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9,172,095 | 1. A method of manufacturing an electrode for a fuel cell, comprising the steps of: (S1) pretreating a surface of a substrate; (S2) doping the pretreated surface of the substrate with a catalyst for growing nanocarbons; (S3) disposing the substrate doped with the catalyst in a reactor and preheating the reactor to predetermined temperature; (S4) providing a platinum precursor and a carbon precursor in the form of a gas; and (S5) supplying the gaseous platinum precursor and carbon precursor contactlessly to the preheated reactor using a carrier gas to form nanocarbons and a core-shell-structured platinum-carbon composite on the surface of the substrate doped with the catalyst. | 41,045 |
8,943,636 | 1. An erasing device comprising: a conveyance unit that conveys a sheet along a conveyance path; a pair of rotating brushes provided on opposite sides of the conveyance path and opposed to each other and positioned in a width direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, the rotating brushes being configured to rotate so that a brush tip portion closest to the conveyance path has a tangential velocity in the same direction as the conveying direction and the tangential velocity of the brush tip portion being greater than a conveyance speed of the sheet so that a corner fold portion which occurs on the sheet is contacted and corrected by the rotating brush tip portion; a pair of correction guides provided on opposite sides of the conveyance path and opposed to each other and on the upstream side in the conveying direction from the rotating brushes, the correction guides being shaped so that first ends of the correction guides on the upstream side in the conveying direction define a first width of the conveyance path between the first ends, and second ends of the correction guides on the downstream side in the conveying direction define a second width of the conveyance path between the second ends, the second width being larger than the first width; and an erasing unit provided downstream in the sheet conveyance direction than the rotating brush, the erasing unit erasing an image which is formed on the sheet. | 10,722 |
8,578,737 | 1. A method of conveying molten glass comprising: (A) passing the molten glass through a conduit having an entrance, an exit, a perimeter, and a length; and (B) at at least one location along the conduit's length producing non-uniform heat transfer with the molten glass by: where the non-uniformity in insulating and/or heating is an azimuthal non-uniformity and wherein: (a) molten glass leaving the exit is conveyed to forming apparatus of an overflow downdraw process; (b) a desired cross-sectional temperature distribution at the exit is defined that affects the mass, thickness, and/or temperature distribution of molten glass on the surface of the forming apparatus, said desired cross-sectional temperature distribution being a non-uniform distribution; and (c) the heating and/or insulating specified in (B) produces a cross-sectional temperature distribution at the exit that approximates the desired cross-sectional temperature distribution. | 35,970 |
9,080,555 | 1. A turbine, comprising: a central support member; and, a plurality of cups arranged along the central support member in accordance with a direction of motion of the central support member, each of the cups in communication with the central support member, each of the cups including a closed leading edge oppositely disposed from an open trailing edge, a body intermediate the closed leading edge and the open trailing edge and tapering outward from the closed leading edge to the open trailing edge, the leading edge defining a first arc of a first radius of curvature and the trailing edge defining a second arc of a second radius of curvature, the first radius of curvature smaller than the second radius of curvature, and the cups are positioned with respect to each other such that leading edge of subsequent cup follows trailing edge of previous cup. | 10,956 |
9,270,633 | 1. A method comprising: by a first computing device, receiving from a second computing device of a user an indication of a radio-network state of the second computing device and location data for the second computing device; by the first computing device, identifying a plurality of messages to be sent to the user; by the first computing device, determining for each of the messages: by the first computing device, determining which of the messages to send currently to the second computing device based at least in part on their respective transmit costs, their respective priority scores, and the location data; and by the first computing device, transmitting at least one of the messages to the second computing device based at least in part on the transmit costs, the priority scores, and the location data. | 4,162 |
8,360,051 | 1. A solar energy collection system comprising: at least one receiver configured to receive on an external surface thereof reflected solar radiation from heliostats, the at least one receiver housing at least one fluid conveying member for conveying a working fluid therethrough, the external surface having a light-absorbing coating thereon; and light-reflecting elements disposed on the external surface, the light-reflecting elements producing at least partially diffuse reflection of light energy reflected thereon by the heliostats; an imaging device for determining the apparent brightness of each of the light-reflecting elements and providing a brightness signal; and a controller configured to compute a flux distribution across the surface of the at least one receiver responsively to the apparent brightness signal. | 6,416 |
9,299,980 | 1. A lead/acid battery electrode comprising: a single planar conductive core member defining a tab and having opposing surfaces bounded by edges defining the outer perimeter around the core member, the opposing surfaces configured to receive lead paste; and a polymeric frame supporting the core member in the planar state, the frame comprising a single removable lug, the frame being coupled to the edges and extending about the entirety of the core member perimeter and about a portion of the tab; wherein the tab and the single removable lug are axially aligned along a planar direction of the core member. | 21,677 |
9,349,223 | 1. A system for wirelessly advertising vehicle specific information comprising: a device adapted to be removably attached to a vehicle diagnostic data port; the device being configurable by a vehicle operator or other user; the device being capable of communicating through the vehicle diagnostic data port with at least one built-in vehicle electronic control module; the device being capable of communicating over a wireless communications system external to the vehicle diagnostic data port; the device configured to read or request or communicate vehicle specific information from the vehicle diagnostic data port; and the device incorporating the vehicle specific information as part of a wireless communications system name, whereby the vehicle specific information is visible on an external independent user computing device without requiring a user to open a wireless communications connection or socket between the device and the external independent user computing device, and whereby the device automatically changes the wireless communications system name in real time upon receiving a change in the vehicle specific information obtained from the vehicle through the vehicle diagnostic port. | 29,472 |
9,395,874 | 1. A method of operating a handheld electronic device, the method suitable for using an operating interface displayed on a touch screen of the handheld electronic device to operate a function module of the handheld electronic device, comprising; activating the function module of the handheld electronic device and displaying a user interface of the function module on the touch screen; activating an operating function of the function module and displaying a first operating interface on the touch screen; receiving a touch input comprising a slide operation on the first operating interface; and switching the first operating interface to a second operating interface with a same size as the first operating interface and different key arrangement in response to receiving the touch input on the operating interface, wherein the first operating interface is switched to the second operating interface without switching the user interface displayed on the touch screen a first operation performed on the first operating interface is different from a second operation performed on the second operating interface, wherein the first operating interface comprises a plurality of alphabetical buttons and the second operating interface comprises a plurality of directional buttons. | 22,319 |
9,469,972 | 1. A control system for a powertrain of a machine, comprising: a first sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of an actual speed of the powertrain; a second sensor configured to venerate a second signal indicative of at least one of a force bearing on the machine and a position of an implement of the machine; an interface device configured to generate a third signal indicative of a desired speed of the powertrain; and a controller in communication with the first sensor, the second sensor, and the interface device, the controller being configured to: | 30,108 |
9,230,935 | 1. A package on package structure, comprising: a first substrate having a first region and a second region; a bump formed on the first region of the first substrate, wherein the bump comprises a metallic structure and a plurality of minor elements, wherein the metallic structure comprises a central core formed of a metal material and a solder material layer surrounding the central core; a first semiconductor die bonded to the second region of the first substrate; and a semiconductor die package bonded to the first substrate, wherein the first semiconductor die is between the package and the first substrate, and wherein the semiconductor die package comprises a connector bonded to the bump, and further comprising an air gap between an exposed surface of the first semiconductor die and the semiconductor die package. | 40,561 |
8,816,318 | 1. A nonvolatile memory device comprising: a first conductive unit; a second conductive unit; and a memory layer provided between the first conductive unit and the second conductive unit and capable of reversibly transitioning between a first state and a second state due to a current supplied via the first conductive unit and the second conductive unit, a resistance of the second state being higher than a resistance of the first state; the memory layer including a material expressed by (M1 | 7,106 |
9,756,545 | 1. A method, implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: the WTRU receiving a single radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration request, the single RRC connection reconfiguration request including individually, for each of a plurality of cells, physical configuration information, wherein one of the plurality of cells is a primary cell and other cells of the plurality of cells are non-primary cells; and the WTRU sending a measurement report on a condition that a neighboring cell is better than a non-primary cell by an amount. | 1,223 |
