer is substantially equivalent to intrinsic silicon; and a top layer provided over the transition layer, the top layer comprising one or more of a crystalline structure or an amorphous structure, the top layer containing the coherent crystal structure of the bulk layer, whereby the bulk layer, the intermediate layer, the transition layer and the top layer are created by a transformative process on a single-piece semiconductor material. | 34,352 |
8,696,098 | 1. A phase change ink reservoir configured to supply melted phase change ink to a printhead comprising: at least one wall; a bottom wall coupled to the at least one wall, to enclose a volume for storage of melted phase change ink; a circulation device configured to generate a current flow of the melted phase change ink within the volume; and a divider having a first side and a second side, the divider being oriented within the volume to enable the current flow of the melted phase change ink to move along the first side of the divider in a first direction and to move along the second side of the divider in a second direction, the first direction being opposite the second direction, the movement of the current flow being slower in the second direction than the movement of the current flow in the first direction to enable particulate matter to fall out of the current flow and the divider stops the particulate matter that falls out of the current flow from returning to the current flow along the first side of the divider. | 17,518 |
8,835,048 | 1. A power storage device comprising: a current collector including a first metal element; a first metal layer over a first region of the current collector; a second metal layer over a second region of the current collector and provided adjacent to the first metal layer; and an active material layer over the current collector, the first metal layer, and the second metal layer, wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer include a second metal element which is different from the first metal element, wherein the active material layer includes a first whisker group selectively in a region which overlaps the first metal layer, wherein the active material layer includes a second whisker group selectively in a region which overlaps the second metal layer, wherein the first metal layer includes a first mixed region and the second metal layer includes a second mixed region in contact with the active material layer, wherein each of the first mixed region and the second mixed region comprises silicon and the second metal element, and wherein the first whisker group and the second whisker group comprise silicon. | 17,306 |
9,603,222 | 1. A method for controlling a lighting system, wherein the lighting system comprises a plurality of light-emitting tiles comprising illuminating tiles and non-illuminating tiles arranged as a pattern in a ceiling, and a control unit for controlling the plurality of light-emitting tiles, and wherein the method comprises the steps of: | 20,180 |
9,534,524 | 1. A method, comprising: adjusting engine operation in response to a particulate matter (PM) sensor coupled downstream of a particulate filter in an engine exhaust; and indicating degradation of the particulate filter in the engine exhaust in response to a PM sensor performance within a single drive cycle and over a plurality of drive cycles, wherein the PM sensor performance includes monitoring a PM sensor current; indicating degradation further includes reducing engine power to a first level. | 21,277 |
9,662,683 | 1. An apparatus for cleaning chandeliers, comprising: a hand-held tank for holding hot water; a base atop which is mounted said hand-held tank, said base having a hollow interior; said base further includes: said tank having sidewalls, at least one of which is transparent; an air and water pump mounted in the hollow interior of said base; said battery in electrical communication with said pump; a first inlet that admits ambient air into an inlet of said pump; a second inlet that admits water into said inlet of said pump; at least one air and water-emitting nozzle formed in a sidewall of said tank; a pump outlet in open fluid communication with said at least one water-emitting nozzle; whereby said at least one nozzle discharges agitating water and bubbles into the hot water or above the water line, depending upon the depth of the water, to help dislodge chemicals and grease from the chandelier parts immersed in said hot water and a cut out area of predetermined shape formed in a preselected one of said sidewalls of said tank; a door panel disposed in said cut out area, said door panel being made of a flexible and resilient elastomeric material and having a frame made of a substantially rigid material; said flexible and resilient elastomeric material conforming to the shape of a chandelier arm and closing around said arm tightly to prevent hot water emitted under pressure by said water-emitting nozzle from passing through said door panel. | 22,682 |
9,771,642 | 1. A method of making a bulk metallic glass (BMG) article with all dimensions of the article greater than the critical casting thickness comprising: forming an article of one or more BMG alloys in a first form having at least one dimension less than or equal to a critical casting thickness of each BMG alloy of the one or more BMG alloys; associating a fixation element with the article to provide a mechanical interlock with an adjacent device component; heating the article in the first form to at least above the glass transition temperature of the each BMG alloy; and plastically forming the BMG article into a second form such that all dimensions of the BMG article are greater than the critical casting thickness. | 17,117 |
8,628,249 | 1. An angular contact ball bearing comprising: an inner bearing ring having a ball running groove delimited by a high rim on one axial side and a low rim on an opposite axial side; an outer bearing ring having a ball running groove delimited by a high rim on one axial side and a low rim on an opposite axial side, the low rim of the inner bearing ring lying radially opposite the high rim of the outer bearing ring and the low rim of the outer bearing ring lying radially opposite the high rim of the inner bearing ring; a ring of bearing balls rolling between the ball running groove of the inner bearing ring and the ball running groove of the outer bearing ring; two identical seals of equal length, the seals being arranged at each axial end of the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring and fastened in a region of the high rim and the low rim to one of the bearing rings, each of the seals having a sealing lip carrier and at least one elastic sealing lip, the sealing lip of each of the seals interacting with and bearing against a sealing face, which is substantially perpendicular to an axis of the bearing, in a region of the high rim and the low rim of the other bearing ring, the sealing lip being directed inwardly toward the ball running groove, wherein the one of the bearing rings has receiving openings axially inward of each of the axial ends of the one of the bearing rings for the sealing lip carrier and the other bearing ring has notches of equal depth with the sealing faces axially inward of each of the axial ends of the other bearing ring for the sealing lip, and wherein the receiving openings lie in a first axial plane which is parallel to the bearing axis and the sealing faces lie in a second axial plane which is parallel to the bearing axis and at a same radial spacing from the bearing axis, wherein both of the seals have at least one ventilation hole, wherein the sealing lip carrier of the each of the seals has the at least one ventilation hole of the seals which opens into a labyrinth which is formed from annular webs made from an elastomer and which is covered by a radial limb of a sealing cap. | 25,378 |
9,262,381 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, provide a method of displaying an array of user-selectable icons including a plurality of time portions thereof, the method comprising: (a) displaying the array of user-selectable icons, each user-selectable icon having a first attribute related to time and a second attribute associated with a selected commonality among the displayed user-selectable icons, wherein each respective user-selectable icon of the array of user-selectable icons is grouped into one of three different displayed portions of the array based on the first attribute of the respective user-selectable icon, the three different displayed portions comprising (b) wherein, when each respective portion of the three portions of the array comprises at least one user-selectable icon, the displaying of the array of user-selectable icons comprises, for each respective portion, (c) wherein the three different displayed portions of the array are disposed in a substantially linear arrangement along a common axis of the timeline. | 5,343 |
8,818,730 | 1. A process for acquiring seismic data and providing information about geologic structures in the earth, wherein the process comprises: a) providing a plurality of seismic receivers to receive seismic energy; b) providing at least three pulse-type seismic sources to emit pulses of seismic energy into the earth, wherein no more than half of the plurality of seismic sources are fired in unison; c) firing a plurality of pulse-type seismic sources in a planned timing sequence of pulses to define a composite pulse where the composite pulse is distinctive, detectable and separable from other seismic energy by one or more processing techniques; d) receiving seismic energy at the seismic receivers; e) recording seismic energy received by the seismic receivers; and f) processing the recorded seismic energy to separate the seismic energy to identify and separate the composite pulse from other seismic energy and create an image of the geologic structures in the earth below the seafloor. | 30,414 |
9,680,306 | 1. A device for controlling a wind power generator, the device being coupled between the wind power generator and a power grid, comprising: a converter unit comprising a generator-side converter, a DC bus capacitor and a grid-side converter, wherein an AC-side of the generator-side converter is coupled to a rotor-side of the wind power generator, a DC-side of the generator-side converter is coupled to the DC bus capacitor, a DC-side of the grid-side converter is coupled to the DC bus capacitor, and an AC-side of the grid-side converter is coupled to the power grid; a switching unit configured to switch the operation mode of the device between a doubly-fed generation mode and a full-power mode according to a wind speed; and an energy balance unit configured to maintain an energy balance of the wind power generation system when a short circuit failure occurs in the power grid, so as to maintain the grid to be connected within a predefined period and generate a reactive current. | 48,884 |
