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9,546,426 | 1. A process for generating a hydrogen gas, comprising: introducing, in a system comprising: a reaction chamber having a wall defining an interior of the reaction chamber and an exterior of the reaction chamber, an anode at least partially contained within an anode compartment of the reaction chamber, a cathode at least partially contained within a cathode compartment of the reaction chamber, a conductive conduit for electrons in electrical communication with the anode and the cathode, a plurality of alternating anion-selective barriers and cation-selective barriers disposed between the anode and the cathode and defining alternating saline material compartments and lower-saline material compartments, a first flow path for a saline material through the saline material compartments and a second flow path for a lower-saline material through the lower-saline material compartments, wherein the saline material and the lower-saline material are adjacent and separated by the anion selective barriers and the cation selective barriers, a saline material having a concentration of dissolved salts into the saline material compartments; and introducing a lower-saline material having a concentration of dissolved salts which is lower than the saline material into the lower-saline material compartments, wherein an electromotive force established by a difference in the concentration of dissolved salts in the saline material compared to the lower-saline material, drives ions across the plurality of alternating anion-selective barriers and cation-selective barriers disposed between the anode and the cathode, thereby increasing the potential between the anode and cathode, decreasing the concentration of dissolved salts in the saline material to generate a saline material effluent, and increasing the concentration of dissolved salts in the lower-saline material to generate a lower-saline material effluent; treating the lower-saline material effluent by: heating the lower-saline material effluent to volatilize and remove a dissolved heat regenerable salt, thereby producing a regenerated lower-saline material, or combining the lower-saline material effluent and saline material effluent, thereby producing a regenerated saline material, respectively; and introducing the regenerated lower-saline material into the lower-saline material compartments or introducing the regenerated saline material into the saline material compartments. | 31,874 |
8,858,047 | 1. A passenger service unit for an aircraft, comprising at least one light source and at least one passenger air supply device, wherein the passenger air supply device is adapted for applying a flow of air to the light source, wherein a direction of the air flow provided to at least one passenger and a direction of a radiation of light from the light source may be adjusted independently from each other, and wherein the passenger air supply device comprises an air duct with an outlet for directing the air flow to the at least one passenger and the light source is at least partially integrated into the air duct. | 27,673 |
9,074,324 | 1. A layered tissue web comprising a first air contacting layer and a second fabric contacting layer, wherein the first air contacting layer comprises from 0.5 to 4.5 weight percent macroalgae fibers by weight of the web, and wherein the second fabric contacting layer is substantially free of macroalgae fibers. | 14,051 |
8,459,942 | 1. A gas turbine engine component comprising at least one ring element, a plurality of circumferentially spaced load carrying vanes extending in a radial direction of the ring element, wherein the load carrying vanes have an internal structure with an anisotropic load carrying property, and wherein the internal structure is configured so that a main load carrying direction is in parallel with an extension direction of a load carrying vane of the load carrying vanes, and a stiffening structure having an internal structure with an isotropic load carrying property and comprising a plurality of interconnected brackets, each bracket bridging a distance between at least two adjacent ones of the load carrying vanes in a circumferential direction of the ring element, and the at least two adjacent load carrying vanes being attached to attachment portions of the bracket by bolts, the attachment portions being spaced in the circumferential direction and each attachment portion extending in the radial direction. | 33,009 |
9,491,818 | 1. A light-emitting diode (LED) driver adapted to an electronic transformer, the LED driver comprising: a) a rectifier bridge and a power stage circuit coupled between said electronic transformer and an LED load, wherein said power stage circuit comprises an inductor and a power switch; b) a first control circuit configured to control said power switch to regulate a current of said inductor and to maintain an output voltage of said power stage circuit as substantially constant based on a first sense signal and a first voltage feedback signal, wherein said first sense signal represents said inductor current, and wherein said first voltage feedback signal represents said output voltage of said power stage circuit; c) an inductor current clamping circuit in said first control circuit, wherein said inductor current clamping circuit comprises a voltage source coupled to a diode to provide a clamping voltage that matches a holding current of said electronic transformer, wherein said inductor current clamping circuit is configured to clamp a voltage control signal to said clamping voltage when said voltage control signal is less than said clamping voltage such that said inductor current is clamped to said holding current when said inductor current is less than said holding current; d) a current stabilizing control circuit configured to detect a current of said LED load to generate a detection signal, and to maintain said LED load current as substantially constant based on said detection signal; and e) said first control circuit comprising a voltage control circuit configured to receive said first voltage feedback signal and a first reference voltage signal, and to generate said voltage control signal, wherein said clamping voltage is provided to a current control loop as a reference voltage signal when said voltage control signal is less than said clamping voltage, wherein said voltage control signal is provided to said current control loop as said reference voltage signal when said voltage control signal is greater than said clamping voltage, and wherein said current control loop is configured to receive said first sense signal and said reference voltage signal, and to generate a first control signal to control said power switch. | 20,011 |
8,700,082 | 1. A method for controlling interference, comprising: transmitting a first interference communication from an access point to a terminal in a neighboring sector; and transmitting a second interference communication from the access point to the terminal, wherein the second interference communication is transmitted at a higher periodic rate than the first interference communication. | 22,698 |
8,452,946 | 1. A method comprising: generating, using a processor coupled to a memory, a first value corresponding to a likelihood that a new load operation instruction is a producer (P) load and a second value corresponding to a likelihood that the new load is a consumer reuse (C) load; determining whether the new load is a P load based on comparing the first value to a first load type threshold; determining whether the new load is a C load based on determining whether a previous load is a P load and comparing the second value to a second load type threshold, wherein the previous load relates to a memory region and the new load relates to the memory region; and storing an indicator of the new load determination in the memory when the new load is determined to be one of a P load and C load. | 32,719 |
9,652,617 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of computer instructions executable by at least one computing device, wherein, upon execution, the plurality of computer instructions cause the at least one computing device to at least: identify an application in an application marketplace; perform an analysis of the application of a set of code fragments employed by the application and a set of device resources employed by the application; determine a resource consumption profile employed by the application; generate an application fingerprint based at least in part upon the analysis of the application, the application fingerprint comprising information about the code fragments, the set of device resources, and the resource consumption profile; identify a potentially malicious component of the application based at least in part upon a comparison of the application fingerprint with a plurality of other application fingerprints of a respective plurality of other applications in the application marketplace, wherein one of the plurality of other applications comprises a first application designated as a malicious application, another of the plurality of other applications comprises a second application designated as a non-malicious application; modify an application sandbox in which an application instance is executed to adjust a capability of the application to access a respective device resource from the set of device resources; generate a score based at least in part upon the application fingerprint, assigning a maliciousness designation to the application in response to the score exceeding a threshold; identify a related application in the application marketplace based at least in part on a comparison of the application fingerprint with the plurality of other application fingerprints of the respective plurality of other applications; and assign the related application the maliciousness designation in response to a determination that a respective application fingerprint of the related application indicates that the related application comprises the potentially malicious component. | 19,386 |
8,536,726 | 1. An electrical machine for use with a wind turbine, the electrical machine comprising: a first rotatable member coupled with the rotor of the wind turbine, the first rotatable member configured to be rotated in a first direction by the rotor of the wind turbine; a second rotatable member arranged relative to the first rotatable member; and a gear train mechanically coupling the rotor of the wind turbine with the second rotatable member, the gear train driven by the rotor of the wind turbine to rotate the second rotatable member relative to the first rotatable member in a second direction counter to the first direction, wherein one of the rotatable members comprises a plurality of circumferentially distributed magnetic poles and the other rotatable member comprises a plurality of armature windings, wherein the first and second rotatable members have a concentric arrangement with one of the rotatable members disposed radially inside the other rotatable member, wherein the gear train includes an epicyclic arrangement of gears including a sun gear and an annular outer gear, and wherein one of the rotatable members carries the sun gear and the other rotatable member carries the annular outer gear. | 13,693 |
9,453,967 | 1. An optical fiber assembly comprising: an optical fiber including a core and a cladding, the optical fiber having an end face for receiving incident light, and the core and cladding for guiding the incident light along the optical fiber in a light propagation direction; and a mount for supporting the optical fiber, the mount including a passageway extending therethrough for receiving the optical fiber, and the optical fiber being disposed such that a portion of the optical fiber extends outward from an opening of the passageway to a focal plane of the incident light, wherein | 14,771 |
8,715,682 | 1. A peptide comprising a cyclic peptide of formula: wherein k is any integer from 3 to 6; and wherein x is any amino acid. | 25,517 |
