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9,030,645 | 1. An illumination optical system which irradiates a light flux from a light source onto an illumination objective surface, the illumination optical system comprising: an integrator having a plurality of reflecting elements into which the light flux from the light source comes and from which light fluxes exit respectively, wherein each of the reflecting elements, into which the light flux comes has a reflecting surface having a width in one direction narrower than a width in a direction perpendicular to the one direction; and the reflecting surface of each of the reflecting elements has a reflectance at a first point on the reflecting surface, a reflectance at a second point on the reflecting surface and a reflectance at a third point on the reflecting surface, the reflecting surface having two edges which intersect the one direction and a midpoint between the two edges along the one direction, the first, second and third points being arranged along the one direction such that the first point is between the midpoint and one of the two edges, the second point is between the first point and the one of the two edges and the third point is between the second point and the one of the two edges, the reflectance at the second point being smaller than the reflectance at the first point and the reflectance at the third point being smaller than the reflectance at the second point. | 44,777 |
9,116,327 | 1. An imaging lens system comprising, sequentially from an object side to an image plane side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; and a third lens having a negative refractive power, wherein a viewing angle θ satisfies a following condition, wherein the imaging lens system further satisfies a following condition where TTL denotes a distance from an object side surface of the first lens to the image plane, and BFL denotes a distance from an image side surface of the third lens to the image plane. | 1,246 |
9,561,104 | 1. A method, comprising: providing an implant: advancing the first end of the strip in first and second opposing directions with respect to the second end of the strip; maintaining a recess-engaging portion in a position in which the recess-engaging portion is not disposed in any of the plurality of recesses during the advancing; and restricting the advancing by facilitating active positioning of the recess-engaging portion in one of the plurality of recesses. | 41,998 |
9,150,968 | 1. A method of depositing conformal metal films on a plurality of carbon nanostructures comprising: depositing an atomically thin shell of a first transition metal by: depositing an atomically thin layer of a catalytically active noble metal on a surface of the atomically thin shell by | 45,541 |
9,241,072 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: connecting to a conference call bridge; providing a passcode to the conference call bridge, the passcode being personal to a given user; authenticating to the conference call bridge using the passcode, wherein authenticating to the conference call bridge using the passcode permits the given user to connect to one or more conference calls by matching the passcode to an identifier of the given user and matching the identifier of the given user to the one or more conference calls; responsive to a successful authentication to the conference call bridge, obtaining a list of conference calls for the given user; selecting a first one of the conference calls; joining the first conference call via the conference call bridge; and subsequently joining a second one of the conference calls without disconnecting from the conference call bridge; wherein the steps are performed by at least one processing device. | 45,936 |
9,321,168 | 1. A legless portable worktable for supporting a tray above the ground without the use of ground contacting legs, the work table comprising: a. a tray coupled to a tray support, the tray having a tray surface; b. a conduit clamp comprising a first arm pivotally coupled to a second arm with a pivot pin; c. said first arm having a unitary first contact member coupled to said first arm of the conduit clamp and said first contact member having a planar contact surface; d. said second arm having a second contact member and a third contact member coupled to said second arm of the conduit clamp with said second contact member and said third contact member opposing said unitary first contact member on the first arm, and wherein the second and third contact members are angled offset relative to each other and coupled together at an elbow connection; and e. said tray support is integrally formed with said second arm and said tray support protrudes outwardly away from the second arm at a position between the pivot pin and the third contact member. | 9,428 |
8,935,090 | 1. A motor vehicle configured to collect energy information for use in an energy mapping system, the motor vehicle comprising: a navigation system including an electronic control unit; a first energy level sensor configured to detect an amount of energy associated with a first power source; a second energy level sensor configured to detect an amount of energy associated with a second power source, wherein the second power source is different than the first power source; and a GPS receiver configured to determine a location of the motor vehicle; wherein the electronic control unit is in communication with the first energy level sensor, the second energy level sensor, and the GPS receiver; and wherein the electronic control unit is further configured to perform the steps of: receiving a first location of the motor vehicle corresponding to a first portion of a roadway segment from the GPS receiver; measuring a first energy level value of the first power source from the first energy level sensor and measuring a second energy level value of the second power source from the second energy level sensor, the first energy level value and the second energy level value corresponding to the first location; receiving a second location of the motor vehicle corresponding to a second portion of the roadway segment from the GPS receiver; and measuring a third energy level value of the first power source from the first energy level sensor and measuring a fourth energy level value of the second power source from the second energy level sensor, the third energy level value and the fourth energy level value corresponding to the second location. | 13,680 |
8,624,733 | 1. A device for electronic access control and surveillance, comprising: an electronic access control (EAC) module including a reader for reading a user's asserted identity, the EAC module controlling physical access through a portal between a secure area and a non-secure area, the EAC module generating access control data; an imager having an integral camera for continuously surveilling an observation area proximate to the portal and generating at least one of image data and video data; a data port disposed proximate to and electrically coupled to the EAC module and the imager, a data signal provided at the data port, the data signal comprising EAC data for the portal and at least one of the image data and video data of the continuously surveilled observation area; an analytics module that analyzes the at least one of image data and video data to determine a number of people or objects passing through the portal and that analyzes the EAC data to determine information related to the physical access through the portal, the data signal further comprising tailgating data generated at the analytics module; a housing having an interior region, wherein the EAC module including the reader, the imager including the integral camera, and the analytics module are co-located in the interior region of the housing at the region proximal the portal; and a power connection extending from the housing that provides power to the EAC module, the imager, and analytics module; the EAC module including at least one sensor that reads a user's asserted identity of the EAC data and determines an open state and a closed state of the portal, the EAC module granting the physical access through the portal, the EAC module further including an input/output (I/O) module that actuates a door solenoid in response to the EAC module granting the physical access through the portal, the analytics module activated to determine the number of people or objects passing through the portal in response to the EAC module granting the physical access through the portal and in response to the EAC determining the open state of the portal and deactivated in response to the EAC determining the closed state of the portal, wherein the imager continuously surveys the observation area proximate to the portal at least prior to the I/O module actuating the door solenoid and a detection of an entry through the portal. | 15,101 |
8,706,502 | 1. A television receiver comprising: a command information storage section including a command table which stores at least one piece of command information for controlling the television receiver, a plurality of operation states of the television receiver which correspond to each piece of the command information, and a plurality of processing contents which correspond to the operation states respectively; a speech information obtainment section to obtain speech information; a command information extraction section to perform speech recognition of the speech information obtained by the speech information obtainment section so as to extract one piece of the command information stored in the command information storage section; a judgment section to judge a current operation state of the television receiver and to judge whether the current operation state corresponds to one of the operation states stored in the command table when the one piece of the command information is extracted by the command information extraction section; a control section to execute, when the current operation state corresponds to one of the stored operation states as a judgment result by the judgment section, one processing content which corresponds to the one of the stored operation states among the stored processing contents, and not to execute, when the current operation state does not correspond to any of the stored operation states as the judgment result by the judgment section, any of the stored processing contents and end a control of the television receiver based on the command information; a setting section to set user-desired customized command information corresponding to the speech information obtained by the speech information obtainment section; and a command information registration section to register the customized command information set by the setting section associated with a user-desired operation state of the television receiver and a processing content corresponding to the user-desired operation state, in the command table of the command information storage section, wherein the television receiver performs the speech recognition of externally input speech information so as to be controlled based on the command information obtained by a result of the speech recognition. | 20,427 |
9,341,134 | 1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising a fuel injection valve which is capable of directly injecting fuel into a cylinder, wherein the fuel injection valve includes: a needle valve that has a seat contact part at its distal end; and a nozzle body that has a seat part with which the seat contact part comes into contact, a fuel receiving part formed at a downstream side of the seat part, and at least one nozzle hole formed at the downstream side of the seat part, wherein the control apparatus further comprises a controller that is programmed to: execute learning control of fuel injection amount for learning the fuel injection amount; execute, using the fuel injection valve, one or a plurality of small injections during one cycle in addition to main injection for generating a torque of the internal combustion engine; determine whether or not post injection has been executed at a last cycle of the internal combustion engine so as to determine whether it can be determined whether the fuel receiving part is in a liquid-tight state or a gas-tight state; and when post injection has not been executed at a last cycle of the internal combustion engine and the small injection is executed first at a current cycle in a case in which a variation in a learned value for fuel injection amount of the learning control is present, increase the fuel injection amount of a first small injection at the current cycle at a time of low load operation and decrease the fuel injection amount of the first small injection at a time of high load operation. | 48,539 |
8,711,745 | 1. A method for a network to provide wireless communications to a mobile device, the method comprising: determining, by the network configured to provide wireless communications to the mobile device operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) control mode, DRX awake periods of the DRX control mode, wherein during each DRX awake period the mobile device monitors, for a dynamically-allocated resource, a plurality of downlink layer 1 control channel elements (CCE's) in each of a plurality of consecutive sub-frames of that DRX awake period, wherein the DRX control mode includes DRX sleep periods, and DRX awake periods; transmitting, by the network, signaling comprising a DRX control parameter that indicates a first of said DRX awake periods; and transmitting, by the network, a plurality of downlink layer 1 CCE's to the mobile device during at least the first of said DRX awake periods. | 5,714 |
