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9,018,048 | 1. A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a semiconductor layer on a surface of a semiconductor body; forming a first mask on the semiconductor layer; forming a first conductive region in the body by introducing a first dopant species into the body using the first mask; forming a second mask laterally and complementarily to the first mask, at least in a projection in a plane parallel to the surface of the body; forming a second conductive region in the body by introducing a second dopant species into the body using the second mask, in an adjacent and complementary position to the first conductive region; forming a third mask aligned to the second mask by forming spacers on sides of the second mask; and forming a gate region by removing portions of the semiconductor layer using the third mask. | 14,817 |
9,730,910 | 1. A method of treating a patient for a circadian rhythm disorder wherein the patient is being treated with rifampicin, the method comprising: (A) discontinuing the rifampicin treatment and then (B) treating the patient with tasimelteon, thereby avoiding the use of tasimelteon in combination with rifampicin and also thereby avoiding reduced exposure to tasimelteon caused by induction of CYP3A4 by rifampicin. | 494 |
9,378,065 | 1. A method for identifying, selecting, and providing, using one or more computing arrangements, one or more resources responsive at least in part to a user contextual purpose specification, such method comprising: at least one of providing and authorizing a set of at least one standardized and interoperable contextual purpose specifications, the set comprising, at least in part, preset standardized and interoperable human purpose communication verb groupings and domain categories; at least one of providing and authorizing via one or more computing arrangements at least a portion of the preset standardized and interoperable human purpose communication verb groupings and domain categories to at least in part enable a user to at least one of express and identify at least in part a standardized and interoperable user contextual purpose specification; at least one of providing and authorizing at least a portion of the preset standardized and interoperable human purpose communication verb groupings and domain categories to enable one or more domain category organizing parties to at least one of express and identify at least in part standardized and interoperable contextual purpose specifications associated with domain associated resource contextual purpose neighborhoods, at least one of providing and authorizing via one or more computing arrangements at least a portion of the preset standardized and interoperable human purpose communication verb groupings and domain categories to at least in part enable resource publishers to at least one of form and select approximation contextual purpose specifications representing potential user associated contextual purpose objectives involving use of their respective resources, wherein such publisher at least one of formed and selected approximation contextual purpose specifications are at least one of associated and included with their respective published resources; at least one of providing and authorizing standardized and interoperable human purpose communication verb grouping and domain category specification information for use on one or more computing arrangements for at least one of expressing and identifying resource quality-to-purpose associated contextual purpose specifications having associated quality-to-purpose value information, wherein the quality-to-purpose contextual purpose specifications at least in part enable, at least in part in response to the user contextual purpose specifications, at least one of (a) identifying to inform users regarding, and (b) provisioning for contextual purpose fulfillment computing session usage, preferred resources for user contemplated contextual purpose fulfillment; and, at least one of identifying, selecting, and providing, using one or more computing arrangements, one or more resources useful at least in part for user contextual purpose specification fulfillment. | 21,967 |
9,651,977 | 1. An apparatus including a system for controlling power factor correction (PFC) for three-phase AC power having a power signal frequency and one or more voltage-current (V-I) phase offsets, comprising: frequency control logic responsive to a plurality of data by providing frequency control data, by processing at least one of initial frequency data and aggregate phase data for said three-phase AC power with first measured power data related to respective phases of one of voltage and current of said three-phase AC power, and synthesized frequency data corresponding to said power signal frequency; frequency synthesizer logic coupled to said frequency control logic and responsive to said frequency control data by providing said synthesized frequency data; phase control logic coupled to said frequency synthesizer logic and responsive to another plurality of data by providing phase control data, by processing at least one of initial phase offset data and desired phase offset data for said three-phase AC power with said synthesized frequency data and second measured power data related to another of said voltage and current of said three-phase AC power; and waveform synthesizer logic coupled to said phase control logic and responsive to said phase control data by providing synthesized waveform data corresponding to respective phases of said three-phase AC power, wherein said phase control logic selectively operates in one of a plurality of correction modes, wherein said plurality of correction modes includes a frequency-based mode and a direct input-based mode, wherein in said frequency-based mode, said phase control logic reads a line frequency, compares said line frequency to a center frequency, and calculates a needed power factor phase offset based on comparing said line frequency and said center frequency. | 4,996 |
9,053,272 | 1. An apparatus that divides roles between a general purpose microprocessor and a first programmable logic device, in making a configuration definition which is loaded into a second programmable logic device to implement a circuit design on the second programmable logic device, the apparatus including: the general purpose microprocessor configured to perform general steps in making the configuration definition which is loaded into the second programmable logic device with programmably configurable interconnections to implement the circuit design on the second programmable logic device with programmably configurable interconnections, wherein the general purpose microprocessor relies on the first programmable logic device to perform particular steps in making the configuration definition; and the first programmable logic device with programmably configurable interconnections, the first programmable logic device coupled to the general purpose microprocessor by a local bus, the first programmable logic device with programmably configurable interconnections configured to perform the particular steps in making the configuration definition more quickly than the general purpose microprocessor, wherein the first programmable logic device performs computations to assist the general microprocessor in making the configuration definition which is loaded into the second programmable logic device, and the first programmable logic device and the second programmable logic device have different configuration definitions. | 601 |
8,914,160 | 1. A demand response (DR) method comprising: recognizing a demand response level established in each household appliance, the demand response limiting a function of the each household appliance; determining a quality status of the each household appliance; establishing priority information of the each household appliance in response to the determined quality status; determining, if the demand response level established in the each household appliance needs to be changed, a household appliance having a demand response level to be changed according to the priority information and the recognized demand response level of the each household appliance; and changing a demand response level established in the determined household appliance, wherein a changeable range of the demand response level of the each household appliance is limited by the determined quality status, wherein the quality status is determined as one of a plurality of quality statuses that each respectively correspond to a different range between a predetermined range, and the changeable range of the demand response level is predetermined to be reduced in proportion to a lowering from one of the plurality of quality statuses to another of the plurality of quality statuses. | 17,165 |
8,823,320 | 1. A vehicle charging system, comprising: a drive battery for supplying power to a running motor of a vehicle; an auxiliary battery for supplying power to auxiliary equipment of the vehicle; and a drive battery charging device for charging the drive battery by receiving power from an external power source, wherein: the drive battery charging device comprises: the power source circuit comprises: wherein the control section detects amounts of power supplied from each of the plurality of power sources and selects at least one of the plurality of power sources as a power source to power the control section based on the detected amounts of power. | 11,407 |
9,370,054 | 1. A plurality of operating devices for operating a plurality of luminaires, the luminaire each comprising a light-emitting means, each of the operating devices comprising an energy storage unit for storing electrical energy, a charging circuit to which a mains voltage (Vin) is to be supplied for charging the energy storage unit during a charging operating mode, a driver circuit to which power is supplied by the energy storage unit during a storage operating mode for operating the light-emitting means, and a control unit for activating the charging operating mode or the storage operating mode independently of the state of the mains voltage (Vin) wherein the plurality of operating devices operate the plurality of luminaires, and in the event of a mains supply with a high tariff current or in the event of a high load phase or peak load phase of a supply grid, the light-emitting means of at least one of the plurality of luminaires is switched off, and wherein a central unit communicates commands for switch-off of the light-emitting means of the at least one of the plurality of luminaires via a control line or via powerline communication or via mains lines to a respective operating device. | 43,296 |
9,745,727 | 1. A system for stabilizing heavy machinery, particularly a system enabled for being implemented in a machine ( 1 ) of the backhoe type moved by chains or treads ( 2 ), intended for determining the stability of the machine by means of evaluating the risk of rollover associated with the different positions adopted by the machine during various phases of work, the system comprising: a carriage ( means to execute a specific algorithm for determining the risk of rollover comprising the following steps: | 32,061 |
9,097,867 | 1. A coated optical fiber comprising a glass fiber and a primary coating layer on the outer circumference of the glass fiber, wherein a resin constituting the primary coating layer contains an ingredient having a molecular weight of more than 1,000, which is extracted with methyl ethyl ketone, in an amount of 5% by weight or more and 21% by weight or less and has a Young's modulus of 0.2 to 1.0 MPa , wherein the resin constituting the primary coating layer contains the following (A) and (B), and the (B) has a width of molecular weight distribution the same as that of the following (A): (A) a (meth)acryloyl group-containing urethane oligomer obtained by reacting at least an aliphatic polyether-based polyol, an organic polyisocyanate, a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, and γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane; (B) a (meth)acryloyl group-non-containing urethane oligomer obtained by reacting at least an aliphatic polyether-based polyol, an organic polyisocyanate, and a monohydric alcohol. | 17,983 |