8,446,441 | 1. A print head comprising: a head body portion having a printing portion that performs printing on a recording medium and facing a platen roller configured to transport the recording medium; and a supporting mechanism that supports the print head, presses the print head against the platen roller and allows the platen roller to move the head body portion in such a direction that a contact position of the head body portion with respect to the platen roller is shifted while maintaining the head body portion pressed against the platen roller, wherein the supporting mechanism includes a rotation support surface that comes in contact with a rotary shaft which is parallel to a rotational axis line of the platen roller, and a guide surface which is continuous to the rotation support surface and that extends toward a side of the contact position of the head body portion with respect to the platen roller, wherein the rotation support surface or the guide surface is pressed a against the rotary shaft by a contact between the head body portion and the platen roller, and wherein the rotary shaft moves relative to and along the guide surface so as to move the contact position of the head body portion with respect to the platen roller and the supporting mechanism rotates about the rotary shaft at the rotation support surface so as to move the contact position of the head body portion with respect to the platen roller. | 35,041 |
9,467,836 | 1. A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway server for routing an Emergency Service Routing Key (ESRK) to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) relating to a call from a VoIP device, comprising: a physical VoIP gateway server; a dedicated trunk line between said physical VoIP gateway server and a first selective router associated with a first PSAP; an Internet Protocol (IP) interface between said physical VoIP gateway server and a VoIP switch; and means for egressing an E911 call and ESRK to a specific PSAP responsible for receiving said E911 call from a location of a VoIP device that originated said E911 call. | 12,199 |
8,956,633 | 1. A cosmetic composition comprising a pulverulent phase comprising at least one composite powder comprising both titanium dioxide and magnesium oxide, wherein the pulverulent phase further comprises at least one additional filler which has been surface-treated with a surface treatment agent comprising at least one amino acid and/or a derivative thereof. | 2,309 |
9,725,058 | 1. A method for triggering a passenger protection arrangement for a vehicle, the method comprising: determining a crash type as a function of a first signal of a centrally disposed first acceleration sensor system and of a second signal of a second acceleration sensor system disposed in a side region of the vehicle; and triggering the passenger protection arrangement as a function of the crash type; wherein the second signal is an alternating component of a measuring signal of the second acceleration sensor system; and wherein the second signal is obtained by removing a direct component of the measuring signal. | 20,469 |
9,612,800 | 1. A method of implementing a square root operation in a computer system to determine a value of √{square root over (b)}, where b is an input value, comprising: obtaining an initial approximation of denoted as p denoted as p i+1 using the multiplier logic based on a multiplication of the second intermediate parameter s i with p i , incrementing i, and repeating steps (i) and (ii); and | 24,025 |
8,494,512 | 1. A mobile communication terminal comprising: a first wireless communication unit that communicates with a base station; a second wireless communication unit that communicates with another mobile communication terminal including an equivalent of the first wireless communication unit; a temperature measurement unit; and a control unit that selects communication using only a single one of the first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit according to a temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit, wherein the temperature measurement unit measures a temperature in a casing of the mobile communication terminal. | 3,715 |
9,567,996 | 1. A pump pulsation attenuation device to attenuate a range of pulsation frequencies, comprising: a first inlet junction having an inlet through which a fluid is pumped, the inlet junction further including a first outlet and a second outlet; a first conduit having a first end coupled to the first outlet of the inlet junction, having a first length, and having a second end opposite the first end; a second conduit having a first end coupled to the second outlet of the inlet junction, having a second length approximately equal to the first length plus half a first primary wavelength within a range of wavelengths of vibrations propagating in a fluid pumped by a pump, and having a second end opposite the first end; a first outlet junction having a first inlet coupled to the second end of the first conduit, a second inlet coupled to the second end of the second conduit, and an outlet; a second inlet junction having an inlet in fluid communication with outlet of the first outlet junction, the second inlet junction further including a first outlet and a second outlet; a third conduit of a third length having a first end coupled to the first outlet of the second inlet junction, and having a second end opposite the first end; a fourth conduit of a fourth length approximately equal to the third length plus half a second primary wavelength, the second primary wavelength different from the first primary wavelength, not equal to half the first primary wavelength, and within the range of wavelengths of vibrations propagating in the fluid pumped by the pump, and the fourth conduit having a second end opposite the first end; and a second outlet junction having a first inlet coupled to the second end of the third conduit, a second inlet coupled to the second end of the fourth conduit, and an outlet. | 33,136 |
8,363,432 | 1. A DC-DC converter circuit, comprising: a first switching element; | 9,802 |
8,871,187 | 1. A compound of formula (I) in which: R1 represents an aryl, a substituted aryl or a cycloalkyl; or a salt or enantiomer of the compound of formula (I). | 35,988 |
8,376,625 | 1. A wheel supporting bearing unit comprising: an outer ring made of carbon steel and comprising double rows of outer ring raceways on an inner circumferential surface thereof; a hub comprising an attaching flange on an axially outer end portion of an outer circumferential surface thereof for supporting and fixing a wheel thereto, and double rows of inner ring raceways on an axially middle portion and an axially inner end portion thereof; and a plurality of balls arranged in each of the rows between the inner ring raceways and the outer ring raceways with a preload and back-to-back duplex type contact angles given thereto, wherein a pitch circle diameter of the row on axially outer side is larger than a pitch circle diameter of the row on axially inner side, wherein thermally-hardened layers are formed, at two locations along an axial direction, in portions, including the outer ring raceways, of the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring, the thermally-hardened layers in the portion including the outer ring raceways are separated from each other by an unhardened portion in an axially middle portion of the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring, a non-cylindrical curved portion having an arcuate generatrix is provided on the axially middle portion of the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring and between the outer ring raceways such that an extension line of the contact angle between the balls and the outer ring raceway on the axially inner side does not intersect the axially middle portion of the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring even if an axial load is applied, a thickness of the thermally-hardened layer in the portion including the outer ring raceway on the axially outer side is larger than a thickness of the thermally-hardened layer in the portion including the outer ring raceway on the axially inner side, a diameter of the balls in the row on the axially outer side is smaller than a diameter of the balls in the row on the axially inner side, and a number of the balls in the row on the axially outer side is greater than a number of the balls in the row on the axially inner side, the pitch circle diameters of the respective rows of balls are smaller than six times the diameter of the balls in the corresponding one of the rows, wherein the thickness of the thermally-hardened layer in the portion including the outer ring raceway on the axially outer side is set to improve indentation resistance of the outer ring race, wherein the thickness of the thermally-hardened layer in the outer ring raceway of the axially inner side is set to improve rolling fatigue life of the outer ring raceway, wherein the thickness difference between the thermally-hardened layers of the outer ring raceways of the outboard row and the inboard row is in a range from 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm, wherein the thickness of the thermally-hardened layer in the portion including the outer ring raceway on the axially outer side is set to improve indentation resistance of the outer ring raceway, and wherein the thickness of the thermally-hardened layers in the outer ring raceway of the axially inner side is set to improve rolling fatigue life of the outer ring raceway. | 26,963 |
9,282,383 | 1. A utility system comprising: a first mesh gate associated with a first network in communication with a first utility meter associated with a distribution circuit, the first utility meter adapted to read first meter information over a period of time and monitor switching events, and the first mesh gate adapted to transmit the first meter information over a second network; a second utility meter synchronized with the first utility meter and associated with the first mesh gate of the first network, the second utility meter associated with the distribution circuit and adapted to read second meter information over the period of time and monitor switching events, the first mesh gate further adapted to transmit the second meter information over the second network; a utility control system located remote from both of the first utility meter and the second utility meter, wherein the utility control system issues an initiation of a switching event to impact the distribution circuit, wherein the switching event comprises activation of a tap changer or capacitor bank on the distribution circuit, and wherein the first and second utility meters are responsive to issuance of the switching event to begin synchronized monitoring of the distribution circuit; and a server adapted to receive the first and second meter information from the first mesh gate via the second network, so that the server determines if the switching event had a desired effect, based on synchronized first and second meter information, wherein in response to issuance of the switching event, the server is triggered to monitor the first meter information and the second meter information so as to determine the impact of the switching event on the distribution circuit. | 15,179 |
9,334,171 | 1. A process for the production of a zeolitic material having an LEV-type framework structure comprising YO 2 and optionally comprising X 2 O 3 , wherein said process comprises: (1) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1); wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, and wherein the mixture obtained in step (1) and to be crystallized in step (2) contains less than 0.01 wt. % of sodium and potassium based on 100 wt % of YO | 2,931 |