9,799,790 | 1. A method for preparing a mesoscopic solar cell, the method comprising: 1) preparing a hole blocking layer on a conductive substrate; 2) preparing and sintering a mesoporous nanocrystalline layer, an insulation separating layer, and a hole collecting layer on the hole blocking layer in order; and 3) drop-coating a precursor solution of a perovskite semiconductor material on a top of the hole collecting layer, and allowing the precursor solution to diffuse from the top of the hole collecting layer and successively fill the hole collecting layer, the insulation separating layer, and the mesoporous nanocrystalline layer; and 4) drying a resulting product to obtain a mesoscopic solar cell. | 12,389 |
8,794,334 | 1. A system for producing well production fluids through a tubing hanger connected with a tubing string, comprising: a subsea tree comprising a structure comprising: a tubing spool comprising: wherein the subsea tree structure is separate and located spatially apart from the tubing spool body such that the subsea tree does not block a subsea intervention or blowout preventer (BOP) connection to the tubing spool longitudinal bore. | 27,485 |
8,359,688 | 1. A mattress or a mattress foundation comprising: an inner resilient support system; an outer removable cover disposable around said resilient inner support system; a resealable closing system allowing said inner resilient support system to be received in said outer removable cover, said outer removable cover and said resealable closing system operable to inhibit access to said inner resilient support system when said resealable closing system is closed; and a tamper evident seal providing a non-reusable seal for covering at least a portion of said resealable closing system to inhibit opening of said resealable closing system and accessing said inner resilient support system and upon initial tampering of said tamper evident seal maintaining a visual indication that access to said resealable closing system has been compromised; and wherein said tamper evident seal comprises a planar member comprising a frangible material which upon tampering breaks up into fragments. | 17,699 |
9,740,279 | 1. A method for adjusting volume of a display device comprising the steps of: detecting a distance between a viewer and the display device; determining a target volume to which the detected distance corresponds; adjusting the volume of the display device as the determined target volume; and adjusting the volume of the display device as a preset high volume if no viewer is detected within the effective viewing range of the display device. | 1,995 |
8,750,704 | 1. A method for implementing reduced signal degradation for fiber optic modules comprising: providing a fluidic lens in a fiber optic module; said fluidic lens having a variable lens shape responsive to an applied selected voltage potential; providing a detector with a fluidic lens control circuit coupled to said fluidic lens; receiving from said detector a detected signal input, performing a baseline optical misalignment calculation responsive to the detected signal input; controlling alignment of horizontal and vertical positions of said fluidic lens; changing fluidic lens shape by selecting and applying a voltage potential to said fluidic lens responsive to the baseline optical misalignment calculation; performing an optical signal loss calculation and threshold compare for identifying an optical signal loss calculation less than a set threshold value; and responsive to the optical signal loss calculation being less than the set threshold value, fixing the fluidic lens shape and voltage potential for the fluidic lens shape control in the fiber optic module. | 31,149 |
9,552,094 | 1. A method of operating an electronic device that includes a capacitive touch screen display, comprising: sending image signals from a control circuit to a graphics circuit and rendering images on a touch screen display; placing the graphics circuit that renders the images to the touch screen display in an inactive mode while the control circuit that inactivated and that controls the graphics circuit and the touch screen display remains in an active mode, the graphics circuit configured to render an image in the inactive mode with a reduced rendering ability; while the graphics circuit is in the inactive mode, sensing a user input device in a capacitive field of the touch screen prior to the input device contacting the touch screen while the control circuit remains in the active mode; and in response to sensing the user input device within the capacitive field, activating the graphics circuit; while the graphics circuit is active, estimating a point of contact on the touch screen display; rendering a first image on the touch screen display corresponding to the estimated point of contact; determining an actual initial point of contact on the touch screen display, the actual initial point of contact being the point where the touch screen display is initially contacted by the user; and maintaining the first image on the touch screen display when the actual initial point of contact is the same as the estimated point of contact, otherwise when the actual initial point of contact is different than the estimated point of contact rendering a second image on the touch screen display corresponding to the actual initial point of contact, the second image being a new image corresponding the actual initial point of contact. | 198 |
8,986,621 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an inlet port that receives carbon dioxide; a material injection port that receives an aqueous reaction solution, wherein the aqueous reaction solution has a reactant; a mixing chamber, wherein the inlet port is connected to the mixing chamber and the inlet port supplies the carbon dioxide to the mixing chamber, wherein the material injection port is connected to the mixing chamber and the material injection port supplies the aqueous reaction solution to the mixing chamber, and wherein the mixing chamber combines the carbon dioxide and the aqueous reaction solution to form an aqueous reaction mixture; a helical reaction chamber that comprises a pipe coiled in a helix, wherein the helical reaction chamber is connected to the mixing chamber, and wherein the helical reaction chamber receives the aqueous reaction mixture supplied from the mixing chamber; and a high energy electron beam generator that generates a high energy electron beam supplied directly onto the helical reaction chamber, wherein the high energy electron beam generator irradiates the aqueous reaction mixture within the helical reaction chamber, and wherein the high energy electron beam initiates a reaction between the carbon dioxide and the reactant in the aqueous reaction solution to form a reaction product. | 14,878 |
8,795,475 | 1. A method for recycling carbon-containing material comprising used vehicle tyres, the method comprising: (i) introducing, after preheating, carbon-containing material comprising shredded vehicle tyres with lateral dimensions up to about 300 mm and including metal reinforcement into an upstream end of a heating arrangement; (ii) anaerobically heating the carbon-containing material in a heating arrangement including heating means and comprising a rotary kiln having an inclined rotary drum having a longitudinal axis and upstream and downstream ends, the upstream end being higher than the downstream end, to produce by pyrolysis carbon-containing gases, solid carbon and metal fragments; (iii) discharging solid material produced as a result of heating the carbon-containing material at a discharge arrangement at the downstream end; (iv) condensing a proportion of the carbon-containing gases to provide condensed gases including at least one oil fraction and non-condensed gases; (v) recirculating, via a recirculation valve of a recirculation arrangement, the non-condensed gases into an interior of the rotary drum of the heating arrangement at an introduction point upstream of and proximate to the discharge arrangement, the introduction point being arranged along the longitudinal axis of the rotary drum, whereby during operation solids flow to the downstream end of the rotary drum to be discharged by the discharge arrangement and the non-condensed gases flow within the rotary drum upstream from the introduction point to an extraction point adjacent the upstream end and comprising causing the carbon-containing gases to preheat the carbon-containing material before its introduction into the upstream end; (vi) controlling the temperature in the heating arrangement to a temperature of greater than 400° C. and less than 800° C., including controlling an amount of non-condensed gases recirculated into the interior of the rotary drum during pyrolysis of the carbon-containing material; (vii) adjusting the recirculation valve to control the amount of non-condensed gases recirculated into the interior of the rotary drum during pyrolysis of the carbon-containing material to control pressure in the rotary drum to approximately atmospheric pressure ±7500 Pa; (viii) obtaining carbon-containing solids from the discharge arrangement; and (ix) separating metals from the carbon-containing solids. | 41,160 |
9,318,763 | 1. A reinforced composite electrolyte membrane comprising: a polymer-ceramic porous substrate comprising: wherein a hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte for polymer electrolyte fuel cells or direct methanol fuel cells is impregnated in the void structures; wherein the hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte is a uniform mixture of 1-99.999 wt % of a hydrogen ion conductive polymer and 0.001-10 wt % of one or a mixture of two or more selected from the group consisting of SiO | 13,479 |
9,164,302 | 1. A method for repairing a touch panel, the method comprising: providing a touch panel having a touch failure portion and a pair of first contacts, and a main touch area having two edges, and wherein the pair of first contacts disposed on the two edges of the main touch area; providing a repairing component having a repairing touch area and a pair of second contacts; positioning on the touch panel the repairing component corresponding in position to the touch failure portion, and the pair of second contacts disposed on the two edges of the main touch area; and electrically coupling the pair of first contacts to the pair of second contacts; wherein the main touch area and the repairing touch area having substantially identical touch-control structure. | 47,131 |
9,044,037 | 1. An apparatus for producing a product comprising: an extruder for extruding a slab of a confectionery substrate having a moisture content of 0.5 to 20% by weight; a roller for forming the slab into a desired dimension, the roller shaped to form an indentation in the slab; a non-contact printing device for printing an edible ink on the slab, wherein the edible ink coats the indentation; a cooling device for cooling the slab printed with the edible ink; and a packaging device for packaging the confectionery substrate. | 20,663 |
9,562,719 | 1. A method of separating a feed stream in a distillation tower comprising: maintaining a controlled freeze zone section in the distillation tower that operates at a temperature and pressure at which a solid forms; maintaining a melt tray assembly within the controlled freeze zone section that operates at a temperature and pressure at which the solid melts; forming solids in the controlled freeze zone section; raising a liquid level of a liquid in the melt tray assembly when the solids accumulate on a mechanical component in the controlled freeze zone section; raising a liquid temperature of the liquid while raising the liquid level; and lowering the liquid level after at least one of (a) a predetermined time period has passed and (b) an alternative temperature of the mechanical component is within an expected temperature range of a baseline temperature of the mechanical component. | 13,301 |
9,199,508 | 1. An apparatus for attachment to an outboard side of an existing truck wheel, rim, or axle, to reduce air turbulence around the truck wheel, the apparatus comprising: a wheel cover having a relatively planar disc shape adapted to cover a concavity on an outboard side of the truck wheel; and a retainer system including first retainers attached to an outer tip of the wheel rim, and at least one second retainer engaging the first retainers and the wheel cover to thus secure the wheel cover to the outboard side of the truck wheel. | 14,350 |
8,424,491 | 1. A containment pen for finfish aquaculture, comprising: a geodesic supporting structure, a net attached to the geodesic supporting structure and defining a containment volume for containing finfish, wherein the geodesic supporting structure and net are configured to form an enclosure of sufficient size to serve as a containment pen for swimming, wherein the net comprises a multiplicity of removable net panels, wherein each of the removable net panels comprises a discrete piece of flexible netting remaining attached to the one or more substantially rigid beams, and wherein the removable net panels are configured to be removable from the containment pen with the flexible netting remaining attached to the one or more substantially rigid beams, wherein the multiplicity of net panels provide the supporting structure for a majority of the containment pen, wherein adjoining net panels are attached by attaching together adjoining beams, and wherein the panels are shaped so that a beam of one panel extends generally parallel to and adjacent a beam of an adjoining panels. | 37,750 |
9,346,959 | 1. A non-aqueous dispersion comprising the dispersion polymerization reaction product of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a nonlinear, random, acrylic polymer stabilizer, wherein the polymerization reaction product comprises epoxy functionality. | 38,176 |