8,804,542 | 1. A transmitter for transmitting feedback data in a multiple antenna system, the transmitter comprising: a processor configured to: receive a request message of feedback data on a downlink channel, the request message comprising uplink scheduling information; select a set of M subbands within a plurality of subbands, wherein M is greater than or equal to 1; generate the feedback data, the feedback data comprising a frequency selective precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a frequency flat PMI, a best band channel quality indicator (CQI) and a whole band CQI, the frequency selective PMI indicating an index of a precoding matrix selected from a codebook over the M selected subbands, the frequency flat PMI indicating an index of a precoding matrix selected from the codebook over the plurality of subbands, the best band CQI indicating a CQI value over the M selected subbands, the whole band CQI indicating a CQI value over the plurality of subbands; and transmit the feedback data on an uplink channel allocated to the uplink scheduling information. | 9,390 |
9,159,793 | 1. A semiconductor material comprising molybdenum oxide, wherein the molybdenum oxide comprises MoO y (2<y<3) and has p-type conductivity. | 16,467 |
8,703,527 | 1. A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device comprising: sequentially forming a plurality of material layers over a substrate by: depositing by sputtering a first layer including copper, indium and gallium over the substrate; depositing by vapor transport deposition a selenium layer over and in direct contact with the first layer including copper, indium and gallium to form a selenium layer directly over the first layer including copper, indium, and gallium; depositing by sputtering a second layer including copper, indium and gallium over and in direct contact with the selenium layer directly over the first layer including copper, indium and gallium; and depositing by vapor transport deposition a selenium layer over and in direct contact with the second layer including copper, indium and gallium to form a second selenium layer directly over the second layer including copper, indium and gallium. | 14,559 |
9,504,641 | 1. A method of treating a patient who has extravasation of blood from an intravascular compartment to an extravascular compartment, said method comprising the steps of: a) preparing albumin spheres comprising the steps of: dissolving an albumin powder in water to create an albumin solution; adding a glutaraldehyde solution to said albumin solution; adding an alcohol solution to said glutaraldehyde solution and said albumin solution to create a suspension, said alcohol solution comprising ethanol, water, a glutaraldehyde solution, and a sodium chloride solution; dialyzing said suspension in distilled water to remove said alcohol solution from said suspension; adding sorbitol, caprylate, and distilled water to said dialyzed suspension to form an albumin sphere suspension; wherein said albumin sphere suspension consisting consists of said fibrinogen-coated albumin spheres, said sorbitol, said caprylate, and said additional aliquot of distilled water; and wherein the sizes of the spheres in the sphere suspension range from 1.0 micron to less than 0.1 micron in diameter and there are no aggregates; b) administering said albumin sphere suspension to a patient to decrease leakiness of blood from an intravascular compartment into an extravascular compartment resulting in the patient having reduced morbidity and mortality. | 21,623 |
8,940,437 | 1. A plurality of discrete particles, wherein each particle comprises silicon, including a silicon-comprising particle core, and a plurality of silicon-comprising pillars extending outwardly therefrom from a first end to a second end, wherein each pillar in the plurality of pillars is attached to the core at the first end of the pillar, and the second end of each pillar is an unattached free end, wherein in each particle, the fraction of the surface area of the particle core occupied by the pillars is in the range of 0.10 to 0.50. | 3,246 |
8,387,930 | 1. A method, comprising: sliding an electronic display along one end of a mounting arm to change a vertical height of the display with respect to a support surface; pivoting the display at the one end of the mounting arm to change a viewing angle of the display; positioning one end of the display in a space formed between two legs of the mounting arm; and sliding the display along the one end of the mounting arm into the space in order to package the display. | 35,123 |
8,632,658 | 1. A multi-ply wiper/towel product comprising: at least one wet laid web comprising (a) at least 10% fibrillated regenerated cellulosic microfibers, and (b) at least about 40% wood pulp derived papermaking fibers, the at least one wet laid web having formed therein: | 29,287 |
9,512,731 | 1. A turbine disc including the Ni based forged alloy having a composition containing, on the basis of mass percent: Al: 0.5 to 1.0%, Cr: 17 to 21%, Fe: 17 to 19%, Nb: 4.5 to 5.5%, Ti: 0.8 to 1.3%, W: 3.0 to 6.0%, B: 0.001 to 0.03%, C: 0.001 to 0.015%, and Mo: 1.0% or less, the balance being Ni and inevitable impurities, the alloy including carbide grains of the contained elements, wherein the carbide grains have an average grain diameter of 20 μm or less; and the turbine disc having a mass of 0.6 ton or more. | 19,037 |
8,411,043 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a casing having an opening; a touch display disposed in the casing, the opening exposing a part of the touch display, wherein the touch display is configured for receiving an operation of an input tool, and the touch display has a sensing surface; and a processor electrically coupled to the touch display, wherein the processor determines a user interface displayed on the touch display, wherein the processor records a plurality of contact values in a specific duration, each of the contact values is a contact coordinate or a contact pressure detected when the input tool operates the touch display, the processor calculates an average of the contact values in the specific duration, calculates a variation range of the contact values in the specific duration according to differences between the contact values and the average, and then identifies a type of the input tool according to a size of the variation range. | 2,901 |
9,215,952 | 1. A modular food ingredient roller apparatus, comprising: a plurality of central slats, linked together to form a chain of central slats wherein each of the plurality of central slats comprises at least one connection mechanism on a first width side, and at least one connection mechanism on a second width side, and wherein the at least one connection mechanism of each central slat is configured to selectively and pivotally connect to the at least one connection mechanism of another central slat, such that an interconnection between adjacent central slats allows each of the adjacent central slats to pivot relative to another of the adjacent central slats about an axis that is axially aligned with the at least one connection mechanism of each central slat that selectively and removably connect the adjacent central slats; a first end slat comprising at least one connection mechanism on a width side, wherein the at least one connection mechanism is configured to selectively and pivotally connect to the at least one connection mechanism of a central slat, such that an interconnection between the first end slat and one of the central slats allows the first end slat to pivot relative to one of the central slats; and a second end slat comprising at least one connection mechanism on a width side, wherein the at least one connection mechanism is configured to selectively and pivotally connect to the at least one connection mechanism of a central slat, such that an interconnection between the second end slat and one of the central slats allows the second end slat to pivot relative to one of the central slats, wherein at least one of the central slats comprises an anchor portion extending substantially normally from a surface of the respective central slat, wherein the anchor portion is configured to selectively engage a base apparatus. | 21,183 |
9,737,522 | 1. A compound having Formula IA: or salts thereof, wherein X is OH; n is 2; R R R | 12,477 |
9,345,109 | 1. A control apparatus operable to control one or more light radiating devices operable to be activated and deactivated; wherein the control apparatus is operable: to sample light levels at a plurality of times during which the light radiating devices are deactivated; to generate an average of the light levels sampled; and to adjust a luminous intensity for the light radiating devices based at least partially upon the average of the light levels sampled. | 34,724 |
9,324,798 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first diffusion layer of a first conductive type and a second diffusion layer of a second conductive type which is a reverse conductive type of the first conductive type, the first conductive type first diffusion layer and the second conductive type second diffusion layer being spaced apart and provided in a semiconductor layer; a gate insulation film which is provided on the semiconductor layer between the first diffusion layer and the second diffusion layer; a gate electrode which is provided on the gate insulation film; a pocket region of the second conductive type which is provided on a surface portion of the semiconductor layer adjacently to the first diffusion layer; and a first extension region of the first conductive type which is provided in the semiconductor layer to cover at least a portion of the pocket region, wherein a second diffusion layer side end portion of the first extension region is positioned closer to a second diffusion layer side than a second diffusion layer side end portion of the pocket region, and wherein one of the first and second diffusion layers is a source, and the other of the first and second diffusion layers is a drain. | 39,694 |
8,963,757 | 1. A resistor string digital-to-analog converter comprising: an input terminal receiving a digital input signal in digital code; | 43,557 |
8,662,218 | 1. A portable, motorized platform apparatus that attaches to any walk-behind golf club caddy, the portable, motorized platform comprising: (a) a standing platform body located between first and second wheels and additionally having a third swivel wheel located to the rear/center of said portable platform; (b) said first and second wheels comprising a chain driven drive tire on the left and a disc brake tire on the right which allows for deceleration/stopping; (c) a frame assembly including an extended tongue with a swivel pin to attach said portable platform to the center rear axle/frame of said walk-behind golf club caddy; (d) a motor and a rechargeable electrical power supply, both mounted below said portable platform; (e) split ring clamps attachable to the handle of said walk-behind golf club caddy, said clamps allowing for quick connect of the portable platform's handle bar assembly; (f) said handle-bar assembly comprising a twist throttle on the right which allows for acceleration and a braking lever on the left which controls the disc brake, both are attached to cables which in turn attach to said motor; wherein once said assembly is clamped to said walk-behind golf club caddy handle, the cables are held in place with hook and loop closures on both the frame of the walk-behind golf club caddy and said tongue; wherein once said handle bar assembly is attached, the rider is able to steer said platform by using the modified handle of said walk-behind golf club caddy. | 3,793 |
8,595,150 | 1. A method comprising: retrieving rules for defining products; providing a summary of the products which match the rules; correcting a proportionality of the products by at least one processor; and performing, by the at least one processor, cubing operations for the products using the calculated correct proportionality of the products, wherein the correcting of the proportionality is calculated by: where, | 26,214 |