8,709,861 | 1. A method for processing a substrate in a combinatorial manner comprising: forming a plurality of Cu—In—Ga precursor films on site isolated regions of the substrate, wherein a composition of the Cu—In—Ga precursor films is varied in a combinatorial manner among the site isolated regions; heating the substrate to a first temperature between about 350° C. and about 450° C. in an atmosphere comprising a Se-containing gas for a first period of time sufficient to partially selenize the precursor film; thereafter heating the substrate to a second temperature at 625° C. in an atmosphere comprising a Se-containing gas for a second period of time sufficient to further selenize the precursor film; thereafter removing the Se-containing gas from the heating atmosphere; and continuing the heating the substrate at the second temperature for a third period of time sufficient to allow Ga migration in the selenized film to influence the Ga distribution through the depth of the film, wherein the Se-containing gas is H wherein the Cu concentration in the Cu—In—Ga precursor film is between about 0.8 and 1.0 and is calculated as (Cu/(In +Ga)); wherein the removing the Se-containing gas prevents formation of a thick MoSe wherein the partial selenization of the precursor film secures the In in a selenized state and prevents agglomeration of In. | 40,226 |
9,099,493 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a dummy gate on an ETSOI layer of a substrate, the substrate having an SOI layer, a buried oxide layer on the SOI layer, and the ETSOI layer on the buried oxide layer; epitaxially forming at least two raised source/drain regions adjacent to the dummy gate; forming a protective cap on the at least two raised source/drain regions; applying at least one acid to remove the dummy gate from the ETSOI; depositing a gate dielectric layer on the protective cap and on the ETSOI after removing the dummy gate from the ETSOI layer; forming a replacement metal gate on the gate dielectric layer to replace the removed dummy gate; removing the gate dielectric layer from the protective metal cap and the protective cap from the at least two raised source/drain regions; forming a passivation layer on the replacement metal gate; forming a silicide contact on each of the at least two raised source/drain regions; depositing a dielectric layer on the passivation layer and on the silicide contacts; forming first vias through the dielectric layer to the silicide contacts; and forming a second via through the dielectric layer and the passivation layer to the replacement metal gate. | 37,495 |
9,450,115 | 1. A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device comprising the steps of: depositing a semiconductor absorber layer adjacent to a substrate; cleaning the semiconductor absorber layer to remove contaminants therefrom using in succession a dry etch followed by a wet etch, the wet etch performed using a solution including HCl/H in a desorption step, placing the semiconductor layer and the substrate in a vacuum and applying thermal energy to remove surface moisture from the semiconductor absorber layer; and depositing a back contact layer adjacent to the semiconductor absorber layer; wherein the cleaning the semiconductor absorber layer step and the desorption step are performed prior to the deposition of the back contact layer. | 10,935 |
9,397,571 | 1. Power switch control circuitry for controlling a power switch of a voltage regulator, the power switch control circuitry comprising: a capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal; charge delivery circuitry coupled to the first terminal of the capacitor to define a charging node, the charge delivery circuitry configured to provide a charging current to the capacitor; charge control circuitry coupled to the charge delivery circuitry, the charge control circuitry configured to selectively allow the providing of the charging current to the capacitor, the charge control circuitry including a comparator having a first input and a second input, the first input of the comparator coupled with the first terminal of the capacitor, the second input of the comparator coupled with the second terminal of the capacitor; an output filter coupled with the second terminal of the capacitor and the second terminal of the comparator to define an output node; and charge removal circuitry coupled to the output node, the charge removal circuitry configured to remove current from the output node based on a determination of the comparator that a voltage differential between the output node and the charging node has crossed a threshold voltage, the current removed from the output node exceeding current provided to the output node from the capacitor. | 657 |
9,105,538 | 1. A photovoltaic array comprising; a plurality of dynamically configurable photovoltaic cells, wherein each of the photovoltaic cells in the photovoltaic array is configured to absorb photons present in light, wherein each of the photovoltaic cells in the photovoltaic array is coupled to a set of switches, and wherein, based at least one setting of the switches, a first portion of the photovoltaic cells is dynamically configured for energy conversion and a second portion of the photovoltaic cells is configured for imaging. | 5,869 |
8,610,334 | 1. A piezoelectric transducer system comprising: a piezoelectric stack, wherein the piezoelectric stack comprises two or more piezoelectric elements; an inhomogeneous resonator coupled to the piezoelectric stack, wherein the inhomogeneous resonator comprises a twisted bar configured to convert the longitudinal motion from the first and second piezoelectric stack to the combined longitudinal-torsional motion of the transducer; a horn coupled to the piezoelectric stack opposite the inhomogeneous resonator, such that the piezoelectric stack is sandwiched between the horn and the inhomogeneous resonator, and wherein the horn has a first resonator cross section distal to the piezoelectric stack that is smaller than a second resonator cross section proximal to the first resonator cross section; and an end effector coupled to the horn, wherein the end effector couples torsional mode vibrations produced by the inhomogeneous resonator or longitudinal mode vibrations to a solid or fluid medium. | 19,468 |
9,182,769 | 1. A power supply device comprising: a control circuit that turns on and off an output transistor to generate an output voltage from an input voltage; an internal power supply voltage generation circuit that generates an internal power supply voltage from an external power supply voltage; and a power switching circuit that switches supply of the internal power supply voltage and supply of the output voltage as a drive voltage of the control circuit. | 35,410 |
9,243,489 | 1. A method for drilling a borehole toward a target wellbore, comprising: positioning a bottom hole assembly comprising an acoustic sensing tool and a drill bit in the borehole; acquiring acoustic data, by a first acoustic sensor of the tool, from acoustic signals generated by fluid flow in the target wellbore; transmitting the acoustic data from the tool to a surface processing system via wired drill pipe disposed in the borehole; determining, based on the acoustic data, a direction from the acoustic sensor to the target wellbore; and determining a distance to the target wellbore based on frequent content of the acoustic data. | 1,377 |
8,362,356 | 1. A photovoltaic assembly comprising: a silicon lamina; a receiver element; a low-resistance layer disposed between the lamina and the receiver element, wherein the low-resistance layer is silver, cobalt, tungsten, or an alloy thereof; a contact layer disposed between the low-resistance layer and the lamina, wherein the contact layer is substantially titanium in unreacted regions and substantially titanium silicide in reacted regions wherein the reacted regions of the contact layer are in immediate contact with the lamina; a dielectric material intervening between the lamina and the unreacted regions of the contact layer; a non-reactive barrier layer disposed between the low-resistance layer and the contact layer; and a photovoltaic cell, wherein the photovoltaic cell comprises the lamina. | 36,051 |
9,304,051 | 1. A building control sensor unit, comprising: one or more sensors operative to sense an environmental condition of a structure; a transceiver, wherein the transceiver includes an extended antenna, wherein the extended antenna includes a strand of memory metal, wherein the strand of memory metal is configured to maintain an extended shape even when temporarily deformed; a controller, wherein the controller is operative to receive information from other building control sensor units or a central controller, and transmit information to the other building control sensor units or the central controller; wherein the building control sensor unit is configured whereby when placed on or within a ceiling of the structure, the extended antenna extends into the structure. | 31,073 |
9,703,366 | 1. A system-on-chip (SoC) comprising: a plurality of function circuits each of which comprises a logic circuit and a memory; and a plurality of power path controllers respectively coupled to a plurality of first power sources at first input terminals, commonly coupled to a second power source at second input terminals, and respectively coupled to the memories at output terminals, wherein the logic circuits are respectively coupled to the first power sources, and configured to be supplied with a plurality of first power supply voltages from the first power sources, respectively, wherein each of the memories is configured to be selectively supplied, by a corresponding one of the power path controllers, with one of a corresponding one of the first power supply voltages from a corresponding one of the first power sources and a second power supply voltage from the second power source, and wherein each power path controller is configured to transfer the corresponding one of the first power supply voltages from the corresponding one of the first power sources to a corresponding one of the memories in response to the corresponding one of the first power supply voltages having a voltage level higher than a voltage level of the second power supply voltage, and transfer the second power supply voltage from the second power source to the corresponding one of the memories in response to the corresponding one of the first power supply voltages having a voltage level lower than the voltage level of the second power supply voltage. | 13,696 |
9,591,787 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a cassette comprising a thermal transfer structure and an electronics card, the thermal transfer structure being coupled to the electronics card to facilitate transfer of heat from the electronics card, the thermal transfer structure comprising: a coolant-cooled structure residing within an electronic system, and associated with a receiving slot of the electronic system within which the cassette with the electronics card is to be operatively inserted, the coolant-cooled structure extending into the thermal transfer structure and residing between the electronics card and the clamping structure when the electronics card is operatively inserted into the receiving slot of the electronic system, wherein the opened position of the clamping structure facilitates insertion of the cassette into the electronic system with the coolant-cooled structure disposed between the electronics card and the clamping structure, and movement of the clamping structure to the clamped position facilitates clamping of the thermal transfer structure to the coolant-cooled structure, and thermal conduction of heat from the electronics card to the coolant-cooled structure. | 29,537 |
9,393,502 | 1. A desalination system, comprising: a floor; a ceiling overlying the floor; a plurality of stages disposed between the floor and the ceiling, the stages including a first stage, at least one successive intermediate stage, and a final stage disposed in linear sequence, each stage being a substantially P-shaped flash chamber having: a water intake system having: | 2,916 |
9,510,072 | 1. A reflector for enhancing the sound emitted from a loudspeaker of an electronic device, the loudspeaker being disposed at a location in the electronic device, said reflector comprising: at least one component for attaching said reflector to an edge of the electronic device at the location of the loudspeaker; a flat portion located to be adjacent a surface of the electronic device, and a concave portion adjacent to, and extending from, the flat portion and presenting a concave surface to the loudspeaker, wherein said flat portion has a free end and said reflector is constructed to cause said free end to form a seal with an outer surface of the electronic device, and said reflector further comprises a magnet located in said flat portion. | 12,984 |