9,212,739 | 1. An organ type electronic automatic shift lever comprising: a shift lever portion which has a lower end at which a magnetic unit including a magnet is mounted; a step motor unit which is fixed on a console surface of a vehicle, and includes a step motor; an operating arm which has one end that is rotatably connected to an upper end of the shift lever portion by a rotation shaft, and the other end that is connected to a motor rotation shaft of the step motor, and rotatably fixes the shift lever portion on the console surface; a position recognition unit which includes one or more magnetic sensors so as to recognize a position of the magnetic unit, and output information about the recognized position; and a gear shift stage control unit which controls rotation of the step motor unit, presets position recognition information produced by matching in advance gear shift stage information of the electronic automatic shift lever to each position of the position recognition unit, compares position information, which is recognized and received from the position recognition unit, with the position recognition information, and outputs gear shift information, wherein the gear shift stage control unit receives whether the vehicle is in a stopped state and whether an engine is started while being operated in conjunction with a control unit of the vehicle, and rotates the step motor unit so as to control the shift lever portion so that the shift lever portion is popped up when the engine is turned on in a state in which the vehicle is in the stopped state. | 15,811 |
9,649,927 | 1. A hybrid powertrain unit for a motor vehicle, comprising: an internal-combustion engine; and a gearbox device including: at least one primary shaft, that can be connected to crankshaft of the internal-combustion engine by a clutch device, at least one secondary shaft, an axis of which is parallel to, and spaced apart from, an axis of said at least one primary shaft and which carries an output pinion; a plurality of pairs of gears corresponding to a plurality of forward gear ratios, in which one of the gears of each pair of the plurality of pairs of gears is rigidly connected in rotation with respect to one of said at least one primary and secondary shafts and the other is freely rotatable with respect to the other of said at least one primary and secondary shafts; and a plurality of gear-selection devices for coupling in rotation each of said freely rotatable gears with the shaft on which it is mounted; a differential, having a first crown wheel meshing with said output pinion of said at least one secondary shaft of the gearbox device; an electric machine adapted to operate both as an electric motor and as an electric generator and having a casing rigidly connected to a supporting structure of said powertrain unit, and a shaft connected by a connecting transmission to a second crown wheel of said differential; an engagement device arranged, in said connecting transmission, between the shaft of the electric machine and the second crown wheel of the differential; and an actuator arrangement for actuating said engagement device, wherein said connecting transmission includes an auxiliary shift device configured for providing at least two different selectable transmission ratios, and said auxiliary shift device comprises an epicyclic gear train, including: a sun gear, an outer ring gear, a plurality of planet gears meshing around the sun gear and within the outer ring gear, and a planet carrier carrying the plurality of planet gears, said sun gear being connectable in rotation with said second crown wheel of the differential, said planet carrier being connected to the shaft of said electric machine, and said outer ring gear being axially movable between a first operating position in which it is connected in rotation with the planet carrier and a second operating position in which it is blocked on supporting structure of the powertrain unit; and a device for selection of a transmission ratio for displacing selectively the outer ring gear between its two operating positions. | 11,934 |
9,563,530 | 1. A device state estimation apparatus comprising: a detector configured to calculate a first characteristic from a current or power harmonic in a power feed line, the detector being configured to compare the first characteristic with first characteristic information recorded in a first database to detect devices in an ON operating state; an operating state estimator configured to read at least one of second characteristics associated with a harmonic from a second database, each of the second characteristics being for operating states of each of the devices, the at least one of the second characteristics being for operating states of the device in the ON operating state which is detected by the detector, the operating state estimator being configured to estimate an operating state of the device in the ON operating state based on a similarity between the at least one of the second characteristics and a calculated one of the second characteristics obtained from the current or power harmonic; and a harmonic calculator comprising: the detector comprises a second Fourier Transform operator configured to extract a second current waveform from the time-sequence data of the current and to calculate one or more second frequency components, and wherein the operating state estimator is provided with the one or more first frequency components from the harmonic calculator. | 38,479 |
8,610,377 | 1. A method of predicting performance of a lighting module that provides variable lighting to an environment, the lighting module comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) powered with a power management unit (PMU) in accordance with input from at least one sensor communicatively coupled to the PMU and a set of stored rules, the set of stored rules including at least one rule corresponding to at least one condition of the environment, the method comprising: A) receiving, via a network, logged sensor data from the PMU, the logged sensor data representing one or more conditions of the environment sensed with the at least one sensor; B) analyzing past patterns of the logged sensor data received in A); C) generating a change in at least one rule in the set of stored rules based on the past patterns analyzed in B); D) making a prediction of at least one of: E) providing, via the network, the prediction made in D) to an operator of the environment. | 25,469 |
9,480,953 | 1. A composite filter for use in a fuel stream comprising (a) an ePTFE membrane; (b) a support structure adjacent to said ePTFE membrane; (c) said ePTFE membrane disposed upstream of said support structure in said fuel stream; (d) and wherein the support structure fulfills the relation that the ratio of the ePTFE membrane matrix tensile strength to the support opening size or pore size is >100,000 psi/inch; (e) and wherein said support structure has Mullen burst pressure >fuel wet water penetration pressure(FWWPP) of the ePTFE membrane; (f) and wherein the membrane of said composite exhibits a Ratio of Resistances for Water Penetration to flow [(FWWPP/IFT)/(1/ATEQ Airflow)]>104,000 [(PSI/(lb/ft))/(hr/L)]. | 44,441 |
9,555,047 | 1. A method of manufacturing an injectable formulation comprising controlled- or sustained-release microparticles comprising triamcinolone acetonide (TCA) or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof and a poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid copolymer (PLGA) matrix.; wherein the TCA comprises between 22% to 28% of the microparticle and wherein the PLGA has the following characteristics: (i) a molecular weight in the range or about 40 to 70 k Da; and (ii) a lactic acid: glycolic acid molar ratio of 80:20 to 60:40, the method comprising: (a) dispersing the TCA and the poly(laclic-co-glycolic) acid copolymer in an organic solution to produce a TCA-PLGA mixture, wherein the PLGA has a molecular weight in the range of about 40 to 70 kDa and a lactic acid: glycolic acid molar ratio of 80:20 to 60:40, and wherein the ratio of TCA to PLGA to organic solution in the TCA-PLGA mixture is 1:3:57; (b) atomizing the TCA-PLGA mixture into micro-droplets by adding the TCA-PLGA mixture to a spinning disk; and (c) treating the TCA-PLGA mixture to remove the solvent, thereby producing an injectable formulation comprising controlled- or sustained-release microparticle comprising TCA or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof and a PLGA matrix wherein the TCA comprises between 22% to 28% of the microparticles and wherein the PLGA has the following characteristics: (i) a molecular weight in the range or about 40 to 70 k Da; and (ii) a lactic acid: glycolic acid molar ratio of 80:20 to 60:40. | 18,521 |
9,615,324 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a node from at least one neighbouring node in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, at least one parameter value used by the at least one neighbouring node for setting power of radio signals transferred by the at least one neighbouring node or for setting a power correction parameter of radio signals transferred by mobile terminals served by the at least one neighbouring node; determining, from the at least one parameter value, a parameter value to be used by the node for setting power of radio signals transferred by the node or for setting a power correction parameter of radio signals transferred by mobile terminals served by the node; setting the power of the radio signals transferred by the node or the power correction parameter of the radio signals transferred by the mobile terminals served by the node according to the determined parameter value; transferring from the node to the at least one neighbouring node the determined parameter value when no change in mobile terminal(s) served by the node is detected; and transferring from the node to the at least one neighbouring node a default value as the parameter value when a change in mobile terminal(s) served by the node is detected. | 1,021 |
8,827,170 | 1. A ventilation system for attaching to a preexisting vent of a building, comprising: a. a portable and attachably detachable fan attachable to an interior of a building in close proximity to the preexisting vent; b. a compact power source comprising a solar panel, wherein the solar panel is sized and operable to sufficiently supply power to the fan, wherein the solar panel is exteriorly attached to the building in proximity to the vent and positioned proximate to the fan and operatively connected to the fan by an electrical line through the vent; c. a controller operatively and electrically connected between the solar panel and the fan to control activation and deactivation of the fan depending upon a temperature determination; and d. a first temperature sensor operatively and electronically associated with the controller to sense the temperature and activate or deactivate the fan in association with pre-determined temperature parameters in the controller, e. a quick application fastener to fasten the compact power source proximate to the preexisting vent, wherein the compact power source is attached to the quick application fastener so that the compact power source can be easily secured to hang from the preexisting vent for quick and easy attachment, the quick application fastener selected from the group consisting of a hook, a clip, a strap, a cord, a buckle, an adhesive, a hook-and-loop fasteners, and a magnet. | 20,834 |
9,550,174 | 1. A method of preparing a mixed manganese ferrite coated catalyst for use in preparing 1,3-butadiene, comprising: a) co-precipitating a precursor aqueous solution comprising a manganese precursor and an iron precursor while being mixed in a basic solution, thus forming a co-precipitated solution; b) washing and filtering the co-precipitated solution, thus obtaining a solid sample of mixed manganese ferrite which is then dried at 70˜200° C.; c) mixing the dried solid sample of mixed manganese ferrite, a binder of alumina, distilled water and an acid at a weight ratio of 1:1˜1,5: 8˜10:0.4˜0.6 at room temperature, thus obtaining a mixture, wherein said alumina is boehmite and the acid is selected from the group consisting of nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid; and d) adding a support to the mixture obtained in c) and then performing blending and drying, wherein said drying is performed at 50˜80° C., and the support is silicon carbide. | 41,157 |
8,352,233 | 1. An electromagnetic field simulation apparatus, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising: | 29,193 |
8,941,725 | 1. A method of processing three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image data, the method comprising: comparing the polarity of image data of a present frame with the polarity of image data of a previous frame; and compensating the image data of the present frame according to the result of the comparison by generating first compensation data using a first look-up table (LUT) when the polarity of the image data of the present frame is opposite to the polarity of the image data of the previous frame with respect to a reference voltage, wherein the image data of the present frame and the previous frame comprise different ones of left eye image data and right eye image data. | 4,058 |