8,374,238 | 1. In a computing device that implements a video decoder, a method comprising: receiving, at the computing device that implements the video decoder, video encoded by spatial-domain motion-compensated temporal filtering (“SDMCTF”) at a first spatial resolution, the SDMCTF being characterized by encoding with motion-compensated temporal filtering of spatial-domain values in a spatial domain before spatial decomposition into plural sub-band domains including a low-pass sub-band domain at a second spatial resolution lower than the first spatial resolution, wherein the SDMCTF produces a motion-compensated prediction in the spatial domain at the first spatial resolution; and with the computing device that implements the video decoder, decoding at least part of the video with in-band inverse motion-compensated temporal filtering (“IBIMCTF”) for output at the second spatial resolution lower than the first spatial resolution, the IBIMCTF being characterized by inverse motion-compensated temporal filtering of sub-band values, including performing interpolation for one or more reference pictures, wherein the interpolation is not in-band interpolation on buffered spatial low-pass sub-band information, and wherein the IBIMCTF produces a motion-compensated prediction in the low-pass sub-band domain at the second spatial resolution. | 43,334 |
9,670,899 | 1. A wind turbine, comprising: an airflow passage extending between an inlet end defining an inlet opening having a first area and an outlet end defining an outlet opening having a second area smaller than the first area, wherein the inlet end defines an angle relative to the outlet end; a rotor proximate to the outlet opening, the rotor comprising a plurality of blades defining an annular area, wherein the blades are configured to rotate about a rotor axis substantially parallel to an axis of the outlet end of the airflow passage when subject to airflow moving through the airflow passage; an output shaft coupled to the rotor to transmit mechanical energy from the rotor to a generator; and a primary partition extending between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, the primary partition dividing the annular area of the blades into a forward half and a rearward half and dividing the airflow passage into an upper passage configured to direct airflow to the forward half of the annular area of the blades and a lower passage configured to direct airflow to the rearward half of the annular area of the blades such that the distribution of airflow across the blades is substantially uniform, wherein a portion of the primary partition proximate to the plurality of blades extends in a lengthwise direction substantially perpendicular to a plane of rotation of the blades. | 2,741 |
9,797,312 | 1. A supporting structure for a gas turbine engine, said structure comprising: an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of circumferentially spaced, load carrying radial elements connecting the inner and outer rings, said radial elements being configured to transfer loads between the inner ring and the outer ring, wherein a gas channel for a primary axial gas flow is defined between the inner and outer rinds, an inlet side for primary gas flow entrance, and an outlet side for primary gas outflow, wherein the radial elements have an airfoil shape with a leading edge directed towards the inlet side of the supporting structure, a trailing edge directed towards the outlet side of the supporting structure, and two opposite sides connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge, wherein a locus of points midway between the two opposite sides forms a mean camber line of each radial element, wherein at least one of the radial elements comprises a gas passage arrangement configured to lead a separate bleeding gas flow from a compressor of the gas turbine engine through the supporting structure, wherein the gas passage arrangement comprises a radially extending gas channel arranged inside the radial element and at least two openings in communication with said gas channel, wherein the at least two openings are arranged at a meeting point of the two opposite sides and the inner ring with a first opening of the at least two openings being located on a first side of the two opposite sides of the radial element and a second opening of the at least two openings being located on a second side of the two opposite sides, wherein the at least two openings have an elongated shape, and a longer extension direction of the elongated shape extends along the mean camber line of the radial element, and wherein the at least two openings form apertures through or form recesses in the inner ring. | 13,142 |
9,475,530 | 1. A swiveling, single rear wheel comprising: at least one single rear wheel assembly that is adapted to be positioned underneath a trailer; a universal hitch is adapted to be secured between said trailer and a vehicle such that the vehicle and the trailer maintain linear alignment whereas the at least one single rear wheel assembly is able to pivot in 360 degrees of rotational movement under said trailer and with respect to a ground surface; wherein the at least one single rear wheel assembly is adapted to be secured to a bottom surface of the trailer; wherein the at least one single rear wheel assembly is further defined with a mount plate that is affixed to the bottom surface of the trailer; wherein the mount plate is a rectangularly-shaped object that is also planar in shape; wherein a torsion bar is affixed and extends diagonally at a downward orientation from the mount plate. | 22,206 |
8,993,869 | 1. A photoelectric conversion element comprising: a semiconductor layer having a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer to form a pn-junction; a long-wavelength absorption layer partially provided in the p-type semiconductor layer within a depth of 5 nm from a surface of the p-type semiconductor layer, the long-wavelength absorption layer containing an impurity different from impurities for p-type doping and n-type doping of the semiconductor layer and absorbing light having a wavelength longer than light absorbed into the semiconductor layer, the light entering from a side of the n-type semiconductor layer; and a metal layer provided to contact the long-wavelength absorption layer, the metal layer being a nano-mesh metal having a plurality of through holes or a dot metal having a plurality of metal dots arranged separately from each other. | 811 |
8,950,150 | 1. An apparatus comprised of: a tower structure; an adjustable vertical mount member located within said tower structure, having a first end and a second end; an extended section located above said tower structure having a length L, wherein a first end of said extended section is operatively connected to said second end of said adjustable vertical mount member, wherein at least one device is mounted to said extended section on at least one mounting point, wherein a location of said at least one mounting point is controlled by the expression a pivot member located atop said tower structure, wherein said pivot member is operably attached to said adjustable vertical mount member and said extended section; and at least three adjustable rods operatively connected to said adjustable vertical mount member and said tower structure, wherein said at least three adjustable rods are equally spaced around said adjustable vertical mount member in a radial pattern, wherein positions of said at least three adjustable rods relative to said tower structure may be linearly adjusted to alter an orientation of said adjustable vertical mount member within said tower structure and an orientation of said extended section located outside of said tower structure. | 22,857 |
9,475,982 | 1. A multi-wavelength composite light-storing powder manufacturing method, comprising following steps: providing a light-storing material containing rare earth elements, and an organic compound having double-imide-bond steric structure; introducing in a high speed gas flow, to an environment of temperature −100 to −196.degree. C., to make said light-storing material containing rare earth elements, and said organic compound having said double-imide-bond steric structure to produce high speed collision, so that said organic compound having said double-imide-bond steric structure forms and fuses onto a surface of said light-storing material containing rare earth elements, to produce said multi-wavelength composite light-storing powder. | 23,449 |
8,801,834 | 1. An article for removing CO 2 from a gas, the article comprising: a flow-through substrate comprising open channels defined by porous walls; wherein the flow-through substrate comprises activated alumina; and a CO wherein the CO wherein the porous walls of the flow-through substrate have a porosity of at least 50%; and wherein the flow-through substrate comprises gamma alumina. | 16,929 |
9,274,718 | 1. A method comprising: replicating a first volume of a first storage array to a second volume of a second storage array; notifying a first splitter of a start of migration of data from the first volume to a third volume of a third storage array, the first splitter configured to send I/Os sent from an application to the first volume to a first data replication appliance (DPA) to be replicated at the second volume and configured to send the I/Os to the first volume; configuring a second splitter of a third storage array to: migrating data from the first volume to the third volume, the third volume having an ID identical to the first volume. | 30,228 |
8,742,619 | 1. A battery system comprising: a first battery module; a second battery module; a first communication path; and a bus communication path, wherein said first battery module includes a first battery cell group including one or a plurality of battery cells, a first state detector that detects an abnormal state or a normal state relating to charge and discharge of said first battery cell group, and generates a first detection signal representing the detected state, and a first CAN (Controller Area Network) communication circuit that sends the first detection signal generated by said first state detector to said bus communication path according to a CAN standard, said second battery module includes a second battery cell group including one or a plurality of battery cells, a second state detector that detects an abnormal state or a normal state relating to charge and discharge of said second battery cell group, and generates a second detection signal representing the detected state, and a second CAN communication circuit that sends the second detection signal generated by said second state detector to said bus communication path according to the CAN standard, said first communication path is provided to transmit said first detection signal generated by said first state detector to at least one of said second CAN communication circuit and said second state detector, and said bus communication path is provided to transmit said first detection signal sent by said first CAN communication circuit to an external object, while transmitting said second detection signal sent by said second CAN communication circuit to the external object. | 31,270 |