9,251,918 | 1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a bank including a normal area including normal columns, and a redundancy area including redundancy columns and to be replaced with a failure column of the normal area; sense amplifiers connected to the normal area; and a redundancy sense amplifier connected to the redundancy area, wherein a normal replacement unit is formed of normal columns allocated to each of the sense amplifiers, a redundancy replacement unit is formed of redundancy columns allocated to the redundancy sense amplifier, and the redundancy replacement unit is smaller than the normal replacement unit. | 47,346 |
8,744,647 | 1. A method for controlling, and monitoring surrounding areas of, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) by an Operator with a remote control, comprising: providing a flight display, and a UAV equipped with a camera and a positioning device providing an image of surrounding areas and positioning data of an operating field of the UAV, wirelessly transmitted to a remote control; displaying the image captured by the camera on the flight display; providing a transparent layer upon the image comprising a cardinal-oriented map of a range of the operating field including at least a cardinal point, a UAV symbol oriented on the flight display relative to the cardinal point corresponding to a real compass direction of the UAV provided by the positioning device, the cardinal-oriented map including an Operator position symbol; a waypoint symbol positioned relative to the UAV symbol corresponding in distance and direction to a real geographical relation between the UAV and the waypoint; displaying one or more rings indicating a scale of the cardinal-oriented map, the one or more rings being centered around the Operator position symbol which coincides with a center of the flight display. | 2,459 |
8,526,638 | 1. A gain control circuit comprising: a comparator configured to compare an input gain value with a count value to generate a comparison result signal; a counter configured to increase or decrease the count value in accordance with the comparison result signal; and a gain modulator circuit configured to modulate the count value to generate a gain control signal which changes in a time-divided manner, wherein the gain modulator circuit is configured to modulate the count value so that a gain obtained by time-averaging a gain corresponding to the gain control signal matches a gain based on the count value. | 20,881 |
9,174,862 | 1. In a sewage treatment system and process, a method for increasing efficiency in an intensified process including membrane separators in which water is removed from mixed liquor, wherein superoxygenation and air scour are employed, comprising: supersaturating influent wastewater or mixed liquor with oxygen in an oxygenation zone prior to biological treatment, so that the wastewater or mixed liquor is oxygenated beyond normal saturation content of water at atmospheric conditions, to an oxygen content of at least 15 parts per million, and at sufficient flow rate of the wastewater or mixed liquor through the oxygenation zone to allow for an oxygen uptake rate beyond 150 mg/l/hr thereby intensifying the process, introducing the oxygen-supersaturated wastewater or mixed liquor into a biological process zone requiring oxygen, thereby causing part of the oxygen in the mixed liquor to be taken up to support the biological process, and directing the mixed liquor to membrane separators in an MBR zone to remove water, whereby the dissolved oxygen can meet most of process oxygen demand, while causing some of the oxygen in the mixed liquor to evolve from solution in the MBR zone as relatively large bubbles which form and rise to the membrane separators with sufficient velocity to cause air scour of the membrane separators in the MBR zone. | 40,832 |
8,969,025 | 1. A sensor for performing measurement of a subject to be measured included in a sample solution, comprising at least: i) an insulating first substrate; ii) first and second electrodes placed on said first substrate; iii) a reagent layer placed on said first electrode; and iv) a sample solution-holding part contacting said first electrode or said reagent layer and said second electrode, wherein said reagent layer includes extracellular secretion type cytochrome and an enzyme is placed on either said reagent layer or said sample solution-holding part; wherein said enzyme is flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent. | 46,913 |
8,603,903 | 1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising: forming a base layer comprising a conductive nitride to an area including at least a portion where an gate electrode is formed, above a nitride semiconductor layer comprising a group III-V nitride semiconductor material; forming a gate insulation film comprising a high dielectric constant material to cover the base layer; and forming the gate electrode to a portion on the gate insulation film where is aligned with the base layer. | 16,090 |
8,745,974 | 1. An exhaust system, comprising: an exhaust passage configured to receive exhaust from a combustion engine; a heat exchanger disposed within the exhaust passage; a reductant supply fluidly connected to the heat exchanger, the reductant supply including methane; a first catalyst fluidly connected to the heat exchanger and configured to receive methane from the reductant supply via the heat exchanger; a second catalyst disposed within the exhaust passage and configured to receive the exhaust from the combustion engine via the heat exchanger; and a clean-up catalyst disposed within the exhaust passage and configured to receive a combined flow, the combined flow including the exhaust and the methane exiting the first catalyst. | 2,241 |
8,619,281 | 1. A device including an output unit configured to output a document image using one output type selected from a plurality of output types, the device comprising: a holding unit configured to hold a setting as to whether or not to permit each type of the plurality of output types; a reception unit configured to receive, from a user, a specification as to which output type is to be used; a reading unit configured to read a document to obtain a document image after the reception of the specification; a first determination unit configured to determine, after the document is read, whether or not the obtained document image includes output inhibition information; a second determination unit configured to determine, after the document is read, whether or not the output type specified by the user is permitted according to the setting in the holding unit; and a control unit configured to control the output unit, after the determinations by the first and second determination units, | 35,645 |
8,429,913 | 1. An energy conversion apparatus comprising: a first hot fluid reservoir connected to a second hot fluid reservoir via a hot transfer pipe; a first cold fluid reservoir connected to a second cold fluid reservoir via a cold transfer pipe; a first gas conduit connecting the first hot fluid reservoir to the first cold fluid reservoir; a second gas conduit connecting the second hot fluid reservoir to the second cold fluid reservoir; a hot displacer fluid disposed within the first hot fluid reservoir, second hot fluid reservoir and the hot transfer pipe; a cold displacer fluid disposed within the first cold fluid reservoir, the second cold fluid reservoir and the cold transfer pipe; a first working gas exerting a first gas pressure in the first hot fluid reservoir and in the first cold fluid reservoir; a second working gas exerting a second gas pressure in the second hot fluid reservoir and in the second cold fluid reservoir; wherein the first hot fluid reservoir and second hot fluid reservoir are vertically separated from the first cold fluid reservoir and second cold fluid reservoir by a natural vertical thermal gradient in a natural body of water; and at least one energy extraction device adapted to convert a flow of either the hot displacer fluid or cold displacer fluid into energy for output from the energy conversion apparatus. | 38,571 |
8,839,758 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a cylinder block, a cylinder head defining at least one flow opening, a connecting assembly including at least one air- or gas-conducting part connected to said at least one flow opening of the cylinder head, at least one flexible or flexibly moveable installed sealing element disposed between the air- or gas-conducting part and the cylinder head, and at least one fastening means connecting the air- or gas-conducting part to the cylinder block and spatially separated from the at least one sealing element, wherein the air- or gas-conducting part is connected only by said at least one sealing element to the cylinder head and is exclusively fastened to said cylinder block, and wherein said at least one fastening means is arranged in a functionally separate manner from the at least one sealing element, so that the sealing element is capable of compensating relative movements between the cylinder head and the air- or gas-conducting part. | 45,601 |
9,160,003 | 1. An electrode comprising a binder and an electroactive material, wherein the binder comprises a polymer comprising a linear polysiloxane or a cyclic polysiloxane, wherein the polymer is a solid polymer comprising oligo(ethylene oxide) side chains. | 30,679 |
8,969,634 | 1. A method of performing exothermic reactions, wherein the reactions comprise the hydrogenation of one or more fluorocarbon compounds, the method comprising the steps of, (a) first conducting said exothermic reactions in an upstream trickle-bed reactor which does not include a heating or cooling medium to produce a trickle-bed reactor effluent, and (b) thereafter conducting said exothermic reactions on at least a portion of the trickle-bed reactor effluent from step (a) in a downstream shell-and-tube reactor which comprises a temperature control system selected from the group consisting of a heating medium, a cooling medium, and both a heating and a cooling medium, wherein the reactors used in steps (a) and (b) are separated by a heat exchanger, thereby permitting the introduction of reactants to the shell-and-tube reactor at any desired temperature; and wherein the combination of steps (a) and (b) provide for both efficient removal of heat and further provide control of the exothermic reaction temperature and the reaction progression, thereby reducing or eliminating the formation of undesired over-hydrogenation products. | 49,671 |
8,512,273 | 1. A method for calculating a current sensitivity of a subject to administration of an anesthetic drug during surgery, said method comprising the steps of: changing an infusion rate of the drug by a calibration amount during surgery for calibration, in addition to a therapeutic infusion of the drug; detecting a change in an entropy signal in response to the infusion rate change; and determining a current sensitivity of the subject to the drug based on the change in the entropy signal wherein the current sensitivity has a value defined by a ratio comprising the change in the entropy signal and the change in the infusion rate. | 41,408 |
