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8,828,780 | 1. A method of manufacturing a substrate for a photoelectric conversion device, the method comprising: forming a first transparent conductive film on a substrate; forming a second transparent conductive film such that an etching rate is low compared with the first transparent conductive film at a later etching step; wet-etching the second and first transparent conductive films to form recesses that pierce through the second transparent conductive film, such that bottoms of the recesses are present in the first transparent conductive film; and at the forming of the first transparent conductive film, after forming a third transparent conductive film on the substrate such that an etching rate is low compared with the first transparent conductive film at the later etching step, the first transparent conductive film is formed on the third transparent conductive film; and at the wet etching, the recesses piercing through the second and first transparent conductive films are formed such that the third transparent conductive film is a stopper. | 33,839 |
9,448,984 | 1. A location method for an electronic document in a keyboard type terminal, comprising: generating a directory listing for an electronic document, and storing the directory listing; detecting a keyboard input under a reading interface of a current chapter and section of the electronic document; in response to at least part of a to-be-switched chapter and section number inputted from a user, immediately matching the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number with directory entries in the stored directory listing, and displaying the matched directory entry; generating a preview of a chapter and section corresponding to the to-be-switched chapter and section number according to the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number inputted by the user, and displaying the preview to the user; and in response to a confirmation of switching to the chapter and section from the user, switching to the previewed chapter and section, wherein the step of generating the preview of the chapter and section corresponding to the to-be-switched chapter and section number according to the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number inputted by the user and displaying the preview of the chapter and section to the user, comprises: determining the number of matched directory entries according to the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number; when there is one matched directory entry, generating a preview of a chapter and section corresponding to the directory entry and displaying the preview of the chapter and section to the user; when there are two or more matched directory entries, waiting the user to select a to-be-switched chapter and section from the matched directory entries, and in response to the selection of the user, generating a preview of the selected chapter and section and displaying the preview of the selected chapter and section to the user, wherein the directory listing is composed of directory entries of multiple levels, and the chapter and section number is represented as the following: a number of a highest-level directory entry to which the chapter and section is belonged, a number of a second-highest-level directory entry to which the chapter and section is belonged, . . . , and a number of a lowest-level directory entry to which the chapter and section is belonged; and wherein a default input sequence of the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number inputted by the user is represented by default as both from the highest-level directory entry to the lowest-level directory entry in the directory listing and from the lowest-level directory entry to the highest-level directory entry; when the user inputs the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number, treating the first number of the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number as the number of the highest-level directory entry to which the chapter and section is belonged, and immediately matching the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number with directory entries in the stored directory listing; and treating the first number of the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number as the number of the lowest-level directory entry to which the chapter and section is belonged, and immediately matching the at least part of the to-be-switched chapter and section number with directory entries in the stored directory listing. | 1,476 |
9,749,200 | 1. A method for detecting an application in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving and inspecting, by a deep packet inspection (DPI) device, a packet; detecting flows from the packet using a predefined signature; granting a score to each of the detected flows, and summing the granted scores by integrating the detected flows for each application; comparing the summed score of the flows integrated for each application with a preset value; determining that an application is detected, if the summed score is greater than the preset value; and allocating a resource to a communication terminal based on a result of the determining. | 4,731 |
9,620,793 | 1. A hybrid system comprising: a fuel cell device; and a thermoacoustic cooler, wherein the thermoacoustic cooler includes: a heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between an exhaust gas emitted from the fuel cell device and a fluid and lowers a temperature of the exhaust gas, wherein the exhaust gas emitted from the fuel cell device flows to the heat exchanger after flowing through the high-temperature side of the thermoacoustic energy generating section and wherein the fluid flows through the high-temperature side of the cooling section and the fluid flows to the heat exchanger after flowing through the high-temperature side of the cooling section. | 27,540 |
9,194,130 | 1. An elongated rail system for attaching an object to a roof structure, comprising: an elongated rail having: an elastic membrane bonded to the base of the elongated rail; a riser removably attached to the elongated rail via a fastener having a head, the fastener head being configured to slidingly engage within the channel, the fastener being configured to secure the riser in a fixed position as the fastener head is tightened against a wall of the channel; and a plurality of fasteners configured to secure the elongated rail to the roof structure; wherein the elastic membrane prevents moisture from reaching the roof structure. | 36,909 |
8,549,847 | 1. An exhaust gas purifying device comprising an upstream cylinder connected to an exhaust pipe of an engine mounted on a vehicle body and accommodating an oxidation catalyst for performing oxidation treatment of harmful substances contained in exhaust gas; a downstream cylinder disposed downstream of said upstream cylinder to emit the exhaust gas; a filter cylinder provided between said upstream cylinder and said downstream cylinder and accommodating a filter for capturing particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas; a temperature detector mounted on said upstream cylinder and constituted by a sensor portion for detecting the temperature of the exhaust gas and a connector portion provided at a distal end portion of a harness extending from said sensor portion; an upstream side conduit which has a base end connected to said upstream cylinder and through which pressure within said upstream cylinder is led; a downstream side conduit which has a base end connected to said downstream cylinder and through which pressure within said downstream cylinder is led; and a pressure detector provided by being connected to a distal end of said upstream side conduit and to a distal end of said downstream side conduit so as to detect front and rear pressures of said filter, and a support member to collectively support said connector portion of said temperature detector and said pressure detector disposed on an outer peripheral side of said upstream cylinder at an upstream position of said oxidation catalyst. | 5,823 |
9,040,311 | 1. A method of forming a calibration assembly, the method comprising: forming at least one calibration trench within an outer layer, wherein said calibration trench extends along a y-axis; forming an encapsulation layer within said calibration trench; providing a plurality of nanoparticles spaced apart along said y-axis in said encapsulation layer, wherein each of said plurality of nanoparticles are provided at a known y-axis locations in said calibration trench, and wherein each of said plurality of nanoparticles have a known magnetic property; and curing said encapsulation layer such that said plurality of nanoparticles are encapsulated within said encapsulation layer at said known y-axis locations. | 27,376 |
9,310,109 | 1. A method to transfer thermal energy from a heat source to a heat dump, the method comprising: applying at least one electric field across a first electrocaloric effect material layer and across a second electrocaloric effect material layer of a heat transfer device in thermal contact with the heat source and the heat dump; and in response to the applied at least one electric field, transferring thermal energy between the first electrocaloric effect material layer and the second electrocaloric effect material layer in a direction from the heat source toward the heat dump while restricting thermal energy transfer in a direction from the heat dump toward the heat source and at least partially canceling a dimensional change of the first electrocaloric effect material layer due to expansion by a dimensional change of the second electrocaloric effect material layer due to contraction so as to maintain an approximate total length of the heat transfer device. | 39,575 |
9,201,620 | 1. A device management terminal comprising: an imaging section that images an electronic device placed at an installation location; a specific information acquisition section that acquires, from a server, specific information for specifying the electronic device that is being imaged; a status information acquisition section that acquires status information from the electronic device that is being imaged based on the specific information; and a display section that displays, on a screen, the acquired status information together with the electronic device that is being imaged, wherein: the specific information acquisition section establishes connection to the server to acquire the specific information from the server; the specific information acquisition section terminates the connection with the server when the specific information acquisition section has acquired the specific information from the server; and the status information acquisition section establishes, after terminating the connection with the server, connection to the electronic device based on the acquired specific information to acquire the status information from the electronic device. | 44,168 |
9,809,217 | 1. A control device for a hybrid vehicle, applied to a hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine; a motor-generator; an output portion that outputs torque to a drive wheel; a differential mechanism having a plurality of rotating elements that are differentially rotatable with respect to one another, the engine being joined to one of the plurality of rotating elements, the motor-generator being joined to another one of the plurality of rotating elements, and the output portion being joined to yet another one of the plurality of rotating elements; and a selectable one-way clutch comprising a rotating member that can receive a reaction torque of the engine and that is provided to the differential mechanism, and that can be changed over between a locked mode in which, in the state of receiving the reaction torque, it prohibits positive rotation of the rotating member while permitting negative rotation of the rotating member in the direction opposite to the positive rotation, and a free mode in which, in the state of receiving the reaction torque, it permits both the positive rotation and the negative rotation of the rotating member; wherein, if a traveling state of the hybrid vehicle is a specified traveling state in which greater change than a reference value of a torque upon the output portion due to input to the drive wheel from a road surface over which the vehicle is traveling has occurred a plural number of times within a predetermined time interval, then, when the selectable one-way clutch is in the locked mode, it is changed over to the free mode, and, when the selectable one-way clutch is in the free mode, it is kept in the free mode. | 2,987 |