8,451,768 | 1. A system for adaptive modulation in a wireless coded cooperative communication system, comprising: a source S1 having an adaptable source modulation mode; a destination; at least one candidate partner/relay of said source, said candidate having an adaptable candidate modulation mode and being adapted to perform a pre-determined coded cooperative communication protocol to forward signals received from the source to the destination; wherein, based on channel conditions of a pair consisting of the source and one of the at least one candidate, the source chooses the candidate and a corresponding pair of modulation mode settings consisting of a setting for each of the candidate modulation mode for transmission between the candidate partner/relay and the destination and the source modulation mode for transmission between the source and candidate/relay that provide a throughput gain that is improved more than the throughput gain of any other choice for the one candidate and the corresponding pair of modulation mode settings. | 17,330 |
9,849,923 | 1. A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body including an underbody; at least one dual-strake assembly coupled to the underbody, wherein the at least one dual-strake assembly includes: wherein the at least one dual-strake assembly includes a first set of dual-strake assemblies and a second set of dual-strake assemblies, and the first set of dual-strake assemblies and the second set of dual-strake assemblies are equidistantly spaced from each other. | 16,075 |
9,145,940 | 1. An electric linear motion actuator comprising: a housing; a rotary member rotatably mounted to the housing; an electric motor having a rotor shaft operably connected to the rotary member to transmit rotary motion of the rotor shaft to cause rotary motion of the rotary member; a motion converter mechanism provided in the housing for converting rotary motion of the rotor shaft of the electric motor, or rotary motion of the rotary member, to a linear motion of an output member for linearly driving a driven member in forward and rearward directions, wherein the driven member is configured to be pushed by a front side of the output member; a thrust bearing which receives a rearward reaction force of a pushing force of the output member; a backup member mounted in the housing and axially supporting the thrust bearing, the backup member including an annular portion and an axially elongated cylindrical portion extending from the annular portion, said annular portion and said cylindrical portion together having a single common radially inner surface; a plurality of bearings including first and second bearings mounted within said single common radially inner surface, such that the first and second bearings are axially spaced apart from each other and such that the first and second bearings are supported by the backup member; a stopper fixed to the housing and restricting axial movement of the backup member in a rearward direction; a load sensor mounted between the thrust bearing and the backup member, or between the backup member and the stopper; and a heat insulator protecting the load sensor; wherein the load sensor is configured to detect a pushing force with which the output member pushes the driven member when the driven member is linearly driven by the output member; and wherein the rotary member is rotatably supported by the backup member via the plurality of bearings. | 32,400 |
8,720,179 | 1. A power plant, comprising: a gas turbine engine having a combustor in which compressed gas and fuel are mixed and combusted; first and second supply lines respectively coupled to the combustor and respectively configured to supply the compressed gas and the fuel to the combustor; and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system to re-circulate exhaust gas produced by the gas turbine engine toward the combustor, the EGR system being coupled to the first and second supply lines and configured to combine first and second portions of the re-circulated exhaust gas with the compressed gas and the fuel at the first and second supply lines, respectively. | 3,569 |
8,697,654 | 1. A peptide-based reagent comprising at least one body surface-binding domain (BSBD) consisting essentially of the general structure: wherein, | 28,643 |
9,755,600 | 1. An automatic gain control (AGC) circuit, comprising: a base current-gain circuit having a programmable source degeneration resistance responsive to first bits of an AGC code word; a programmable current-gain circuit, coupled between an input and an output of the base current-gain circuit, having a programmable current source responsive to second bits of the AGC code word; a bleeder circuit, coupled to the output of the base current-gain circuit, having a programmable current source responsive to logical complements of the second bits of the AGC code word; and a load circuit coupled to the output of the base current-gain circuit. | 23,064 |
8,381,086 | 1. A method for synchronizing one or more animation events with one or more audio events, the method comprising: receiving data defining the animation events; receiving a selection of an audio file; processing the selected audio file to identify the audio events; receiving a selection of one of a plurality of audio synchronization schemes, each of the audio synchronization schemes comprising data defining how the audio events are to be synchronized with the animation events and configured to create a mood when utilized to synchronize the animation events to the identified audio events; determining based upon the selected audio synchronization scheme whether each audio event should be synchronized with a beginning or an end of a corresponding animation event; determining based upon the selected audio synchronization scheme whether all or a subset of the audio events should be synchronized with the animation events; and using the selected audio synchronization scheme to adjust a timing of the animation events to correspond to the identified audio events, thereby synchronizing the animation events to the identified audio events. | 41,081 |
8,838,722 | 1. A computer-implemented method for communicating at least voice, comprising: providing a plurality of user terminals including a number of mobile terminals, said plurality of user terminals being part of a network being established; obtaining information using each of said number of mobile terminals, said information related to each being identifiable as a mobile terminal; only after said providing and said obtaining, using said information to determine whether to include a master terminal in said network, said master terminal being different than said plurality of user terminals; and including said master terminal in said network if said number of mobile terminals is greater than a predetermined number and not including said master terminal if said number of mobile terminals is not greater than said predetermined number, and in which said predetermined number is greater than one. | 36,829 |
9,163,544 | 1. A unit for recovering thermal energy from exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, comprising: an inlet for the exhaust gas to enter the unit; an outlet for the exhaust gas to exit the unit; a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet, said heat exchanger being arranged downstream of the inlet and upstream of the outlet with respect to the flow of the exhaust gas through the unit; and a valve capable of being switched between a recovery position, in which the exhaust gas is directed to flow from the inlet through the heat exchanger to the outlet, and a bypass position, in which the exhaust gas is directed to flow from the inlet through a bypass to the outlet, wherein the valve comprises separate first and second valve bodies and associated separate first and second valve seats for receiving the separate first and second valve bodies in the recovery position and in the bypass position, wherein the first valve body and the associated first valve seat are arranged upstream of the heat exchanger and the bypass, respectively, with respect to the flow of the exhaust gas through the unit, wherein the second valve body and the associated second valve seat are arranged downstream of the heat exchanger and the bypass, respectively, wherein the first valve body comprises a first valve flap and the second valve body comprises a second valve flap, the first valve flap being connected to a first axle and the second valve flap being connected to a second axle so that the first and second valve flaps are capable of being pivotally switched between the recovery position and the bypass position, and wherein each of the first and second valve seats comprises a pair of frames which are arranged angularly spaced from one another, the frames having a size and shape such that the respective valve flap abuts against one of the frames of the respective pair of frames when the valve flap is in the recovery position and abuts against the other one of the frames of the pair of frames when the valve flap is in the bypass position; and wherein the first and second valve bodies are adapted to be switched only simultaneously from the recovery position to the bypass position and vice versa. | 16,935 |
9,416,968 | 1. An energy-saving dust collector, comprising a dust collection device connected to a flue and a fume afterheat recycling device disposed in the flue on a front of the dust collection device, the fume afterheat recycling device comprises a heat exchanger, and the heat exchanger comprises a heat absorption section and a heat radiating section connected to the heat absorption section, and the heat radiating section is positioned higher than the heat absorption section, the heat absorption section being disposed at a flue gas inlet of the dust collection device, the heat radiating section being connected to a condensed-water pipe, and a flue gas temperature at the flue gas inlet of the dust collection device is controllable and higher than an acid dew point T of the flue gas. | 10,486 |
8,515,652 | 1. A control device for an internal combustion engine in which a throttle can be operated during implementation of fuel cut, comprising: target opening setting means which sets a target opening of the throttle based on a target air amount in a cylinder determined from a required torque, when the cancellation conditions of fuel cut are satisfied; delay processing means which delays the target opening set by the target opening setting means by a predetermined delay time; throttle control means which controls the throttle to a closing side in accordance with a predetermined rule until the delay time elapses after the cancellation conditions of fuel cut are satisfied, and controls the throttle in accordance with the delayed target opening after the delay time elapses; throttle opening predicting means which predicts the throttle opening at the valve closing time point of an intake valve based on the rule until the delay time elapses after the cancellation conditions of fuel cut are satisfied, and predicts the throttle opening at the valve closing time point of the intake valve based on the target opening before delay processing after the delay time elapses; final in-cylinder air amount calculating means which calculates a final in-cylinder air amount of each cylinder based on the predicted throttle opening at the valve closing time point of the intake valve; and fuel injection control means which calculates a fuel injection amount for each cylinder with the use of the final in-cylinder air amount, and sequentially restarts fuel injection for each cylinder in accordance with an ignition sequence among cylinders, when cancellation conditions of fuel cut are satisfied. | 27,046 |
8,987,805 | 1. A vertical type semiconductor device comprising: a pillar structure including a semiconductor pattern and a channel pattern protruding in a first direction, the first direction being a vertical direction relative to an upper surface of a substrate; first word line structures horizontally extending to surround the pillar structure at a facing portion relative to the channel pattern, the first word line structures including a blocking dielectric layer pattern and a metal pattern, a height of the first word line structures being enlarged at a portion making contact with the pillar structure; and a first insulating structure surrounding the pillar structure between the first word line structures in the first direction, the first insulating structure including a first portion having a relatively smaller height and making contact with the pillar structure and a second portion horizontally extended to a side direction of the first portion. | 16,639 |
8,470,239 | 1. A device for sanitizing objects, comprising: a) a housing comprising a bottom platform, sidewalls that enclose the sides of the housing and a top platform that encloses the top of the housing and is structurally attached to the housing, the top platform comprising: b) a UVC emitting device positioned between the bottom platform and the bottom layer of the top platform. | 10,423 |
8,987,167 | 1. A salt comprising an anionic pesticide A1, wherein all anionic groups of said anionic pesticide are selected from one or more carboxylate groups and wherein the anionic pesticide A1 is an aromatic acid herbicide or a phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicide; and a cationic polyamine (B) of the formula (B1) wherein R or of the formula (B2) wherein R | 34,230 |
8,549,898 | 1. A sampling apparatus for sampling a liquid, the apparatus comprising a sensor and a flow regulator open to allow continuous flow of liquid through the apparatus from an inlet to an outlet via a fluid ejector past the sensor, wherein the fluid ejector is configured to direct liquid at the sensor at an incident angle of from 30° to 60°, in which the sensor is configured to periodically make a reading of a characteristic of the liquid so directed. | 13,277 |
