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8,685,561 | 1. A rechargeable battery, comprising: a bare cell provided with an electrically conductive cap plate; a protection circuit module electrically connected to the bare cell; a resin member molded to fill a gap between the bare cell and the protection circuit module and molded therein; and a reinforcing member which comprises: | 10,125 |
8,830,947 | 1. A method comprising: determining transmission priorities from scheduling requests received from at least two terminal devices at a network element of a cellular communication network; scheduling, by the network element, a same uplink time-frequency resource to the at least two terminal devices; and allocating, by the network element, based on the determined transmission priorities, sensing periods of unequal lengths to the at least two terminal devices such that a shorter sensing period is allocated to the respective terminal device having a higher of the transmission priorities and a longer sensing period is allocated to the respective terminal device having a lower of the transmission priorities, wherein the respective sensing periods define a time during which the respective terminal device senses the uplink time-frequency resource for a conflicting transmission before transmitting in the uplink time-frequency resource, and the lengths of the sensing periods are multiples of an uplink symbol duration. | 43,651 |
8,900,838 | 1. A method for the fermentative production of 1,3-propanediol from sucrose, comprising the steps of: culturing a microorganism from the Enterobacteriaceae family genetically modified for the bioproduction of 1,3-propanediol from sucrose on an appropriate culture medium comprising sucrose, wherein the microorganism comprises: (i) an enzyme having a 2-keto acid decarboxylase activity for decarboxylation of 4-hydroxy-2-ketobutyrate encoded by the kivD gene of (ii) an enzyme having hydroxy aldehyde reductase activity encoded by the gene yqhD of (iii) functional genes coding for a non-PTS sucrose utilization system, enabling the microorganism to utilize sucrose as sole carbon source involving the genes cscBKA from wherein the production of 4-hydroxy-2-ketobutyrate from sucrose is improved in said microorganism by overexpressing a gene encoding homoserine transaminase or homoserine oxidase, and recovering 1,3-propanediol from the culture medium. | 27,610 |
9,651,042 | 1. A displacement pump comprising a pot-shaped housing, a rotor swivel-mounted in the housing and at least one blade guided movably inside the rotor, wherein the blade tip contacts an inner peripheral wall of the housing and divides an internal space into chambers when the displacement pump is operating, and wherein a locking mechanism inhibits the displacement of the blade inside the rotor, wherein the locking mechanism engages the blade tractionally or frictionally, and a control element is located on the side of the housing which is moveable in axial direction via a drive system and which actuates the locking mechanism, wherein a rotation decoupling and an axial movement coupling are provided between the control element and the locking mechanism for decoupling rotational movement in the axial direction of the locking mechanism in relation to the control element on the side of the housing. | 27,923 |
8,791,068 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition used for the treatment of a gastro-intestinal disorder, the composition comprising a growth stimulating peptide with a consensus sequence selected from the group consisting of VKE(K/Q)KLQGKGPGG(P/A)PPK(SEQ ID NO: 25), wherein there is a Q at position 4 and a P at position 14, and VKE(K/Q)KGKGPGG(P/A)PPK(SEQ ID NO: 26). | 7,957 |
9,023,746 | 1. An oxide sintered body, comprising: powders of zinc oxide, tin oxide, and indium oxide, wherein when an EPMA in-plane compositional mapping is performed on the oxide sintered body, a percentage of an area in which Sn concentration is from 10 to 50 mass % in a measurement area is 70 area % or more, wherein the ratio of [In]/([Zn]+[Sn]+[In]) is from 0.10 to 0.30; and the ratio of [Sn]/([Zn]+[Sn]) is from 0.33 to 0.60, and [Zn], [Sn], and [In] represent contents by atomic % of respective metal elements in the oxide sintered body. | 9,598 |
8,950,221 | 1. A motor assembly for a washing machine appliance having a wash tub, the motor assembly comprising: a bearing assembly for mounting to a stationary surface of the washing machine appliance; a rotor assembly that is rotatable about an axis of rotation; a stator assembly positioned at least partially within the rotor assembly, the stator assembly having an inner diameter defining a circumferential direction; an insulator assembly disposed along the inner diameter of the stator assembly, the insulator assembly comprising | 20,036 |
9,441,215 | 1. A variant polypeptide having protease activity and at least 85% sequence identity and less than 100% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 5 and comprising at least one substitution, deletion, and/or insertion at one or more positions. | 49,019 |
9,833,809 | 1. A tool comprising: a container having at least one orifice, the container configured to be capable of expelling its contents through the at least one orifice when pressure is applied to the container; and a cap, the cap having at least a first port and at least a second port, the first port configured to seal the at least one orifice, the second port configured to deliver contents expelled from the container to an applicator; wherein contents of the container are stored in the container when the first port is applied to the at least one orifice, and contents of the container are delivered to the applicator when the second port is applied to the at least one orifice and pressure is applied to the container. | 42,304 |
8,756,817 | 1. A process for removing a first peripheral portion of a glass sheet, the process comprising steps of: (I) providing a glass sheet having a first major surface, a second major surface opposing the first major surface, a center region having a center thickness Th(C) and an average center temperature T(C), an upper edge surface, a lower edge surface, a first side edge surface and a second side edge surface, each edge surface connecting the first major surface and the second major surface, and the first peripheral portion is in a vicinity of the first side edge surface and has an average thickness Th(B), where Th(B)>1.1 Th(C); (II) placing the glass sheet in a predetermined position by securing the first and second major surfaces in a vicinity of the upper edge surface to a suspension device; (III) after step (II), restraining the first and second major surfaces in a vicinity of the first side edge surface at a distance D (IV) after step (II), restraining at least the second major surface in a vicinity of the first side edge surface at a distance D (V) heating at least part of the first peripheral portion of the glass sheet such that an average temperature of the first peripheral portion at a location having the distance D (VI) after step (V), forming a score-line on the first major surface extending from a vicinity of the top edge surface to a vicinity of the lower edge surface at a distance D (VII) contacting the second major surface with a nosing strip opposing the score-line; and (VIII) after steps (V) and (VI), activating the first mechanical restrainer to push the first peripheral portion of the glass sheet in a direction from the first major surface to the second major surface such that the first peripheral portion of the glass sheet bends against the nosing strip and separates along the score-line from the center region of the glass sheet. | 48,089 |
8,722,119 | 1. A process for producing pre-fermentation type fermented milk having fine texture and mild flavor, which comprises: (a) adding to a mixture for making pre-fermentation type fermented milk a starter in a total amount of from 0.2 to 0.5% by weight with respect to the total amount of the mixture, wherein the starter comprises at least one of (b) reducing the dissolved oxygen concentration in the resulting mixture obtained in (a) to 5 ppm or less; and (c) subjecting the mixture obtained in (b) to fermentation to obtain a pre-fermentation type fermented milk, wherein the fermentation is conducted at a temperature of from 40° C. to 45° C. and for 3 to 5 hours, followed by (d) disrupting and cooling the obtained pre-fermentation type fermented milk to terminate the fermentation, thereby producing the pre-fermentation type fermented milk. | 26,248 |
9,252,318 | 1. A method of depositing a thin film chalcogenide buffer layer onto a flexible substrate, comprising: transporting a web of thin film substrate material through a deposition region by sliding the web over a support surface disposed within the deposition region; dispensing onto a top surface of the web a metal-containing solution containing a metal chosen from the group consisting of copper, silver, gold, zinc, cadmium, mercury, lead, boron, aluminum, gallium, indium and thallium, and a chalcogen-containing solution containing a chalcogen chosen from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium; lifting transverse edge portions of the web relative to a central portion of the web to contain at least a portion of the metal-containing solution and at least a portion of the chalcogen-containing solution substantially upon the top surface of the web; holding the central portion of the web substantially flat with a plurality of magnets disposed in fixed positions under the central portion of the web; and supporting the central portion of the web on a hydrostatic bearing surface disposed between the web and at least portions of the support surface. | 4,206 |
8,826,883 | 1. A spark ignition gas engine comprising: a spark plug fitted on a fitting seat surface; a mounting hardware piece having the fitting seat surface therein; a fuel passage provided in the mounting hardware piece; a pre-combustion chamber disposed under the spark plug; a cylinder head for housing the spark plug, the mounting hardware piece being provided in the cylinder head; a fuel inlet connecting piece connected to the mounting hardware piece to supply fuel gas from the fuel inlet connecting piece to the pre-combustion chamber through the fuel passage, the fuel gas supplied in the pre-combustion chamber being ignited by spark discharge at the spark plug; a fuel inlet passage bored in the fuel inlet connecting piece; a solenoid valve that is provided at an inlet end of the fuel inlet connecting piece and is configured to perform open-close control of the fuel gas which streams into the fuel inlet passage; and a first check valve that is provided in the fuel inlet passage at a location nearer to the solenoid valve than the pre-combustion chamber relative to the spark plug so that combustion gas generated in the pre-combustion chamber is prevented from flowing backwards in a direction from the pre-combustion chamber toward the solenoid valve. | 35,930 |
9,707,215 | 1. A compound according to Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is —NR R wherein: R R R R wherein R wherein R wherein R R provided that, when R R R | 32,201 |
9,475,351 | 1. An intelligent tire system, comprising: a bearing assembly enclosing a wheel rim; and a sensor module installed to be relatively rotated with respect to the wheel rim by the bearing assembly and continuously sensing an inner surface of a tire contacting a road, wherein the bearing assembly includes: | 48,391 |
9,754,831 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a dielectric layer over a substrate; forming a plurality of first openings in the dielectric layer; forming a plurality of second openings each extending through the dielectric layer and into the substrate; and depositing metal in each of the plurality of first openings, in each of the plurality of second openings, and on the dielectric layer, thereby forming: | 17,382 |
9,013,739 | 1. An information processing system including an image forming apparatus and a management apparatus, the management apparatus being configured to manage the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a configuration change determination unit configured to determine whether there is any change in configuration information of a device provided in the image forming apparatus; and a configuration information transmission unit configured to, if it is determined that there is a change in the configuration information, transmit the changed configuration information to the management apparatus via a network; the management apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the configuration information from the image forming apparatus; a storage unit configured to store configuration information necessary to validate an application; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the stored configuration information and the configuration information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether the image forming apparatus includes configuration information necessary to validate the application; and a first transmission unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the image forming apparatus includes the configuration information necessary to validate the application, transmit information to be used by the image forming apparatus to make a license issuance request to the image forming apparatus, and wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises: a reception unit configured to receive from the management apparatus the information to be used to make the license issuance request; and a validation unit configured to make the license issuance request to the management apparatus using the received information to acquire a license, and to validate the application to be applied to the image forming apparatus using the acquired license. | 2,042 |
