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8,696,301 | 1. An apparatus for extracting energy from flowing water, said apparatus comprising: a float assembly having a pair of spaced bodies, said bodies being at least partially buoyant; an elongated flow passage disposed between said bodies and extending longitudinally between said bodies, said flow passage having a partially circular cross-section; a plurality of flow guiding vanes disposed within said flow passage and extending longitudinally for substantially the length of the flow passage and extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the flow passage; an impeller assembly disposed in said flow passage, said impeller assembly including: said apparatus being at least partially submerged in a body of water and at least partially submerging said flow passage, said impeller assembly rotating upon flow of water through said passage; and a device disposed on said float assembly for extracting energy from said rotating impeller assembly. | 1,662 |
9,201,169 | 1. An optical waveguide for optical interconnection comprising: a polymer sheet comprising a crosslinked product of a prepolymer, the prepolymer prepared by condensation reaction between a first compound represented by Formula (1) below: where Ar comprises (a) a crosslinkable moiety at one end, (b) a moiety selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —COO—, —CO—, —COS—, —SO where A is carbon or nitrogen, and X is hydrogen or halogen; and a second compound selected from the group consisting of an aromatic moiety having a structure as follows: where y is an integer from 0 to 1000, Y E is selected from the group consisting of the following structures: where Y D is selected from the group consisting of the following structures: where w and x are each independently an integer from 1 to 20. | 9,637 |
9,632,181 | 1. A method for wirelessly transmitting geographic coordinate information, comprising: obtaining a latitude coordinate and a longitude coordinate; correlating a first radio frequency to the latitude coordinate; correlating a second radio frequency to the longitude coordinate; transmitting a signal at the first radio frequency; and transmitting a signal at the second radio frequency. | 6,647 |
9,234,705 | 1. An indirect evaporative cooler system in which air flow in interspersed wet and dry passages of each of a plurality of evaporative heat exchangers is in respective counter flow, said plurality of evaporative heat exchangers being incorporated in a container and combining for a delivery of relatively large volumes of cool conditioned air, and wherein the air flow through the dry passages is controlled by means of interconnected first cavity spaces downstream of the dry passages held at a required pressure by at least one shared delivery fan in said first cavity spaces and the air flow through the wet passages is controlled by interconnected second cavity spaces held at a predetermined pressure by at least one shared exhaust fan in said second cavity spaces. | 35,522 |
9,174,522 | 1. A hybrid powertrain comprising: an engine with a crankshaft; a hybrid transmission having: an input brake comprising: | 42,801 |
9,154,618 | 1. A method, comprising: recording content of a conference call, wherein recorded content of the conference call comprises audio data; detecting establishment of a connection of a participant to the conference call, wherein the connection is established with a computing device of the participant, and wherein the establishment of the connection of the participant to the conference call is detected subsequent to initiation of the recording of the content of the conference call; filtering the audio data as a function of an identity of a speaker to output speaker-specific audio data of the speaker; and responsive to detection of the establishment of the connection of the participant to the conference call, transmitting the speaker-specific audio data of the speaker to the computing device for playback. | 26,151 |
9,293,761 | 1. A positive active material layer composition for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising: a positive active material comprising a plurality of lithium metal oxide particles and tungsten oxide (WO an aqueous binder. | 26,769 |
8,726,702 | 1. A drum-type washing machine, comprising: a cabinet that defines an exterior of the laundry machine; a tub provided in the cabinet, the tub having an opening formed at an axial end wall thereof that is fixed directly to the cabinet or formed integrally with the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the tub, the drum having an opening formed therein corresponding to the opening at the axial end of the tub, wherein the opening in the drum is spaced apart from an inner surface of the axial end wall of the tub in an axial direction; a shaft connected to the drum; a motor that rotates the shaft; a bearing housing that rotatably supports the shaft passing therethrough; a tub bracket provided between the bearing housing and the drum; a gasket connected between the tub and the tub bracket so as to prevent water inside the tub from leaking towards the tub bracket and allow the tub bracket to move relative to the tub; and a suspension coupled to the bearing housing to elastically support the drum, shaft, bearing housing and motor, the suspension including: wherein the suspension supports the drum within the tub, the drum being supported separately from the tub. | 20,059 |
8,923,263 | 1. A method of scanning existing networks at a station to operate as an unlicensed device in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and the unlicensed device are permitted to operate, the method comprising: receiving a white space map (WSM) comprising information for available channels with a first granularity to be used for the unlicensed device to operate a wireless local area network (WLAN) operation and maximum transmission powers allowed for each of the available channels, wherein the WLAN operation is performed on a WLAN channel with a second granularity; and scanning the existing networks on the WLAN channel corresponding to the available channels identified within the received WSM, wherein scanning the existing networks does not performed on the WLAN channel including at least one channel not identified as available within the received WSM, and wherein the WLAN channel includes more than one channel with the first granularity. | 37,487 |
9,146,229 | 1. A method for making an array for guided cell patterning, comprising: (a) providing a metal-patterned silicon substrate having an array of metal surfaces disposed on a silicon surface; (b) exposing the substrate to an oxide etch to remove native oxide from the silicon oxide surface to provide a native oxide depleted silicon surface; (c) oxidizing the native oxide depleted silicon surface with an oxidizing agent dry oxygen at about 300° C. to about 500° C. to provide a silicon oxide surface; and (d) passivating the silicon oxide surface by covalently coupling polyalkylene oxide moieties to the silicon oxide surface to provide a surface resistant to cell adhesion isolating each metal surface of the metal surface array. | 3,915 |
9,426,648 | 1. A method comprising: at an access point, receiving a request from a mobile device; extracting an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)-re-authentication-Initiate message and a station nonce (SNonce) from the request, wherein the EAP-re-authentication-Initiate message is included in a first information element of the request and the SNonce is included in a second information element of the request, the first information element distinct from the second information element; sending the EAP-re-authentication-Initiate message to an authentication server; receiving an answer message from the authentication server, wherein the answer message includes a re-authentication master session key (rMSK); generating an access point nonce (ANonce); and sending a response to the mobile device, wherein the response includes the ANonce. | 32,227 |
8,729,528 | 1. An optoelectronic device, comprising: a first electrode; an electron blocking layer disposed on the first electrode; a quantum dot layer disposed on the electron blocking layer and comprising a plurality of quantum dots; a fullerene layer disposed directly on the quantum dot layer, wherein the quantum dot layer and the fullerene layer form an electronic heterojunction; and a second electrode disposed on the fullerene layer. | 5,003 |
8,598,233 | 1. A solid pharmaceutical composition in a unit dosage form for once daily oral administration comprising an extended release formulation of 22.5 mg to 33.75 mg memantine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein administration of a dose of the composition to a human subject provides a mean plasma memantine concentration profile characterized by a change in memantine concentration as a function of time (dC/dT) that is less than 50% of the dC/dT provided by the same quantity of an immediate release form of memantine, determined in a time period between 0 hours to 6 hours after administration of memantine, and wherein dC/dT is measured in a single-dose human PK study. | 18,790 |
9,690,313 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a power converter, direct current (DC) power from a local power source, the local power source and the power converter electrically located on a same side of a point of connection to a utility power grid as a local load tied to the power grid, where the local load includes a consumer premises of the power grid; converting with the power converter the DC power to alternating current (AC) power to deliver to the local load, including generating a reactive power component from the DC power, wherein generating the reactive power component includes generating an AC current waveform based on a reference waveform that represents an idealized output waveform having a phase relative to an AC voltage waveform of the power grid, and includes generating the AC current waveform out of phase with respect to the AC voltage waveform of the grid, based on a table-based phase adjustment; and delivering the AC power on the local load side of the power grid. | 25,594 |
9,423,539 | 1. A device comprising: a grating layer having a planar geometry and comprising a plurality of different grating sub-patterns, each of the plurality of different grating sub-patterns oriented in a same direction; and a substrate, wherein the grating layer is disposed on the substrate and the grating layer is composed of a material having a relatively higher refractive index than the refractive index of the substrate; wherein each of the plurality of different grating sub-patterns comprises a unique pattern of periodically spaced lines to control a phase change in a respective portion of a reflected light beam to produce a target wavefront shape and to form a mirror to focus the reflected light beam to a focal point. | 11,512 |
9,494,978 | 1. A docking station for controlling a plurality of devices connected to a power line comprising: (a) a central processor for managing a plurality of functions in said docking station; (b) storage means for storing data and a variety of software; (c) connection means for connecting said docking station to said power line; (d) a transceiver for transmitting data to and receiving data from said docking station to said plurality of devices over said power line; (e) voltage and current conversion means for converting AC power line voltage and current level to voltage and current level suitable for said docking station; (f) a connector for receiving a portable device; (g) power charging means for charging said portable device when said portable device is docked in said docking station; (h) wireless connection means for connecting said portable device to said docking station; (i) a plurality of sensing elements for capturing a plurality of measurements; whereby a user can access said docking station in addition to said plurality of devices using said portable device. | 47,295 |
9,150,113 | 1. A vehicle externally chargeable using electric power from an external power source, the vehicle comprising: a power storage device that is chargeable; a power converting device configured to convert electric power supplied from the external power source into electric power for charging the power storage device; an inlet, the inlet being provided at an external surface of the vehicle and being configured to connect to a charging cable located outside of the vehicle so as to transfer electric power from the external power source; a first power line connected to the inlet and the power converting device; at least one connector inserted in the first power line; and a second power line, the second power line being branched from a portion of the first power line that connects the at least one connector and the power converting device to each other. | 30,306 |