9,538,784 | 1. A multipurpose ashtray holder, consisting of: a holder assembly having a holder base adapted for placement on a select surface and a holder body disposed on the holder base, the holder base having a shape, the holder body being a dome-shaped member generally conforming to the shape of said holder base, the holder body having at least one insert hole extending into the holder body to a preselected depth, the at least one insert hole adapted to hold elongate objects therein; an elongate planar connector having one end pivotally coupled to the holder base; and an ashtray assembly pivotally coupled to an opposite end of the connector, the ashtray assembly having an ashtray base and a tray disposed on the ashtray base configured to collect and hold objects therein, the tray having an annular wall substantially frustoconical in shape to cap and conform to said dome-shaped member, the planar connector defining a double hinge between the holder assembly and the ashtray assembly; wherein the holder assembly and the ashtray assembly are foldable with respect to each other between a compact closed, non-use state and an elongate open, use state to be used as a safe holder to hold a product therein, the tray conforming to the holder body when the multipurpose ashtray holder is folded into the compact closed, non-use state. | 5,776 |
9,093,987 | 1. A differential level shifter, comprising: a first PMOS transistor, wherein a source/drain of the first PMOS transistor is coupled to a first CMOS signal, a gate of the first PMOS transistor is coupled to ground, and another source/drain of the first PMOS transistor is coupled to a first output node; a second PMOS transistor, wherein a source/drain of the second PMOS transistor is coupled to a second CMOS signal, a gate of the second PMOS transistor is coupled to ground, and another source/drain of the second PMOS transistor is coupled to a second output node; and a shift component coupled between the first output node and the second output node wherein the first and second PMOS transistors and the shift component are configured to convert the first and second CMOS signals into first and second output signals, the first and second output signals each having a signal swing that ranges from a power supply voltage to a voltage level greater than ground; and wherein the first CMOS signal ranges from a first value to a second value, and wherein the differential level shifter is configured to adjust only one of the first and second values to obtain the first output signal. | 5,206 |
9,832,228 | 1. A method of managing firewall change requests for a communication network, comprising: providing a change request interface comprising a plurality of change request form types, each request form comprising an interface for entering requestor identification information, internet protocol address information, change implementation schedule information, and submission information specifying any requestor instructions for implementing the change, wherein the plurality of change request form types comprises the following request types: a standard source to destination request, an internet protocol address modification to existing firewall rules request, a file transfer protocol account request, a custom request, a network address translation modification request, and a modification associated with a group of associated internet protocol addresses, receiving completed change request forms from a requestor, arranging the completed change request forms in a request queue, presenting the request queue to an administrator responsible for implementing firewall changes in the communication network, identifying an application affected by the firewall changes in the communication network; sending a notification to an individual responsible for the application informing the individual that the application is affected by the firewall changes; sending notifications to the requestor associated with each of the completed change request forms, respectively, wherein each of the notifications comprises status information associated with the change request; inserting a firewall security node in a topology of the communication network; and providing an intuitive representation of the existing firewall rules affected by the internet protocol address received through the internet protocol address modification to existing firewall rules request; wherein the request queue comprises one of the following types of information for each of the completed change request forms: date information, time information, the requestor identification information, tester information, affected firewall information, and change request status information. | 29,331 |
9,014,135 | 1. A method of performing link adaptation in a wireless communication system for simultaneous transmission of first and second codewords over multiple input multiple output (NEMO) communication channels, the method comprising: selecting initial modulation and coding scheme (MCS) levels for the first and second codewords; estimating a size ratio of the first and second codewords; determining a number of scheduling blocks for the first and second codewords with the initial modulation and coding schemes; determining revised MCS levels for the first and second codewords in response to the determined number of scheduling blocks; computing transport block sizes for the first and second codewords in response to the revised MCS levels for the first and second codewords; determining if there is a need to increase the number of scheduling blocks in at least one codeword of the first and second codewords; adding scheduling blocks to the at least one codeword in response to determining that there is a need to increase the number of scheduling blocks in the at least one codeword; re-computing the transport block size for the at least one codeword; determining if there is a need to reduce the number of scheduling blocks in at least another of the first and second codewords; removing scheduling blocks from the at least another codeword in response to that there is a need to reduce the number of scheduling blocks,in the at least another codeword; re-computing the transport block for the at least another codeword; and simultaneously transmitting the first and second codewords over different MIMO communication channels using the same time and frequency resources. | 21,850 |
9,394,852 | 1. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a core engine including at least a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section disposed along a central axis; a fan coupled to be driven by the turbine section; a fan nacelle around the fan, and a bypass passage extending between the fan nacelle and the core engine; and a variable area fan nozzle (VAFN) extending at least partially around the central axis and defining an exit area of the bypass passage, the VAFN being selectively movable to vary the exit area, the VAFN including a body defining an airfoil cross-section shape, the VAFN including | 3,226 |
8,344,666 | 1. A circuit for implementing a configurable light timer controlling a light, the circuit comprising: an input portion for receiving timing characterization data, the input portion having a slot adapted to receive a portable memory device storing the timing characterization data; a control circuit coupled to access a set of data of a plurality of sets of data of the timing characterization data; a multiple setting selection actuator coupled to the control circuit, the multiple setting selection actuator enabling a selection of the set of data to be implemented by the control circuit; and a daylight savings time actuator coupled to the control circuit for enabling the control circuit to implement a set of data associated with daylight savings time. | 46,721 |
8,432,783 | 1. An optical pickup device, comprising: a laser light source; an objective lens which focuses laser light emitted from the laser light source on a recording medium; an astigmatism element into which the laser light reflected on the recording medium is entered, and which converges the laser light in a first direction for generating a first focal line and converges the laser light in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for generating a second focal line; a photodetector which receives the laser light passing through the astigmatism element; and a light separating element into which the laser light reflected on the recording medium is entered, and which guides the laser light entered into two first areas and into two second areas at four respective positions different from each other, on a light receiving surface of the photodetector, and which guides the laser light entered into a third area to a position different from the four positions, on the light receiving surface of the photodetector, wherein the photodetector has a plurality of sensing portions disposed at the four positions to which the laser light entered into the two first areas and into the two second areas is guided, and has a four-divided sensor disposed at the position to which the laser light entered into the third area is guided, when an intersection of two straight lines extending in parallel to the first direction and the second direction and intersecting with each other is aligned with an optical axis of the laser light, the two first areas are disposed in a direction along which one pair of vertically opposite angles defined by the two straight lines are aligned, and the two second areas are disposed in a direction along which another pair of vertically opposite angles are aligned, the third area is disposed at the intersection of the two straight lines, and the four-divided sensor is disposed at such a position that one of two parting lines of the four-divided sensor is oriented in a direction toward a reference point at which the optical axis of the laser light reflected on the recording medium intersects the light receiving surface of the photodetector. | 9,165 |
9,102,324 | 1. A method of controlling anti-jerk of a hybrid vehicle without a torque converter, comprising: determining whether a gear-shifting command is outputted from a transmission control unit of the hybrid vehicle; confirming a gear-shifting range divided into at least three phases in accordance with the gear-shifting command, when it is determined that the gear-shifting command is outputted; determining whether the corresponding divided gear-shifting range is an anti-jerk allowed gear-shifting range; and reverse phase controlling, by a motor control unit, a drive motor of the hybrid vehicle by a predetermined value in order to reduce or attenuate vibration and shock generated in the corresponding gear-shifting range, when it is determined that the corresponding gear-shifting range is the anti-jerk allowed gear-shifting range, wherein the gear-shifting range is divided into, at least, a gear-shifting preparing range, an actual gear-shifting range, and a gear-shifting terminating range, and wherein the gear-shifting preparing range and the gear-shifting terminating range are set as anti-jerk allowed ranges and the actual gear-shifting range is set as an anti jerk prohibited range. | 3,835 |
9,499,587 | 1. A γ-AApeptide of the following structure: | 2,138 |