8,579,746 | 1. A chain guide mechanism, comprising: a plurality of chain guides for sliding relationship with a traveling chain; and a guide bridge for integrally holding the plurality of chain guides; wherein: said guide bridge has a base, and a pair of arms extending in opposite directions from the base; each of said arms comprises two opposed, spaced parts extending on opposite sides of one of the chain guides whereby a portion of one of said chain guides is disposed between the opposed parts of each of said arms; a pair of cylindrical mounting bosses extends in opposite directions from each said portion of each chain guide; each of said opposed, spaced parts is formed with a guide mounting hole for receiving each mounting boss on the chain guide portion therebetween; said base of the guide bridge extends from an intermediate portion between the arms in a direction substantially perpendicular to the directions in which said arms extend, whereby the guide bridge is substantially T-shaped; said base has a sprocket-pressing end portion for sliding contact with a sprocket; said base has a surface facing in a direction perpendicular to the directions in which said arms extend and also perpendicular to the direction in which said base extends from said intermediate portion; said sprocket-pressing portion has a central groove that permits the teeth of said sprocket to pass, and sliding contact portions on both sides of the central groove for sliding engagement with boss portions of said sprocket on both sides of the teeth of said sprocket; and said guide bridge has an oil inlet on said surface of the base, an oil discharge port opening to the groove of the sprocket pressing portion, and an oil passage provided within the base connecting the oil inlet to the oil discharge port. | 7,728 |
9,541,805 | 1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed, one main surface of the first substrate and one main surface of the second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a light source disposed below the second substrate; a plurality of gate wirings disposed on or above the one main surface of the second substrate; a plurality of source wirings disposed to intersect with the plurality of gate wirings; light shielding films covering the plurality of source wirings; a first insulating film covering the plurality of gate wirings, the plurality of source wirings and the light shielding films; signal electrodes disposed on or above the first insulating film, each of the signal electrodes located in a region surrounded with the plurality of gate wirings and the plurality of source wirings; a common electrode disposed on or above the first insulating film, not overlapping the signal electrodes; and shield electrodes disposed between each of the signal electrodes and each of the source wirings, the respective shield electrodes overlapping the light shielding films, the shield electrodes not overlapping the signal electrodes as seen in a plan view, the shield electrodes being disposed above the source wirings with respect to the second substrate and being disposed downstream of the source wirings in a direction in which light emitted from the light source passes through the liquid crystal layer. | 16,844 |
8,513,854 | 1. A driver circuit for driving a resonant load, comprising: an inverter portion that generates an inverter output signal, the inverter portion comprising a controlled switch, wherein the controlled switch comprises a control input for controlling switching operations of the controlled switch; a tuned circuit portion having a resonant frequency when connected to the resonant load, a feedback portion that receives the inverter output signal and phase-shifts the inverter output signal to generate an inverter control signal, wherein the feedback portion provides the inverter control signal to the control input of the controlled switch to thereby control switching operations of controlled switch, and wherein the driver circuit self-oscillates at or near the resonant frequency due to the feedback portion phase-shifting the inverter output signal to generate the inverter control signal. | 15,479 |
8,711,190 | 1. A method comprising: acquiring a pattern for adhesive material; determining a repeat distance for repeating the pattern; and providing the pattern and the repeat distance to a printing press or a coater, wherein the printing press or the coater (i) coats a first side of a web of media with thermally sensitive inks, and (ii) coats a second side of the web of media with the adhesive material in the pattern repeated at the repeat distance to position the adhesive material at locations on the second side of the web of media to assist in reducing any buildup of adhesive material on a cutting mechanism when the cutting mechanism subsequently cuts laterally across the media web. | 8,168 |
9,434,379 | 1. A semiconductor circuit for an electronic control device for a system in a motor vehicle, said system not being mechanically intrinsically safe, comprising a functional computer (FR) configured for controlling a normal operation of the motor vehicle by executing at least functionalities of a functional layer and of a function monitoring layer of a three-layer monitoring concept, at least one monitoring unit (MU) configured for executing at least a functionality of a computer monitoring layer of the three-layer monitoring concept, a monitoring computer (UR) on which at least one dialog procedure (FAV) with the functional computer (FR) can be performed, a first power supply that is connected to and configured to supply power to the functional computer, and a second power supply that is separate from the first power supply, and that is connected to and configured to supply power to the monitoring computer, wherein: the functional computer (FR), the monitoring unit (MU) and the monitoring computer (UR) are each physically independent of each other, a full function or a restricted function of the semiconductor circuit is ensured by the functional computer (FR) if the monitoring computer (UR) fails, and the full function or the restricted function of the semiconductor circuit is ensured by the monitoring computer (UR) if the functional computer (FR) fails. | 32,739 |
8,570,016 | 1. A duty cycle generator for generating a duty cycle signal to a power converter, comprising: a first inverter coupled to a clock signal for inverting the clock signal; a second inverter cascaded to the first inverter for outputting the clock signal; a signal protection unit including an input terminal coupled to the duty cycle signal for generating a break pulse to generate a protected duty cycle signal; a comparator including a positive input terminal coupled to a comparison signal of the power converter and a negative input terminal coupled to a triangle-wave signal for comparing the triangle-wave signal with the comparison signal to generate a comparison result; a NOR gate including a first input terminal coupled to the comparison result, and a second input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the signal protection unit for generating a reset signal according to the comparison result and the protected duty cycle signal; an SR-latch including a set input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the second inverter, a reset input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the NOR gate, and an output terminal for outputting a turn-on signal according to the clock signal and the reset signal; and an AND gate including a first input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the SR-latch, and a second input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first inverter and the input terminal of the second inverter for generating the duty cycle signal according to the inverted clock signal and the turn-on signal. | 19,397 |
8,822,064 | 1. A modular battery comprising: a first battery cell having a first electrode surface; a second battery cell having a second electrode surface; a compressible interconnector connecting the first battery cell and the second battery cell; and a polymeric material holding the first battery cell against the second battery cell with the interconnector in a compressed state, wherein the interconnector electrically connects the first battery cell and the second battery cell in series. | 46,800 |
9,490,457 | 1. An assembly method of a display device, comprising steps of: providing an organic electro-luminescence display panel and a rear bezel, the organic electro-luminescence display panel including a first side edge and a second side edge, a length of the first side edge being longer than that of the second side edge, the organic electro-luminescence display panel including at least one power line having an extension direction, the extension direction of the at least one power line being parallel to the second side edge, wherein the organic electro-luminescence display panel comprises an organic electro-luminescence layer and the at least one power line, and the at least one power line is disposed on the organic electro-luminescence layer; providing a heat dissipation coil, the heat dissipation coil having a determinate width smaller than the length of the first side edge; cutting the heat dissipation coil into a plurality of heat dissipation sheets according to the length of the second side edge, the heat dissipation sheets attached to one of the rear bezel and the organic electro-luminescence display panel side by side along the first side edge, wherein the heat dissipation sheets comprises a first heat dissipation sheet adjacent to a second heat dissipation sheet, the first heat dissipation sheet covering a length of the power line on the organic electro-luminescence layer, the first heat dissipation sheet and the second heat dissipation sheet forming a seam therebetween, and a length of the first heat dissipation sheet in the direction of the seam is not smaller than the length of the power line on the organic electro-luminescence layer; and attaching the organic electro-luminescence display panel to the rear bezel with the heat dissipation sheets being disposed between the organic electro-luminescence display panel and the rear bezel. | 13,659 |
9,074,154 | 1. A process for providing improved fuels for liquefaction, comprising: a) providing fuel solids having a maximum diameter of approximately 3 inches or less; b) optionally excluding oxygen from the fuel solids before, during, and after comminution steps until liquefaction is complete; c) providing at least one of a hydrogenation catalyst, hydrocracking catalyst, and shift reaction catalyst; and d) providing steam at a temperature of at least 350° F. and at a velocity of at least 1340 ft/s; e) directing the steam from a plurality of nozzles within an interior chamber defined by a housing to form a shear field and vortexes; f) entraining the fuel solids within the steam that forms the shear field and vortexes; g) circulating the fuel solids, catalyst, the optional gases if present and if present the hydrogen transfer substance in the shear field and vortexes until the fuel solids are comminuted to particles having a maximum diameter of 40 microns or less, wherein fuel surfaces in the comminuted particles are ambiphilic; h) venting spent steam from the shear field and vortexes into an oil or oil-and-water liquid medium whereby the comminuted particles are captured as a suspension in the liquid medium, wherein the suspension comprises 4 to 30 weight % water; i) optionally providing to the liquid medium a substance that can serve as a source for hydrogen transfer; j) optionally providing one or more gases comprising at least one of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and or a low alkane; and k) further reacting the comminuted particles, catalyst and if present the hydrogen transfer substance or substances and the one or more gases until the comminuted particles have been substantially liquefied. | 8,339 |