9,118,367 | 1. A multi-chip module (MCM), comprising: a substrate; a transmitter System on Chip (SoC) including a current-output transmitter circuit configured to generate an output current; and a power amplifier (PA) chip including a current-input PA configured to receive the output current and generate a desired output voltage across a load, wherein the transmitter SoC and the PA chip are located on the substrate. | 44,316 |
8,456,950 | 1. A method for imaging the earth's subsurface using a programmable computer that is programmed to perform the following: rotating three-axis velocity data, obtained along with pressure data in a marine seismic survey, to a ray direction of a velocity direction associated with a plane wave domain representation of the pressure data; applying plane wave decomposition in the ray direction to the rotated velocity data; combining the pressure data and the decomposed and rotated velocity data to generate at least one of up-going and down-going wave-fields; and using the at least one of up-going and down-going wave-fields in a time-space domain to image the earth's subsurface. | 8,472 |
8,496,492 | 1. A power distribution assembly adapted for use with multiple circuits, said assembly comprising: an incoming power cable connectable to a source of electrical power; a first jumper cable assembly having a first end connector physically and electrically connected to said incoming power cable, a second end connector having a set of female electrical terminals, and a jumper cable physically and electrically connected between said first end connector and said second end connector; a junction block releasably, physically and electrically connectible to said second end connector; a first electrical receptacle block releasably connectable to said junction block; a second electrical receptacle block releasably connectable to said junction block; said junction block providing for reception and transmission of electrical power on at least two electrical circuits, and adapted to electrically receive a receptacle block connectible to said first circuit, and a second receptacle block connectible to said second circuit; said junction block adapted to receive five wires or cables therein, with said five wires or cables carrying said two electrical circuits and arranged so that end connectors connected to said five wires or cables are configured in a straight line vertical orientation; and said end connectors are keyed so as to prohibit inadvertent misconnections and said first electrical receptacle block is releasably connected to a first side of said junction block, and said second electrical receptacle block is releasably connected to an opposing side of said junction block. | 15,793 |
8,733,937 | 1. A method for analyzing kinetic tear lipid layer thickness over time, the method comprising the steps of: projecting a wavelength of light onto an ocular surface; measuring light reflectance from the ocular surface with an interferometer; analyzing the light reflectance from the ocular surface, wherein the analyzing comprises the identification of: (1) a first tear lipid layer thickness measurement; (2) a second tear lipid layer thickness measurement; and (3) and analyzing the difference between the first tear lipid layer thickness measurement and the second tear lipid layer thickness measurement. | 33,343 |
9,837,586 | 1. A single layer wavelength converter, comprising: a single layer of a polymeric matrix material comprising a first region, a second region, and first and second surfaces; quantum dot particles within said single layer of polymeric matrix material; phosphor particles within said single layer of polymeric matrix material; and wherein a distribution of said quantum dot particles and said phosphor particles in said polymeric matrix material is such that said first region contains a higher concentration of said quantum dot particles than said second region, and said second region contains a higher concentration of phosphor particles than said first region. | 1,750 |
9,662,311 | 1. A compound of formula: or stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or hydrate thereof, wherein: the A-B bicyclic ring is optionally substituted with one or more groups independently selected from deuterium, —NH R D X is optionally present, and if present, is selected from —(NH)—, —O—, —NHCR R | 37,206 |
8,895,514 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition, comprising: (i) at least two immunogenic peptides from 8 to 100 amino acids in length, one of said peptides comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 7 and (ii) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. | 9,030 |
9,441,248 | 1. A method for producing phytol and phytol-related branched C20 alcohols for biofuels using bacteriochlorophyll producing bacteria, the method comprising: a. modifying the bacterium's bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis pathway to increase production of chlorophyll and its anchors which range in length from 5 carbons to 70 carbons; wherein the bacterium's bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis pathway is modified by inserting and expressing in the bacterium a gene encoding a heterologous plant chlorophyllase and by modifying the organism's genome to no longer express phytoene synthase by deleting a gene coding for the enzyme crtB; b. growing the modified bacterium in suitable growth media so as to accumulate biomass; and c. harvesting the phytol and phytol-related branched C20 alcohols from the biomass. | 38,955 |
8,568,208 | 1. A deboner for poultry parts such as thighs or drumsticks, the deboner comprising: an infeed for the poultry parts moving in a conveying direction, a conveyor line that is synchronized with the infeed, the conveyor line comprising: | 24,328 |
8,430,703 | 1. Device for reducing the drive power requirement of a single or multiple propeller ship, having a hull and a propeller, wherein the device is fixedly installed on the hull in front of the propeller, the device comprising: a front nozzle and fins or hydrofoils placed inside an inner space of the front nozzle, wherein the front nozzle has an inner diameter no greater than 90% of the propeller diameter and wherein the front nozzle is configured rotationally symmetrical about a central axis, said axis being offset above a propeller axis, wherein the fins or hydrofoils are placed at the rear end of the front nozzle, wherein said fins or hydrofoils are placed asymmetrically in the inner space of the front nozzle and radially with respect to the propeller axis, and wherein said fins or hydrofoils have different lengths. | 13,789 |
9,109,174 | 1. A system for producing a renewable gasoline from cellulosic biomass comprising: a. a cellulosic feedstream; b. an ionic separator adapted to receive and separate the cellulosic feedstream, thereby generating a polyol stream comprising at least one of sugars and polyols and an organic acid stream comprising one or more organic acids and water: c. a polyol stream system comprising: d. an organic acid stream system comprising: e. a mixer adapted for mixing the alcohols, at least a portion of the hydrocarbons from the hydrotreating reactor and the isomerized gasoline range hydrocarbon. | 30,544 |
8,829,717 | 1. A battery control device for a battery module including a plurality of battery cell groups connected in series each made up with a plurality of battery cells connected in series, comprising: a plurality of integrated circuits each of which is provided in correspondence to one of the plurality of battery cell groups, and executes control processing and monitor processing for each of the battery cells in the one of the battery cell groups; a first transmission path connecting the plurality of integrated circuits in series, through which a signal is transmitted among the integrated circuits; a second transmission path through which a signal output from a higher-order control circuit that controls the plurality of integrated circuits, is transmitted via a first insulating circuit to a highest-order integrated circuit among the plurality of integrated circuits connected in series; and a third transmission path through which a signal sent from a lowest-order integrated circuit among the plurality of integrated circuits connected in series to the higher-order control circuit, is transmitted via a second insulating circuit, wherein each integrated circuit among the plurality of integrated circuits comprises: a constant voltage circuit that lowers a total voltage of a battery cell group corresponding to the integrated circuit to an integrated circuit internal voltage; a signal generation circuit that, when a first startup signal is inputted through the second transmission path and via the first insulating circuit from the higher-order control circuit, generates, a second startup signal assuming a wave height value different from a wave height value of the first startup signal and outputs the second startup signal to the first transmission path, and that, when the second startup signal is inputted through the first transmission path from a higher-order integrated circuit, outputs the second startup signal to the first transmission path or the third transmission path; and a first startup circuit that includes a first comparator which compares a first decision-making threshold value corresponding to the first startup signal with the inputted first startup signal or the inputted second startup signal and changes an output thereof according to a result of comparison, and a first trigger circuit that outputs a first trigger signal based on a change of the output of the first comparator; a second startup circuit that includes a second comparator which compares a second decision-making threshold value corresponding to the second startup signal with the inputted first startup signal or the inputted second startup signal and changes an output thereof according to a result of comparison, and a second trigger circuit that outputs a second trigger signal based on a change of the output of the second comparator; and an OR circuit that outputs a signal to start up, the constant voltage circuit when at least one of the first trigger signal and the second trigger signal is outputted. | 20,049 |
8,743,359 | 1. A method of surveilling mixing and separation of a suspension comprising solid phase particles, comprising the steps of mixing or separating a suspension comprising solid phase particles from a liquid in a vessel, wherein said vessel comprises an open top end and a closed bottom; illuminating said vessel with a light source; detecting light illuminated by said light source with a detecting device, wherein said detecting device is positioned above said vessel; using measurement of light detected by said detecting device, using a control unit for calculating particle distribution of said solid phase particles present in said liquid, wherein for surveiling of mixing, the control unit is programmed to identify vessels as invalid wherein the detected light is above a certain predefined threshold indicating that the particle distribution is insufficient, and wherein for surveiling of separation, the control unit is programmed to identify vessels as invalid wherein the detected light is below a certain predefined threshold indicating that the particle separation is insufficient. | 18,566 |
8,895,808 | 1. A method of selecting for unlinked first and second DNA segments in a plant cell, comprising: a. transforming one or more plant cells with a nucleic acid molecule via Rhizobiaceae-mediated transformation, said nucleic acid molecule comprising: b. growing said transformed one or more plant cells; and c. selecting from said transformed one or more plant cells a plant cell comprising said first DNA segment and said second DNA segment and lacking said non-lethal negative selectable marker gene. | 42,118 |
8,388,194 | 1. A laser apparatus, comprising: a base frame extruded in one single piece of light alloy metal and which determines a chamber intended to receive a laser generator cavity, incorporated within said chamber, the plane of a lower base of the laser generator cavity coinciding with the base plane of the extruded base, and lateral faces of the laser generator cavity being directed towards opposed lateral faces of partition walls of the extruded base, with controlled clearance between the laser generator cavity and the partition walls to permit the expansion of the laser generator cavity without mechanical stresses being produced on causing deformation to the laser generator cavity. | 1,739 |
9,390,172 | 1. A system for securely relaying a request to a process running on a computing device from a web application, comprising: a bridge message client component installed within a web application running in a browser environment local to a computing device, configured to: | 30,692 |