8,600,921 | 1. A computer-implemented method for predicting a user navigation event, the method comprising: storing a set of navigation data, the navigation data comprising at least one directed graph, where at least one vertex of the directed graph comprises at least one navigation event and an edge of the directed graph is weighted by a count value representing a number of times a navigation has occurred from a source vertex to a destination vertex coupled thereto by the edge; identifying a current navigation history, the current navigation history comprising one or more previous navigation events accessed in a browser; mapping the current navigation history, using a processor, to the at least one directed graph within the set of navigation data; determining a confidence value for a given navigation event using the at least one directed graph; and identifying the given navigation event as a likely navigation event based on the confidence value, such that the likely navigation event is configured to be utilized by the browser to assist with navigation operations. | 21,021 |
8,776,375 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a composite elongate member having a side configured for attachment to a structure; a channel on the side extending along a length of the composite elongate member; a number of composite structures configured for placement in the channel and configured to attach a portion of the side of the composite elongate member to the structure, wherein the number of composite structures is configured to increase a capacity of the composite elongate member to withstand forces that pull the composite elongate member away from the structure, the number of composite structures comprising a top segment configured to contact an apical potion channel, wherein each composite structure of the number of composite structures further comprise a number of layers, the number of layers comprising a first number of layers arranged about 0 degrees relative to an axis through the composite elongated member, a second number of layers arranged about 45 degrees relative to the axis through the composite elongated member, and a third number of layers arranged about 90 degrees relative to the axis through the composite elongate member; and the first number of layers comprises about 50 percent of the number of layers, the second number of layers comprises about 40 percent of the number of layers, and the third number of layers comprises about 10 percent of the number of layers. | 8,623 |
8,741,499 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell comprising: a substrate; an electrolyte disposed on one surface of the substrate; and a plurality of electrode elements, wherein each electrode element comprises an anode and a cathode disposed on the same surface of the electrolyte and on the opposite side of the electrolyte from the substrate with a predetermined space between the anode and cathode of each electrode element, wherein a groove is formed in the electrolyte to partition between at least two adjacent electrode elements. | 37,182 |
9,455,254 | 1. A method of forming a transistor comprising a gate structure and a first source/drain region, the method comprising: performing at least one recess etching process so as to recess a final gate structure and to recess sidewall spacers positioned adjacent said final gate structure, wherein a recessed upper surface of said final gate structure is positioned at a level that is below a level of a recessed upper surface of said sidewall spacers; forming a gate cap layer above said recessed final gate structure and above said recessed sidewall spacers; after forming said gate cap layer, forming a recessed trench silicide region that is conductively coupled to said first source/drain region and has an upper surface that is positioned at a level that is below said recessed upper surface of said sidewall spacers; forming at least one layer of material above said recessed trench silicide region and above said gate cap layer; forming a combined contact opening in said at least one layer of material that exposes a conductive portion of said recessed final gate structure and a portion of said trench silicide region, wherein forming said combined contact opening comprises: performing at least one process operation to form a combined gate and source/drain contact structure in said combined contact opening, said combined gate and source/drain contact structure conductively coupling said recessed final gate structure to said recessed trench silicide region. | 28,796 |
9,236,827 | 1. A motor drive circuit comprising: a DC power supply; power supply lines connected to the DC power supply; and an inverter which has a group of at least one upper arm switch device and another group of at least one lower arm switch device of one phase or of a plurality of phases connected in series between the power supply lines, and to which a motor is connected between the upper arm switch device and the lower arm switch device; the motor drive circuit includes a detection portion that detects insulation resistances of the motor drive circuit and the motor based on a power state on a previous stage with respect to the inverter, wherein the detection portion performs: a first detection operation for detecting the insulation resistance by using an output from the DC power supply in a state where all of the upper arm switch devices and all of the lower arm switch devices are kept in an off-state; and a second detection operation for detecting the insulation resistance by using the output from the DC power supply in a state where all of the upper arm switch devices of the one group or all of the lower arm switch devices of the other group are kept in the off-state and at least one of the upper arm switch devices of the one group or at least one of the lower arm switch devices of the other group is kept in an on-state. | 28,120 |
8,497,215 | 1. A method for the wet-chemical edge deletion of solar cells, comprising: applying an etching paste to the edge of a solar cell substrate surface, and, after the reaction is complete, removing the paste residues, and, optionally cleaning and drying the substrate surface wherein said etching paste comprises 85% H | 44,285 |
8,376,323 | 1. A cooling tower comprising: a support frame structure defining an interior volume and including a first column and a second column; a fluid distribution system to distribute fluid within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure; a heat transfer material within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and for receiving fluid from the fluid distribution system and through which the fluid travels; a fluid collection basin disposed beneath the support frame structure; air moving equipment operable for causing air movement for heat transfer between the fluid and air; and a firewall structure, the firewall structure comprising, | 49,162 |
9,512,471 | 1. A method for determining the presence, absence, or level of HPV type-16 in a sample, consisting of the following steps: (a) capturing a target polynucleotide, if present, from a sample by hybridization to a set of capture extender oligonucleotides probes consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 14 to 21 and wherein the target polynucleotide is indicative of the presence of said HPV type 16; (b) hybridizing said target polynucleotide with a set of blocking oligonucleotides probes consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 38 to 48; and (c) detecting the target polynucleotide by hybridization with a set of label extender oligonucleotides probes consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 22 to 37; and wherein said probes in steps (a), (b) and (c) for detecting HPV have a sensitivity of about 3000 copies. | 21,750 |
8,648,831 | 1. A touch position detection apparatus using multistage scan, comprising: a scan lines combination circuit, used to select a portion of a third group of scan lines for connection with a second group of scan lines, as to select a touched sub area of a sensor device, wherein said third group of scan lines is coupled with said sensor device; a scan lines connection circuit, used for controlling the connection configurations between a first group of scan lines and said second group of scan lines according to a scan lines connection control signal, to determine an equivalent resolution distribution of said touched sub area; a touch scan unit, used for selecting a portion of said first group of scan lines according to a resolution programming signal for detecting an interim touch coordinate, and outputting said interim touch coordinate through a first coordinate signal; and a touch coordinate decision unit, having a scan lines combination circuit operation stage and a sub area scan stage, wherein said sub area scan stage has a plurality of operation stages, said touch coordinate decision unit being used for: determining the status of said scan lines combination circuit control signal and detecting a touched sub area coordinate when in said scan lines combination circuit operation stage; determining the status of said scan lines connection control signal and the status of said resolution programming signal according to said operation stages, and receiving a plurality of said interim touch coordinates through said first coordinate signal detected in said operation stages when in said sub area scan stage; and summing up said touched sub area coordinate and said interim coordinates; wherein said touch scan unit has different scan frequencies for different operation stages of said plurality of operation stages. | 11,903 |
9,634,365 | 1. A metal-air battery comprising: a first cell comprising a second cell comprising wherein the first cell has a first open surface through which at least a portion of the gas diffusion layer is in fluid communication with outside air, wherein the second cell has a second open surface through which at least a portion of the gas diffusion layer is in fluid communication with outside air, wherein the first cell and the second cells contact each other, and wherein a first direction extending perpendicular and away from the first open surface of the first cell is different from a second direction extending perpendicular and away from the second open surface of the second cell. | 38,130 |
8,642,452 | 1. A method of fabricating a device structure in a semiconductor layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, the method comprising: forming a first region of a first conductivity type and a first width in the semiconductor layer; forming a second region of a second conductivity type in the semiconductor layer, the second region arranged relative to the first region so that the second region is coextensive with the first region along a p-n junction; and forming at least one dielectric region in the semiconductor layer that partitions the p-n junction into a plurality of sections of individual widths that aggregately have a second width measured in a direction parallel to the first width and shorter than the first width of the first region measured at a location spaced laterally from the p-n junction. | 13,454 |