8,672,461 | 1. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head including: a tank storing the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head; a supply channel communicating the tank and the inlet opening with each other; a return channel communicating the tank and the outlet opening with each other; a supply device configured to supply the liquid in the tank to the inside channel via the supply channel; and a controller configured to control the supply device, wherein the controller is configured to control the supply device to perform a circulating operation in which the liquid in the tank is transferred to the supply channel, the inside channel, and the return channel in order and returns to the tank, wherein the controller is configured to control the supply device such that a unit-time supply amount that is an amount of the liquid to be supplied to the inside channel per unit time in a first period in the circulating operation is the least unit-time supply amount in the circulation operation, and such that a unit-time supply amount in a second period in the circulating operation is the largest unit-time supply amount in the circulation operation, wherein an entire period of the circulation operation is divided into a plurality of periods, the beginning period of the plurality of periods is the first period, and the last period of the plurality of periods is the second period, wherein the controller is configured to control the supply device such that the unit-time supply amount in the circulation operation is increased stepwise from the unit-time supply amount in the first period, and wherein the controller is configured to control the liquid pressure in the supply channel and the return channel such that the liquid pressure in the first period is the least liquid pressure in the circulation operation, and such that the liquid pressure in the second period is the largest liquid pressure in the circulation operation. | 20,165 |
9,622,328 | 1. A two-level LED security light comprising: a light-emitting unit; a loading and power control unit; a light sensing control unit; a motion sensing unit; and a power supply unit; wherein the light-emitting unit is angle adjustable to provide illumination projection toward desired living spaces for performing security protection; wherein the loading and power control unit comprises a controller electrically coupled with a controllable semiconductor switching device, wherein the controllable semiconductor switching device is electrically connected in series with the power supply unit and the light-emitting unit, wherein the controller with program codes outputs a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to control a conduction period T | 15,422 |
9,156,201 | 1. A single screw extruder, comprising: a cylinder including a melting zone and a homogenizing zone, which adjoins the melting zone, said cylinder having an inner wall formed in the homogenizing zone with a first longitudinal groove; and a screw mounted rotatably in the cylinder and having in a region of the homogenizing zone at least two successive process sections as viewed in a conveying direction, wherein at least one of the process sections is constructed as a shear section, wherein the first groove ends in the conveying direction in a region between the successive process sections of the homogenizing zone. | 17,769 |
9,404,008 | 1. A composition comprising an elastomeric vinyl ester-acrylate-acid polymer emulsion consisting essentially of monomers of: a vinyl ester comprising an alkyl C8-C36 vinyl ester with an alkyl chain selected from the group of octyl, 2-ethyl-hexyl, nonyl, decyl, isodecyl, undecyl, dodecyl, and 3,5,5-trimethyhexyl, or vinyl laurate; one or both of an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, each with an alkyl chain of 4 to 12 carbon atoms; and a monocarboxylic or polycarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, itaconic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, and combinations thereof, wherein the polymer composition is free of acrylonitrile, methyl acrylonitrile and styrenic derivatives. | 34,750 |
8,633,029 | 1. A method for improving efficiency of gene transfer to mammalian cells in vitro, comprising the following steps (a) to (c) sequentially: (a) a step of mixing DNA comprising a target gene with transfer RNA (tRNA); (b) a step of adding a lipofection reagent to the mixture solution prepared in the step (a); and (c) a step of adding the lipofection solution prepared in the step (b) into mammalian cells in vitro. | 23,094 |
9,683,737 | 1. A chemical looping combustion apparatus for solid fuels using different oxygen carriers, comprising: a solid fuel chemical looping combustor configured to receive solid fuels and to produce carbon dioxide and steam by combustion of the solid fuels; a gaseous fuel chemical looping combustor configured to receive gaseous fuels and to produce carbon dioxide and steam by combustion of the gaseous fuels; and a devolatilization reactor configured to produce solids and gases by devolatilizing the solid fuels, wherein the solid fuels received by the solid fuel chemical looping combustor and the gaseous fuels received by the gaseous fuel chemical looping combustor are the solids and the gases produced by the devolatilization reactor, respectively, wherein the solid fuel chemical looping combustor comprises: an oxidation reactor; a loop seal configured to receive a metallic oxide from the oxidation reactor; a reduction reactor configured to cause the solid fuels flowing from the devolatilization reactor and the metallic oxide transferred from the loop seal to react with each other, thereby reducing the oxygen carriers; a downcomer connected to an outlet of the loop seal and extending to a lower portion of the reduction reactor to receive the solid fuels, wherein the oxygen carriers reduced in the reduction reactor are provided to the oxidation reactor such that the oxygen carriers are re-circulated, and wherein the solid fuels are introduced into the reduction reactor from a middle point of a longitudinal length of the downcomer. | 14,737 |
8,490,951 | 1. A humidifier comprising: (a) a low volume high pressure pump adapted to accept filtered water and to provide pressurized water at a constant high pressure; (b) a stepper motor mechanically connected to the pump and adapted to drive said pump; (c) a wand pipe extending into a plenum of a heating system and adapted to accept the pressurized water, wherein said wand pipe further comprises (d) wherein the diameter of the precision orifice is sized in conjunction with the constant speed of the motor to provide a precise constant volume flow of atomized water. | 7,442 |
8,394,386 | 1. An immunization regimen comprising delivering to a subject: (a) a replication-defective adenovirus comprising a first heterologous expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a product for inducing an immune response to said product under the control of regulatory control sequences which direct expression of said product; and (b) an adeno-associated virus (AAV) comprising a second heterologous expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding said product for inducing an immune response to said product under the control of regulatory control sequences which direct expression of said product, wherein the AAV is delivered prior to delivery of the replication-defective adenovirus. | 40,203 |
9,445,469 | 1. A backlight driving apparatus comprising: a light source comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED); a duty controller coupled to the light source, the duty controller configured to receive a backlight dimming signal and generate a LED duty signal that turns the light source on and off by alternating between a first state and a second state, wherein the light source is turned on responsive to the LED duty signal being in the first state, and the light source is turned off responsive to the LED duty signal being in the second state, a duty cycle of the LED duty signal indicative of the brightness of the light source; a DC-DC converter comprising a switching element, the DC-DC converter configured to receive an input voltage and generate a driving voltage responsive to repeated on/off switching of the switching element, wherein the driving voltage is supplied to the light source and the on or off states of the switching element are controlled by a switching control signal received by the switching element; a feedback circuit configured to receive the driving voltage and generate a feedback voltage according to a voltage level of the driving voltage; a switching controller configured to receive the LED duty signal and the feedback voltage to generate the switching control signal, wherein: | 37,458 |
9,512,824 | 1. A mounting system for strand-shaped functional elements, comprising: a main body having a star-shaped body; strand passageways formed by receiving spaces in said main body, said receiving spaces having openings for insertion of the functional elements and defining receiving axes extending from said openings to inner ends of said receiving spaces, said receiving axes of successive strand passageways diverging outwardly on said main body, said strand passageways being disposed on said main body along an imaginary curved line; cover devices on said main body releasably closing said openings; at least two separately formed sectional elements forming said main body, each of said sectional elements having respective ones of said strand passageways and being coupled to one other at least one junction point to form free points between adjacent ones of said sectional elements; additional sectional elements having at least one additional strand passageway each accommodated in said free points; and a hinge joint at said junction point pivotally coupling said sectional elements allowing relative pivotal movement of said sectional elements. | 12,168 |
8,676,043 | 1. A gateway server used in a system for reading video data items included in a video content from a storage medium by a reading unit to record the video data items on a video server, the video data items being recorded in corresponding first logical blocks in the storage medium, wherein the reading unit which is connected to the storage medium to generate a setting signal, reads first management information including first physical addresses specifying blocks where the video data items are recorded in response to the setting signal, and reads the video data items from the first logical blocks, the video server which includes second logical blocks to record the video data items transferred from the reading unit in the second logical blocks, and stores second management information including second physical addresses specifying blocks where the video data items are recorded, said gateway server comprising: a memory which stores third management information including the first or second physical addresses; and a controller which writes the first physical addresses included in the first management information as the third management information in the memory in response to the setting signal, updates the first physical addresses included in the third management information to the second physical addresses upon reception of the video data items by the video server from the reading unit, outputs the video data items read from the reading unit if the third management information includes the first physical addresses, and outputs the video data items read from the video server if the third management information includes the second physical addresses in response to a read request for the video content including the video data items from an external device. | 28,554 |
9,057,033 | 1. A method for producing synthesis gas by producing tar-laden pyrolysis and product gases and pyrolysis condensate with a high proportion of tar for operating a two-stroke dual-fuel internal combustion engine, used for decentralized generation of current and heat, comprising the following steps: a. shredding organic raw and waste materials or containing organic matter to obtain a requested grain size and drying to obtain a requested water content of said fuel, b. feeding the so prepared organic fuel into a pyrolysis reactor, c. generating and feeding thermal energy for performing an endothermal decomposition of the organic fuel at a pyrolysis temperature between 400° C. and 650° C. while generating pyrolysis gas and pyrolysis coke, d. purifying and cooling the pyrolysis gas to approximately 300° C. followed by gas washing with a washing medium in the form of biodiesel and/or vegetable oil with cooling and quenching below 60° C. by condensing the tars of the pyrolysis gas out with pyrolysis condensate and/or with said biodiesel or said vegetable oil, e. conveying the pyrolysis coke into a fuel barrier of a gasifier or directly into the gasifier and capturing the pyrolysis condensate for generating ignition oil for the two-stroke dual-fuel engine providing a gas-diesel internal combustion engine, f. total or partial autothermal gasification of the pyrolysis coke by supplying air and/or technical oxygen and/or water steam to form a product gas at temperatures of approximately 1000° C. and by supplying heat from a product gas thus recirculating branch current for heating the gasifier, g. purifying and cooling the product gas to approximately 300° C., h. recirculating the branch current of the product gas for heating the gasifier according to step f), by heating up in a preheater in a main stream of the hot product gas, i. additional purifying of the product gas or of the synthesis gas formed after aggregation of the same and of the pyrolysis gas of tar and dust particles in a gas scrubber with a washing oil as well as cooling to a temperature of approximately 40° C. by forming a tar-containing pyrolysis condensate, j. aggregation of the pyrolysis gas still having a calorific value of greater than 15 MJ/Nm3 with the low-calorie, first of all exclusively purified product gas according to step i) (calorific value less than 10 MJ/Nm3) to form a synthesis gas, k. subsequent purifying the synthesis gas provided for operating the internal combustion engine in a tar electrostatic filter to remove practically all tar and dust particles according to the engine requirements, l. compressing the purified synthesis gas in a synthesis gas compressor to greater than 200 bar for direct injection of the synthesis gas into the internal combustion engine, m. processing the laden washing oil together with the pyrolysis condensate and the tar by extraction from the tar electrostatic filter, with homogenous thorough mixing and with mechanical shortening of the long-chain hydrocarbon molecules, whereas said liquid mixture is injected as ignition oil into the internal combustion engine, n. injection of the highly compressed synthesis gas and the ignition oil via separate injectors into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine and by introduction of the combustion air, separately from said fuels also via its own channel into the combustion chamber. | 12,534 |