9,224,437 | 1. A dynamic bit-line sensing circuit for providing a global bit-line output of a storage array, the circuit comprising: an input for receiving a single-ended local bit-line signal; a pass device having a first terminal coupled to the input and a second terminal directly connected to a global bit-line evaluation node; a first inverter having an input directly connected to the global bit-line evaluation node; and a second inverter having an input coupled to an output of the first inverter, wherein an output of the first inverter provides the global bit-line output, and wherein the output of the second inverter is further selectively coupled to the global bit-line evaluation node, wherein in response to a first state of at least one control signal, the output of the second inverter is de-coupled from the global bit-line evaluation node so that when the pass device is active the local bit line charges or discharges the global bit-line evaluation node without being affected substantially by a state of the output of the second inverter, and wherein in response to a second state of the at least one control signal the output of the second inverter is coupled to the input of the first inverter to retain a state of a latch formed by the first inverter and the second inverter. | 23,536 |
8,509,440 | 1. A network component comprising: a memory comprising computer readable instructions that when implemented by a processor cause the processor to: derive a Master Session Key (MSK) using a secret key and at least one parameter obtained from an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) sequence; derive a first Pairwise Master Key (PMK) and a second PMK from the MSK; establish a first authentication between a user equipment (UE) and a home gateway (HG) using the first PMK, wherein the first authentication allows the establishment of a first secure tunnel that extends between the UE and the HG; and establish a second authentication between the UE and an end point using the second PMK, wherein the second authentication allows the establishment of a second secure tunnel that extends between the UE and the end point and through the HG, wherein the end point is not part of the HG, wherein the HG and the end point are located in separate nodes, wherein the HG does not have access to the second PMK or any encryption keys derived therefrom, wherein communications are exchanged between the UE and the end point over the second secure tunnel via the first secure tunnel with the HG, wherein the communications are encrypted/decrypted for the second secure tunnel using an encryption key derived from the second PMK, wherein the communications are further encrypted/decrypted for the first secure tunnel using an encryption key derived from the first PMK, and wherein by virtue of not having access to the second PMK or any encryption keys derived therefrom, the HG cannot completely decrypt the encrypted communications. | 45,884 |
9,791,525 | 1. A method of operating a multi-channel transmit coil for at least one of magnetic resonance imaging or a medical treatment device, wherein the multi-channel coil comprises two or three coil rows being axially arranged adjacent to each other along a longitudinal direction, wherein each of two or three coil rows comprises a plurality of coil elements being arranged in a ring such that they are azimuthally distributed around the longitudinal direction, wherein the multi-channel transmit coil has been prepared by: electro-magnetic decoupling of the two or three coil rows relative to each other, and minimizing a reflected power individually of each of the coil rows, said method comprising the step of: exciting each coil element of the multi-channel transmit coil by radio-frequency power signals, wherein: an excitation phase shift is pairwise applied between first and second rows of the two coil rows or between first, second and third rows of the three coil rows, and the excitation phase shift being selected in a range from 70° to 120° between the first row and the second row of the two coil rows, or in a range from 70° to 120° between the first row and the second row and in a range from 20° to 80° between the second row and the third row of the three coil rows. | 35,216 |
9,158,464 | 1. A method for data integrity checks comprising: running an object integrity service (OIS) on a processor within a storage system, wherein the OIS is a background process and wherein the running the OIS comprises: | 13,440 |
9,569,797 | 1. A method of automatically calculating credit score simulation information associated with a user in a networked computing system, the networked computing system comprising: a credit data warehouse comprising a plurality of credit files having credit parameters associated with a corresponding plurality of users; a plurality of user computing devices associated with corresponding of the plurality of users, the user computing devices each capable of requesting credit score simulation information, a credit simulator server, executing computer instructions including a plurality of modules including at least: a credit score calculator module comprising a credit score calculation algorithm that generates a credit score based on a plurality of input parameters such that the credit score calculation algorithm is executable on a plurality of sets of input parameters in order to output a corresponding plurality of corresponding credit scores; a credit score simulation module comprising a predefined plurality of credit score simulation scenarios for application to credit information of each of a plurality of users, wherein the predefined plurality of credit score simulation scenarios are the same for each of the plurality of users, independent of different credit information of respective users, wherein each of the credit score simulation scenarios indicates at least: a parameter of the credit score calculation algorithm; a parameter adjustment rule indicating a mathematical effect of changes in the parameter to credit scores; and a textual description of the credit score simulation scenario; wherein the predefined plurality of credit score simulation scenarios include at least: a first predefined credit score simulation scenario associated with a timely payment parameter of the credit score calculation algorithm and first parameter adjustment rules indicating a first mathematical effect of changes in timely payment activities on credit scores calculated by the credit score calculation algorithm; a second predefined credit score simulation scenario associated with a credit card offer acceptance parameter of the credit score calculation algorithm and second parameter adjustment rules indicating a second mathematical effect of acceptance of credit card offers on credit scores calculated by the credit score calculation algorithm; at least third, fourth, and fifth predefined credit score simulation scenarios each associated with different parameter adjustment rules indicating impact of adjustments to a corresponding parameter on credit scores calculated by the credit score calculation algorithm; the credit score simulation module: accesses, from the credit data warehouse, credit information relating to a first user of the plurality of users, the credit information including a plurality of credit parameters specific to the first user; calculates, a current credit score of the first user by evaluating the credit score calculation algorithm based least on the plurality of credit parameters specific to the user accessed form the credit data warehouse; for each of the predefined plurality of credit score simulation scenarios, including the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth predefined credit score simulation scenarios: based on the parameter adjustment rule associated with the respective credit score simulation scenario, determines one or more credit parameters specific to the first user to modify prior to calculating a scenario credit score for the predefined credit score simulation scenario; for each of the determined one or more credit parameters to modify, generates a scenario credit parameter; and calculates a scenario credit score using the credit score calculation algorithm based at least on the one or more generated scenario credit parameters; wherein at least a first scenario credit score, a second scenario credit score, a third scenario credit score, a fourth scenario credit score, and a fifth scenario credit score are calculated based on respective scenario credit parameters; a report generation module that: constructs user interface data configured for execution by a first user computing device to: display on a display of the first user computing device a user interface including: a listing of at least a portion of each of the textual descriptions of the predefined plurality of credit score simulation scenarios, and for each predefined plurality of credit score simulation scenarios, the corresponding calculated scenario credit score, a first graphical differentiation of a first one or more of the calculated scenario credit scores that are greater than the calculated current credit score of the user, a second graphical differentiation of a second one or more of the calculated scenario credit scores that are less than the calculated current credit score of the user, and interactive user interface controls in spatial relation to respective predefined credit score simulation scenarios, the user interface controls configured to initiate updates to the user interface to show or hide expanded scenario information for the corresponding predefined credit score simulation scenario; transmits the user interface data to the first user computing device; wherein the first user computing device: receives the user interface data; executes the user interface data in order to display the user interface on the display of the first user computing device; in response to receiving selection of a first user interface control associated with the first predefined credit score simulation scenario of the displayed user interface, determine whether the first expanded scenario information is cached on the first user computing device; and in response to determining that the first expanded scenario information is not cached on the first user computing device, transmitting a request to the credit simulation server for first expanded scenario information corresponding to the first predefined credit score simulation scenario; wherein the credit simulation server is further configured to, in response to receiving the request for the first expanded scenario information from the first user computing device: determine the first expanded scenario information by: calculating a first simulated future scenario credit score associated with a first future time period; calculating a second simulated future scenario credit score associated with a second future time period; transmitting updated user interface data to the first user computing device, the updated user interface data including an expanded information pane to be positioned below the first predefined credit score simulation scenario, the expanded information pane indicating: the first future time period and the associated first simulated future scenario credit score of the user indicating a first hypothetical future credit score of the first user after the first future time period in response to timely payments made by the user during the first future time period; the second future time period and the associated second simulated future scenario credit score user indicating a second hypothetical future credit score of the first user after the second future time period in response to timely payments made by the user during the second future time period; and transmit the updated user interface data to the first user computing device; or in response to determining that the first expanded scenario information is cached on the first user computing device, updating the user interface data to include an expanded information pane below the first predefined credit score simulation scenario, the expanding information pane indicating: the first future time period and the associated first simulated future scenario credit score of the user indicating a first hypothetical future credit score of the first user after the first future time period in response to timely payments made by the user during the first future time period; the second future time period and the associated second simulated future scenario credit score user indicating a second hypothetical future credit score of the first user after the second future time period in response to timely payments made by the user during the second future time period; and render the updated user interface data on the display of the first user computing device. | 14,709 |