8,973,879 | 1. A clamp, comprising: a base portion connected to a housing accommodating a device; a clamping portion, provided outside the housing on a first face of the base portion to clamp a mating member; an urging portion, provided inside the housing on a second face of the base portion, having an elasticity, the device being urged in a case by the urging portion where the base portion is connected to the housing; and wherein the urging portion includes: wherein the spring includes a first member extending from a first side of the contacting part and a second member extending from a second side of the contacting part opposite to the first side, the contacting member being disposed between the first member and the second member. | 49,894 |
9,273,757 | 1. A dual clutch transmission for a vehicle comprising: first and second clutches (K a first and second sub-transmission each associated with a respective one of the first and second transmission input shafts (EW at least a first and second countershaft (VW at least one output shaft (AB) connectable to the first and second sub-transmissions via an output gear plane (IV); four double shift elements comprising a first, second, third and fourth double shift element (S | 25,343 |
8,644,721 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing unit that heats the recording medium transported from the image forming unit and fixes the image on the recording medium; a pressure member that is rotatable and has an outer peripheral surface, the pressure member moving relative to the fixing unit from a position at which the pressure member is separated from the fixing unit to a position at which the outer peripheral surface contacts the fixing unit, the pressure member pressing the recording medium while rotating when the recording medium enters a contact section between the fixing unit and the outer peripheral surface; and a controller that controls transportation of the recording medium and a time at which a region of the outer peripheral surface reaches the contact section, the region contacting the fixing unit when the fixing unit contacts the outer peripheral surface and repeatedly reaching the contact section as the pressure member rotates, so that the recording medium that has been transported enters the contact section when the region reaches the contact section as the pressure member rotates, wherein the outer peripheral surface comprises an interposed region which initially contacts the fixing unit when the pressure member moves to the position at which the outer peripheral surface contacts the fixing unit, and wherein the controller controls transportation of the recording medium such that the recording medium enters the contact section, after the pressure member rotates thereby causing the interposed region to be temporarily separated from the fixing unit, and when the interposed region thereafter contacts the fixing unit again. | 24,129 |
9,126,876 | 1. An improved Fischer-Tropsch process for producing lower olefins by conversion of a feed stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen at a temperature within a range of from greater than 300° C. to no more than 400° C. using a supported, iron-based catalyst that consists essentially of iron-containing particles dispersed onto a support that is chemically inert toward iron, with a loading of such particles of at least 1 weight percent based upon total catalyst weight, wherein the improvement comprises selecting as the support an alpha alumina, and effecting the conversion at a combination of a) a total system pressure of at least 20 Bars (2 megapascals), b) a volumetric ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide of at least 3:1, and c) a hydrogen partial pressure of at least 15 Bar (1.5 megapascals), whereby conversion at the combination leads to substantially lower levels of coking on the catalyst than one encounters with the same catalyst, but with Fischer-Tropsch process parameters that differ from the combination, the substantially lower levels of coking on the catalyst being a coke formation rate after four hours time on stream of less than 1×10 −7 moles of carbon per gram of catalyst per second. | 23,362 |
8,995,367 | 1. A method, comprising: utilizing, at a network interface device, a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) maximum duration defined by a PHY protocol such that, (A) when operating in a first mode of operation, a data unit (i) defined by a protocol in a layer above the PHY protocol in a protocol stack and (ii) having a maximum length defined by the protocol above the PHY protocol will fit entirely within a single PPDU at a lowest possible data rate defined by the PHY protocol in the first mode of operation, and (B) when operating in a second mode of operation, the data unit (i) defined by the protocol in the layer above the PHY protocol and (ii) having the maximum length defined by the protocol above the PHY protocol will not fit entirely within a single PPDU at a lowest possible data rate in the second mode of operation; receiving medium access control (MAC) service data units (MSDUs); generating, at the network interface, MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) to include the MSDUs; when operating in the second mode of operation, generating, at the network interface device, PHY protocol data units (PPDUs) to include the MPDUs, wherein each PPDU has a duration less than or equal to the PPDU maximum duration; and causing the PPDUs to be transmitted. | 40,241 |
8,445,285 | 1. A liquid for ejection comprising: a bio-specimen that includes blood serum; and at least one kind of first compounds expressed by Formula (1), wherein: in Formula (1), m≧12 and n=12, and the liquid includes the at least one kind of first compounds expressed by Formula (1) ranging from 2 to 4 weight %. | 13,963 |
8,663,505 | 1. A process for preparing an aqueous or nonaqueous dispersion or solution comprising polymerizing at least one conductive polymer and at least one polyanion, at a pressure below atmospheric pressure. | 785 |
9,707,622 | 1. A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object by alternate repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming, the repetition comprising: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing a sintering of the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequent solidification of the powder; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the formed solidified layer, followed by irradiation of a predetermined portion of the newly formed powder layer with the light beam, wherein a scanning of the light irradiation is divided into light beam-scannings “A” and “B”, the light beam-scanning “A” being for the light irradiation of a peripheral portion corresponding to a periphery of the three-dimensional shaped object, the light beam-scanning “B” being for the light irradiation of an internal portion corresponding to a region of the three-dimensional shaped object, the region being located inside the periphery, and wherein a relative adjustment of a peak power “P” between the light beam-scannings “A” and “B” is performed such that a peak power P | 22,251 |
8,598,856 | 1. A method comprising: while operating a power supply in a discontinuous power supply mode: | 35,586 |
8,586,867 | 1. A method for coupling ends of cores of three insulated conductors, comprising: placing an end termination over end portions of the three insulated conductors, wherein the end termination comprises three separate openings that pass through the end termination longitudinally, each of the insulated conductors passing through one of the openings with end portions of the insulated conductors protruding from one side of the end termination; exposing cores of the end portions of the insulated conductors protruding from the end termination by removing jackets and electrical insulation from the end portions; coupling the ends of the jackets of the insulated conductors to the end termination; coupling a cylinder to the side of the end termination from which the end portions of the insulated conductors protrude; filling the cylinder with electrically insulating material such that at least a portion of each core remains exposed; coupling an electrical bus to the exposed portions of the cores; filling the cylinder with electrically insulating material such that the cores are substantially enclosed in the electrically insulating material; and coupling an end cap to the cylinder to seal off the interior of the cylinder. | 19,055 |
9,034,976 | 1. A method for producing a hydrogenated petroleum resin pellet, the method comprising: thermally polymerizing a cyclopentadiene compound and a vinyl aromatic compound to obtain a copolymer; adding hydrogen to the copolymer in the presence of a hydrogenation solvent to perform a hydrogenation reaction to obtain a hydrogenated product; preparing a solution in which an antioxidant is dissolved in an antioxidation solvent; heating the hydrogenated product to separate most of the hydrogenation solvent; adding the solution to the hydrogenated product from which most of the hydrogenation solvent is separated; heating the hydrogenated product to which the solution was added to separate the remaining hydrogenation solvent, a low molecular weight component and the antioxidant solvent from the hydrogenated product to provide a molten resin; and pelletizing the molten resin to obtain the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellet. | 42,377 |
8,382,835 | 1. A system for positioning a soft tissue graft in a bore formed in a bony portion of an anatomy, comprising: a guide assembly including an external guide member and a guide rod, the external guide member configured to be positioned external to the bone and including a first member and a second member, the first member including a guide section having a first axis, the guide rod having a first end coupled to the second member of the external guide member and a second end including a guide portion, the guide rod configured to extend along a second axis into the bore to align the guide portion with the guide section, the guide portion including first and second axially extending legs defining an interior slot therebetween, the interior slot including an open end adjacent a distal end of the axially extending legs and a closed end opposite the open end, each axially extending leg defining a longitudinally extending channel formed along a lateral exterior surface thereof and a transverse channel formed in a distal end of each axially extending leg and mating with a respective longitudinally extending channel, the longitudinally extending channels being opposed from each other; an implant operable to hold the soft tissue graft in the bore; a positioning member operably interconnected with said implant to align the implant with the bore; an assisting member operable to interact with said positioning member to assist in positioning the positioning member relative to the soft tissue graft prior to positioning the implant; and a substantially rigid soft tissue graft positioning member configured to assist in moving the soft tissue graft into the bore. | 5,049 |
9,461,557 | 1. A cell for use in a phase arm of a multilevel converter converting between alternating current and direct current, said cell comprising: a first section with a first group of series connected switching units, which first group is connected in parallel with a first energy storage element, where a junction between a first and a second switching unit of the first group forms a first cell connection terminal; a second section with a second group of series connected switching units, which second group is connected in parallel with a second energy storage element, where a junction between a third and a fourth switching unit of the second group forms a second cell connection terminal; and an interconnecting section interconnecting the first and the second sections and comprising a third group of series-connected switching units, which third group comprises a fifth, sixth and seventh switching unit, where the fifth and sixth switching units are connected in parallel with the first energy storage element and the sixth and seventh switching units are connected in parallel with the second energy storage element, wherein the switching units are controllable to provide a first voltage contribution state that provides a voltage contribution that is a sum of the voltages of the first and second energy storage element, and a second voltage contribution state that provides a voltage contribution caused by the first energy storage element being connected in parallel with the second energy storage element, and wherein the first and second voltage contribution states are positive voltage contribution states, and the second state is obtained when the first, fourth, fifth and seventh switching units are on. | 33,975 |