9,303,551 | 1. An engine start control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle including a direct injection engine directly injecting fuel into cylinders, a clutch connecting and disconnecting the direct injection engine with respect to a power transmission path, and a rotary machine functioning at least as an electric motor, the direct injection engine and the rotary machine being able to be used as drive power sources for travel, comprising: a controller which is configured to, when starting up the direct injection engine in a state where a second cylinder of a plurality of cylinders is positioned at top dead center, raise engine revolutions by producing a first explosion in a first cylinder situated before the second cylinder in an ignition sequence, the first cylinder being in an expansion stroke and an exhaust valve thereof not being open, by directly injecting fuel into the first cylinder and igniting the fuel, and start assistance in increasing the engine revolutions by transmitting assist torque output from the rotary machine to the direct injection engine via the clutch, in a peak section after the engine revolutions start to increase, the peak section being a section indicating engine revolutions of no less than a value having a prescribed ratio with respect to a maximum value between an increase section of the engine revolutions and a decrease section following increase section of the engine revolutions. | 810 |
9,391,905 | 1. A method implemented in a software-defined networking (SDN) controller of a SDN system, wherein the SDN system contains a plurality of network devices managed by the SDN controller, wherein the SDN system offers a set of services, wherein a subset of the set of services is included in a chain of services for a subscriber, wherein an order of entries within the chain of services is defined, the method comprising: determining a list of bandwidth consumption entities of a service for each service within the set of services offered by the SDN system, wherein each bandwidth consumption entity is based on bandwidth consumed by one or more chains of services in which that service is included; calculating a weight of each service based on the list of bandwidth consumption entities of the service; selecting a service with the highest weight within a group of one or more services; and selecting a network device from the plurality of network devices managed by the SDN controller for the service based at least partially on a calculation of bandwidth impacts to the SDN system by the service and resulting in a minimum remaining available bandwidth at the network device after attaching the service when more than one network device is selected to achieve the lowest bandwidth utilization at the SDN system by the service, wherein the calculation includes calculation of a bandwidth utilization by the service at each available network device if the service is to be placed at the available network device. | 28,072 |
8,883,343 | 1. A package for a battery cell, the package comprising: a first sheet having a coating layer disposed thereon and a first sheet peripheral rim; a second sheet having a coating layer disposed thereon and a second sheet peripheral rim, the first sheet and the second sheet cooperating to define a cavity therebetween when the first sheet peripheral rim is adjacent the second sheet peripheral rim, the battery cell disposed in the cavity; and a frame disposed between the first sheet peripheral rim and the second sheet peripheral rim adjacent abutting portions of the first sheet peripheral rim and the second sheet peripheral rim, the first sheet peripheral rim directly contacting the second sheet peripheral rim at the abutting portions, wherein the frame also extends around an outside edge of each of the first sheet peripheral rim and the second sheet peripheral rim to directly contact and cover the outside edges of the first sheet peripheral rim and the second sheet peripheral rim. | 6,524 |
9,824,457 | 1. A system for performing a model-based segmentation of an anatomical structure in a medical image of a patient, the system comprising: an image interface for accessing the medical image; a patient data interface for accessing patient data of the patient; a data storage comprising model data that defines a deformable model for segmenting the type of anatomical structure; and a processor that: | 25,954 |
8,829,073 | 1. A two-component system for formation of an implant material on the basis of a polymer system, the two-component system comprising: a first component and a second component that is provided separate from the first component; wherein the first component of the polymer system is a paste that contains at least one biocompatible polymer powder and a starter component for initiating a polymerization reaction, wherein the paste comprises a carrier liquid, wherein under normal conditions the at least one biocompatible polymer powder does not dissolve or significantly swell in the carrier liquid and wherein the starter component does not dissolve in the carrier liquid and is stable in the carrier liquid; and wherein the second component of the polymer system contains at least one reactive organic liquid or a solution or a suspension of a reactive organic liquid and of a polymer. | 24,833 |
8,927,900 | 1. A method of cutting a substrate, the method comprising the steps of: irradiating a substrate with pulsed laser light having a converging point positioned within the substrate in order to form a modified spot within the substrate at the converging point; performing the irradiating step at multiple locations along each of a plurality of intersecting cutting lines along which the substrate is to be cut in order to form a plurality of modified spots within the substrate at converging points of the pulsed laser light, respectively, without melting a pulsed laser light incident surface of the substrate, the modified spots being continuously formed and make up a modified region formed only within the substrate and being formed in the substrate only by the laser irradiation; and cutting the substrate into parts along the plurality of intersecting cutting lines by growing cracks from the modified spots to grow towards a front and back surface of the substrate, wherein the step of cutting the substrate into the parts along the plurality of intersecting cutting lines includes deforming a sheet supporting the substrate and applying stress to the substrate to cut and separate the substrate on the sheet into the parts. | 40,986 |
8,825,407 | 1. A method for determining a traveled route of a mobile device in a mobile network, said method comprising: analyzing, by a processor of a computer system, a network usage record that identifies a plurality of activities of the mobile device and associated activity information pertaining to each activity, wherein for each activity the associated activity information includes a start cell in which the activity was initiated, an end cell in which the activity was terminated, a start time at which the activity was initiated, and a time duration of the activity, and wherein the start time and duration for each activity defines a time interval that does not overlap the time interval defined for each other activity; said processor determining, from the activity information of the activities, a series of consecutive movements of the mobile device along a path of locations from an origin location of the path at an earliest activity of the plurality of activities to a destination location of the path at a latest activity of the plurality of activities; said processor accessing from storage a plurality of historical sets of routes of the mobile device, wherein each route is a set of locations from an origin location to a destination location of the route; said processor ascertaining from the set of routes at least one common route, wherein the locations in each common route include all of the locations on the path, wherein the origin location of each common route is the origin location of the path, and wherein the destination location of each common route is the destination location of the path; and said processor designating a common route of the at least one common route as the traveled route of the mobile device with respect to the series of consecutive movements of the mobile device along the path. | 26,995 |
8,399,761 | 1. An organic photovoltaic device, comprising: (a) an anode; (b) a cathode; (c) an active layer disposed between the anode and the cathode; and (d) an interfacial layer disposed between the anode and the active layer, the interfacial layer comprising 5,5′-bis[(p-trichlorosilylpropylphenyl)phenylamino]-2,2′-bithiophene (PABTSi | 24,235 |
8,581,473 | 1. An energy conversion system configured to be installed on a vehicle ( 1 ), such that a movably mounted surface ( 2 ) of the energy conversion system is exposed to an air resistance force acting on the vehicle ( 1 ), when the vehicle is moving, wherein the movably mounted surface ( 2 ) is connected to a frame ( 3 ) fixedly attachable to the chassis of the vehicle ( 1 ) such that the movably mounted surface ( 2 ) being exposed, in use, to the air resistance force can reciprocate in a sliding manner, wherein within the frame ( 3 ) the movably mounted surface ( 2 ) rests on at least one deformable piezoelectric element ( 4 a , 4 b ) that defines a rest position of the movably mounted surface ( 2 ) relative to the frame ( 3 ) such that, when the vehicle ( 1 ) is moving, the air resistance force acting on the movably mounted surface ( 2 ) resting on the at least one deformable piezoelectric element ( 4 a , 4 b ) causes a mechanical deformation of the at least one deformable piezoelectric element ( 4 a , 4 b ), wherein the mechanical deformation of the at least one piezoelectric element ( 4 a , 4 b ) produces electrical energy. | 30,733 |
8,490,394 | 1. A supercharging system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a closed turbo chamber housing; a turbocharging device within the turbo chamber housing and comprised of a turbine and a compressor, said compressor comprising a compressor shaft; a planetary gear set, the planetary gear set comprising a sun gear, planet gear wheels, and a ring gear wheel; a clutch unit; a power transmission for connecting a crankshaft of the combustion engine to said planetary gear set via the clutch unit; and an electric motor/generator, wherein, the planetary gear set is located between the electric motor/generator and the compressor shaft, the supercharging system delivers compressed air to the internal combustion engine during engine operation, said turbine and said compressor are arranged on said compressor shaft, the sun gear is carried by said compressor shaft, the ring gear wheel cooperates with the sun gear via said planet gears, and the ring gear wheel is connected, via said clutch unit, to said power transmission. | 48,658 |
8,507,698 | 1. A compound of general formula (I) wherein, A represents a —(CH B represents a group of formula wherein R excluding the compound of formula: | 46,853 |
9,389,739 | 1. A device for allowing transmission of a tactile signal through a rigid material to a touch screen, including: a rigid, generally flat, optically-clear element; a first stronger magnet disposed on an outer side of said element, wherein said first stronger magnet has a positive polarity facing said element; a second stronger magnet disposed on a inner side of said element physically opposite said first stronger magnet, wherein said second stronger magnet has a negative polarity facing said element; a first weaker magnet disposed on the same side as said first stronger magnet, wherein said first weaker magnet is magnetically weaker than said first stronger magnet and has its positive polarity facing said element; a second weaker magnet disposed on the same side as said second stronger magnet, wherein said second weaker magnet is magnetically weaker than said second stronger magnet and has its negative polarity facing towards said element; a stylus adapted to be in continuous contact with said touch screen; a flexible conductive element disposed between said stylus and said second weaker magnet; a plunger adapted to be depressed by a user in the direction of said element, wherein depression of said plunger causes said second weaker magnet to extend said flexible conductive element away from said stylus; a first housing adapted to hold said first stronger magnet, said first weaker magnet and said plunger; a second housing adapted to hold said second stronger magnet, said second weaker magnet, said stylus, and said flexible contact element; a conductive element attached to said second housing; and, an electrically conductive wire contacted to said conductive element and adapted to be contacted by a capacitance body. | 47,178 |
