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9,130,213 | 1. A cathode composition for a lithium secondary battery, comprising: a compound of formula Li x Na 2-x MnPO 4 F, wherein the compound of formula Li wherein the compound of formula Li | 42,891 |
8,442,312 | 1. An apparatus that detects an area specified based on a mark of a specific color out of three primary colors in pigment or three primary colors in light from an image, the apparatus comprising: a color separating unit that separates the specific color by correcting a tone level of the specific color and tone levels of two colors based on the tone levels of the two colors, the two colors being two primary colors other than the specific color in pigment when the specific color is one out of three primary colors in pigment and the two colors being two primary colors other than the specific color in light when the specific color is one out of three primary colors in light; and an area detecting unit that detects the area by specifying the mark based on the corrected tone level of the specific color separated by the color separating unit, wherein a minimum value of the tone level corresponds to a value of a tone level of a darkest color, and a maximum value of the tone level corresponds to a value of a tone level of a brightest color, and the color separating unit separates the specific color by adding a value obtained by subtracting a smaller value of a tone level out of tone levels of complementary colors of the two colors from the maximum value of the tone level, to a tone level of a complementary color of the specific color. | 19,528 |
9,088,228 | 1. A method of signalling anomalous operation of an electronic power system ( 6 ) of a multiple-phase alternator ( 11 ), said method comprising: rectifying phase voltages (Ph controlling an excitation current of said alternator ( monitoring conformity of a standard characteristic of at least one of said phase voltages (Ph signaling a non-conformity of said standard characteristic of at least one of said phase voltages (Ph | 40,930 |
9,677,511 | 1. An exhaust gas cooler, comprising: an outer housing and an inner housing having a heat exchanger insert arranged therein, the heat exchanger insert including a plurality of pipes around which exhaust gas flows transversely in the inner housing and through at least some of which a coolant of a first cooling circuit flows, wherein at least a portion of the outer housing is cooled by a second cooling circuit, the second cooling circuit being separate from the first cooling circuit. | 40,598 |
8,538,644 | 1. An engine control system comprising: a minimum torque module that selectively determines a first minimum propulsion torque based on second and third minimum propulsion torques when a torque converter clutch is in unlocked and locked states, respectively; a zero pedal torque module that selectively sets a zero pedal torque equal to the first minimum propulsion torque; a pedal request module that determines a pedal torque request based on an accelerator pedal position, a vehicle speed, and the zero pedal torque; a driver request module that determines a driver axle torque request based on the pedal torque request; a shaping module that selectively shapes the driver axle torque request and that determines a shaped driver axle torque request based on the driver axle torque request; a conversion module that converts the first minimum propulsion torque into a minimum axle torque; and a final driver request module that sets a final driver axle torque request equal to a greater one of the shaped driver axle torque request and the minimum axle torque. | 18,419 |
9,263,776 | 1. A battery system, comprising: a battery pack comprising a plurality of battery modules, each battery module comprising at least one battery cell; and a plurality of measuring units, wherein each measuring unit is connected to at least two of the battery modules, wherein each measuring unit comprises at least two first analog front ends (AFEs) configured to monitor at least one characteristic of the at least two battery modules, wherein each first AFE is configured to transmit information related to the monitored characteristic via an isolator to a processor configured to control the battery pack based on the transmitted information, and wherein the isolator is configured to receive the transmitted information only from an AFE which is not connected to the battery module of the battery modules having the least electric potential or to the battery module of the battery modules having the greatest electric potential. | 17,554 |
8,911,589 | 1. A dielectric spacer ring dimensioned so as to provide a clearance gap between a lower surface of a substrate located on a substrate support surface in a plasma etching chamber and an upper surface of the dielectric spacer ring wherein the clearance gap allows for thermal expansion of the dielectric spacer ring during plasma etching of the substrate, the dielectric spacer ring being further dimensioned so as to be surrounded by an edge ring dimensioned so as to underlie the substrate and provide a clearance gap between a lower surface of the substrate and an upper surface of the edge ring wherein the dielectric spacer ring comprises an axially upward extending portion formed on a radially inner surface of a coupling ring; wherein the dielectric spacer ring has a width of from about 0.5 to 2.5 mm and a height of from about 1 to 3 mm; wherein the dielectric spacer ring is configured to electrically insulate the edge ring from the substrate support. | 35,837 |
8,674,217 | 1. A cable-organizing circuit board for use with a transmission cable, said cable-organizing circuit board comprising: a board body having a circuit-layout section and a non-circuit-layout section that are connected to each other; and a protruding hanger arm disposed at said non-circuit-layout section of said board body and being co-planar with said board body, said protruding hanger arm being adapted to be permit a segment of the transmission cable to pass thereunder, the segment of the transmission cable is disposed beneath a bottom surface of said protruding hanger arm, and remaining segments of the transmission cable are disposed above a top surface of said board body opposite to said bottom surface of said protruding hanger arm when the segment of the transmission cable passes under said protruding hanger arm, wherein said board body further includes an inner sidewall, said protruding hanger arm being generally T-shaped, and including a connecting arm portion connected to said inner sidewall of said board body, and a stop arm portion formed at a distal end of said connecting arm portion and adapted for preventing the transmission cable from slipping off said protruding hanger arm and wherein said inner sidewall includes a first wall portion connected to said connecting arm portion of said protruding hanger arm, and two second wall portions connected to said first wall portion and respectively spaced apart from opposite sides of said protruding hanger arm and said inner sidewall further includes a third wall portion connected between said second wall portions and spaced apart from said stop arm portion of said protruding hanger arm. | 151 |
8,409,311 | 1. A filtering device for the filtration of combustion air in internal combustion engines, comprising a soft yielding flexible filter element ( wherein the filter element ( wherein a wall of the filter element ( in that the hose-shaped filter element ( in that the support part ( wherein the support part ( wherein the filter element ( wherein the support part ( wherein an end face ( wherein a second one of said axially spaced opposing axial end faces ( wherein the end face section ( wherein the end face section ( wherein said wall of said support part ( | 43,659 |
9,349,425 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a driving signal generation unit configured to selectively drive a sub word line driving signal in response to a sub word line select signal; a sub word line driving unit configured to drive a sub word line in response to a main word line select signal and the sub word line driving signal; and a leakage path blocking unit configured to block a leakage path formed from the sub word line through the driving signal generation unit, in response to a test signal. | 48,308 |
9,107,864 | 1. A method for treating a human patient having a melanoma situated in the skin or skin tissue, the method comprising: administering to the patient an effective amount of a medicament to treat the melanoma, the medicament comprising whole killed cells of only one microbial pathogen, wherein the microbial pathogen is wherein the whole killed cells are whole cells wherein the whole killed cells are present in an amount effective to elicit an immune reaction effective to treat the melanoma. | 33,874 |
8,896,207 | 1. A fluorescent light fixture assembly comprising: a rapid start ballast configured to power a fluorescent lighting element; at least one LED lighting element having at least one LED array, and a first converter module and a second converter module positioned on opposite ends of the at least one LED array and between the ballast and the at least one LED array, wherein the first converter module is electrically connected to the ballast and is electrically connected in series to one end of the at least one LED array, and the second converter module is electrically connected in series to the ballast and is electrically connected in series to an opposite end of the at least one LED array, and wherein each of the first and second converter modules receives an AC power input from the ballast and converts the AC power input to a DC power output through rectification to power the at least one LED array, thereby allowing the LED lighting element to utilize both half cycles of an AC power supply, and wherein the first converter module comprises a first bridge rectifier and the second converter module comprises a second bridge rectifier; and wherein a plurality of resistors in parallel are positioned between the ballast and the rectifiers. | 44,446 |
8,960,710 | 1. A rear hoop for a snowboard boot binding, having an overall shape in the form of a U and comprising a central connecting part arranged between two arms, the two arms suitable for forming a movable connection with a snowboard boot binding, wherein the rear hoop comprises at least one zone where the rear hoop consists of an extruded hollow body and at least one zone with at least one chamber on each of the two arms, and wherein the two arms have inner side walls, said inner side walls comprising an opening providing access to a connecting means to allow connection of the rear hoop to a part of a snowboard boot binding. | 42,742 |
8,462,760 | 1. A method for controlling signal transmission, comprising: determining a first reference variable, n determining a second reference variable, n determining a third reference variable, n determining transmission times of said signal, n wherein n and N | 44,689 |
8,929,466 | 1. A data receiving circuit for obtaining a received data signal from a pair of received differential signals received through a pair of transmission lines, said data receiving circuit comprising: a first differential stage configured to generate a first differential signal corresponding to a level difference between said pair of received differential signals; a level converting and outputting stage configured to binalize a signal obtained by amplifying an amplitude of said first differential signal to output said binalized signal as said received data signal; a second differential stage configured to generate second and third differential signals, said second differential signal corresponding to said level difference between said pair of differential signals and said third differential signal being a phase-inverted signal of the second differential signal; and an amplitude controlling stage configured to suppress amplitudes of said pair of received differential signals by discharging a current corresponding to said second differential signal and a current corresponding to said third differential signal to respective ones of said pair of transmission lines. | 3,414 |