9,305,067 | 1. A method for transforming a first extract transform load (ETL) job having at least one unload transform load (UTL) portion, the method comprising: decomposing the first ETL job into an intermediate set of one or more Simple UTL jobs; for each Simple UTL job of the intermediate set, transforming the job into a transformationally equivalent job to yield a final set of one or more jobs that are a set of change-based transform load (CTL) job(s); wherein: the transforming includes the following (not necessarily in the following order): running the set of CTL job(s) on a source database to yield a target database; wherein: each Simple UTL job of the intermediate set jobs meets the following criteria: | 6,974 |
9,191,209 | 1. A method for transferring a software update over a fabric network, the method comprising: sending an image query message from a first device in the fabric network to a second device in the fabric network or a local or remote server, wherein the image query message comprises information regarding software stored on the first device and transfer capabilities of the first device; receiving at the first device an image query response from the second device or the local or remote server, wherein the image query response indicates whether the software update is available and includes download information having a uniform resource identifier (URI) to enable the first device to download the software update, and wherein the image query response comprises: downloading the software update at the first device from the sender device using the URI, wherein the software is downloaded at a time based at least in part on the update priority and network traffic in the fabric network, and wherein the software is downloaded in a manner based at least in part on common transfer capabilities indicated in the image query message and the image query response. | 38,447 |
8,899,212 | 1. A method of starting an engine, comprising: substantially closing a cylinder port throttle; and injecting at least a portion of an amount of fuel to a cylinder during a cylinder cycle while cylinder vacuum varies with engine rotation and while the cylinder port throttle is substantially closed, the amount of fuel injected being during an interval that includes a middle position which is substantially aligned with a predetermined cylinder vacuum level. | 15,088 |
9,758,813 | 1. A reaction mixture for a primer-dependent DNA amplification reaction including primer extension by a DNA polymerase for amplifying at least one DNA target sequence, said reaction mixture comprising: (a) at least one primer pair; (b) a DNA polymerase; (c) dNTPs; and (d) at least one double-stranded oligonucleotide additive: wherein said at least one double-stranded oligonucleotide additive is present in the reaction mixture at a concentration sufficient to suppress mispriming of an amplification reaction performed using the reaction mixture. | 37,686 |
8,360,052 | 1. A radiant solar energy collector a reflector assembly and crucible comprising, a flat planar reflector member having a reflective surface on one side and formed generally in the shape of a half circle defining a curved peripheral edge having a constant radius of curvature; the curved peripheral edge terminates at a first end of the curved peripheral edge which defines a first end location of the flat planar reflector member; the curved peripheral edge also terminates at a second end of the curved peripheral edge which defines a second end location of the flat planar reflector member; a first straight peripheral edge section of flat planar reflector extends from the first end of the curved peripheral edge; a second straight peripheral edge section of flat planar reflector extends from the second end of the curved peripheral edge; the first straight peripheral edge section and the second straight peripheral edge section each have a length greater than on half a distance measured between the first end location and the second end location of the flat planar reflector member; the first straight peripheral edge section and the second straight peripheral edge section are of equal length and intersect at a point lying within a plane defined by the flat planar reflector member to thereby define a cut-a-way-triangle area is formed in the flat planar reflector member; and a parabolic reflector formed as one half of a round parabolic dish and defining an interior concave surface on one side and an exterior convex surface on a side opposite the interior concave surface and wherein the interior concave surface is reflective; the reflective surface of the parabolic reflector directs solar radiation energy onto a focal point; said parabolic reflector includes a parabolic reflector curved peripheral edge and a parabolic reflector straight peripheral edge; said parabolic reflector curved peripheral edge and said parabolic reflector straight peripheral edge intersect with each other at a first point defining a first end location of the parabolic reflector and at a second point defining a second end location of the parabolic reflector; and wherein the reflective surface of the flat reflector is oriented in a direction facing the reflective surface of the parabolic reflector; and a first hinge is arranged to hingely attach the a first end location of the flat planar reflector member to the first end location of the parabolic reflector; and a second hinge is arranged to hingely attach the a second end location of the flat planar reflector member to the second end location of the parabolic reflector; and said crucible is located at the focal point of the parabolic reflector; and means to support and rotate the reflector assembly about an axis oriented perpendicular to a horizontal line extending between the first and second hinges and vertically through the crucible and focal point; and wherein the cut-a-way triangle area of the flat reflector is arranged to provide access to said crucible and focal point. | 49,068 |
9,075,317 | 1. A photomask comprising: a substrate comprising a device region and an adjacent edge region over transparent material; the device region comprising spaced primary features of constant pitch at least adjacent the edge region; and the edge region comprising spaced sub-resolution assist features of the constant pitch of the spaced primary features at least adjacent the device region and being off-phase by from about 30° to about 150° from +/−180°. | 40,235 |
9,176,862 | 1. A method for managing usage of a single level cell (SLC) portion and a multi-level cell (MLC) portion in a storage device, the method comprising: in the storage device having a controller and a memory in communication with the controller, the memory including the SLC portion and the MLC portion: accessing a current SLC-MLC wear balance for the storage device; determining, based on the current SLC-MLC wear balance, whether to change a value of a parameter, the value of the parameter used to determine whether to perform an operation on at least one of the SLC portion or the MLC portion; in response to determining to change the value of the parameter, selecting a new value for the parameter, the new value being different from the value of the parameter and being selected based on the current SLC-MLC wear balance for the storage device; changing the value of the parameter to the new value; and after changing the value of the parameter, using the new value of the parameter to determine whether to perform the operation on the at least one of the SLC portion or the MLC portion. | 13,450 |
9,151,424 | 1. A connector for connecting a hose coupler to a drain knob, the connector comprising: a base plate comprising an opening configured to allow engagement of the hose coupler to the base plate at a first side thereof; an appendage extending axially from a second side of the base plate and disposed about the opening, the appendage having a substantially oblong profile in a first plane disposed parallel to the base plate, the appendage having a convex face configured to abut a concave portion of a sidewall of the drain knob; and a lateral projection extending radially inward from the appendage, the lateral projection configured to abut an end face of the drain knob. | 12,279 |
8,787,830 | 1. A near-field communication (NFC) system comprising: a plurality of NFC devices each comprising | 20,669 |
9,034,153 | 1. A sputtering target of a ferromagnetic material containing a dispersion of particles of a nonmagnetic material and capable of use in DC magnetron sputtering, comprising a sintered compact sputtering target consisting of the ferromagnetic material and the dispersed particles of the nonmagnetic material, the nonmagnetic material being one or more materials selected from a group consisting of an oxide, nitride, carbide, and silicide, wherein each of the particles of the nonmagnetic material existing in a microstructure on a polished face of the sputtering target has a size that cannot encompass any imaginary circle which has a radius of 2 μm and which has a center at an arbitrary point within a periphery of the particle, or alternatively a size such that the imaginary circle has at least two contact points or intersection points with the periphery of the particle, and wherein, in the microstructure on the polished face of the sputtering target, a largest diameter of diameters of areas containing no particles of the nonmagnetic material is 40 μm or less. | 34,541 |
9,281,547 | 1. A thermal management system comprising: a battery having a plurality of ports for conducting fluid to regulate temperature; a manifold having a plurality of connector ports corresponding to the plurality of battery ports; a receiving portion formed on the manifold; and a clip formed on the battery and engaging the receiving portion with an interference fit to retain the manifold to the battery so the connector ports remain fluidly sealed to the battery ports. | 42,213 |
8,502,484 | 1. Power stage for driving an electric machine or a power supply, wherein said power stage comprises at least two metallic conductor parts and at least two discrete active semiconductor power switches which are designed as housingless semiconductor chips that are triggered by a control logic, said discrete active semiconductor power switches being connected to each other by at least one metallic bridge conductor which is an discrete metallic conductor part, thereby forming a half bridge of said power stage, in which said discrete active semiconductor power switches are area-contacting with a first of their contact surfaces one of said discrete metallic conductor parts, and in which at least one of said bridge conductors is connected to an electric terminal of said power stage, said at least one bridge conductor is area-contacting at least one said discrete active semiconductor power switches at a second contact surface which is disposed oppositely to said first contact surface connected with one of said discrete conductor parts, said conductor parts or said bridge conductors are designed as solid plates and said discrete active semiconductor power switches and said conductors contacting the same are arranged in three stacked plane layers. | 20,631 |
8,728,196 | 1. A method of monitoring, determining, controlling, and combinations thereof at least one property of a molten or semi-molten material in a material container that is subjected to a magnetic field formed by at least one induction coil to control a cooling rate of said material in said material container, said method including: inserting said molten or semi-molten material in a cavity of said material container, said cavity at least partially encircled by at least one induction coil; applying power to said at least one induction coil, said at least one induction coil functions as a heating device, a cooling device, and combinations thereof of said material; directly sensing, indirectly sensing, and combinations thereof at least one electrical parameter as said power is applied to said at least one induction coil, said sensing of said at least one electrical parameter is obtained from i) feedback from said at least one induction coil, ii) information from a solenoid coil in proximity to said at least one induction coil, or combinations thereof; and, determining a load resistance inside a region at least partially encircled by said induction coil, a resistivity of said material, a temperature of said material, a solid fraction of said material, a liquid fraction of said material, and combinations thereof based at least partially on said sensed at least one electrical parameter at least while said solids fraction of said molten or semi-molten material increases while in said cavity of said material container. | 35,520 |