8,734,566 | 1. A method of separating a feed gas into a first fraction and a second fraction, the method comprising: introducing the feed gas into a gas centrifuge, wherein the gas centrifuge comprises: rotating the rotor about the axis of rotation, whereby heavy molecules of the feed gas are forced toward the inner wall of the rotor; and extracting at least a portion of the first fraction from the interior space through the stationary porous tube, and extracting at least a portion of the second fraction from the interior space, | 2,132 |
9,293,400 | 1. A package, wherein the package comprises: at least one electronic chip; an encapsulation body that at least partially encapsulates the at least one electronic chip; a plurality of terminal pins to connect the at least one electronic chip, wherein each of the said terminal pins comprises an encapsulated section that is encapsulated by the encapsulation body, and an exposed section that protrudes from the encapsulation body; wherein at least a part of the exposed sections extends laterally from the encapsulation body up to a reversal point and extends back laterally from the reversal point towards the encapsulation body, so that a free end of the exposed sections is laterally aligned with a corresponding side wall of the encapsulation body, or is spaced from the corresponding side wall of the encapsulation body laterally outwardly; wherein the exposed sections are continuously curved, in particular kinkfree. | 49,441 |
9,651,245 | 1. A method of applying electric arc furnace dust in chemical looping combustion process, comprising: (1) providing an electric arc furnace dust and an aluminum oxide inert support and mixing the electric arc furnace dust and the aluminum oxide inert support to obtain a mixture of the electric arc furnace dust and the aluminum oxide inert support; (2) calcining the mixture of the electric arc furnace dust and the aluminum oxide inert support with high temperature to prepare another mixture of ferric oxide, Zn—Al compound oxide, and aluminum oxide; and (3) applying the mixture of ferric oxide, Zn—Al compound oxide, and aluminum oxide in a chemical looping combustion process. | 24,684 |
9,829,933 | 1. An electronic device comprising: an enclosure with an opening; a cover; and a latch mechanism, the latch mechanism comprising: a rotatable arm; a spring to bias the rotatable arm to secure the cover to the enclosure; a cam moveable between a rest position and an engaged position, wherein in the engaged position, the cam moves the rotatable arm to release the cover; and a button to move the cam; wherein a housing is removably attached to the enclosure, the housing blocks access to the button. | 42,721 |
9,771,158 | 1. An electrothermal heater mat for ice protection of an aerodynamic surface, said mat comprising a flexible substrate bearing printed heater tracks of a material of selected resistivity, said tracks being formed with a thermosetting ink containing electrically conductive particles. | 19,928 |
9,775,888 | 1. A method of treating a patient in need of a Factor IX polypeptide, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of an albumin fusion protein comprising a Factor IX polypeptide fused to an albumin polypeptide, wherein the albumin polypeptide has the ability to prolong the serum half-life of the fused Factor IX polypeptide compared to the unfused Factor IX polypeptide, wherein the fused Factor IX polypeptide has Factor IX coagulant activity, wherein the Factor IX polypeptide is fused at the N-terminus of the albumin polypeptide, and wherein the albumin polypeptide is selected from: a) a full-length albumin; b) a mature albumin; c) a fragment of albumin; d) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:18; and e) amino acids 1 to 387 of SEQ ID NO:18; and wherein the Factor IX polypeptide is selected from: i) a full-length Factor IX; ii) an activated Factor IX (Factor IXa); iii) a fragment of Factor IX having a deletion that consists of 1-50 amino acid residues as compared to the sequence of amino acids 1 (Tyr) to 416 (Thr) of SEQ ID NO:46; iv) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to the sequence of amino acids 1 (Tyr) to 416 (Thr) of SEQ ID NO: 46; and v) a mature Factor IX. | 296 |
9,185,604 | 1. A field unit comprising: an antenna; circuitry configured to transmit uplink data, to a base station, at a first data rate based on a first resource allocation; circuitry further configured to transmit, to the base station, an indication that the field unit is capable of supporting transmission of uplink data at a second data rate, wherein the indication is based on at least a determination that the field unit is capable of using excess power to support transmission of uplink data at the second data rate; circuitry further configured to receive, from the base station, a second resource allocation; and circuitry further configured to transmit, to the base station, additional uplink data at a third data rate based on the received second resource allocation. | 17,357 |
9,346,040 | 1. A zeolitic material, comprising: a BEA framework structure which has two peaks, each having an intensity of from 11 to 34% in the 2θ range of 25.0 to 25.8° in an XRD pattern obtained with K alpha 1 wavelength of Cu; wherein the intensity relates to a peak at a diffraction angle 2θ/° of 22.12 to 22.32 as 100%, the as synthesized zeolitic material is free of an organotemplate, and is obtained by an organotemplate-free process comprising: (1) preparing a mixture comprising seed crystals having a BEA framework structure, at least one source for YO (2) crystallizing the mixture to obtain the zeolitic material, wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, and the zeolitic material optionally comprises at least one alkali metal M. | 41,166 |
9,071,155 | 1. A switching power supply apparatus comprising: a serial circuit connected to a power supply input portion to which a DC input voltage is input, and including a first switching element and a second switching element; a transformer including at least a primary winding and a secondary winding which are magnetically coupled to each other; a serial resonance circuit connected in parallel to the first switching element or the second switching element and including the primary winding of the transformer, an inductor, and a capacitor connected in series; a first rectifying and smoothing circuit arranged to rectify and smooth a voltage generated in the secondary winding of the transformer during an on-period of the first switching element, and output a DC voltage to a first output voltage portion; a second rectifying and smoothing circuit arranged to rectify and smooth a voltage generated in the secondary winding of the transformer during an on-period of the second switching element, and output a DC voltage to a second output voltage portion; and a switching control circuit arranged and programmed to drive the first switching element and the second switching element to be repeatedly turned on/off in a complementary way, and arranged and programmed to control the on-time of the first switching element and the on-time of the second switching element in accordance with the first output voltage and the second output voltage, respectively, so as to control the first output voltage and the second output voltage; wherein the first rectifying and smoothing circuit includes a first rectifier switching element and a smoothing capacitor; the second rectifying and smoothing circuit includes a second rectifier switching element and a smoothing capacitor; and the switching control circuit includes a control circuit arranged and programmed to turn on the first rectifier switching element in response to turning-on of the first switching element, to turn off the first rectifier switching element in response to turning-off of the first switching element, to turn on the second rectifier switching element in response to turning-on of the second switching element, to turn off the second rectifier switching element in response to turning-off of the second switching element, and to continuously hold one of the first and second rectifier switching elements in an on-state even after a current on a secondary side of the transformer has been reduced to be negative with a resonance and to cause the current to be regenerated from an output of the switching power supply apparatus. | 6,662 |
9,624,691 | 1. A key, which is intended for use in cylinder locks, comprising: at least two guide grooves arranged in the key; a part of the key, which has a basic cylindrical shape, to be inserted into the lock shaped to turn turnable tumbler discs by a longitudinal motion performed in the lock, which occurs by the at least two guide grooves arranged in the key, the part of the key to be inserted into the cylinder lock comprising: a longitudinal, central cavity; and torque-transferring longitudinal guide surfaces on both sides of the cylinder sectors wherein the lateral cut extends to the central cavity. | 20,511 |
9,431,521 | 1. A method for forming strained fins, comprising: etching trenches in a bulk substrate to form fins; filling the trenches with a dielectric fill; recessing the dielectric fill into the trenches to form shallow trench isolation regions; etching the fins above the shallow trench isolation regions to form a staircase fin structure with narrow top portions of the fins; forming gate structures over the top portions of the fins; epitaxially growing raised source ad drain regions on opposite sides of the gate structure; and performing a pre-amorphization implant to generate defects in the substrate to induce strain and to couple the strain into the top portions of the fins. | 41,082 |
9,158,210 | 1. An exposing method comprising the steps of: supporting a peripheral portion of a thin plate-shaped workpiece of which both front and rear surfaces are subjected to work is vacuum-sucking acting on a supporting portion formed as an annular projection of a work stage provided to an exposing apparatus; facing the thin plate-shaped workpiece vacuum-sucked on the supporting portion, closely to a photomask through an alignment gap; correcting a deflection of a thin plate-shaped workpiece, caused at a central portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece vacuum-sucked on the supporting portion, by flowing fluid into a hollow portion formed by both an inner peripheral portion of the annular projection and an upper smooth plane surface formed at an inside of the annular projection; adjusting a position of the thin plate-shaped workpiece having a peripheral portion vacuum-sucked on the supporting portion and a position of the photomask so as to align the positions of both the workpiece and the photomask; stopping vacuum sucking and blasting the fluid to a peripheral surface of the thin plate-shaped workpiece work from the supporting portion side to thereby separate the thin plate-shaped workpiece from the supporting portion and closely contact the peripheral portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece to the photomask, and introducing a pressure of the fluid higher than the pressure in an alignment operation to urge the central portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece against the photomask to thereby correct deflection of the thin plate-shaped workpiece; and exposing the thin plate-shaped workpiece with light irradiated from upper side of the photomask. | 36,915 |