8,499,074 | 1. A method for accessing files stored in a storage access network (SAN), wherein the files may be accessed through at least two different links to the storage access network, the method comprising the steps of: accessing a first portion of a first file through a first link; determining a time for accessing said first portion of the first file and an amount of accessed data for the first portion of the first file; comparing the determined time, the determined data amount or an access rate calculated from the determined time and determined data amount, with an expected value; if the difference from the comparing step exceeds a predetermined threshold indicative of an unexpected long time, a low data amount or a low access rate, performing an analysis, the analysis comprising a first or a second analysis procedure, wherein the first analysis procedure comprises the steps of: and wherein the second analysis procedure comprises the steps of: determining whether link problems or file system problems appear more frequently, and based on the determination performing either the first or the second analysis procedure; wherein if link problems appear more frequently, the first analysis procedure is performed, and if file system problems appear more frequently, the second analysis procedure is performed. | 48,825 |
9,031,625 | 1. A superconducting wire comprising: a free standing linear superconductor consisting of a superconducting material, wherein the linear superconductor comprises a linear core and a whorl located on outer surface of the linear core and extending helically around an axial direction of the linear core, and a groove is defined along the whorl and extends helically around the axial direction of the linear core; and a carbon nanotube structure located on the linear superconductor and arranged helically along an axial direction of the linear superconductor, wherein the carbon nanotube structure is a carbon nanotube strip helically extending to form a free standing hollow pipe, and a gap is defined by spirals of the carbon nanotube strip and helically extends as a manner of the of the carbon nanotube strip. | 5,099 |
8,955,470 | 1. A gas-liquid mixing nozzle comprising: an internal air discharge path which discharges air toward a center portion of a nozzle discharge opening; an external air discharge path which discharges air from the outer edge portion of the nozzle discharge opening; at least one liquid introduction path which is disposed between the internal air discharge path and the external air discharge path and introduces liquid into the nozzle discharge opening, the liquid introduction path comprising a water introduction path for introducing water as one main component of the liquid and a fuel introduction path for introducing fuel as another main component of the liquid; and an impact member with which a mixture of the air and the liquid mixed with each other in outlets of the internal air discharge path and the liquid introduction path collides so that the mixture of the air and the liquid becomes mist with finer particles, the external air discharge path discharging a mixture of the air and the mist from the nozzle discharge opening, and the impact member including a penetration hole formed along a center axis of the impact member extending from the rear end portion of the impact member to the front end portion of the impact member, the rear end of the penetration hole communicating with an internal space of the internal air discharge path. | 44,925 |
8,760,514 | 1. A device having a built-in digital data device powered by an unlimited power source that supplies unlimited power to the device, said device including a light device, wherein: said digital data device includes at least one camera having means for capturing images, data, or sound at a desired shooting angle, resolution, color, brightness, and sharpness; means for storing the images, data, or sound into a memory; and wireless communications means for wirelessly transmitting the images, data, or sound to at least one of a communication device, computer device, phone, receiver device, and display device, said digital data device further includes components selected from lenses, optical components, electrical components, mechanical components, circuitry, an integrated circuit (IC), data delivery means, data storage means, a USB port, a cable, a microphone, record means, display means, sensor means, PIR means, IR means, night vision means, flash means, a switch means, motion detect means, sound detect means, a photo sensor, a motor, and tracking means, said light device includes a housing, means for emitting light beams, said light device supplied with power from said power source by circuitry including at least one of a controller, switch, sensor, conductors, integrated circuit, and a remote controller, said light device further is selected from a night light, desk lamp, floor lamp, down light, ceiling light, track light, security light, projection light, outdoor light, indoor light, LED light fixture, LED light bar, LED picture light, LED closet light, LED door light, LED garage light, LED motion sensor light, LED power failure light, LED light with auto tracking, LED patio light, and LED light device, and said light device is connected with the power source by one of prongs, a conductive wire with a plug extending from the light device, a USB adaptor, a transformer device, and an inductor device. | 41,062 |
8,709,919 | 1. A method for synthesizing an array of metal nanowires adapted to support localized plasmon resonances, comprising the following steps: a) arranging a planar substrate of dielectric material; b) depositing a polycrystalline metal film on the substrate; and c) irradiating the metal film with a defocused beam of noble gas ions under high vacuum, including: c1) producing a corrugation on a metal film surface, formed by a plurality of mutually parallel nanoscale self-organized corrugations; c2) subsequently increasing accumulated ion doses and increasing a height of peaks of the self-organized corrugations relative to valleys interposed therebetween; c3) then further increasing the accumulated ion doses and eroding the polycrystalline metal film and exposing the substrate at the valleys and mutually disconnecting the self-organized corrugations, generating said array of metal nanowires; and c4) further increasing the accumulated ion doses and reducing the cross-section by reducing a longitudinal width of nanowires of the array of nanowires in a controlled manner, and adjusting a position of the localized plasmon resonances which can be associated thereto to lower wavelengths, wherein, during ion irradiating, the polycrystalline metal film and substrate temperature is controlled and kept below a level of decaying of the self-organized corrugations or nanowires by diffusive relaxation. | 42,837 |
8,812,261 | 1. A method to automatically provide a virtual sensor in real-time, comprising: providing a plurality of virtual sensor templates to a display on a computer system, the plurality of virtual sensor templates include different types of data tags and associated parameters of process recipes; selecting, based on user input received with the computer system, one or more virtual sensor templates from a plurality of virtual sensor templates, each virtual sensor template including the one or more selected virtual sensor templates having an algorithm to provide a desired functionality including at least one of fault detection, error detection, and process monitoring in real-time during data collection for semiconductor manufacturing; selecting, with the computer system, at least one parameter to configure the one or more selected virtual sensor templates; and automatically creating a first virtual sensor configured from the one or more selected virtual sensor templates. | 16,533 |
8,750,066 | 1. A method for operating a memory array, comprising: acquiring a temperature associated with the memory array, the memory array comprises a cross-point memory array and includes a plurality of word lines arranged in a first direction and a plurality of bit lines arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of word lines includes a selected word line and a plurality of unselected word lines, the plurality of bit lines includes a selected bit line and a plurality of unselected bit lines, the memory array includes a first storage element disposed between the selected word line and the selected bit line, the memory array includes a plurality of unselected storage elements disposed between the plurality of unselected word lines and the plurality of unselected bit lines; applying a first voltage difference across the plurality of unselected storage elements based on the temperature; and setting the first storage element into a first state while performing the applying a first voltage difference across the plurality of unselected storage elements, the setting the first storage element into a first state includes applying a second voltage difference across the first storage element. | 24,874 |
8,351,973 | 1. A method implemented in a mobile station, comprising: receiving, at a processing unit of the mobile station, data for sending to a destination device; sending, via a transceiver of the mobile station, the data to the destination device via short message service (SMS) over service access point identifier 0 (SAPI-0) of a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) mobile network, where SAPI-0 comprises a service access point associated with a data link layer of a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) GSM mobile network, where the mobile station is associated with a vehicle; and initiating a voice call to the destination device, wherein the data comprises a minimum set of data including a geographic location data associated with the mobile station, wherein the voice call comprises an emergency call and wherein the destination device comprises a public safety answering point (PSAP). | 46,379 |
9,446,996 | 1. A reactor for reacting at least two liquid materials, comprising: an enclosed reactor housing; a feeding tube having at least two liquid material inlets, each inlet for receiving a corresponding liquid material; a distribution tube fluidly communicating with the feeding tube and extending into the reactor housing, the distribution tube having a plurality of distribution holes in a portion thereof extending into the reactor housing; a rotating bed in form of a hollow cylinder, the rotating bed disposed in the reactor housing via a fixing mechanism so as to divide an inner cavity of the reactor housing into a central area and an outer area, the rotating bed being capable of rotating when driven by a driving mechanism; and an outlet provided in a lower portion of the reactor housing for outputting product after reaction, wherein the distribution tube extends into the central area spaced away from inner surface of the rotating bed so that the at least two liquid materials enter into the outer area from the central area through the rotating bed; and a stationary bed fixedly connected to the reactor, located in the outer area inside the reactor housing and spaced away from an outer side of the rotating bed. | 20,565 |
9,170,904 | 1. A method for injecting I/O faults, comprising: providing a simulated computing environment, wherein the simulated computing environment includes a simulated operating system; accessing the simulated computing environment with a fault injector; and injecting I/O faults into the simulated computing environment, wherein injecting the I/O faults into the simulated computing environment includes injecting the I/O faults into an I/O portion of the simulated operating system. | 3,700 |