8,781,236 | 1. A method for processing graphical data representing a sequence of images for compression, including: analysing a plurality of adjacent areas of an image from the sequence to determine: (i) a first set of areas, each of which includes changes when compared with a corresponding area in a previous image from the sequence; and (ii) a second set of areas, each of which does not include a change when compared with a corresponding area in the previous image; for each area of the second set, replacing a section of the area with a block chosen to reduce the size of the graphical data once compressed, while leaving the original image adjacent any part of the perimeter of the area of the second set that adjoins an area of the first set; providing a dataset allowing identification of the areas of the second set; and compressing the second set of areas, processed as set out above, and the first set of areas, as a single image. | 36,227 |
9,480,113 | 1. A control circuit of an LED lighting apparatus divided into a plurality of LED channels, comprising: a current control circuit configured to provide a current path corresponding to sequential light emissions of the LED channels in response to a rectified voltage; and a residual voltage buffer circuit configured to correspond to an LED channel which finally emits light, and buffer a residual voltage when the rectified voltage rises to a preset value such that the residual voltage occurs, wherein the residual voltage buffer circuit comprises: a residual voltage detection unit configured to provide a detection voltage corresponding to an increase of the residual voltage; and a switching unit configured to buffer the residual voltage according to the detection voltage. | 9,771 |
8,915,721 | 1. A mini-fan that comprises: a drive motor ( a thrust bearing ( a bearing tube ( an exterior, a rotor-side end and a thrust bearing-side end; a fan housing ( said internal stator ( a closure arrangement ( wherein said closure arrangement includes a cover portion ( wherein each radially movable latching hook ( wherein the longitudinal section is provided with a trough-shaped recess in an area that is spaced apart from the second axial end; wherein the shaft ( wherein the tracking cap ( wherein said bearing tube ( wherein said internal stator ( | 15,399 |
8,938,865 | 1. A buckle for a fastening device for three-branch restraint belts for car safety seats for children, comprising an inner body adapted to receive stem portions, provided with coupling teeth, of a pair of tongues to be attached to two of the three belt branches, and a snap coupling mechanism adapted to releasably connect the tongues to the inner body; wherein the inner body having a through opening through which the stem portions of the tongues are insertable along a direction of insertion; the snap coupling mechanism comprises: | 35,131 |
9,484,484 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining or providing a silicon wafer comprising a front surface metallization pattern including a first bus bar or row of contact pads arranged parallel to and adjacent a first outside edge of the wafer and a second bus bar or row of contact pads arranged parallel to and adjacent a second outside edge of the wafer opposite from and parallel to the first edge of the wafer, the first bus bar or row of contact pads and second bus bar or row of contact pads disposed on portions of the silicon wafer having the same electrical polarity; cleaving the silicon wafer along one or more scribe lines parallel to the first and second outside edges of the wafer to form a plurality of physically discrete separate rectangular solar cells each of which comprises two oppositely positioned parallel short outside edges and two oppositely positioned long outside edges, with the first bus bar or row of contact pads arranged parallel to and adjacent to a long outside edge of a first one of the rectangular solar cells and the second bus bar or row of contact pads arranged parallel to and adjacent to a long outside edge of a second one of the rectangular solar cells; and arranging the rectangular solar cells in line with long sides of adjacent rectangular solar cells overlapping and conductively bonded to each other to electrically connect the solar cells in series to form a super cell; wherein the first bus bar or row of contact pads on the first one of the rectangular solar cells is overlapped by and conductively bonded to a bottom surface of an adjacent rectangular solar cell in the super cell. | 47,202 |
9,751,350 | 1. A method for scoring a curved surface of a manufactured product, the method comprising: providing the manufactured product; under control of a system controller, moving a print-head of a digital ink-jet printer which is connected to a plurality of fluid reservoirs over the curved surface of the manufactured product according to a predetermined pattern to apply a curable solution contained in a first reservoir of the plurality of fluid reservoirs to a portion of the curved surface of the manufactured product; curing the applied curable solution to form a cured region; applying a fluid for eroding the curved surface of the manufactured product to at least a portion of the curved surface including the cured region, thereby removing portions of the manufactured product, which are not covered by the cured region, to form an eroded region on the curved surface of the manufactured product; following formation of the eroded region, moving the print-head over the curved surface of the manufactured product according to the predetermined pattern as directed by the system controller to apply a pigment solution from a second reservoir of the plurality of fluid reservoirs on at least a portion of the eroded region of the curved surface of the manufactured product; curing the applied pigment solution from the second reservoir to form a base layer of a first color on at least a portion of the eroded region; following formation of the base layer, moving the print-head over the curved surface according to the predetermined pattern as directed by the system controller to apply a pigment solution from a third fluid reservoir of the plurality of fluid reservoirs to at least a portion of the base layer; and curing the applied pigment solution from the third fluid reservoir to form a pigment layer of a second color over the base layer, wherein the first color is different from the second color. | 6,965 |
9,120,395 | 1. A method ( 100 ) for the automatic management of the energy autonomy of a vehicle of the type comprising a torque-controllable motor ( 21 ), a plurality of sensors ( 22 ) for the instantaneous measurement of a plurality of drive parameters and of energy capacity (C) of said vehicle, and a first central control unit ( 23 ) coupled with said motor ( 21 ), capable of generating an instantaneous torque request (md) on the basis of a request of a user, wherein the method ( 100 ) comprises phases of: receiving ( calculating ( determining ( generating ( determining ( receiving ( verifying ( if said limit conditions for the speed and/or acceleration are met, determining ( if said limit conditions for the speed and/or acceleration are not met, comparing ( in case said instantaneous torque request (m in case said instantaneous torque request (m | 16,841 |
8,845,517 | 1. A surgical system, comprising: a seal anchor member for positioning within a tissue tract accessing an underlying body cavity, the seal anchor member defining a first longitudinal axis and including leading and trailing ends, an intermediate section disposed between the leading and trailing ends, and a plurality of ports extending longitudinally between the leading and trailing ends; and a triangulation device including: | 45,501 |
9,638,616 | 1. A gravimetric sensor comprising: a piezoelectric resonator having a surface; and an encapsulating layer formed on the surface of the resonator, the encapsulating layer defining a channel between the surface of the resonator and the encapsulating layer on the surface of the resonator. | 18,412 |
9,352,511 | 1. A method for producing a laminated film comprising at least two resin films laminated together, which comprises: a step providing two resin films to form the laminated film, wherein one of the two resin films is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer film; a fluorination treatment step comprising bringing a treatment gas comprising a fluorine atoms-containing gas in a concentration of 0.001 to 99.0 vol % and an oxygen atoms-containing gas in a concentration of 0.001 to 99.0 vol % into contact with at least a partial region of a surface of at least one of the two resin films for a treatment time of 1 second to 600 minutes at a treatment temperature of −50° C. to 150° C. to increase the adhesiveness of the region; a cleaning step comprising cleaning the resin film(s) contacted with the fluorine and oxygen atoms-containing treatment gas in the fluorination treatment step, with a cleaning liquid before bonding the two resin films together to remove unreacted F a bonding step comprising bonding, without using an adhesive, the two resin films together using, as a bonding surface, the surface that has been brought into contact with the treatment gas, wherein at least one resin film processed in the fluorination treatment step contains different resin components each having a reactive group that is reactive with the treatment gas to increase adhesiveness between the two resin films. | 38,877 |
9,611,543 | 1. A piston ring having at least one radially outwardly facing running surface and a coating forming said at least one running surface and extending from an inside region adjacent said running surface to a radially outward free region, said coating comprising, from the inside radially outwards, an adhesive layer, a DLC layer containing metal, and a metal-free DLC layer all having predetermined thicknesses, wherein the thickness of the metal-free DLC layer in relation to the thickness of the metal-containing DLC layer has a ratio of 0.7 to 1.5, wherein the total coating thickness is 5 μm to 40 μm, and wherein the DLC layer containing metal has a hardness of 800-1600 HV0.02. | 7,962 |
9,504,130 | 1. A device for selecting a setting for one or more illuminating light loads connected to a bus, the device comprising a controller configured to run a calculation and define, through a control of a power converter connected to the bus, in response to a calculation result, a direct current voltage signal for the bus, wherein in said calculation said controller calculates the value of the direct current voltage signal to be equal to or slightly larger than a maximum voltage amplitude of the one or more illuminating light loads, or calculates the value of the voltage signal for which an overall efficiency of the one or more illuminating light loads is maximal, or for which the total power consumption of the one or more illuminating light loads is minimal; and a power detector configured to detect a change in a total power consumption of the one or more illuminating light loads and in response to a detection of the change informing the controller to run the calculation again. | 42,031 |
9,742,310 | 1. An electrical conversion apparatus for use in satisfying the requirement of a load, the apparatus comprising a bridge rectifier having an input side and an output side, the load being connected to the output side of the bridge rectifier, a switched capacitor line arranged in parallel with the output side of the bridge rectifier and the load, the switched capacitor line comprising a capacitance and a switch arranged in series with one another so that the switch can control charging and discharging of the capacitance, and a control arrangement operable to control the operation of the switch, wherein the control arrangement is operable such that whenever the output voltage of the bridge rectifier is above a threshold level and is rising the switch is closed so that the capacitance charges and the load is satisfied from the output of the bridge rectifier, whenever the output of the bridge rectifier is above the threshold level and is falling the switch is opened so that the capacitance is isolated from the load, the load still being satisfied by the output of the bridge rectifier, and whenever the output of the bridge rectifier is below the threshold level, the switch is closed so that the load is served by discharge of the capacitance supplementing the output from the bridge rectifier. | 31,289 |
8,736,193 | 1. A dimmer for controlling AC electrical power to a load, the dimmer comprising: a line input terminal and a load output terminal; a switching circuit electrically coupled between the line input terminal and the load output terminal; and a threshold detector configured to: wherein the switching circuit is controlled at least partially by the zero-crossing signal output by the threshold detector. | 27,350 |
9,209,323 | 1. A method of manufacturing a solar cell electrode comprising steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate comprising a front side and a back side; applying onto the front side of the semiconductor substrate a conductive paste comprising, (i) 60 wt % to 95 wt % of a conductive powder, based on the total weight of the conductive paste, (ii) 0.1 wt % to 5.0 wt % of a lead-tellurium-oxide powder, based on the total weight of the conductive paste, comprising 20 wt % to 60 wt % of PbO and 20 wt % to 60 wt % of TeO firing the applied conductive paste to from an electrode. | 22,018 |