8,393,868 | 1. A support spine for a wind turbine blade, the support spine comprising: an anchor member having a proximal end and a distal end, at least a portion of the anchor member being configured for coupling to a rotor drum; a transition member extending from the distal end of the anchor member, the transition member having a distal end; a blade support member extending from the distal end of the transition member; substantially planar, substantially parallel opposing upper and lower surfaces, the upper and lower surfaces extending along the lengths of the anchor, transition and blade support members; a pair of substantially planar, substantially parallel opposing side surfaces substantially perpendicular to the upper and lower surfaces, the side surfaces extending along the lengths of the anchor, transition and blade support members; wherein the support spine has a reduced cross-sectional area at the distal end of the transition member than at the distal end of the anchor member, and wherein a width of the lower surface decreases along the length of the transition member. | 42,344 |
9,337,206 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a composite structure that includes a floating gate material layer, a control gate material layer overlapping the floating gate material layer, a first mask material layer overlapping the control gate material layer, and a sacrificial layer overlapping the first mask material layer; providing a first mask on the composite structure, wherein the first mask includes a first mask member and a second mask member; partially removing, through the first mask, the sacrificial layer to form a first sacrificial member and a second sacrificial member, wherein the first sacrificial member corresponds to the first mask member, and wherein the second sacrificial member corresponds to the second mask member; providing a second mask material layer on the first sacrificial member and the second sacrificial member; partially removing the second mask material layer to form a first mask unit, a second mask unit, and a third mask unit, wherein the first mask unit corresponds to a side of the first sacrificial member, wherein the second mask unit corresponds to a first side of the second sacrificial member, and wherein the third mask unit corresponds to a second side of the second sacrificial member; removing the first sacrificial member and the second sacrificial member; providing a third mask material layer between the second mask unit and the third mask unit to form a second mask that includes the third mask material layer, the first mask unit, the second mask unit, and the third mask unit; partially removing, through the second mask, the first mask material layer to form a third mask, wherein the third mask includes a first mask element and a second mask element, wherein the first mask element corresponds to the first mask unit, and wherein the second mask element corresponds to a combination of the third mask material layer, the second mask unit, and the third mask unit; and partially removing, through the third mask, the control gate material layer and the floating gate material layer to form a control gate of the semiconductor device and a select gate of the semiconductor device, wherein the control gate corresponds to the first mask element, and wherein the select gate corresponds to the second mask element. | 21,854 |
8,557,070 | 1. A method to mount an object to a support structure, the method comprising: elastically moving the object relative to the support structure with an elastic membrane as force is exerted on the object, the elastic membrane comprising: bonding an absorbent material to the first surface area; applying an adhesive to a top surface area of the support structure; bonding the absorbent material with at least a portion of the adhesive; and wherein the second surface area is positioned at least partially below the object; and wherein the first surface area of the elastic membrane remains attached to the support structure via the absorbent material while the second surface area of the elastic membrane remains separable from the support structure such that the second surface area elastically extends in a direction away from the support structure as a force is exerted against the object. | 31,459 |
8,351,653 | 1. A system for determining distance to points from motion in captured images comprising: a moving image capture device capturing a first image and a second image; a processor coupled to the moving image capture device; a memory structured to store instructions executable by the processor, the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to execute steps of: | 12,675 |
8,627,668 | 1. A system, comprising: a fuel controller having memory storing instructions to control a fuel transition between a first flow of a first fuel and a second flow of a second fuel into a fuel nozzle of a combustion system, wherein the fuel controller has instructions to adjust a third flow of a diluent in combination with the second flow of the second fuel to maintain a pressure ratio across the fuel nozzle above a predetermined operating pressure ratio, wherein the pressure ratio comprises a fuel supply pressure divided by a combustor pressure, and wherein the fuel controller has instructions to measure or calculate the pressure ratio based at least on a measured fuel supply pressure, a measured combustor pressure, a transfer function stored on the memory, inferences based on operating conditions of the gas turbine engine, or a model of the combustion system, or any combination thereof. | 26,484 |
8,374,617 | 1. A method for improving a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) functionality in a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring a timer for controlling the DRX functionality, the timer indicating the UE a time length to monitor a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and excluding a duration corresponding to a measurement gap from calculation of the time length when a running time of the timer is overlapped with the measurement gap. | 33,429 |
9,665,571 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: performing by one or more computers: | 11,075 |
8,624,682 | 1. A chip-scale atomic clock physics package comprising: a body defining a cavity; a first scaffold, composed of silicon, mounted in the cavity, the first scaffold having a first surface and a second surface; a laser mounted on the first surface of the first scaffold; a second scaffold mounted in the cavity, the second scaffold having a first surface and a second surface, the second scaffold disposed such that the first surface of the second scaffold is facing the first surface of the first scaffold; a first photodetector mounted on the first surface of the second scaffold; a vapor cell mounted on the first surface of the second scaffold; a waveplate, wherein the laser, waveplate, first photodetector, and vapor cell are disposed such that a beam from the laser can propagate through the waveplate and the vapor cell and be detected by the first photodetector; and a lid covering the cavity. | 25,353 |
8,433,557 | 1. A system for transliterating a name written in the letters of an alphabet of a source language to a name in the letters of an alphabet of a target language that is different from the source language comprising: a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media; first program instructions to determine whether the letters of the alphabets of the source and target languages are the same or substantially the same; second program instructions implemented when the first program instructions determines that the letters of the alphabets of the source and target languages are the same or substantially the same including transliterating the name into the same letters used in the source language alphabet; and third program instructions implemented when the first program instructions determines that the letters of the alphabets of the source and target languages are not the same or substantially the same, including determining the sound associated with each of the letters of the source language that form the name; transliterating the letters of the name in the source language into letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to create a same or similar sounding name in the letters of the IPA; determining the sound associated with each of the letters of the target language, and transliterating the letters of the IPA form of the name into letters of the target language to create a same or similar sounding name in the letters of the target language, wherein the second program instructions further include choosing the letter in the target alphabet closest in appearance to the corresponding letter in the source alphabet is transliterated in the case where not all letters of the name are available in the target alphabet, and the first, second, and third program instruction are stored on the computer readable storage media. | 19,156 |
8,887,284 | 1. In an electronic system, a method of testing a network boundary for vulnerabilities to outbound traffic, comprising: generating, on a first side of the network boundary, a set of data packages including simulated restricted content, each data package of the set of data packages including a port number of a set of port numbers, a communications protocol of a set of communications protocols, and an application protocol of a set of application protocols, each combination of port number, communications protocol, and application protocol defining a communications channel of a set of communications channels, each port number of the set of port numbers forming a pair of an Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned common port number and application protocol with a corresponding application protocol of the set of application protocols; for each data package of the set of data packages, transmitting that data package across the network boundary over the communications channel defined by the combination of the port number, the communications protocol, and the application protocol of that data package; receiving the set of data packages by a listener on a second side of the network boundary, application protocol services of the listener being configured to communicate with the communications channels defined by combinations of port numbers, communications protocols, and application protocols of the transmitted data packages; and performing an analysis operation on the set of data packages, including verifying whether the simulated restricted content of the set of data packages changed between being generated on the first side of the network boundary and being received on the second side of the network boundary, to produce a set of verification results; wherein generating includes: wherein the set of verification results includes information indicating a mapping between i) changes in the simulated restricted content of each data package and ii) differences between the port number and application protocol of the communications channel over which that data package was sent and the pair of the IANA assigned common port number and the application protocol formed by the port number of that communications channel; and wherein performing the analysis operation further includes, for each data package of the set of data packages: | 8,682 |
9,453,594 | 1. A fixing device for at least one line, with a holding portion for mounting the fixing device, at least one receiving portion which includes a receptacle for the at least one line, wherein between the holding portion and the at least one receiving portion at least one damping portion is provided, which connects the at least one receiving portion with the holding portion and vibrationally decouples the same from the holding portion, wherein the connection between the receiving portion and the holding portion exclusively is formed by the damping portion, and wherein the holding portion is made of a first, hard material and the damping portion is made of a second, soft material, wherein the at least one receiving portion includes at least one supporting element which at least partly encloses the receptacle, wherein the supporting element is made of the first, hard material, the receiving portion including at least one damping element protruding into the receptacle, at least one damping component being provided on the outside of the receiving portion, wherein the damping element and the damping component are made out of the second, soft material; the at least one damping component, the damping element and the damping portion being integrally connected with each other, wherein the receiving portions are completely decoupled from the holding portion by the respective damping portion. | 25,154 |