8,486,573 | 1. A fuel cell component, comprising: a fuel cell component surface; and an energizeable coating on at least a portion of said fuel cell component surface, said energizeable coating being selectively energizeable to at least partially break a bond between any layer of ice and said portion of said fuel cell component surface. | 34,064 |
8,879,391 | 1. A method of determining a state of a path in a network, the method comprising: observing at a network node of the network a rate of throughput over a time interval for at least a portion of the path; determining, at the network node of the network, derivations associated with a characteristic of at least one of frames and traffic flows that are communicated over at least the portion of the path; determining a state of congestion of the path in response to the observed rate of throughput as compared to a bandwidth profile of the path and the derivations; and determining a dynamic bandwidth profile through the network node using the derivations. | 1,170 |
9,763,542 | 1. A jar retainer mechanism for a blending appliance, comprising: a housing having an upper housing member and a base portion with a jar receiving portion defined therebetween; a blender jar configured to be laterally received in the jar receiving portion, the blender jar having an engagement tab disposed on a jar base portion, wherein the engagement tab includes a ramped surface and an abutment surface; and an articulating arm coupled to the base portion of the housing and operable between engaged and disengaged positions, wherein the articulating arm includes a latch member configured to engage the engagement tab of the blender jar when the articulating arm is in the engaged position. | 48,627 |
9,636,757 | 1. A cutting tool for cutting into a golf club face, the cutting tool comprising: a first groove cutting portion; a second groove cutting portion; at least one radius cutting portion; at least one micro-feature forming portion; a first face cutting portion disposed between the first and second groove cutting portions; and a second face cutting portion, wherein the at least one micro-feature forming portion is disposed on the first face cutting portion, wherein each of the first and second face cutting portions is wider than each of the first and second groove cutting portions, wherein the first face cutting portion extends approximately perpendicular to the first and second groove cutting portions, wherein the at least one micro-feature forming portion has a depth that is less than a depth of the first groove cutting portion, and wherein the cutting tool spins around an axis parallel to the golf club face. | 44,296 |
9,218,916 | 1. A power storage device comprising: an electrode comprising an active material layer; a separator; and an electrolyte, wherein the active material layer comprises an active material and a layer of graphene, and wherein the graphene comprises at least one hole inside a ring-like structure formed by carbon and a halogen, and wherein lithium ions are capable of passing through the hole. | 4,897 |
9,286,257 | 1. A bus interconnect, comprising: an interconnect network configurable to connect at least one master port among a plurality of master ports to at least one slave port; and a controller configured to generate a bus interconnect clock signal to clock the interconnect network; wherein the controller is configured to: | 14,205 |
9,509,718 | 1. A storage system for application servers that utilizes a network-attached storage device rather than merely utilizing each application server's local storage, comprising: a network-attached storage device comprising a plurality of files that includes one or more server status files and a plurality of server applications in a plurality of network zone directories, wherein each of the plurality of network zone directories corresponds to one of a plurality of network zones, and wherein access is restricted between each of the plurality of network zones; and one or more application servers in each of the plurality of network zones, the one or more application servers communicatively coupled to the network-attached storage device via a local area network enabled through the Ethernet, | 23,601 |
8,537,726 | 1. A method for secure data transmission between at least a first and a second station of a communications system designed for serial data transmission between said stations, with the first station comprising a first evaluator and the second station comprising a second evaluator, the method comprising: transmitting a data report from the first station to the second station; checking said data report by means of the second evaluator arranged in the second station; transmitting an acknowledgement report from the second station to the first station depending on the results of the check of the data report; and checking the acknowledgement report by means of the first evaluator arranged in the first station, wherein a redundant evaluation of safety-oriented data is performed, wherein said safety-oriented data serves to control safety-relevant processes of a machine or installation; wherein in said evaluation the first and second evaluators respectively form one part of a corresponding pair of evaluators for achieving a shared redundancy, wherein each of the first and second evaluators is adapted to incorporate a functionality of the respective other evaluator; and wherein said functionality comprises the ability to evaluate at least one of safety-oriented input data of a sensor and safety-oriented output data of an actuator. | 49,143 |
9,123,299 | 1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) units to supply light to the liquid crystal panel; and a scan line and a light emission data line connected to each LED unit, wherein the scan line and the light emission data line transfer a scan signal and a light emission data current, respectively, wherein each LED unit includes: | 26,223 |
9,766,086 | 1. A system for managing waste services by a service vehicle, comprising: a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle; a sensor configured to generate a service signal indicative of a waste service being performed by the service vehicle; an input device; and | 5,064 |
9,633,060 | 1. A memory-efficient and processor-efficient computer system for reliable implementation of a table data cache proxy, the system comprising: a plurality of data server computers each being programmed with a table data service accessible via an electronic messaging protocol; a table data cache proxy enabled (TDCP-enabled) server computer coupled to the one or more data server computers, the TDCP-enabled server computer having a plurality of TDCP clients, the TDCP-enabled server computer caching data from the plurality of data server computers and aggregating subscriptions of the TDCP clients to the plurality of data server computers; the TDCP-enabled server computer comprising: | 20,325 |
9,404,664 | 1. A method for controlling an under surface hydronic heating/cooling system for heating/cooling a plurality of rooms in which liquid is led along a main supply pipe to a supply manifold and distributed in the manifold into under surface heating loops, the under surface heating loops returning to a return manifold, and at least one of the manifolds having actuators for controlling the flow in the under surface heating loops, the method comprising: providing at least one under surface heating loop of said under surface heating loops in each of said plurality of rooms to heat/cool said rooms, modulating a duration of a duty cycle in each said under surface heating loop such that during a duty cycle for each under surface heating loop a flow is on and between duty cycles for each under surface heating loop the flow is off, making at least one of said under surface heating loops in one of said rooms to be a bypass loop, monitoring the actuators in the under surface heating loops, including determining whether the actuators for each of the under surface heating loops is in the open or closed position, and causing the actuator of the bypass loop to be in the open position when the actuators for all of the other under surface heating loops, other than the bypass loop, are in the closed position and causing the actuator of the bypass loop to remain in the open position until at least one of the actuators of the other under surface heating loops is opened. | 16,232 |
8,720,613 | 1. A drill bit ( 10 ) for a rock drilling tool ( 12 ), which drill bit ( 10 ) has a drilling surface ( 10 b ) that is arranged to contact rock during drilling, wherein a longitudinal cross section ( 10 t ) of the drill bit ( 10 ) through the drilling surface ( 10 b ) exhibits the following relationships of L tot (depth)/L tot (5.0) and H(depth)/H(5.0) at the specified depths, where H(depth)/H(5.0) is measured according to a Vickers test and L tot (depth)/L tot (5.0) is measured according to the Palmqvist method described in this document substantially along the drill bit's longitudinal axial centre line (C): if the drill bit ( if the drill bit ( | 9,592 |
9,062,290 | 1. A method for producing cells capable of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from human pluripotent stem cells, comprising the steps of: a) culturing the human pluripotent stem cells, b) differentiating the human pluripotent stem cells into definitive endoderm cells by treating the human pluripotent stem cells with a medium supplemented with a TGF-β receptor agonist, c) differentiating the definitive endoderm cells into pancreatic endoderm cells, and d) differentiating the pancreatic endoderm cells into pancreatic endocrine cells by treating the pancreatic endoderm cells with an inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase. | 14,692 |
8,360,796 | 1. A device for latching a first connector to a complementary second connector, the device including: a female element that is fixed to the first connector and delimits a housing open axially rearward; at least one elastically deformable retaining finger that projects radially inside the housing of the female element; and a male element including a latching front section furnished with a retaining notch, the latching front section being adapted to be inserted axially from a rear of the device toward a front of the device, into the housing of the female element as far as a front latching position in which the retaining finger is received in the retaining notch to immobilize the first connector axially on the second connector, wherein the male element is carried by the second connector, the male element being mounted to slide from the rear of the device toward the front of the device, relative to the second connector from a rear rest position to a front latching position in the female element, and wherein the device includes an unlatching member that is mounted to the male element and is adapted to slide axially from the rear of the device toward the front of the device, between the latching front section and the finger, between a rear rest position and a front unlatching position in which the unlatching member retracts the retaining finger out of the notch. | 40,479 |
9,399,403 | 1. A server for controlling charging and discharging of battery, the server being configured to: obtain electricity pricing information; provide the electricity pricing information to a mobile terminal; receive an instruction from the mobile terminal to charge or discharge a battery, the instruction being generated according to the electricity pricing information; and provide the instruction to a battery management device to charge or discharge the battery, receive information about a residual electric quantity of the battery from the battery management device; provide the received information about the residual electric quantity to the mobile terminal; receive information about a discharging limit from the mobile terminal, the discharging limit being calculated according to the residual electric quantity; and calculate a time scheduled for discharging the battery based on the received information about the discharging limit; wherein the instruction provided to the battery management device includes the discharging limit. | 15,606 |