8,424,130 | 1. A toilet monument comprising: a mobile sanitary unit; a receptacle configured to receive the mobile sanitary unit; a first opening configured such that a person may enter the toilet monument through the first opening, the first opening defined through a first wall of the toilet monument, the first wall of the toilet monument removably fixed to a cabin of an aircraft; and a second opening that differs from the first opening for putting the mobile sanitary unit into place and for completely removing the mobile sanitary unit, the second opening defined through a second wall of the toilet monument, the second wall different than the first wall, and the second wall of the toilet monument removably fixed to the cabin of the aircraft, wherein the mobile sanitary unit comprises components for operation of the mobile sanitary unit. | 25,326 |
9,614,227 | 1. A fuel cell comprising: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte membrane provided between the cathode and the anode, wherein at least one of the cathode and the anode includes a carrier-hollow metal nanoparticle complex where a hollow metal nanoparticle including a hollow core portion, a shell portion including a first metal and a second metal, and a cavity ranging from an external surface of the shell portion to the hollow core in one or two or more regions of the shell portion is carried in a carrier, wherein a diameter of the cavity is 5% or more and 30% or less of a particle diameter of the hollow metal nanoparticle, and wherein the shell portion is a single layer. | 8 |
9,277,515 | 1. A system for precise timing and synchronization of events, comprising: a first terminal including at least one first counter and a packetizer configured to create a packetized data stream having at least one event tag; and a second terminal including at least one second counter and a depacketizer, the at least one second counter configured to count clock pulses generated by a first clock of the first terminal at a first clock rate, the depacketizer configured to receive the packetized data stream and detect the at least one event tag, wherein, when the at least one event tag is detected, the second terminal calculates a time at which the first terminal created the packetized data stream based on a count value of the at least one second counter and a count value of the at least one first counter of the first terminal. | 9,300 |
9,093,854 | 1. A damping circuit for an energy storage device which comprises one or more energy storage modules connected in series in one or more energy supply strings, said energy storage modules having at least one energy storage cell and a coupling device having a multiplicity of coupling elements, which coupling device is designed to connect the energy storage cell selectively into the respective energy supply string or to bridge said energy storage cell, the damping circuit comprising: a current detection device, which is designed to detect an output current of the energy supply strings or the energy storage device and to generate an output current signal dependent on the output current; a closed-loop control circuit, which is coupled to the current detection device and is designed to adjust the output current signal to a setpoint current signal and to output a corresponding current control signal; a transformer, which has a first winding, which is coupled to an output connection of the energy storage device, and a second winding which is galvanically isolated from the first winding; and a compensation current generation device, which is coupled to the closed-loop control circuit and is designed to feed a compensation current, which compensates for fluctuations in the output current of the energy storage device, into the second winding of the transformer depending on the current control signal. | 12,190 |
8,958,971 | 1. A method of controlling the operation of an internal-combustion engine system having an electronically-controlled turbocharger (ECT), the ECT having: a turbine disposed in an exhaust of the engine, a compressor disposed in an intake of the engine, a common shaft onto which the turbine, the compressor, and an electric machine are fixedly coupled; and the engine also comprising an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) duct fluidly coupling the engine intake and the engine exhaust and an EGR valve disposed in the EGR duct, the method comprising: determining a desired lambda and a desired EGR fraction based on a demanded torque; determining an electrical energy input/output to the electric motor of the ECT and an EGR valve position to obtain the desired lambda and the desired EGR fraction; commanding the determined energy input/output to the electric machine associated with the ECT; and commanding the EGR valve to the determined EGR valve position. | 12,614 |
8,681,897 | 1. A method of vectored transmission in a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) system using Discrete Multi-tone communications over a plurality of communications lines, each of the plurality of communication lines having at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, and wherein cross-talk interference between the plurality of communication lines occurs during transmission, the method comprising: providing signals within a plurality of tones to a precoder block, determining parameters of the precoder block using a communication adaptation unit and line and signal characteristics of the plurality of communication lines, pre-distorting the signals within the plurality of tones using the precoder block and the determined parameters, wherein pre-distorting is performed on a tone separately from pre-distorting on other tones, and transmitting the pre-distorted signals on at least one of the plurality of communication lines, wherein the cross-talk interference is eliminated or reduced by transmission of the pre-distorted signals on the at least one of the plurality of communications lines. | 20,136 |
8,969,632 | 1. A process for making ethylene glycol comprising: (i) feeding reactants comprising 1,2-dioxygenated organic compounds, an organometallic homogeneous catalyst, and hydrogen to a hydrogenation reactor; (ii) conducting a hydrogenation reaction by reacting at least a portion of the reactants with hydrogen in the hydrogenation reactor and in the presence of the catalyst to produce a reaction product mixture comprising ethylene glycol and the catalyst; (iii) contacting the catalyst with a carbon monoxide gas composition containing at least 1 mole % carbon monoxide; and (iv) separating at least a portion of the ethylene glycol from the reaction product mixture. | 17,049 |
8,777,444 | 1. A street light having a hollow pole provided with a lower hand-access opening closed by a hatch ( 3 ), the hollow pole ( 1 ) having an internal surface and an external surface, the hollow pole's external surface being lined by external photovoltaic cells ( 14 ) in an upper section thereof, and a lamp ( 6 ) that is positioned inside the hollow pole ( 1 ), wherein the upper end of the hollow pole ( 1 ) is open and the lamp ( 6 ) is mounted on positioning means so that the lamp can be moved, inside the hollow pole ( 1 ), from the lower hand-access opening until near the upper end of the hollow pole ( 1 ) on which a tiltable screen ( 11 ) is mounted having a side facing upward and a side facing downward, the latter being lined by a reflecting panel ( 13 ), the internal surface of the hollow pole (I) being covered by internal photovoltaic cells ( 14 ). | 15,319 |
9,596,520 | 1. An information push method, comprising the followings steps: acquiring a photo of an environment in which a client is located; recognizing a target object from the photo and collecting statistics on a frequency value of appearance of the target object or a frequency of appearance of the target object; and pushing related information of the target object to the client according to the frequency value of appearance of the target object or the frequency of appearance of the target object; wherein the step of pushing related information of the target object to the client according to the frequency value of appearance of the target object or the frequency of appearance of the target object comprises: collecting statistics on the frequency value or the frequency that the target object appears, a set time period, in the environment in which the client is located: and pushing the related information of the target object to the client according to the frequency value or the frequency that the target object appears. | 49,269 |
8,426,629 | 1. A method for producing Ar n R 3-n P from Ar n R 3-n P═O, comprising: (I) mixing the Ar (II-1) adding a salt of a metal having an ionization tendency equal to or lower than that of aluminum to the reaction mixture, to carry out a reduction reaction in the presence of aluminum, or (II-2) subjecting the reaction mixture to electrolytic reduction, and thereby producing the Ar wherein Ar represents an aryl group; R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a substituent; and n represents an integer of 0 to 3. | 33,678 |
9,534,580 | 1. A fluid turbine blade comprising: a centrally disposed longitudinal spar having a substantially circumferential cross section and including a central beam extending a complete length of the fluid turbine blade; at least one chord stiffener coupled to the longitudinal spar; and a torsionally compliant segmented skin overlying and adjoining the at least one chord stiffener, the torsionally compliant segmented skin comprising a plurality of skin segments including a compliant joint extending in a chordwise direction therebetween adjoining skin segments of the plurality of skin segments to provide movement of the plurality of skin segments relative to one another when under the influence of one or more load conditions, wherein the compliant joint is one of a gap including a compliant sealant disposed therebetween or an overlap, wherein the centrally disposed longitudinal spar and the torsionally compliant segmented skin are functionally decoupled to relieve the torsionally compliant segmented skin of one or more of a flapwise load condition, an edgewise load condition and a torsional load condition. | 20,575 |
9,153,874 | 1. Electronic device antenna structures, comprising: an antenna ground; an antenna resonating element that forms a first antenna with the antenna ground, wherein the first antenna has first and second ports; and a slot antenna resonating element having a third antenna port, wherein the slot antenna resonating element forms a second antenna that handles signals through the third antenna port and wherein the slot antenna resonating element forms a parasitic antenna resonating element for the first antenna. | 15,134 |
8,616,170 | 1. A starter comprising: a starter case; a rotational torque applying unit provided in the starter case and configured to generate a rotational torque; a torque-accumulation spring configured to accumulate the rotational torque applied from the rotational torque applying unit; a rotating member provided in the starter case and configured to receive the rotational torque from the torque-accumulation spring; a driving pulley connected to an engine and configured to be engaged/disengaged with the rotating member by a centrifugal ratchet; and a rotation regulating mechanism including: wherein, when the rotational torque accumulated in the torque-accumulation spring exceeds the given resilient pressing force, the driving pulley or the rotating member urges back the pressing unit via the regulating ratchet so that the regulating ratchet is disengaged from the pressing unit, to thereby release the rotational torque, wherein, when the driving pulley or the rotating member is rotated, the regulating ratchet is held in a position where the regulating ratchet is not engaged with the pressing unit due to a centrifugal force, and wherein, when the driving pulley or the rotating member is stopped, the regulating ratchet is biased to return to a position where the regulating ratchet is engaged with the pressing unit. | 24,591 |
9,333,528 | 1. A paint roller assembly comprising: a handle; a shaft with one end connected to the handle and an opposite end; a roller head carried on the opposite end of the shaft, the roller head including a first axle and a second axle, each axle extending outwardly from the shaft, the first and second axles being oriented non-parallel with one another; at least one roller cover carried on each of the first and second axles, each roller cover having a tapered frusto-conical shape with a proximal end nearer the shaft and an opposite distal end, the proximal end having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the distal end, the distal end being an exposed end face; and a roller guard removably attachable to the roller head at the exposed end face of each roller cover, each roller guard being magnetically attachable to the roller head, wherein at least a portion of the paint roller assembly has a superhydrophobic surface at least on an outward exposed surface of the roller guard. | 26,931 |
