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8,654,017 | 1. An aperture tile comprising: a plurality of unit cells, wherein the plurality of unit cells individually comprise: a driven radiating element layer; a module layer comprising a printed circuit board; wherein the module layer comprises one or more of a time delay module, a radio frequency distribution module, a radio frequency module, or a digital signal processor; and wherein the aperture tile is coupled to a cold plate configured for heat transfer, wherein the aperture tile is part of an aircraft antenna system of an aircraft, and wherein the cold plate is substantially flush with a fuselage of the aircraft. | 14,509 |
9,768,786 | 1. A power system stabilizing device for stabilizing a power system installed with a plurality of power generators and a renewable energy power generator, the device comprising: an accident detection device that detects an occurrence of accident; an information collection device that acquires system information including a voltage, an effective power, a reactive power, and an ON/OFF condition of a breaker; an arithmetic unit that constructs a system model based on the information of the power system acquired by the information collection device, calculates a transient stability for all assumed conditions beforehand, and selects, to stabilize the power system for each accident assumed to occur, a target renewable energy power generator to be shutdown and a target power generator; a control unit that disconnects the power generator and the renewable energy generator that are selected beforehand by the arithmetic unit when the accident detection device detects the accident of the power system, wherein the arithmetic unit narrows down candidates of the renewable energy power generator to be shutdown based on a calculation result of a change amount of a power generator active power under a condition which the renewable energy power generator is shutdown, wherein the arithmetic unit selects the target renewable energy power generator to be shutdown, while selecting the power generator to be disconnected in accordance with a change amount of an internal phase angle of the power generator calculated from the power generator active power and a power generator constant after the occurrence of the accident. | 31,371 |
8,741,848 | 1. A method for treating diabetic foot ulcers or cutaneous chronic ischemic wounds of the lower limbs of diabetic patients and to prevent the amputation of said limbs, said method comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) encapsulated in poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microspheres by means of local infiltration by injection to the edges and bottom of said ulcers or wounds, wherein the EGF has a release rate after day 1 of administration between 5 and 10 μg/day for 14 consecutive days. | 40,020 |
9,842,674 | 1. A thin-film resistor assembly, comprising: a substrate; a first thin-film resistor disposed on a first surface of the substrate and including a first main portion extending from a first signal port to a second signal port, and one or more extensions extending from the first main portion; a second thin-film resistor disposed on the first surface of the substrate and including a second main portion extending from the first signal port to the second signal port, and one or more extensions extending from the second main portion, the first main portion separated from the second main portion by a separation region; a plurality of contact pads formed on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface, the plurality of contact pads configured to provide a reference potential to the one or more extensions of the first thin-film resistor and to the one or more extensions of the second thin-film resistor; and at least one metal layer formed on the second surface of the substrate and in electrical contact with the plurality of contact pads, the at least one metal layer defining an opening that is substantially underneath the first main portion and the second main portion. | 32,992 |
9,529,085 | 1. A method for measuring spatial points using a laser scanner, the method comprising: scanning a plurality of spatial points of an object, ascertaining coordinates of a respective spatial point, wherein the laser scanner forms the coordinate origin and the coordinates comprise a distance and two angles; defining a two-dimensional vicinity around a central spatial point, having spatial points which are less than or equal to two scanning step sizes of an angle around the central spatial point, aggregating coordinates of the spatial points in the defined vicinity; and replacing coordinates of the central spatial point by the aggregation of coordinates of the spatial points in the defined vicinity. | 22,180 |
9,628,872 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a register to which function information is written in advance; a change notification transmission unit configured to, in an event of a change in stereoscopic image information written in the register, transmit change notification to an external device by use of a write burst command; a read command receiving unit configured to receive a read command and address information of the stereoscopic image information in the register, transmitted from the external device, based on the transmission of the change notification transmitted from the change notification transmission unit; and a stereoscopic image information transmission unit configured to read the stereoscopic image information from the address in the register that corresponds to the address information received in the read command receiving unit and transmit data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information to the external device by use of the write burst command in a first transmission, wherein in an event size of the stereoscopic image information exceeds a threshold size, the stereoscopic image information transmission unit is configured to transmit remaining data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information to the external device in a subsequent transmission after reception of address information of the remaining data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information. | 27,849 |
9,169,852 | 1. A power station system to generate energy, said power station system comprising a heat engine system and a hydraulic system connected to said heat engine system, wherein said heat engine system comprises n number of energy cells ( wherein each energy cell ( wherein said energy cells ( wherein said hydraulic system comprises a pressure transducer hydraulically connected between said energy cells and a hydraulic motor, and wherein the pressurized fluid from the energy cells is passed to the hydraulic motor via said pressure transducer to generate a constant rotation speed. | 47,309 |
9,377,642 | 1. A back frame for installing back light source, comprising: a frame body having an accommodation space for holding a light guide plate; and a light source seat detachably connected to the frame body for placing a light source, wherein said frame body comprises a framing, the framing comprises a first layer, a second layer and a baffle plate around the first layer and the second layer, a hollow surface is formed in the first layer, the light guide plate is arranged on the first layer, the accommodation space is formed between the first layer and the second layer, and has an opening from which the light guide plate is placed into the accommodation space, the framing further comprises a slot and a hook, which are integrally formed with the baffle plate and on a side of the framing where the opening is arranged, the light source seat comprises a protruding portion and a hole, the protruding portion and the slot are connected with each other by insertion, the hook and the hole are connected with each other by snap connection, and the light source is pasted on the light source seat by a double faced adhesive tape having high-thermal conductivity. | 49,418 |
9,802,253 | 1. A method for forming a three-dimensional article through successively depositing individual layers of powder material that are fused together so as to form the article, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least one electron beam source emitting an electron beam for at least one of heating or fusing said powder material, where said electron beam source comprises a cathode, an anode, and a grid between said cathode and anode; controlling the electron beam source in a first mode when said formation of said three dimensional article is in a first process step; and controlling said electron beam source in a second mode when said formation of said three dimensional article is in a second process step, wherein: | 46,478 |
9,283,824 | 1. A method for controlling a torque of a roll stabilizing system which acts on a wheel suspension system of a chassis for a vehicle in order to correct a rolling inclination of a bodywork of the vehicle, wherein a spring travel value of at least two wheels of the vehicle is detected, wherein the torque is determined as a function of a difference between the spring travel values of the two wheels, wherein the determined torque is applied to the wheel suspension system, and wherein each spring travel value is a measure of a relative distance between one of the wheels and the bodywork of the vehicle. | 20,828 |
9,463,701 | 1. An assembly, comprising: a cord; and a lockable charger housing having a surface shaped to correspond with a shape of a portion of an electrified vehicle and configured to be received within the portion when the lockable charger housing is in a secured position, wherein the portion of the electrified vehicle is a vehicle wheel, and wherein the lockable charger housing includes a groove to receive the cord when the cord is wrapped about the lockable charger housing, the groove configured to be hidden by the electrified vehicle when the lockable charger housing is secured to the electrified vehicle. | 31,956 |
8,471,488 | 1. A method of reducing total harmonic distortion (THD) in a power factor corrected (PFC) flyback switch mode power supply (SMPS), said method comprising the steps of: providing a high power factor SMPS controller having a multiplier input, wherein current injected into the multiplier input controls an amount of instantaneous current drawn from a power source during operation of the PFC flyback SMPS; providing a first current injection resistor coupled between the power source and the multiplier input of the high power factor SMPS controller for supplying a first injected current into the multiplier input; and providing a voltage dependent circuit network coupled between the power source and the multiplier input of the high power factor SMPS controller, wherein when a voltage from the power source is above a certain voltage value then the voltage dependent circuit network couples an additional injected current into the multiplier input that adds with the first injected current, thereby increasing the current injected into the multiplier input and decreasing the THD of the PFC flyback SMPS, wherein the voltage dependent circuit network comprises a zener diode and at least one second resistor connected in series, wherein a conduction voltage of the zener diode is substantially equal to approximately the certain voltage value. | 14,775 |
9,291,718 | 1. An altitude information acquiring device comprising: a measuring unit which periodically measures atmospheric pressure; a wireless communication unit which performs near field communication with an external device; an altitude information acquiring unit which acquires altitude information from an external positioning device through the wireless communication unit; an inversion detecting unit which detects a reversal of a changing direction, which is a direction in which the atmospheric pressure periodically measured by the measuring unit is changing; an altitude calculating unit which converts atmospheric pressure values measured by the measuring unit into altitude values based on a predetermined table; a communication control unit which sets a timing to acquire the altitude information through the wireless communication unit to a timing at which, after the reversal of the changing direction, an altitude change in the changing direction after the reversal is a preset altitude difference or more; and an integrated altitude change acquiring unit which acquires a rise altitude integrated value obtained by integrating an amount of altitude change in a rising direction and a fall altitude integrated value obtained by integrating an amount of altitude change in a falling direction, based on the acquired altitude information. | 28,254 |