8,381,658 | 1. A method of operating a locomotive including a set of electrical traction motors, a fuel cell power module for generating electrical current for driving the traction motors by reacting hydrogen and an air mass, an air system for providing the air mass, a cooling system for cooling the fuel cell power module, and an electronic processing system, the method comprising performing with the processing system: requesting an amount of power from the power module; determining a required current for producing the requested amount of power; determining a stoic set point for the power module from the required current; determining an air mass flow set point for producing the requested amount of power from the required current, the stoic set point, and numerical factors characterizing the power module; and setting a compressor set point including a speed set point and torque set point of a compressor motor of the air system to produce the air mass flow for the requested amount of power. | 35,285 |
8,386,954 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: displaying first content in an expanded state for the first content and second content in a contracted state for the second content, at least a portion of the first content is presented in a viewport, when in the expanded state for the first content, the first content includes a first list that includes items for selecting streaming videos and a second list that includes items for selecting broadcast channels, displaying the second content in the contracted state for the second content includes displaying a third list that includes items for selecting articles; switching between playing a streaming video and a broadcast channel in the viewport in response to receiving a single click request of one of the items from the first list or one of the items from the second list; receiving a request to expand the second content; contracting the first content for display in a contracted state for the first content in response to the request; expanding the second content for display in an expanded state for the second content in response to the request, the expanding the second content for the expanded state for the second content includes displaying a fourth list that includes items for selecting articles and text of one of the articles from the fourth list in a text reader, the text reader is not displayed in the contracted state for the second content; and displaying the first content in the contracted state for the first content while displaying the second content in the expanded state for the second content. | 36,608 |
8,383,365 | 1. A method of making a modified human FGF-21 polypeptide comprising a non-naturally encoded amino acid, wherein the non-naturally encoded amino acid is a phenylalanine derivative and is at a position selected from the group consisting of residues 72, 77, 86, 87, 91, 108, 110, 126, 131, and 146 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the corresponding amino acid position in another human FGF-21 polypeptide; and wherein the non-naturally encoded amino acid is linked to a linker, polymer, or biologically active molecule, the method comprising ribosomally synthesizing a modified human FGF-21 polypeptide, which comprises a non-naturally encoded amino acid, and contacting the modified human FGF-21 polypeptide with a linker, polymer, or biologically active molecule comprising a moiety that reacts with the non-naturally encoded amino acid of the modified human FGF-21 polypeptide. | 47,585 |
9,719,480 | 1. A method for controlling an internal combustion engine having an ignition control device and a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder having an ignition device connected to the ignition control device, the method comprising: setting target ignition times for the individual cylinders using an engine control device, wherein trigger signals based on the target ignition times are transmitted from the engine control device to the ignition control device; after receiving a trigger signal, the ignition control device activating the ignition device associated with the trigger signal in order to effect an ignition in the respective cylinder; wherein the ignition control device checks whether trigger signals for all cylinders are received in each engine cycle; and when it is detected that a trigger signal for at least one cylinder has not been received by the ignition control device and trigger signals have been received by the ignition control device for at least one other cylinder, a substitutional ignition time for the at least one cylinder for which no trigger signal has been received is calculated as a function of at least two trigger signals of the trigger signals that have been received for the at least one other cylinder, and the respective ignition device associated with the at least one cylinder for which no trigger signal has been received is activated according to the calculated substitutional ignition time. | 25,866 |
9,500,696 | 1. A synthetic test circuit for synthetic-testing a thyristor valve in high voltage direct current (HVDC), the synthetic test circuit comprising: a resonant circuit comprising the thyristor valve, a first auxiliary valve connected in series to the thyristor valve, and a charging auxiliary valve connected in parallel to the thyristor valve and applying forward DC current, a reverse DC voltage, and a forward DC voltage to the thyristor valve; a current generation unit connected to the charging auxiliary valve of the resonant circuit and generating DC current that is above a reference current value to supply the generated DC current to the resonant circuit; and a voltage generation unit connected to the charging auxiliary valve of the resonant circuit and generating a DC voltage that is above a reference voltage value to supply the generated DC voltage to the resonant circuit, the DC voltage becoming the forward DC voltage or the reverse DC voltage according to a polarity of the thyristor valve, wherein the charging auxiliary valve is used for charging a gate driver of the thyristor valve. | 20,913 |
9,627,095 | 1. A memory system comprising: a memory module comprising a plurality of memory chips mounted therein each memory chip comprising a plurality of banks, the memory chips being simultaneously accessible based on the same command and address; and a memory controller suitable for mapping the banks of the memory chips to each other while rearranging an order of the banks of each of the memory chips based on repair information of the memory chips. | 4,482 |
9,562,497 | 1. A fuel injector, comprising: a body defining a hydraulic coupling chamber and a fuel inlet passage therein; a first piston slidingly disposed in the body and having a first pressure area; a second piston slidingly disposed in the body and having the seal being in sliding engagement with the body, the first pressure area being fluidly coupled with the second pressure area via the hydraulic coupling chamber, the bearing surface being in fluid communication with the fuel inlet passage; a piezo stack connected to the first piston to effect movement of the first piston relative to the body; and a valve needle bearing on the bearing surface of the second piston, a gap between the valve needle and the body defining an outlet orifice that is configured to inject a fuel into a combustion chamber, the outlet orifice being in selective fluid communication with the fuel inlet passage based on relative motion between the valve needle and the body, wherein the first pressure area is larger than the second pressure area. | 34,773 |
9,021,824 | 1. An apparatus for supplying air of a fuel cell vehicle, comprising: a compressor compressing air received therein; a drain valve that discharges condensate water from a fuel cell; an evaporator that receives a first portion of the compressed air and the condensate water and supplies air humidified by evaporation of the condensate water to the fuel cell; a heat exchanger that receives a second portion of the compressed air, transfers heat from the received air to the evaporator air and condensate water mixture, and discharging cooled air to the humidifier; and a humidifier that receives and humidifies the cooled air from the heat exchanger and supplies the humidified cooled air to the fuel cell. | 18,964 |
9,816,231 | 1. A system for processing a biomass material comprising: a first treatment cell equipped with a first electron beam device for irradiating the biomass material with electron beams, and a screw conveyor for cooling and conveying the irradiated biomass material from the first treatment cell. | 24,802 |
8,715,826 | 1. A non-naturally occurring starch fiber comprising an unsubstituted starch and an alkyl amine, wherein the starch fiber has an average fiber diameter of less than about 50 μm and wherein the starch fiber comprises at least 50% to about 99.5% by weight of starch within the fiber and at least about 0.01% to about 50% by weight of the alkyl amine within the fiber. | 21,542 |
9,762,145 | 1. A stacked switched capacitor (SSC) energy buffer circuit having a first terminal configured to be coupled to a first reference voltage and a second terminal configured to be coupled to a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage, the circuit comprising: two sub-circuits that are serially coupled during a first operating mode wherein each sub-circuit comprises one or more capacitors, and at least one sub-circuit further comprises more than one capacitor and a plurality of switches disposed to selectively couple the capacitors to: (a) enable dynamic reconfiguration of how the capacitors are coupled to the terminals of the sub-circuit; and (b) dynamically reconfigure the interconnection among the capacitors within the sub-circuit. | 45,463 |
9,337,478 | 1. A particle of a composite composition for use in an electrochemical cell comprising: a general formula of MM′Z, wherein M is from the group of Si and Sn, M′ is from a group of Mn, Mg, Al, Mo, Bronze, Be, Ti, Cu, Ce, Li, Fe, Ni, Zn, Co, Zr, K, and Na, and Z is from the group of O, Cl, P, C, S, H, and F; and a surface composition being an oxide, the surface composition being textured, and wherein a major dimension of the particle is less than 100 microns, and wherein at least 2% by weight of M′ is doped into a crystal structure of M, and wherein M is arranged in an array of columns joined by crystallographic alignments with separation between the columns. | 22,085 |
8,630,533 | 1. An editing apparatus, comprising: encoding means configured to perform variable-length encoding of overwriting data to be used for insertion editing on base data, wherein the base data is segmented into a plurality of pictures, each including variable-length encoded real data and having a data amount equal to an integral multiple of a predetermined unit, which results from multiplying the predetermined unit by an arbitrary integer greater than or equal to 1; stuffing data addition means configured to sequentially obtain each picture included in the overwriting data having been variable-length encoded as a target picture, wherein if a data amount of the overwriting data included in each picture is not equal to the integral multiple of a predetermined unit, the stuffing data addition means creates insertion data included in each picture by adding stuffing data to the overwriting data included in each picture so that the data amount of the overwriting data included in each picture can be equal to the integral multiple of a predetermined unit, and if the data amount of the overwriting data included in each picture is equal to the integral multiple of a predetermined unit, the stuffing data addition means handles the overwriting data included in each picture, which remains as it is, as insertion data included in each picture; filler addition means configured to add a filler having a data amount the same as a data amount of a filler included in the base data to the insertion data having a total data amount the same as a data amount of the real data; and insertion means configured to insert insertion data, to which the filler is added, onto the base data, wherein the filler addition means reads out a predetermined range of the base data, removes the filler data from the predetermined range of the base data, recognizes the amount of filler data included in the predetermined range of the base data, adds said filler to a portion of the base data for the insertion data included in a last picture and supplies the resultant base data to a buffer memory. | 24,094 |