9,696,421 | 1. A through-wall sensing system, comprising: a first handheld computing device, the first handheld computing device comprising: (i) a transmitter for emitting radiation along a carrier signal having a predetermined first frequency; (ii) a receiver collocated with said transmitter for receiving signals in a predetermined channel surrounding said predetermined first frequency of said carrier signal; and a processor; and a second handheld computing device, the second handheld computing device comprising: (i) a transmitter for emitting radiation along a predetermined second carrier signal; (ii) a receiver collocated with said transmitter for receiving signals in a channel surrounding the predetermined first and second frequencies; and (iii) a processor; a third handheld computing device, the third handheld computing device comprising: (i) a transmitter for emitting radiation along a predetermined third carrier signal; (ii) a receiver collocated with said transmitter for receiving signals in a channel surrounding the predetermined first, second, and third frequencies; and (iii) a processor; wherein the receiver of the first handheld computing device is further configured to receive signals in a predetermined channel surrounding said predetermined second and third frequencies, and receiver of the second handheld computing device is further configured to receive signals in a predetermined channel surrounding said predetermined third frequencies, wherein said first, second, and third frequencies are different; wherein the processors of the first, second, and third handheld computing devices are configured to coordinate to determine the presence of human activity based on perturbations in said carrier signal; wherein said transmitters and receivers of the first, second, and third handheld computing devices are configured to operate in a half-duplex mode to emit said radiation and receive said signals in a pattern, said pattern being a function of a desired minimum stand-off distance. | 35,370 |
9,715,154 | 1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate; a gate line disposed on the first substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line; a data line disposed on the gate insulating layer; a first passivation layer disposed on the data line; a color filter disposed on the first passivation layer; a second passivation layer disposed on the color filter; a pixel electrode and a shielding electrode disposed on the passivation layer; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, wherein the shielding electrode comprises: the shielding electrode is insulated from the data line; the shielding electrode is disposed to overlap the data line, and a width of the shielding electrode is greater than that of the data line; the shielding electrode receives a common voltage that is applied to the common electrode; the pixel electrode comprises a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode that are insulated from each other and respectively receive a first voltage and a second voltage; and a difference between the first voltage and the common voltage is greater than a difference between the second voltage and the common voltage. | 36,272 |
8,697,893 | 1. A method of producing 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), comprising: contacting cellulose with a metal oxide catalyst at a temperature between about 260 and about 280 degrees Celsius to produce the 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in a single reaction step wherein the metal oxide catalyst is selected from the group consisting of alumina, hafnia, titania, zirconia, and mixtures thereof. | 24,215 |
8,355,593 | 1. An image restoring apparatus, comprising: a restoration image area setting part for establishing a portion of a target image area to be restored as a restoration image area to be restored with priority according to a request for an image restoration; a search area setting part for establishing as a search area an area with a predetermined size including the restoration image area; a similar image area detecting part for detecting an image area most similar to the restoration image area in the search area; and a reconstructing part for copying the image of the detected similar image area and attaching the same to the restoration image area. | 665 |
9,299,866 | 1. A photovoltaic device operable to convert light to electricity, comprising a substrate, a plurality of structures essentially perpendicular to the substrate, one or more recesses between the structures, each recess having a sidewall and a bottom wall, and a planar reflective layer disposed on the bottom wall of each recess, wherein the structures comprise a single crystalline semiconductor material; the sidewall of each recess is free of the planar reflective layer; and each recess is filled with a transparent material, wherein the structures have an overhanging portion along an entire contour of a top surface of the structures. | 38,563 |
9,249,965 | 1. A lighting device comprising: a light source; a driver spatially separated from and configured for powering said light source; a light source heat sink to which said light source is thermally coupled; and a driver heat sink to which said driver is thermally coupled; wherein the light source heat sink and the driver heat sink are separated by an air gap to provide thermal decoupling of the light source heat sink and the driver heat sink, an envelope for enclosing said light source, the envelope defining a cooling channel extending from an air inlet to said air gap such that the air gap is arranged in fluid communication with ambient air via the cooling channel, wherein said cooling channel is arranged in a reflector of said envelope or in the envelope itself. | 10,054 |
8,347,653 | 1. A device for homogenizing a glass melt entering said device via an inlet for said glass melt, said device consisting of: a melt receptacle having an inside wall, wherein said inlet is provided in said inside wall and at a first axial end of said melt receptacle and an outlet is provided at a second axial end of said melt receptacle opposite to said first end; wherein said inlet is provided in said axially extending inside wall so that said glass melt enters the melt receptacle laterally; and at least one stirring device arranged in the melt receptacle, said at least one stirring device each consisting of a stirrer shaft and a plurality of stirrer blades extending from the stirrer shaft toward the inside wall; wherein said stirrer blades and said stirrer shaft are configured to produce an axial feed action in an inner stirring region between the stirrer shaft and front ends of the stirrer blades to thereby convey said glass melt in said inner stirring region along said stirrer shaft and in a throughput direction, in which said glass melt flows through said melt receptacle from said inlet to said outlet; and wherein at least two of said stirrer blades of said at least one stirring device extend across a portion of a cross-section of said inlet to thereby prevent direct entry of the glass melt into the inner stirring region, said melt receptacle, said stirrer shaft and said stirrer blades are configured, so that a melt flow caused by the axial feed action in the inner stirring region, which is opposite to said axial feed, occurs in a gap formed between the inside wall of the melt receptacle and the front ends of the stirrer blades, and said melt flow in said opposite direction is caused by said axial feed action in said inner stirring region and dynamically seals said gap, thus preventing the glass melt from flowing directly through said gap from said inlet provided in said inside wall to said outlet. | 45,011 |
9,719,794 | 1. A route display method for display on a terminal apparatus, comprising: acquiring i) starting point information indicating a starting point and ii) destination information indicating a destination; generating route information indicating a route from the starting point to the destination, wherein the route is searched based on the starting point information and the destination information, and the route information includes a plurality of passing points on the route; extracting captured images corresponding to the plurality of the passing points from a database that stores the captured images in relation to corresponding image capturing locations respectively, wherein each of the image capturing locations is within a predetermined range from the each of the plurality of the passing points; displaying a map image representing the route on an electric display based on the route information; and displaying the extracted captured images with the map image sequentially in an order from a first captured image corresponding to a first passing point closest to the starting point to a second captured image corresponding to a second passing point closest to the destination, wherein the route includes a plurality of sections, wherein the plurality of sections includes a first section and second sections other than the first section, wherein a density of the passing points extracted in the first section is higher than a density of the passing points extracted in each of the second sections, so that a density of the extracted captured images displayed in the first section is higher than a density of the extracted captured images displayed in each of the second sections, and wherein the first section includes at least one of a section including a spot designated by a user of the terminal apparatus at which to stop, a section including the destination indicated by the destination information, a section including a dangerous spot designated by an outside source where many car accidents have occurred, a section including an intersection designated by the outside source, a section where traffic congestion often occurs designated by the outside source, and a section designated by the outside source that is currently jammed. | 20,942 |
9,060,424 | 1. A ball grid array, formed on a printed circuit board, comprising: a first ballout module, comprising a plurality of first solder balls arranged as an array, wherein two among the first solder balls are grounded and remaining of the first solder balls are disposed within a shielding area defined by the two grounded first solder balls, wherein a first row of the first ballout module faces a first direction, a first column of the first ball module faces a second direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and the two grounded first solder balls are disposed at a third row of the first ballout module; and a second ballout module, disposed adjacent to the first ballout module and comprising a plurality of second solder balls, wherein two among the second solder balls are grounded and remaining of the second solder balls are disposed within a shielding area defined by the two grounded second solder balls; wherein the first ballout module and the second ballout module deploy substantially a same ballout arrangement associated with relative positions of the two grounded solder balls and the remaining solder balls that are not grounded in each ballout module; wherein the ball grid array renders at most two grounded soldier balls in every five columns of solder balls. | 35,647 |
8,957,680 | 1. A magnetic sensor, comprising: a substrate; and a pattern forming region on the substrate, the pattern forming region having a substantially quadrangle shape, wherein the pattern forming region comprises a magnetic detection element pattern that comprises a plurality of linear parts arranged parallel to each other at a predetermined inclination angle to two sides of the quadrangle shape, and a plurality of turning parts configured to alternately connect both end portions in a longitudinal direction of adjacent linear parts of the plurality of linear parts, wherein the magnetic detection element pattern further comprises a first pattern, and a second pattern with a resistance change ratio less than the first pattern, wherein an area of the magnetic detection element pattern is less than an area of the pattern forming region in a plane view, and wherein the pattern forming region further comprises a dummy pattern formed in a region without the magnetic detection element pattern such that the second pattern has a resistance ratio of the turning parts to the linear parts, the resistance ratio being not more than 8%. | 12,015 |