9,469,315 | 1. A railway vehicle brake system, comprising: at least two relay valves in electrical communication with one another and in fluid communication with a brake pipe; at least two friction brake units in fluid communication with each relay valve; and at least one electric brake unit in electrical communication with each relay valve, wherein, upon a failure of one of the electric brake units, the relay valve in electrical communication with the failed electric brake unit sends a signal to at least one other relay valve to provide pressurized fluid to the at least two friction brake units in fluid communication with at least one other relay valve. | 11,275 |
9,501,393 | 1. A method for managing data in a data storage system including a host and at least one Data Storage Device (DSD) including a plurality of zones for storing data, the method comprising: assigning one or more zones of the plurality of zones as a destination portion in the at least one DSD for storing data resulting from a garbage collection operation; assigning multiple remaining zones of the plurality of zones as at least one logical volume used by the host for storing data, wherein the one or more zones assigned as the destination portion are outside of the at least one logical volume; identifying, based on at least one attribute defined by the host, a source portion for the garbage collection operation from a plurality of source portions in the multiple remaining zones assigned as the at least one logical volume; and performing garbage collection of data in the source portion into the destination portion. | 8,499 |
9,522,535 | 1. A liquid discharge head, comprising: a head body comprising a flow channel member that comprises a plurality of discharge holes and a plurality of pressurizing chambers respectively individually connected to the discharge holes, and a piezoelectric actuator substrate that comprises a plurality of individual electrodes to pressurize the pressurizing chambers and is disposed on the flow channel member; a flexible wiring substrate electrically connected to the individual electrodes; and an adhesive member adhering the flexible wiring substrate and the head body and surrounding the individual electrodes in a plan view, wherein, when a surface of the head body surrounded by the adhesive member is taken as a first region and a surface of the head body other than the first region is taken as a second region in the plan view, the head body includes a first through hole permitting communication between a first opening that opens into the first region and a second opening that opens into the second region, and wherein the first through hole permits communication between a space surrounded by the flexible wiring substrate, the adhesive member, and the first region, and an outside other than the space, and in a plan view, the first region includes a third region including all of the individual electrodes surrounded by the adhesive member, and a fourth region protruding from the third region, and the first opening is disposed in the fourth region. | 1,031 |
8,923,438 | 1. A transmitter device, for dual rate transmission of signals, comprising: a modulator circuit configured to modulate orthogonal signals to generate a quadrature modulated signal; an amplifier configured to amplify the quadrature modulated signal to produce an amplified signal; a quadrature partial response (QPR) filter configured to process the amplified signal to generate an output signal, wherein the output signal includes both full rate and half rate signals, and wherein the QPR filter comprises a 9QPR filter configured to truncate side lobes of a frequency spectrum associated with a half rate signal; and an antenna configured to transmit the output signal. | 43,091 |
8,789,661 | 1. In a vertical reciprocating conveyor having a carriage mounted for movement in a support frame between different designated vertical levels, a door assembly mounted on the support frame at one of the designated levels for gaining access to the carriage when the carriage is at the one vertical level, and moveable between an open position and a closed position relative to a doorway formed in the support frame at the one designated level, the improvement comprising: a door frame having a pair of vertical side members provided with guide tracks and connected at upper ends thereof by a transverse header; a visual warning barrier including an elongated bar having opposite ends slidably supported in the guide tracks, wherein the visual warning barrier is movable between a raised, inoperative position and a lowered, operative position in which the visual warning barrier extends across the doorway to warn against entry therethrough, the warning barrier moving from the raised, inoperative position to the lowered, operative position upon movement of the door assembly to the open position when the carriage is located away from the one designated level; and an electromagnetic assembly connected to the header and operable to hold the elongated bar in the raised, inoperative position. | 44,687 |
9,264,649 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a handheld remote controller for controlling an electronic audio/video recording and playback device, the handheld remote controller including tactile controls for entering control commands; a built-in microphone built into the handheld remote controller; a transmitter for transmitting audio picked up by the built-in microphone from the handheld remote controller; and a medical server configured to cause the electronic audio/video recording and playback device controlled by the handheld remote controller to play back pre-recorded medically related content, the microphone being configured to convey audio from the patient to the patient audio/video recording and playback device. | 170 |
8,631,575 | 1. A method of assembling a rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine having a plurality of components mounted between axially spaced-apart bearings, the method comprising: for each rotor component, determining a mass and a location of a center of mass of each component with respect to an axis of rotation defined by said spaced-apart bearings; using the mass and the location of the center of mass of each component to calculate reaction forces at the bearings; calculating the bending moments across the rotor representative of the forces reacted by the bearings when the rotor assembly rotates; optimizing an arrangement of rotor components to thereby minimize the bending moments of the rotor assembly; and assembling the rotor using said optimized arrangement of rotor components. | 2,842 |
9,409,363 | 1. A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament, said method comprising: (A) providing a multi-screw extruder that comprises: (B) using said pressure regulation system to reduce a pressure within said first, second, third, and fourth satellite screw extruders to between about 0 millibars and about 5 millibars; (C) while maintaining said pressure within said first, second, third, and fourth satellite screw extruders between about 0 millibars and about 5 millibars, passing a melt comprising recycled polymer through said multi-screw extruder so that: (1) a first portion of said melt passes through said first satellite screw extruder, (2) a second portion of said melt passes through said second satellite screw extruder, (3) a third portion of said melt passes through said third satellite screw extruder, and (4) a fourth portion of said melt passes through said fourth satellite screw extruder; and (D) after said step of passing said melt of recycled polymer through said multi-screw extruder, forming said recycled polymer into bulked continuous carpet filament. | 15,435 |
8,386,106 | 1. Starting method of an internal combustion thermal engine of a vehicle with hybrid propulsion provided with a transmission comprising a twin-clutch gearbox provided with two primary shafts independent from one another and inserted one inside the other, with two coaxial clutches arranged in series, each of which is for connecting a respective primary shaft to a drive shaft of the thermal engine, with at least one secondary shaft meshing with driving wheels, with a plurality of gear pairs, each of which defines a respective gear and comprises a primary gear mounted on a primary shaft and a secondary gear which is mounted on a secondary shaft and meshes with the primary gear, and a reversible electric machine provided with a shaft which is mechanically connected to a first primary shaft, the method comprising: working the electric machine as an engine for producing a torque; closing a first clutch connected to the first primary shaft in order to transmit the torque generated by the electric machine to the drive shaft of the thermal engine; closing partially the first clutch, so that the first clutch slips to allow for a rotation speed of the electric machine that is independent from a rotation speed of the drive shaft of the thermal engine; engaging a gear coupled to a second primary shaft in order to connect mechanically the second primary shaft to the secondary shaft and to the driving wheels; and closing partially a second clutch connected to the second primary shaft so that the second clutch slips and part of the torque generated by the electric machine is transmitted to the driving wheels allowing for the rotation speed of the electric machine to be independent from the rotation speed of the driving wheels. | 19,457 |
8,846,255 | 1. A supplemental power source for a line-replaceable unit (LRU) of an aircraft comprising: a fuel cell dedicated to the LRU, the fuel cell comprising; a power output to output supplemental power from the fuel cell to the LRU. | 3,693 |
9,253,266 | 1. A method for facilitating real-world interaction, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, information regarding geographical positions of a plurality of client devices; determining, at the server, that a subset of the plurality of client devices are within a given distance of each other; matching a plurality of faces detected in an image captured by one of the plurality of client devices to facial data stored in a user database; and providing, to the one of the plurality of client devices, information regarding a plurality of users associated with the facial data, wherein the one of the plurality of client devices presents the information regarding a plurality of users in an order that presents preferred users first. | 10,618 |
9,533,037 | 1. A process for manufacturing a composition comprising directed-sequence polymers (DSPs) useful for eliciting immune responses in a subject, wherein the DSP composition has a complexity of greater than 5×10 2 different DSPs, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a first base peptide sequence, wherein the base peptide sequence comprises an amino acid sequence of an epitope of an antigen associated with a disease, which disease is an infectious disease, and wherein the length of the sequence is at least 6 amino acids; (b) synthesizing by solid-phase peptide synthesis a first cassette of the DSPs, the cassette having a sequence of amino acid positions corresponding to each amino acid of the first base peptide sequence, (c) optionally further extending the length of the DSPs by selecting a step from the group consisting of: wherein the number of cycles selected in step (c) is selected so that the final length of the DSP is about 25 to 300 amino acid residues. | 17,063 |
8,861,468 | 1. A method of reporting control information to a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system using a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: transmitting a random access preamble to a base station; if the random access preamble is an initial random access preamble transmitted after a new random access procedure is initiated, storing first time stamp information indicating when the initial random access preamble is transmitted to the BS, and setting flag information on; receiving, in response to the random access preamble, a random access response from the BS; transmitting, in response to the random access response, a scheduled message to the BS; receiving, in response to the scheduled message, a contention resolution message from the BS; if the flag information is set to on, storing, in response to the contention resolution message, second time stamp information indicating when contention resolution message is received, and setting the flag information off; receiving a UE information request message from the BS; and transmitting, in response to the UE information request message, a UE information response message including the first time stamp information and the second time stamp information, wherein the first time stamp information indicates when the initial random access preamble is transmitted to the BS by using a system frame number, wherein the system frame number is indicated by a first number of bits indicating a base and a second number of bits indicating an exponent, and wherein the second time stamp information is indicated by a differential information indicating a change of frame numbers between the transmission of the initial random access preamble and the reception of the contention resolution message. | 32,579 |