9,797,328 | 1. An Equipment Health Monitoring method for an engine comprising: a1) providing a plurality of sensors measuring engine parameter values and transmitting data regarding the engine parameter values; a2) providing a health data processing unit, the health data processing unit receiving the transmitted data from the plurality of sensors; a3) providing a data processing unit comprising a possibilistic drift computation unit, a fuzzy string generator unit, an experience based string matching unit, an information fusion and prognosis unit and an engine simulation unit; a4) operatively coupling the health data processing unit to the data processing unit; a5) providing that the possibilistic drift computation unit automatically allots an upper probability distribution to drift rates of the differences between measured and predicted values generated by the engine simulation unit, b) providing that the fuzzy string generator unit transforms a numerical sequence of upper probabilities of the drift rates generated by the possibilistic drift computation unit into a sequence of quantified terms in a fuzzy term set, c) providing that the experience-based string matching unit compares the string of terms generated by the fuzzy string generator unit with at least one other sequence or portion of sequence of previously obtained fuzzy terms in a database set to determine a degree of similarity therebetween, and d) providing that the information fusion and prognosis unit determines in dependence of the matching patterns or portions of the patterns resulting from the comparisons carried out in the experience-based string matching unit, providing a rate of engine deterioration indicating a current level of deterioration, a rate of deterioration change and a remaining useful life for a given level of deterioration or requirement or otherwise for engine maintenance or a most likely level of deterioration and a likelihood for the requirement or otherwise for engine maintenance of the engine under test; automatically determining a maintenance schedule based on step d). | 26,257 |
8,460,143 | 1. A continuously variable transmission system comprising: a gear set comprising one or more sun gears, one or more planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier arm on which the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational movement, the one or more sun gears and the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational engagement and movement with respect to each other, at least one of the one or more sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm couples to an input shaft providing a first input to the one or more planetary gears and a portion of the gear set couples to an output shaft to receive feedback; and a rotary coupling unit having an input rotationally coupled to the at least one of the one or more sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm and an output that rotationally couples to the output shaft; wherein the one or more planetary gears further comprises a first set of one or more planetary gears and a second set of one or more planetary gears which are coupled to the first set of planetary gears via a common shaft that is guided in a circular orbit by the planetary gear carrier arm that couples to the input shaft, while another of the one or more sun gears, which is coupled to the second set of planetary gears, is coupled to the input of the rotary coupling unit, while the at least one of the one or more sun gears which is coupled to the first set of planetary gears and directly couples to the output shaft where a portion of output of the rotary coupling unit is transferred as a second input to the one or more planetary gears. | 44,362 |
8,432,084 | 1. An electromechanical generator comprising an electromechanical device for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, the electromechanical device being a velocity damped resonator having a damping coefficient and a resonant frequency, a power detector for detecting the output electrical power from the electromechanical device, a controller, a damping coefficient adjuster for adjusting the damping coefficient of the electromechanical device, the controller being arranged to control the damping coefficient adjuster in response to the output electrical power detected by the power detector, and a resonant frequency adjuster for adjusting the resonant frequency of the electromechanical device, the controller being arranged to control the resonant frequency adjuster in response to the output electrical power detected by the power detector, wherein the resonant frequency adjuster is adapted to adjust the resonant frequency of the electromechanical device until a maximum power output has been detected by the power detector, the resonant frequency being adjusted to a particular resonant frequency, and wherein the damping coefficient adjuster is adapted to then adjust, at the particular resonant frequency, the damping coefficient of the electromechanical device until a maximum output electrical power is detected at the particular resonant frequency. | 39,386 |
8,713,783 | 1. A method of manufacturing a bed support for a chromatography column, the bed support including an outer ring having a rim and a sharp feature, the method comprising: placing the outer ring of the bed support on a support plate of a machine having a transitional stage with a roller attached thereto, placing a mesh disk into the outer ring, and pressing another support plate on the mesh disk, rotating the transitional stage such that the roller attached to the transitional stage applies a certain force over the rim of the ring; and continuously applying the force of the roller onto the ring until the rim of the ring bends then assembles into the mesh disk whereby the mesh gets trapped and secured in between the bent over rim and the sharp feature. | 40,085 |
8,560,141 | 1. A method for managing a plurality of three-dimensional packages and a cooling system having a plurality of active cooling mechanisms, said method comprising: associating each of the plurality of three-dimensional packages with a respective active cooling mechanism, wherein at least two of the plurality of active cooling mechanisms have different cooling capacities; receiving a plurality of workloads to be performed by the plurality of three-dimensional packages, wherein each of the plurality of three-dimensional packages contains a plurality of stacked die; allocating, by a processor, the plurality of workloads on the plurality of three-dimensional packages hierarchically according to the cooling capacities of the plurality of active cooling mechanisms respectively associated with the plurality of three-dimensional packages. | 15,074 |
8,697,980 | 1. A photovoltaic module, comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic cells comprising a first photovoltaic cell and a second photovoltaic cell; a collector-connector comprising an electrically insulating carrier and at least one flexible, electrically conductive first wire, the first wire configured to collect a current from a first polarity electrode of the first photovoltaic cell and electrically connect the first photovoltaic cell to a second polarity electrode of the second photovoltaic cell, wherein the first wire electrically contacts a major portion of a surface of the first polarity electrode; and at least one diode configured to bypass at least one cell of the plurality of photovoltaic cells, | 28,155 |
9,801,134 | 1. A communication method of a sensor node in a bidirectional event transmission sensor network including a sensor node and a coordinator, the method comprising: informing, in an uplink section, the coordinator of whether an uplink event occurs, the uplink event being detected by the sensor node; and receiving, in a downlink section, a synchronization packet that is used for transmitting the uplink event or for receiving a downlink event, based upon downlink transmission from the coordinator to the sensor node being sensed, the downlink event being detected by the coordinator, wherein the bidirectional event transmission sensor network has a structure of a super frame that comprises at least one standby slot (SS) comprising the uplink section and the downlink section, wherein in the each section, at least one mode of the coordinator and the sensor node is determined based on whether or not the uplink event or the downlink event occurs, and wherein if both the uplink event and the downlink event do not occur, then in the uplink section, the coordinator maintains wake-up mode and the sensor node maintains sleep mode, and in the downlink section, the coordinator maintains sleep mode and the sensor node maintains wake-up mode only for a predetermined time. | 366 |
8,405,539 | 1. A method for causing a target ( 2 ) to provide respective target information, the method comprising: equipping the target ( receiving, by the identification device ( processing, by the identification device ( transmitting the processed radar signal (ES) by the identification device ( receiving, by the synthetic aperture radar system ( processing the radar echo signal (RES), by the synthetic aperture radar system ( the target information comprises at least one status message (MSG) relative to a status of the target ( processing, by the identification device ( processing, by the synthetic aperture radar system ( | 13,049 |
9,271,382 | 1. A laser apparatus comprising: a master oscillator configured to output a pulse laser beam; an amplifier disposed in a light path of the pulse laser beam; a wavelength selection element disposed in the light path of the pulse laser beam and configured to be switched between (1) a first state and (2) a second state to suppress spontaneous emission light from being amplified and entering the master oscillator, to suppress spontaneous emission light from being amplified and striking the target, or to suppress reflection light of the pulse laser beam reflected by the target from being amplified and entering the master oscillator, a controller configured to switch the wavelength selection element. | 16,823 |
9,488,090 | 1. An engine block arrangement, comprising: an engine block; and an exhaust gas system, comprising, in a flow direction of an exhaust gas flow, an exhaust gas turbocharger, an oxidation catalytic converter, a feed device for a urea-water solution, a particle filter, and an SCR catalytic converter arranged one behind the other, wherein the exhaust gas turbocharger, the oxidation catalytic converter, the feed device for urea-water solution, the particle filter, and the SCR catalytic converter are situated together on the engine block along one side of the engine block that is oriented perpendicularly with respect to an output side of the engine block, and the exhaust gas turbocharger is situated substantially above an exhaust manifold, and wherein the particle filter and the SCR catalytic converter are situated substantially below the exhaust gas turbocharger. | 25,905 |
8,998,604 | 1. An injection mold, comprising: a first mold; a second mold disposed opposite to the first mold and configured to form a cavity having a shape that corresponds to an injection-molded product to be manufactured by being coupled to the first mold; an injection apparatus configured to inject molten resin in the cavity; and an adsorption apparatus configured to adsorb and separate the injection-molded product which is manufactured by the first mold and the second mold, from the first mold, wherein separation movement of the second mold causes the injection-molded product to partially separate from the first mold. | 19,929 |