8,492,539 | 1. A compound of the following general formula, 49B: wherein R R R Nu is F, Cl, N wherein R is independently selected from the group consisting of arylalkyl, a (C wherein R′ is hydrogen or a (C | 273 |
9,379,597 | 1. A system for driving an electromagnetic appliance comprising: an electromagnetic appliance; and a drive unit driving the electromagnetic appliance, the drive unit including a first power converter converting a direct current voltage inputted from a pair of direct current power source lines into an n-phase alternating current voltage, where n is a positive integer equal to or greater than 2, a second power converter converting the direct current voltage into an n-phase alternating current voltage, and a controller controlling operations of the first and the second power converters; wherein the first and the second power converters each includes a main-half bridge circuit for each of the n phases and a sub-half bridge circuit for each of the n phases being in parallel connection with one another between the pair of direct current power source lines, an n number of sub-inductors disposed between a midpoint of the main-half bridge circuit for each of the n phases and a mid point of the sub-half bridge circuit for each of the n phases, each of the main-half bridge circuits including a pair of main-switching elements, a main-freewheeling diode in an inverse-parallel connection with each of the main-switching elements, and each of the sub-half bridge circuits including a pair of sub-switching elements, and wherein the electromagnetic appliance includes a first coil and a second coil for each of the n phases being connected to a midpoint of the main-half bridge circuit for each of the n phases provided in the first and the second power converters, and an iron core on which both the first and the second coils for each of the n phases are wound, the electromagnetic appliance being configured to excite the iron core in a predetermined direction by energizing the first and the second coils for each of the n phases with n-phase currents being opposite in phase from one another, and wherein the controller is configured to control the first and the second power converters so that the n-phase alternating current voltage is applied to the first and the second coils for each of the n phases, and is further configured so that both of the pair of main-switching elements of each of the n phases are turned off during a simultaneous off period, the simultaneous off period including a first period in which a freewheeling current flows through a main-freewheeling diode of a given phase located at a different position than a main-switching element of said given phase being turned on after the simultaneous off period, and a sub-switching element of said given phase turned on during the first period. | 12,849 |
9,224,893 | 1. A manufacturing method of antireflection substrate structure, comprising: providing a silicon wafer, having a first rough surface; forming an antireflection optical film on the silicon wafer, wherein the antireflection optical film conformally overlays the first rough surface; performing, after the antireflection optical film is formed on the silicon wafer, a surface treatment on the antireflection optical film so that the antireflection optical film has a hydrophilic surface, wherein the hydrophilic surface is relatively far away from the silicon wafer; dropping, after the surface treatment is performed on the antireflection optical film, a colloidal solution on the hydrophilic surface of the antireflection optical film, wherein the colloidal solution comprises a solution and a plurality of nano-balls and the nano-balls are adhered onto the hydrophilic surface; and performing an etching process on the hydrophilic surface of the antireflection optical film by taking the nano-balls as an etching mask so as to form a second rough surface, wherein roughness of the second rough surface is different from roughness of the first rough surface. | 18,435 |
9,053,092 | 1. A computer system, comprising: a plurality of peripheral devices; and at least one switch connected to each of the peripheral devices, wherein the switch is configured to transfer a command to a plurality of elements, the plurality of elements comprising at least the peripheral devices, wherein a first of the peripheral devices is configured to initiate at least one command for direct access to a plurality of memory areas, each of the memory areas being associated with a distinct element of the plurality of elements, wherein the switch is configured to send at least a part of the at least one command to one or more of the elements, wherein at least one of the elements consists of a second of the peripheral devices, wherein the second peripheral device comprises: a local memory, and a controller configured to receive the at least one command, wherein the command is for direct access to the local memory, wherein the command is received from the first peripheral device via the switch, and wherein the controller is also configured to send the received command to a component of the second peripheral device, wherein the controller is configured to check the validity of the command and compare an area of a memory of the second peripheral device with at least one predetermined memory area, wherein the computer system enables the first peripheral device to perform a direct transfer of at least one item of data to or from a memory of the at least first peripheral device from or to each of the elements, except from or to the first device, on the basis of a single command. | 12,470 |
9,147,058 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a touch sensitive display; and data processing circuitry configured to: | 48,638 |
9,755,543 | 1. A method of controlling a power supply device configured to supply DC power to a load circuit, the power supply device including: an output terminal and a ground terminal; a diode bridge to which an alternating current voltage is input; an inductor coupled to an output of the diode bridge; a diode whose anode is electrically coupled to the inductor and whose cathode is electrically coupled to the output terminal; a first capacitor electrically coupled between the output terminal and the ground terminal; a switch transistor electrically coupled between the anode of the diode and the ground terminal, a voltage dividing circuit coupled with the output terminal and the ground terminal; and an error amplifier coupled with the voltage dividing circuit and a reference voltage; an oscillation frequency control circuit coupled with the error amplifier; a triangular wave generating circuit coupled with the oscillation frequency control circuit, and which includes a second capacitor, a first current mirror circuit having two current outputs, and a second current mirror circuit having one current output that is a replica of a first of the two current outputs of the first current mirror circuit; and a PWM control circuit coupled with the triangular wave generating circuit, and the method comprising the steps of: | 41,672 |
8,436,475 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: an integrated circuit (IC) die, comprising: including a substrate; a plurality of through substrate vias (TSVs); and a metal layer; the substrate including a top semiconductor comprising surface and a bottom surface on an opposite side of said IC die; the plurality of through substrate vias (TSVs) each comprising a first metal extending from said top semiconductor surface through said substrate to a tip protruding from the bottom surface, and which is partially covered with a dielectric liner and partially exposed from the dielectric liner; and the metal layer on said bottom surface of said IC die physically connecting the plurality of TSVs and physically and electrically connected to connecting the first metal protruding tips of TSVs. | 1,686 |
8,494,732 | 1. Method for controlling a powertrain system including an engine, a transmission and a torque machine connected to an energy storage device, the transmission operative to transfer power between the engine and the torque machine and an output member coupled to a driveline coupled to a wheel including an actuable friction brake, the torque machine operative to react torque transferred from the wheel through the driveline to the output member of the transmission, the engine selectively operative in an all-cylinder state and a cylinder deactivation state and selectively operative in a fueled state and a fuel cutoff state, the method comprising: monitoring operator torque requests comprising operator inputs to a brake pedal and an accelerator pedal; detecting a braking event based upon the operator torque requests; determining a net predicted output torque corresponding to the operator inputs to the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal and determining a predicted accelerator output torque corresponding to the operator input to the accelerator pedal; determining a range of permissible output torques, said range defined by the net predicted output torque and the predicted accelerator output torque, said range further limited based upon a minimum output torque as a function of a minimum input torque; evaluating candidate input torques from the engine for each of the engine states and determining corresponding candidate output torques reactable through the output member of the transmission to the driveline, the candidate output torques limited within the range of permissible output torques; determining power costs for operating the transmission for the candidate input torques; and identifying a preferred engine state and a preferred input torque comprising the candidate input torque and the corresponding engine state having a minimum power cost for operating the transmission during the braking event. | 48,548 |
8,357,547 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor bio-sensor, the method comprising: providing a substrate; forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate; forming a patterned first conductive layer on the first dielectric layer, the patterned first conductive layer including a first portion and a pair of second portions to sandwich the first portion; forming a second dielectric layer on the patterned first conductive layer, the second dielectric layer having an etch rate greater than that of the patterned first conductive layer; forming a third dielectric layer on the second dielectric layer; forming a fourth dielectric layer on the third dielectric layer, the fourth dielectric layer having an etch rate greater than that of the thirds dielectric layer; forming cavities into the fourth dielectric layer by an isotropic etch; forming vias through the cavities by an anisotropic etch, exposing the second portions of the patterned first conductive layer; forming a patterned second conductive layer on the fourth dielectric layer, which fills the cavities and results in pads over the second portions of the patterned first conductive layer; forming a passivation layer on the patterned second conductive layer; forming an opening by an anisotropic etch, the opening exposing a portion of the third dielectric layer over the first portion of the patterned first conductive layer; and forming a chamber between the pads by an isotropic etch through the opening. | 46,690 |