9,572,010 | 1. A method for routing mobile phone signaling messages between different mobile communication networks, which networks are interconnected by a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) operated by one or several PSTN operators, via which PSTN telephone signaling can be performed during roaming using a telephony signaling protocol, where at least one collaborating network comprises a respective Signal Transfer Point (STP) and at least two home networks comprise a respective STP each, the method comprising the steps of: a) connecting a respective collaborating internet Transfer Point (ITP) to the STP of each respective collaborating network, connecting a respective home ITP to the STP of each respective home network, providing a central ITP which is connected to each of the other ITP:s via the internet, and providing a server comprising a Home Location Registry (HLR) in connection to, but arranged externally to, one of said home networks; b) providing a visited country International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), identifying a mobile subscriber as a subscriber to a certain one of said collaborating networks; c) to the central ITP, providing an association between the visited country IMSI and one of the said home networks; d) causing the STP of the certain one collaborating network to send a first signaling message comprising the visited country IMSI, based upon this IMSI, to the respective collaborating ITP; e) causing the collaborating ITP to forward, via the internet, all signaling messages received from the STP of the certain one collaborating network, including the said first signaling message, to the central ITP; f) forwarding, via the internet, the first signaling message from the central ITP to the respective home ITP connected to the STP of the home network with which the visited country IMSI is associated and based upon the association provided in step c); g) sending the first signaling message from the said home ITP to the STP of the said home network; h) causing the STP of the said home network to forward the first message to the said HLR; i) sending a second signaling message, comprising the visited country IMSI, from the HLR to the STP of the home network to which the HLR is connected; j) sending the second signaling message from the STP of said home network to the home ITP; k) causing the said home ITP to forward, via the internet, all signaling messages received from the STP of the home network, including the said second signaling message, to the central ITP; l) forwarding, via the internet and based upon the visited country IMSI, the second signaling message from the central ITP to the respective collaborating ITP connected to the STP of the collaborating network to which the mobile subscriber is identified as a subscriber by the visited country IMSI; and m) sending the second signaling message from the said collaborating ITP to the STP connected to the said ITP. | 43,754 |
9,625,126 | 1. A luminaire apparatus for illuminating an object, the luminaire apparatus comprising: a first housing comprising light module recesses; watertight lighting modules configured to be disposed within the light module recesses, configured to be oriented parallel to the object, and each comprising: a housing mounting member attached to the first housing at a central location of the first housing, wherein the lighting modules are configured to attach to the first housing via spring clips and are configured to detach from the light module recesses, in response to a movement of the spring clips, in an opposite direction of a direction of the movement of the spring clips, wherein the first housing comprises vents configured to allow external air to flow over the heat sink fins, wherein a surface of the vents is substantially perpendicular to the glass front surfaces of the lighting modules, wherein a lengthwise direction of the lighting modules is parallel to a lengthwise direction of the first housing when the lighting modules are disposed within the first housing, wherein, when a first lighting module among the lighting modules and a second lighting module among the lighting modules are disposed within the first housing, the first lighting module is adjacent to a second lighting module in a longitudinal direction of the second lighting module, and wherein the housing mounting member is configured to be releasably attached to a connection member via a connection member attachment arrangement recess disposed in the housing mounting member. | 1,919 |
8,644,944 | 1. An implantable stimulator device including: at least one extra-cochlear electrode; an array of intra-cochlear electrodes; at least one current source; and at least one current control circuit configured to control the at least one current source to supply a first pre-defined proportion of a stimulation current to an extra-cochlear stimulation circuit between the at least one extra-cochlear electrode and one or more first intra-cochlear electrodes in the array, and to supply a second pre-defined proportion of the stimulation current to an intra-cochlear stimulation circuit between one or more second intra-cochlear electrodes in the array and the one or more first intra-cochlear electrodes. | 5,230 |
8,853,867 | 1. A mold compound for encapsulating an electronic device, the mold compound comprising: silica fillers; epoxy resin system; and beneficial ions that are beneficial with respect to copper ball bond corrosion, wherein a total level of the beneficial ions in the mold compound is at least approximately 500 ppm, and the beneficial ions are ions selected from the group consisting of formate (HCOO) | 16,890 |
9,214,832 | 1. A parallel electric service system, comprising: a parallel power source; a utility power source from a utility; an inverter electrically coupled to the parallel power source; an enclosure having a utility compartment and a load center compartment; a load panel mounted in the load center compartment having one or more main service disconnect breakers; a utility meter provided in the utility compartment, the utility meter having meter inputs electrically coupled to the utility power source and meter outputs electrically connected to the one or more main service disconnect breakers of the load panel by first and second load conductors, wherein the first and second load conductors attaching to meter socket connection terminals of the meter outputs and the one or more main service disconnect breakers; and a parallel source disconnect breaker mounted in the load center compartment, the parallel source disconnect breaker electrically connected to the inverter and the meter outputs, the connection between the parallel source disconnect breaker and the meter outputs made by first and second parallel power conductors, wherein the first and second parallel power conductors attaching to meter socket connection terminals of the meter outputs, wherein the first and second load conductors attaching to the meter socket connection terminals are separate conductors from the first and second parallel power conductors attaching to the meter socket connection terminals, wherein the parallel power source concurrently provides power to both the load panel and the utility back through the utility meter. | 11,410 |
8,720,217 | 1. A system for cooling a compartment or device on an aircraft, comprising: (a) a potable water tank on-board the aircraft for providing drinkable water; (b) an air chiller unit located remotely from the compartment or device to be cooled; (c) a first air flow line to deliver chilled air from the air chiller unit to the compartment or device to be cooled; (d) a second air flow line to deliver warmed air from the compartment or device to be cooled back to the air chiller unit; (e) a first water supply line to deliver potable water from the potable water tank through the air chiller unit so that the potable water absorbs heat from refrigerant in the air chiller unit; (f) a second water supply line to deliver heated potable water from the air chiller unit to a heat exchanger unit, where heat from the warmed water is transferred to air; and (g) a third air flow line to deliver the warmed air outside the aircraft. | 7,778 |
9,450,454 | 1. A method, comprising: hosting a grid application function at a primary grid device in a utility grid, wherein the grid application function carries out grid control operations for a plurality of devices in the utility grid; determining, by the primary grid device, whether to distribute at least a portion of the grid application function to one or more distributed secondary grid devices in the utility grid, the one or more distributed secondary grid devices associated with a subset of data collection devices within the utility grid associated with at least one distributed secondary grid device of the one or more distributed secondary grid devices and the primary grid device; dynamically distributing, by the primary grid device, at least the portion of the grid application function to the one or more distributed secondary grid devices according to the determining, wherein at least the portion of dynamically distributed grid application function is executed on the one or more secondary devices to perform the portion of dynamically distributed grid application for the subset of data collection devices associated with the one or more secondary devices that would otherwise be performed by the primary device; determining, by the primary device, that the at least a portion of the grid application function is no longer to be used at a particular secondary grid device of the one or more distributed secondary grid devices; and, in response, withdrawing the at least a portion of the grid application function from the particular secondary grid device of the one or more distributed secondary grid devices back to the primary gird device. | 10,370 |
9,221,532 | 1. A flight-operable, modular aircraft comprising: a center section having a cargo bay, and fore and aft spars positioned fore and aft of the cargo bay, respectively; and left and right wings that are structurally coupled together at least predominantly through the fore and aft spars; wherein the center section provides a least 25% of the lift of the aircraft during at least some portion of cruise flight the aircraft has a wing span of at least 80 ft, and has left and right wings having sufficient stiffness to produce a natural frequency of no less than 6 Hz. | 42,437 |
8,979,088 | 1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet is stacked; a feeding roller which feeds the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion in a sheet feeding direction; a pair of separation rollers which includes a conveyance roller which conveys the sheet fed by the feeding roller and a separation roller which is provided to be capable of being pressed against the conveyance roller and to which is applied a rotation force to return the sheet in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction through a torque limiter; a rotation transmitting portion which transmits a rotation of the separation roller, when the separation roller is co-rotated by the sheet separated by the pair of separation rollers, to the feeding roller; and a separation pressure changing portion to which a load applied to the feeding roller from the sheet is transmitted through the rotation transmitting portion and increases a separation pressure with which the separation roller is pressed against the conveyance roller, when a co-rotation of the separation roller is transmitted to the feeding roller by the rotation transmitting portion. | 42,658 |
9,635,303 | 1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a connection terminal to which an external device is connectable through an HDMI cable, the HDMI cable comprising channels at least one hardware processor to: wherein the at least one hardware processor: | 40,433 |