9,540,194 | 1. A sheet-type medium separating device, comprising: a pickup roller assembly configured to frictionally convey one sheet of sheet type medium, in contact with the pickup roller assembly, in a whole stack of sheet-type media; a reverse roller assembly configured to block the whole stack of sheet-type media to prevent more than one sheet of the sheet-type media from being frictionally conveyed; and a separating roller assembly arranged opposite to the reverse roller assembly with a clearance passage being formed between the separating roller assembly and the reverse roller assembly and configured to convey a single sheet of the sheet-type media, and the separating roller assembly configured to provide a conveying power for a single sheet of the sheet-type media conveyed frictionally by the pickup roller assembly; wherein the reverse roller assembly comprises a reverse roller, the reverse roller is assembled onto a reverse roller shaft through a one-way bearing, and the reverse roller comprises an inner sleeve fixed to the one-way bearing and a reverse roller jacket sleeved on the inner sleeve and movable axially and elastically, wherein an accommodating groove is provided in an outer surface of the inner sleeve in an axial direction, a protruding strip corresponding to the accommodating groove is provided on an inner surface of the reverse roller jacket, and elastic components are respectively provided at two axial ends of the protruding strip to abut against the protruding strip in the case that the protruding strip is accommodated in the accommodating groove. | 7,544 |
8,912,433 | 1. A method for manufacturing a multijunction solar cell comprising: forming a first subcell comprising Ga forming at least one second subcell overlying the first subcell to form the multijunction solar cell. | 1,082 |
9,356,699 | 1. An optical network unit, comprising: an optical interface configured to communicate with an upstream optical line terminal via an optical fiber cable in accordance with a passive optical network protocol, the optical network interface configured to receive a control command from the upstream optical line terminal as part of the passive optical network protocol, wherein the control command provides a limitation on an available time period during which the optical network unit can communicate with the optical line terminal over the optical fiber cable; a downstream network interface configured for communication with a downstream device; an energy efficiency control policy configured to control transitions by at least part of the downstream network interface between different power states; and a control register configured to store one or more parameters used by the energy efficiency control policy to control the transitions by the at least part of the downstream network interface, wherein a value of one or more parameters in the control register is modified based on detection of a transition in operating state of the optical interface performed in accordance with the control command. | 1,029 |
9,383,183 | 1. A pressure indicator for a high-pressure accumulator system, comprising: a body having a chamber; at least one compression spring; a pressure indicating element having a relief channel configured to permit removal of, from the high-pressure accumulator system, a medium stored in the high-pressure accumulator system, and which moves in the chamber between a starting position and a pressure-indicating position in response to pressure on a side facing a pressure-monitoring region and which is counter to a force of the at least one compression spring on the pressure indicating element; and a non-reversibly operating pressure relief device configured to close the relief channel. | 30,347 |
8,680,446 | 1. A microwave heating apparatus, comprising: a microwave generation part for generating a microwave; a heating chamber to which the microwave output from the microwave generation part is fed; a partition part which is provided inside the heating chamber to mount an article to be heated, and which is spaced from a heating chamber bottom wall surface by a predetermined distance to divide an inner space of the heating chamber into a first heating chamber serving as an upper space of the partition part and a second heating chamber serving as a lower space of the partition part; a first feeding part for supplying the microwave output from the microwave generation part to the first heating chamber; a circulation type non-reciprocal circuit for transmitting, to the second heating chamber, microwave returned from the inner space of the first heating chamber; a second feeding part for supplying the microwave output from the circulation type non-reciprocal circuit to the second heating chamber; and a microwave absorber which is (i) provided on a back surface of the partition part on the opposite side of a mount surface for the article to be heated, the back surface being a surface facing the second heating chamber, and (ii) configured to be heated with the microwave supplied to the second heating chamber. | 27,261 |
9,368,659 | 1. A method comprising: depositing spacers at a plurality of locations directly on a back contact layer over a solar cell substrate; forming an absorber layer over the back contact layer and the spacers, the absorber layer partially in contact with the spacers and partially in direct contact with the back contact layer; and heating the solar cell substrate to form voids between the absorber layer and the back contact layer at the locations of the spacers. | 38,809 |
9,676,947 | 1. A heat curable conductive paste adapted for forming a conductive coating, the paste comprising a conductive powder, a heat curable epoxy resin and a curing agent, wherein in the conductive powder, an aliphatic polyvalent carboxylic acid is adhered on a surface of a powdered metal core, and the epoxy resin comprises a polyfunctional epoxy resin having two or more epoxy groups per molecule and a monofunctional epoxy resin having one epoxy group per molecule, with the polyfunctional epoxy resin and the monofunctional epoxy resin having a mass ratio of 90:10 to 20:80. | 45,384 |
9,013,095 | 1. A spark plug for an internal combustion engine comprising: a center electrode; an insulator holding the center electrode inserted therein; a housing holding the insulator inserted therein; a ground electrode joined to the housing so as to form a spark discharge gap with the center electrode; and a stem electrically connected to the center electrode, the stem including a stem body inserted and held inside the insulator and a terminal disposed at a proximal end of the stem body and exposed from a proximal end of the insulator; wherein the insulator includes a supported portion axially supported by the housing; a heat insulating member is interposed between the stem and the center electrode within the insulator, a conductive member is disposed inside the insulator so as to pass through the heat insulating member for making electrical connection between the stem and the center electrode, and the heat insulating member is located closer to a proximal side of the insulator than the supported portion is. | 35,796 |
8,825,553 | 1. A method comprising: generating a request for an acknowledgement using a private key; transmitting the request to a customer device; receiving the acknowledgement from the customer device; verifying the acknowledgement using a public key associated with a customer operating the customer device; transmitting a first request for a current location of the customer device; receiving the current location; determining that the current location is proximate to a meter; in response to determining that the current location is proximate to the meter, manipulating the meter. | 20,463 |
8,836,277 | 1. A circuit for heating a battery, the circuit comprising: the battery including a damping component and a first current storage component, the damping component and the first current storage component being parasitic to the battery; a first switch unit; a charge storage component, the charge storage component and the first switch unit being at least parts of a battery discharging circuit; a second current storage component connected in series with the charge storage component; a one-way semiconductor component connected in series with the second current storage component, the one-way semiconductor component and the second current storage component being connected in parallel with the first switch unit, the charge storage component, the second current storage component, and the one-way semiconductor component being parts of a battery charging circuit; and a second switch unit connected in parallel to the charge storage component and the second current storage component, the second switch unit and the second current storage component being parts of a voltage regulation and polarity inversion circuit for the charge storage component; wherein the circuit for heating the battery is configured to heat the battery by at least discharging the battery and charging the battery. | 13,578 |
9,624,870 | 1. A gas turbine engine, comprising; a compressor structured to compress an airflow received at the compressor and to output the compressed airflow as a compressor discharge airflow; a combustor in fluid communication with said compressor, said combustor being structured to combust a mixture of a fuel and at least some of said compressor discharge airflow to generate a hot working airflow; a turbine in fluid communication with said combustor, said turbine being configured to extract a mechanical power from said hot working airflow; a shaft coupled to said turbine, said shaft being configured to receive and transmit said mechanical power from said turbine; a first rotating load powered by said shaft; a second rotating load powered by said shaft, wherein the first rotating load and the second rotating load rotate in the same direction; and a transmission system including: wherein said clutching mechanism includes a clutch and a positive locking mechanism disposed axially aft in relation to the clutch, wherein the second rotating load is disposed forward of the clutch, wherein the clutch couples the shaft to the second rotating load through alternating engagement of one of the positive locking mechanism and the geartrain such that when the positive locking mechanism is engaged the second rotating load is driven by the shaft at a same speed as the first rotating load and when the geartrain is engaged the second rotating load is driven at a speed less than the speed of the first rotating load, said transmission system being structured to selectively vary a speed at which power is supplied from said shaft to said second rotating load relative to a speed of at least one of said shaft and said first rotating load, wherein to increase extraction of mechanical power the second rotating load rotates at a same speed as the first rotating load. | 31,718 |
8,486,364 | 1. A method for making graphenic carbon particles comprising: introducing a methane precursor material into a thermal zone having a temperature of from greater than 3,500° C. to 20,000° C.; heating the methane precursor material in the thermal zone to form the graphenic carbon particles from the methane precursor material; and collecting the graphenic carbon particles, wherein at least a portion of the graphenic carbon particles comprise multiple stacked layers and the graphenic carbon particles have an average aspect ratio greater than 3:1. | 3,673 |
8,917,664 | 1. A method for controlling a secondary cell (SCell) by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the terminal, first information for activating an SCell from a base station; activating, by the terminal, the SCell; starting, by the terminal, a timer associated with the SCell; restarting, by the terminal, if second information for the activated SCell is received from the base station, the timer associated with the SCell; and if the timer expires, deactivating, by the terminal, the SCell and applying one or more corresponding actions no later than in a predefined subframe. | 22,638 |