8,359,844 | 1. An exhaust treatment system comprising: a catalyst housing that is coupled to an exhaust system and that receives exhaust gas output by an engine of a hybrid vehicle; M three-way catalysts that are arranged inside said catalyst housing and that receive said exhaust gas, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to four; N electrically heated catalysts (EHCs) that are arranged inside said catalyst housing, that receive said exhaust gas, that include a substrate, that include a catalyst that is applied to said substrate, and that provide radiant heat to said M three-way catalysts when said N EHCs are powered, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to three, wherein one of said M three-way catalysts is positioned upstream of all of said N EHCs; and P buffer zones inside said catalyst housing, wherein P is an integer greater than or equal to six. | 8,733 |
9,513,694 | 1. An information processing apparatus including an electric-power generating circuit configured to generate electric power; an electric storage configured to store therein the electric power generated by the electric-power generating circuit; and a control circuit configured to select the electric storage or a commercial power source as an electric power source to supply electric power into the information processing apparatus, wherein while in an energy-saving waiting mode in which the information processing apparatus is in a waiting state to wait for an input of a job, the control circuit selects the electric storage as the electric power source, when the input job is for a predetermined low operation, the control circuit supplies the electric power from the electric storage only to a section that is used for the predetermined low operation, the predetermined low operation being a single function operation including scanning, copying, printing or faxing, when the electric power stored in the electric storage is less than a predetermined threshold in an energy-saving low-operation mode, the electric power is supplied from the commercial power source, when the electric power stored in the electric storage is less than the predetermined threshold, the control circuit transitions from the energy-saving low-operation mode to a normal low-operation mode and the electric power is supplied from the commercial power source, when the electric power stored in the electric storage is not less than the predetermined threshold and the control circuit does not transition from the energy-saving low-operation mode to the normal low-operation mode thereby staying in the energy-saving low-operation mode, the control circuit prevents simultaneous execution of the predetermined low operation and a second low operation, when the input job is a job other than the job of the predetermined low operation, the control circuit selects the commercial power source as the electric power source, and the control circuit executes the input job by using a section to which the electric power is supplied from the electric storage or the commercial power source. | 24,516 |
9,282,375 | 1. A multimedia content delivery method, comprising: providing a bidirectional connection between a set top box and a mobile device configured to provide wireless telephone service; sending a multimedia program listing indicative of programs, including a particular program, available from a multimedia service provider, from the set top box to the mobile device via the bidirectional connection; wherein the bidirectional connection includes a wireless link between the mobile device and a wireless network and an access link between the set top box and an access network connecting the set top box to the service provider; receiving, by the set top box via the bidirectional connection, first user input indicative of the particular program; indicating the particular program in a user list; and storing the user list. | 11,339 |
8,609,098 | 1. A food composition for treating obesity comprising, as an active ingredient, an IgY-type antibody against an antigen that comprises, as an epitope, amino acid sequence numbers 416 to 635 of NPC1L1 (Niemann-Pick C1-Like1) that is an intestinal cholesterol transport protein encoded by the amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID. No:2. | 19,415 |
8,612,638 | 1. A wireless communication system that is capable of establishing a wireless connection between a host computer and devices, which share association information including a host computer identifier (ID) information and a device ID information, the system comprising: a host computer; a first device that has established a first wireless connection with said host computer based on first association information including a first device ID information; and a second device that has not established a second wireless connection with said host computer, wherein said host computer comprises: a generation unit configured to generate second association information, including a temporary ID information different from the first device ID information, for the second wireless connection with said second device; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the second association information to said first device by using the first wireless connection, wherein said first device comprises: a storing unit configured to store, when said first device is equipped with a removable memory device, the second association information into the removable memory device, wherein said second device comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the second association information from the removable memory device when said second device is equipped with the removable memory device that stores the second association information; and a wireless connection unit configured to establish the second wireless connection with said host computer by using the second association information acquired by said acquisition unit. | 31,413 |
8,529,867 | 1. A method for generating hydrogen for a consuming apparatus, comprising the steps of: providing an aluminum source for supplying aluminum; providing a hydroxide source for supplying a hydroxide; providing a water source for supplying water; providing a waste reservoir separate from said aluminum source, said hydroxide source, and said water source; providing a reaction chamber separate from said aluminum source, said hydroxide source, said water source, and said waste reservoir; combining a ratio of said aluminum, said hydroxide, and said water in said reaction chamber to cause a chemical reaction, said chemical reaction expending amounts of said aluminum, said hydroxide, and said water and outputting hydrogen, heat, and a waste solution in accordance with a reaction rate corresponding to a demand for said hydrogen by said consuming apparatus; providing an additional amount of at least one of said aluminum, said hydroxide, or said water to at least one inlet of said reaction chamber in accordance with said reaction rate to replace said expending amounts of said aluminum, said hydroxide, or said water as it is being expended; outputting in accordance with said reaction rate said waste solution from an outlet of said reaction chamber to said waste reservoir as said waste solution is being output by said chemical reaction, said at least one outlet being separate from said at least one inlet; and controlling the additional amount of at least one of said aluminum, said hydroxide, or said water provided to said reaction chamber and the output of said waste solution from said reaction chamber to said waste reservoir to maintain said ratio and control generation of said hydrogen in accordance with said demand for said hydrogen by said consuming apparatus. | 32,126 |
9,403,887 | 1. An endothelial cell-specific promoter comprising the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4. | 26,122 |
9,791,633 | 1. An optical path system, comprising: a first block comprising a first plurality of fiber optic guides, arranged in a first configuration to receive a first plurality of optical fibers; a second block comprising a second plurality of fiber optic guides, arranged in a second configuration to receive a second plurality of optical fibers, wherein a first face of the second block abuts a first face of the first block and wherein the first block is movable relative to the second block; and a plurality of micro-position adjusting mechanisms configured to move the first block relative to the second block to align the first plurality of optical fibers with the second plurality of optical fibers, wherein one of the plurality of micro-position adjusting mechanisms is configured to move the first block relative to the second block to produce a sub-micron alignment between the first plurality of optical fibers and the second plurality of optical fibers; and a plurality of macro-position adjusting mechanisms wherein one of the plurality of macro-positioning adjusting mechanisms is configured to move the second block horizontally such that the first face of the second block no longer abuts the first face of the first block. | 25,711 |
8,745,973 | 1. An engine control system, comprising: a first electronic circuit configured to a second electronic circuit configured to, during the first period, (i) determine an efficiency of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) material based on measured amounts of nitrogen oxide (NOx) during the first period and expected NOx amounts, and (ii) determine a dosing offset based on the determined efficiency of the SCR material, wherein the second amount of the reducing agent is based on the dosing offset. | 30,968 |
9,262,983 | 1. A system comprising: a device comprising: a display medium that is physically separate from the device, the display medium configured to: the device further comprising one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising: | 18,849 |
8,473,571 | 1. A computer-implemented method for synchronizing a presentation state between a presenting application executing on a presenter device and a viewing application executing on an attendee device, the method comprising: receiving a presentation state from the presenting application, the presenting application operative to read a presentation file and to display a local presentation in response to reading the presentation file, the presentation state representing a current state of the local presentation; receiving a request for the presentation state from the viewing application; and in response to receiving the request for the presentation state, providing the presentation state to the viewing application, wherein when the presentation state includes a plurality of coordinate parameters, the plurality of coordinate parameters at least partly defining a path, the plurality of coordinate parameters are provided to the viewing application. | 12,577 |
9,536,860 | 1. A stretchable display, comprising: a plurality of pixel substrates arranged in a matrix having row and column directions, wherein each of the pixel substrates comprises an island and a flexible hinge connecting the island to at least one of the adjacent pixel substrates, wherein the island of each of the pixel substrates comprises a plurality of first sides and a plurality of second sides, wherein each of the first and second sides is not parallel to the row and column directions, and wherein the flexible hinge of each of the pixel substrates comprises: | 7,349 |
9,552,053 | 1. A method for power management in a computer system including multiple processors and multiple power supplies operable to supply power to the multiple processors, the method comprising: receiving a notification of a pending change in an operating status of one or more of the multiple processors at a power management engine; and in response to the received notification: | 10,723 |