9,810,128 | 1. A secondary air pump assembly for a vehicle, the assembly comprising: a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet; a pump disposed within the housing; a position assembly disposed within the housing and configured to monitor a speed of the pump, the position assembly comprising a hall-effect sensor and a target wheel having at least one permanent magnet; and a valve assembly disposed within the housing and configured to facilitate preventing a backflow of air into the housing. | 13,997 |
9,416,052 | 1. A composition, comprising: one or more cementitious binder materials present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 75% by dry weight of the composition; and | 47,960 |
9,045,146 | 1. A gravity binary rail security traverse system, which comprises: (a) an upper flexible rail having a pair of ends, each end affixed to a first upper base and to an upper second base, there being an inclination therebetween; (b) a lower flexible rail parallel to said upper flexible rail and having a pair of ends, each end affixed to a first lower base and to a second lower base, there being an inclination therebetween; (c) an upper pulley carried by said upper flexible rail; (d) an lower pulley carried by said lower flexible rail; (e) a vehicle unit affixed to said pulley and movable by gravity between said bases; and (f) said upper and lower pulleys being tethered together. | 36,599 |
9,291,142 | 1. An ignition control device applied to an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine comprising at least one spark plug for igniting gas in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by generating discharge in the gas and being configured to generate one or more discharges within an ignition period for igniting the gas, the ignition control device comprising a configuration: to refer first parameter relevant to discharge voltage and second parameter relevant to discharge voltage, upon a discharge generated with the at least one spark plug continuing for a period from a discharge start timing to a discharge end timing, the discharge start timing being a timing to start the discharge, the discharge end timing being a timing to end the discharge for the first time after the discharge start timing, the first parameter being a discharge voltage within first period or an amount of fuel included in the gas, the second parameter being a discharge voltage within second period or a flow rate of the gas near the discharge, the discharge voltage being an difference in electric potential between both ends of the discharge, the first period being from the discharge start timing to an intermediate timing after and near the discharge start timing, the second period being from the intermediate timing to the discharge end timing; to determine whether to start another discharge following the discharge within the ignition period based on both of the first parameter and the second parameter; and to start the another discharge with the at least one spark plug in the case of determining to start the another discharge within the ignition period. | 12,312 |
9,660,127 | 1. A sputtering target having a component composition that contains 1 to 40 at % of Ga, 0.05 to 2 at % of Na as metal element components, and the balance composed of Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein the sputtering target contains Na in at least one form selected from among sodium fluoride, sodium sulfide, and sodium selenide and the content of oxygen is from 100 to 1,000 ppm. | 21,780 |
8,409,136 | 1. A robotic medical instrument system, comprising: a controller configured to control actuation of at least one servo motor; an elongate instrument having one or more control elements operatively coupled to the at least one servo motor such that the instrument moves in response to actuation of the at least one servo motor; and wherein the controller controls actuation of the at least one servo motor, thereby controlling movement of the instrument, based at least in part upon roll correction data for the instrument. | 22,279 |
8,955,658 | 1. A vehicle power transmission device comprising: a torque converter and a power transmission mechanism in a power transmission path between an engine and drive wheels, the torque converter including an input-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of pump blades, an output-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of turbine blades receiving a fluid flow from the pump blades, and a stator disposed with a stator blade disposed between the pump blades and the turbine blades, the power transmission mechanism transmitting power input to an input shaft from the torque converter to a subsequent stage, within a circulation flow passage allowing circulation of fluid in the torque converter, a circulation outward passage allowing the fluid to flow toward the inside of the torque converter at the time of the circulation being made up of a gap between the input shaft of the power transmission mechanism and a tubular stator shaft coupled via a one way clutch to the stator, and the stator shaft being concentric with the input shaft and has a diameter larger than the input shaft, the torque converter including a lockup clutch selectively coupling the input-side rotating member to the output-side rotating member, the lockup clutch having a release-side chamber consisting of a portion of the circulation outward passage and having an inner pressure increased by supply of the fluid when the lockup clutch is released, the lockup clutch being disposed on a side opposite to the stator shaft relative to the output-side rotating member, the circulation outward passage including a through-hole penetrating the output-side rotating member in a direction parallel to an axial center of the torque converter to be in communication with the gap between the input shaft of the power transmission mechanism and the stator shaft, a gap in the direction parallel to the axial center between the stator and the output-side rotating member being oil-tightly sealed on an outer circumferential side of the through-hole, and the torque converter including an engine intermittent clutch coupling a crankshaft of the engine and the input-side rotating member to each other. | 33,713 |
8,857,005 | 1. An improved hair brush having a hand-grippable handle attached to a head with a plurality of spaced bristles extending from the head, the improvement comprising: (a) the head formed by at least first and second substantially coplanar frames, the first frame being spaced from the second frame by a gap; (b) a first cantilever interposed between the first frame and the handle; (c) a second cantilever interposed between the second frame and the handle, wherein the second frame is configured to move relative to the first frame and the handle; (d) the head formed by a third and fourth frames, the third frame mounted to the first cantilever and defining a gap between the second and third frames, the third frame having bristles mounted thereto; (e) a third cantilever mounted to the handle and spaced from the first cantilever; and (f) the fourth frame mounted to the second and third cantilevers and defining a gap between the third and fourth frames, the fourth frame having bristles mounted thereto, wherein the third and fourth frames are substantially coplanar with the first and second frames. | 40,076 |
9,807,879 | 1. A connection apparatus for connecting electrically conductive pads in an in-cell capacitive touch screen with an integrated circuit, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged in opposition such that an inside surface of the first substrate faces an inside surface of the second substrate, wherein the first substrate is transparent; an electrically conductive and curable glue layer comprising electrically conductive balls is arranged between one of the plurality of first electrically conductive pads and one of the plurality of second electrically conductive pads, wherein the electrically conductive balls connect said first electrically conductive pad and said second electrically conductive pad; and a plurality of cutouts disposed in one of the plurality of first electrically conductive pads in a periphery area of the in-cell capacitive touch screen, wherein the cutouts allow light to pass from the first substrate into the connecting area glue layer for better curing, and wherein at least one of the electrically conductive balls is arranged in a position corresponding to one of the cutouts; and wherein each of the plurality of first electrically conductive pads disposed with cutouts is covered with a first transparent electrically-conductive layer; and wherein the transparent electrically-conductive layer is arranged between the electrically conductive and curable glue layer and each of the plurality of first electrically conductive pads. | 9,525 |
8,675,334 | 1. A method for operating a tank device of a motor vehicle, the tank device including a tank and a valve configured to be adjustable using a driver stage connected to an energy supply, the method comprising: ascertaining a fault related to the tank device; and closing the valve in response to the ascertained fault; wherein two output signals, each configured to close the valve independently of the other, are formed in response to the ascertained fault, and wherein one of the output signals is a relay signal interrupting the energy supply to the driver stage. | 22,199 |
9,379,855 | 1. A method for remote modular testing, the method comprising: receiving data, via a node server, from a remote server, wherein the received data comprises a questionnaire file for an equipment to be tested and a selected standard from a standards library database; determining, via the node server, a test strategy file based on the received data; identifying, via the node server, at least one test to be configured and implemented based on the test strategy file; executing, via the node server, the test strategy file for the at least one identified test; generating, via the node server, a test results document for the at least one identified test; and sending, via the node server, the test results document for the at least one identified test to the remote server, wherein the test strategy file comprises at least one test identifier and is executed in the cloud, the test identifier identifies each test to be performed, and the test identifier identifies the test results document corresponding test results of the equipment, and identifies a location of where the test results document resides in the cloud. | 3,950 |
9,670,893 | 1. An ignition timing control apparatus for a spark ignition internal combustion engine which injects fuel directly into a combustion chamber, comprising: an injection timing detection unit for detecting a fuel injection timing; a rotation speed detection unit for detecting an engine rotation speed; a load detection unit for detecting an engine load; a storing unit for storing a first control data of variation in an optimal ignition timing with respect to an engine rotation speed and a fuel injection timing and a second control data of a correction coefficient of the optimal ignition timing with respect to an engine load; and a control unit for obtaining an optimal ignition timing based on the fuel injection timing detected by the injection timing detection unit, the engine rotation speed detected by the rotation speed detection unit and the engine load detected by the load detection unit, wherein the control unit is programmed to: | 32,616 |
9,274,474 | 1. A fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording material while conveying and heating the recording material bearing the unfixed toner image at a nip portion, the fixing device comprising: a rotary member configured to contact the unfixed toner image; a pressure member configured to form the nip portion by contacting the rotary member; and a cover configured to cover the rotary member with a space between the rotary member and the cover, the cover including an upstream cover portion disposed upstream of the nip portion in a conveyance direction of the recording material at the nip portion, wherein in a cross section of the fixing device, the cross section being orthogonal to a generatrix direction of the rotary member, the following formulas are satisfied: S/W≧0.7×H, su≦H/2; and ka≦5 (mm), where H represents the shortest distance between the nip portion and a farthest surface portion of the rotary member farthest away from the nip portion, W represents the maximum width of the rotary member in the conveyance direction, and S represents an area of the space between the rotary member and the cover in a range of the maximum width W, su represents the shortest distance between the upstream cover portion and a virtual line obtained by extending the nip portion in the upstream direction upstream of the nip portion in the conveyance direction, and ka represents the shortest distance between the upstream cover portion and a surface portion of the rotary member farthest upstream from the nip portion in the conveyance direction. | 24,622 |