8,945,255 | 1. A jet engine with an air inlet deflector, the air inlet deflector comprising a curvilinear member that is curvilinear in at least two planes of view, the curvilinear member including a thickness in a radial direction that transitions from a thicker fore section to a thinner aft section and is connected at its rearward end to the jet engine. | 47,633 |
9,740,184 | 1. An apparatus for providing a fail-safe communications standard for a power managed sub-fab, comprising: a sub-fab configured to: operate in a low power state based upon one or more commands received from a sub-fab front end controller; tabulate an energy consumed by the sub-fab during sub-fab operation; receive heartbeat signals sent from the sub-fab front end controller at regular intervals; and operate in a full power operational state in response to failing to receive any heartbeat signals for a specified timeout interval, wherein the sub-fab is further configured to reset setpoints to default values associated with an entry to the full power operational state for at least one of process gas, fuel, cool dry air (CDA), water, temperature, pressure, throttle valve position, or bypass valve position in response to failing to receive any heartbeat signals for the specified timeout interval. | 9,943 |
8,970,594 | 1. A computer supported display screen system comprising: a display in communication with a computer processor, the display operable to display: | 4,430 |
8,353,607 | 1. A lighting or signaling module for emitting a light or signaling beam according to a main direction, comprising a light source, a mirror recovering luminous flux projected by the light source comprising a set of reflecting tiles, the reflective surface of each reflecting tile comprising a first conical segment with two focal points, of which a first focal point is situated on the light source and of which a second focal point is situated, in relation to the reflecting tile in a specific direction in relation to the main direction, each reflecting tile forming an image of the light source at the second focal point, wherein a surface of at least one reflecting tile comprises at least one second conical segment with two focal points of which a first focal point is situated on the light source and of which a second focal point is situated in proximity to the second focal point of the first conical segment with two focal points. | 48,967 |
9,150,805 | 1. A gas product manufacturing system comprising: a processing chamber having at least one port; at least one graphite electrode penetrating the processing chamber through said port, wherein said graphite electrode includes a sealing material diffused in the graphite electrode that creates a seal over an entire exposed surface of the graphite electrode thereby preventing gasses from escaping from the processing chamber through said electrode, and wherein said seal does not interfere with the graphite electrode's ability to conduct electricity; and a seal associated with said port for preventing pressure from inside the processing chamber from expelling material from within the processing chamber through the port. | 11,358 |
8,856,474 | 1. A nonvolatile memory unit comprising: a nonvolatile memory; an interface that at least receives an erase command signal for the nonvolatile memory; a first controller that controls to access the nonvolatile memory, and to erase, based on the erase command signal output from the interface, data stored in the nonvolatile memory; an external input unit which is arranged independently of the interface; a second controller that controls to erase, based on an erase instruction signal output from the external input unit, data stored in the nonvolatile memory; and a change-over circuit that switches between connection of the first controller with the nonvolatile memory and connection of the second controller with the nonvolatile memory, wherein the second controller controls to erase the data in accordance with the erase instruction signal independently of the first controller when one of the first controller and the interface enters one of a disabled state and a state in which reception of the erase command signal is not allowed. | 4,660 |
8,969,390 | 1. A liquid composition consisting of a) from 50 to 99.9% by weight of sorbitan monocaprylate and b) from 1 to 50% by weight of at least one antimicrobial active ingredient selected from the group consisting of the components b1) to b5) | 798 |
9,159,865 | 1. A method of forming a prominence and depression structure, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a substrate; forming a nano structure having a height and a width of a nanometer range; forming a zinc oxide thin film on the substrate on which the nano structure is formed; wet-etching the zinc oxide thin film to preferentially remove the zinc oxide thin film positioned on the nano structure and having relatively low physical compactness, to form the prominence and depression structure in which the zinc oxide film projects above the nano structure exposed by the wet-etching; and after the wet-etching, removing the nano structure that was exposed by the wet-etching of the zinc oxide thin film. | 8,065 |
8,688,150 | 1. A method of communicating a multimodal message in a multimodal SMS communication, the method comprising: creating a voice message by recording said voice message on a multimodal platform; generating an SMS message containing a link to the voice message on the multimodal platform, wherein said link when activated allows a recipient to retrieve the voice message; assigning a unique message identifier to the voice message stored on the multimodal platform, wherein each said message identifier comprises a single recipient identifier combined with one of a predefined number of network identifiers for uniquely identifying each said voice message for each recipient, wherein the message identifier is assigned by a network pool, and wherein the unique message identifier is associated with the recipient; adding the message identifier to the SMS message; storing the message identifier with the SMS message; and transmitting the SMS message to the recipient via a connection that comprises a wireless network for notifying said recipient of said voice message and for providing said link to said recipient; wherein the multimodal message contains audio, text, or both audio and text. | 1,430 |
8,607,084 | 1. A computer system, having a first power-management mode and a second power-management mode, wherein the computer system operating in the second power-management mode consumes less power than it consumes in the first power-management mode, the computer system comprises: a first portion, comprising one graphics processing unit, a display, a first memory unit, and a first memory-unit controller in a chipset, wherein the display and the first memory unit are electrically coupled to the graphics processing unit, and the first memory-unit controller is electrically coupled to the first memory unit; and a second portion, comprising one central processing unit, a storage storing an image data, a second memory unit, and a second memory-unit controller in the chipset, wherein the central processing unit, the storage and the second memory unit are electrically coupled to the chipset, and the second memory-unit controller is electrically coupled to the second memory unit; wherein, when in the first power-management mode, if the image data is desired to be displayed, the computer system transfers the image data to the first memory unit of the first portion from the storage of the second portion under the first power-management mode and wherein, when in the first power-management mode, the graphic processing unit displays images by accessing the image data in the first memory unit and outputting the images to the display; wherein, when the computer system desires to operate in an image-reading mode for image data displaying while conserving power and the image data has been transferred to the first memory unit of the first portion from the storage, the second portion enters to the second power-management mode from the first power-management mode, and the first portion continues keeping in the first power-management mode, so that the graphics processing unit displays an image by the display according to the image data stored in the first memory unit, and thereby the first memory-unit controller and the second memory-unit controller in the chipset operate in different power-management modes and the graphics processing unit displays images from image data stored in the first memory unit in both the first and the second power-management modes; and wherein the computer system installs a print driver configured for converting a file which will be printed into the image data. | 19,572 |
9,485,604 | 1. A method of operation of a wireless node in a cellular communication network, comprising: obtaining information indicative of whether retransmission techniques are needed to maintain a desired level of performance for a wireless device; and in response to determining that a channel quality for communications to or from the wireless device is better than a predetermined threshold and determining that the wireless device has a low mobility: | 17,837 |
9,263,893 | 1. An electricity storage control device that transmits a charging rate of at least one of electricity storage devices to a management device that manages electric power interchange between the electricity storage devices, wherein the management device refers to charge and discharge determining information defining a charging rate at which charge and discharge for electric power interchange are permitted and a charging rate at which the charge and discharge are prohibited, and allows electric power interchange between electricity storage devices having the charging rate at which the charge and discharge are permitted, the electricity storage control device comprising: a charge information acquisition unit configured to acquire the charging rate of the at least one electricity storage device as a first charging rate; a communication unit configured to transmit the first charging rate to the management device; and a control unit configured to cause the communication unit to transmit, instead of the first charging rate, a second charging rate that the charge and discharge determining information defines as the charging rate at which the charge and discharge are prohibited, when (a) the electricity storage control device is operating in an operation mode that prohibits at least one of the charge for electric power interchange and the discharge for electric power interchange and (b) the charge and discharge determining information defines the first charging rate as the charging rate at which the charge and discharge are permitted. | 13,416 |
9,643,340 | 1. A system for producing a bulk molding compound, comprising: an accumulator, configured to collect broad goods material including reinforcement fibers and thermoplastic material; a consolidator, in communication with the accumulator, configured to apply heat and pressure to impregnate the thermoplastic material into the reinforcement fibers at a filament level; a chopper, in communication with the consolidator, configured to cut the impregnated fiber material into flakes; and a combiner, in communication with the chopper, configured to combine the flakes of impregnated fiber material with one or more added compounding materials to produce a thermoplastic or thermoset molding compound, to produce a bulk molding compound. | 34,977 |