8,385,842 | 1. A wireless communication terminal capable of selectively using a plurality of communication systems, the terminal comprising: a required data rate calculation section that calculates a required data rate as a data rate to be satisfied in accordance with a remaining level of power and a communication history; and a communication system selection section that makes a selection of communication system through a comparison between the data rate of each of the communication systems to be determined based on a measured quality of communication service, and the calculated required data rate. | 16,544 |
8,911,834 | 1. A method for producing oxide compounds as a coating composition, comprising: a) thermolytic decomposition of at least one compound of the general formula El(OR) b) conversion of the element/element oxide composite structure into the substantially complete corresponding element oxide by local heating by a laser. | 48,982 |
8,449,354 | 1. A hard finish machine for hard finishing of a workpiece, comprising: at least two different hard finish tools which are arranged on a tool spindle, the tool spindle is arranged movable in a direction of an axis of the tool spindle on a tool carrier, the tool carrier is translationally movable relative to a machine bed, a cooling lubricant supplying means for a supply of cooling lubricant to a machining region between the workpiece and the hard finish tools, the cooling lubricant supplying means comprise at least one nozzle element, the nozzle element comprises a nozzle chamber, the nozzle chamber is limited by two facing wall elements which define a stream exit opening for the cooling lubricant and at least one of the wall elements is arranged movable for a variation of the stream exit opening, either (1) one of the wall elements is pivotable around an axis at the nozzle element, which axis is parallel to the axis of the tool spindle, or (2) a part of one of the wall elements is translationally movable in a direction which lies in a plane of a flat part of the one of the wall elements, the one wall elements which is pivotable or the part of one of the wall elements which is translationally movable is kept in an idle position by an elastic element, and the one of the wall elements which is pivotable or the part of one of the wall elements which is translationally movable can be moved out of the idle position by flowing cooling lubricant. | 13,656 |
9,499,835 | 1. A transgenic corn or soybean plant comprising DNA encoding the Cry1Da of SEQ ID NO:2, DNA encoding Cry1Be of SEQ ID NO:1, and DNA encoding Cry1Fa, and wherein said transgenic plant expresses said Cry1Be, said Cry1Da, and said Cry1Fa in amounts that are insecticidally active against a Cry resistant fall armyworm. | 8,600 |
9,568,041 | 1. A method for manufacturing a connecting rod ( 1 ) by filament winding, said method comprising the following steps: providing a mandrel ( making an inner body ( manufacturing a first part ( removing the mandrel ( manufacturing a second part ( providing a shoulder ( assembling the first part ( making an outer body ( making a one-piece body ( machining a first fastening element ( | 32,081 |
9,715,598 | 1. A personal computer system, comprising: a personal computer, having a port operating for receiving an externally attached data storage device and operating to read encrypted material from said externally attached data storage device; said personal computer executing an escrow software program, said escrow software program executed for managing escrowing of an encryption information; said personal computer offering a user an option of escrowing an encryption password in an escrow file and if said user accepts the option of escrowing said encryption password, then said personal computer executing to first receive a password from said user and encrypting said password using an encryption key constructed with a plurality of unique characteristics, said plurality of unique characteristics including characteristics of at least one of said external data storage device and said personal computer and a user, at least one of which unique characteristics not being under control of the user, to form an encrypted password, and said escrow software program executing to store said encrypted password in said escrow file; said escrow software program operating to form a decryption process for data that is stored on said externally attached data storage device by checking said escrow file for a password, and if said password is found, then decrypting said password to form a decrypted password, using said unique characteristics if said unique characteristics match to the unique characteristics used to encrypt the encrypted password, and using said decrypted password to form a key to unlock said encrypted material residing on said attached external data storage device, without said user being required to re-enter said password that is stored in said escrow file, else if said checking by said escrow software program does not find the password in said escrow file, then prompting the user to enter the password, and using the entered password to form said key and use said key to unlock said encrypted material residing on said attached external data storage device, and else if said unique characteristics do not match to the unique characteristics used to encrypt the encrypted password, then prompting the user to enter the password, and using the entered password to form said key and use said key to unlock said encrypted material residing on said attached external data storage device. | 23,550 |
8,839,898 | 1. An electric vehicle, comprising: a pair of left and right rear wheels configured to be driven by rotary driving power; a motor supplied with electric power from a battery, and to provide the rotary driving power; a rear body configured to support the motor and the rear wheels, said rear body being attached at a back of a body frame in a vertically swingable and transversely tiltable manner; a motor output shaft configured to transmit the rotary driving power to axles of the rear wheels through a counter shaft; a centrifugal clutch configured to transmit the rotary driving power to the counter shaft when a revolution speed of the motor exceeds a prescribed value, said centrifugal clutch being coaxially located at one end of the motor output shaft; and a differential case housing a differential mechanism therein, the differential case configured to be coaxial with the axles of the rear wheels, wherein the counter shaft is located inside an outer periphery of the motor in a side view of the vehicle, wherein the motor output shaft, the counter shaft, and the axles are configured in order of the motor output shaft, the counter shaft, and the axles from a vehicle forward side in a side view of the vehicle, wherein an axis center of the counter shaft is located below a line connecting an axis center of the motor output shaft and an axis center of the axle in the side view of the vehicle, wherein a counter gear is fixed on the counter shaft and an output gear is arranged coaxially with the axles, wherein the motor, counter gear and output gear are each configured to at least partially overlap each other in the side view of the vehicle, wherein the counter gear and the differential case are configured to overlap each other in the side view of the vehicle, and wherein the motor, motor output shaft, counter shaft, counter gear and output gear are each configured to be entirely disposed on a side of a center line through the differential mechanism, the center line being perpendicular to the axles of the rear wheels. | 38,090 |
8,631,648 | 1. An engine exhaust gas treatment system, comprising: an injector directing a spray of reductant into exhaust gas; an exhaust manifold leading to a first flow passage that receives an exhaust gas flow, the exhaust manifold combining exhaust gases from a plurality of cylinders; an exhaust separation passage, downstream of the first flow passage, that separates the exhaust gas flow into a plurality of separate exhaust gas flows; a plurality of oxidation catalysts, each of which receives one of the plurality of separate exhaust gas flows; a second, downstream, flow combining passage that receives the plurality of separate exhaust gas flows and combines them into a re-combined exhaust gas flow; a turbocharger that receives the re-combined exhaust gas flow; and a selective catalytic reduction catalyst positioned downstream of the turbocharger. | 5,394 |
8,550,194 | 1. A tracklaying gear for a self-propelled working machine, which includes an endlessly circulating track chain ( 7 ) which can be driven by a crawler drive ( 18 ) that is arranged within the path of circulation or said track chain ( 7 ), wherein the crawler drive ( 18 ) includes at least one electric motor ( 20 ) with a motor housing ( 21 ) sealed in an air- and/or dust-tight manner and to said electric motor ( 20 ), a cooling device ( 24 ) with a closed fluid cooling circuit ( 23 ) is associated, wherein said electric motor ( 20 ) includes power and control electronics and at least a part of the power and control electronics of the electric motor ( 20 ) is arranged directly at the electric motor ( 20 ) within the path of circulation of the track chain ( 7 ). | 49,137 |
9,121,222 | 1. A bracket for framing a gate made of structural members, the bracket comprising a continuous web extending in a plane; a first pair of perpendicular elongate portions extending normal to said plane; a second pair of perpendicular elongate portions cut from said web and extending normal to said plane in a spaced parallel relationship to said first pair of elongated portions to form two channels extending perpendicular to one another for receiving said structural members of said gate; an opening in said web, wherein said opening defines two longitudinal axes extending in directions generally perpendicular to one another in said the plane, a perimeter of said opening is defined in part by said second pair of the perpendicular elongate portions, and wherein said web extends a distance beyond said perimeter; and wherein said web and said first and second pairs of perpendicular elongate portions are formed from a unitary sheet of material. | 3,603 |
9,329,504 | 1. A method of aligning an exposure apparatus, comprising: moving a first reference mark formed on a first reference mask to a first center point of a first microscope to assign an origin to the first center point; obtaining coordinates of a second reference mark on the first reference mask by moving a third reference mark on the first reference mask to the first center point, the third reference mark spaced apart from the first reference mark; moving the second reference mark to a second center point of a second microscope to assign second center point coordinates to the second center point; and moving a first reference mark of a second reference mask to the second center point, wherein the second reference mask is arrayed in series next to the first reference mask. | 11,402 |