8,808,277 | 1. A medical manipulator, comprising: a longitudinal member having a longitudinal axis, a distal end, and a proximal end; a bending portion being provided at the distal end of the longitudinal member; an operating lever being capable of operating so as to bend the bending portion; a pair of connecting rods being capable of advancing and retracting along the longitudinal axis extending with respect to the longitudinal member, wherein the pair of connecting rods is connected to the bending portion so as to operate the bending portion; a pair of links that is configured to be operated by an operation of the operating lever, wherein one end of each of the pair of links is connected to a distal end portion of the operating lever; a pair of couplers, wherein each of the pair of couplers rotatably couples each respective one of the pair of connecting rods to each respective one of the pair of links via each other end of each of the pair of links; and a guide member having a guide surface, which is positioned to be capable of contacting the distal end portion of the operating lever so that each of the pair of links is capable of rotating around a respective one of each of the pair of couplers accompanying the operation of the operating lever, wherein: the guide member is configured to guide the bending portion in a non-bending state or in a bending state such that: (a) in the non-bending state, by moving the distal end portion of the operating lever while making it contact with the guide surface, each of the pair of links is rotated with respect to a respective one of the pair of connecting rods around each respective one of the pair of couplers and a position of the pair of connecting rods in the direction of the longitudinal axis is maintained by the operating lever; and (b) in the bending state, by rotating the operating lever around the distal end portion of the operating lever, each of the pair of connecting rods advances and retracts with respect to the longitudinal member along the longitudinal axis, thereby bending the bending portion. | 1,076 |
8,603,816 | 1. A method of treating cancer in a mammal in need thereof that comprises internally administering to the animal an effective amount of Compound 15 of the following formula: where R5 is —CH | 21,262 |
9,301,719 | 1. A medial canthal pad for measuring biological parameters in a brain temperature tunnel, said medial canthal pad comprising a head mounted structure, a housing, a temperature sensor in said housing, said temperature sensor is configured to measure temperature signals produced on the skin at an end of the brain temperature tunnel, an extension arm projecting from the head mounted structure, said housing being located on said extension arm, said extension arm locating said housing to be positioned adjacent to a medial corner of an eye above a medial canthal tendon and in a medial third of an upper eyelid when the head mounted structure is worn by an individual, a power source in said housing, and a reporting device in said housing, said reporting device is configured to transmit temperature signals measured by said temperature sensor, said sensor, said power source and said reporting device being electrically connected to produce and report a signal. | 42,491 |
9,088,025 | 1. A secondary battery including an electrode assembly, having pluralities of electrode tabs joined to electrode leads, mounted in a receiving part of a battery case, wherein the battery case has an upper end step formed at an inner upper end of the receiving part between electrode tab-electrode lead coupling portions and a side step formed at an inner side of the receiving part corresponding to one of two opposite sides of the electrode assembly such that the electrode assembly is in contact with the upper end step and the side step, and wherein the electrode assembly is not in contact with the receiving part at corners of the receiving part at which the inner upper end, the opposite sides, and a lower end of the receiving part intersect each other, wherein a length of the receiving part extends between the inner upper end and the lower end thereof, wherein the upper end step has a length reaching an upper end of the electrode assembly, and wherein the side step has a length extending along the length of the receiving part, the length of the side step corresponding to 60 to 80% of that of the electrode assembly. | 45,694 |
8,392,557 | 1. A method of analyzing a communication performance of an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) configured to process network messages transferred with a Substation Automation (SA) communication service, comprising, during each of a plurality of SA scenarios: identifying, by an analyzer, a number n determining, by the analyzer, a number n determining, by the analyzer, a number n determining, by the analyzer, a processing time t calculating, by the analyzer, SA communication service-specific parameters k | 6,786 |
8,450,683 | 1. A method comprising: acquiring a dark-field image produced by capturing an image of a sample with a scanning transmission electron microscope by detecting electrons scattered at angles between a first angle to an optical axis of the scanning transmission electron microscope and a second angle which is larger than the first angle; acquiring a bright-field image captured simultaneously with the dark-field image by detecting electrons scattered within a third angle which is smaller than the first angle; generating a reverse image by reversing lightness and darkness of the dark-field image; and generating a difference image each of whose pixels has a brightness value equal to a difference between the brightness of a corresponding pixel in the reverse image and the brightness of a corresponding pixel in the bright-field image. | 8,111 |
9,657,696 | 1. A system comprising: a flow control assembly to generate electrical energy in response to a bypass portion of a fluid flow, the bypass portion bypassing a flow control valve based on an orientation of the flow control valve with respect to the fluid flow; an electrical system coupled to the flow control assembly to receive the electrical energy, the electrical system comprising an energy storage element and an electrical load; and a control module coupled to the electrical system to detect an excess energy condition based at least in part on a characteristic of the electrical system, and to operate the electrical system to dissipate at least a portion of the electrical energy generated by the flow control assembly using the electrical load in response to the excess energy condition. | 10,741 |
9,742,924 | 1. A method, comprising: establishing a circuit switched call with an automated answering system at a destination, the destination having a communication server associated therewith; transmitting a request to establish an Internet Protocol (IP) communication session to the automated answering system using the circuit switched call; receiving an IP request acknowledgement message from the communication server responsive to transmitting the request to establish the IP communication session; and establishing the IP communication session with the communication server responsive to receiving the IP request acknowledgement. | 12,393 |
9,702,345 | 1. A method of operating a wind turbine having a rotor with a plurality of blades, a system for determining one or more loads on the wind turbine, a historical register of data on the wind turbine operation, and a control system for controlling one or more operational parameters of the wind turbine, the method comprising: determining the loads on the wind turbine; storing the determined loads on the wind turbine in the historical register: obtaining, from the historical register, a characteristic indicative of the loads on the wind turbine accumulated over time; determining one or more wind thrust limits depending on the obtained characteristic indicative of the loads accumulated over time; wherein determining the one or more wind thrust limits comprises determining a minimum wind thrust limit, wherein the determined minimum wind thrust limit depends on a rate of change of the characteristic indicative of the loads accumulated over time, wherein the determined minimum wind thrust limit increases when the rate of change of the characteristic indicative of the loads accumulated over time increases; and wherein the determined minimum wind thrust limit decreases when the rate of change of the characteristic indicative of the loads accumulated over time decreases; and controlling the one or more operational parameters of the wind turbine to keep a wind thrust on the wind turbine above the determined minimum wind thrust limit. | 47,726 |
9,458,550 | 1. A multilayer stack of electronic materials, comprising: a substrate; an electronic assembly, wherein the electronic assembly includes a sacrificial photovoltaic cell; and a sacrificial anode portion, wherein the sacrificial anode portion is located between the electronic assembly and the substrate and operatively attaches the electronic assembly to the substrate, wherein the sacrificial anode portion is configured to be dissolved via electrochemical oxidation to permit separation of the electronic assembly from the substrate, and further wherein the sacrificial photovoltaic cell is in electrical communication with the sacrificial anode portion and is configured to apply an electric potential to the sacrificial anode portion to power dissolution of the sacrificial anode portion. | 15,199 |
9,030,803 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte for an electrochemical capacitor, comprising: organic compounds having at least one acylamino group; and lithium salts characterized as LiX, wherein Li is lithium and X comprises SCN the organic compounds and the lithium salts are in solid state before mixing; the organic compounds are cyclic compounds; and the cyclic compounds comprise 2-oxazolidinone, ethyleneurea, or the combination thereof. | 34,188 |
9,104,269 | 1. A touch control apparatus, for determining touch points corresponding to at least two objects from a plurality of candidate touch positions, the apparatus comprising: a display panel; a first light source, located at a left side of the display panel, for generating a first plane light, which is reflected by the at least two objects to form a left reflected light distribution; a first sensor, disposed at the display panel, for sensing and transforming the left reflected light distribution into a plurality of left depth parameters, wherein the plurality of left depth parameters are respectively corresponding to relative position between the at least two objects and the first sensor; a second light source, located at a right side of the display panel, for generating a second plane light, which is reflected by the at least two objects to form a right reflected light distribution; a second sensor, disposed at the display panel, for sensing and transforming the right reflected light distribution into a plurality of right depth parameters, wherein the plurality of right depth parameters are respectively corresponding to relative position between the at least two objects and the second sensor; and a controller, electrically coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor, for selecting touch points corresponding to the at least two objects from the plurality of candidate touch positions according to the plurality of left depth parameters and the plurality of right depth parameters. | 43,627 |
9,166,096 | 1. A method for manufacturing a dopant layer of a solar cell, the method comprising: ion-implanting a dopant to a substrate; and heat-treating for an activation of the dopant, wherein the heat-treating for the activation comprises: an initial duration having a first initial duration for forming an anti-out-diffusion film under a first gas atmosphere comprising oxygen; and a maintaining duration for activating the dopant at a first temperature after the initial duration, wherein the initial duration is composed of a temperature increase region of the heat-treating for the activation under a temperature lower than the first temperature before the maintaining duration, wherein the maintaining duration is performed only after the first initial duration, wherein the first initial duration and the maintaining duration are parts of an in-situ process, wherein the initial duration further comprises a second initial duration after the first initial duration, in the first initial duration, a temperature increases from a second temperature lower than the first temperature to a third temperature higher than the second temperature and lower than the first temperature, in the second initial duration, a temperature increases from the third temperature to the first temperature, and wherein a second gas atmosphere different from the first gas atmosphere is supplied in the second initial duration. | 42,905 |
9,209,424 | 1. A laminated substrate, comprising: a translucent substrate; a scattering layer, which comprises glass and a solid scattering material, on the translucent substrate and having a thickness of 30 μm or less; and an electrode on the scattering layer, wherein no covering layer comprising glass is between the scattering layer and the electrode, and wherein the glass of the scattering layer comprises, as represented by mol percentage based on the following oxides, | 35,108 |