9,432,840 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a system to: detect a change in location for a mobile platform having a plurality of radios, wherein each of the plurality of radios supports a different wireless technology, and the change in location is based on information received from one or more active radios of the plurality of radios on the mobile platform including a connection loss; and activate a Wi-Fi radio in response to the change in location, wherein a first profile is associated with a first location and a second profile is associated with a second location, and the first profile and the second profile each include location entry criteria, location exit criteria, and radio settings including activation and deactivation information for the plurality of radios. | 5,726 |
9,850,095 | 1. An elevator comprising: a cage installed in a shaft formed in a building in order to carry a passenger or a load; a counterweight installed in the shaft and connected to the cage through a wire rope so as to move in the opposite direction of a moving direction of the cage; sub-guide rails that are vertically installed in the shaft and supports the counterweight so as to be vertically movable along the shaft; a drive unit vertically moving the cage along the shaft; a first electricity generation unit including a first coil section installed on the cage or the shaft and a first magnetic force generator that is installed on the shaft or the cage so as to face the first coil section and provides a magnetic force to the first coil section so as to generate an induced electromotive force according to relative position change between the first coil section and the first magnetic force generator while the cage moves up and down; and a second electricity generation unit including a second coil section installed on the counterweight and a second magnetic force generator installed on the shaft or the sub-guide rails to face the second coil section and provide a magnetic force to the second coil section so as to generate an induced electromotive force according to relative position change between the second coil section and the second magnetic force generator while the counterweight moves up and down. | 5,819 |
9,161,099 | 1. A computer-implemented method of matching an advertisement for a product to a television media asset comprising: extracting, by a processor, at least one product keyword for a product from a web page associated with the product; generating, by the processor, a product profile for the product comprising the at least one extracted product keyword for the product; generating, by the processor, a plurality of media asset profiles corresponding to a plurality of television media assets, each media asset profile including at least one media asset keyword for a corresponding television media asset; calculating, for each television media asset, a match score based on the at least one media asset keyword and the at least one extracted product keyword; calculating, for the product profile, a plurality of fitness scores based at least in part on the match score for each television media asset; and determining a particular television media asset for placing an advertisement for the product based upon the plurality of fitness scores. | 12,832 |
9,333,531 | 1. Method of manufacturing a thin-film optoelectric device comprising the steps of providing a first, metal substrate, patterning a first main surface of the metal substrate, therewith creating protruding and recessed portions in said first main surface, depositing a first barrier layer structure at the first main surface of the metal substrate, removing material from the metal substrate at a second main surface opposite the first main surface, therewith revealing the first barrier layer structure opposite the recessed portions, applying a functional structure at a side of the first barrier layer structure where the material from the metal substrate was removed, applying a second barrier layer structure, at a side of the functional structure opposite the first barrier layer structure. | 48,335 |
9,819,475 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a nanoionic switch having a first state and a second state; at least one rectenna module, comprising an antenna and a rectifier, coupled to the nanoionic switch; and wherein the rectenna module permits operation of the nanoionic switch without onboard power. | 13,643 |
9,801,133 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor configured to cause a first wireless device to: generate a wakeup packet comprising trigger timing information and a wakeup response policy field to indicate a response policy, the wakeup response policy field comprising a value to indicate an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) packet response policy, the wakeup packet comprising a response Resource Unit (RU) allocation of an OFDMA structure for transmission of a response to said wakeup packet; transmit the wakeup packet to a wakeup receiver of a second wireless device over a wakeup RU allocation of the OFDMA structure, the wakeup packet to indicate that a radio of the second wireless device is to be woken up, the OFDMA structure comprising the wakeup RU allocation and a plurality of other RU allocations, the wakeup RU allocation allocated for communication of the wakeup packet, the plurality of other RU allocations allocated for OFDMA communication of one or more data packets; transmit a trigger frame to the second wireless device based on the trigger timing information; and process reception of said response over the response RU allocation of the OFDMA structure. | 24,574 |
9,088,223 | 1. A power factor correction circuit comprising: an inductor for receiving an input voltage and supplying output power; a power switch for controlling input current flowing to the inductor, the power switch being connected to the inductor; and a power factor correction controller for receiving information on an output voltage of the output power and information on an inductor voltage to control a switching operation of the power switch, sensing a duty ratio of the power switch from a control signal that controls switching operation of the power switch and the control signal is based at least on the information on the inductor voltage, generating a signal corresponding to the sensed duty ratio of the power switch, generating an estimate of the input voltage from the signal corresponding to the duty ratio of the power switch, and determining whether to turn on the power switch according to the information on the inductor voltage. | 39,802 |
8,691,113 | 1. A red phosphor comprising: an element A, europium (Eu), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N) at the atom number ratio of the composition formula (1) wherein the element A in the composition formula (1) is at least one of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), and barium (Ba), and m, x, y, and n in the composition formula (1) satisfy the relations 0.5<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<1, and 0<n<10 wherein the compound of the composition formula (1) has a crystal structure that belongs to an orthorhombic system spatial point group Pmn2 1 . | 31,521 |
9,642,197 | 1. A circuit for compensating a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) base current, the circuit comprising: a mirror element configured to mirror the BJT base current; and an amplifier comprising a first p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor being directly connected to a base of the BJT, the first PMOS transistor being directly coupled to the mirror element to induce a mirror current into the mirror element, wherein the mirror element is a second PMOS transistor. | 33,980 |
9,720,185 | 1. A processing system to connectorize optical cables, the processing system comprising: a table arrangement on which a plurality of processing stations are disposed; a track arrangement that is disposed above the table arrangement and from which coils of the optical cables to be connectorized are hung; wherein the processing stations include: a second strip-clean-cleave station disposed at a separate location from the table arrangement, the second strip-clean-cleave station configured to prepare an end of a fiber stub extending from a ferrule. | 39,551 |
8,802,275 | 1. A battery module, comprising: a plurality of unit cells, each unit cell having a first terminal and a second terminal, the plurality of unit cells including at least a first unit cell and a second unit cell; and a bus bar electrically connecting the first terminal of the first unit cell to one of the first and second terminals of the second unit cell, the bus bar including an insertion part therein, the insertion part being configured to receive a sensing member and connect the sensing member to the bus bar, wherein: | 23,035 |
9,190,728 | 1. An omnidirectional antenna, comprising: a substrate, which is a grounded plane substrate; a plurality of antenna units disposed in a peripheral region of the substrate, wherein, there are two different types of antenna units including a first type of antenna unit and a second type of antenna unit alternately disposed at the peripheral region of the substrate, and the two types of antenna units served as reflectors for each other are oppositely disposed at the substrate in pairs and respectively operated to receive and transmit electromagnetic waves in two frequency bands; each type of antenna unit comprises: a strip-shaped radiating member formed in an upper half of the antenna unit, and extended from an inverse-F portion; a downward-protrudent feeding member formed in a middle portion of the radiating member; a connecting member formed in a lower half of the antenna unit, being a member interconnecting the antenna unit and the substrate, and connected with the radiating member; and at least two upward-protrudent grounding members formed on the connecting member, and jointly grounded with the substrate through the connecting member, wherein the feeding member is extended to a portion between the two grounding members; wherein the second type of antenna unit further comprising a protrusion protrudingly formed from an end of the strip-shaped radiation member of the second type of antenna unit. | 47,471 |
8,961,431 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an integrated cartridge having drop-in assembly of components, including | 35,451 |
9,177,731 | 1. A switching apparatus for an electrical switch as may be disposed in a cabinet, the electrical switch having a switch operator extending from a front of a housing of the electrical switch movable along an actuation axis to switch the electrical switch between an on and off state, the switching apparatus comprising: an actuator frame fixable relative to the housing of the electrical switch proximate to the switch operator; a slider held by the actuator frame to slide along the actuation axis, the slider providing a collar receiving the switch operator when the actuator frame is fixed to the housing of the electrical switch, so that movement of the slider along the actuation axis may switch the switch operator between the on and off states; an actuator cable providing an outer sheath and inner flexible cable, a first end of the outer sheath attached to one end of the actuator frame so that the inner flexible cable may extend from the first end along the actuation axis, and a first end of the inner flexible cable attached to the slider may move the slider with movement of the inner flexible cable; wherein an attachment between the first end of the outer sheath and the actuator frame provides a threaded ferrule at the first end of the actuator sheath threadably engaging a threaded fastener adjustable therealong and wherein at least a portion of the threaded fastener is received within a pocket on the actuator frame, the pocket sized to permit rotation of the threaded fastener about the threaded ferrule within the pocket while preventing translation of the threaded fastener along the axis with respect to the actuator frame. | 27,306 |
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