8,459,978 | 1. A mold for manufacturing a composite drive shaft having a circular tubular shape similar to a shape of a general shaft throughout most of a length thereof, except for opposite ends functioning as power transmission parts, the mold comprising: a central mold unit and a pair of side mold units, the side mold units being removably assembled with opposite sides of the central mold unit through slide fitting, thus forming the circular tubular shape of the mold, wherein the central mold unit comprises: a pair of surface parts having a round surface in most thereof except for parts corresponding to a first end thereof; and a pair of locking parts configured such that the side mold units can be removed from the opposite sides of the central mold unit by sliding, the side mold units along the pair of locking parts of the central mold unit from an end of the central mold unit in a longitudinal direction; wherein each of the side mold units comprises: a surface part having a round surface in most thereof except for part of a second end thereof opposite the first end of the central mold unit; and a locking part configured such that the locking parts of the side mold units can be removed from the locking parts of the central mold unit by sliding in a longitudinal direction; and wherein the first end of the surface parts of the central mold unit and the second end of the surface parts of the side mold units have respective depressions, wherein each of the depressions is configured to be symmetrical with a round surface of an associated surface part of the central mold unit and the side mold units, and comprises a curved depression part is a longitudinally formed from one end of the surface part of the central mold unit and the side mold unit to a position spaced apart from the end by predetermined distance, and an inclined depression part, which extends longitudinally inward from the curved depression part to the round surface of the surface parts such that the inclined depression part forms a curved surface, wherein each of the depressions configured to form the power transmission parts of the composite drive shaft, and each of which is configured such that, regardless of a position at which each of the depressions is cut in a transverse direction, a transverse directional length of each of the surface parts can be maintained constant, and such that the central mold unit and the side mold units can be removed from the composite drive shaft after molding the composite drive shaft; wherein the central mold unit and the pair of side mold units configured to receive thereon fiber-reinforced composite material to be hardened; and the side mold units to be removed from the central mold unit by sliding the locking parts of the side mold units along the locking parts of the central mold unit in longitudinal directions. | 43,063 |
9,583,276 | 1. An ionic liquid represented by a formula (G0), wherein: R R one of R R A | 37,153 |
9,421,991 | 1. Device for supporting a child, comprising: an undercarriage with a pivotable transverse connection, wherein the undercarriage is collapsible in a first direction by means of pivoting the pivotable transverse connection; an upper carriage pivotally coupled to the undercarriage, wherein the undercarriage and upper carriage can rotate toward each other; a transmission for converting a relative rotation movement of the undercarriage and the upper carriage toward each other to a collapsing movement of the pivotable transverse connection, wherein the transmission comprises a first engaging element connected to an end of the upper carriage and a second engaging element connected to an end of the transverse connection, wherein the first and second engaging elements are mutually engaged with each other; wherein the device is movable between: a collapsed position wherein the undercarriage is folded down; and a position of use wherein the upper carriage extends at an angle relative to the undercarriage; wherein the undercarriage and the upper carriage can rotate toward each other about a rotation axis substantially parallel to the first direction; and wherein the transverse connection is disposed at a position of the rotation axis. | 11,056 |
9,391,468 | 1. A resonance type non-contact power supply system comprising a power supply equipment and movable body equipment, wherein the power supply system includes an AC power source and a primary-side resonance coil for receiving electric power from the AC power source, the movable body equipment includes: a secondary-side resonance coil for receiving the electric power from the primary-side resonance coil; a rectifier for rectifying the electric power received by the secondary-side resonance coil; and a secondary battery to which the electric power rectified by the rectifier is supplied, the power supply equipment further includes: a primary matching unit arranged between the AC power source and the primary-side resonance coil; a primary matching unit adjusting section for adjusting the primary matching unit; and an electric power detecting section, the movable body equipment further includes: a secondary matching unit arranged between the secondary-side resonance coil and the rectifier; and a secondary matching unit adjusting section for adjusting the secondary matching unit, the resonance type non-contact power supply system also includes a control section mounted in one of the power supply equipment and the movable body equipment, and the control section controls the primary matching unit adjusting section and the secondary matching unit adjusting section such that, when the secondary battery is charged, the secondary matching unit is adjusted first and then the primary matching unit is adjusted after the secondary matching unit is adjusted, wherein through the adjustment of the secondary matching unit, the power supply equipment is adapted to decrease the output of the AC power source based on the reflected electric power detected by the electric power detecting section. | 42,501 |
9,200,695 | 1. A hydraulically damping assembly mount in a motor vehicle, having a spring and damper system comprising: at least two spring/damper elements arranged between a first vehicle mass and a second vehicle mass relatively displaceable in relation to the first vehicle mass, wherein each of the at least two spring/damper elements comprises a damper device and a first positioning, spring element, which are directly or indirectly coupled with one another and are connected in series and which are supported on or attached to a respective one of the first and second vehicle masses, and a one-part or multi-part progressive spring element having two ends and forming an additional component of each spring/damper element, wherein one of the ends is directly or indirectly connected to the damper device or to one of the first vehicle mass and the second vehicle mass and the other end forms in a defined rest position of the progressive spring element a defined gap having a pap spacing with one of the second vehicle mass and the first vehicle mass or the damper device, a mount core attached to the first vehicle mass and an outer housing attached to a structural member representing the second vehicle mass, a support wall inserted between the outer housing and the mount core and having a rubber-elastic support spring, with the support wall and the support spring dividing the outer housing into an upper and a lower closed liquid-filled hydraulic chamber, at least one throttle device with a defined flow cross section disposed in the support wall and interconnecting the upper and lower liquid-filled hydraulic chambers, stops disposed between the mount core and the outer housing, with the stops acting in opposite directions as the progressive spring element, wherein each stop is retained by at least one of the damper devices of the at least two spring/damper elements supported on the support wall, an adjustment spring disposed between the outer housing and the stops and representing a second positioning spring element, and overflow channels disposed in the support wall and interconnecting the damper devices of different ones of the at least two spring/damper elements. | 47,377 |
8,588,504 | 1. A technique for determining the state of a cell aggregation, comprising: obtaining time lapse images of a cell aggregation taken by an imaging device; calculating a spatial distribution of pixel values and a temporal change of pixel values of a region in the cell aggregation in the obtained images; and determining a state of change of the cell aggregation toward becoming multi-layered on the basis of the calculated spatial distribution, the calculated time lapse change of the pixel values and at least one threshold value. | 49,923 |
8,497,183 | 1. A method of making a device, comprising: providing a first layer on a surface of a substrate, the first layer including a first material; removing a portion of the first layer and a corresponding portion of the substrate to form an opening in the first layer and a recessed portion in the surface of the substrate; supplying a liquid mixture into the opening and the recessed portion, the liquid mixture including a first component having a first chemical affinity to the first material and a second component having a second chemical affinity to the first material, the first chemical affinity to the first material being greater than the second chemical affinity to the first material such that the first component separates from the second component and adheres to an edge portion of the first layer; and performing a heat treatment to remove the second component so as to leave the first component adhered to the edge portion of the first layer adjacent the opening in the first layer, wherein the first component adhered to the edge portion of the first layer forms a second layer, such that the second layer and the recessed portion define a cavity. | 39,431 |
8,707,272 | 1. A computer implemented method for identifying concurrency errors in a concurrent software program comprising the steps of: constructing an initial concurrent trace model (CTM) from an observed concurrent event trace of the concurrent software program; obtaining a set of independent transactions and a set of ordered pairs between the independent transactions by performing a mutually atomic transaction (MAT) analysis on the CTM; identifying specific scenarios of errors that may correspond to concurrency errors; generating a transaction interaction model for each of the scenarios identified; encoding violation conditions for each of the scenarios and generating a quantifier-free satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) formula including the encoded violation conditions; determining any feasible interleaving meeting one or more violation conditions through the effect of a SMT solver on the SMT formula; and outputting any indicia of the interleaving. | 103 |
9,343,116 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a memory; and a controller configured to: wherein the memory is configured to determine whether to adjust its operation based, at least in part, on the power availability information. | 32,534 |
9,200,770 | 1. An expandable solar light, comprising: a generally flat, square solar panel; a battery; a light emitting assembly; a bladder comprising a first assembly, a second assembly and a third assembly, the assemblies being walls of the bladder; the first assembly having at least two faces with respective fold lines, the fold lines in each face being between opposing vertices of the face and forming an X-pattern, each face being a respective wall of the bladder; the second assembly being one wall of the bladder; and the third assembly being one wall of the bladder and having an outer pane opposite an inner pane, the outer and inner panes forming a pocket for the generally flat, square solar panel, the battery and the light emitting assembly; wherein the bladder is movable between | 28,409 |