9,835,201 | 1. A bearing assembly comprising a rolling element bearing having an inner ring, an outer ring and a set of rolling elements arranged in a bearing cavity between the inner ring and the outer ring; a first grease is provided in the bearing cavity, the first grease having a first thermal bleed rate at a specific reference temperature; a grease cartridge, arranged at an axial side of the bearing cavity, the grease cartridge comprising axially extending passageways which open into the bearing cavity; a second grease; and a further grease, wherein the second grease has a second thermal bleed rate at the specific reference temperature that is lower than the first thermal bleed rate of the first grease, wherein some of the passageways include the second grease and others passageways comprise the further grease, wherein the further grease is different from the second grease. | 2,537 |
9,179,210 | 1. A pluggable filter assembly comprising: a first pluggable assembly connector matching with a headphone connector of a mobile electronic device, the pluggable filter assembly being to be connected to the headphone connector of the mobile electronic device via the first pluggable assembly connector; a second pluggable assembly connector that includes a plurality of contacts that provide contact to one or more signal wires of a headphone cable and at least one contact that provides contact to at least one reference line of the headphone cable, the pluggable filter assembly being to be connected to the connector of the headphone cable via the second pluggable assembly connector; an electronic filter configured to perform a filtering effective on at least one of the signal wires and the reference line of the headphone cable, wherein frequencies of a VHF radio band are passed and at least one frequency band below or above the VHF radio band is attenuated, the electronic filter being connected to the first and the second pluggable assembly connectors, the electronic filter being provided between the first and the second pluggable assembly connectors; and an assembly case housing the electronic filter and connections between the electronic filter and the first and the second pluggable assembly connectors. | 16,350 |
8,451,975 | 1. A radiographic system which detects a radiation image transmitted through a subject with a radiation image detector and generates a phase contrast image of the subject, comprising: a calculation section that calculates a distribution of refraction angles of radiation incident on the radiation image detector and generates the phase contrast image on the basis of the distribution of refraction angles; and a storage section that stores a correction coefficient of each pixel for making sensitivities of pixels equal, the correction coefficient being calculated on the basis of a refraction angle of radiation incident on each pixel of the radiation image detector, which is calculated by the calculation section by imaging a phantom that gives a known refraction angle to radiation transmitted through the phantom, and a refraction angle given to radiation by the phantom, wherein the calculation section performs sensitivity correction on a refraction angle of radiation incident on each pixel of the radiation image detector, which is calculated by imaging the subject, using the correction coefficient of the pixel stored in the storage section and generates the phase contrast image of the subject on the basis of the distribution of corrected refraction angles. | 45,116 |
9,694,362 | 1. A composting garbage disposal comprising: a material input chamber; a threaded sink ring member; an auger member; a screened cup member; a sink to threaded sink ring member fastening ring; a main housing; main housing retaining screws; a main housing gasket; a drive gear motor assembly; a motor to auger member connecting shaft; a main housing liquid outlet pipe; a main housing solids outlet pipe; a solids retaining vessel; an on switch; said threaded sink ring member having a flange that engages the center aperture of a standard kitchen sink; said threaded sink ring member held in place under said sink by said sink-to-threaded sink ring member fastening ring; said material input chamber being removable and replaceable and having tabs that engage apertures in said threaded sink ring member; said main housing attached to the outer wall of said threaded sink ring member via said retaining screws; said main housing having an internal mid level floor that supports said screened cup member, said main housing having a lower portion under said mid level floor where said drive gear motor assembly resides; said auger member located in close proximity to the inside walls of said screened cup member; said auger driven by said drive gear motor assembly via said motor to auger member connecting shaft; said main housing gasket centrally located on said mid level floor and creating a waterproof seal for said motor to auger member connecting shaft; said main housing liquid outlet pipe exiting just above said mid level floor; said main housing solids outlet pipe exiting main housing just below said screened cup; said screened cup having a solid floor and having an aperture towards the perimeter of said solid floor; said solids outlet pipe attached at one end to said cup floor aperture; said solids outlet pipe terminating at said solids retaining vessel; and so that when a person inserts food waste into the said material input chamber, said food waste drops into said screened cup and is masticated by said auger member causing liquid from said food waste to exit said liquid outlet tube and solid from said food waste to exit into said solids outlet tube and into said solids retaining vessel. | 45,184 |
8,454,216 | 1. A lamp assembly for an automotive headlamp, comprising a housing defining an entrance window; an LED light source having a light-emitting area larger than the area of the entrance window, the LED light source being detachably connected to the housing and disposed at least partially therein such that the LED light source is associated with the entrance window and a guiding element connected to the housing for guiding the light emitted by the LED light source and passing through the entrance window. | 2,372 |
9,793,012 | 1. A nuclear fuel assembly spacer grid defining cells for receiving fuel rods, the spacer grid comprising: a peripheral band composed of at least one peripheral strip delimiting a portion of the peripheral contour of the spacer grid, and at least one spacer grid positioning spring elastically deformable and formed in the peripheral band; and interlaced intermediate strips distributed within the peripheral contour, the at least one spacer grid positioning spring protruding outwardly relative to the at least one peripheral strip, the at least one spacer grid positioning spring being cantilevered by extending in a cantilever fashion horizontally away from or towards a corner of the spacer grid, the at least one spacer grid positioning spring including a flexible cantilever tab and a contact portion protruding outwardly from the flexible cantilever tab, the at least one spacer grid positioning spring being located vertically between an upper plane and a lower plane of the spacer grid, the upper plane being defined respectively by upper edges of the interlaced intermediate strips, the lower plane being defined by lower edges of the interlaced intermediate strips of the spacer grid. | 888 |
8,743,205 | 1. A method for semantics based video analysis, the method comprising: accepting a textual description of a monitored scene, the textual description comprising one or more textual terms selected by a user from a plurality of predefined textual terms; accepting a plurality of rules related to the monitored scene, the rules comprising one or more textual terms from the plurality of predefined textual terms; converting the textual description of the monitored scene into video characterization parameters; receiving video data from a plurality of cameras located at the monitored scene; performing video analysis of the video data based on the video characterization parameters and the rules; converting results of the video analysis into one or more alerts selected from a plurality of predefined alerts; and issuing the one or more alerts. | 36,235 |
9,002,038 | 1. A microphone package comprising: a plastic lid including a substrate base coupled to the plastic lid to form a sealed cavity, the substrate base including a first conductive substrate trace arranged to form an electrical connection with the first conductive lid trace; a first component mounted on the substrate base and electrically coupled to the first conductive substrate trace; and a second component mounted on the plastic lid and electrically coupled to the first conductive lid trace such that the electrical connection between the first conductive lid trace and the first conductive substrate trace provides electrical coupling between the first component and the second component, wherein the first conductive lid trace extends along the interior surface of the sealed cavity from a first location proximal to the second component to a second location that forms the electrical connection with the first conductive substrate trace, and wherein at least one component of a group consisting of the first component and the second component includes a MEMS microphone die positioned in an interior of the sealed cavity. | 25,215 |
9,771,140 | 1. An integrated aircraft structure of composite material comprising: a skin, a plurality of stringers, and, a plurality of frames, each frame having a web; at least two adjacent stringers from the plurality of stringers and at least two adjacent frames from the plurality of stringers intersecting to form a crossing zones; the at least two frames comprising mouseholes for the passage of the at least two stringers at the crossing zones; an inner reinforcing element, made of a composite material, for at least one of the at least two adjacent stringers a stretch located within the cross zone and between two adjacent frames; said inner reinforcing element comprising a lower part configured with a suitable shape to be superimposed to the stringer in said stretch and an upper part configured with a web and a cap; the lower part and the web including respectively at their ends joining flaps to the web of the adjacent frames; the lower part including resting feet on the skin. | 37,746 |
9,308,525 | 1. A catalytic matrix for activation of a R—H bond in a R—H substrate wherein R is an alkyl group, the R—H bond having an R—H bond enthalpy, the catalytic matrix comprising a plurality of catalytic cores of Formula (III): wherein: Y1 is NH, Y1 being capable of forming a Y1-H single bond with the H from the R—H substrate, and the Y1-H single bond having a Y1-H enthalpy; X is P; Z is NH; Y2 is NH; M is V; i is 1-2; j is 0-1; and k is 0-1; wherein Y1, X, Z, M, and Y2 are selected such that the Y1-H single bond enthalpy is equal or lower than the R—H single bond enthalpy; and wherein the M and X of each catalytic core of the plurality of the catalytic cores of Formula (III) are connected to a supporting moiety A, wherein the supporting moiety A links the M and the X of each catalytic core of the plurality of the catalytic cores of Formula (III), the supporting moiety A configured to form a framework presenting Y1 of each catalytic core of the plurality of the catalytic cores for reaction with a substrate R—H wherein A is a moiety of formula (IV): and wherein n is 1-6, and j, i2, and k2 are independently 0 or 1, and wherein a terminal Z of the moiety of Formula IV is linked to an M or an X element of a catalytic core of Formula III. | 566 |
9,221,654 | 1. A method for coupling an offshore structure to a hoisting block of a hoisting installation, comprising: providing a coupling structure comprising connecting said first coupling part to said second coupling part such that said offshore structure is coupled to said hoisting block; providing a catching structure for catching at least one of said first coupling part and said second coupling part, said catching structure defining a catch area in which said catching structure is operative; providing a positioning structure for positioning said first coupling part and said second coupling part relative to each other in a connecting position wherein said first coupling part and said second coupling part are connectable; bringing at least one of the first coupling part and the second coupling part in the catch area; catching the coupling part brought into the catch area by means of the catching structure; and positioning the caught coupling part by means of the positioning structure in the connection position before connecting said first coupling part to said second coupling part; wherein the first coupling part is brought into the catch area, is caught, and is positioned in the connection position; and wherein the first coupling part to be caught is brought in a catch position within the catch area, and is caught while in said catch position; and wherein the positioning of the caught first coupling part comprises: | 2,925 |