9,094,533 | 1. A method implemented in a computer system for managing communications comprising: determining a set of mobile device context identifiers, each of the set of mobile device context identifiers corresponding to a range of potential sensor information regarding the mobile device, wherein management by the computer system of requests for communication corresponding to the mobile device is defined in terms of a previously received mobile device context identifier without processing specific sensor information on which the context previously received mobile device context identifier is based; obtaining selection of a mobile device context identifier of the set of mobile device context identifiers and selection of a mobile device availability for the selected mobile device context identifier; associating the selected mobile device context identifier with the selected mobile device availability; storing the association as a mobile device profile; independent of a request for initiation of communication including the mobile device, receiving a first mobile device context identifier corresponding to one of the determined set of mobile device context identifiers, the first mobile device context identifier corresponding to a defined range of sensor information gathered regarding the mobile device; independent of processing specific sensor information on which the first mobile device context identifier is based, determining a mobile device availability based on the received first mobile device context identifier, and the stored mobile device profile, wherein the mobile device availability corresponds to the management defined in terms of the received first mobile device context identifier; receiving a request for initiation of communication including the mobile device and a third party device; and without requesting a mobile device context identifier: implementing a risk mitigation technique in accordance with the management defined in terms of the received first mobile device context identifier and based at least in part on the determined mobile device availability, wherein the risk mitigation technique includes at least initially preventing communication including the mobile device and the third party device, and wherein the risk mitigation technique is implemented without causing a modification of at least one of communication reception functionality and a power state of the mobile device. | 18,556 |
8,848,342 | 1. A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an anodically oxidized anode body, wherein the anode body is formed from a powder having a specific charge of from about 2,000 microFarads*Volts per gram to about 65,000 microFarads*Volts per gram, wherein the anode body is defined by surfaces including a front surface, a rear surface, and at least one side surface extending between the front surface and the rear surface, and a conductive polymer coating overlying the anode body, wherein the conductive polymer coating includes a first layer and a second layer overlying the first layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer are formed from a dispersion of conductive polymer particles, wherein the first layer covers about 80% or less of the side surface of the anode body, wherein the second layer covers a greater portion of the side surface of the anode body than the first layer, wherein the front surface is free of the first layer, and wherein the rear surface is covered by the first layer. | 25,877 |
9,843,098 | 1. An array antenna, comprising: a first plurality of antenna elements arranged in a first square pattern having a first grid spacing; a second plurality of antenna elements arranged in a second square pattern having a second grid spacing, the second grid spacing being the same as the first grid spacing, the antenna elements of the second plurality of antenna elements being interleaved with the antenna elements of the first plurality of antenna elements; a third plurality of antenna elements comprising the first plurality of antenna elements and the second plurality of antenna elements, the third plurality of antenna elements arranged in a third square pattern having a third grid spacing, the third square pattern being oriented at 45 degrees relative to the first square pattern and to the second square pattern, the third grid spacing being less than the first grid spacing by a factor of the square root of 2; a first feed network configured for transmitting and receiving signals through the first plurality of antenna elements; a second feed network configured for transmitting and receiving signals through the second plurality of antenna elements; and a third feed network configured for transmitting and receiving signals through the third plurality of antenna elements wherein: | 16,435 |
9,400,256 | 1. A system comprising: a thermal camera; and a computing device configured to: | 16,181 |
9,187,087 | 1. A method for controlling a powersplit transmission, comprising: (a) engaging a first clutch connecting an engine to a first member of a planetary gear set of the transmission, provided an engine torque request is present; (b) engaging a second clutch connecting a motor to a second member of the gear set, provided an engine torque request is absent and the engine is on; (c) disengaging the first and second clutches to disconnect the engine and motor from the gear set, provided the engine is off, and using a traction motor to produce wheel torque by driveably connecting the traction motor to driven vehicle wheels, bypassing the gear set. | 37,065 |
8,441,243 | 1. A power control circuit for reducing noise and switching loss comprising: a first gate driver for driving a first switch; an additional gate driver for driving the first switch; a managing circuit for controlling the first and the additional gate drivers to drive the first switch according to a switching signal and disabling the additional gate driver according to a switching voltage on a first end of the first switch; and a voltage detector for detecting the switching voltage and accordingly generating a detecting signal to the managing circuit so that the managing circuit disables the additional gate driver according to the detecting signal; wherein the first end of the first switch is coupled to a load, a second end of the first switch is coupled to a first power source, and a third end of the first switch is coupled to the first and the additional gate drivers. | 32,859 |
9,702,826 | 1. A method of inspecting a surface of an object, the method comprising: providing a laser beam irradiated in a first direction substantially parallel to the surface of the object with an annular shape; adjusting a diameter of the annular laser beam by adjusting a distance between a first axicon lens and a second axicon lens; reflecting the annular laser beam in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction toward the surface of the object, in a primary reflection; and reflecting the primarily reflected laser beam to an inspection region on the surface of the object, in a secondary reflection, wherein an incident angle of the annular laser beam with respect to the surface of the object is determined by the diameter of the annular laser beam. | 45,468 |
9,156,881 | 1. A method for therapeutic treatment of a disease with increased apoptosis, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a tripeptide (I)Lys-(d)Pro-(I)Thr (KdPT) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in an amount in the range of 0.1-500 pg/kg of body weight of the subject, wherein administering provides an anti-apoptotic effect, and wherein the disease is selected from the group consisting of bowel diseases, gastritis and gastrointestinal diseases. | 13,786 |
9,521,830 | 1. An automated system for mitigating risk from a wind turbine, the automated system comprising: a plurality of optical imaging sensors; and a controller configured to receive and analyze images from the optical imaging sensors to send a first signal to curtail operation of the wind turbine to a predetermined risk mitigating level when the controller determines from images received from the optical imaging sensors that an airborne animal of a predetermined species is at risk from the wind turbine; wherein the controller is further configured to send a second signal to resume normal operation of the wind turbine when the controller determines from additional images from the optical imaging sensors that there is a reduced level of risk from the wind turbine to the airborne animal; and wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the airborne animal is a member of the predetermined species before the airborne animal is closer to the wind turbine than a distance the predetermined species flies at a characteristic speed to the airborne animal in a time required to curtail operation of the wind turbine to the predetermined risk mitigating level. | 40,877 |
9,017,901 | 1. A manufacturing method of a cell assembly for a fuel cell, the cell assembly including: an electrode member having a membrane electrode assembly formed from an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrode catalyst layers disposed on both sides of the electrolyte membrane in a thickness direction, and a pair of porous layers disposed on both sides of the membrane electrode assembly in the thickness direction; a separator having an electrode member arrangement portion arranged to be stacked with the electrode member and with which one side of the electrode member in the thickness direction is in contact, and a seal member arrangement portion having a frame shape and disposed on an outer side of the electrode member arrangement portion in a planar direction; and a seal member formed from a crosslinked item of solid rubber and disposed in the seal member arrangement portion to seal a peripheral edge portion of the electrode member along a shape of the peripheral edge portion and integrate the electrode member and the separator with each other, the method comprising: producing the electrode member, the separator, and a seal member preform, which has a frame shape and which is formed from an uncrosslinked item of solid rubber having adhesiveness, in a predetermined shape in advance, as a preliminary production step; arranging the electrode member, the separator, and the seal member preform in a forming die including a pressing member such that the electrode member is housed in a frame of the seal member preform and such that one side of the electrode member in the thickness direction is in contact with the electrode member arrangement portion, and closing the forming die while the pressing member is pressing the other side of the electrode member in the thickness direction, as a member arrangement step; moving the pressing member relative to a surface of the forming die in which the pressing member is accommodated; and pressurizing and heating the forming die to crosslink the uncrosslinked item so that the seal member seals the peripheral edge portion of the electrode member and integrates the electrode member and the separator with each other, as an integration step. | 44,795 |
9,215,075 | 1. An implantable medical device, comprising: a wireless radio frequency digital communication radio transceiver; a physiological interface adapted to at least one of receive a physiological signal, produce a physiological stimulation, produce a motion or displacement, infuse a drug, and acquire a biological sample; and at least one programmable automated electronic processor configured to: | 40,333 |
8,984,905 | 1. A desiccant air conditioner comprising: a honeycomb rotor divided into at least an absorption zone and a desorption zone, the absorption zone having an inlet portion provided with a first absorbent that absorbs humidity and carbon dioxide, and an exit portion provided with a second absorbent that absorbs nitrogen, wherein air in a room is, after being passed through the inlet portion of the absorption zone and then the exit portion of the absorption zone, fed back to the room, and air which is passed through the desorption zone is exhausted into a space that is outside of the room and outside of the air conditioner. | 16,376 |
9,510,784 | 1. A sleep system comprising: one or more occupant-monitoring sensors associated with a mattress; an output interface; one or more processors coupled with the one or more sensors and the output interface; and a memory coupled with the at least one processor, at least one of the processors being configured to: | 42,680 |
9,239,366 | 1. An MRI device for providing high contrast high resolution images of a fluid, comprising: a. an envelope for least partially confining said fluid; b. a plurality of magnets located at least partially around said envelope, said assembly comprising: c. a CPU to process said images comprising a computer readable medium containing instructions for generating at least one third image superimposing at least one image of said first images with at least one image of said second images, whereby a high-contrast, high-resolution real-time continuous image of said fluid is obtained. | 17,553 |