9,008,370 | 1. A method for tracking customer history data, said method comprising: capturing a license plate image with respect to a customer vehicle in order to obtain license plate information; generating a unique customer identifier record according to said license plate information; capturing a first facial image with respect to a customer in order to obtain facial information; matching said license plate information and said facial information; capturing a second facial image with respect to said customer as said customer approaches a checkout; matching said second facial image with said first facial image in order to associate said customer's order information with said facial information; and associating said unique customer identifier record with said customer's order information; and storing said customer history data comprising said customer's order information and said associated unique customer identifier record in a database, when said customer places an order through at least one transaction approach. | 31,225 |
9,661,029 | 1. A method for providing traffic optimization, the method comprising: receiving a first session initiation protocol (SIP) signaling message from a call session control function (CSCF); extracting traffic optimization information for a first network peer from the first SIP signaling message, the traffic optimization information to be used to select a second network peer; generating a request message using a request-response protocol understood by an application layer traffic optimization (ALTO) server, the request message generated using the traffic optimization information; sending the request message to the ALTO server; receiving a traffic optimization message from the ALTO server in the request-response protocol, the traffic optimization message including an identity of the second network peer selected by the ALTO server; extracting the identity of the second network peer from the traffic optimization message; generating a second SIP signaling message that includes the identity of the second network peer, the second SIP signaling message suitable to instruct the first network peer to receive data from the second network peer; and sending the second signaling message to the first network peer. | 38,392 |
9,379,732 | 1. A continuous-time converter configured to convert an analog signal to a digital signal, comprising: a filter comprising a plurality of integrators; a quantizer coupled to at least one of the plurality of integrators; and a feedback element coupled between the quantizer and at least one of the plurality of integrators, wherein the filter further comprises: | 49,271 |
8,517,747 | 1. A data transfer hinge comprising: a first leaf and a second leaf, each having at least one knuckle, at least one channel running from an edge coincident with the at least one knuckle, and a passageway in a face thereof opening into the at least one channel, the at least one knuckle of the first leaf and the at least one knuckle of the second leaf being arranged to be relatively rotatable around a common axis; and a twisted pair of data wires having from about 1.3 to about 1.9 twists per inch, the twisted pair of data wires running through the passageway in the face of each leaf and through the at least one channel in both the first leaf and the second leaf, wherein each wire of the twisted pair of data wires is of a gauge and has insulation of a specified thickness and permittivity so as to cooperate with the channel to maintain an even distribution of capacitance and an appropriate impedance for connection within a local area network. | 6,433 |
9,501,121 | 1. A job processing apparatus that performs job processing by using power supplied from a first power supply and a second power supply, the job processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a job; a calculating unit configured to calculate an amount of power consumed to process the received job; a determining unit configured to determine whether the received job is executable based on a first amount of power that can be supplied from the first power supply and the calculated amount of power; a control unit configured to perform control so that the job is processed with the power supplied from the first power supply if the determining unit determines that the job is executable with the first amount of power and the job is processed with the power supplied from the second power supply if the determining unit determines that the job is not executable with the first amount of power; a storage unit configured to store a power history in which each executed job is associated with a type of the power supply that is used; and a charging unit configured to charge each job in accordance with the type of the power supply associated with the job stored in the storage unit. | 4,629 |
9,326,876 | 1. A method of delivering a stent to a treatment site, the method comprising: providing a catheter comprising: positioning the distal end of the sheath at the treatment site; decoupling the second stent segment and the first stent segment; and proximally retracting the sheath relative to a distal end of the elongate inner shaft to move the valve member and thereby cause the second stent segment to pass through the opening of the sheath while retaining the first stent segment within the sheath; wherein the second stent segment and first stent segment are axially coupled via a coupling member; and wherein decoupling the second stent segment and the first stent segment comprises breaking the coupling member. | 14,164 |
9,708,591 | 1. A method for producing a fermentation product, comprising: (a) saccharifying a cellulosic material with an enzyme composition in the presence of the polypeptide having endoglucanase activity; (b) fermenting the saccharified cellulosic material with one or more fermenting microorganisms to produce the fermentation product; and (c) recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation, wherein the polypeptide having endoglucanase activity is selected from: a polypeptide having at least 98% sequence identity to amino acids 18 to 414 of SEQ ID NO: 2: a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 98% sequence identity to nucleotides 52 to 1242 of SEQ ID NO: 1. | 26,763 |
9,090,498 | 1. A sealing material for laser sealing, comprising 80 to 99.7 mass % of an inorganic powder containing SnO-containing glass powder, 0.3 to 20 mass % of a pigment, and a refractory filler having a maximum particle diameter D 99 of 10 μm or less, wherein the sealing material has a thermal expansion coefficient of 75×10 | 23,212 |
9,103,369 | 1. A bearing assembly, comprising two tapered roller bearings, each including an inner ring, an outer ring, and tapered rollers disposed between the inner rings and the outer rings, wherein the inner rings are mounted in or on a first machine part and wherein the outer rings are mounted in or on a second machine part, wherein the inner rings or the outer rings include cylindrical counter-seats disposed on a cylindrical seat of an adapter sleeve supporting the rings, wherein the one bearing ring disposed on the adapter sleeve abuts directly or indirectly on an axial stop of the first or second machine part, wherein the other bearing ring disposed on the adapter sleeve abuts on an axial stop of the adapter sleeve, wherein the axial stop of the adapter sleeve is formed by a radially enlarged or reduced section of the adapter sleeve, wherein the section has an end surface on the side facing away from the bearing ring, which end surface lies opposite an axial stop on the first or second machine part, wherein at room temperature of 20° C. a gap is present, measured in the direction of the axis, between the end surface of the section and the axial stop on the first or second machine part, which gap is between 30 μm and 250 μm, wherein at an increased operating temperature of the bearing assembly of greater than 50° C. the gap provided between the end surface of the section and the axial stop is reduced to zero by the heat-induced expansion of the bearing assembly. | 6,645 |
9,664,088 | 1. A catalyst regeneration processing apparatus for an internal-combustion engine, the internal-combustion engine including a NOx catalyst that is disposed in an exhaust passage, the catalyst regeneration processing apparatus comprising: an electronic control unit configured to | 35,613 |
8,720,206 | 1. A method, comprising: measuring a first parameter of a turbine engine; determining whether the first parameter is within a range indicative of a deposit buildup on a surface within the turbine engine; controlling a second parameter of the turbine engine to increase combustion dynamics to remove the deposit buildup from the surface within the turbine engine at least partially in response to determining that the first parameter is within the range indicative of the deposit buildup, wherein controlling the second parameter comprises adjusting one or more characteristics of a fuel flow, a water flow, a steam flow, an atomizing flow, a liquid flow, one or more flows through a fuel nozzle, or a combination thereof, to remove the deposit buildup from the surface within the turbine engine; and controlling the second parameter of the turbine engine to reduce combustion dynamics after removal of the deposit buildup from the surface within the turbine engine. | 7,796 |
9,322,077 | 1. A method for obtaining metals, noble metals and rare earth metals from scrap, characterized in that in a countercurrent gasifier having a moving bulk-material bed, which has a reduction zone and an oxidation zone, scrap and carbon-containing materials are oxidized with oxygen-containing gases in the presence of alkaline substances under overall reductive conditions at a total lambda of less than 1; resultant synthesis gas is drawn off at the top part of the countercurrent gasifier, and the metals, noble metals and rare earth metals are at least partially bound as oxides and/or in elemental form to the alkaline substances, whereupon they are obtained from the method as an enriched mixture by physical separation methods. | 37,992 |