8,622,403 | 1. Transport cart for loading an aircraft galley, comprising: a base element, a plurality of wheels attached to the base element, and two frame elements connected to the base element and disposed at a distance from each other, at least one first guide device, which is set up for engaging a complementary second guide device formed on a box that is receivable in the aircraft galley to be loaded and provided for transporting on the transport cart, and which is further set up for securing a box, received on the transport cart, against displacement on the transport cart in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the transport cart when engaged with the complementary second guide device formed on the box, characterized by at least one locking mechanism, which comprises a first and a second lock, the first and the second lock being attached to a frame element, at a distance from each other along the longitudinal axis of the transport cart, and being set up to interact with a front wall or a back wall of a box received on the transport cart, in order to secure the box against displacement on the transport cart in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the transport cart. | 36,451 |
9,548,492 | 1. A method of forming an electrode, comprising: providing an article comprising a current collector and a protective structure, wherein the protective structure is separated from the current collector by one or more intervening layers, wherein the one or more intervening layers have a total thickness of less than 2 microns; providing a source of alkali metal ions, wherein the source of alkali metal ions is a layer of alkali metal positioned on a side of the protective structure opposite the current collector; transporting the alkali metal ions from the source across the protective structure; and forming an electroactive layer comprising an alkali metal between the current collector and the protective structure, wherein an anisotropic force, having a component normal to a surface of the article, is applied to the article, the component defining a pressure of at least 50 Newtons/cm | 49,449 |
8,961,833 | 1. A composite cathode comprising: an electroactive cathode material of a single fluorinated carbon having a general formula of CFx, whereby x is an averaged value of from about 0.5 to about 1.2; a non-electroactive additive containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of Mg, B, Al, Si, Zn, Y, Ti, Zr, Fe, Co, and Ni; a conductive agent selected from the group consisting of carbon, graphite, metals, and mixtures thereof; a binder of an amorphous polymer selected from the group consisting of fluorinated polymers, ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) rubbers, styrene butadiene rubbers (SBR), poly (acrylonitdle-methyl methacrylate), carboxymethyl celluaoses (CMC), and poayvinyl alcohol (PVA); wherein the non-electroactive additive is present in a percentage, by weight, ranging about 1% to about 10% of the total weight of the electroactive cathode material, the non-electroactive additive, the conductive agent, and the amorphous polymer binder; and wherein the composite cathode is for a lithium/fluorinated carbon (Li/CF | 16,510 |
9,198,036 | 1. A method for providing application service, comprising: registering user fingerprint information to a wireless application protocol gateway; inputting, in a user mobile phone, application service information to be acquired, and inputting fingerprints on a touch screen of the user mobile phone; collecting, by the user mobile phone, the user fingerprints to generate second fingerprint data of the user, carrying the second fingerprint data in an application service acquisition request, and sending the application service acquisition request to the wireless application protocol gateway through an encrypted channel; receiving, by the wireless application protocol gateway, the application service acquisition request carrying the second fingerprint data from the user mobile phone, and extracting the second fingerprint data from the application service acquisition request; acquiring, by the wireless application protocol gateway, the security authentication data stored locally, according to information of the user mobile phone; acquiring, by the wireless application protocol gateway, the encryption key KEY according to the second fingerprint data and the security authentication data; decrypting, by the wireless application protocol gateway, the encrypted fingerprint template according to the obtained encryption key KEY, to obtain the fingerprint template of the user; comparing, by the wireless application protocol gateway, the acquired second fingerprint data with the fingerprint template of the user, determining that the user identity authentication is passed when a comparison result is that the two are matched, and sending the application service acquisition request to the application server; sending, by the application server, requested application service to the wireless application protocol gateway according to the application service acquisition request; providing, by the wireless application protocol gateway, the application service to the user mobile phone; wherein the registering user fingerprint information to a wireless application protocol gateway comprises: inputting, by the user, fingerprints on a touch screen of a user mobile phone; generating, by the user mobile phone, first fingerprint data of the user, and sending the first fingerprint data to the wireless application protocol gateway through an encrypted channel; acquiring, by the wireless application protocol gateway, an encrypted fingerprint template of the user and an encryption key KEY corresponding to the encrypted fingerprint template from an application server through the encrypted channel, and saving the encrypted fingerprint template locally, wherein the encryption key KEY is generated randomly by the application server, the length of the encryption key KEY is 128 bits, and the encrypted fingerprint template is generated after the application server uses the encryption key KEY to encrypt a user fingerprint template; generating, by the wireless application protocol gateway, security authentication data according to the first fingerprint data and the encryption key; saving the security authentication data locally; and destroying the encryption key. | 45,733 |
9,767,020 | 1. A method for read-after-write forwarding using a virtual address, said method comprising: determining if a load and a store are to a same page; if said load and said store are to said same page, completing said load with data acquired via virtual-address-based forwarding while said load and said store are delayed for acquisition of their respective physical addresses and while the physical address of said load is cross-checked against the physical address of said store; and retiring said load if said cross checking indicates that said load and said store have different physical addresses. | 7,333 |
9,850,411 | 1. A method comprising bonding at least one surface covered with a layer of aqueous medium of 1 μm or more to at least one article, said article comprising at least one substrate and an adhesive layer, wherein said adhesive layer is obtained by curing an adhesive composition comprising: a) from 20 to 85% by weight of at least one silyl-containing polymer selected from: b) from 25 to 80% by weight of at least one compatible tackifying resin and c) from 0.01 to 3% by weight of at least one catalyst, d) less than 5% by weight of solvent, based on the total weight of the adhesive composition. | 3,290 |
9,592,736 | 1. A method for controlling a locking device of an electric charging port of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising an entry system to unlock the vehicle without an active operation of a vehicle key, the method comprising: detecting presence information of the vehicle key in a vicinity of the vehicle; detecting a state of charge that indicates whether a charging process is currently taking place via the charging port; and activating the locking device depending on the presence information and state of charge. | 25,601 |
8,710,121 | 1. A biaxially oriented polyester film comprising (i) polyester, (ii) 0.25-6% by weight, based on the weight of the film, of hydrolysis stabilizer based on epoxidized fatty acid esters and/or epoxidized fatty acid glycerides, and (ii) a chain extender having a polymer of formula 5 where R R x and y are each independently selected from 0 to 100, x+y is greater than 0 and z is from 2 to 100; wherein the sum of the hydrolysis stabilizer and the chain extender ranges from at least 1% by weight to less than 12% by weight, based on the weight of the film; and wherein more than 80% by weight of the epoxidized fatty acid glycerides are mixtures of glyceryl esters of the formula 1: CH where the R where R m=1-40 n=0-10 o=0-4 | 45,724 |
9,468,314 | 1. A flat article display system comprising: a rack comprising: one or more carriers, each of the carriers comprising: a plurality of flat articles mounted to the first and second pairs of support members of the carrier, a first set of the plurality of flat articles mounted to the first pair of support members of the carrier and a second set of the plurality of flat articles mounted to the second pair of support members of the carrier, each of the plurality of flat articles comprises a front surface, the front surfaces of the first and second sets of the plurality of flat articles being substantially coplanar. | 17,818 |
8,686,175 | 1. A process for preparing siloxanes, comprising: reacting at least two siloxanes in the presence of an ion exchange resin catalyst comprising from 6 to 19 weight % water; recovering the ion exchange resin catalyst after the reacting; adding water to the ion exchange resin catalyst to bring the ion exchange resin to from 6 to 19 weight % water, based upon the dry weight of the ion exchange resin catalyst; and reacting at least two siloxanes in the presence of the ion exchange resin catalyst, wherein the at least two siloxanes comprise a first siloxane and a second siloxane, the first siloxane having units of the general formula R the second siloxane having a formula MD | 14,656 |
9,595,427 | 1. A method for analyzing biopolymers of a mixture whose ionization produces several ion species of the individual biopolymers, each with different mass-to-charge ratios M/z, with aid of mass spectra of fragment ions of selected ion species M/z of the ion mixture, M being a molecular mass, and z being a number of elementary charges of the ion, wherein selection of only one ion species M/z for fragmentation in order to identify a biopolymer is carried out with aid of a computed target spectrum with preselected mass range M | 45,106 |
9,522,807 | 1. An elevator system comprising: one or more elevator shafts; two or more elevator cabs positioned within each of said one or more elevator shafts, said two or more elevator cabs including at least a first elevator cab positioned above a second elevator cab, each of said two or more cabs having at least two walls that are substantially parallel to each other, and each cab moves vertically independently of one or more other cabs through a same one of said one or more elevator shafts; two or more cables connected to each elevator cab, at least one of said cables positioned on a first wall of the at least two walls of each elevator cab and at least another of said cables positioned on a second wall of the at least two walls of each elevator cab, the first wall being substantially parallel to the second wall; one or more pulleys positioned to engage at least one cable of the two or more cables connected to each cab; one or more counterweights connected to each cab by at least one pulley of the one or more pulleys; two or more counterweight channels positioned external to a vertical path of the elevator cabs, wherein said two or more counterweight channels, each including at least one counterweight, are positioned side by side or back to back along at least one side of an elevator shaft permitting the two or more elevator cabs to move independently through the same elevator shaft; and one or more lift motors connected to at least one cable of the two or more cables connected to each cab, each cable that is connected to a lift motor is not connected to a counterweight. | 11,721 |