8,725,411 | 1. A method performed in a processing unit, for generating a 3-dimensional representation of a tunnel, the method comprising the steps of: providing road network data including a plurality of road segments, at least one road segment being a tunnel road segment, including the information that the at least one road segment is a road segment located in a tunnel; identifying the tunnel segment in the road network, providing a geographical elevation map including elevation data of the geographical region in which the tunnel road segment is located; providing predefined patterns representing predefined parts of a 3-dimensional tunnel body; generating the 3-dimensional representation of the tunnel based on the tunnel road segment, the elevation map and the predefined patterns; and storing the 3-dimensional representation of the tunnel in connection with the road network as a 3-dimensional object which is located at the geographical position of the tunnel road segment, wherein the predefined patterns contain a left tunnel wall and a right tunnel wall, the 3-dimensional representation of the tunnel being generated using the tunnel road segment, the left tunnel wall and the right tunnel wall. | 9,686 |
8,777,130 | 1. A fuel injector for use in an internal combustion engine, the injector comprising: a nozzle having a passageway there through where fuel is adapted to pass through the passageway; wherein the passageway is defined by two or more walls, a first wall comprised of a first material in the positively charged triboelectric series and a second wall comprised of a second material in the negatively charged triboelectric series; and an orifice at an end of the passageway, the orifice being an opening from which fuel is adapted to exit the nozzle. | 49,144 |
8,845,218 | 1. A credential manufacturing device comprising: an injection-molded unitary frame formed of plastic comprising: a first processing component comprising a first frame registration member configured to cooperate with the first device registration member to place the first processing component in a known position relative to the unitary frame and the second device registration member; and a second processing component comprising a second frame registration member configured to cooperate with the second device registration member to place the second processing component in a known position relative to the unitary frame and the first processing component. | 49,211 |
8,504,019 | 1. A communications system for an aircraft carrying at least some personnel having personal electronic devices (PEDs) for wireless data communications outside the aircraft, the communications system comprising: a ground-based communications network; at least one access point in the aircraft for providing a wireless local area network (WLAN) for data communications with the PEDs; an air-to-ground transceiver in the aircraft cooperating with said at least one access point for data communications with said ground-based communications network; an aircraft data memory cache in the aircraft and cooperating with said at least one access point for storing common data accessible by the PEDs during flight of the aircraft, with the common data being related to at least one of services and products; and a purchase acceptance controller in the aircraft and cooperating with the WLAN to accept a purchase from at least one PED responsive to the common data related to at least one of services and products, with a transaction of the purchase being completed while communicating with the ground-based communications network. | 31,974 |
8,576,394 | 1. A method of fabricating a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate, comprising the step of forming a fractal metal-polymer nanocomposite of at least one metal and at least one polymer on a surface of a substrate, wherein the fractal metal-polymer nanocomposite comprises a plurality of nanoparticles of the at least one metal dispersed in a matrix of the at least one polymer, and wherein the plurality of nanoparticles has an average size ranging from about 10 nm to about 30 nm, and an inter-particle gap being less than about 1.5 nm; and applying an etching treatment to the metal-polymer nanocomposite to remove the matrix of the at least one polymer such that the plurality of nanoparticles are exposed and capable of participating light scattering in Raman spectroscopy. | 4,701 |
9,509,972 | 1. A video decoding method, performed by a decoding apparatus, comprising the steps of: creating a warped predicted depth video unit; decoding skip information of a decoding-target video unit in a depth picture; and decoding the decoding-target video unit in the depth picture using a skip mode on the basis of the skip information, wherein the skip information is information determined on the basis of depth information of the warped predicted depth video unit, depth information of the decoding-target video unit, and edge information of a video unit of a texture picture corresponding to the decoding-target video unit, wherein the skip information is information which is calculated on the basis of the steps of: wherein the skip information is information which is determined by at least one of the steps of: | 1,660 |
9,130,275 | 1. An open-loop GPS antenna adapted to be configured on an insulation object, the open-loop GPS antenna comprising: a feed; a high frequency circuit comprising a first end and a second end, the first end of the high frequency circuit connected to the feed; a low frequency circuit comprising a third end and a fourth end, the third end of the low frequency circuit disposed parallel to the second end of the high frequency circuit, so as to couple to the second end of the high frequency circuit and generate a capacitance effect to transmit a signal; and a ground connected to the fourth end of the low frequency circuit, wherein a linewidth of the high frequency circuit is greater than a linewidth of the low frequency circuit, and the second end of the high frequency circuit and the third end of the low frequency circuit are respectively opposite to the ground. | 43,255 |
9,796,301 | 1. A vehicle seat comprising: a seat base and a seat back rotationally connected at a pivot, the seat base rotatable about the pivot between a plurality of rotational positions relative to the seat base; a recliner disk positioned at the pivot, wherein the recliner disk includes a guide plate coupled to the seat base and a tooth plate coupled to the seat back; and a plurality of bearings positioned between the guide and tooth plates, the plurality of bearings and the guide and tooth plates being free of an internal braking mechanism, wherein engagement of the guide and tooth plates with the plurality of bearings provide for substantially free rotational movement between the plurality of rotational positions, the plurality of bearings fixing a relative axial position of the guide plate relative to the tooth plate; wherein; | 22,692 |
9,260,968 | 1. A flow control system comprising: at least one control valve coupled to at least one nozzle of a turbine section in a turbine engine and operable to change a direction of a fluid flow of a fluid in at least one conduit that extends between the at least one nozzle and said at least one control valve, wherein in a first direction the fluid is channeled from a compressor through the at least one conduit to the at least one nozzle and wherein in a second direction the fluid is channeled from the at least one nozzle through the at least one conduit to an exhaust section bypassing downstream section of the turbine section of the turbine engine; and a controller coupled to said at least one control valve, said controller configured to: control the fluid flow in the first direction during operation of the turbine engine; and change the direction of the fluid flow from the first direction to the second direction to facilitate reconditioning of the turbine engine. | 28,944 |
9,721,517 | 1. A display device comprising: a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction; a plurality of data lines intersecting with the gate lines, the data lines extending in a column direction; a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines; and a data driving unit configured to output a plurality of data voltages to the pixels, wherein the pixels comprise first group pixels and second group pixels connected to one data line of the plurality of data lines, wherein the number of the first group pixels and the number of the second group pixels are different from each other, wherein the data driving unit outputs first data voltages to the first group pixels based on a first column inversion scheme and outputs second data voltages to the second group pixels based on a second column inversion scheme during a frame, and wherein the first column inversion scheme includes a first column polarity pattern and a second column polarity pattern which is an inverse pattern to the first polarity pattern, and the second column inversion scheme includes a third column polarity pattern and a fourth column polarity pattern which is an inverse pattern to the third polarity pattern. | 2,441 |
8,848,854 | 1. An alternate feedwater injection system to at least partially mitigate the effects of an aircraft impact on a light water nuclear reactor positioned in a reactor building, the light water nuclear reactor having a reactor core and a primary system, the alternate feedwater injection system, comprising: a water storage tank located external to and separate from the reactor building, and outside an identified aircraft impact area for protection from the aircraft impact; an injection point located in feedwater piping; a pump to transfer water from the water storage tank to the injection point and ultimately to the reactor core, the pump located external to the reactor building and housed in an independent structure separate from the reactor building for protection from the aircraft impact; inlet piping to connect the water storage tank to the pump, the inlet piping positioned in an above ground structure or in an underground structure for protection from the aircraft impact; and discharge piping to connect the pump to the reactor core, the discharge piping positioned in an above ground structure or in an underground structure for protection from the aircraft impact. | 40,201 |
8,886,267 | 1. A method of configuring a cryogenically-cooled HTS cable comprising: determining a maximum allowable operating temperature for the cryogenically-cooled HTS cable, the cryogenically-cooled HTS cable including a flexible winding support structure configured to support one or more conductive layers of superconducting material positioned coaxially with respect to the flexible winding support structure; determining a voltage source impedance; configuring one or more design parameters of the cryogenically-cooled HTS cable so that, during the occurrence of a maximum fault condition, an actual operating temperature of the cryogenically-cooled HTS superconducting cable is maintained at a level that is less than the maximum allowable operating temperature, and the maximum fault current is reduced by at least 10%; and adjusting an impedance of the cryogenically-cooled HTS cable. | 15,454 |
9,233,937 | 1. A method of stimulating insulin secretion in a host and/or a method of modulating INS-1 kinase activity in a host, comprising administering to a host in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) wherein: R1 is Z; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, or cycloalkyl; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or cycloalkyl; A is aryl, heteroaryl, or arylalkyl, A is selected aryl, heteroaryl, or arylalkyl, wherein alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl groups can be optionally substituted by one or more substituents Y; Z is: alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, arylalkoxyalkyl, arylthioalkyl, arylalkylthioalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroaryloxyalkyl, heteroarylalkoxyalkyl, heteroarylthioalkyl, heteroarylalkylthioalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, heterocycloalkylalkyl, heterocycloalkyloxyalkyl, heterocycloalkylalkoxyalkyl, heterocycloalkylthioalkyl, heterocycloalkylalkylthioalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkyloxyalkyl, cycloalkylalkoxyalkyl, cycloalkylthioalkyl, or cycloalkylalkylthioalkyl, each of these groups can be optionally substituted by one or more substituents Y; Y is: hydroxy, thio, halogen, cyano, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethyl, carboxy, carboxymethyl, carboxyethyl, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, aryl, aryl sulfonylalkyl, aryloxy, arylalkoxy, NR5R6, azido, nitro, guanidino, amidino, phosphono, oxo, carbamoyle, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, alkylthio, or SF R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, or heteroarylalkyl, wherein alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl groups can be independently optionally substituted by one or more substituents Y,or R5 and R6 together can optionally constitute a heterocycle; or R2 and R3 can constitute a cycle compound then corresponds to formula (II) wherein: n is 4; R4 is one or more hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, or aryl, wherein alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl groups can be optionally substituted by one or more hydroxy, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethyl, alkylsulfonyl, or NR7R8; and R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, or cycloalkyl; or racemic forms, tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, epimers, or mixtures thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. | 25,205 |