9,060,359 | 1. A method for transmitting data in a wireless local area network system, performed by a station, the method comprising: receiving control information from an access point, the control information including station group configuration information and time information, wherein the time information includes a start time and a duration for a contention phase, and wherein the station group configuration information includes information about a plurality of association identifiers (AIDs) used to identify a group of stations that are only allowed to access the contention phase indicated by the time information; determining whether the station belongs to the group of stations indicated by the station group configuration information; and performing a contention with other stations in the group of stations during the contention phase when the station determines that the station belongs to the group of stations. | 22,458 |
8,920,991 | 1. A steam reformer, comprising: an interior reactor positioned within an exterior shell of the steam reformer; a reaction chamber inside the interior reactor, the reaction chamber including: | 21,665 |
8,720,306 | 1. A turbine engine comprising: a fan; a compressor section; a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section; a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor; and a gearbox having a plurality of double helical gears in meshed engagement, each of the plurality of double helical gears disposed about an axis, each of the plurality of double helical gears having a first plurality of gear teeth axially spaced apart from a second plurality of gear teeth by a circumferential ring, wherein each of the first plurality of gear teeth has a first end facing the circumferential ring and each of the second plurality of gear teeth has a first end facing the circumferential ring, wherein each first end of the first plurality of gear teeth is circumferentially offset from each first end of the second plurality of gear teeth by a predetermined amount in response to a gear characteristic; and the gearbox including an epicyclic gear system. | 7,294 |
8,363,187 | 1. A liquid crystal panel, comprising: a liquid crystal cell having a plurality of color filters having different colors and a liquid crystal layer which is provided in contact with the plurality of color filters, in which different thicknesses are set depending upon a region in contact with each of the plurality of color filters, and which further contains liquid crystal molecules aligned homogeneously; a first polarizer which is provided on a side of the plurality of color filters of the liquid crystal cell, and whose absorption axis is directed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a major axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules under no voltage application; a second polarizer which is provided on a side of the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal cell, and whose absorption axis is directed in a direction substantially parallel to the major axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules; a retardation film which is provided between the liquid crystal layer and the second polarizer, and whose in-plane direction refractive index is substantially uniform and whose thickness direction refractive index is smaller than the in-plane direction refractive index, wherein an in-plane retardation value Re[550] of the liquid crystal cell with respect to light with a wavelength of 550 nm that is green light is represented by where nx 550 is a principal refractive index in a slow axis direction in a plane of the liquid crystal layer with respect to light with a wavelength of 550 nm, ny 550 is a principal refractive index in a fast axis direction in a plane of the liquid crystal layer with respect to light with a wavelength of 550 nm, and d G is a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in a region in contact with the green color filter; wherein an in-plane retardation value Re[450] of the liquid crystal cell with respect to light with a wavelength of 450 nm that is blue light is represented by where nx 450 is a principal refractive index in a slow axis direction in a plane of the liquid crystal layer with respect to light with a wavelength of 450 nm, ny 450 is a principal refractive index in a fast axis direction in a plane of the liquid crystal layer with respect to light with a wavelength of 450 nm, and d B is a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in a region in contact with the blue color filter; and wherein the in-plane retardation value Re[550] and the in-plane retardation value Re[450] satisfy a relationship of | 9,902 |
9,304,577 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a memory; and a controller in communication with said memory, the controller comprising a first portion configured to operate in a first power domain and a second portion configured to operate in a second power domain isolated from the first power domain, the first portion comprising an input/output (I/O) cell operating in the first power domain, the second portion comprising an I/O pad operating in the second power domain and corresponding to the I/O cell, the first portion further configured to control power saving operations and use the I/O cell to maintain a previous state of the I/O pad, and the second portion of the controller further configured to process read/write operations to/from said memory. | 46,035 |
9,378,859 | 1. A polymer gel, comprising: (a) a polymer network, comprising: (b) a liquid medium supported within the polymer network. | 19,410 |
8,502,456 | 1. A computer-implemented method of managing energy use in a system of lights, comprising: receiving, at a communications receiver of a first lighting assembly, a lighting profile that instructs the first lighting assembly to operate according to the lighting profile over a first period of time, the lighting profile received wirelessly by the communications receiver from a control center remote from the first lighting assembly, wherein the control center additionally provides lighting profiles to a plurality of other lighting assemblies; implementing, at the first lighting assembly, the received lighting profile, including causing a light of the first lighting assembly to illuminate at a first intensity; receiving, at a sensing module of the first lighting assembly, an input acquired in proximity to the first lighting assembly, the input indicating activity in a region proximate the first lighting assembly; deviating from the received lighting profile by increasing the intensity of the light of the first lighting assembly, in response to the received input acquired in proximity to the first lighting assembly, by causing the light of the first lighting assembly to illuminate at a second intensity for a predetermined period of time, the second intensity greater than the first intensity; and wirelessly transmitting a message via a communications transmitter of the first lighting assembly for receipt by the control center, the message comprising an indication of the increased light intensity and an identifier associated with the first lighting assembly. | 16,113 |
9,221,715 | 1. A method for strengthening an anti-reflective coating, the method comprising: ion implanting a first chemical dopant into the anti-reflective coating without intermediate ion exchange, the first chemical dopant strengthening the anti-reflective coating; and exchanging at least some of the first chemical dopant within the anti-reflective coating with a second chemical dopant different than the first chemical dopant, the second chemical dopant further strengthening the anti-reflective coating, wherein the anti-reflective coating is substantially transparent to visible light and configured to reduce optical reflection of light incident a surface of the anti-reflective coating, the anti-reflective coating including a plurality of layers, wherein the first and second chemical dopants enter into at least one of the plurality of layers. | 38,528 |
9,569,310 | 1. A method comprising: configuring a logical interface to have a pre-snapshot configuration indicating that the logical interface is to tag write requests with a pre-snapshot, wherein a write request is an I/O operation targeting a storage object, and wherein the I/O operation, but not the storage object, is to be tagged; receiving a first set of write requests to modify data of a volume of a consistency group, wherein each write request of the first set of write requests is tagged by the logical interface with the pre-snapshot tag based upon the logical interface having the pre-snapshot configuration; receiving a snapshot create request to create a snapshot of the consistency group; responsive to receiving the snapshot create request, configuring the logical interface to have a post-snapshot configuration indicating that the logical interface is to tag write requests with a post-snapshot tag, wherein the pre-snapshot tag and the post-snapshot tag comprise bit values; receiving a second set of write requests to modify data of the volume of the consistency group, wherein each write request of the second set of write requests is tagged by the logical interface with the post-snapshot tag based upon the logical interface having the post-snapshot configuration; and implementing the snapshot create request to create the snapshot of the consistency group, wherein the first set of write requests are utilized to create the snapshot based upon the pre-snapshot tag and the second set of write requests are not utilized to create the snapshot based upon the post-snapshot tag. | 21,935 |
9,168,292 | 1. A method for inducing an immune response in a subject against an antigen from a malaria-causing parasite, the method comprising: (i) administering to a subject a priming composition comprising adjuvanted proteinaceous antigen comprising circumsporozoite (CS) protein from a malaria-causing parasite; (ii) administering to the subject a first boosting composition comprising a recombinant adenovirus vector that comprises nucleic acid encoding CS protein from a malaria-causing parasite; and (iii) administering to the subject a second boosting composition comprising a recombinant adenovirus vector that comprises nucleic acid encoding CS protein from a malaria-causing parasite, wherein either the first boosting composition comprises a recombinant adenovirus vector of serotype 35 (Ad35) and the second boosting composition comprises a recombinant adenovirus of Ad26, or wherein the first boosting composition comprises a recombinant adenovirus vector of Ad26 and the second boosting composition comprises a recombinant adenovirus of Ad35. | 7,441 |
8,889,404 | 1. A method for producing biogas from organic substances, wherein fermentation substrate is supplied to a container by a feed system; at least two agitator mechanisms are arranged in the container; said agitator mechanisms each have propellers which are rotated via drives and generate mostly horizontal flows of the fermentation substrate in the container; and said propellers each have a propeller diameter, a propeller geometry and a propeller position selected such that a common mixing zone of the fermentation substrate is generated in the container; said method comprising: measuring floating layer data indicating the presence or absence of a floating layer on the surface of the fermentation substrate in the container; transmitting measured fermentation substrate velocity and/or viscosity data and the floating layer data to a regulating unit for adjusting the introduction of power from the agitator mechanisms into the mixing zone and at least one of the composition of the fermentation substrate and the flow behavior of the container contents; and adjusting said introduction of power from the agitator mechanisms into the mixing zone and at least one of the composition of the fermentation substrate and the flow behavior of the container contents as needed in response to the measured fermentation substrate velocity and/or viscosity data and/or floating layer formation data in order to maintain the fermentation substrate velocity and/or viscosity within target ranges without floating layer formation, wherein when the floating layer data indicates the presence of the floating layer the power introduced to the at least two agitator mechanisms is increased relative to the power introduced to the at least two agitator mechanisms when the floating layer is absent. | 41,803 |