9,570,241 | 1. A dye-sensitized solar cell module comprising: a working electrode formed by stacking a collector, a photo-electrode to which a dye is adsorbed, and a transparent electrode material layer on a transparent conductive substrate; a counter electrode formed by stacking a collector, a catalytic electrode, and a transparent electrode material layer on a transparent conductive substrate; and an electrolyte filled in a space between the working electrode and the counter electrode sealed by a sealant, wherein a glass substrate for the counter electrode of glass substrates forming the transparent conductive substrates for the electrodes is a thin glass plate substrate thinner than a glass substrate for the working electrode, wherein the transparent electrode material layer for the counter electrode is formed between the catalytic electrode and the thing glass plate substrate while being in direct contact with the thin glass plate substrate and the catalytic electrode, wherein the counter electrode consists essentially of the transparent electrode material layer, the thin glass plate substrate thinner than the glass substrate of the transparent conductive substrate for the working electrode, the catalytic electrode and the collector, and the thin glass plate substrate thinner than the glass substrate of the transparent conductive substrate for the working electrode is not flexible. | 35,280 |
9,273,668 | 1. A yaw system for a windmill, the windmill comprising a tower and a nacelle, the tower and the nacelle being joined by the yaw system, wherein the yaw system comprises: a bearing fixed to the tower, on which bearing the nacelle rests and slides in a yawing movement; at least one yaw motor configured to allow the nacelle to perform a rotary motion along the bearing; and a control for continuously operating the at least one yaw motor in such a way that the at least one yaw motor maneuvers the nacelle towards a setpoint, wherein the yaw system is configured to allow the nacelle to divert from the setpoint whenever an external yaw wise torque on the nacelle exceeds an allowed torque capacity of the at least one yaw motor. | 32,661 |
9,446,984 | 1. A method for recovering CO 2 gas generated in a cement manufacturing plant, which comprises a first preheater, a superheating furnace, a mixer/calciner, a cement kiln, and a clinker cooler the method comprising: pre-heating a precalcination cement material in the first pre-heater; supplying the precalcination cement material, which comprises limestone, SiO heating cement material, calcined by the mixer/calciner, at or above a calcination temperature in a superheating furnace by combustion in a burner with combustion air, wherein the combustion air is supplied from the clinker cooler and the combustion air enhances combustion in the superheating furnace; introducing the cement material to the mixer/calciner, wherein a temperature in the inside of the mixer/calciner is maintained at or above the calcination temperature to calcine the precalcination cement material to yield calcined cement material and that also generates CO supplying a part of the calcined cement material to the superheating furnace, and supplying a remaining part of the calcined cement material to the cement kiln. | 9,939 |
8,593,470 | 1. A method for adjusting power consumption in a device comprising: detecting a power reduction condition; and in response to detecting the power reduction condition: blocking memory accesses to memory by memory access clients; completing any remaining memory access requests that are stored in a memory request FIFO; placing the memory in a self refresh mode wherein the self refresh mode is independent of a memory clock signal and does not require the memory clock signal; thereafter, adjusting by memory clock control logic, while the memory is in the self refresh mode, a frequency of the memory clock signal from a first frequency to a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency but greater than zero; and in response to the frequency of the memory clock signal becoming stable, causing the memory to exit from the self refresh mode and restoring the memory to a normal mode wherein the second frequency is used for of lithe memory clock signal. | 16,578 |
9,789,118 | 1. A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound is represented by formula (IV): wherein: one of X p is 0, 1, 2, or 3 Q is selected from the group consisting of: wherein the symbol indicates the point of attachment to ring B; X q and n are each, independently, 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; L R R R R R R R R R R R | 5,302 |
9,057,065 | 1. An mRNA comprising a microRNA-binding site located 3′ to the start codon and a nucleotide sequence located 3′ to the microRNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein, wherein the microRNA-binding site has a sequence complementary to a microRNA selected from the group consisting of miR164, miR170, miR171, miR156 miR159a and miR163. | 26,794 |
8,761,809 | 1. A method of conducting a financial transaction, the method comprising: receiving, at a remote server computer, first accelerometer data and first geo-location data from a first mobile device, wherein the first mobile device comprises a first processor, a first geo-location unit coupled to the first processor, and a first accelerometer coupled to the first processor; receiving, at the remote server computer, second accelerometer data and second geo-location data from a second mobile device, wherein the second mobile device comprises a second processor, a second geo-location unit coupled to the second processor, and a second accelerometer coupled to the second processor; receiving, at the remote server computer from one of the first and second mobile devices, third accelerometer data that is used as movement security data to authenticate or verify the financial transaction, wherein the third accelerometer data is different than the first and second accelerometer data; receiving, at the remote server computer, timestamp data from the first and second mobile devices, wherein the time stamp data includes a plurality of at least three time points corresponding to a plurality of at least three acceleration values in the accelerometer data of the respective mobile device; receiving, at the remote server computer, a payment amount from at least one of the first mobile device or the second mobile device; analyzing, by the remote server computer, first geo-location data and second geo-location data to determine whether the first and second device are within a threshold distance of one another; analyzing, by the remote server computer, first accelerometer data and second accelerometer data and the timestamp data to determine whether the first mobile device moved towards the second mobile device; and responsive to determining that the first and second mobile devices are within the threshold distance of one another and that the first and second mobile devices moved towards each other, initiating the transmission of an authorization request message to a first issuer, wherein the first issuer approves or does not approve the authorization request message. | 2,202 |
8,826,830 | 1. A tray table for a passenger seat comprising, in combination: a body; an inner tray comprising one or more channels at a peripheral portion of the inner tray configured to receive and hold a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a display screen, wherein the portable electronic device is secured to the inner tray when one or more of its edges engage the one or more channels and is removable from the inner tray by sliding the one or more edges out of the one or more channels; a port within at least one of the one or more channels and configured to connect to the portable electronic device, wherein the port is in electrical communication with the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is secured to the inner tray, and the port is not in electrical communication with the portable electronic device when the portable is removed from the inner tray; an opening in the body configured to accept the inner tray, the inner tray rotatably mounted in the opening and connected to the body via one or more rotatable mounts; and one or more mounts configured to movably attach the body to a back portion of the passenger seat, wherein the body is movable between a stowed position and a service position relative to the passenger seat. | 31,097 |
8,772,825 | 1. A method of manufacturing a stacked semiconductor device, comprising; providing a first semiconductor unit having a first surface that is not a polar plane; forming at least one pit from the first surface, the pit having a second surface that lies at an angle relative to the first surface; forming a polarization enhanced tunnel junction on the second surface; and forming a second semiconductor unit above the tunnel junction, whereby the at least one pit enhances the polarization of the tunnel junction. | 10,406 |
8,959,971 | 1. A method of forming a metal work piece, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a forming die with a cam assembly, wherein the cam assembly includes an inner cam component with a first metal forming portion, an outer cam component with a second metal forming portion, and a base that receives at least one of the inner or outer cam components and secures the cam assembly to the forming die; (b) exerting a force (F) on the inner cam component that urges the inner and outer cam components in a first axial direction and causes the cam assembly to transition from an unloading position to a forming position where the first and second metal forming portions line up on one side of the metal work piece and form a unitary metal forming portion, and exerting a spring force (S) on the outer cam component that urges the inner and outer cam components in a second axial direction that is opposite the first axial direction; and (c) forming the metal work piece with the forming die while the first and second metal forming portions maintain the unitary metal forming portion. | 28,618 |
9,610,072 | 1. A retractor comprising: a first slender element and a second slender element operatively coupled via a joining mechanism, wherein each of said first slender element and said second slender element comprises: a distal grabbing hook having a concave side; and a proximal handle, wherein said joining mechanism is configured to endow said retractor with at least two configurations: a retracted configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the following portions of the retractor, together, are dimensioned such that they can be inserted through a 1.5 millimeter incision when the retractor is in the retracted configuration: wherein, in the retracted configuration, said concave sides of said distal grabbing hooks face one another, and wherein, in the expanded configuration, said concave sides of said distal grabbing hooks face away from one another. | 22,940 |
9,738,828 | 1. A converter for producing colored or white light from blue excitation light, comprising: a converter body having an excitation face and an opposite face, the spacing therebetween defining the thickness of the converter body, the converter body comprising a cerium doped optoceramic converter material selected from the group consisting of a YAG ceramic, a LuAG ceramic, and a magnesium-aluminum ceramic, wherein the optoceramic converter material has a degree of cerium doping and is sintered at a temperature that are sufficient to provide an embedded grain structure in the doped optoceramic material which exhibits scattering to obtain an emission spot of a common size as a cross section of a light beam of the excitation light, to obtain a remission factor of longer wavelength light of 600 nm wavelength of R | 43,734 |
8,661,599 | 1. A method for manufacturing a tooth brush, comprising: defining a compression portion substantially at a center of a fiber bundle comprising a plurality of short fibers in a longitudinal direction by crisscrossing a first and a second U-shaped wires to form an O-looped shape portion in which the plurality of short fibers is arranged; and pulling the first and the second wires in opposite directions while twisting in opposite directions so as to reduce a cross-section of the O-looped shape portion and compress the plurality of short fibers such that the plurality of short fibers is diverged radially from the compression portion to form a substantially spherical brush, wherein each of the first and the second wires is respectively twisted upon itself. | 13,352 |