9,479,546 | 1. A method, comprising: transmitting, by an apparatus, one or more wireless discovery messages over a first wireless communication protocol; receiving, by the apparatus, a first device information message that includes at least information usable to access a first mobile wireless device using a second wireless communication protocol, and an indication of a first source of first media content that the first mobile wireless device requests the apparatus to playback; receiving, by the apparatus, a second device information message that includes at least information usable to access a second mobile wireless device using the second wireless communication protocol, and an indication of a second source of second media content that the second mobile wireless device requests the apparatus to playback; selecting, by the apparatus, the first mobile wireless device and transmitting a connection request to the first mobile wireless device over the second wireless communication protocol, and establishing a wireless communication connection with the first wireless device over the second wireless communication protocol; receiving, by the apparatus, information regarding the first media content for playback over the wireless communication connection via the second wireless communication protocol; selecting, by the apparatus, the second mobile wireless device and transmitting a connection request to the second mobile wireless device over the second wireless communication protocol, and establishing a wireless communication connection with the second wireless device over the second wireless communication protocol; and receiving, by the apparatus, information regarding the second media content for playback over the wireless communication connection via the second wireless communication protocol; wherein the first wireless communication protocol is the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol and the second wireless communication protocol is one of Bluetooth basic rate/enhanced data rate (BR/EDR) protocol or IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network protocol. | 12,085 |
9,381,665 | 1. A chainsaw comprising: a saw chain driven by a driving source housed inside a housing; a guide bar attached to the housing so as to protrude frontward, which guides rotation of the saw chain; and an oil tank housed inside the housing, in which chain oil to be supplied to the saw chain is stored, wherein the oil tank is made of a transparent or semi-transparent material, the oil tank is provided so that at least a part thereof is visually checkable from outside of the housing, an illumination unit for illuminating the oil tank is provided inside the housing, and the illumination unit is configured to emit light to simultaneously illuminate the oil tank and a part of the saw chain, part of the light to be emitted from the illumination unit being transmitted through the oil tank, or reflected by the oil tank, to reach an outside from a lateral side of the housing, and another part of the light being transmitted toward the saw chain from a front side of the housing. | 1,086 |
9,574,512 | 1. An apparatus for detecting particulate matter contained within a gas to be measured, the apparatus comprising: a particulate matter detection sensor, including a sensor element provided with (i) a collecting electrode so as to form a detecting element, the collecting electrode collecting the particulate matter contained within the gas by using an attractive force generated by an electric field, the collected particulate matter being deposited in the detecting element, and (ii) a sensing electrode outputting a signal showing an electrical characteristic that changes depending on an amount of the particulate matter collected in the detecting element, wherein the collecting electrode is shared by the sensing electrode or the collecting electrode is arranged separately from the sensing electrode, a cover body that covers the sensor element for protection; and a housing that places the detecting element in the gas to be measured; a field generation power unit applying variable voltage to the collecting electrode so as to produce the electric field; and a measuring section measuring the electrical characteristic that changes depending on the amount of particulate matter contained within the gas to be measured, the particulate matter being collected and deposited in the detecting element; wherein the measuring section comprises determining means for determining whether or not a first dead mass is less than a second dead mass, the first dead mass being defined as a dead mass provided until an output of the signal from the sensing electrode in relation to a calibration gas to be measured containing a known amount of the particulate matter becomes a predetermined threshold or more, the second dead mass being a dead mass of a calibration particulate matter detection sensor serving as a reference sensor, first collecting means for, when the determining means determines that the first dead mass is equal to or greater than the second dead mass, instructing the field generation power unit to hold the voltage applied to the collecting electrode at a predetermined applied voltage value such that the field strength is corrected to reduce the first dead mass; and second collecting means for, when the determining means determines that the first dead mass is less than the second dead mass instructing the field generation power unit to set the voltage applied to the collecting electrode at a value lower than a predetermined lower threshold or higher than a predetermined upper threshold such that the field strength is corrected to increase the first dead mass. | 9,020 |
8,737,139 | 1. An apparatus, comprising an array of memory cells, wherein: a buffer and/or a controller coupled to the array and configured to: | 42,686 |
8,767,157 | 1. A liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal panel including subpixels formed in a matrix, each of the subpixels comprising: a first area, a second area, and a third area partitioned off in a first long-axis direction; a first pixel electrode arranged in a long-axis direction of the first area; a second pixel electrode extending from the first pixel electrode in a central area of the long-axis direction and arranged in the first to third areas, the second pixel electrode including a first portion extending from the first pixel electrode, a second portion extending from the first portion, and a pair of arm portions extending from the second portion, the first and the second portions having a smallest thickness at an interface between the first and second portions; third pixel electrodes extending from the first pixel electrode, divided into third pixel electrodes on one side and third pixel electrodes on the other side with respect to the second pixel electrode, arranged in plural number in the first to third areas, a slope of the second and third pixel electrodes arranged in the first and third areas being steeper than the slope of the second and third pixel electrodes arranged in the second area with respect to a virtual horizontal line passing through the central area; a first common electrode disposed on a same layer as the first to third pixel electrodes and arranged in a first long-axis direction of the third area; a second common electrode extending from the first common electrode in the central area and arranged between the pair of arm portions of the second pixel electrode; and third common electrodes extending from the first common electrode, divided into third common electrodes on one side and third common electrodes on the other side with respect to the second pixel electrode, arranged in plural number in the first to third areas, and a slope of the third common electrodes arranged in the first and third areas being steeper than a slope of the third common electrodes arranged in the second area with respect to a virtual horizontal line passing through the central area. | 30,310 |
9,739,570 | 1. A vehicle-based gimbal-assisted radar detection system, comprising: a continuous-wave (CW) radar assembly couplable to an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at a rotational orientation via a plurality of serially connected gimbals, the rotational orientation including one or more of a yaw angle, a pitch angle, and a roll angle, the plurality of gimbals coupled to a control system of the UAS; the CW radar assembly including one or more of an emitter, a receiver, and a processor coupled to the emitter and the receiver, the CW radar assembly configured to: | 37,262 |
9,707,557 | 1. A microfluidic device configured to produce a water-in-oil-in-water double emulsion, the device comprising: a pair of a first, a second and a third fluid flow channels, said pair of the first and second channels providing inlets to a fluid flow junction and said third channel providing an outlet from said fluid flow junction; wherein said third channel has a surface modification pattern such that a first longitudinal side of said third channel is more hydrophilic than a second, opposite longitudinal side of said third channel and said second longitudinal side of said third channel is more hydrophobic than said first longitudinal side of said third channel; and wherein said microfluidic device has a first flow focusing region comprising said fluid flow junction to form a water-in-oil emulsion and a second flow focusing region downstream from said first flow focusing region and comprising a second fluid flow junction to form said water-in-oil-in-water double emulsion. | 24,482 |
8,984,901 | 1. A heat pump system comprising: a heat-source-side refrigerant circuit having a usage-side refrigerant circuit having a controller configured to control the controller being further configured to vary the target usage-side discharge saturation temperature according to a predetermined target aqueous medium outlet temperature, the predetermined target aqueous medium outlet temperature being a target value of temperature of the aqueous medium in an outlet of the refrigerant/water heat exchanger. | 11,560 |
9,673,474 | 1. A battery cell stack comprising: a plurality of stacked bipolar plates; battery cells placed between the individual bipolar plates; and a current collector plate electrically connected to each of a pair of end bipolar plates located at both ends in the stacking direction among the plurality of bipolar plates, wherein two members in contact with each other between the current collector plate and the end bipolar plate are made of materials such that, when an accelerated test satisfying the following conditions 1 to 3 is performed, the electrical resistance value between the current collector plate and the end bipolar plate after the accelerated test is 1.05 times or less the electrical resistance value between the current collector plate and the end bipolar plate before the accelerated test: Condition 1 is that a cycle includes applying pressure over one minute to achieve a predetermined pressure, maintaining the predetermined pressure for one minute, and bringing the predetermined pressure back to the atmospheric pressure over one minute; Condition 2 is that the predetermined pressure is set to be the atmospheric pressure +0.1 MPa; and Condition 3 is that the number of cycles is set to 18. | 15,382 |
9,601,810 | 1. A method for manufacturing lithium ion cells, said method comprising the steps of: 1) coating a collector along an unreeling direction thereof to form one or more strip coated areas, two side edges of the coated area each being provided with an uncoated area to form tabs thereon; 2) compacting the coated collector in step 1) to obtain a compacted collector having a predetermined compaction density; 3) cutting the compacted collector in step 2) into anode plates/cathode plates having different sizes each being provided with a tab and rounded corners thereon; 4) recombining an anode plate/a cathode plate having appropriate sizes with a separator having stickiness at two surfaces thereof; cutting the separators after recombination to form rounded corners at a position corresponding to the rounded corners of the anode plate/the cathode plates and further obtaining a mono-cell or a half-cell having different sizes; 5) stacking at least one mono-cell and at least one half-cell having different sizes into a step primary cell; and 6) hot pressing the stacked primary cell to form a whole lithium ion cell via bonding of the anode plates/cathode plates with the separators. | 40,033 |