8,563,007 | 1. A composition comprising a first isolated protein having at least 98% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 58, and a second isolated protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 250. | 4,735 |
9,599,972 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by an industrial automation controller device comprising a processor, events that have been generated in a first order in response to a change in a process variable associated with an industrial automation process of a data-driven industrial automation system, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the events in the first order, wherein the events are to be executed by devices deployed within the data-driven industrial automation system in the first order, and wherein the data-driven industrial automation system comprises a system wherein the change triggers pushing a set of data packets to the devices; determining, based on organization data, a second order in which the events are to be executed by the devices, wherein the organization data is indicative of an organization of the devices that represents a manner in which the devices are connected to each other and wherein the organization data is determined based on analyzing architecture data indicative of a software architecture related to the data-driven industrial automation system that represents an interconnection between the devices; reordering the events for execution in a sequence that is based on the second order; and delaying an execution of a first event of the events in response to determining that a second event of the events has not been executed, wherein the second event is placed ahead of the first event in the second order. | 27,989 |
9,222,143 | 1. An isolated or purified polypeptide comprising a Bordetella pertussis CyaA sequence having at least 99% identity with SEQ ID NO: 1, in which: a) the glutamic acid residue at position 570 of SEQ ID NO: 1 has been substituted by another amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of Gln, Asn, Met, Thr, Ser, Gly, Arg, Lys, Val, Leu, Cys, Ile, and Asp, and b) the lysine residue at position 860 of SEQ ID NO: 1 has been substituted by another amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of Gln, Asn, Met, Thr, Ser, Gly, Arg, Val, Leu, Cys, and Ile. | 45,313 |
9,654,928 | 1. A computer program product for management of assets in an asset management environment, the computer program product comprising: one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to, responsive to determining that a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) indicates that a signal power between a first (Bluetooth Low Energy) BLE device and a second BLE device exceeds a predefined threshold, transmit, by the first BLE device, an association request to the second BLE device to establish an association connection between the first BLE device operating in central mode and attached to an asset to track, and the second BLE device operating in peripheral mode and associated with a physical location within an asset management environment, wherein the asset to which the first BLE device is attached is an electronic device including one of: a display monitor, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile cellular device, computing peripheral equipment, another specialized computer system or a computer server; program instructions to exchange one or more association request frames whereby association information is stored in the second BLE device; program instructions to establish an association connection between the second BLE device and a third BLE device operating in central mode and coupled to one or more computer processors, and periodically transmit the association information stored in the second BLE device to the third BLE device via one or more broadcasting frames; program instructions to maintain, by the third BLE device, current association information between the first BLE device and the second BLE device, based on the transmitted association information; program instructions to receive, by the one or more computer processors from the third BLE device, the current association information between the first BLE device and the second BLE device; program instructions to identify location information of the asset to which the first BLE device is attached, by the one or more computer processors, based on the current association information between the first BLE device and the second BLE device, an identity of the asset to which the first BLE device is attached, and the physical location of the second BLE device within the asset management environment, wherein the location information of the asset to which the first BLE device is attached describes one or more locations of the asset in asset management environment throughout a duration of time; program instructions to, responsive to determining that an RSSI does not exceed a predefined threshold, update, by the second BLE device, the association information to indicate that the first BLE device is not associated with the second BLE device; and program instructions to, responsive to determining that the association request frame was not received before a timer time-out condition, dissociate the first BLE device from the second BLE device, wherein the timer time-out condition for the association request frame is implemented to periodically confirm that association connection is currently established. | 24,226 |
9,225,581 | 1. A method for operating a network module within a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving a first packet by the network module from a vehicle communication network; interpreting a timestamp of the first packet to determine whether the first packet is a top-priority packet; in response to a determination that the first packet is a top-priority packet, altering priority of the first packet based on the timestamp; and transmitting the first packet using a top-priority bypass mechanism to the vehicle communication network. | 25,240 |
9,541,410 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a transceiver of an autonomous vehicle, an assistance signal to an assistance center, wherein the assistance signal indicates that the autonomous vehicle seeks assistance navigating according to a first trajectory, and wherein the assistance signal includes a first extent of sensor information indicating representations of objects in the vicinity of the autonomous vehicle; receiving, by the transceiver of the autonomous vehicle, a request, from the assistance center, to enter an augmented mode, wherein the autonomous vehicle transmits a second extent of sensor information to the assistance center when in the augmented mode, and wherein the second extent of sensor information is greater than the first extent of sensor information; determining, by a processor of the autonomous vehicle, to enter the augmented mode; transmitting, by the transceiver of the autonomous vehicle, additional information to the assistance center; and receiving, by the transceiver of the autonomous vehicle, a response to the assistance signal and the additional information, wherein the response includes a representation of a second trajectory, wherein the response includes a representation of a second trajectory that intersects the first trajectory at one or more points, and wherein the transceiver is controlled by the processor to perform the transmitting and receiving. | 21,222 |
8,367,898 | 1. A seed of soybean cultivar 9728361, representative sample seed of said cultivar is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11370. | 7,154 |
9,695,259 | 1. A method for purifying a reclaimed polymer comprising: a. Obtaining the reclaimed polymer wherein said reclaimed polymer is selected from the group consisting of post-consumer use polymers, post-industrial use polymers, and combinations thereof; b. Contacting the reclaimed polymer at a temperature from about 80° C. to about 220° C. and at a pressure from about 150 psig (1.03 MPa) to about 15,000 psig (103.42 MPa) with a first fluid solvent having a standard boiling point less than about 70° C., to produce an extracted reclaimed polymer; c. Dissolving the extracted reclaimed polymer in a solvent selected from the group consisting of the first fluid solvent, a second fluid solvent, and mixtures thereof, at a temperature from about 90° C. to about 220° C. and a pressure from about 350 psig (2.41 MPa) to about 20,000 psig (137.90 MPa) to produce a polymer solution; d. Separating a polymer from said polymer solution; wherein said second fluid solvent is the same chemical composition or a different chemical composition as the first fluid solvent. | 39,544 |
8,755,786 | 1. A routing method in a multi-hop cellular system, the method comprising: maintaining a signal strength and a hop count in each node included in the multi-hop cellular system; receiving, in a neighbor node, a route-request message broadcast by a source node which includes the hop count and signal strength of the source node; dropping, by the neighbor node, the route-request message when the neighbor node does not have, respectively, a higher hop count and higher signal strength than the hop count and signal strength of the source node; and storing, in a base station, the route-request message which is received via the neighbor node, based on an elapsed time, or transmitting a route-reply message to the source node via an optimal path which is selected via the route-request message. | 18,809 |
9,028,689 | 1. A mixed oxidant generator comprising: a single dielectric medium having a first surface and second surface; three active electrodes acting as one anode and two cathodes and adapted for connection to a high voltage three phase DC pulse power supply, each electrode of said three active electrodes having a first end and a second end, said plurality of electrodes secured to said single dielectric medium such that said first end of each electrode extends out of said die-electric medium at said second surface of said dielectric medium, said dielectric medium serving as an insulator between portions of said plurality of electrodes disposed within said dielectric medium; and a gas delivery member having a first end and a second end secured to said dielectric medium, said gas delivery member also serving as a passive ground return electrode. | 43,236 |
8,919,226 | 1. A tool, comprising: a nut configured to fit around a body of a regulator of a portable cylinder assembly; and a socket having a cavity extending through the socket, wherein the socket is configured to alter a torque value between the body of the regulator and a cylinder on the portable cylinder assembly in response to a torque force applied to the socket by a device, and wherein the cavity comprises: | 46,162 |
9,607,085 | 1. A method of organizing data in a database system comprising: via a swarm database having one or more nodes comprising one or more processors and memory, the memory of the one or more nodes storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, | 27,943 |
9,537,169 | 1. An electrochemical device comprising: (a) a polymer electrolyte membrane, said polymer electrolyte membrane having opposing first and second faces; (b) an anode electrically coupled to the first face of said polymer electrolyte membrane; (c) a cathode electrically coupled to the second face of said polymer electrolyte membrane; (d) an anodic gas diffusion medium defining an anode chamber in fluid communication with said anode; (e) a cathodic gas diffusion medium defining a cathode chamber in fluid communication with said cathode; and (f) a first electrically-conductive, chemically-inert, non-porous, liquid-permeable, substantially gas-impermeable membrane in contact with said anodic gas diffusion medium, wherein the first electrically-conductive, chemically-inert, non-porous, liquid-permeable, substantially gas-impermeable membrane comprises a solid polymer electrolyte and electrically-conductive particles. | 17,573 |