9,785,612 | 1. A motor vehicle drive train, comprising: an electric motor to provide at least one of driving power, and to recuperate braking energy; and a device for determining a range of a vehicle, the vehicle having an electric motor to supply at least one of driving power and to recuperate braking energy, and at least one control unit, the control unit designed to determine a weight of the vehicle as a function of recuperation data, and to determine a range of the vehicle from the determined vehicle weight, wherein brake energy recuperation by the electric motor is controlled on the basis of the determined vehicle weight, wherein the brake energy recuperation by the electric motor recharges an accumulator of the vehicle, and wherein the recuperation data includes the following: 1) a requested deceleration of the vehicle, 2) a recuperative braking portion of additional braking systems, 3) an actual deceleration of the vehicle, and 4) an increase in charge energy of the accumulator of the vehicle. | 7,844 |
9,073,868 | 1. A benzazepine compound represented by general formula (1) Wherein R 1 is a —CO—R 8 group (wherein R 8 is (8-1) an alkyl group optionally substituted with a halogen atom, a lower alkanoyloxy group, or a phenyl group substituted with a dihydroxy phosphoryloxy group in which the hydroxy groups are optionally substituted with benzyl groups, or a phenyl group substituted with a lower alkyl group and a dihydroxy phosphoryloxy group in which the hydroxy groups are optionally substituted with benzyl groups; (8-2) a lower alkoxy group substituted with a halogen atom, a lower alkanoyloxy group, or a dihydroxyphosphoryloxy group; (8-3) a pyridyl group; or (8-4) a lower alkoxyphenyl group. | 35,364 |
8,568,686 | 1. A kinetically controlled method for producing a nanostructured material, comprising: providing a molecular precursor; dissolving said precursor in a solvent and forming a solution; placing said solution in a closed environment at low temperature; introducing a catalyst into said closed environment, said catalyst comprising a volatile catalyst of hydrolysis that is delivered to said solution by gas diffusion; wherein a hydrolysis reaction of said precursor occurs, as initiated by said gas diffusion delivered catalyst, thereby generating a crystalline product; wherein crystalline growth occurs as a result of said precursor hydrolysis reaction that produced said crystalline product; wherein said crystalline growth forms as a thin film or as individual nanocrystalline particles; and wherein said nanostructured material comprises an oxide material selected from the group consisting of cobalt hydroxide, a cobalt hydroxide based material, a titanium dioxide based material, a tin oxide based material, an indium tin oxide based material, a zinc oxide based material, a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, a metal phosphate, a metalloid oxide, a metalloid hydroxide, a metalloid phosphate, an organometallic oxide, an organometallic hydroxide, an organometallic phosphate, an organometalloid oxide, an organometalloid hydroxide, and an organometalloid phosphate. | 49,312 |
9,847,640 | 1. A method of operating a synchronous condenser, comprising: accelerating a gas turbine engine to full speed no load conditions; connecting a generator attached to the gas turbine engine to an electric power grid; turning off a flow of fuel to the gas turbine engine while a compressor of the gas turbine engine operates at minimal conditions; operating the generator in a synchronous condenser mode; and providing or absorbing reactive power to or from the electric power grid. | 48,908 |
8,601,217 | 1. A method of inserting cache blocks into a cache queue, comprising: detecting, by a processor, a first cache miss for the cache queue; identifying, by the processor, a storage block receiving an access in response to the cache miss; calculating, by the processor, a first estimated cache miss cost for a first storage container comprising the storage block; calculating, by the processor, an insertion probability for the first storage container based on a mathematical formula of the first estimated cache miss cost; randomly selecting an insertion probability number from a uniform distribution, wherein the insertion probability exceeds the insertion probability number; and inserting, in response to the insertion probability exceeding the insertion probability number, a new cache block corresponding to the storage block into the cache queue. | 48,104 |
9,306,661 | 1. A mobile communication system that employs a frequency division duplex scheme, comprising: a user terminal; and a base station that uses at least a pair of uplink and downlink carriers for radio communication with the user terminal, wherein the base station and the user terminal change the uplink carrier of the pair of uplink and downlink carriers to another carrier while maintaining a first configuration or a second configuration during execution of the radio communication, wherein the first configuration are a bandwidth of the uplink carrier and context correlated with the uplink carrier; and the second configuration are the downlink carrier and context correlated with the downlink carrier. | 48,831 |
8,655,771 | 1. A system for processing arbitrated price quote transactions over a network from at least one merchant in response to a request for quote (RFQ) by at least one customer, comprising: a customer input device; a merchant database; and a transaction arbiter processing component in communication over the network with said customer input device and said merchant database via a remote host computer system, said transaction arbiter processing component storing at least one of algorithms and executable instructions that when executed perform a method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, over the network, RFQ data for a product or service generated from said customer input device, said RFQ data including parameters specified from said at least one customer; (b) communicating, via the remote host computer system with said merchant database; (c) inputting, via the remote host computer system, at least one of merchant data, bidding functions and limiting parameters from at least one merchant, and storing said merchant data, bidding functions and limiting parameters into said merchant database, said merchant data including information on the merchant and at least one of products and services available from at least one merchant, said merchant data, bidding functions and limiting parameters further describing how a given merchant will respond to at least one of merchant data, bidding functions and limiting parameters from at least one other merchant, in response to the parameters specified in the customer's RFQ; (d) interrogating, by the transaction arbiter processing component, and identifying at least one of merchant data, bidding functions and limiting parameters stored in said merchant database satisfying the parameters of the customer RFQ, and the transaction arbiter processing component performing at least one of: interacting with, processing, and executing a sequence of at least one of algorithms, permutations and calculations using said identified merchant data, bidding functions and limiting parameters; (e) generating, by the transaction arbiter processing component, an arbitrated price quote result satisfying the RFQ parameters; (f) communicating, from the transaction arbiter processing component over the network, the arbitrated price quote result to the customer input device; and (g) receiving, by the customer input device over the network, the arbitrated price quote result from the transaction arbiter processing component in response to the RFQ parameters. | 34,363 |
9,295,066 | 1. A method comprising: a processor of a wireless gateway of a security system detecting other interfering wireless gateways of the security system, their frequency hopping pattern, their phase offset in the frequency hopping pattern relative to a time reference and a dwell time between hops in the frequency hopping pattern relative to the time reference; a processor of the wireless gateway selecting a channel set and a phase of operation for communicating with a plurality of sensors relative to the time reference using frequency hopping based upon the detected frequency hopping pattern, the phase and dwell time of the other wireless gateways; a processor of the wireless gateway communicating with the plurality of sensors and periodically comparing its phase of operation with the phase of the other interfering wireless gateways; and a processor of the wireless gateway adjusting its phase to avoid interference based upon the comparison with the phase of the other interfering wireless gateways. | 26,866 |
9,696,946 | 1. An image forming apparatus configured to print an image on a sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising: a wireless communicator including a memory and configured to execute wireless communication with an external apparatus; a controller configured to communicate with the memory and to set an operation mode of the image forming apparatus in either an active mode in which the wireless communicator supplies power to the external apparatus or a passive mode in which the wireless communicator is supplied with power from the external apparatus; and a detector configured to detect shifting of the image forming apparatus to a power off state in which power is not supplied to the image forming apparatus, wherein, in a case where the detector detects shifting of the image forming apparatus to the power off state, before switching to the power off state, the controller stores predetermined data into the memory of the wireless communicator, and switches the operation mode of the image forming apparatus from the active mode to the passive mode, wherein, in both of a case where the operation mode of the image forming apparatus is in the active mode and a case where the operation mode of the image forming apparatus is in the passive mode, the wireless communicator is configured to execute the wireless communication with the external apparatus, wherein the memory is configured such that the predetermined data stored in the memory can be read by the external apparatus, wherein, when the image forming apparatus is operating in the active mode, the detector is configured to detect whether the external apparatus is operating in an external apparatus active mode as an actively operating external apparatus or in an external apparatus passive mode as a passively operating external apparatus, and wherein, when the image forming apparatus is operating in the active mode, (i) the controller switches the operation mode of the image forming apparatus from the active mode to the passive mode if the detector detects that the external apparatus is operating in the external apparatus active mode, and (ii) the controller maintains the operation mode of the image forming apparatus in the active mode if the detector detects that the external apparatus is operating in the external apparatus passive mode, such that the wireless communicator is configured to execute the wireless communication with the external apparatus in both of the case where the operation mode of the image forming apparatus is in the active mode and the case where the operation mode of the image forming apparatus is in the passive mode. | 42,561 |
8,571,901 | 1. An automated self-storage management system for enabling a user to conduct self-storage transactions, the system comprising: a business network of a plurality of self-storage facilities, wherein the user is personnel of each self-storage facility and uses the business network to access inventory information and customer information of the plurality of self-storage facilities to generate reports for managing the operation of each self-storage facility; a server having a room inventory database and accessible to the user via a computer-terminal coupled to the server, wherein the user inputs the inventory information into the room inventory database via the computer-terminal and an inventory information capture and the user accesses the inventory information pertaining to self-storage units located in the plurality of self-storage facilities of the business network; the server accessible to the user via the computer-terminal coupled to the server, wherein the user inputs the customer information into the server via the computer-terminal and a customer information capture and the user accesses the customer information pertaining to customers of the plurality of self-storage facilities of the business network; and the server having a reporting feature in communication with the inventory information capture and the customer information capture and accessible to the user via the computer-terminal coupled to the server, via the reporting feature, wherein the user extracts and analyzes the inventory information from the room inventory database pertaining to self-storage units located in the plurality of self-storage facilities of the business network, via the reporting feature, wherein the user extracts and analyzes the customer information from the server, and via the reporting feature, wherein the user generates reports using the analysis of the inventory information and the customer information for managing the operation of the storage facility, including reports for revenue, unit availability, reservations, open contracts, rent rolls and credit card information. | 30,571 |