9,357,562 | 1. A contention based (CB) resource configuration method, the method comprising: configuring, by a network device, a CB resource parameter, wherein the CB resource parameter comprises a number of CB resource blocks allocated in a single transmission time interval (TTI); notifying, by the network device, a user equipment (UE) of the CB resource parameter; allocating, by the network device, a CB resource according to the CB resource parameter; notifying, by the network device, the UE of a grant of the CB resource after notifying the UE of the CB resource parameter; detecting, by the network device, a probability of a conflict on the CB resource; and re-configuring, by the network device in response to the conflict on the CB resource being greater than or equal to a first conflict probability threshold, the CB resource parameter, wherein the re-configuring comprises increasing the number of the CB resource blocks allocated in the single TTI in the CB resource parameter. | 15,985 |
8,856,486 | 1. In a computing device, a method of deploying a copy of a disk image from source storage to target storage, the method comprising: identifying a particular disk image to be copied from the source storage to the target storage; performing a comparison operation between a first disk image list which lists disk images currently residing on the source storage and a second disk image list which lists disk images currently residing on the target storage to generate a common disk image list which lists a set of common disk images currently residing on both the source storage and the target storage; and transferring, from the source storage to the target storage, a set of data portions representing differences between the particular disk image and a common disk image listed on the common disk image list; (i) the set of data portions transferred from the source storage to the target storage and (ii) the common disk image listed on the common disk image list forming a deployed copy of the particular disk image on the target storage. | 5,073 |
9,649,595 | 1. An exhaust system for a combustion engine, comprising: an exhaust pipe for gases exhausted from the engine, the exhaust pipe comprising a bent portion, an upstream portion connected to the bent portion at an upstream end of the bent portion in a direction of flow of the gases exhausted from the engine, and a constant diameter downstream portion connected to the bent portion at a downstream end of the bent portion in the direction of flow of the gases exhausted from the engine, wherein the bent portion of the exhaust pipe has an increased diameter between the upstream end of the bent portion and the downstream end of the bent portion such that a pipe diameter of the constant diameter downstream portion of the exhaust pipe is larger than a pipe diameter of the upstream portion of the exhaust pipe, to reduce any unevenness in a pressure of the exhaust gas induced by the bent portion of the exhaust pipe; and a liquid injector provided in the constant diameter downstream portion of the exhaust pipe and oriented to inject a liquid into the constant diameter downstream portion of the exhaust pipe. | 30,857 |
8,374,423 | 1. A method for using depth images to sense motion, comprising: creating a reference image; receiving a new depth image; creating a motion image based on the new depth image and the reference image, wherein the motion image represents identified forward motion; identifying one or more objects in the motion image; using position information for the identified one or more objects to update an application; and updating the reference image based on the new depth image. | 48,187 |
8,691,517 | 1. A sensor for the detection or measurement of a carbohydrate analyte in fluid, the sensor comprising components of a competitive binding assay the readout of which is a detectable or measurable optical signal retained by a material that permits diffusion of the analyte but not the assay components, the assay components comprising: a carbohydrate binding molecule labeled with one of a proximity based signal generating/modulating moiety pair wherein the carbohydrate binding molecule specifically binds to the carbohydrate analyte; and a carbohydrate analogue capable of competing with the analyte for binding to the carbohydrate binding molecule, the carbohydrate analogue being a flexible water-soluble polymer comprising: polymerized residues of monomer units, the monomer unit residues bearing pendant carbohydrate or carbohydrate mimetic moieties and pendant moieties which are the other of the proximity based signal generating/modulating moiety pair; and/or co-polymerised residues of first monomer units and second monomer units, the first monomer unit residues bearing pendant carbohydrate or carbohydrate mimetic moieties and the second monomer unit residues bearing pendant moieties which are the other of the proximity based signal generating/modulating moiety pair; where said polymer has a non-carbohydrate backbone. | 31,049 |
8,403,421 | 1. A back for a sling chair, comprising: a sling fabric member having a height, a width, an upper end, and a lower end, the sling fabric member having a lateral pocket lower loop across the lower end of the sling with a lower loop diameter, the lower loop defining at least one side pocket opening at one end and a lateral pocket upper loop across the upper end of the sling fabric member with an upper loop diameter, the upper loop defining at least one side pocket opening at one end; a pair of frame side rail members, each having a front and a back face; a first flexible rod having a length substantially corresponding to the length of the lower loop and a rod diameter less than the diameter of the lower loop; a second flexible rod having a length substantially corresponding to the length of the upper loop and a rod diameter less than the diameter of the upper loop; a lower cross bar secured to corresponding lower portions of each of the frame side rails and cooperating with an upper cross bar member so as to hold said frame side rail members in substantially parallel relation, said lower cross bar being substantially parallel to said upper cross bar member, said lower cross bar being tubular and having a generally curved shape so as to project at least partially outwardly away from said respective back faces of the frame side rails, the lower cross bar defining a lower internal conduit and a longitudinal slot opening on a face of the lower cross bar member into the lower internal conduit; the upper cross bar secured to corresponding upper portions of the frame side rail members, the upper cross bar having a lower surface and a generally curved shape so as to project at least partially outwardly away from the respective back faces of the frame side rails the upper cross bar defining an upper internal conduit and a longitudinal slot opening on a face of the upper cross bar member into the upper internal conduit; wherein the slot in the lower cross bar has a width that is greater than the thickness of the fabric of the sling fabric member and less than the diameter of the first flexible rod, the slot in the lower cross bar further having a length at least about equal to a lateral length of the sling fabric member; wherein the lower internal conduit has a diameter greater than the first flexible rod and twice the thickness of the fabric of the sling fabric member, the lower internal conduit thus being configured to retain the first flexible rod within the lower loop when inserted into the lower internal conduit; wherein the lower cross bar further comprises at least one lower insertion notch opening into the lower internal conduit; wherein the lower notch is at least as wide as the diameter of the first flexible rod within the lateral pocket lower loop, and further wherein the lower notch is long and wide enough to enable the insertion of at least a portion of the first flexible rod within the lower loop of the sling fabric member into the lower internal conduit; wherein the slot in the upper cross bar has a width that is greater than the thickness of the fabric of the sling fabric member and less than the diameter of the second flexible rod, the slot in the upper cross bar further having a length at least about equal to the lateral length of the sling fabric member; wherein the upper internal conduit has a diameter greater than the second flexible rod and twice the thickness of the fabric of the sling fabric member, the upper internal conduit thus being configured to retain the second flexible rod within the upper loop when inserted into the upper internal conduit; and wherein the upper cross bar further comprises at least one upper insertion notch opening into the upper internal conduit, wherein the upper notch is at least as wide as the diameter of the second flexible rod within the lateral pocket upper loop, and further wherein the upper notch is long and wide enough to enable the insertion of at least a portion of the second flexible rod within the upper loop of the sling fabric member into the upper internal conduit. | 10,992 |
9,157,397 | 1. An exhaust gas inlet structure of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler comprising a water shell, a gas inlet pipe, a bellow, an insulated pipe, an inlet chamber, a pre-cooling water chamber and a main board, the water shell is equipped with a water inlet pipe, characterized in that the gas inlet pipe, the bellow, the pre-cooling water chamber and the water shell are connected in sequence; the insulated pipe is placed within the bellow and connected with the gas inlet pipe at one end while the other end is suspended; the inlet chamber is a two-grade reducing pipe including a large-bore end, a middle pipe body and a small-bore end, the large-bore end is connected with the main board to form a gas inlet cavity while leaving a space to form a coolant channel between the jointing part and the water shell; an external surface of the middle pipe body connects to the bellow and/or an end of pre-cooling water chamber to form a pre-cooling cavity connected to the coolant channel; the small-bore end contacts an external surface of a middle part of the insulated pipe. | 14,120 |
8,509,502 | 1. An image analysis system, the system comprising: (a) an image input module adapted to receive a medical image; and (b) an analytic module adapted to segment the image into a plurality of aggregates of voxels, to automatically construct a chain of aggregates which could represent vertebrae in a spine, to evaluate at least some of the aggregates in the chain to identify a vertebra which the aggregate corresponds to, and to label each identified vertebra. | 38,395 |
8,729,532 | 1. A light-absorbing material having a structure represented by Formula (1) below: wherein X represents a light-absorbing site, and Y represents a radical site that becomes a radical when in an oxidized state and/or when in a reduced state, and is capable of repeated oxidation-reduction, Y in the Formula (1) is an electron acceptor for X and includes any of a bipyridinium group, a substituted bipyridinium group, a galvinoxyl radical group and a substituted galvinoxyl radical group, and X in the Formula (1) includes a structure represented by General Formula (B) below: where, in the General Formula (B), X | 6,424 |
9,759,452 | 1. A concentrating solar energy system comprising a field of support structures carrying heliostats, each support structure including a frame formed from a number of girders, the frame having a generally triangular outer perimeter and a plurality of mountings provided along the outer perimeter for carrying the heliostats, with a respective one of the plurality of mountings at or near each vertex of the triangular outer perimeter of the frame, wherein the field comprises multiple rows of the support structures spaced at successive distances from a central receiver tower, with the support structures of each row being orientated about 180 degrees about a vertical axis relative to the support structures of a respective adjacent row of the support structures, and with adjacent rows of the support structures being laterally shifted relative to each other so that spacing between respective lines of sight normal to a vertical plane of a front of the central receiver tower from the carried heliostats to the central receiver tower is generally equal, and a distance between collinear heliostats in successive rows of said multiple rows is configured to be maximized, to thereby enable a tiling approach in which substantially all available space for reflecting sunlight from a perspective of the central receiver tower can be utilized without optical blocking between the heliostats. | 21,564 |