9,752,685 | 1. A flow rate control apparatus, which is capable of controlling the flow rate of a fluid that flows between a pair of ports, by displacement of a rod having a valve member thereon in an axial direction, comprising: a body having the ports and a seat on which the valve member is seated, the rod being screw-engaged rotatably in the body; and a stopper disposed on the body and the rod, and which regulates rotational displacement of the rod in a valve-closed state in which the valve member is seated on the seat, wherein the body and the rod are both formed from a resin material, wherein the stopper comprises first walls formed substantially parallel with an axis of the body and adjacent to said seat, and second walls disposed on the rod and formed substantially parallel with an axis of the rod, wherein rotational displacement of the rod is regulated by abutment of the first walls against the second walls, and wherein the valve member shuts off the flow of fluid between the pair of ports before the rod is displaced in the axial direction to the valve-closed state in which the valve member is seated on the seat, and wherein the abutment of the first and second walls of the stopper stops rotation of the rod toward the valve-closed state after the valve member shuts off the flow of fluid between the pair of ports and before the rod is displaced in the axial direction to the valve-closed state in which the valve member is seated on the seat. | 46,233 |
8,803,570 | 1. A method for balancing the amount of power flowing through phases of a multiphase premises power source, comprising: (a) determining that there is an imbalance in an amount of power flowing through a first phase and a second phase of a plurality of phases of a multiphase premises power source; and (b) delivering a power signal to the first phase using a bi-directional power device, wherein an amount of power delivered in the power signal from the bi-directional power device is derived from the determined imbalance in the amount of power flowing through the first phase and the second phase. | 2,710 |
8,558,342 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; an active region in the semiconductor substrate; a breakdown withstanding region outside the active region; a collector region of a second conductivity type on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor region of the second conductivity type in a peripheral area of the breakdown withstanding region, the second semiconductor region being formed through the semiconductor substrate from a front surface thereof to the back surface thereof, the second semiconductor region being in contact with the collector region; a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type in a surface portion of the breakdown withstanding region on a front side of the semiconductor substrate, the third semiconductor region surrounding the active region; an interlayer insulator film formed selectively on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of electrically conductive film portions in contact with the third semiconductor region, the plurality of electrically conductive film portions being on the interlayer insulator film; one or more of the plurality of the electrically conductive film portions, excluding at least an electrically conductive film portion in contact with a farthest third semiconductor region, which a depletion layer extending from the second semiconductor region toward the active region reaches, the farthest third semiconductor region being spaced apart most widely from the second semiconductor region, comprising a second semiconductor region side edge portion projecting farther toward the second semiconductor region than a second semiconductor region side edge portion of the third semiconductor regions in contact with the respective one or more of the plurality of electrically conductive film portions; a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type in a surface portion of the breakdown withstanding region on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, the fourth semiconductor region suppressing an expansion of the depletion layer extending from the second semiconductor region toward the active region at a reverse voltage application; and the one or more of the plurality of electrically conductive film portions, in contact with the third semiconductor regions between the second semiconductor region and the fourth semiconductor region and excluding at least the electrically conductive film portion in contact with the farthest third semiconductor region, which the depletion layer extending from the second semiconductor region toward the fourth semiconductor region reaches, the farthest third semiconductor region being spaced apart most widely from the second semiconductor region, comprising a second semiconductor region side edge portion projecting farther toward the second semiconductor region than the second semiconductor region side edge portion of the third semiconductor regions in contact with respective one or more of the plurality of electrically conductive film portions. | 7,809 |
9,660,288 | 1. A battery subunit, comprising: a plurality of battery modules that are connected in at least one of a parallel configuration and a series configuration, wherein each of the plurality of battery modules includes a plurality of battery cells; a thermal management system that contacts each of the plurality of battery modules, and is configured to dissipate operational heat of the plurality of battery modules; and a carrier unit that includes at least one carrier plate positioned on a side of the thermal management system that is remote from the plurality of battery modules, the carrier plate defining (i) at least two grooves arranged respectively at opposite lateral edges of the carrier plate and (ii) at least one profiled beading that extends between the grooves, wherein a portion of the thermal management system laterally overlaps a portion of the grooves, wherein the profiled beading has a first height gradient that laterally directs at least one of fluids situated in the carrier plate, condensation from the thermal management system, and leakage from the thermal management system towards at least one of the grooves, and wherein the grooves have a second height gradient that longitudinally directs the at least one of the fluids, the condensation, and the leakage along the grooves. | 21,559 |
9,276,229 | 1. A method of reducing the light output capacity of at least one of a plurality of organic light emitting components in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device, each of the plurality of organic light emitting components having a different light absorption band, the method comprising: irradiating a portion of the plurality of organic light emitting components with light to provide an irradiated portion, the light having a wavelength within the light absorption band of at least one of the plurality of organic light emitting components and an intensity below a deformation threshold of each of the plurality of organic light emitting components, wherein in the irradiated portion, the light output capacity of any of the plurality of the organic light emitting components having a light absorption band in which the wavelength of said light is not included is preserved. | 48,912 |
9,511,863 | 1. A storage compartment for a passenger cabin of an aircraft, comprising: a storage compartment body; a mounting, and the storage compartment body is connected to the mounting in a pivotable manner; a fixing brace including a load application end for connecting to a primary structure of the aircraft and a mounting end for receiving the mounting, and the fixing brace is arranged between an aircraft primary structure and the mounting in such a way that the fixing brace absorbs forces transversely to a direction of flight; a stabilizing element including a further load application end for connecting to the primary structure of the aircraft and a connecting end, a connecting element including a first end for connecting to the connecting end of the stabilizing element and a second end for receiving the mounting, wherein the stabilizing element is arranged between the aircraft primary structure and the first end of the connecting element in such a way that the stabilizing element absorbs forces in the direction of flight, wherein the stabilizing element comprises a panel, and a sliding block, wherein the sliding block is arranged on the connecting element adjacent to an outer edge of the storage compartment body. | 25,700 |
9,097,796 | 1. A radar apparatus comprising: a transmitter configured to generate a transmission signal having a frequency periodically changing with time and configured to output the transmission signal as a radar wave; a receiver configured to receive the radar wave reflected by a target and configured to generate a beat signal based on the received radar wave and a local signal having the same frequency as the transmission signal; and a signal processor configured to sample the beat signal generated by the receiver at a predetermined sampling period and configured to derive at least position information of the target by pair matching of peaks of a rising-modulation signal and a falling-modulation signal of the beat signal, wherein the receiver includes a plurality of receiving antennas respectively forming receiving channels and a plurality of receiving devices respectively coupled with the plurality of receiving antennas, wherein each of the receiving devices is configured to mix the reception signal from the corresponding receiving antenna with the local signal and is configured to output a mixed signal as the beat signal, and wherein said signal processor is further configured to: shift the phases of the reception signals received at the plurality of receiving antennas by selecting each of the plurality of receiving devices in order with a selecting period that is less than a half of the predetermined sampling period, perform a predetermined phase compensation on the sampled beat signals for each of the receiver channels, and calculate an azimuth of the target based on the compensated phases of the beat signals. | 40,838 |
9,841,740 | 1. A computer-implemented method to implement at least one automation rule, comprising: generating the at least one automation rule based on learning a behavior of a user over a pre-determined time, wherein the at least one automation rule controls at least one aspect of an automation system associated with the learned behavior; determining at least one implementation parameter, where the implementation parameter comprises at least one of the speed of the automation rule execution, the scalability of the at least one automation rule, the flexibility of automation rule conditions, or the ease of automation of rule modification; determining a storage location of the at least one automation rule based on optimizing the at least one implementation parameter, and the learned behavior; selecting an execution origination point of the at least one automation rule based on optimizing the at least one implementation parameter, the learned behavior, and the storage location; and controlling a device based on the selected execution origination point. | 49,408 |
8,427,339 | 1. An information provision system for providing an occupant of the vehicle with information, comprising: an information center including at least an information center controller, an information center data storage, and an information center wireless communication mechanism; and an in-vehicle apparatus including at least an in-vehicle apparatus controller, an in-vehicle apparatus data storage, and an in-vehicle wireless communication mechanism, an in-vehicle apparatus wireless communication mechanism, a vehicle position detector, and an output mechanism, the in-vehicle apparatus and the information center operable to communicate with each other by a wireless communication between the in-vehicle wireless apparatus communication mechanism and the information center wireless communication mechanism, wherein: the information center data storage stores a communication position information item to indicate a plurality of communication positions at which the in-vehicle apparatus is allowed to execute the wireless communication between the in-vehicle apparatus and the information center; the information center data storage stores, with respect to each of the plurality of communication positions, (i) a communication position information item for indicating the each of the communication positions, (ii) a notification position information item for indicating a notification position, and (iii) a notification information item which is notified to the occupant of the vehicle at the notification position, in association with each other; the information center controller causes the information center wireless mechanism to distribute to the in-vehicle apparatus, by the wireless communication, the communication position information item, which indicates the plurality of communication positions; the information center wireless communication mechanism acquires a reached communication position information item indicating a reached communication position, which is a communication position, from among the plurality of communication positions, that is reached by the vehicle, from the in-vehicle apparatus wireless mechanism using the wireless communication; the information center controller, with respect to the acquired reached communication position information item, causes the information center wireless mechanism to distribute a notification position information item and a notification information item from among the notification position information items and the notification information items stored in the information center data storage, to the in-vehicle apparatus using the wireless communication; the vehicle position detector acquires a vehicle position information item indicating a present position of the vehicle; the in-vehicle apparatus wireless communication mechanism acquires the communication position information item, which is distributed by the information center wireless mechanism using the wireless communication; the in-vehicle apparatus controller determines whether the vehicle reaches a communication position, based on (i) the communication positions indicated by the acquired communication position information item, and (ii) a present position of the vehicle indicated by the acquired vehicle position information item; the in-vehicle apparatus controller causes the in-vehicle apparatus wireless mechanism to transmit the reached communication position information item indicating the reached communication, when the in-vehicle apparatus controller determines that the vehicle reaches the one of the several communication positions, to the information center using the wireless communication; the in-vehicle apparatus wireless communication mechanism acquires the notification position information item and the notification information item, both of which are distributed by the information center wireless communication mechanism using the wireless communication; the in-vehicle apparatus controller determines whether the vehicle reaches the notification position, based on (i) the notification position indicated by the acquired notification position information item (ii) the present position of the vehicle indicated by the acquired vehicle position information item; and the in-vehicle apparatus controller causes the output mechanism to notify the occupant of the vehicle of contents indicated by the acquired notification information item when the in-vehicle apparatus controller determines that the vehicle reaches the notification position. | 15,800 |