8,889,249 | 1. A security device comprising a security element comprising: a substrate provided with at least one optically variable effects generating structure situated in a defined area of the substrate, the optically variable effects generating structure being a holographic structure or a diffraction grating; a first reflective layer visible at least where the first reflective layer coincides with the at least one optically variable effects generating structure, the first reflective layer comprising a reflection enhancing material being a metal or an alloy; and at least one second distinctive reflective layer located directly on the substrate where the at least one optically variable effects generating structure is not present and visible only through regions of the substrate where the at least one optically variable effects generating structure is not present, the at least one second reflective layer comprising a reflective material different from that of the first reflective layer chosen from a metal, an alloy, and a metallic ink; wherein the first and second reflective layers have different colors from each other to generate an optical effect. | 41,073 |
9,358,897 | 1. An electric motor vehicle, comprising: a drive motor; a first rechargeable battery of a first type of rechargeable battery, and configured such that electrical energy is transferable bi-directionally between the drive motor and the first rechargeable battery; a second rechargeable battery of a second type of rechargeable battery different than the first type of rechargeable battery, and configured such that electrical energy is transferable at least uni-directionally from the second rechargeable battery to one of the driver motor and the first rechargeable battery, the second rechargeable battery comprising at least one redox flow cell; a portable cartridge holding at least one electrolyte provided for the operation of the redox flow cell; and a fluid coupling configured to connect the portable cartridge to an electrolyte circuit of the motor vehicle. | 47,528 |
9,495,347 | 1. A method, for extracting table information from an unstructured document using a table extraction system that comprises a processor and table extraction logic stored in memory, wherein the processor executes the table extraction logic to perform operations comprising: annotating text of the unstructured document with annotations using domain knowledge of the unstructured document to produce annotated table cell data; generating a candidate table for each of a plurality of table models using the annotated table cell data, wherein the plurality of table models for the unstructured document are selected by determining a domain for the unstructured document; and selecting table models that are suitable for use with the determined domain; scoring each of the candidate tables; selecting a highest scoring candidate table; and providing the highest scoring candidate table. | 41,095 |
9,635,539 | 1. A mobile node capable of being redirected to a first node, which was selected when the mobile node initially attached to an access system supporting network-based mobility, the mobile node comprising: a transmitter which, in operation, transmits to a second node an Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) request message to establish a security association with the second node when the mobile node, which is attached to the access system supporting network-based mobility and for which the first node was selected, switches to attach to an access system supporting client-based mobility, the IKEv2 request message including a Network Access Identifier (NAI) of the mobile node having a network prefix assigned to the mobile node, wherein the second node discoverable by the mobile node in the access system supporting client-based mobility is different from the first node; and a receiver which, in operation, receives from the second node an IKEv2 response message including redirect information containing one of an IP address of the first node and hints, the hints including at least one of an address prefix and a domain name and allowing the mobile node to derive a valid address for the first node, the valid address including one of an anycast group address, a multicast group address, and a unicast address; wherein the transmitter, after the receiver receives the IKEv2 response message when the mobile node is attached to the access system supporting client-based mobility, transmits an IP address registration request to the first node using the IP address of the first node to register a new address with the first node to establish a new security association with the first node, to which the mobile node is re-directed. | 22,112 |
9,746,886 | 1. A storage system, comprising: a plurality of solid state storage carriers, each of the solid state storage carriers sized to fit in a slot for a hard disk drive carrier in a storage enclosure and to include a support printed circuit board (PCB) having arranged thereon more than one solid state storage devices of a smaller form factor than a hard disk drive form factor; and the storage enclosure configured to receive the plurality of solid state storage carriers and including a midplane and at least one slot on an end of the storage enclosure, the at least one slot sized to receive a solid state storage carrier for connection with the midplane in the storage enclosure. | 24,830 |
8,619,676 | 1. A method for operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising: generating a multi-user packet including a first portion being compliant with a first communication protocol and a second portion being compliant with a second communication protocol in accordance with a plurality of Cyclic Shift Delays (CSDs), each of the plurality of CSDs being a respective integer multiple of a time period, for minimizing difference between a first transmit power associated with the first portion and a second transmit power associated with the second portion; and via a plurality of antennae, transmitting a signal including the multi-user packet to a plurality of wireless communication devices such that each of the plurality of antennae transmitting at a respective time in accordance with a respective one of the plurality of CSDs. | 13,796 |
9,145,038 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a frame; two front wheels connected to the frame; two front suspension assemblies connecting the two front wheels to the frame; two rear wheels connected to the frame; two rear suspension assemblies connecting the two rear wheels to the frame, at least one of the two front and two rear suspension assemblies including an air spring; two seats connected to the frame, the two seats being disposed laterally beside each other; a steering device operatively connected to the two front wheels; an engine connected to the frame and operatively connected to at least one of the wheels; an air compressor connected to the frame, the air compressor being disposed under one of the two seats; an air inlet fluidly communicating with the air compressor for supplying air to the air compressor, the air inlet being disposed higher than the wheels; at least one air spring valve selectively fluidly communicating the air compressor with the at least one air spring for supplying air to the at least one air spring; an auxiliary air output supported by the frame; an auxiliary valve selectively fluidly communicating the auxiliary air output with the air compressor for selectively supplying air from the air compressor to a device other than the at least one air spring; a control unit electrically connected to the air compressor for controlling an operation of the air compressor and electrically connected to the at least one air spring valve and the auxiliary valve for controlling positions of the valves; and a vehicle condition sensor electrically connected to the control unit, the vehicle condition sensor sensing an operating condition of the vehicle, the control unit only opening the auxiliary valve to fluidly communicate the auxiliary air output with the air compressor when a predetermined operating condition of the vehicle is sensed by the vehicle condition sensor. | 14,380 |
9,130,401 | 1. A photovoltaic panel comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic sub-strings each including serially-connected photovoltaic cells, wherein the plurality of photovoltaic sub-strings are connected in parallel across power source terminals; a direct current power converter including input terminals connected to said power source terminals, wherein the direct current power converter is configured to convert input power received at said input terminals to an output power at output terminals; and a bypass diode connected in shunt across said input terminals of said converter. | 18,301 |
9,110,449 | 1. A lighting control device, comprising: a microcontroller; a transceiver communicably coupled to the microcontroller and configured to receive a demand response signal from a unit that is external to the lighting control device; and a demand response indicator communicably coupled to the microcontroller, the demand response indicator configured to emit light, wherein a first intensity level of the light indicates to a consumer a first level of a demand response, wherein a second intensity level of the light indicates to the consumer a second level of the demand response, wherein the first intensity level of the light is a higher intensity level than the second intensity level of the light, wherein the demand response is associated with energy demand experienced by a utility provider, wherein the light has same color at the first intensity level and at the second intensity level, and wherein the first level of the demand response is associated with a higher energy demand experienced by the utility company than the second level of the demand response. | 24,738 |
9,432,933 | 1. A method for controlling a small cell on or off procedure in a Small cell specific Gate Way (S-GW), the method comprising: receiving a cell indication message from a Source Small Cell (SSC), wherein the cell indication message includes a cell state change indication parameter indicating whether the SSC is to be on or off and a cell on/off timer parameter indicating a time duration for a cell on process or a cell off process; transmitting request message requesting to expand or shrink a cell coverage of a Target Small Cell (TSC) according to the cell state change indication parameter; and receiving a complete indication message indicating the cell on process or the cell off process is complete after the time duration indicated by the cell on/off timer parameter from the SSC. | 41,168 |
9,497,936 | 1. A floor for a modular basket, the floor comprising: a first floor module comprising a mesh floor extending between a plurality of edges, a first set of hinge elements including hinge openings extending below the mesh floor from a first edge and a second set of hinge elements including hinge openings extending below the mesh floor from a second edge, the second edge located opposite the first edge; a second floor module adjacent the first floor module, the second floor module comprising a mesh floor extending between a plurality of edges, a first set of hinge elements including hinge openings extending below the mesh floor from a first edge and a second set of hinge elements including hinge openings extending below the mesh floor from a second edge, wherein the second edge is adjacent to the first edge of the first floor module; and a first beam extending through a first set of hinge openings of the first floor module and a second set of hinge openings of the second floor module, thus connecting the first floor module and second floor module. | 31,466 |
9,332,642 | 1. A circuit board comprising: an insulating base substrate; and a circuit layer that is formed of a conductor and that is provided on the surface of the insulating base substrate, wherein the insulating base substrate has a smooth surface having a surface roughness Ra of 0.5 μm or less, the conductor is at least partially embedded in a wiring groove formed in the surface of the insulating base substrate, the depth of the wiring groove is at least partially 3 to 15 μm, a thickness of the circuit layer is 0.1 to 10 μm, and an aspect ratio between the width of the wiring groove and the depth of the wiring groove is such that the depth of the wiring groove/the width of the wiring groove is 1.0 or less. | 13,404 |