9,367,114 | 1. A processor comprising: a first domain including a plurality of processing cores; and a power controller including a first logic to receive a first request to increase an operating voltage provided to a first processing core of the first domain to a second voltage and to increase a frequency of the first processing core, and responsive to the first request to instruct a voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage provided to the first processing core of the first domain to an interim voltage and to thereafter enable a second processing core of the first domain to exit a low power state in which the second processing core is inactive to an active state, and thereafter enable the frequency of the first processing core to be increased. | 17,031 |
8,514,049 | 1. An electronic component comprising: a multilayer body having plural insulating layers stacked in a stacking direction; two outer electrodes on respective facing lateral sides of the multilayer body and extending in the stacking direction; and plural coil conductors stacked together with the insulating layers to form a coil, wherein at least one of the coil conductors is directly connected to one of the outer electrodes and has a thickness in the stacking direction that is smaller than a thickness in the stacking direction of portion of a coil conductor of the plural coil conductors that is not directly connected to one of the outer electrodes overlapping in the stacking direction with the directly connected coil conductor. | 12,071 |
9,843,362 | 1. An information processing system comprising an information processing device and an extension antenna device connected to the information processing device, wherein the information processing device comprises: the extension antenna device comprises: the communication control unit performs the short-range wireless communication with the communicator via at least one of the base antenna and the extension antenna, the information processing device further comprises a switching unit configured to switch a signal to be sent to the communication control unit between a signal from the base antenna and a signal from the extension antenna, the communication control unit controls switching of antennas by the switching unit; and the communication control unit controls the switching unit so that a signal to be sent to the communication control unit is switched between a signal from the base antenna and a signal from the extension antenna for each prescribed time, and determines from which antenna the input of the signal as data has been made, based on a time block in which the signal has been input. | 16,858 |
9,205,490 | 1. A system for use with a vessel including a cavity for containing molten metal, the system being in fluid communication with the vessel cavity and including: (a) three walls and a fourth, common wall shared with the vessel; (b) an inlet in communication with the cavity to permit molten metal to enter the transfer chamber; (c) an enclosed inner section and an open section, the enclosed inner section having a first opening in communication with the open section; (d) a pump positioned in the transfer chamber, the pump having a motor, a drive shaft having a first end connected to the motor, and a second end, and a rotor connected to the second end, wherein the shaft is positioned at least partially in the enclosed inner section and the rotor is positioned at least partially in the enclosed inner section; (e) an outlet above the first opening and below the motor, wherein molten metal can exit the transfer chamber through the outlet; (f) wherein the rotor has a diameter, and the enclosed inner section has an interior diameter, and the interior diameter is between ⅛″ to 1″ greater than the diameter of the rotor; and wherein, as the pump operates the rotor is rotated and directs molten metal up into the enclosed inner section and out of the outlet. | 26,990 |
9,085,355 | 1. A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft comprising: a fuselage having a fore end, an aft end, a top side, and a bottom side; a main wing coupled to the fuselage; at least one vertical stabilizer coupled to the fuselage; a fore rotor unit located at the fore end of the fuselage and intersecting a longitudinal axis of the fuselage; an aft rotor unit located at the aft end of the fuselage and intersecting the longitudinal axis of the fuselage, the fore rotor unit and the aft rotor unit each including: a rotating support for coupling each ducted housing to the fuselage, the rotating support allowing rotation of each rotor unit about at least one axis, the rotating support configured to transition each rotor unit between: a battery set to provide power for each electric motor. | 42,060 |
8,486,683 | 1. A modified Trichoderma reesei TrCel3A beta-glucosidase comprising one or more amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of V43I, V43C, V101A, V101G, F260I, F260V, F260Q, F260D, I543N, I543W, I543A, I543S, I543G and I543L, the modified TrCel3A beta-glucosidase comprising an amino acid sequence which is from about 90% to about 99.9% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 or 116, wherein the modified Trichoderma reesei TrCel3A beta-glucosidase exhibits at least one of a. at least a 20% increase in K b. at least a 20% decrease in K c. at least a 10% increase in k relative to the K G , K G2 , or k cat of a parental Trichoderma reesei TrCel3A from which the modified Trichoderma reesei TrCel3A is derived. | 38,871 |
9,043,215 | 1. Audio encoder for encoding an audio signal, comprising: a first coding branch for encoding an audio signal using a first coding algorithm to acquire a first encoded signal, the first coding branch comprising the first converter for converting an input signal into a spectral domain; a second coding branch for encoding an audio signal using a second coding algorithm to acquire a second encoded signal, wherein the first coding algorithm is different from the second coding algorithm, the second coding branch comprising a domain converter for converting an input signal from an input domain into an output domain, and a second converter for converting an input signal into a spectral domain; a switch for switching between the first coding branch and the second coding branch so that, for a portion of the audio input signal, either the first encoded signal or the second encoded signal is in an encoder output signal; a signal analyzer for analyzing the portion of the audio signal to determine, whether the portion of the audio signal is represented as the first encoded signal or the second encoded signal in the encoder output signal, wherein the signal analyzer is furthermore configured for variably determining a respective time/frequency resolution of the first converter and the second converter, when the first encoded signal or the second encoded signal representing the portion of the audio signal is generated; and an output interface for generating an encoder output signal comprising the first encoded signal and the second encoded signal and information indicating the first encoded signal and the second encoded signal, and information indicating the time/frequency resolution applied for encoding the first encoded signal and for encoding the second encoded signal. | 24,705 |
9,579,606 | 1. A gas separation membrane module, comprising: a tubular pressure vessel having at least one feed gas inlet, at least one permeate gas outlet, and a non-permeate gas outlet; a plurality of membrane elements arranged in parallel within the pressure vessel, each of the membrane elements comprising a plurality of hollow fibers, an outer tube extending through the membrane elements that is substantially coaxial with an axis of the pressure vessel, and an inner tube that extends through an interior of the outer tube coaxial with or parallel to the axis of the pressure vessel, wherein: a permeate collection conduit fluidly communicating between the open end of the single, integrated inner tube and the permeate outlet; and at least one sealing body that is disposed around the outer tube at a downstream-most one of the plurality of spaced membrane elements, wherein: | 30,739 |
8,925,530 | 1. An integrated exhaust gas recirculation intake module, comprising: an intake system including a fresh air channel; and a coupling device; wherein the coupling device is configured to receive an exhaust gas recirculation valve; wherein the coupling device is configured to connect an exhaust gas channel with a fresh gas channel; wherein the exhaust gas channel is connected with the coupling device such that a heat transfer between the exhaust gas channel and the coupling device is hindered; wherein the exhaust gas channel is inserted into the coupling device thereby forming an annular gap between the exhaust gas channel and the coupling device, and is fastened to the coupling device by a collar; and wherein the annular gap is formed open towards and vented by the fresh air channel. | 12,003 |
9,581,330 | 1. A tri-sector rotary regenerative oxidant preheater including a stationary housing, a rotor rotatably mounted in the housing, sector plates located at the axial ends of the rotor for dividing the preheater into a flue gas sector, a secondary oxidant sector, and two primary oxidant sectors, the secondary oxidant sector being interposed between the primary oxidant sectors, and wherein during operation of the preheater, the flue gas sector and the primary oxidant sectors have a negative pressure environment, and the secondary oxidant sector has a positive pressure environment. | 23,297 |
8,351,561 | 1. A digital rod position indication system for measuring drop time of a control rod within a reactor following a reactor trip, the control rod being coupled to a drive rod, the reactor including a trip breaker, the control rod adapted to drop to core bottom when the reactor trip occurs, said digital rod position indication system comprising: a coil stack comprising a plurality of detection coils, each of said plurality of detection coils sensing the presence of the drive rod and producing an output signal in response to rod movement, each of said output signals having identifiable characteristics representative of positions of said control rod within a corresponding detection coil; a data acquisition unit selectively electrically connected to a group of detection coils selected from said plurality of detection coils, said data acquisition unit sampling each of said output signals from said group of detection coils and producing a separate sampled output signal for each detection coil of said group of said plurality of detection coils; and a processing unit in communication with said data acquisition unit and the reactor trip breaker, said processing unit establishing a start time from the reactor trip breaker when the reactor trip occurs, said processing unit deriving the position of the control rod within the corresponding detection coil by analyzing said sampled output signals for said identifiable characteristics, said processing unit determining when the control rod reaches core bottom from said identifiable characteristics to establish a stop time, said processing unit providing a drop time for the control rod when a the reactor trip occurs, said drop time being the time period between said start time and said stop time. | 33,467 |