8,962,514 | 1. A hydrotreating catalyst being a calcined product comprising: a carrier comprising aluminum, silicon, phosphorus and boron; and molybdenum, cobalt and nickel supported on the carrier; wherein, relative to 100% by mass of the carrier, (a) an aluminum content in the carrier in terms of aluminum oxide (Al (b) a silicon content in the carrier in terms of silicon oxide (SiO (c) a phosphorus content in the carrier in terms of phosphorus oxide (P (d) a boron content in the carrier in terms of boron oxide (B the hydrotreating catalyst is calcined before a presulfiding treatment, and an average stacking number for a molybdenum sulfide slab is greater than 1.0 but not more than 1.9. | 26,797 |
8,568,986 | 1. A method of selecting an agent that improves periodontal disease, comprising: (a) mixing a bacterium having an autoinducer-2-mediated quorum sensing system and autoinducer-2 in the presence and absence of a test substance; (b) measuring the autoinducer-2 activity produced in the presence and absence of said test substance from (a); and (c) selecting said test substance as an agent that improves periodontal disease if the autoinducer-2 activity in the presence of said test substance is 29.6% or less of the autoinducer-2 activity in the absence of said test substance. | 41,707 |
8,962,144 | 1. A reinforcing sheet for a resin molded product, comprising: a constraining layer; and a reinforcing layer laminated on the constraining layer, wherein the reinforcing layer is formed of a thermoplastic adhesive composition, the adhesive composition including polyolefin, and wherein, after being stuck to a polypropylene plate having a thickness of 2.0 mm and heated at 80° C. for 10 minutes, the reinforcing sheet for a resin molded product has a bending strength at a displacement of 1 mm at 90° C. which is not less than double a bending strength of the polypropylene plate having a thickness of 2.0 mm at a displacement of 1 mm at 90° C. | 20,478 |
9,582,616 | 1. A method for generating a flat pattern for a composite ply, the method performed by a data processing system and comprising: receiving data defining a tool and a ply coverage, wherein the ply coverage defines a plurality of plies, a fiber orientation for each of the plies, and a boundary for each of the plies; determining one or more subset regions on the tool based on the boundaries from the ply coverage; creating at least one merged ply combining at least two of the plies and aligning the fiber orientations of the at least two of the plies; defining staging instances for each ply of the at least one merged ply which indicates the respective subset region that each respective ply covers such that the at least one merged ply is folded or is wrapped around a corner of the tool at the boundary between the at least two plies; determining a laydown order of the plies based on the staging instances; running a draping simulation using the laydown order to solve the staging instances, in which each ply of each staging instance is laid down at the respective subset region for each staging instance in the laydown order, which draping simulation takes into account thickness increase due to previously laid down plies; generating a flat pattern that defines a shape for cutting at least one composite ply corresponding to the at least one merged ply based on the draping simulation; and storing the flat pattern of the composite ply. | 9,797 |
9,657,094 | 1. A composition for delivery of a therapeutic agent, the composition comprising: a therapeutic agent, comprising an antibody, and a biodegradable hydrogel comprising alginate and chitosan, wherein the ratio of alginate:chitosan is from about 70:30 to about 50:50. | 12,649 |
9,441,581 | 1. A system for an engine that combusts a fuel carried by a fuel stream to produce power and an exhaust stream, the system comprising: a first housing that entrains a first stream of a first type; and a second housing that entrains a second stream of a second type and that is disposed within the first housing, wherein the second housing encloses an inner wall with surface features that are substantially large enough to be identified by naked eyes, and comprise a pattern of features selected from a group consisting of bumps, dimples, cavities, ridges, grooves, and wedges, wherein the enclosure of the second housing comprises pores large enough to enable at least a portion of the first stream to travel into the second housing. | 33,760 |
9,640,365 | 1. A method for determining a 3D primitive reciprocal basis of an unknown crystal based on an EBSD pattern, comprising steps of: 1) collecting an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) pattern of a crystalline sample with a scanning electron microscope (SEM), recording the pattern center (PC), the detector distance (DD), and the accelerating voltage used; 2) identifying edges at the narrowest width of each visible Kikuchi band on the EBSD pattern, determining central line of the Kikuchi bands on the EBSD pattern; 3) geometrically correcting the Kikuchi bands with the pattern center and the detector distance, obtaining reciprocal vectors corresponding to the Kikuchi bands, and determining components of the reciprocal vectors in a 3D reciprocal Cartesian coordinate system; 4) selecting all possible three non-coplanar vectors in the reciprocal vectors, calculating the volumes of parallelepipeds defined by the non-coplanar reciprocal vectors, sequencing them from the smallest volume to the largest volume, and simultaneously recording the corresponding three non-coplanar reciprocal vectors forming the parallelepipeds; 5) circulating the sequenced volumes; 6) assigning the current volume to be variable V, wherein the three corresponding non-coplanar reciprocal vectors are respectively set to be a, b, and c, firstly calculating the parallelepiped volumes V 7) firstly calculating the parallelepiped volumes V 8) firstly calculating the parallelepiped volumes V 9) determining the three non-coplanar reciprocal vectors corresponding to the current volume as a 3D primitive reciprocal basis. | 37,557 |
9,543,588 | 1. An aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, manufactured by the process including: maintaining an aluminum alloy ingot at 550 to 620° C. for 1 to 20 hours, wherein the aluminum alloy ingot comprises 0.1 to 0.5 mass % (hereinafter referred to as %) of Fe, 0.01 to 0.3% of Si, 0.01 to 0.2% of Cu, 0.01% or less of Mn, with the rest consisting of Al and unavoidable impurities; and subjecting the resulting ingot under a hot rolling with a starting temperature of 500° C. or higher and an end-point temperature of 255 to 300° C., wherein tensile strength of the aluminum alloy foil is 220 MPa or higher, 0.2% yield strength of the aluminum alloy foil is 180 MPa or higher, electrical conductivity of the aluminum alloy foil is 58% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) or higher, a solid solution of Fe formed in the aluminum alloy foil is 100 ppm or higher, a solid solution of Si formed in the aluminum alloy foil is 80 to 1800 ppm, and a solid solution of Cu formed in the aluminum alloy foil is 80 to 1500 ppm. | 30,600 |
9,067,664 | 1. A method for steering a marine vessel having a thruster system and a first and second propulsion unit comprising: receiving a first signal from a first control lever corresponding to a first setting for a first propulsion unit; receiving a second signal from a second control lever corresponding to a second setting for a second propulsion unit; and activating said thruster system to produce a clockwise turning moment if the first signal is greater than the second signal and a counter-clockwise turning moment if the second signal is greater than the first signal. | 34,478 |
8,946,074 | 1. A method semiconductor device, comprising: providing a Si-containing layer; forming a metallic contact layer over said Si-containing layer, said contact layer including a metallic element; forming a forming a barrier layer over said Si-containing layer, said barrier layer comprising a compound including said metallic element; forming a metallic nucleation_seed layer over said barrier layer, said nucleation seed layer including said metallic element; and forming a metallic interconnect layer over said nucleation seed layer, wherein said contact layer, barrier layer and said nucleation_seed layer are formed in the same chamber without exposing said semiconductor device to the ambient atmosphere. | 8,804 |
9,594,190 | 1. A flexible display device comprising: a substrate; a display element layer on the substrate; an encapsulation layer on the display element layer; and an anti-scratch film on the encapsulation layer, wherein the anti-scratch film comprises a film base and an anti-scratch layer comprising a plurality of protrusions on one side of the anti-scratch film and arranged in a repeating pattern, the plurality of protrusions of the anti-scratch layer forming an outermost surface of the display device, each of the plurality of protrusions comprising only a single inorganic material, the anti-scratch layer comprising materials different from materials of the film base, and wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of protrusions are spaced from each such that a portion of the film base is exposed between the adjacent ones of the plurality of protrusions. | 34,763 |
8,590,093 | 1. A toothbrush ( 1 ) comprising: a.) a support member ( b.) at least one brushing member ( c.) a physiological retractor ( said toothbrush ( the angular coverage (δ) of the physiological retractor ( the physiological retractor ( along the axis (X-X′), the first and second cheeks ( with the brushing member ( | 24,159 |
9,354,713 | 1. A method for retrieving a data point of an electrical switch, the electrical switch being connectable to a device via a data connection, the method comprising: retrieving, via the device, a data record of the electrical switch during the data connection, the data record including a description and a use of the data point, wherein the electrical switch is part of an arrangement of electrical switches, and the data point indicates a category of the arrangement of switches and a position of the electrical switch in the arrangement of electrical switches; extracting, via the device, at least the description and the use of the data point from the data record such the data point becomes known to the device; retrieving, via the device, the known data point at least for the duration of the data connection; and processing, via the device, the known data point using the extracted description and the extracted use, wherein the retrieved data record further includes additional information, the additional information relating to a plurality of data points within the retrieved data record and including a data format and an identification number for each of the plurality of data points, and the additional information includes a name for at least some of the plurality of data points, the name being displayable on a display device. | 7,141 |
9,847,499 | 1. A compound of the formula (1), where the following applies to the symbols used: M is selected on each occurrence, identically or differently, from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, nickel, rhodium, iridium and gold; X is on each occurrence, identically or differently, CR Y is C═O, BR, SiR where the dashed bonds indicate the linking of this group; D is on each occurrence, identically or differently, C or N; E is C if the ring in which this E is bonded is an aromatic or heteroaromatic six-membered ring; or is C or N if the ring in which this E is bonded is a heteroaromatic five-membered ring; Ar Ar R is on each occurrence, identically or differently, H, D, F, N(R R R R two groups Ar | 35,441 |
9,310,946 | 1. A capacitive-type touch control display, comprising: a rear plate including a first polarizer sheet and a thin film transistor array layer disposed on said first polarizer sheet; a front plate including a color filter layer, a second polarizer sheet disposed on said color filter layer, an adhesive layer, a transparent touch sensor layer adhesively bonded to said second polarizer sheet through said adhesive layer, and a transparent hard coating layer directly formed on said touch sensor layer, said touch sensor layer being disposed between said second polarizer sheet and said hard coating layer and being divided into a touch sensing region and a peripheral region that surrounds said touch sensing region, said hard coating layer covering said touch sensing region; a liquid crystal cell sandwiched between said front and rear plates; and a housing including a main body and an end flange, said main body defining an accommodating space and having an open end, said accommodating space receiving an assembly of said front and rear plates therein, said end flange extending inwardly and transversely from said open end and defining a front window that exposes said touch sensing region of said touch sensor layer underneath said hard coating layer, said end flange covering said peripheral region of said touch sensor layer. | 27,878 |