9,000,769 | 1. A process for producing an electrochemical sensor, comprising: exposing a carbon-based sensor electrode and a reference electrode to an aqueous solution; cyclically applying an electric potential to the sensor electrode versus the reference electrode, wherein cyclically applying the electric potential comprises: measuring an electrochemical capacitance between the carbon-based sensor electrode and the reference electrode during the second time period; and stopping the cyclical application of the electric potential when the measured electrochemical capacitance reaches a predefined electrochemical capacitance value. | 26,690 |
9,759,816 | 1. A time distribution device for receiving and distributing a time signal, comprising: a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver suitable for receiving a first time signal from a first GNSS constellation and a second time signal from a second GNSS constellation; a local time source suitable for providing a local time signal; a time quality module configured to: a time output for distributing a time signal to a receiving device. | 22,533 |
8,869,556 | 1. A ring comprising: a. a metal support having a band and a flat, rounded plate integrally mounted to the band, a plane of the plate lying normal to a plane of the band, the plate having an upper surface and a lower surface with an upstanding, peripheral rim normally projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the plate, a top edge of the rim substantially aligned with a top edge of the band; b. a design embossed on the upper surface of the plate; c. a transparent, hollow, dome having an open mouth, the dome composed of a material selected from the group consisting of natural sapphire, synthetic sapphire, sapphire glass, and combinations thereof; d. a region of the dome at an outside surface adjacent the open mouth being planar to conform to the upstanding, peripheral rim of the flat, rounded plate; e. a transparent plate co-extensive with and sealed to the flat, rounded plate, the transparent plate sealed at its periphery into the open mouth of the dome, lying co-planar with and sealing the dome in a liquid tight manner to the upstanding, peripheral rim of the flat, rounded plate; f. a liquid of preselected specific gravity and viscosity, the liquid filling an interior of the dome; and g. a plurality of objects immersed in the liquid; whereby the plurality of objects disperse in the liquid responsive to agitation or disturbance and slowly settle by gravity to a lowest point of the dome after the agitation or disturbance ceases and together with the upper surface of the flat, rounded plate are visible through the dome. | 25,707 |
8,415,050 | 1. A secondary battery including an electrode assembly, having pluralities of electrode tabs joined to electrode leads, mounted in a receiving part of a battery case, wherein the battery case has concave steps formed at the inner upper end of the receiving part thereof between electrode tab-electrode lead coupling portions of the electrode assembly and at the inner opposite sides of the receiving part thereof corresponding to the opposite sides of the electrode assembly such that the electrode assembly is in tight contact with the concave steps. | 38,970 |
9,048,595 | 1. An apparatus for an assembled multipiece electrical connector, comprising: a one piece body having a top wall and a pair of opposing, downwardly depending side walls, said body being fabricated from a resilient material, said side walls being elastically expandable in a first direction from a free state to an expanded state, the distance in the first direction between the inner faces of the body side walls in the free state being about the same as the corresponding external distance in the first direction between opposing external sides of the assembled connector, said body including a removal feature having an aperture configured to receive a tool therein and thereby useful for elastically expanding said side walls in the first direction; wherein said to wall and said side walls define a substantially open interior having a shape generally complementary to the external shape of portions of the assembled electrical connector; and wherein said body side walls are first body side walls, and which further comprises a pair of second body side walls downwardly extending from said top wall in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction. | 47,026 |
8,822,671 | 1. A ribonucleoside, a ribonucleotide, or a derivative thereof having a protective group at the 2′-position, wherein the protective group is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein O* represents an oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group at the 2′ position of the ribonucleoside, the ribonucleotide, or the derivative thereof, R R R R wherein the derivative thereof is the ribonucleoside or the ribonucleotide having a 2-cyanoethyldiisopropyl phosphoramidite protecting group at the 3′ position and/or a 4,4′-dimethoxytrityl group at the 5′ position, or having a 1,1,3,3-tetraisopropyldisiloxane-1,3diyl protecting group attached to both the 3′ position and the 5′ position to form a cyclic structure. | 22,650 |
9,460,097 | 1. An apparatus being connectable to a computer and another apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a computer program on the apparatus being configured to execute a file system virtualization process to create a first structure information of a first file system managed by the apparatus based on a second structure information of a second file system received from the other apparatus and to manage one or more virtualized files of the first structure information of the first file system, the second structure information of the other apparatus linking among one or more directories and one or more files existing in the second file system managed by the other apparatus, wherein, upon an instruction to start a file system migration process, the apparatus is configured to execute the instructed file system migration process to migrate file content data for each of the one or more virtualized files of the first structure information of the first file system from a respective associated file existing in the second file system of the other apparatus, | 40,354 |
8,884,029 | 1. A dye for a photoelectric conversion device, comprising a cyanine compound represented by Chemical formula (3): wherein: ring A is a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a benzene ring having one or more substituent groups, or a naphthalene ring having one or more substituent groups; R5 to R10 and R12 to R14 are independently a hyrdrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group having one or more substituent groups, an alkoxy group having one or more substituent groups, or a group represented by Chemical formula (2); at least one of R5 and R6 and at least one of R7 and R8 may be respectively detached to form an unsaturated bond, or may be respectively linked with each other to form a ring structure; Y1 and Y2 are each an anchor group represented by —R19-Z1, where R19 is an alkylene group, and Z1 is a carboxylic acid group or a carboxylic acid ion group; Q is a linkage group that has a methine chain having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms as a skeleton and that has one or more cyano groups, and if the methine chain has an odd number of carbon atoms, one of the one or more cyano groups is bonded to the center carbon atom of the methine chain; X2 is a group represented by —C(R12)(R13)- or —N(R14)-, a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a selenium atom, or a tellurium atom; An q is 1 or 2, and p is a coefficient to maintain neutral electric charge; and Chemical formula (2) is: where: a bond between L1 and T1 is a double bond or triple bond; L1 represents a carbon atom; T1 represents a carbon atom, an oxygen atom, or a nitrogen atom; x, y, and z are independently 0 or 1; x and y being 0 where T1 is an oxygen atom, and (y+z) is 0 or 1 where T1 is a nitrogen atom; R15 to R17 are independently a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted by one or more halogen atoms; R18 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or an alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted by one or more halogen atoms; R15 and R18/R16 and R17 may be respectively linked with each other to form a ring structure; and n is an integer from 0 to 4; wherein at least one of R9 and R10 of Chemical formula (3) is an alkyl group having from 6 to 25 carbon atoms. | 17,965 |
9,509,666 | 1. A method performed on at least one computing device of a service that is geographically farther away from a client device than an edge server that collaborates with the service, the method comprising: receiving, by the service from the client device, first information that uniquely identifies a user to the service and that indicates a location within the service of data of the user; generating, by the service based on the received first information, second information; directing, by the service in response to the receiving, the client device to an authentication module associated with the service, where the directing includes providing the second information to the client device, where the authentication module is configured for causing a login page to be presented to the client device, where the presented login page is configured for accepting credentials of the user and for facilitating login to the service by the user based on the credentials; receiving, by the service from the edge server subsequent to the directing, a request for the data of the user, where the request includes the provided second information; and caching, at the edge server in response to the received request and based on the provided second information received from the edge server, the data of the user. | 10,072 |
9,841,996 | 1. A multi-thread processor comprising: a plurality of hardware threads for generating a plurality of mutually independent instruction streams, respectively; a scheduler for specifying a hardware thread that is to be performed next among the hardware threads; and a thread waste counter that is provided for each hardware thread in the first group and counts up each time a nondispatchable state occurs when the hardware thread is specified by the thread scheduling, wherein the scheduler performs a thread scheduling of repeating to specify each hardware thread included in a first group among the hardware threads by a number of times set up in advance for the hardware thread and to specify any one of the hardware threads in a second group by a number of times set up in advance for the second group that includes other hardware threads, wherein, when a hardware thread in the first group specified by the thread scheduling is nondispatchable, the scheduler performs a rescheduling of respecifying a hardware thread in the second group instead of the hardware thread of the first group that is nondispatchable, wherein an increasing of execution time of each hardware thread in the first group is predetermined to be less than an increasing of execution time of the second group, and wherein, in a case where the hardware thread in the second group is specified by the thread scheduling, when a count value of any one of the thread waste counters is one or more and the hardware thread in the first group corresponding to the thread waste counter is dispatchable, the scheduler further performs a thread restoration scheduling of respecifying the hardware thread instead of a hardware thread specified by the thread scheduling, and the thread waste counter counts down each time the corresponding hardware thread in the first group is specified by the thread restoration scheduling. | 32,164 |
9,788,354 | 1. A method of providing an adjustable integration window, the method comprising: storing, two or more sensor data points representative of glucose values measured by a sensor, in a memory buffer to create an integrated data point, wherein each of the sensor data points is associated with a time stamp and the stored data points define an integration window; receiving, from a reference glucose monitor, a reference value associated with a time stamp; adjusting the integration window to correspond to the time stamp for the reference value; using a calibration function to match the reference value with sensor data points falling within the adjusted integration window; and calibrating the integrated data point to generate an estimated analyte value, wherein the estimated analyte value is displayed on a display device. | 21,706 |