8,770,165 | 1. An automatic engine control device that controls an automatic engine stop and a restart of an internal combustion engine mounted to a vehicle, comprising: a battery capable of charging and discharging electric power; a starter, electrically connected to the battery through a conductive wiring, that works to start the internal combustion engine when receiving the electric power supplied from the battery; voltage detection means that detects a voltage of the battery; present battery internal resistance value obtaining means that obtains a present internal resistance value of the battery; starter total resistance value calculating means that calculates a starter total resistance value by adding an internal resistance value of the starter and a wiring resistance value of the conductive wiring; discharging current predicting means that predicts a discharging current to be supplied from the battery to the starter based on a present voltage of the battery detected during an automatic engine stop by the voltage detection means, the present internal resistance value of the battery detected during the automatic engine stop by the present battery internal resistance value obtaining means, and the starter total resistance value detected during the automatic engine stop by the starter total resistance value calculating means; voltage predicting means that predicts a voltage of the battery during a period of the automatic engine stop until a next restart of the engine based on the present voltage detected during the automatic engine stop by the voltage detection means, the present internal resistance value of the battery detected during the automatic engine stop by the present battery internal resistance value obtaining means, and the predicted discharging current; engine restart judging means that judges, during the automatic engine stop, whether or not the next restart of the engine is permitted based on the predicted voltage of the battery; and control means that controls the automatic engine stop and the restart of the internal combustion engine based on a judgment result of the engine restart judging means; wherein in a case when the voltage detection means cannot detect the voltage of the battery at a timing immediately before an initial start of the engine, and can obtain a minimum voltage of the battery at the initial start of the engine, the automatic engine control device further comprises: initial battery internal resistance obtaining means that obtains a battery internal resistance value of the battery during a cranking period at the initial start of the engine; pseudo opening voltage estimating means that estimates a pseudo opening voltage of the battery based on the battery internal resistance value obtained by the initial battery internal resistance obtaining means; voltage drop amount estimating means that estimates a voltage drop amount of the battery during a period counted from a timing before the initial start of the engine to a timing when the battery has a minimum voltage during a working of the engine based on the pseudo opening voltage is used as the voltage of the battery at a timing immediately before the initial start of the engine; and discharging current obtaining means that calculates a discharging current of the battery based on the battery internal resistance value obtained by the initial battery internal resistance obtaining means and the voltage drop amount obtained by the voltage drop amount estimating means, wherein the starter total resistance value calculating means calculates the starter total resistance value based on the discharging current obtained by the discharging current obtaining means and the minimum voltage of the battery. | 29,799 |
9,484,755 | 1. A charging control device, comprising: a control module; a charging socket having a charging connection confirming terminal and a protective grounding terminal; and a switching circuit connected with the charging connection confirming terminal and the protective grounding terminal of the charging socket respectively, wherein the control module is connected with a battery via the switching circuit, the charging connection confirming terminal and the protective grounding terminal of the charging socket are configured to match with a charging connection confirming terminal and a protective grounding terminal of a charging plug respectively, and the switching circuit is in a conducting state when the charging plug is plugged in the charging socket and in a disconnection state when the charging plug is not plugged in the charging socket, wherein the switching circuit comprises: | 41,134 |
9,581,912 | 1. A method of determining an actual input value of an input variable for a control unit of a microlithography imaging device, the actual input value being assigned to a first location of the microlithography optical imaging device, the method comprising: a) detecting, at a second location of the microlithography optical imaging device, an actual detection value of a detection variable of a detection device of the microlithography optical imaging device; b) using a second relation to computationally ascertain an actual computational value of the detection variable at the second location; c) comparing the actual computational value of the detection variable with the actual detection value of the detection variable to provide a result; d) based on the result in c), using a relationship between a first predefinable relation and the second relation to correct the predefinable first relation; and e) after d), using the corrected first predefinable relation to calculate the actual input value of the input variable, further comprising: i) correcting the second relation based on at least the result in c) to provide a corrected second relation; ii) using the corrected second relation to repeat b); iii) after ii), repeating c) to provide a second result; and iv) repeating i), ii) and iii) when, based on the second result, a predefinable deviation between the actual computational value of the detection variable and the actual detection value of the detection variable is exceeded. | 41,108 |
8,434,006 | 1. A method for controlling volume of audio channels of a combined audio channel, the method comprising: receiving a first program stream with a first audio channel and a first video channel associated with a first program of interest; receiving a second program stream with a second audio channel and a second video channel associated with a second program of interest, wherein the second program of interest is different from the first program of interest; communicating the first video channel and the second video channel to a display, wherein the first video channel is presented on a first field area of the display, and wherein the second video channel on a second field area of the display, wherein the first video channel and the second video channel are concurrently displayed on the display; combining the first audio channel and the second audio channel into the combined audio channel, wherein at least one speaker presents as sound the combined audio channel corresponding to both of the first audio channel and the second audio channel, wherein the first audio channel is presented at a first volume level, and wherein the second audio channel is presented at a second volume level; adjusting at least one of the first volume level of the first audio channel and the second volume level of the second audio channel, the adjusting comprising: | 5,871 |
9,731,027 | 1. A compound comprising: at least one moiety which binds to one or more dopamine receptor subtypes; and a somatostatin analog moiety according to Formula II (SEQ ID NO:59): wherein: wherein said at least one moiety which binds to one or more dopamine receptor subtypes is, independently for each occurrence, attached to the N-terminal amine group, or an internal amine or hydroxyl group, of said somatostatin analog moiety according to Formula II; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 44,385 |
9,507,103 | 1. An optical fiber plug connector comprising: a casing having an optical fiber plug module mounted on a front end of the casing and having a pull lever being strap-like, mounted slidably on the outer cover and having a cable assembly mounted on a rear end of the casing. | 27,634 |
9,318,994 | 1. A multistage vertical solar module holder comprising: a plurality of vertical frames vertically installed and spaced apart from each other with a first interval; a plurality of transverse supports coupled in multiple stages, with a second interval, between the vertical frames in a transverse direction to the vertical frames; a plurality of horizontal supports, each of the horizontal supports being coupled between the vertical frames below each of the transverse supports with a third interval and having rectangular shape perpendicular to the vertical frames; a plurality of solar modules each of the solar modules being mounted between said each of the transverse supports and said each of the horizontal supports such that said each of the solar modules forms a first angle of 60° with the vertical frames and forms a second angle of 30° with the horizontal supports, the solar modules being arranged such that a shadow of a first solar module of the solar modules does not hide a second solar module of the solar modules located one stage below from the first solar module; and inclination maintenance units, each of the inclination maintenance units including | 17,448 |
9,191,730 | 1. A two-in-one ear buds with a light-up cable comprising: a first right ear bud with a first right cable; a second right ear bud with a second right cable; said first right ear bud is configured to securable receive said second right ear bud to form a joined right set; said first right cable is magnetically coupleable with at least a portion of said second right cable; a first left ear bud with a first left cable; a second left ear bud with a second left cable; said first left ear bud is configured to securable receive said second left ear bud to form a joined left set; said first left cable is magnetically coupleable with at least a portion of said second left cable; a left channel audio signal provides a first audio signal to both said first right ear bud and said second right ear bud; a right channel audio signal provides a second audio signal to both said first left ear bud and said second left ear bud; an audio connector that connects to said first right ear bud, said second right ear bud, said first left ear bud and said second left ear bud, and said audio connector further connects to an audio processor that controls at least one illumination element that emits illumination based upon an audio signal delivered to said audio connector. | 25,577 |
8,447,176 | 1. A space heater for generating heated air and providing the heated air to an area adjoining the space heater, the space heater comprising: a first panel; a second panel coupled to the first panel and defining an enclosed area there between and having a first height from an air inlet to an air outlet; and an element having one or more heatable surfaces located within a first lower portion of the enclosed area and having a second height less than the first height to define at least a first and second chimney each having a respective heatable surface therein and a mixing chimney above the first and second chimneys within a second portion of the enclosed area and, when activated, the one or more heatable surfaces create thermal energy for generating the heated air within one or more of the first and second chimneys within the enclosed area, the heated air flowing by convection substantially upwardly from the air inlet through the one or more first and second chimneys to provide the heated air to the mixing chimney and outwardly through the air outlet to the area adjoining the space heater. | 41,811 |