8,840,539 | 1. An endovascular ventricular assist device (EVAD) configured to be used in connection with a patient having a body, blood, and a descending aorta, the EVAD comprising: an axial flow pump configured to be placed into the patient's descending aorta by a catheterization procedure; and a power transfer belt configured to be disposed external to the patient's body and to provide power wirelessly to the pump when the pump is placed into the patient's descending aorta to allow the pump to move the patient's blood through the descending aorta at a substantially constant rate. | 18,054 |
9,525,071 | 1. A flexible high-voltage thin-film transistor comprising: a gate electrode; a source electrode; a drain electrode; a dielectric layer, wherein a first portion of the dielectric layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the source electrode, and wherein a second portion of the dielectric layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the drain electrode; and a flexible semiconductor layer disposed between, and in electrical communication with, the source electrode and the drain electrode, the flexible semiconductor layer being electrically insulated from the gate electrode, and the flexible semiconductor layer comprising an ungated region laterally separating the gate electrode from the drain electrode. | 13,333 |
9,816,050 | 1. A method for recovering oil from a corn to ethanol process, the method comprising: adding a composition to a process stream of the corn to ethanol process, wherein the composition comprises 45 weight % to 95 weight % of a non-ionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkoxylated plant oils, alkoxylated plant fats, alkoxylated animal oils, alkoxylated animal fats, alkyl polyglucosides, alkoxylated glycerols, and mixtures thereof. | 30,199 |
9,731,244 | 1. A carbon dioxide recovery apparatus, comprising: an absorbing tower configured to discharge a rich liquid that is an absorbing liquid that has absorbed carbon dioxide from a carbon-dioxide-containing gas that has been supplied to the absorbing tower; a splitter configured to split the rich liquid discharged from the absorbing tower into a first portion and a second portion; a first carbon dioxide release device configured to heat the first portion and to discharge a first mixture comprising a first semi-lean liquid and a first steam containing carbon dioxide by utilizing a first heat source; a second carbon dioxide release device configured to heat the second portion and to discharge a second mixture comprising a second semi-lean liquid and a second steam containing carbon dioxide by utilizing a second heat source; a regeneration tower configured to heat the first semi-lean liquid and the second semi-lean liquid, to discharge a lean liquid and to release a third steam containing carbon dioxide, the lean liquid being utilized as the first heat source and the third steam being utilized as the second heat source; a first gas-liquid separator configured to separate the first steam from the first mixture discharged from the first carbon dioxide release device; a separated liquid line provided between the first gas-liquid separator and the regeneration tower, and configured to supply the first semi-lean liquid to the regeneration tower; and a first separated steam line provided between the first gas-liquid separator and the second carbon dioxide release device and configured to supply the first steam to the second carbon dioxide release device. | 48,783 |
8,815,539 | 1. A method for producing microbial melanin and/or a microbial melanin-associated protein comprising the steps of: (a) providing a primary processing bioreactor, a fermentation medium and a microbial culture comprising microorganisms, wherein the microorganisms in the microbial culture comprise (b) fermenting the fermentation medium with the microbial culture in the primary processing bioreactor, thereby producing a primary leachate, wherein the primary leachate comprises microorganisms derived from the microbial culture and/or naturally occurring microorganisms acquired during the fermentation step; (c) isolating or removing the primary leachate from the primary processing bioreactor; (d) providing the primary leachate isolated or removed from the primary processing bioreactor, a secondary processing bioreactor, (e) culturing the BSFL in an aerated culture with the primary leachate isolated or removed from the primary processing bioreactor and the cellulose-based substrate in the secondary processing bioreactor under suboptimal culture conditions for culture of the BSFL, thereby producing a secondary leachate, wherein the suboptimal culture condition is suboptimal temperature, high density, chemical stress, acidification, presence of toxic secondary metabolites, and/or nutrient starvation; (f) isolating or removing the secondary leachate from the secondary processing bioreactor, wherein the secondary leachate from the secondary processing bioreactor comprises melanin and/or a melanin-associated protein; and (g) extracting or isolating the melanin or melanin-associated protein from the secondary leachate. | 41,937 |
9,836,007 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image by selectively using a plurality of discolorable coloring materials and a plurality of non-discolorable coloring materials; an operation panel configured to designate the coloring materials for the image formation of the image forming unit from among the discolorable coloring materials and the non-discolorable coloring materials; and a control unit configured to: | 38,506 |
8,904,077 | 1. A method of allocating bandwidth in a link connecting an adapter with another device in a storage area network (SAN), the method comprising: a) evaluating an input/output (I/O) request relating to a data transfer between a host system and a storage device in the SAN; b) determining an amount of data that will be transferred at a given time, including data associated with the I/O request; and c) enabling or disabling lanes of the link based on the amount of data that will be transferred at the given time, including the data associated with the I/O request; wherein when link traffic is below a first limit, a first number of lanes are enabled, and more lanes are enabled when the link traffic increases above the first limit. | 516 |
9,609,079 | 1. A method for improved cache maintenance implemented by a network traffic management system comprising one or more application acceleration management computing devices, the method comprising: receiving a first request from a client device, wherein the first request is for a master playlist file; obtaining the master playlist file and sending the master playlist file to the client device in a response to the first request, wherein the master playlist file is modified prior to being sent such that a first set of meta information is appended to a network address of a secondary playlist file identified in the master playlist file or the response includes a first cookie including the first set of meta information; receiving a second request from the client device, wherein the second request is for the secondary playlist file and includes the first set of meta information; obtaining the secondary playlist file and sending the secondary playlist file to the client device in another response to the second request, wherein the secondary playlist file is modified prior to being sent such that the first set of meta information and a second set of meta information is appended to a network address of a media file identified in the secondary playlist file or the other response includes a second cookie including the first and second sets of meta information; and receiving a third request from the client device, wherein the third request is for the media file and includes the first and second sets of meta information; and generating a cache score for the media file based on the first and second sets of meta information included in the third request, obtaining the media file, storing the media file in a cache as associated with the cache score, and sending the media file to the client device in response to the third request. | 32,573 |
8,772,135 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: (a) providing a semiconductor wafer including a substrate having a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface, an interlayer insulating film formed on the front surface of the substrate, a cutting region located between a first chip region of the semiconductor wafer and a second chip region of the semiconductor wafer arranged next to the first chip region in a plan view, and a metal pattern formed over the front surface of the substrate and formed in the cutting region in the plan view, wherein the interlayer insulating film has a wiring layer and a low-dielectric constant film, and wherein a dielectric constant of the low-dielectric constant film is lower than that of silicon oxide; (b) after the step of (a), forming a first modified region in the cutting region of the semiconductor wafer by irradiating along the cutting region and only between the first chip region and the metal pattern with a laser, and forming a second modified region in the cutting region of the semiconductor wafer by irradiating along the cutting region and only between the second chip region and the metal pattern with the laser, wherein only portions of the semiconductor wafer, which do not overlap with any metal layers including the metal pattern in the plan view, are irradiated with the laser, respectively; and (c) after the step of (b), removing the metal pattern, the interlayer insulating film and a portion of the substrate with a dicing saw along the cutting region and between the first modified region and the second modified region, wherein a width of the dicing saw is less than a distance between the first modified region and the second modified region. | 29,617 |
9,689,991 | 1. A radiation probe system comprising: (a) background radiation detector (BRD); (b) contamination radiation detector (CRD); (c) proximity sensor (PRS); (d) operator audible alarm (OAA); (e) operator visual indicator (OVI); (f) computing control device (CCD); and (g) radiation probe enclosure (RPE); wherein said RPE is configured to mechanically couple said BRD, said CRD, said PRS, and said CCD in said RPE; said BRD is positioned behind said CRD such that gamma radiation external to said RPE first passes through said CRD before detection by said BRD; said PRS is configured to determine the proximity of a radiation source to said RPE; said BRD is configured to detect gamma radiation from said radiation source; said CRD is configured to detect alpha, beta, and gamma radiation from said radiation source; said CCD is configured to read background radiation counts (BRC) from said BRD; said CCD is configured to read contamination radiation counts (CRC) from said CRD; said CCD is configured to calculate a radiation background count (RBC) by processing said BRC to estimate static background gamma radiation; said CCD is configured to calculate a background subtraction factor (BSF) based on said RBC; said CCD is configured to calculate a net measured radiation (NMR) value by subtracting from said CRC the product of said RBC and said BSF; said CCD is configured to periodically perform a coherence test of said NMR to determine the statistical correctness of said BSF; said CCD is configured to calculate a radiation detection threshold (RDT) based on said RBC; and said CCD is configured to activate said OAA and said OVI based on the values of said NMR, said RDT, and a predetermined alarm threshold value (ATV). | 17,097 |
8,896,463 | 1. A method of validating operation of a meter interface unit (MIU) installed by a technician as part of a utility meter reading system comprising a communications network and at least one bidirectional communications device operable to transmit and receive data over said network, said technician having a portable communications device operable to receive communications from said network, said method comprising: transmitting data from said MIU over said communications network of said utility meter reading system; receiving said data at a bidirectional communications device of said utility meter reading system; broadcasting by said bidirectional communications device over said network the received data and additional data comprising one of the signal-to-noise ratio or received signal strength indicator of the signal from the MIU containing the received data; and receiving said broadcast data by said portable communications device of said technician; thereby confirming that data transmitted by said MIU was received by a bidirectional communications device of said utility meter reading system. | 46,260 |