9,257,584 | 1. A method of fabricating a solar cell comprising: providing a substructure comprising an absorber over a back contact having a P scribing a P | 1,925 |
9,787,481 | 1. A method for performing a physical unclonable function using an array of static random-access memory (SRAM) cells, comprising arranging an array of SRAM cells in rows and columns, where SRAM cells in each row in the array share a common wordline and SRAM cells in each column in the array share common bitlines; issuing an authentication challenge to the array of SRAM cells by activating two or more wordlines concurrently; and detecting, in response to the authentication challenge, an output for each column of the array, where the outputs collectively form a response to the authentication challenge. | 3,905 |
8,878,541 | 1. A battery voltage monitoring circuit, comprising: a first power supply terminal to be connected to a positive terminal of a battery pack having a plurality of rechargeable cells connected in series; a first supply voltage sensing terminal to be connected to the positive terminal of the battery pack; a first resistor connected between the first power supply terminal and the first supply voltage sensing terminal; a second supply voltage sensing terminal to be connected to a negative terminal of a first rechargeable cell of the rechargeable cells, the first rechargeable cell being on a positive terminal side of the battery pack and connected to the positive terminal of the battery pack; a second resistor connected between the second supply voltage sensing terminal and the first power supply terminal; a voltage detecting circuit connected between the first supply voltage sensing terminal and the second supply voltage sensing terminal to operate as a protection circuit; and a first comparator configured to compare a voltage at the first power supply terminal and a voltage at the first supply voltage sensing terminal and detect an open circuit in a connection between a positive terminal of the first rechargeable cell and the first power supply terminal based on a result of said comparing. | 33,869 |
8,450,717 | 1. A photonic crystal, comprising a substrate, and an array of one-dimensional nanoelements extending from one side of the substrate, each element extending upright from the substrate, and having a substantially constant diameter of nanometer dimension, wherein the array of nanoelements is arranged in a two-dimensional lattice, whereby to provide a photonic band gap for incident electromagnetic radiation; and wherein the nanoelements are spaced apart by a distance of about 300 nm. | 11,336 |
9,278,388 | 1. A process for the production of a thin walled metal detail ( 4 ) with an undercut ( 2 ), whereas a mold ( 1 ) is equipped with a first mold half ( 10 ) and a second mold half ( 20 ), characterized in that the first mold half ( 10 ) is equipped with a core ( 10 a ) and moveable core ( 11 ) the latter giving shape to said undercut ( 2 ) wherein, a) the mold ( b) the mold is ( c) the moveable core ( d) the metal detail ( | 17,804 |
9,489,191 | 1. An application program update system executed on a processor, the system comprising: a communication device having a cooperative application program for executing a content in cooperation with a portable communication terminal; a communication device update program storage device that stores an update program of the cooperative application program installed on the communication device as a communication device update program; a communication device update program acquisition device that inputs the communication device update program to the communication device when a version of the cooperative application program installed on the communication device does not match a version of the communication device update program stored in the communication device update program storage device; a portable communication terminal update program storage device that stores an update program of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal as a portable communication terminal update program; a portable communication terminal update program acquisition device that inputs the portable communication terminal update program to the portable communication terminal when a version of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal does not match a version of the portable communication terminal update program stored in the portable communication terminal update program storage device; and an update program acquisition prohibition device that prohibits the communication device update program acquisition device from inputting the communication device update program when the version of the communication device update program stored in the communication device update program storage device is newer than the version of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal, wherein the portable communication terminal has the cooperative application program for executing the content in cooperation with the communication device. | 44,610 |
9,024,607 | 1. A control circuit for a power converter, comprising: a shared pin, for coupling with a resistor and a switch of the power converter; a current source circuit, coupled with the shared pin, for providing a current through the shared pin to the resistor in a first period; a sampling circuit, coupled with the shared pin, for sampling signals on the shared pin in a first interval and a second interval of the first period for generating a first sampling value and a second sampling value; a signal processing circuit, coupled with the sampling circuit, for comparing the first sampling value and the second sampling value; and a driving circuit, coupled with the shared pin, for generating a driving signal to configure a conduction status of the switch through the shared pin; wherein the signal processing circuit configures the driving circuit to intermittently conduct the switch in a second period when a difference between the first sampling value and the second sampling value is less than a predetermined value. | 33,641 |
8,584,809 | 1. A safety device for an elevator comprising a pair of car doors that move in a direction approaching/separating from each other to open/close an entrance, wherein a light-emitting/light-receiving unit is disposed facing downward on one car door at an upper end position of a straight line vertically extending from a position separated by a predetermined distance from an end face in a closing direction, which is to abut the other car door, toward the side of the other car door, a first reflecting member is disposed facing upward at a lower end position of the straight line, the light-emitting/light-receiving unit is capable of outputting an optical beam and detecting an incident optical beam, a housing space that houses the light-emitting/light-receiving unit in a state where both car doors are closed is formed on the other car door, a second reflecting member is disposed facing upward at a bottom portion of the housing space and extends from the same position as an end face in a closing direction of the other car door toward the back of the housing space, and a foreign object detection signal is generated when detection of an optical beam by the light-emitting/light-receiving unit is interrupted during closing of both car doors. | 8,232 |
9,331,591 | 1. An LLC converter comprising: a primary side burst control circuit; and a secondary side regulator circuit; wherein the primary side burst control circuit comprises an inner feedback loop circuit for adjusting the LLC operating frequency to control the power drawn by the LLC converter proportional to an optical feedback signal; and wherein the inner feedback loop comprises an integrating compensator to continually adjust the LLC switching frequency so that an optical feedback signal is proportional to power delivered to the LLC converter. | 13,386 |
9,450,256 | 1. An active thermal management system for a fuel cell stack, the system comprising: a plurality of distribution plates disposed in a coolant inlet manifold of the fuel cell stack and guiding a flow of coolant toward selected unit cells of a plurality of unit cells; a plurality of thermocouples, each thermocouple disposed in a corresponding unit cell selected from the plurality of unit cells to measure the temperature of the corresponding unit cell; a means for controllably distributing the flow of coolant differently to each of a plurality of coolant distribution spaces separated by the distribution plates disposed in the coolant inlet manifold or in a manifold interface, connected to the coolant inlet manifold; and a controller controlling a degree of opening of coolant distribution means based on measurement values of the thermocouples to control the distribution of flow of coolant to each of the plurality of coolant distribution spaces, wherein the distribution plates disposed in the coolant manifold comprise: a first distribution plate extending up to the unit cells at an inlet side of the fuel cell stack, and a second distribution plate extending further than the unit cells in the middle of the fuel cell stack and extending up to the unit cells at the side of the fuel cell stack opposite to the inlet of the fuel cell stack, wherein a first coolant distribution space for guiding the coolant toward the unit cells at the inlet side of the fuel cell stack is created between an inner bottom surface of the coolant inlet manifold and the first distribution plate, a second coolant distribution space for guiding the coolant toward the unit cells in the middle of the fuel cell stack is created between the first distribution plate and the second distribution plate, and a third coolant distribution space for guiding the coolant toward the unit cells at the side of the fuel cell stack opposite to the inlet of the fuel cell stack is created between the second distribution plate and the upper surface of the coolant inlet manifold, and wherein each thermocouple is connected to a thermocouple well connected to the corresponding unit cell of the fuel cell stack, and the thermocouples are provided more densely among the unit cells at the inlet side of the fuel cell stack and among the unit cells at the side of the fuel cell stack opposite to the inlet of the fuel cell stack than among the unit cells in the middle of the fuel cell stack. | 15,657 |
8,874,326 | 1. A system for assisting in docking of a machine at a loading location present on a worksite, the system comprising: a position detection module located on-board the machine, the position detection module configured to generate a signal indicative of a current position of the machine; a sensor located on-board the machine, the sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an operational parameter associated with the machine; a display unit located on-board the machine; a first controller located remotely from the machine, the first controller configured to generate a signal indicative of one or more loading locations associated with a loading machine; and a second controller located on-board the machine, the second controller communicably coupled to the position detection module, the sensor, the display unit and the first controller, the second controller configured to: | 38,612 |
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