9,688,265 | 1. A regenerative control device for a hybrid vehicle comprising: a power generation motor generator that is driven by an engine to perform power generation and is configured to function as a motor for driving the engine; a traveling motor generator that is configured to perform driving of a driving wheel of the vehicle and is configured to perform regenerative power generation; a battery that is connected to the power generation motor generator and the traveling motor generator and is configured to perform transfer of power; a battery state detection unit that is configured to detect a state of the battery; and a processing device and a memory device storing instructions that cause the processing device to: determine, as a regenerative braking power control unit, whether it is necessary to restrict charging of the battery or not based on the state of the battery detected by the battery state detection unit, prohibit or limit the execution of the first regenerative braking when it is determined that it is necessary to restrict charging of the battery, and cause both the second regenerative braking and the combustion operation to be executed under a condition where the regenerative braking power control unit prohibits or limits the execution of the first regenerative braking. | 39,763 |
9,396,123 | 1. An apparatus for storing and providing configuration data to a multi-core processor, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of cores, disposed on a die; and a fuse array, disposed on said die and coupled to each of said plurality of cores, wherein said fuse array comprises: | 17,482 |
8,781,053 | 1. A system comprising a plurality of devices that are series-connected and a controller configured to control operations of the plurality of devices, the operation of the plurality of devices being synchronized with a clock signal, each of the plurality of devices comprising: a phase-locked loop (PLL) configured to be selectively enabled, the PLL providing a plurality of reproduced clock signals in response to an input clock signal while enabled in response to an enable signal, the reproduced clock signals being differently phase shifted versions of the input clock signal; a holder for holding identification information associated with the device, the identification information be used for identifying the device in the plurality of series-connected devices; an identification information provider configured to provide the identification information to the holder; a signal provider configured to provide a control signal in response to the identification information held in the holder, the control signal being one of logic high and low levels causing the PLL to be enabled and disabled, respectively; access circuitry configured to access a memory based on the identification information, data read from the accessed memory being provided; and synchronization circuitry for synchronizing the transfer of the data to a subsequent device of the plurality of devices with at least one of the reproduced clock signals, the plurality of devices being divided to a plurality of groups, in each group, at least one of the devices receiving the reproduced output clock signal from a previous device of the plurality of devices, the other devices receiving a common clock signal, the PLL of the device outputting the reproduced clock signals being enabled, the PLL of the other devices being disabled. | 41,037 |
9,619,000 | 1. A board comprising: a semiconductor device including: at least a first terminal to receive a signal that sets a functionality of the semiconductor device; a second terminal configured to supply a signal of a first value; and a third terminal configured to supply a signal of a second value, the semiconductor device adapted to be connected in series; a first connection member including three terminals connected respectively to the first to third terminals of the semiconductor device; a second connection member adapted to be connected to the first connection member provided on a counterpart board; and a first connection circuit to connect at least two terminals of the second connection member together, the first connection member of the board adapted to be connected to the second connection member provided on another counterpart board. | 48,047 |
8,872,444 | 1. A lighting device for a solid-state light source, comprising: a DC power source circuit section which performs power conversion of a power of a DC input power source by using an inductor connected in series to a switching element, and flows a current in a solid-state light source by using a charging/discharging current or either one of charging and discharging currents of the inductor; and a current control section which controls the switching element to control a current flowing through the solid-state light source for controlling a dimming level of the solid-state light source, wherein the current control section includes a first switching control unit for changing an ON width of the switching element depending on the dimming level; and a second switching control unit for controlling an ON timing of the switching element, and wherein the second switching control unit changes a time until the switching element is turned on from a zero-crossing of the discharging current of the inductor such that the time becomes substantially the same when the dimming level is equal to or greater than a predetermined level, and the time becomes longer when the dimming level is less than the predetermined level, thereby limiting a range of an on/off frequency of the switching element. | 37,433 |
8,847,719 | 1. A transformer, comprising: a core having a first leg, a second leg and a third leg, wherein at least the second leg has an air gap therein; a split primary winding including first turns about the first leg electrically coupled with second turns about the third leg; and a secondary winding about the second leg, wherein magnetic flux linking the first turns of the split primary winding and magnetic flux linking the second turns of the split primary winding are additive in the second leg and link the secondary winding. | 7,117 |
9,241,589 | 1. A method of performing exercises comprising: (a) providing an exercise mat having an upper planar surface, a lower planar surface, and indicia displayed on the upper planar surface comprising a single starting point representing the number zero, a matrix of location indicia and two or more series of sequential integers counting outward from the single starting point constructed and arranged along a length or a width of the mat such that each location indicia on the upper planar surface corresponds to only one coordinate from the two or more series of sequential integers for placement of limbs on the exercise mat and to facilitate measurement of linear distances along the upper planar surface of said exercise mat; (b) positioning a limb of a user on a point on said exercise mat; (c) executing an exercise position by said user; and (d) measuring at least one distance of a user's limb relative to one or more of other user's limb or to other marked indicia on the mat. | 21,135 |
8,985,942 | 1. An exhaust duct comprising: a shroud body having a forward shroud end and an aft shroud end; a forward flange assembly extending radially inward from the forward shroud end for securing the forward shroud end downstream of a final turbine stage; an aft flange assembly extending circumferentially around and radially inward from the aft shroud end for securing the aft shroud end to an engine tail cone; an intermediate flange assembly disposed forward of the aft flange assembly, and extending circumferentially around and radially inward from the shroud body for securing the shroud body to an engine bearing housing; and a first plurality of bleed ports disposed on the shroud body forward of a junction with the intermediate flange assembly. | 43,860 |
9,178,466 | 1. A method of operating a plurality of photovoltaic devices comprising: mounting a plurality of photovoltaic devices to a frame containing mounting structures configured to hold said plurality of photovoltaic devices; forming an assembly by attaching an end portion of said frame to a sidewall of a base unit having a shape of a hollow box through one variable-angle mount structure located on top of said sidewall such that a portion of each of said plurality of photovoltaic devices is embedded within said hollow box when said assembly is in a retracted position, wherein said variable-angle mount structure is configured to provide a pivot point to rotate said frame around two axes, wherein the pivot point is directly attached to the top of the sidewall of said hollow box with no intervening structures, and said base unit is configured to be placed on a horizontal surface without being affixed to said horizontal surface; and placing said base unit on a horizontal surface without affixing said base unit to said horizontal surface at a location. | 48,017 |
9,080,770 | 1. A reverse-flow annular combustor for a gas turbine engine, comprising: an inner liner; an outer liner circumscribing the inner liner; and a combustor dome having a first edge coupled to the inner liner and a second edge coupled to the outer liner, the combustor dome being a hemispherical combustor dome and forming a combustion chamber with the inner liner and the outer liner, wherein the combustion chamber receives air flow through the inner and outer liners, and wherein the combustor dome is configured to bifurcate the air flow at the combustor dome into two streams, including a first stream directed to the inner liner and a second stream directed to the outer liner, wherein the combustor dome defines a first group of effusion holes and a second group of effusion holes, the first group of effusion holes being oriented in a first substantially radial direction towards the inner liner and the second group of effusion holes being oriented in a second substantially radial direction towards the outer liner, and wherein the first group of effusion holes is adjacent the first edge and the second group of effusion holes is adjacent the second edge. | 10,027 |
9,606,703 | 1. A method comprising: maintaining, by a computer system, a first list of windows open in a web browser running on a client computer system, at least a first window of the first list of windows being associated with a first window identifier, the first window identifier identifying a first application page, the first list of windows including a subset of windows that are potentially active; receiving, by the computer system, a request to access a second application page displayed in the first window; updating, by the computer system, the first window identifier to identify the second application page; receiving, by the computer system, a notification from the web browser that the first application page displayed in the first window in the first list of windows has been unloaded; upon receiving the notification, determining, by the computer system, that the first window identifier associated with the first window identifies the second application page; and based at least in part on the determining, retaining, by the computer system, the first window in the first list of windows without adding the first window to a second list of windows, the second list of windows including a subset of windows in the first list of windows that are potentially inactive. | 29,351 |
9,070,819 | 1. A method for manufacturing a thin film compound solar cell having a cell having a compound semiconductor layer in which at least one PN junction is formed, the method comprising: a process of forming a compound semiconductor layer comprising at least one PN junction on a side of a substrate; a process of forming a rear surface electrode on a surface of the compound semiconductor layer; a process of forming a base material made of a polyimide film by applying, annealing and curing polyimide directly on the rear surface electrode; a process of attaching a reinforcing material directly to the base material, wherein the reinforcing material comprises an adhesive material; a process of separating the substrate from the compound semiconductor layer; a process of forming a surface electrode; and a process of removing the reinforcing material from the base material, wherein a thickness of the polyimide film is set between 5 μm and 15 μm. | 30,143 |