9,469,859 | 1. A method for producing a fermentation product from biomass that has been pre-treated in an acid pre-treatment system and separated into a liquid component comprising a first concentration of a pentose and a first amount of at least one acid comprising sulfuric acid, and a first solids component, the method comprising: (a) treating the liquid component in a filtration system, the treating comprises: contacting a first nano-filter with the liquid component to form a first retentate and a first permeate, wherein the first retentate comprises a second concentration of the pentose that is greater than the first concentration of the pentose and a second amount of the sulfuric acid that is less than the first amount of the sulfuric acid; and supplying water and the first retentate to a second nano-filter to contact the second nano-filter to form a second retentate and a second permeate, wherein the water supplied to the second nano-filter is in addition to the first retentate, wherein the second retentate comprises a third amount of the sulfuric acid that is less than the second amount the sulfuric acid; and (b) combining the second retentate, a fermenting organism, and agents in a fermentation system that ferments the pentose, the fermenting organism, and the agents into a fermentation product; (c) recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation system; (d) removing water from the first permeate and the second permeate to form a concentrated permeate comprising the sulfuric acid, wherein the removing comprises using a reverse osmosis process; and (e) supplying the concentrated permeate for re-use in the acid pre-treatment system; wherein the biomass comprises lignocellulosic material; and wherein the pentose comprises xylose. | 38,536 |
9,800,790 | 1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject and output an image signal; a control unit configured to control output of the image signal of the image capturing unit; and an azimuth direction acquisition unit configured to detect geomagnetism, and acquire azimuth direction information indicating a direction in which the image capturing apparatus is oriented, based on the detected geomagnetism, wherein the azimuth direction acquisition unit detects the geomagnetism during an operation of the image capturing unit, the operation being related to the output of the image signal, and acquires azimuth direction information in which an influence on the detected geomagnetism, the influence being caused by a current supplied for the output of the image signal, has been corrected, wherein the control unit regularly outputs an instruction to cause the image capturing unit to output the image signal, wherein the azimuth direction acquisition unit detects the geomagnetism in response to the instruction being regularly output from the control unit, and wherein the control unit regularly outputs the instruction based on a frame rate of a moving image, the frame rate being set by a user. | 32,469 |
8,903,067 | 1. A telephone having a display panel; a datastore including at least one function, wherein the at least one function comprises information relating to a current location of a telephone and at least one other condition associated with a user of the telephone, wherein the at least one function is associated with at least one communication service; circuitry operable to connect the telephone to a location server to obtain a current location of the telephone; and a function selector programmable to refresh a screen on the display panel of the telephone to include at least one communication service associated with the function, based at least in part on a current location of the telephone. | 47,144 |
8,945,605 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an entrainment chamber defining an entrainment volume, the entrainment chamber including a gas inlet port, an aerosol inlet port and an outlet port, the gas inlet port configured to fluidically couple a gas source to the entrainment volume, the entrainment chamber configured such that a velocity of a flow of a gas within the entrainment volume is less than a velocity of the flow of the gas within the gas inlet port, the aerosol inlet port configured to receive an inlet aerosol produced by an aerosol generator, the entrainment chamber configured such that at least a portion of the inlet aerosol is entrained into the flow of the gas within the entrainment volume to produce an entrained aerosol flow at the outlet port; a nozzle in fluidic communication with the outlet port of the entrainment chamber, the nozzle configured to accelerate the entrained aerosol flow; and a particle selection chamber including a cannula coupling port configured to be coupled to a nasal cannula, the particle selection chamber configured to receive the entrained aerosol flow from the nozzle and produce an outlet aerosol flow, the particle selection chamber including an obstructive structure configured to remove particles from the entrained aerosol flow such that a volumetric median diameter of the outlet aerosol flow is less than a volumetric median diameter of the inlet aerosol. | 29,590 |
9,063,740 | 1. A computer system comprising: one or more processors; and memory including executable instructions that, when executed collectively by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to implement at least: | 11,944 |
9,070,490 | 1. A flat cable comprising: a dielectric element body that has a flat shape, the dielectric element body being bent at at least one bending position along a longitudinal direction; a signal conductor that is arranged in the dielectric element body and extends along the longitudinal direction; and a first ground conductor that is located on a surface on one end side in a thickness direction of the dielectric element body, the first ground conductor extending along the longitudinal direction; wherein the first ground conductor includes: a spacing of two of the bridge conductors that define an opening including the bending position is narrower than a spacing of two of the bridge conductors that define an opening adjacent to at least one side of the opening including the bending position. | 19,449 |
8,463,490 | 1. A method for diagnosing an intake tract of an internal combustion engine, which comprises a compressor, the method comprising: checking as to whether at least one predetermined activation condition is fulfilled, detecting or determining a boost pressure downstream of the compressor, adapting an adaptation characteristic curve or an adaptation characteristic map as a function of a rotational speed, of the internal combustion engine and the boost pressure if the at least one activation condition is fulfilled, determining a gradient which is representative of the gradient of the adaptation characteristic curve or the adaptation characteristic map, and depending on the gradient determined, detecting an error in the intake tract of the internal combustion engine. | 30,463 |
9,458,409 | 1. A process for efficiently providing a composition with high amounts of omega-3 phospholipids comprising: contacting immature fish roe with a polar solvent; extracting a lipid fraction from the immature fish roe, to provide a primarily polar lipid fraction comprising omega-3 phospholipids; and removing the solvent from the lipid fraction, to provide a solid polar lipid composition comprising omega-3 phospholipids and less than about 1 wt. % free fatty acids, wherein at least about 40% of the total fatty acids of the lipid fraction are omega-3 fatty acids, the fatty acids of the composition comprise docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and the ratio of DHA to EPA is at least about 1.3:1. | 38,828 |
8,812,181 | 1. A method for displaying lateral deviation symbology in offset approaches on a display associated with an aircraft, the method comprising: displaying an extended runway center line on the display, the extended runway center line corresponding to a center line of a runway; and displaying an approach line on the display, the approach line being based on one or more position points derived from signals corresponding to an offset approach to the runway received by the aircraft, wherein the approach line is offset from the extended runway center line such that the approach line provides a visual indication of the degree of offset between the offset approach and the center line of the runway. | 37,629 |
9,196,986 | 1. A contact of a connector for connecting a target object to a circuit board, the contact comprising: a board contact part to be connected to the circuit board; a first contact part including a second contact part including | 25,370 |
9,821,298 | 1. Process for preparing a hydroconversion catalyst based on a modified zeolite of the FAU framework type with preserved crystallinity and interconnected trimodal porosity, comprising the steps of: A—preparation of a modified zeolite of the FAU framework type, whose intracrystalline structure presents at least one network of micropores, at least one network of small mesopores with a mean diameter of 2 to 5 nm and at least one network of large mesopores with a mean diameter of 10 to 50 nm; these various networks being interconnected with each other; B—mixing the zeolite with a binder, shaping the mixture, and then calcining and obtaining a shaped zeolite; C—impregnation of the shaped zeolite with at least one compound of a catalytic metal chosen from compounds of a metal from group VIIIB and/or from group VIB, in acidic medium, provided that at least one compound of a catalytic metal is soluble within said acidic medium and that the acid acts as a complexing or chelating agent for at least one compound of a catalytic metal, and obtaining a final catalyst exhibiting a crystallinity and a volume of micropores of from 60 to 130% of those of the shaped zeolite. | 49,186 |
8,375,904 | 1. A method of operating an early intake valve closing (EIVC) internal combustion engine, comprising: periodically operating an intake valve to open and close an intake port and allow intake gas to enter a cylinder of the internal combustion engine containing a piston, wherein timing of the closing of the intake valve occurs at or before bottom dead center (BDC) of the compression stroke of the piston; and selectively extending duration of the opening of the intake port by an amount that delays a timing of the closing of the intake valve until after BDC of the piston compression stroke; wherein the timing of the closing occurring at or before BDC of the compression stroke occurs between about −275° to about −180° before top dead center (TDC) of the power stroke of the piston at 1 mm lift of the intake valve. | 176 |
9,479,890 | 1. A method for terminal clients management of mobile cloud infrastructure, said method comprising: a) registering mobile cloud clients including mobile terminal (MT) clients, home computer clients, home TV (television) clients, home A/V (audio/video) sub-server clients, home IoT (Internet of Thing) sub-server clients, office computer clients, office TV clients and mobile laptop clients to virtual mobile server (VMS) as mobile cloud server, b) performing authorization process in said VMS to said MT clients and other mobile cloud clients including said home computer clients, said home TV clients, said home A/V sub-server clients, said home IoT sub-server clients, said office computer clients, said office TV clients and said mobile laptop clients, c) connecting said VMS with said MT clients and said other mobile cloud clients if said MT clients and said other mobile cloud clients pass said authorization process, d) sharing applications, services and contents between said MT clients and said other mobile cloud clients, or among said other mobile cloud clients, by synchronizing associated said mobile cloud clients through said VMS, controlled by said MT client(s) or administrated by said VMS, e) dynamically optimizing wireless connections for said mobile cloud clients by open wireless architecture (OWA) with Quality of Wireless connections (QoW), f) dynamically optimizing said shared applications, services and contents in the form of real-time voice, audio, video and multimedia or non-real-time message, audio, video, data, file and webpage, under the control of said QoW for said wireless connections, and g) dynamically optimizing synchronization of said associated mobile cloud clients with said VMS by frequently checking Terminal Clients Synchronization Status Table and Terminal Clients Synchronization Priority Table with Terminal Clients Synchronization Management unit in said VMS. | 7,772 |
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