8,671,271 | 1. A method of configuring a basic input/output system (BIOS) controlling at least one resource of a computer comprising: configuring the BIOS according to a first set of configuration parameters, the first set of configuration parameters defining that a resource controlled by the BIOS is unavailable; | 26,020 |
9,707,962 | 1. A method for predictive control of a cruise control system of a motor vehicle, and the motor vehicle having a navigation device which detects road incline data, the method comprising steps of: receiving route parameters of a stretch of road ahead of the motor vehicle from the navigation device; determining, via the cruise control system, a gradient profile of the stretch of road ahead based upon the route parameters received from the navigation device; dividing, via the cruise control system, the gradient profile into a plurality of gradient ranges based on a function of a target speed of the motor vehicle; segmenting, via the cruise control system, the gradient profile of the stretch of road ahead into sequential segments based on transitions of the gradient profile from one of the plurality of gradient ranges into another one of the plurality of gradient ranges; selecting, via the cruise control system, a control variant based on the gradient range of a current sequential segment of the gradient profile of the stretch of road ahead to set the target speed; operating a drive train of the motor vehicle, via the cruise control system, in a specific operational mode based on the control variant selected; and dividing the gradient profile into first, second, third and fourth gradient ranges; the first gradient range is defined as a range of road incline grades in which the target speed is unable to be maintained even when the drive train is operating under full load; the second gradient range is defined as a range of road incline grades in which the target speed is able to be achieved when the drive train is operating in a traction mode; the third gradient range is defined as a range of road incline grades in which the target speed is able to be either maintained or increased when the drive train is operating in an overrun mode; and the fourth gradient range is defined as a range of road incline grades in which the target speed is able to be either achieved or increased when the drive train is operating in a coasting mode. | 12,228 |
8,658,506 | 1. A method for selectively improving integrated circuit performance, comprising: defining a critical portion of an integrated circuit layout that determines the speed of the integrated circuit; identifying at least a part of the critical portion that includes a halo implant region; and performing a speed push flow process to increase performance of the part of the critical portion that includes the halo implant region, wherein the speed push flow process further comprises: | 7,800 |
9,458,729 | 1. An aircraft engine comprising: a stator; a main shaft, a first rotor, and a second rotor; a transmission mechanism configured to convert rotation of the main shaft into rotation of the first rotor in a first direction and into rotation of the second rotor in a second direction opposite the first direction; at least one first electrical device carried by the s rotor and at least one second electrical device carried by the second rotor; at least one first field winding carried by the stator; a control unit configured to cause direct electric current to flow in first field winding; and at least one first armature winding carried by the first rotor and connected to the first electrical device and at least one second armature winding carried by the second rotor and connected to the second electrical device; the first field winding being disposed between the first armature winding and the second armature winding. | 44,632 |
9,376,732 | 1. An apparatus for recycling electric arc furnace (EAF) dust material, the apparatus comprising: a heat controlling region configured to control a temperature of EAF dust material within the heat controlling region such that the temperature of the EAF dust material is sufficient to transform at least a portion of the EAF dust material into a mixture of gaseous zinc and one or more additional metals, wherein the one or more additional metals comprise iron-rich material and steel additives; and a separation volume coupled to the heat controlling region and configured to receive the mixture of gaseous zinc and one or more additional metals, wherein the separation volume is configured to: | 20,896 |
9,341,613 | 1. A container for storing, singulating and dispensing to a user individual strips of rigid or semi-rigid material from a plurality of such strips comprising: (a) a container having a body with a vertical axis, top and bottom ends, and an outer wall forming said container, said container being operable to house a plurality of axially inserted strips of rigid or semi-rigid material in an aggregately loose and variable position or orientation therein, said top end having at least a first dispensing aperture sized to permit the passage of a single strip and said outer wall having an external container surface and an internal container surface, (b) closure means for selectively exposing said first dispensing aperture for the passage of a single strip, and (c) an internal capture element having a planar surface to engage a single strip thereon from said plurality of strips, said surface having a proximal portion adjacent said internal container surface and a radially inward extending portion distal said internal container surface, said capture element being aligned with said first dispensing aperture and having at least one capture ridge extending from said surface at said radially inward extending portion distal said internal container surface a height, said height of said capture ridge being approximately equal to or less than the thickness of a single strip when engaged on said surface, (d) wherein said internal capture element is operable to divide or separate, and reorient said aggregately loose plurality of strips in variable position or orientation within said container and is operable to capture and guide said single strip into said first dispensing aperture for grasping by a user. | 32,047 |
8,963,056 | 1. A planar electrode system, comprising: at least two foil-type, planar electrodes ( a first connection ( a second connection ( wherein the foil-type, planar electrodes ( the foil-type planar electrode construction is adapted to operate both as a planar sensor, in which case the foil-type, electrically conductive, planar electrode ( wherein the foil-type, planar electrode construction comprises the at least two foil-type, planar electrodes ( the construction is adapted to operate such that one of at least two foil-type, planar electrodes is adapted to operate as the planar sensor, and the another one of the at least two foil-type, planar electrodes is adapted to operate as the electrical floor heating element. | 3,255 |
8,736,278 | 1. A fuse blow detection circuit, comprising: a fuse circuit comprising a fuse having a first end coupled to ground; a common node coupled to a second end of said fuse; a pre-charge circuit coupled to said common node for pre-charging said common node to a pre-charged HIGH level; an inverter having an inverter output and an inverter input, wherein said inverter input is coupled to said common node; a feedback latch coupled between a voltage source and ground and having a latch input coupled to said inverter output and a latch output coupled to said common node; and a test circuit coupled to said common node, wherein in a normal mode said test circuit adds strength to said feedback latch for purposes of maintaining said common node at said pre-charged HIGH level, such that in a test mode said feedback latch is weaker than in said normal mode for purposes of maintaining said common node at said pre-charged HIGH level. | 39,126 |
9,187,183 | 1. A combined emergency beacon and flight recorder device for an aircraft, comprising a combined emergency beacon and flight recorder; and a frame having at least one outer side face fitted with a solar panel and configured to fit into a housing created in an airfoil element of the aircraft; and wherein the combined device is ejectable and at least one of the following: buoyant or fitted with a flotation device. | 6,658 |
8,780,189 | 1. A railway vehicle wheel slide detection system including: an image capture means to capture a plurality of images of a wheel; and a processing means to receive at least two of said captured images, identify said wheel and analyze the at least two images, detect at least one component, feature, or marker on the wheel, whether a part of the wheel or added to the wheel, and compare the relative positions of the at least one component, feature or marker in said at least two images to detect a difference in position of the at least one component, feature or marker to determine whether said wheel is rotating or not rotating. | 27,244 |
9,713,089 | 1. A communication apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to perform communication, conforming to near field communication (NFC) standard, for another communication apparatus to access a storage unit included in the communication apparatus, the wireless communication unit being operable with power supplied from the other communication apparatus in a case where the communication apparatus is at least in a power-off state; and a shift unit configured to shift the communication apparatus from the power-off state into a power-on state in a case where, in communication, with the other communication apparatus, having been started using the wireless communication unit when the communication apparatus is in the power-off state, the other communication apparatus has accessed the storage unit with the access satisfying a predetermined condition, wherein, in a case where the access, to the storage unit, satisfying the predetermined condition has not been executed in communication, with the other communication apparatus, having been started using the wireless communication unit when the communication apparatus is in the power-off state, the shift unit does not shift the communication apparatus from the power-off state into the power-on state. | 26,514 |
9,498,754 | 1. A method for improving a rejection of a reverse osmosis polyamide membrane, comprising: a step of passing an aqueous solution containing a first organic compound having a molecular weight of less than 200, a second organic compound having a molecular weight of 200 to less than 500, and a third organic compound having a molecular weight of 500 or more through the reverse osmosis polyamide membrane, thereby forming a water insoluble salt with the first organic compound and the second organic compound reacting with a carboxyl group of the reverse osmosis membrane to bind to the reverse osmosis membrane and fill up holes formed thereon by degradation of the reverse osmosis membrane, and improving the rejection rate of the reverse osmosis membrane, wherein the first organic compound is at least one composition selected from the group consisting of an aromatic amino compound, an aromatic amino carboxylic acid compound, an aliphatic amino compound, an aliphatic amino alcohol, a heterocyclic amino compound, and an amino acid compound, the second organic compound is a peptide or a derivative thereof, and the third organic compound is a tannin or a peptide. | 15,256 |