9,582,626 | 1. A method for a static timing analysis of an integrated circuit design, the method comprising: on a computer device having a processor configured to simulate, with a simulator, timing of the circuit design: | 11,384 |
9,526,743 | 1. A composition for colon-targeted delivery comprising: a) one or more component targeted for delivery to the colon; and b) fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) having a degree of polymerization (dp) in the range of 2-20 units and an average dp of 2-10; wherein said one or more component is coated with said FOS to form a FOS coated composition suitable for selective delivery to the colon of a monogastric animal; and wherein said one or more component comprises one or more beneficial bacteria selected from the group consisting of: | 9,843 |
9,484,893 | 1. A method of operating a clock generation circuit on an integrated circuit, the clock generation circuit including an oscillator circuit, comprising: monitoring clock request indicators from one or more circuits; if at least one circuit requests a clock signal, operating the clock generation circuit in a first, full power mode in which the clock generation circuit outputs at least one clock signal; if no circuit requests a clock signal, determining whether a second, sleep mode is allowed, in which the oscillator circuit is disabled and the clock generation circuit outputs no clock signal; | 16,569 |
9,384,539 | 1. A method of processing a digital image, comprising: receiving a plurality of images; converting the plurality of images into histograms; setting a first of the plurality of images as a reference image; setting a second of the plurality of images as a comparison target image; generating an adjusted reference image based on the reference image and the comparison target image; generating a masking image based on the adjusted reference image and the comparison target image; generating an adjusted comparison target image by applying the masking image to the comparison target image; and combining the reference image and the adjusted comparison target image to generate a high dynamic range (HDR) image. | 41,725 |
9,671,254 | 1. A method for detecting tampering with a meter, the method comprising the steps of: measuring, by a removal detector in a solid-state register, a magnetic field in an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis created by a rotating magnet in the meter, the removal detector comprising a three-axis magnetometer; determining whether the measured magnetic field is below a removal threshold in at least one of the x-axis, the y-axis, or the z-axis, wherein the measured magnetic field being below the removal threshold indicates removing the removal detector from the magnetic field of the rotating magnet; and upon determining that the magnetic field is below the removal threshold, providing a register removal tamper alert. | 37,986 |
9,800,086 | 1. An electric storage device management system, comprising: a voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage across an electric storage device having a correlation between an open circuit voltage (OCV) and a state of charge (SOC), the correlation including a slight change region and a sharp change region, the slight change region being a region in which a variation in OCV relative to the SOC is equal to or smaller than a reference value, and the sharp change region being a region in which the variation is larger than the reference value; a memory storing information on correlation between OCV and SOC in the sharp change region; and a controller which executes: | 37,315 |
8,647,494 | 1. A method of electrolysing water, using a water electrolyser having cathode and anode compartments respectively on either side of a hydrophilic polymer cation-exchange membrane, the method comprising: (i) adding water to the anode compartment only, such that the cathode compartment is predominantly free of water in liquid form; (ii) electrolysing the water to form hydrogen gas in the cathode compartment and oxygen gas in the anode compartment; and (iii) re-circulating the hydrogen gas through the cathode compartment. | 49,723 |
9,247,712 | 1. An on-demand animal feed apparatus comprising: a receiving chamber configured to transfer animal feed from a feed supply to a feed reservoir, the receiving chamber comprising an upper section to connect to the feed supply, a lower section, and an intermediate section disposed between the upper and lower sections; a base tube connected to the lower section of the receiving chamber, the base tube having an upper portion that cooperates with the receiving chamber to define the feed reservoir, and a lower portion defining a discharge opening for dispensing animal feed; and an actuator disposed at least partially within the base tube and configured to raise and lower in an axial direction in response to movement by an animal, thereby allowing the on-demand transfer of animal feed from the feed reservoir through the discharge opening; wherein the actuator comprises a sealing portion disposed within the feed reservoir and connected to a downwardly extending stem portion protruding out of the base tube a distance past the discharge opening; and wherein the sealing portion comprises a first component, a second component, and an adjustment mechanism to adjust the position of the first and second components relative to each other in order to vary an overall dimension of the sealing portion. | 24,168 |
9,722,195 | 1. A display device, comprising: a flexible substrate configured to be bent in a first direction; at least one first insulating layer disposed over the flexible substrate and including a first opening pattern that extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein the at least one first insulating layer includes a first portion and a second portion that are spaced apart from each other, and wherein the first opening pattern is interposed between the first portion and the second portion; and at least one second insulating layer disposed over the flexible substrate, wherein the first opening pattern comprises a plurality of second sub-opening patterns overlapping in a depth direction of the flexible substrate. | 21,171 |
9,005,089 | 1. A roller for an abdominal exercise device comprising: a bracket including a connecting piece having two sides connected to the tops of the two mounting pieces; a left bolt; a right bolt, the left and right bolts extending leftward and rightward from middle portions of the mounting pieces respectively; a left handle and a right handle, the left and right handles attached to a middle of the bracket, each of the left and right handles including a threaded hole, the threaded hole in the left handle screwed onto the left bolt of the bracket, and the threaded hole in the right handle screwed onto the right bolt of the bracket; a front wheel rotatably mounted on a front of the bracket and including two front screws threaded into the two threaded holes in the front shaft respectively, and each front screw having a head to press against an outer surface of the mounting piece; two rear wheels rotatably mounted on a rear of the bracket, each rear wheel including two rear screws threaded into the two threaded holes in the rear shaft respectively, and each rear screw having a head to press against an outer surface of the rear wheel. | 42,078 |
8,570,723 | 1. An apparatus usable to support a computer monitor, the apparatus comprising: a hinge base assembly; at least one display arm having a first end that is pivotally connected to the hinge base assembly and a second end that is pivotally coupled to the computer monitor; and a cable having a first end that is pivotally connected to the hinge base assembly, and a second end that is rotationally attached to a cam at the computer monitor, such that when the display arm is lowered, a torque is imparted forcing the computer monitor to rotate about a pivot point such that a display screen on the computer monitor is repositioned from a vertical position to a horizontal position, the cable unwinding from around the cam. | 38,276 |
9,759,552 | 1. A displacement sensor system, comprising: a waveguide core deposited on top of a lower cladding, wherein the waveguide core comprises an etched waveguide that is configured to receive and propagate light to enable an evanescent optical field above the waveguide surface, said waveguide core comprising a thickness less than a wavelength and an air top cladding; and a movable perturber suspended above the etched waveguide and positioned to interact with the evanescent optical field above the waveguide surface; wherein the perturber has an effective index smaller than the effective index of the waveguide, wherein the evanescent field interaction induces an optical phase shift when the movable perturber is displaced. | 21,054 |
8,413,655 | 1. An adsorbent cartridge suitable for adsorbing gas contaminants from a gas comprising a rolled or stacked extruded, ribbed sheet comprising a polymer and an adsorbent material selected from calcium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, molecular sieves, and activated carbon, wherein the ribs are integral to the sheet, wherein the ribs create channels for gas flow when the sheet is rolled or stacked without need of an external separator to create the channels, wherein the base sheet thickness is about 0.001 inches to 0.030 inches; and wherein no other supporting fabric or material is needed to maintain structural integrity of the ribbed sheet. | 25,889 |
9,149,840 | 1. An apparatus for cleansing and monitoring wear of used or contaminated screen cloths used in a petroleum drilling process comprising: a housing accommodating a stacking station, a cleansing unit, a preparation unit, an optical inspection station and a subsequently arranged repair unit, wherein: the stacking station is configured to stack screen cloths in a stack, said stacking station including a plurality of stacking racks configured for storage of more than one of said screen cloths, a combined feeding in transport device and feeding out transport device is configured to feed in said screen cloths one by one from the stacking station to the cleansing unit, said combined feeding in transport device and feeding out transport device comprising actuators, sheaves and guide rails configured to displace and guide frames with screen cloths from said stacking station to the cleansing unit, said cleansing unit is arranged for receiving and cleansing said screen cloth; said preparation unit is arranged for preparing said screen cloth for optical inspection in said optical inspection station, the optical inspection station, comprising: said subsequently arranged repair unit is arranged for mending one or more damaged portions, and said feeding out transport device is configured to feed out said repaired screen cloth from the subsequently arranged repair unit back to the stacking station for storage. | 44,194 |
9,806,388 | 1. A driving method of a battery system, the battery system comprising a plurality of battery packs and a gas dividing unit comprising a plurality of valves, the method comprising: measuring temperatures of the plurality of battery packs; comparing the measured temperatures of the plurality of battery packs with a first reference temperature; when the measured temperature of one or more of the plurality of battery packs is higher than the first reference temperature, determining that the one or more of the plurality of battery packs are overheated; and cooling the overheated one or more of the plurality of battery packs by selectively opening a corresponding one or more of the valves of the gas dividing unit to provide a cooling air to the overheated one or more of the plurality of battery packs, wherein a battery pack of the battery packs comprises an entrance part for receiving the cooling air into the battery pack, an exit part for discharging the cooling air out of the battery pack, and a curved distribution member located inside the entrance part for changing the direction of the cooling air to distribute the cooling air for the cooling air to contact a plurality of battery cells in the battery pack while passing between the plurality of battery cells. | 15,151 |