8,457,081 | 1. A transmission method for a base station in a cellular communication network of base stations and mobile stations, the method comprising: forming a plurality of frames of fixed time length, each frame containing a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; forming a plurality of first frames and a plurality of second frames among the plurality of frames, wherein: transmitting a sequence of consecutive frames comprising first frames carrying MB content and second frames carrying unicasting data, wherein the first frames and the second frames are intermixed in accordance with an intermixing configuration pattern and the intermixing configuration pattern is predetermined or configured at the time of transmission; and transmitting a scheduling signal containing scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information includes a bit-map indicating the intermixing configuration pattern by using a “1” in the bit-map to represent a first frame and a “0” in the bit-map to represent a second frame, or a “0” in the bit-map to represent a first frame and a “1” in the bit-map to represent a second frame. | 40,050 |
8,575,846 | 1. An illumination system comprising: at least one light source; a controller for controlling the power output of the at least one light source; a light sensor wirelessly communicating with the controller; the controller being capable of operating wherein the light sensor comprises a memory containing data defining at least one characteristic of the behaviour of the controller and is configured to intermittently measure the light level, and determine whether or not to communicate a signal to the controller based on the measured light level and the data contained in the memory, the light sensor being configured to refrain from transmitting the signal when receiving the signal does not cause the controller to change the behaviour of the controller, wherein the sensor has information defining a predetermined upper margin (L | 20,081 |
9,172,436 | 1. A wireless power transfer device comprising: a power transmitter including a power transmission resonator composed of a power transmission coil and a resonant capacitance; a power receiver including a power receiving resonator composed of a power receiving coil and a resonant capacitance; and a power-transmission auxiliary device including an auxiliary resonator composed of an auxiliary coil and a resonant capacitance, thereby transferring power from the power transmitter to the power receiver through magnetic field resonance between the power transmission coil and the power receiving coil, wherein the power-transmission auxiliary device and the power transmitter are configured to be disposed so as to face each other, forming a power receiving space for disposing the power receiving coil between the power transmission coil and the auxiliary coil, a resonant frequency ft of a power transmission-side resonant system composed of the power transmission resonator and the auxiliary resonator appears as two resonant frequencies of a lower resonant frequency ftL and a higher resonant frequency ftH by a close coupling between the power transmission resonator and the auxiliary resonator, and a resonant frequency f | 14,599 |
8,942,234 | 1. A method performed by a first network element coupled with a plurality of network elements within a network supporting IPv6, the method comprising: determining a link-layer address of a second network element in response to the second network element joining the network, the determining comprising, | 27,351 |
8,541,400 | 1. A composition which self-disperses upon contact with an aqueous fluid to provide colloidal non-lameller particles having at least an internal region adopting a non-lamellar phase structure and having a monomodal size distribution with an average particle size of no more than 5 μm, said composition comprising a) at least one monoacyl lipid, wherein said component a) consists of a monoacyl lipid or mixture of monoacyl lipids which forms a micellar or lamellar phase upon contact with water; b) at least one diacyl glycerol, at least one tocopherol, or mixtures thereof, wherein said component b) comprises at least one diacyl glycerol with acyl groups each having 12 to 22 carbon atoms and between 0 and 3 unsaturations, or at least one tocopherol, or mixtures thereof and c) at least one fragmentation agent, wherein said component c) is selected from polymeric fragmentation agents, polyol surfactants, proteins, anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, monoacyl lipids and mixtures thereof; and optionally an active agent; wherein a/(a+b), being the ratio by weight of component a) to the sum of components a) and b) is between 0.2 and 0.9; c/(a+b+c), being the ratio by weight of component c) to the sum of components a), b) and c), is between 0.01 and 0.3. | 22,510 |
9,474,732 | 1. A sterile aqueous solution of baclofen sterilized by steam heating and containing 0.5% or less (by weight of baclofen) of 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-pyrrolidone, wherein baclofen in the solution is at a concentration from about 0.5 mg/mL to about 4.0 mg/mL. | 32,195 |
8,802,729 | 1. A detergent composition comprising 1,3-propanediol and an enzyme, wherein the composition is biodegradable and wherein the 1,3-propanediol is biologically derived and enhances the stability of the enzyme. | 47,219 |
8,984,809 | 1. Apparatus for converting a door operator which controls an automatic motorized door utilizing photo eye obstruction sensing to provide a signal to said operator of an obstruction of the door being controlled, said signal being of a given amplitude, periodicity and duty cycle, to operate with a switch sensing edge which switches between an open or closed condition dependent on the switch sensing edge contacting an obstruction, switch sensing edge being placed along an edge of the door, said apparatus comprised of: means to connect the switch sensing edge to the apparatus; means to sense an open or closed condition of the switch sensing edge; means to monitor the switch sensing edge continuously to determine whether the switch is connected to the apparatus and in an open or closed state of continuity; means to convert the electrical power available from the door operator for use with said switch sensing edge and the apparatus; output means for generating the periodic signal of a desired amplitude, period and duty cycle to correspond to the amplitude, period and duty cycle of the signal from a photo eye obstruction sensor which the apparatus is replacing; whereby the apparatus senses an open or closed condition of the said edge sensing switch and converts an open or closed condition input condition of the switch to said signal of the desired amplitude, period and duty cycle which simulates the signal which would be expected by the door operator if said operator was operated by the said photo-eye obstruction sensor. | 13,598 |
9,399,610 | 1. A continuous process for converting carbohydrates, which can yield aldoses, to ethylene glycol, comprising the steps of: (a) mixing carbohydrates into solution; (b) adding hydrogen to a reactor; (c) passing the carbohydrate mixture through the reactor at an elevated temperature, said reactor having a first zone comprising a retro-aldol catalyst and a second zone that contains a reduction catalyst; (d) converting the aldoses in the first zone into at least glycolaldehyde by the retro-aldol catalyst in the first zone; (e) converting the glycolaldehyde to ethylene glycol in the second zone of the reactor; (f) removing the reaction products from the reactor; (g) optionally recycling a portion of the reactor effluent back to the reactor to be used as reaction solvent or using recovered glycol for the solvent; and (h) recovering the ethylene glycol. | 22,702 |
8,581,719 | 1. A sunroof for mounting in a vehicle roof of a vehicle, comprising: a panel comprising: a cover, the cover being transparent and comprising a top surface and an inner surface opposite to the top surface; and a base comprising a first bottom surface for facing toward an inside of the vehicle; a front end oriented toward the front of the vehicle, a first recess defined in the front end, a PCB covering the first recess, the first recess including a second bottom surface facing toward the inside of the vehicle; a power source comprising a solar cell panel received between the inner surface and the base, and configured for converting the solar energy into electricity; and a warning apparatus connected to the power source, the warning apparatus comprising: a switch electrically connected with the warning apparatus, the switch comprising a conductive member; the switch inserted into the first recess and extending through the PCB and being movable relative to the second bottom surface between a first position where the conductive member is connected with the PCB and the warning unit is switched on, and a second position where the conductive member is disconnected from the PCB and the warning unit is switched off. | 47,538 |
8,972,624 | 1. A method of virtualization of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device in a multi host computing system comprising: receiving simultaneous requests from a plurality of host processors for the USB device coupled to the multi host computing system, wherein the requests are based on types of endpoint supported by the USB device; pre-fetching, for each of the plurality of host processors, direct memory access (DMA) descriptors, wherein each of the DMA descriptor is indicative of pointers describing location of a local memory of a host processor, the location being associated with a request; and scheduling data access, from the local memory of each of the plurality of host processors based on a class specific driver schedule of the USB device, wherein the class specific driver schedule is based on an endpoint supported by the USB device. | 21,218 |
9,310,694 | 1. A diffractive optical element configured to be inserted into a light beam path of an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus so that, during use of the illumination system, the diffractive optical element produces an intensity distribution in a pupil surface of the illumination system, wherein: | 12,454 |
9,424,173 | 1. A system for performing secure address relocation, comprising: an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of bridges connected through a shared physical memory channel to one or more external memory devices connected to one or more interfaces of the integrated circuit; the integrated circuit operative, in response to receiving a selection to override an existing memory allocation of one or more regions of the one or more external memory devices within a memory register for a particular bridge from among the plurality of bridges, to trigger a remap controller of the particular bridge, to read from a super rank register, one or more super rank values specifying one or more relocation regions of the one or more external memory devices; and the remap controller operative to remap the memory register for the particular bridge with the one or more super rank values specified in the super rank register to relocate memory accesses by the bridge to the one or more relocation regions of the one or more external memory devices, wherein one or more processor units are connected to each of the plurality of bridges within a single integrated circuit device, wherein only a particular processor unit of the integrated device is allowed to set the super rank register values. | 8,184 |