9,681,591 | 1. A heat-receiving device comprising: a first heat receiver into which a refrigerant flows, and that receives heat from a heat-generating part which is mounted on a printed circuit board; and a second heat receiver into which the refrigerant discharged from the first heat receiver flows, and that receives heat from the heat-generating part or another heat-generating part, wherein the first heat receiver includes: a thermostat is not provided in the second branch path, and heat receiving efficiency of the refrigerant flowing through the first branch path is greater than that of the refrigerant flowing through the second branch path, when the thermostat is fully opened, wherein an internal diameter of the first branch path in a direction parallel with a wall portion of the case facing the heat-generating part is greater than that of the second branch path in the direction. | 18,901 |
9,748,046 | 1. A power storage device comprising: a device main body having first and second principal surfaces extending in a length direction and a width direction, first and second side surfaces extending in the length direction and a thickness direction, and first and second end surfaces extending in the width direction and the thickness direction; a first internal electrode extracted to the first end surface, but not extracted to the second end surface; a second internal electrode opposed to the first internal electrode in the thickness direction, the second internal electrode extracted to the second end surface, but not extracted to the first end surface; a first electrolyte retaining layer on a first surface of the first internal electrode adjacent to the second internal electrode, the first electrolyte retaining layer retaining an electrolyte; a second electrolyte retaining layer on a first surface of the second internal electrode adjacent to the first internal electrode, the second electrolyte retaining layer retaining the electrolyte; a first surface layer on a second surface of the first internal electrode opposite to the first electrolyte retaining layer; and a second surface layer provided on a second surface of the second internal electrode opposite to the second electrolyte retaining layer, wherein the first internal electrode comprises: the second internal electrode comprises: the power storage device further comprising: the first electrolyte retaining layer is between the first adhesive member and the first current collector, and the second electrolyte retaining layer is between the second adhesive member and the second current collector. | 16,792 |
8,769,198 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a data read request on a first array for requested data stored on a multi-array storage network that includes the first array and at least a second array; processing the data read request to determine if the requested data is resident on the first array; if the requested data is resident on the first array, obtaining the requested data from a storage device included within the first array; and if the requested data is not resident on the first array, obtaining the requested data from a storage device included within the at least a second array via an out-of-band cache control process utilizing a dedicated network; wherein the out-of-band cache control process removes at least a portion of cache control functionality from a data path within the multi-array storage network and utilizes the dedicated network to transfer the data. | 17,738 |
9,802,948 | 1. A compound of formula (III′), wherein the Formula (III′) has the structure: wherein: R R R R R R or enantiomers, prodrugs, derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and wherein the compound is capable of inhibiting late SV40 factor (LSF). | 22,006 |
9,705,892 | 1. A processing system, comprising: a first processing device communicatively coupled to a real-time clock, the first processing device to modify an epoch value associated with the real-time clock responsive to detecting a reset of the real-time clock; and a second processing device implementing an architecturally-protected memory utilizing an enclave page cache (EPC), wherein the second processing device is to execute, in a first trusted execution environment, a first application to: | 23,593 |
8,904,142 | 1. A memory system configured to be coupled to a host, the memory system comprising: a first nonvolatile storage device; a second nonvolatile storage device, a memory capacity of the second nonvolatile storage device being smaller than a memory capacity of the first nonvolatile storage device, the second nonvolatile storage device being a different type of memory than the first nonvolatile storage device; and a controller configured to receive first data and a request for writing the first data from the host, the controller being configured to perform in response to the request: writing the first data to the second nonvolatile storage device; reading the first data from the second nonvolatile storage device; reading second data from the first nonvolatile storage device; and writing the read first and second data to the first nonvolatile storage device, wherein: a plurality of logical sector addresses are assigned to a storage region of the memory system, the memory system is configured to store management information and file data, the management information indicates which ones of the logical sector addresses are allocated to store the file data, and the management information is accessible from the host; and the first and second data are associated with consecutive addresses which are included in the logical sector addresses. | 8,055 |
8,430,245 | 1. An insert for use within the pocket of a carrier tape in a standard tape and reel packaging system, the pocket being defined by pocket side walls, comprising: insert sidewalls which are separate from the pocket of the carrier tape; a positioning mechanism within the insert sidewalls to position more than one component within the pocket of the carrier tape and for ensuring components remain in a desired orientation and alignment relative to each other and relative to the pocket; wherein the insert is shaped such that at least a portion of a perimeter of the insert can be in contact with portions of the pocket sidewalls; and wherein the positioning mechanism comprises protruding shaped members extending from an upward facing bottom surface of the insert, the protruding shaped members having top and side surfaces configured such that a component can be disposed onto the protruding shaped members with at least a portion of an inner bottom surface of the component and at least a portion of an inner bottom surface perimeter of the component are in contact with the top and side surfaces of the protruding shaped members; and wherein the protruding shaped members are connected via the bottom surface to the insert sidewalls. | 43,142 |
8,410,786 | 1. An apparatus for determining the location and magnitude of one or more unknown passive intermodulation (PIM) sources along a transmission line at distances unknown relative to the test port, comprising: a first signal source which outputs a first signal with a frequency of F a second signal source which outputs a second signal with a frequency of F a first signal combiner which combines the first signal and the second signal into a combined signal; a coupler connected to an output of the first signal combiner, wherein the coupler transmits the combined signal to a test port, and extracts a portion of a reflected intermodulation signal (RIS) from the test port; a signal port which provides a reference signal; and a second signal combiner which | 37,185 |
9,153,380 | 1. A shapeable, short-resistant capacitor, comprising: a first metal electrode having a thickness that is less than about 0.3 microns; a second metal electrode having a thickness that is less than about 0.3 microns; and a ceramic dielectric layer disposed between the first metal electrode and the second metal electrode, wherein a stack comprising the first metal electrode, the second metal electrode, and the ceramic dielectric layer is formed in a serpentine arrangement with gaps defined between opposing parallel portions of the first metal electrode and between opposing parallel portions of the second metal electrode, wherein said gaps allow venting of evaporated electrode material in the event of a benign failure. | 40,252 |
9,617,885 | 1. A pressure-controlled delivery and metering system for a reactant of a catalytic converter, the system comprising: a catalytic converter reactant delivery path; a catalytic converter reactant delivery pump ( a pressure sensor ( at least one flow sensor ( | 41,104 |
9,262,034 | 1. An electromagnetic inductive touch panel for detecting a touch position of an electromagnetic stylus, the electromagnetic stylus comprising a first resonant circuit and a second resonant circuit, the electromagnetic inductive touch panel comprising: a plurality of first coils extending in a first direction, wherein at least one of the plurality of first coils emits a first electromagnetic signal at a first frequency, and the first resonant circuit receives the first electromagnetic signal and then resonates to generate a first reflected signal at the first frequency; and a plurality of second coils extending in a second direction, wherein at least one of the plurality of second coils emits a second electromagnetic signal at a second frequency, and the second resonant circuit receives the second electromagnetic signal and then resonates to generate a second reflected signal at the second frequency. | 469 |
9,291,123 | 1. An exhaust duct for a gas turbine engine comprising: an inner wall and an outer wall connected by a plurality of spaced ribs, said duct extending axially, and the ribs extending circumferentially across an entire cross-section of the inner and outer walls, and said plurality of ribs being spaced axially along the exhaust duct; and said inner wall having an inner surface facing an inner chamber, and said inner surface receiving a coating, with said coating deposited on a metal wire fiber strain isolation pad which is connected to said inner surface. | 39,654 |
9,153,822 | 1. A catalyst assembly comprising: a substrate including a number of rods extending from a base; an intermediate layer including an intermediate coating material and contacting the number of rods and including a number of islands; and a catalyst layer including a catalyst material and contacting the intermediate layer, the intermediate coating material having a higher surface energy than the catalyst material. | 16,123 |
8,867,237 | 1. A control device for controlling a quasi-resonant switching power converter configured to convert an input voltage to a DC output voltage and deliver an output current, said power converter including a power switch and a magnetic device, said control device comprising: a demagnetization detector configured to detect demagnetization of the magnetic device and synchronize a time instant at which said power switch is turned on to the detection of said magnetic device demagnetization; a control loop configured to regulate at least one of the DC output voltage and output current by controlling a control variable, that determines a time instant at which said power switch is turned off; a signal generator configured to produce a modulating signal having a frequency larger than a closed-loop bandwidth of said control loop and lower than a switching frequency of the power switch; and a modulator configured to receive the modulating signal and change the turn-off instant at which the power switch is turned off with respect to the time instant determined by the control loop, the modulator being configured to change the turn-off instant at a rate corresponding to a frequency larger than the closed-loop bandwidth of said control loop and lower than the switching frequency of the power switch by changing said control variable as a function of said modulating signal. | 42,839 |