8,842,526 | 1. A method for handling error recovery at a user equipment, the method comprising: maintaining a first communication channel and a second communication channel between the user equipment and a radio access network; storing a plurality of control messages in one or more buffers for transmission over the first communication channel; detecting if the first communication channel is disabled; initiating a recovery procedure using the second communication channel, wherein the recovery procedure comprises restoring the first communication channel using the second communication channel; sending a further message to one of the one or more buffers for transmission on the restored first communication channel as part of said procedure; and in response to detecting that the first communication channel is disabled, moderating control messages stored in the one or more buffers by one or both of: selecting a subset of un-transmitted control messages from a plurality of un-transmitted control messages in the one or more buffers, and discarding said subset of un-transmitted control messages from the one or more buffers, wherein the step of discarding is implemented upon initiating the recovery procedure or during the recovery procedure; and restricting the supply of control messages to the one or more buffers. | 30,156 |
9,104,422 | 1. An image processing apparatus included in a system including another image processing apparatus, configured to transition, when not performing a job, to an electric power saving mode including a first electric power saving mode when functioning as a main apparatus in the system and a second electric power saving mode, whose electric power consumption is lower than that of the first electric power saving mode, when functioning as a slave apparatus, comprising: a status obtaining unit which obtains status information indicating the status of the other image processing apparatus; a function determining unit which determines whether the image processing apparatus is to function as the main apparatus or the slave apparatus based on the status of the other image processing apparatus which is obtained when the image processing apparatus is performing a job; a function control unit which controls the function of the image processing apparatus based on the determination by the function determining unit; and an instruction sending unit which sends an instruction to have the other image processing apparatus function as the slave apparatus when the image processing apparatus is determined to function as the main apparatus, and to have the other image processing apparatus function as the main apparatus when the image processing apparatus is determined to function as the slave apparatus to the other image processing apparatus; wherein the function determining unit determines that the image processing apparatus is to function as the slave apparatus when the other image processing apparatus is at an operating mode at a time when the image processing apparatus functioning as the main apparatus completes the job; wherein provided that the other image processing apparatus is configured to be unable to transition to the second electric power saving mode, the function determining unit determines that the image processing apparatus is to function as the slave apparatus even if the other image processing apparatus is not at an operating mode at a time when the image processing apparatus functioning as the main apparatus completes performing the job; and wherein the instruction sending unit sends the instruction to have the other image processing apparatus function as the main apparatus to the other image processing apparatus. | 4,302 |
8,987,362 | 1. A method for preparing a functionalized polymer comprising the steps of: preparing a pseudo-living polymer by polymerizing conjugated diene monomer with a lanthanide-based catalyst, wherein the lanthanide-based catalyst comprises (a) a lanthanide compound, (b) an alkyl aluminoxane, and (c) a source of halogen; and reacting the pseudo-living polymer with a functionalizing agent defined by the formula: where R | 19,864 |
8,386,374 | 1. An exchange for creating and trading a package of option contracts, the exchange comprising: an exchange backend system, the exchange backend system comprising a processor configured to: and an electronic trading platform in communication with the exchange backend system, the electronic trading platform configured to: | 37,679 |
8,362,631 | 1. A marine energy hybrid comprising: a support structure locatable at or near the surface of a body of water, wherein said support structure comprises a closed-loop hubless support structure, said support structure having an upper track established at an upper region thereof and a lower track established at a lower region thereof; an upper carriage movable along said upper track of said support structure and about a generally vertical axis; at least one upper vane mounted at said upper carriage, wherein said at least one upper vane is configured to induce motion of said upper carriage relative to said upper track of said support structure by reaction with wind; wherein said marine energy hybrid is operable to convert the motion of said upper carriage relative to said upper track of said support structure into usable energy; a lower carriage movable along said lower track of said support structure and movable about said generally vertical axis; at least one lower vane mounted at said lower carriage, wherein said at least one lower vane is configured to induce motion of said lower carriage relative to said lower track of said support structure by reaction with water current; and wherein said marine energy hybrid is operable to convert the motion of said lower carriage relative to said lower track of said support structure into usable energy. | 39,312 |
8,659,621 | 1. A computer-implemented method for organizing drawing objects in a graphics editing application, comprising: scanning for the drawing objects in an initial position of a drawing area of the graphics editing application; determining overlap of the drawing objects on the drawing area; analyzing the overlap of the drawing objects and a force to repel each of the drawing objects on the drawing area to eliminate the overlap; organizing the drawing objects in a second position according to the force to repel each of the drawing objects on the drawing area to eliminate the overlap; wherein organizing the drawing objects in the second position comprises: and subsequent to organizing the drawing objects in the second position, returning the drawing objects to the initial position. | 18,972 |
9,612,264 | 1. An unmanned aerial device for performing a resistance, current and/or voltage measurement at an object, comprising: a contact element with an electrically conductive contact area, configured to be brought into contact with a surface of the object, and an electrically conductive measurement cable having a first end connected in an electrically conductive manner to the contact area, and a second end configured to be connected to a resistance, current and/or voltage measuring device and/or a grounding contact of the object. | 6,754 |
8,613,697 | 1. An incubator or thermotherapy device comprising: a reclining surface; limiting walls above said reclining surface and including an upper limiting wall; discharge channels for air, said discharge channels being provided along each of two long sides of said reclining surface and along a front side of said reclining surface; a guide means with guide elements set in said discharge channels at discharge angles, said guide elements being set in parallel to one another with said discharge angles in relation to said reclining surface of 90°+/−15° for said guide elements disposed adjacent to one of said limiting walls; deflecting means with spoilers set at deflection angles in relation to said reclining surface of 90°+/−15°, said spoilers being located along each of said two long sides of said reclining surface and on said front side of said reclining surface; and an exhaust unit located opposite the front side and positioned under said upper limiting wall for exhausting air, said discharge channels having an air discharge velocity from said discharge channels from 0.05 m/sec to 1.0 m/sec. | 37,051 |
8,646,425 | 1. A valve mechanism for a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, comprising two gas exchange poppet valves ( 10 , 12 ) mounted in a cylinder head, a bridge ( 122 ) acting on the two valves, a cam for actuating the two valves, a slider ( 124 ) movable by the cam and slidable relative to the bridge ( 122 ), and a hydraulically controlled locking system having a latched position in which the slider ( 124 ) transmits the force of the cam to the bridge ( 122 ) to actuate the two valves ( 10 , 12 ) and a released position in which the valves are deactivated and the slider ( 124 ) slides freely relative to the bridge ( 122 ), characterised in that the slider ( 124 ) is urged towards the cam by a spring ( 134 ) acting between the slider and the cylinder head. | 1,548 |
8,359,490 | 1. A memory controller coupled to a DRAM comprising: a delay control section including a delay holding section, and coupled to the DRAM to output a delay set value to the DRAM; and a delay adjustment section coupled to the DRAM to receive data from the DRAM, and to arrange a delay amount of the received data based on the delay set value, wherein the delay set value is stored in both the delay holding section of the memory controller and the DRAM. | 24,130 |
9,371,545 | 1. A consortium of microorganisms capable of hydrolyzing cellulose, characterized in that it comprises: a mixture of a mixture of a mixture of a mixture of a mixture of | 22,791 |
9,404,690 | 1. A water heater assembly comprising: a water storage tank; a condenser coil routed under the water storage tank; and a condenser coil holder comprising a first portion formed to have a shape that is substantially complementary to a shape of a bottom surface of the water storage tank so as to hold the condenser coil against the bottom surface of the water storage tank, a second portion formed as a base for the first portion, a channel portion formed between the first portion and the second portion, and at least one condenser coil-accommodating groove open to the bottom surface of the water storage tank and extending outward from a center of a top of the first portion, traversing the channel portion and ending at least partially through the second portion to direct at least one part of the condenser coil below another part of the condenser coil, wherein the shape of the bottom surface of the water storage tank is concave and the shape of the condenser coil holder is convex, and wherein the condenser coil extends to the center of the top of the first portion and spirals outward to the outer perimeter of the tank bottom. | 2,476 |
8,701,158 | 1. An information processing system comprising: a first and second plurality of information processing apparatuses, each of the information processing apparatuses including a transmitter and a verification circuit; and a plurality of authentication servers communicably connected to the first and second plurality of information processing apparatuses via one or more networks, wherein the first and second plurality of information processing apparatuses and the plurality of authentication servers are grouped into a plurality of groups including at least a first group and a second group, the first group includes the first plurality of information processing apparatuses and a first authentication server communicably connected to each other, the first authentication server is configured to store user information of one or more users that use the information processing apparatuses in the first group, the first authentication server is configured to authenticate users that use each of the information processing apparatuses in the first group by comparing the stored user information and user information input by a user to any one of the first plurality of information processing apparatuses, and when the stored user information and the input user information input are identical, the first authentication server is configured to issue a user verification success to the information processing apparatus that transmitted the user information to the first authentication server, and the information processing apparatus is configured to allow the user to use the information processing apparatus, the second group includes the second plurality of information processing apparatuses and a second authentication server connected to each other, the second authentication server is configured to store user information of one or more users that use the information processing apparatuses in the second group, the second authentication server is configured to authenticate users that use each of the information processing apparatuses in the second group by comparing the stored user information and user information input by a user to any one of the second plurality of information processing apparatuses, and when the stored user information and the input user information input are identical, the second authentication server is configured to issue a user verification success to the information processing apparatus that transmitted the user information to the second authentication server, and the information processing apparatus is configured to allow the user to use the information processing apparatus, when one information processing apparatus requests another information processing apparatus to execute a given processing: | 22,457 |
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