9,431,561 | 1. A wind load resistant, tracking photovoltaic solar array system comprising: a pivot support; a solar cell coupled to the pivot support, wherein the solar cell comprises a photovoltaic cell for producing electrical energy; a pivot arm coupled to the solar cell and for providing transverse movement of the solar cell relative to a longitudinal axis of the pivot support; a transverse drive motor coupled to the pivot arm and for rotating the pivot arm in response to control signals; a tube for housing the solar cell, pivot arm, and the transverse drive motor; a support structure coupled to the tube and for mounting the tube against another structure; a cleaning device coupled to the support structure and for dispensing a fluid to clean an exterior surface of the tube; a longitudinal axis drive motor coupled to the tube and the support structure, the longitudinal axis drive motor rotating the tube around a geometrical longitudinal axis of the tube in response to control signals; and at least one electrical coupling for the solar cell which serves both as a conductor for carrying electrical current in addition for providing mechanical movement of the solar cell, the electrical coupling comprises an electrical cable for supporting electrical current and a ball-and-socket joint for promoting mechanical movement of the solar cell. | 35,338 |
9,554,172 | 1. A rebroadcasting system for retransmitting a television broadcast received from a satellite, in a segment broadcast such as one-segment broadcast and three-segment broadcast, comprising: a charging unit configured to charge a solar battery during daytime; a television broadcast recorder and reproducer configured to record the broadcast during a retransmission halt time; a retransmitter configured to retransmit the television broadcast received from the satellite in real time by use of central (one or three) segments, with power charged in the solar battery during any time when an output of the solar battery is low; the television broadcast recorder and reproducer configured to reproduce the recorded broadcast; and the retransmitter configured to retransmit the reproduced recorded program by use of any remaining segments such as segments adjacent to the central segments. | 17,345 |
9,575,385 | 1. A display device comprising: a first substrate including a first electrode, an organic film formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode through a through hole that is formed in the organic film, wherein the through hole has a first portion and a second portion which is close to the first substrate than the first portion and arranged between the first substrate and the first portion, wherein a first taper angle of the first portion is smaller than a second taper angle of the second portion, and wherein a first diameter of a top of the first portion is greater than a second diameter of a top of the second portion. | 7,854 |
9,608,968 | 1. A server that manages transactions between first and second devices, the server comprising: a communication interface; a processor communicatively coupled to the communication interface; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor whereby the server is operable to: | 49,194 |
8,778,718 | 1. A method of manufacturing a dye sensitized solar battery, comprising: forming electrode pads on electrodes of respective solar battery sub modules; forming a conductive adhesive on the electrode; and overlapping the electrodes of the solar battery sub modules, applying a current to the electrode pads, and then heating and hardening the conductive adhesive, wherein the electrode of each of the solar battery sub modules is separated into a heating electrode and a plurality of adjacent electrodes by a scribing or an etching, and wherein forming of the conductive adhesive comprises forming the conductive adhesive over the heating electrode and one of the plurality of adjacent electrodes. | 978 |
8,646,320 | 1. A vehicular fuel property determining apparatus comprising: a fuel property sensor disposed on a fuel supply path extending from a fuel tank to an internal combustion engine; a switch for receiving an enable signal for activation and activating the fuel property sensor; means for determining a property of fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine based on a signal from the fuel property sensor; means for storing determination made of the fuel property; means for determining, at a start of the internal combustion engine, whether or not determination is made of the fuel property in a preceding trip; and means for transmitting the enable signal after waiting for a short period of time after the start of the internal combustion engine when it is determined that the determination of the fuel property is made in the preceding trip, and transmitting the enable signal immediately after the start of the internal combustion engine when it is determined that the determination of the fuel property is not made in the preceding trip. | 41,867 |
9,051,908 | 1. An air intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a surge tank, to which air is guided; a resonator that has a volume chamber, which is communicated with the surge tank through a communication passage; a primary intake passage that communicates between a cylinder of the internal combustion engine and the surge tank; a secondary intake passage that extends in an imaginary plane that is generally parallel to an extending direction of the communication passage, wherein the secondary intake passage communicates between the surge tank and one of the cylinder and the primary intake passage, and a passage length of the secondary intake passage is shorter than a passage length of the primary intake passage; a shaft that extends through the communication passage and the secondary intake passage, which are arranged one after another in a direction perpendicular to the imaginary plane; a variable intake valve that is fixed to the shaft, wherein the variable intake valve opens and closes the secondary intake passage; a resonator valve that is fixed to the shaft, wherein the resonator valve opens and closes the communication passage; and a drive device that rotates the shaft to drive the variable intake valve and the resonator valve, wherein | 32,871 |
8,596,963 | 1. A blade outer air seal for a turbine comprising: a ring segment with an outer surface forming an impingement cavity and an inner surface form a hot gas surface with a forward and aft hook extending from the outer surface; an array of diffusion chambers formed within the ring segment between the outer surface and the inner surface; an array of thin slots formed in the inner surface and connected to the diffusion chambers; a number of pedestals formed around the diffusion chambers; and, the array of thin slots forming a plurality of floating wall surfaces that are secured to the outer surface of the ring segment through the pedestals. | 28,422 |
8,973,386 | 1. An electric traction vehicle comprising: at least one pair of driving wheels; at least one reversible electric machine which is capable of being mechanically connected to the driving wheels; an electronic power converter operatively coupled to the electric machine; a storage system which is capable of storing electric energy, is connected to the electronic power converter and comprises a plurality of storage devices; a passenger compartment; an air conditioning system of the passenger compartment which is capable of regulating the temperature inside the passenger compartment; and a cooling system which is completely independent and separate from the air conditioning system of the passenger compartment, uses a compression refrigeration cycle to cool at least one of the electric machine, the electronic power converter and the storage system, and comprises a compressor which is actuated directly by a shaft of the electric machine; wherein the cooling system comprises a refrigeration circuit containing a refrigeration fluid and comprising the compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and at least one evaporation element which is thermally coupled to at least one electric component; wherein the storage system comprises a first heat pipe which has a flat shape and includes a hollow body made of heat conducting metal containing a small quantity of refrigerant in liquid state, while the rest of the hollow body is filled with the vapor of the refrigerant; and wherein a flat wall of the first heat pipe is located in contact with a wall of each storage device and is also located in contact with an evaporator crossed by the cooling fluid circulating along the refrigeration circuit or with a first heat exchanger crossed by the cooling fluid circulating along the cooling circuit. | 45,488 |
8,575,886 | 1. A power storage apparatus in connection with a power generation system using natural energy having a generation power which changes with time, the power storage apparatus mitigates changes to the generation power of the power generation system, the power storage apparatus comprising: a plurality of electricity storage devices, where the plurality of electricity storage devices are composed of converters and secondary batteries, and the converters include a charge rate detector for detecting a charge rate of the secondary batteries; and a control unit including a power station output target value calculator for calculating a target value of power station output, a charge and discharge power calculator for calculating a change relief charge and discharge instruction for executing charging and discharging by each of the plurality of electricity storage devices on the basis of the target value of the power station output, a charge rate target value calculator for calculating a charge rate target value of the plurality of electricity storage devices, and a charge rate management charge and discharge instruction calculator for correcting the change relief charge and discharge instruction on the basis of the charge rate target value and the charge rate detected by the charge rate detector and calculating a correction value of a charge and discharge power instruction for instructing the charging and discharging of the electricity storage devices, wherein the converters are configured to control a charge and discharge power of the secondary batteries so as to follow the charge and discharge power instruction from the control unit and to mitigate changes to a combined power formed by adding the power outputted from the power generation system and the charge and discharge power outputted from the power storage apparatus, and wherein the control unit includes a deterioration index calculator for calculating a correction value of the charge rate target value of the power storage apparatus according to characteristics or an operation history of the plurality of secondary batteries and instructing the charge rate target value calculator of the correction value. | 23,190 |
8,962,977 | 1. A sensitising dye being a heteroleptic dye and comprising a metal atom selected from ruthenium, osmium, platinum, iron and copper, a compound of formula (a.1) as a ligand to said metal atom: wherein Co is independently selected from (b) or (c): wherein R with the proviso that only the C4 position of each pyridine ring of ligand of formula (XX) is substituted by R | 40,669 |
9,854,515 | 1. A method for operating a network controlling entity in a heterogeneous or local area network, the method comprising: selecting at least one set of network access nodes, each set sharing a common wake-up area code; selecting a transmission entity and directing the selected transmission entity to wirelessly transmit a signal on a given radio resource; and informing each network access node within the selected at least one set of network access nodes, the given radio resource on which they should listen for the signal, by sending: wakingup information which specifies the given radio resource; and a wakingup threshold for comparing by the respective network access node against the signal received by the respective network access node on the given radio resource. | 19,582 |
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