9,681,328 | 1. A computer-implemented method in a multiple modem device, wherein the multiple modem device includes a notification modem and a Wi-Fi modem, comprising: identifying data to be collected and rules for selecting an optimal modem for data transmission from the multiple modem device; collecting the data; determining whether the data is to be sent via the notification modem based on a payload size associated with the data and the rules; sending the data via a control channel of a cellular network associated with the notification modem in response to a determination that the data is to be sent via the notification modem; determining whether a Wi-Fi network is available in response to a determination that the data is not to be sent via the notification modem; and sending the data via the Wi-Fi modem over the Wi-Fi network in response to a determination that the Wi-Fi network is available. | 25,236 |
9,448,638 | 1. A mobile device configured for data transmission to a corresponding mobile device, the mobile device comprising: a gesture input unit configured to receive a gesture; a relative location measuring unit configured to measure a relative location of the corresponding mobile device, based on an orientation of the mobile device and an orientation of the corresponding mobile device; a gesture determination unit configured to determine whether the gesture corresponds to a preset gesture associated with a command to perform data transmission to the corresponding mobile device, and whether the gesture corresponds to the relative location; and a data communication unit configured to transmit a data transmission request to the corresponding mobile device based on a result of the determination, configured to receive, from the corresponding mobile device, an acceptance signal indicating an input of an acceptance gesture at the corresponding mobile device, and configured to transmit data to the corresponding mobile device in response to receiving the acceptance signal. | 6,260 |
9,073,425 | 1. A wheel hub drive system comprising: an electric motor arrangeable inside a wheel rim, the electric motor including a rotor at least indirectly joined to a wheel hub and a stationary stator supplyable with alternating current; and a converter for generating the alternating current and arranged in a converter housing attached axially next to the stator; the converter housing being in contact with the coil element, with a cooling element of the stator, with the brake anchor plate, or with the stator plate. | 29,467 |
9,783,020 | 1. A battery pack for an electric vehicle, comprising: a battery comprising a plurality of battery modules connected in series; a battery charging system, comprising: a first charging circuit connecting the plurality of battery modules in series, the first charging circuit configured to charge the plurality of battery modules in series to a first preset voltage; the battery modules including a first battery module and a second battery module; a plurality of second charging circuits, wherein each of the plurality of second charging circuits is connected to a corresponding multiple ones of the plurality of battery modules, and wherein each of the plurality of second charging circuits is configured to charge the corresponding battery module, the plurality of second charging circuits including a second charging circuit connected to the first battery module and the second battery module; and a battery detecting system configured to selectively and independently charge the plurality of battery modules, the selectively and independently charging the plurality of the battery modules comprises: | 43,202 |
8,809,423 | 1. Biodegradable material for injection molding comprising, with respect to the total weight of the material: starch, present in a quantity ranging between 25 and 80 wt %; non pre-plasticized polyvinyl alcohol-co-vinyl acetate copolymer present in a quantity ranging between 10 and 45 wt %; at least one plasticizer, present in a quantity ranging between 10 and 43 wt %; | 21,982 |
9,628,701 | 1. A social media system for a vehicle, comprising: a camera; an interface; a memory configured to store one or more safety settings; and a processor communicatively coupled to the camera, the interface and the memory, the processor configured to: | 12,050 |
9,184,458 | 1. An exhaust gas processing device for t fuel cell, wherein anode off-gas is intermittently introduced to the exhaust gas processing device, the exhaust gas processing device dilutes the anode off-gas with dilution gas and discharges the anode off-gas, the device comprising: a dilution container; a partition plate that divides the interior of the dilution container into a first chamber and at second chamber, the partition plate having a clearance for connecting the first chamber to the second chamber; a discharge portion provided in the first chamber; a dilution gas inlet portion provided in the first chamber; and an anode off-gas inlet portion provided in the second chamber, wherein the dilution gas inlet portion is configured such that: dilution gas that is introduced into the first chamber flows toward the clearance; and when anode off-gas is not introduced into the second chamber, the dilution gas flows while spreading over the entire clearance, wherein the anode off-gas inlet portion and the dilution gas inlet portion are arranged such that the direction in which the anode off-gas is introduced is the same as the direction in which the dilution gas is introduced, wherein the partition plate is arranged to be inclined away from the anode off-gas inlet portion, wherein the clearance is formed at a portion of the partition plate that is farthest from the anode off-gas inlet portion, and wherein the discharge portion and the dilution gas inlet portion are not coaxially aligned and the respective flows are in opposite directions. | 15,919 |
8,838,577 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a hardware accelerator coupled to a memory, the hardware accelerator comprising one or more decompression units; wherein the one or more decompression units are reconfigurable; wherein the hardware accelerator is configured to receive information relating to a workload including decompression of at least one row of at least one page of a database and to reconfigure the one or more decompression units based on the received information; and wherein the hardware accelerator is configured to: | 19,477 |
8,838,096 | 1. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a receive chain configured to receive a wireless communication signal and configured to produce an output signal from a wireless spectrum portion of the wireless communication signal when activated; a signal processor coupled to the receive chain to receive the output signal and to produce a processed signal set; and a controller coupled to the receive chain and the signal processor and configured to sample the wireless spectrum portion, wherein the wireless spectrum portion comprises a carrier being monitored and at least one other carrier at which one or more non-macro cells are deployed, by activating the receive chain and by employing the signal processor to search the processed signal set for a target non-macro cell pilot. | 13,790 |
8,911,256 | 1. A gasket for an Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) connector comprising a first conductive part including a plurality of spring tabs, a second conductive part including a plurality of spring tabs, wherein the first conductive part is configured to engage a first connector piece and the second conductive part is configured to engage a second connector piece, wherein the first conductive part is configured to engage the second conductive part when the first connector piece is attached to the second connector piece, and wherein the spring tabs are configured to electrically connect the connector to an EMI shielding cage. | 20,318 |
8,697,452 | 1. A method of performing a PCR reaction, comprising: providing a case including a sample holder within a volume of the case, the case comprising an opening, the sample holder comprising a plurality of samples each having a volume of less than 100 nanoliters, the samples being spatially separated from one another; dispensing a liquid into the case volume through an opening; sealing the opening after introducing the liquid; processing the samples with a thermal cycler; imaging the plurality of samples separately from the thermal cycler processing; and performing an end-point PCR analysis on at least some of the plurality of samples; wherein the sample holder comprises a sheet of material comprising a pair of opposing surfaces and a plurality of through-holes disposed between the opposing surfaces, the plurality of samples being disposed within respective ones of the plurality of through-holes. | 42,421 |
9,831,649 | 1. A rain-tight fitting for connecting electrical metal tubing to an electrical box, comprising: a fitting body including a wall, a leading end and a trailing end; a nose portion on said leading end of said fitting body; a mid-body flange on said fitting body; a fastener extending through said wall at said trailing end of said fitting body; a sleeve including a leading end and a trailing end; a flange on said trailing end of said sleeve; an aperture on said sleeve, said aperture extending laterally through said sleeve adjacent the flange; a tab extending outward of said flange on said sleeve; said tab is located 180° opposite said aperture on said sleeve; a notch on said sleeve; said notch in longitudinal alignment with said aperture on said sleeve; and a bridge on said sleeve, said bridge extending over the notch in said sleeve. | 13,885 |
9,718,719 | 1. A float bath for manufacturing a float glass, comprising: a plurality of heaters provided at an upper portion of the float bath to supply heat into the float bath; and a shield provided between predetermined heaters among the plurality of heaters blocking radiation heat transfer from an adjacent heater, wherein the shield is adjustable with respect to a vertical direction to form an angle therewith. | 11,020 |
9,404,057 | 1. A composition of diluted polymer or diluted resin comprising a polymer or resin selected from the group consisting of homo- and copolymers of polyvinylchloride and modified silicone polymers; said polymer or resin being diluted with a hydrocarbon diluent having: a pour point below −15° C. according to ASTM standard D97; a boiling point of between 280 and 450° C.; more than 50% by weight of isoparaffins, and naphthenes from 10 to at most 40% by weight; and being constituted by a mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained by distillation of hydrodewaxed gas-oil cuts with a boiling point above 200° C. | 40,116 |
8,407,865 | 1. A detachable tie-down tension enhancer for in-situ tightening of an installed tie-down having a locking mechanism, the tension enhancer comprising: a body having openings for enabling transverse insertion and removal of a line or strap and longitudinal movement of the line or strap within said body, wherein said body openings are provided by a bottom plate connected to an upstanding side plate and a top plate connected to the side plate in a spaced apart relationship with said bottom plate; a cinch, disposed on said body, for engaging the line or strap upon longitudinal movement in one direction and release of the line or strap upon longitudinal movement in an opposite direction; and a line or strap mechanism, disposed in a spaced apart relationship with said cinch on said body, or enabling pulling of the line or strap past said cinch in the opposite direction. | 32,929 |