8,558,424 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a housing forming an internal cavity; a rotor disposed in the internal cavity of the housing, the rotor having a first end and a second end; a first end ring coupled to the first end of the rotor; and a second end ring coupled to the second end of the rotor, wherein the first end ring and the second end ring are each magnetically repulsed from the housing to cause the rotor to be suspended relative to the housing; wherein the first end ring comprises an inner-facing surface, a circumferential surface, and an outer-facing surface; wherein the first end ring has a magnetic polarity; wherein the second end ring comprises an inner-facing surface, a circumferential surface, and an outer-facing surface; wherein the second end ring has the magnetic polarity; wherein the housing has a first end adapted to face the inner-facing surface of the first end ring, the first end of the housing comprising a first housing magnet having the same magnetic polarity as the first end ring; wherein the housing has a second end adapted to face the inner-facing surface of the second end ring, the second end of the housing comprising a second housing magnet having the same magnetic polarity as the second end ring; wherein the apparatus further comprises a first rotor interface adjacent the first end of the rotor, the first rotor interface comprising a first circumferential interface magnet and a first outer interface magnet, the first circumferential interface magnet facing the circumferential surface of the first end ring and having the same magnetic polarity as the first end ring, the first outer interface magnet facing the outer-facing surface of the first end ring and having the same magnetic polarity as the first end ring; and wherein, the apparatus further comprises a second rotor interface adjacent the second end of the rotor, the second rotor interface comprising a second circumferential interface magnet and a second outer interface magnet, the second circumferential interface magnet facing the circumferential surface of the second end ring and having the same magnetic polarity as the second end ring, the second outer interface magnet facing the outer-facing surface of the second end ring and having the same magnetic polarity as the second end ring. | 8,136 |
8,939,293 | 1. A planar composite membrane, comprising: a planar porous support structure comprising anodic aluminum oxide and having a first major surface and a mutually opposed second major surface, the porous support structure comprising substantially parallel elongate pore channels extending through the support structure from the first major surface to the second major surface; an active layer comprising an active layer material, the active layer being disposed within the elongate pore channels between the first major surface and the second major surface; and an aluminum rim integrally formed with an outer peripheral edge of said porous support structure, wherein the aluminum rim is directly bonded to the porous support structure without the use of an intermediate bonding material. | 41,482 |
8,662,212 | 1. A four wheel drive system for a vehicle having an engine, a pair of front non-steered wheels and a pair of rear steerable wheels, comprising (a) drive means connected with said front wheels for rotating the wheels independently of each other to afford counter rotation, wherein said drive means comprises a pair of variable displacement overcenter motors connected with the front wheels, respectively, said variable displacement overcenter motors being connected with said pump; (b) a pair of rear variable displacement motors connected with said rear steerable wheels, respectively, for driving and steering said steerable wheels; (c) a pump for supplying fluid to said motors; (d) a controller for controlling the operation of said drive means, said rear motors and said pump in accordance with input from an operator of the vehicle; and (e) servo controllers connected with said variable displacement overcenter motors and with said rear motors, said servo controllers controlling swash plates in said overcenter motors to an overcenter condition for counter rotation, said servo controllers being connected with said controller, whereby said front wheels may be driven simultaneously in opposite directions and said rear wheels may be driven at different speeds in the same direction to prevent wheel slippage and scuffing in unstable conditions and while executing a turn. | 8,609 |
8,367,717 | 1. A dithienobenzodithiophene of general formula (I) where R′ to R″ are each independently selected from the group consisting of a) H, b) halogen, c) —CN, d) —NO e) —OH, f) a C g) a C i) a C j) a C k) a C l) a —Y—C m) a —Y—C n) a —Y-3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl group, and o) a —Y-5-14 membered heteroaryl group, wherein each of the C is optionally substituted with 1-4 R R R Y is independently selected from the group consisting of divalent a C m is independently selected from 0, 1, or 2. | 14,891 |
9,250,575 | 1. A belt assembly, comprising: a frame; a tiltable roller with a rotary shaft, wherein the frame has a first space shaped to receive one end of the rotary shaft of the tiltable roller; a support roller with a rotary shaft, wherein the frame has a second space shaped to receive the rotary shaft of the support roller; a belt extending around the tiltable roller and the support roller, the belt being formed into an endless loop, wherein the support roller is able to be received in the second space of the frame by pivotally moving the support roller about the one end of the rotary shaft of the tiltable roller as a rotational axis, while keeping the belt taut; and an axial displacement device disposed at the one end of the rotary shaft of the tiltable roller, and able to contact the belt to move the belt along the rotary shaft of the tiltable roller in a width direction of the belt as the belt receives a force causing the belt to move in the width direction of the belt, wherein the axial displacement device causes the rotary shaft of the tiltable roller to tilt and to change the position of the one end of the rotary shaft of the tiltable roller, wherein the second space of the frame is shaped to receive the one end of the rotary shaft of the support roller while taking into account the changeable position of the one end of the rotary shaft of the tiltable roller. | 39,169 |
9,461,394 | 1. An electrical connector comprising: a connector housing configured to engage a mating connector during a mating operation; a contact array including pin contacts coupled to the connector housing, each of the pin contacts having an elongated body including a central plane that extends along a longitudinal axis to a mating end, the elongated body being rigid along an edge of the mating end to an end portion of the mating end, each of the pin contacts having first and second deflectable beams at the end portion of the mating end, the first deflectable beam being configured to engage a first flexible contact finger of the mating connector and deflect toward the central plane during the mating operation, the second deflectable beam being configured to engage a second flexible contact finger of the mating connector and deflect toward the central plane during the mating operation. | 37,163 |
8,816,236 | 1. A holder for flat objects, comprising: an endless belt made of a flexible sheet material, wherein an end portion of the belt is folded into itself forming an inner bend and an outer bend with the inner bend disposed inside of the outer bend; a set of first and second support rods which rods are disposed side by side in parallel to each other, the first rod at the bottom of the inner bend and the second rod at the bottom of the outer bend, with one of the first and second rods secured in a fixed position; and a pair of third and fourth rods extending through parallel endwise openings in the belt between the inner and outer bends, which third and fourth rods are disposed side by side in parallel to each other with the belt wound over the third and fourth rods so that the belt can slide over the third and fourth rods, whereby movement of the first rod away from the second rod causes sliding movement of the belt over the third and fourth rods to expose a mail piece disposed within the inner bend. | 25,554 |
9,781,558 | 1. A tracking device comprising: a location detector operative to determine locations of said tracking device; a communication device operative to communicate with a remote system; memory for storing data and code, said data including location data determined by said location detector and configuration data; a processor operative to execute said code to impart functionality to said tracking device, said functionality of said tracking device depending at least in part on said configuration data; a configuration routine operative to modify said configuration data responsive to a communication from said remote system; and a reporting routine operative to communicate operational data between said tracking device and said remote system; and wherein said configuration data modifiable responsive to said communication from said remote system at least partially determines a power state of said location detector, said power state affecting the power usage of said location detector. | 5,349 |
9,145,110 | 1. A charging system for a battery-powered vehicle, comprising: an on-board battery; a charger region; a wireless charger for generating an electric charging signal in the charger region to charge the battery; a plurality of sensors located to sense living beings in proximity to the charger region; and a controller for differentiating between transient conditions and living beings near the charger region, and only terminating the charging signal when a being is near the charger region. | 27,846 |
8,389,852 | 1. A solar cell comprising: a glass substrate comprising: a buffer layer comprising a silicon-inclusive dielectric material formed on and in direct contact with the glass substrate; a back electrode comprising Mo formed on and in direct contact with the buffer layer; an absorber layer formed on the back electrode comprising Mo; a transition layer comprising MoSe a front electrode. | 9,163 |
9,388,693 | 1. A conveyor system for use in mining, the conveyor system including: a) a track extending between a loading region and a discharge region; b) an endless belt bendable into a tubular shape, the endless belt having thickened edges; c) a number of carriages moveably mounted to the track, the carriages including belt rollers for engaging the edges of the belt to thereby support the belt; d) a number of belt driver rollers for driving the belt, the belt driver rollers being provided on at least some of the intermediate carriages. | 22,043 |
8,460,623 | 1. A method of extracting a metal from a nitrate-containing aqueous solution, the method comprising: contacting a nitrate-containing aqueous solution containing dissolved metal values with an organic phase comprising a water immiscible solvent and a reagent composition comprising an oxime having a structure represented by: wherein R separating the resultant metal-pregnant organic phase from the resultant metal-barren aqueous phase; and recovering metal values from the metal-pregnant organic phase. | 40,041 |
8,723,545 | 1. A probe card comprising: a main circuit board having an opening formed in the center thereof; a reinforcement member having a lower end that is coupled to the opening of the main circuit board to prevent deformation of the main circuit board; a sub-circuit board seated on an upper side of the reinforcement member, having a plurality of through-holes formed on the surface thereof, and electrically connected to the main circuit board; a space transformer mounted to position on a lower portion of the opening of the main circuit board and having a plurality of through-holes formed on the surface thereof; a plurality of wires having both ends inserted into the through-holes of the sub-circuit board and the space transformer to electrically connect the sub-circuit board and the space transformer with each other; and probes each having one end that is in contact with the wire inserted into the through-hole of the space transformer and the other hand that is in contact with a wafer to be tested, and provided on a lower portion of the space transformer. | 30,371 |
9,037,310 | 1. A monitoring system for a water purification device, the monitoring system comprising: a water purification device comprising an output flow rate sensor for measuring the amount of purified water leaving the water purification device; a local controller for entering the amount of purified water leaving on the basis of the output sensor; a remote controller for modifying operation of the water purification device based on the amount of purified water leaving the water purification device; and a self-locating device having an output to the remote controller indicative of the geographical location of the water purification device, wherein the remote controller modifies operation of the at least one water purification device based on the geographical location of the water purification device. | 26,430 |
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