9,816,609 | 1. A vehicle controller comprising: a lock-up clutch disposed to a power transmission path between an engine and a driving wheel; and a clutch configured to connect and disconnect the power transmission path, wherein a release start timing of the lock-up clutch is prior to a release start timing of the clutch at a time of switching from driven traveling for causing a vehicle to travel by connecting the power transmission path to inertia traveling for causing the vehicle to travel by disconnecting the power transmission path, or an engagement start timing of the clutch is made different from an engagement start timing of the lock-up clutch at a time of switching from the inertia traveling to the driven traveling is carried out, wherein the inertia traveling is carried out when an accelerator opening degree is set to a predetermined opening degree or less, wherein engine speed of an engine of the vehicle in the inertia traveling is less than the engine speed in an idling state of the engine. | 17,907 |
9,472,772 | 1. A display device, comprising: an active device substrate comprising: a passivation layer covering the at least one active device; a first electrode disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the at least one active device; a pixel define layer disposed on the passivation layer and the first electrode, wherein the pixel define has a pixel opening to expose a portion of the first electrode; a luminous layer completely disposed within the pixel opening; and a second electrode disposed on and contacting the luminous layer and the passivation layer. | 10,026 |
9,305,469 | 1. A method of mounting a subsea antifouling sign to a structure or equipment to be deployed subsea, the method comprising the steps of: providing a subsea antifouling sign, the sign comprising: removing the protective lining from the adhesive layer or coating; attaching the subsea antifouling sign to the structure by adhering the adhesive layer or coating to a surface of the structure; and sealing a gap between a perimeter of the body of the antifouling material and the subsea structure or equipment surface with a separate bead of adhesive material, wherein the adhesive material is selected from the group consisting of acrylic cement, polyurethane materials, epoxy materials and RTV silicones. | 45,235 |
8,728,850 | 1. A method of manufacturing a photodetector structure, the method comprising: forming a structural layer by making a trench in a bulk silicon substrate and filling the trench with a cladding material; forming a single-crystallized silicon layer on the structural layer; and forming a germanium layer on the single-crystallized silicon layer, wherein the germanium layer comprises a low-temperature germanium layer and a high-temperature germanium layer, wherein the forming the germanium layer comprises: forming a first insulating layer on the single-crystallized silicon layer, and forming the germanium layer on the first insulating layer; etching the single-crystallized silicon layer before forming the first insulating layer on the single-crystallized silicon layer, wherein the etched single-crystallized silicon layer partially contacts the bulk silicon substrate of the structural layer; and forming a seed window by partially etching the first insulating layer to expose the single-crystallized silicon layer contacting the bulk silicon substrate after forming the first insulating layer. | 30,688 |
9,841,451 | 1. A system for detecting faults in an electric vehicle charging system, the system comprising: an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE); a cable for electrically coupling the EVSE to a power storage device located in an electric vehicle, the cable including a first ungrounded cable conductor and a second ungrounded cable conductor each conducting a respective current between the EVSE and the power storage device to charge the power storage device, the cable further including a grounded cable conductor for conducting electrical current from the vehicle to a ground at the EVSE; and a first charging circuit interrupting device (CCID) at the EVSE, the first CCID being configured to monitor a current differential between the current conducted on the first ungrounded cable conductor, the current conducted on the second ungrounded cable conductor, and a first portion of the current conducted on the grounded cable conductor, the EVSE being configured such that a second portion of the current conducted on the grounded cable conductor bypasses the first CCID. | 20,845 |
9,551,017 | 1. A recombinant cell of the genus Prototheca comprising at least 20% lipid by dry cell weight, wherein the cell is optionally obligately heterotrophic, the cell comprising one or more exogenous nucleic acids that encode an acyl transferase, a thioesterase, a ketoacyl ACP synthase (KAS), a ketoacyl CoA synthase (KCS), or an elongase, wherein the fatty acid profile of the cell is altered by the expression of the one or more exogenous nucleic acids and the lipid is in enriched in stearate-oleate-stearate (SOS) triacylglycerides as compared to non-recombinant cell of the genus Prototheca. | 16,200 |
8,383,555 | 1. A well drilling, completion or workover fluid characterized in that the continuous phase of said fluid mainly comprises a liquid fluorinated compound, an amount of an aqueous fluid in water emulsion in said liquid fluorinated compound, and the fluid is stable above 200° C., wherein said aqueous fluid is a brine of sodium, potassium or calcium chlorides, of sodium or potassium carbonates, or of alkaline formates. | 232 |
8,631,820 | 1. A hydraulic control valve for construction machinery for taking in pressure oil from one of a tandem path and a parallel path which are connected to a variable delivery pump, wherein a check valve unit is fixedly incorporated in a casing, the check valve unit having an opening portion on an inner peripheral side of a housing portion, and slidably and unrotatably housing a valve body of a first check valve which operates so as to block communication with the tandem path in a state in which the pressure oil from the parallel path is supplied, and a pressure-oil path from the parallel path is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the housing portion of the check valve unit and an outer peripheral surface of the valve body; wherein the valve body of the first check valve comprises: | 18,926 |
9,290,978 | 1. A dual actuator pneumatic gate closer and gate, said dual pneumatic gate closer comprising a pair of pneumatic actuators, each including: a tube having a first end and a second end; a piston/rod combination movable between an extended and retracted position; a first coupling block affixed to said first end of each tube, including a recess and an alignment channel; a second coupling block affixed to each piston/rod combination, including a recess and an alignment channel; a bias disposed within each said tube, movable between an expanded configuration and compressed configuration; a first actuator rod extending through the alignment channel of the second block, and coupled between the recess of the first coupling block at a first end, and the gate at a second end; and a second actuator rod extending through the alignment channel of the first block, and coupled between said recess of the second coupling block at a first end, and a gate post at a second end; wherein the gate closer is configured such that when the gate is moved to an open position, each said bias is compressed, and when the gate is released, each said bias expands to close the gate. | 40,847 |
9,204,494 | 1. A heater assembly comprising: a plurality of first heating elements, the plurality of first beating elements being characterized by a first wattage density; and one or more second heating elements, the one or more second heating elements being characterized by a second wattage density, the second wattage density being greater than the first wattage density, wherein the one or more second heating elements are alternately distributed with the plurality of first heating elements, the plurality of first heating elements comprise one or more ribbon heating elements, and the one or more second heating elements comprise one or more coil heating elements. | 44,078 |
9,737,731 | 1. A method for controlling charged particle energy, comprising the steps of: providing circulating charged particles traversing a circulation beam path of a synchrotron, said circulation beam path comprising a pathlength; applying a radio-frequency across a first pair of blades to convert the circulating charged particles to oscillating circulating charged particles, said radio-frequency comprising a frequency time period, said frequency time period in phase with the oscillating charged particles passing between said first pair of blades in the circulation beam path; determining a pre-extraction energy of the oscillating circulating charged particles, related to a velocity of the oscillating circulating charged particles, using said pathlength and said frequency time period; said step of applying the radio-frequency transmitting the oscillating circulating charged particles through an extraction material with a resultant energy loss to form a reduced energy charged particle beam; applying at least five hundred volts across a second pair of blades, wherein said second pair of blades redirects the reduced energy charged particle beam to a deflector and out of said synchrotron yielding an extracted charged particle beam; and calculating energy of the extracted charged particle beam via reduction of the pre-extraction energy of the oscillating charged particles by the energy loss. | 31,355 |
9,218,203 | 1. A method for scheduling a processor core in a multiprocessor core system, the method comprising: obtaining, in the running process of the multiprocessor core system, a first control parameter, a second control parameter, a third control parameter, and a fourth control parameter, wherein: detecting whether a data flow where a current packet belongs is one of the N data flows based on the first control parameter; when the data flow where the current packet belongs is not one of the N data flows, transferring, based on the second control parameter and the third control parameter and according to an inter-core switchover policy, a packet of the data flow that enters the multiprocessor core system to an idle processor core for processing, wherein the inter-core switchover policy is that: if the internal transmission duration of a packet exceeds a duration for processing the packet by the processor core, the packet is processed by the processor core with the lowest usage, and if the duration for processing a packet by the processor core exceeds the internal transmission duration of the packet, the packet is bound to a designated processor core for processing; and switching over the processor core that processes the packet in the multiprocessor core system between an interruption mode and a polling mode based on the fourth control parameter and according to an intra-core switchover policy, wherein the intra-core switchover policy is that: if the overall polling overhead is greater than the overall interruption overhead, the processor core enters the interruption mode to process the packet, and if the overall polling overhead is less than the overall interruption overhead, the processor core enters the polling mode to process the packet. | 33,054 |
9,592,195 | 1. A stable effervescent tableted composition, comprising: an effective amount of micronized sodium alendronate trihydrate of size distribution about X an effervescing organic acid component containing citric acid and mono sodium citrate, an effervescing base component; | 47,177 |
9,024,494 | 1. An electric machine system comprising: a rotational portion and a stationary portion; a magnetic bearing configured to support the rotational portion to rotate within the stationary portion; a mechanical back-up bearing residing in a cavity between the rotational portion and the stationary portion; a flat spring carried by the stationary portion and abutting the back-up bearing; a retainer clamping the flat spring against the stationary portion, wherein the retainer is separated from at least a portion of the flat spring by an airgap, wherein the flat spring is configured to deflect towards the air gap upon thermal expansion of the inner race of the back-up bearing. | 5,579 |
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