9,365,283 | 1. A foldable seal, comprising: an elastomeric seal substrate and at least two moulded-in stiffener plates embedded within the elastomeric seal substrate, wherein the foldable seal is adapted to fold along fold axes at one or more discrete locations between adjacent ones of moulded-in stiffener plates, wherein the adjacent stiffener plates include a gap therebetween, and the fold axis passes through said gap, the foldable seal further comprises a plurality of elastomeric stiffening webs integrally moulded with the elastomeric seal substrate, and wherein the elastomeric stiffening webs extend generally perpendicular to the fold axes. | 12,172 |
8,791,660 | 1. A motor control circuit for controlling driving of a plurality of motors, comprising: a serial communication circuit configured to perform serial communication with an outer processor; a storage configured to store data from the serial communication circuit; a motor mode setting holding circuit configured to store motor mode settings which decide operations of the motors; a detection circuit configured to detect changes in driving pulse of the motor, wherein, depending on the detected result of the detection circuit, the data stored in the storage is transferred to the motor mode setting holding circuit, and an address matching detection circuit, wherein the address matching detection circuit has a storage portion and a comparison portion, and the storage portion stores a unique address, and wherein the comparison portion compares the unique address with an address sent from the serial communication circuit, and allows communication through the serial communication circuit when the address sent from the serial communication circuit coincides with the unique address. | 22,752 |
9,449,852 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a first insulating layer; performing a plasma treatment using a chlorine gas to concurrently introduce chlorine and oxygen to the first insulating layer; forming an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer; introducing oxygen to the oxide semiconductor layer through the second insulating layer; performing a heat treatment on the oxide semiconductor layer; etching a part of the second insulating layer after performing the heat treatment; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer after introducing the oxygen to the oxide semiconductor layer. | 40,274 |
8,624,867 | 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal panel including, | 18,079 |
9,045,997 | 1. An actuator for an exhaust gas turbocharger, comprising: a rotary drive; and a threaded element for converting the rotary motion of the rotary drive into a substantially linear reciprocating motion of a tappet along a longitudinal axis of the tappet, wherein the tappet is connected to at least one of a hinged wastegate and a variable turbine geometry device of the exhaust gas turbocharger; an axle interposed between the tappet and the threaded element; wherein at least one of the tappet and the axle is received in at least one guide comprising at least one web and allowing for at least a slight tilting or pivoting movement of the tappet in at least one direction, with play being present between the web and at least one broadened portion on the tappet or the axle; wherein the tappet cooperates with the threaded element through at least one roller having a crowned surface that contacts the threaded element, and wherein the crowned surface allows the roller to act as a ball joint to facilitate the slight tilting or pivoting movement of the tappet. | 3,789 |
9,389,266 | 1. A system for locating a fault in a power distribution system, the system comprising: a power distribution system comprising one or more feeders and a distribution grid; a plurality of distributed resources located on at least one of the feeders, wherein a distance of each of the plurality of distributed resources relative to the distribution grid is known and wherein at least one of the plurality of distributed resources is a microturbine, one or more of the plurality of distributed resources comprising a current injecting circuit to inject, in response to a fault located at one of the plurality of distributed resources on the at least one feeder, a current into the power distribution system when the one or more of the plurality of distributed resources is not located at the fault on the at least one feeder; a voltage profile generator to measure, at each of the one or more distributed resources not located at the fault on the at least one feeder, a voltage resulting from the current injected into the power distribution system by each of the one or more distributed resources not located at the fault on the at least one feeder and to generate a voltage profile from the voltage measurements, wherein the voltage profile comprises the voltage level of each of the plurality of distributed resources relative to the distance of each of the plurality of distributed resources from the distribution grid of the power distribution system; and an analyzer to identify a voltage level drop at one of the plurality of distributed resources located at a first distance from the distribution grid and a corresponding voltage rise at one or more of the plurality of distributed resources located at a second distance from the distribution grid, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance to identify the location of the fault in the power distribution system. | 19,094 |
8,636,889 | 1. A solid electrolyte producing system comprising: first and second supercapacitor desalination devices each comprising at least one supercapacitor desalination unit, each supercapacitor desalination unit comprising a pair of electrodes electrically coupled to a power supply and operable in a charging mode of operation and a discharging mode of operation; a feeding source configured to provide a feed liquid to the first supercapacitor desalination unit when the first supercapacitor desalination unit is in the charging mode of operation, the feed liquid comprising at least two determined electrolytes; a first crystallization device configured to receive a concentrated liquid comprising the at least two determined electrolytes from the first supercapacitor desalination unit in the discharging mode of operation, and to precipitate a single one of the at least two determined electrolytes; a second crystallization device configured to receive a concentrated liquid from the second supercapacitor desalination unit in the discharging mode of operation, and to precipitate a mixture of the at least two determined electrolytes; and first and second separation devices configured to separate solid electrolytes from liquids from the respective first and second crystallization devices as solid electrolyte products; wherein the second supercapacitor desalination unit is configured to receive the liquid from the first separation device for introduction into the second crystallization device for precipitating the mixture of the at least two determined electrolytes, and wherein the precipitate of the at least two determined electrolytes are based on saturated or supersaturated concentrations thereof, produced by circulation of the at least two determined electrolytes through the respective first and second supercapacitor desalination units in the discharging mode of operation. | 15,934 |
8,776,121 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a request from a user to display descriptors of media programming content for a time period; identifying people associated with the user employing information stored in a computer database, and identifying time-associated media programs electronically scheduled on behalf of the identified people, wherein the people associated with the user are identified by (a) identifying a user account for the user, and (b) identifying one or more other user accounts that have a predetermined acquaintance relationship defined with the user account for the user; determining which of the identified people are available for contact and are accessing media content, and providing, for display to the user, both the descriptions of the identified people who are available for contact and are accessing media content, and descriptions of the time-associated media programs electronically scheduled on behalf of the identified people, wherein the displayed descriptions of the identified people that are available for contact and are accessing media content and the descriptions of time-associated media programs that are electronically scheduled on behalf of the identified people are adjusted for display to the user, in response to one or more of the identified people beginning or ending a communication with the user, the display adjustment including (i) adding one or more time-associated media programs to the programs electronically scheduled on behalf of the identified people in response to determining that one or more of the other people are available for contact and are accessing media content, and (ii) removing one or more time-associated media programs from the programs electronically scheduled on behalf of the identified people in response to determining that one or more of the people are not available for contact and are not accessing media content. | 31,957 |
9,776,931 | 1. A facility secondary NO 3 − salinized soil modifier, comprising a soil modifier A and a soil modifier B, wherein the soil modifier A comprises the following components by weight: 30-50 parts of straw powder, 10-40 parts of rice bran, 5-20 parts of rapeseed cake, and also an EM stock solution and red sugar, and the weights of the EM stock solution and the red sugar both are 1.2-4.5% of the total weight of the straw powder, the rice bran and the rapeseed cake; and the soil modifier B is obtained by acclimation of the EM stock solution by gradually increasing a salt solution concentration, wherein the C/N ratio of the straw powder is 65-85:1, the C/N ratio of the rice bran is 18-22:1, and the C/N ratio of the rapeseed cake is 9-13:1. | 3,390 |
9,377,959 | 1. A data storage method, comprising: storing a fixed-length key and a value thereof into a first data block, the storing a fixed-length key comprising: uniformly storing a common prefix of each fixed-length key, and separately storing a remainder part of each fixed-length key after the common prefix is removed; and storing a variable-length key and a value thereof into a second data block, the storing a variable-length key comprising: storing a variable-length key of a base-key type in a full storage manner, and performing prefix compression on a variable-length key of a prefix-compressed key type; wherein the performing prefix compression on a variable-length key of a prefix-compressed key type comprises: for the variable-length key of the prefix-compressed key type, storing a length of a common prefix of the variable-length key of the prefix-compressed key type and a current base key, and storing a remainder part of the variable-length key of the prefix-compressed key type after the common prefix is removed. | 31,503 |
8,565,763 | 1. A method, comprising: storing, by a user device, information regarding geographic locations of a plurality of dead zones; determining, by the user device, whether the user device is located within a particular dead zone, of the plurality of dead zones, where determining whether the user device is located within the particular dead zone includes: periodically searching, by the user device and using a first process, for a cellular tower of a cellular network when the user device is not located within the particular dead zone; and periodically searching, by the user device and using a second process, for a cellular tower of the cellular network when the user device is located within the particular dead zone, where the second process consumes less power of the user device than the first process. | 28,114 |
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