9,786,413 | 1. A coding system, comprising an assembly of a plurality of individual wires, wherein one end of each individual wire of this assembly is connected to a common adapter which is to be connected to an I/O module of an automation device for coupling an external device to a control unit of an automation system, wherein the order of the individual wires is defined by the common adapter connectable to the I/O module, wherein the assembly of individual wires is bundled into at least two cables emanating from the common adapter, wherein each of the cables are color-coded by a respective hue of a single color, the cables forming a progressive gradation of hues when the cables are arranged in a predetermined physical order, and in addition a written code is provided, the written code comprising a byte code, wherein the assembly of individual wires comprises at least 16 individual wires, wherein in particular at least 8 individual wires are bundled into each respective cable emanating from the common adapter, wherein the assembly bundled in the at least two cables is color-coded, and wherein an other end of each individual wire appears exposed from a distal end of each cable remote from the common adapter, said other end to be individually connected to the external device. | 11,495 |
8,961,715 | 1. An aluminum alloy consisting essentially of: 7.5-7.9 wt. % Zn; 2.05-2.20 wt. % Cu; 1.6-1.75 wt. % Mg; 0.05-0.3 wt. % of Zr; optionally up to 0.25 wt % of at least one of Hf, Sc, and V; less than 0.1 wt. % Mn; less than 0.05 wt. % Cr; the balance aluminum and impurities. | 26,281 |
9,216,400 | 1. A non-thermal plasma reactor assembly comprising: (a) an electrically grounded central reaction chamber having at least one inlet for feedstock and at least one outlet for product; (b) at least two non-thermal plasma reactors, each reactor being electrically insulated from the central reaction chamber and comprising at least one inlet circumferential gas flow inlet apparatus, an electrode, and a flow restricted exit portal, the flow restricted exit portal of each reactor being connected in fluidic communication with the central reaction chamber, and each reactor configured to eject a jet of non-thermal plasma external to said reactor and into the central reaction chamber; the at least one inlet circumferential flow apparatus and flow restricted exit portal of a first of the at least two reactors configured to mix a first gas within the first reactor upon introduction of said first gas through the at least one circumferential inlet gas flow apparatus into said first reactor; and the at least one inlet circumferential flow apparatus and flow restricted exit portal of a second of the at least two reactors configured to be provide mixing of a second gas within the second reactor upon introduction of said second gas through the at least one circumferential inlet gas flow apparatus into said second reactor; the at least two non-thermal plasma reactors configured to work in tandem with one another such that the electrode of at least the first of the at least two reactors can be maintained at a high voltage electric potential relative to the electrode of the second of the at least two reactors, said first and second reactor electrodes forming an electrode pair capable of maintaining a non-thermal plasma discharge between the first and second reactor electrodes when energized. | 42,484 |
9,797,577 | 1. A wavelength converting device, comprising: a transparent substrate having an incident surface, a substrate top surface and a substrate side surface formed in a substantially planar shape, and including a grid-like groove into the transparent substrate from a direction of the substrate top surface, and the grid-like groove extending along the substrate side surface; a dichroic filter having a filter top surface disposed on the substrate top surface of the transparent substrate; and a wavelength converting layer having a light-emitting surface disposed on the filter top surface of the dichroic filter, and divided into a plurality of wavelength converting chips each having a side surface and a boundary end located in the wavelength converting layer, each of the side surfaces of the adjacent wavelength converting chips substantially contacting with respect to each other, and therefore forming a boundary between the light-emitting surface of the wavelength converting layer and the boundary end, and each of the side surfaces of the adjacent wavelength converting chips facing with respect to each other, separating between the boundary end and the grid-like groove of the transparent substrate, and therefore forming a space between the boundary end and the grid-like groove of the transparent substrate, and the space enlarging from the boundary end toward the grid-like groove of the transparent substrate in an extending direction of the grid-like groove. | 37,887 |
9,249,441 | 1. A recombinant vector or isolated host cell comprising recombinant nucleic acids encoding a protein having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 77, wherein the protein has lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) activity. | 2,918 |
9,529,405 | 1. A system comprising: a plurality of functional units; an idle aggregation unit coupled to receive respective idle indication signals from each of the functional units, wherein responsive to determining that each of the functional units has concurrently asserted its respective idle indication signal, the idle aggregation unit is configured to provide an idle request signal to each of the functional units; and a clock gating circuit configured to inhibit clock signals respectively received by each of the plurality of functional units responsive to receiving a gating indication from the idle aggregation unit and further configured to, responsive to receiving a first wakeup signal from an external source, assert and provide a second wakeup signal to the idle aggregation unit; wherein each of the functional units is configured to provide to the idle aggregation unit one of an idle acknowledgement signal and an idle non-acknowledgement signal responsive to receiving the idle request signal, wherein the idle aggregation unit is configured to provide the gating indication responsive to determining that each of the functional units has asserted its respective idle acknowledgement signal, and wherein the clock gating circuit is configured to provide a gating acknowledgement signal to the idle aggregation unit responsive to receiving the gating indication, wherein responsive to receiving the idle request signal, a functional unit of the plurality of functional units is configured to determine whether to assert its respective idle acknowledgment signal if no incoming transaction is detected, and further configured to notify, prior to asserting its respective idle acknowledgement signal, other functional units of the plurality of functional units that it is to be idle and not accepting any incoming transactions. | 16,776 |
8,873,290 | 1. A non-volatile memory device comprising: a memory cell array including a plurality of strings of transistors arranged in series, the strings arranged in rows and columns; the strings of each column being connected with a bit line via selection transistors each controlled by corresponding selection lines, and the strings of each row being connected with bit lines via selection transistors each controlled by corresponding selection lines; a row decoder circuit configured to drive the selection lines; and a control logic controlling the row decoder circuit to drive selection lines of each row simultaneously or individually according to a mode of operation. | 5,888 |
9,810,195 | 1. An oscillating water column turbine, comprising: a shaft configured to rotate about a central axis; first and second radially-facing, annular ports, the first and second ports disposed around the central axis; a flow passage extending radially-inward from the first and second annular ports and extending axially therebetween; rotor blades coupled to the shaft, intersecting the flow passage, and being offset from the central axis by a first distance; first guide vanes intersecting the flow passage and disposed proximal the first port, the first guide vanes including first stators and second stators, the first stators being positioned between the first port and the second stators, the first and second stators being configured to turn a fluid flowing from the first port toward the rotor blades and being clocked relative each other such that each of the first stators is disposed in a wake created by one of the second stators when the fluid flows from the rotor blades toward the first port; and second guide vanes intersecting the flow passage and disposed proximal the second port, the first and second guide vanes being offset from the central axis by a second distance that is greater than the first distance. | 11,953 |
9,103,937 | 1. A method for determining a navigational position of an underwater vehicle traversing an underwater terrain, comprising: receiving a map including a synthetic aperture image of a portion of an underwater terrain being traversed by an underwater vehicle, the map including acoustic data, within a first frequency range, obtained from synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imaging of the portion of the underwater terrain; predicting a first position value, wherein the first position value represents the location of the underwater vehicle on the map of the underwater terrain; generating a real aperture image of the portion of the underwater terrain by insonifying the portion of the underwater terrain with an acoustic signal within a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range at least partially overlaps with the first frequency range; modifying the real aperture image by compensating for grazing angle errors to generate a grazing angle invariant real aperture image, and correcting for phase errors in the grazing angle invariant real aperture image, wherein correcting for phase errors in the grazing angle invariant real aperture image comprises splitting the grazing angle invariant real aperture image into a plurality of sub-regions, each sub-region having a substantially constant range varying phase error; coherently correlating the modified real aperture image with the map; and updating the first position value based on the coherent correlation. | 49,729 |
8,669,709 | 1. A lighting driving circuit comprising: a current driving circuit coupled to an alternating current (AC) line power source having a power cycle, the driving circuit configured for providing electrical current to a solid state lamp having a first lighting segment and a second lighting segment, wherein the driving circuit is configured for coupling directly to the input of the first lighting segment and the input of the second lighting segment is coupled directly to the output of the first lighting segment; and, a bypass circuit coupled to the current driving circuit and configured for coupling to the input of the second lighting segment, wherein the bypass circuit is configured for providing a bypass current from the driving circuit to the second lighting segment during time periods within the power cycle of the AC line power source, wherein the bypass circuit provides the bypass current from the driving circuit to the second lighting segment based on the voltage of the input of the second lighting segment. | 25,563 |
8,408,976 | 1. Optical grade surfacing tool, including: a rigid support ( an elastically compressible interface ( a flexible pad ( wherein a flexible rim ( wherein said first transverse end surface ( wherein said flexible rim opposes lateral expansion of said interface. | 425 |
9,718,744 | 1. A hydroalkylation process, the process comprising: (I) providing a catalyst precursor comprising a solid acid and a hydrogenation metal; (II) treating the catalyst precursor under activation conditions in the presence of hydrogen and a condensable agent comprising a hydrocarbon compound to produce an activated catalyst, wherein the molar ratio of hydrogen to the condensable agent is at least 3.0, wherein the activation conditions comprise treating the catalyst precursor at a temperature in a range from 130° C. to 250° C. for a period in a range from 0.5 hour to 48 hours; and subsequently (III) contacting the activated catalyst with a first aromatic compound and hydrogen under hydroalkylation conditions to produce a hydroalkylation product comprising an alkylated aromatic compound. | 19,353 |
8,876,014 | 1. A method comprising providing a polyurethane-filled ballast layer spraying a first reaction system onto a surface of the polyurethane-filled ballast layer to form a polyurethane external protective layer, wherein the first reaction system comprises 1a) one or more polyisocyanates having a general formula R(NCO) 1b) one or more polyether polyols and/or amine terminated polyether, having an average molecular weight of more than 200 and a functionality from 2 to 6; 1c) one or more extender; and 1d) from 0 to 0.5% by weight of one or more blowing agent, based on 100% by weight of 1b) and 1c); wherein the tensile strength of the polyurethane external protective layer is from 4 to 20 MPa. | 37,697 |
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