8,411,069 | 1. A device comprising: a first portion having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the exterior surface having a first touchscreen, the interior surface having a second touchscreen, the first portion also having a light modulator disposed between the first touchscreen and the second touchscreen, the light modulator in light communication with the first touchscreen and the second touchscreen; and a second portion hingedly attached to the first portion, the second portion having an interior surface with a liquid crystal display; wherein the device operates in a tablet mode when the first portion is in a closed position with the second portion, and the device operates in a netbook mode when the first portion is in an open position with the second portion. | 28,733 |
9,114,298 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a generally spherical punching bag including a tubular member diametrically disposed in the punching bag; a suspension member including first and second ends, where each of the first and second ends includes a connection mechanism for connecting the first and second ends to a respective stationary object, the punching bag being supported on the suspension member and configured to horizontally travel along the suspension member; and a weight centrally mounted along the length of the suspension member, the weight creating a point on the suspension member that is closer to the ground than any other point on the suspension member thereby directing the punching bag to a central point of the suspension member, wherein the weight is configured to allow the tubular member of the punching bag to travel over the weight. | 28,681 |
9,610,937 | 1. A method for controlling torque reduction of a hybrid electric vehicle including a motor and an engine as a power source, comprising: determining whether a request for a driving torque limit by a traction control system (TCS) is generated; calculating a motor torque command when the request for the driving torque limit by the TCS is generated; calculating an engine torque command based on the calculated motor torque command; calculating an available amount of charging of the motor according to a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of the hybrid electric vehicle; and determining a final motor torque command and a final engine torque command based on the calculated available amount of charging of the motor. | 25,180 |
8,967,490 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a controller, a heat request from a thermostat; accessing, by the controller, wear-tracking information for each of a plurality of heat element relays, wherein each heat element relay is associated with at least one heat element, and wherein the wear-tracking information comprises the number of auxiliary heat cycles for which each of the plurality of heat element relays has been energized; generating, by the controller, a control signal to energize a first heat element relay of the plurality of heat element relays that comprises the lowest number of auxiliary heat cycles for which the first heat element relay has been energized; and determining whether a heat element fault exists; wherein in response to determining that a heat element fault exists, generating, by the controller, a control signal to energize a next heat element relay of the plurality of heat element relays that comprises the next lowest number of auxiliary heat cycles for which the next heat element relay has been energized. | 17,717 |
9,664,379 | 1. A heat recovery apparatus for recovering steam drain that includes at least one of steam used in a different device and drain where the steam used in the different device is condensed so as to recover heat contained in the steam drain, the heat recovery apparatus comprising: a pump configured to circulate water accumulated in a tank through a circulation pipe; an ejector interposed in the circulation pipe, the ejector being configured to suction the steam drain and mix the steam drain with the circulating water so as to recover the steam drain; and a first temperature control unit configured to perform a temperature control of the water in the tank by replenishing the tank with water from outside after a part of the water in the tank is discharged in a case where the water in the tank has reached a preliminarily set first temperature, wherein the circulation pipe is coupled to a discharge side of the ejector so that the water discharged from the ejector flows out from an upper side of the tank into the tank, wherein, in the tank, a water flow passage for the water flowing out from the circulation pipe coupled to the discharge side of the ejector is formed, above a surface of the water accumulated in the tank, by a substantially horizontal support plate, a part of an inner wall of the tank and a partition plate, and wherein a rod-like permanent magnet configured to remove irons in water is detachably secured to a top surface of the support plate in a manner intersecting with the water flow passage. | 1,152 |
9,700,612 | 1. A composition comprising a bioconjugate of an E. coli O25B antigen covalently coupled to a carrier protein, (ii) a bioconjugate of an E. coli O1A antigen covalently coupled to a carrier protein, (iii) a bioconjugate of an E. coli O2 antigen covalently coupled to a carrier protein, and (iv) a bioconjugate of an O6 antigen covalently coupled to a carrier protein, wherein the wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30. | 34,622 |
9,118,084 | 1. A sheet-form electrode for a secondary battery, comprising: a current collector; an electrode active material layer formed on one surface of the current collector; a porous organic-inorganic layer formed on the electrode active material layer and comprising inorganic particles and a polymer binder; a first porous supporting layer formed on the porous organic-inorganic layer; and a second supporting layer formed on another surface of the current collector, wherein the sheet-form electrode is formed in a substantially helical shape. | 29,221 |
9,378,506 | 1. A security chip comprising an electronic circuit disposed on an elastic layer of nanocomposite graphene material comprising an antenna, an electroluminescent element and an electromotive force processing chip adapted to process a signal received by a DC powered security chip powering the electroluminescent element, wherein the elastic layer graphene nanocomposite material comprises at least one layer of graphene arranged on an adhesive layer, preferably polymer. | 30,652 |
9,368,448 | 1. A method for forming an interconnect structure, the method comprising: (a) forming a low-k bulk dielectric layer on a substrate; (b) forming a trench in the low-k bulk dielectric layer; (c) forming a liner layer on the low-k bulk dielectric layer, the liner layer deposited conformally to the trench; (d) forming a copper layer on the liner layer, wherein the copper layer fills the trench; (e) removing portions of the copper layer and the liner layer to expose an upper surface of the low-k bulk dielectric layer, an upper surface of the liner layer, and an upper surface of the copper layer; and (f) forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the upper surface of the low-k bulk dielectric layer, the upper surface of the liner layer, and the upper surface of the copper layer, wherein the metal containing dielectric layer is a metallic compound selected from a group consisting of aluminum nitride, titanium nitride, and zirconium nitride, wherein the metal containing dielectric layer is a material with a dielectric constant less than 12 and a dielectric strength greater than 8 MV/cm. | 36,484 |
9,449,055 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving an indication that a user is requesting a report from a database application; calculating an estimated amount of time for the database application to generate the report, wherein identifying a preferred choice delivery option from among a set of delivery options, wherein causing the estimated amount of time to be displayed to the user prior to initiating generation of the report; detecting that, in response to the causing the estimated amount of time to be displayed, the user has updated, via a parameter update form, the at least one parameter of the set of parameters for the report, wherein receiving information indicating a selected delivery option of the set of delivery options, subsequent to the causing, wherein | 45,140 |
9,571,310 | 1. A method performed by a mobile device in a telecommunication network for precoding data, the method comprising: receiving, from a network access entity of the telecommunication network, a message comprising an index of a codeword, wherein the index is for identifying the codeword within a codebook stored in the mobile device, wherein the codebook consists of exactly twelve codewords, each codeword being based on a Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) character set and the codewords being: wherein A is a multiplier; precoding data using the identified codeword; and transmitting the precoded data to the network access entity. | 46,408 |
8,947,194 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a first code from a direct current power source; comparing the first code to a second code assigned to a load including an inverter to produce a comparison result, the load connected to and receiving power from the direct current power source; and switching electrical power output of the load from being disabled to being enabled based on the comparison result being correct. | 19,056 |
9,065,353 | 1. A direct AC power converting apparatus comprising: a converter section configured to convert a three-phase AC input voltage into a DC voltage that includes AC voltage components superimposed on DC voltage components; an inverter section configured to convert the DC voltage from the converter section into a specified three-phase AC output voltage; a first DC link section on an anode side and a second DC link section on a cathode side that are configured to connect the converter section and the inverter section to each other; and a clamp circuit connected between the first DC link section and the second DC link section, the clamp circuit having at least two capacitance elements, wherein the AC input voltage is converted into the AC output voltage by the converter section and the inverter section without generating any smoothed DC voltage, a first period when the capacitance elements are charged by a regenerative current derived from the inverter section and a second period when the capacitance elements are discharged are sequentially repeated, and in the clamp circuit, | 30,809 |
9,248,340 | 1. A system comprising: a mobile athletic activity monitoring device comprising: | 42,533 |
8,692,747 | 1. An array, comprising: a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on an upper surface of a transparent substrate; and at least one photodetector mounted on an external face of a surface of the transparent substrate for detecting a fraction of waveguided light emitted from the plurality of light emitting devices, wherein some fraction of waveguided light is observable. | 36,441 |
8,492,337 | 1. A targeted therapeutic fusion protein comprising: a lysosomal enzyme; and a lysosomal targeting domain that binds human cation-independent mannose-6-phosphate receptor in a mannose-6-phosphate-independent manner; wherein the lysosomal targeting domain comprises a mutein of mature human IGF-II having an amino acid sequence at least 70% identical to mature human IGF-II (SEQ ID NO: 8). | 38,115 |
9,519,276 | 1. A system for addressing field devices running on a processor to automate a building or a campus having a plurality of buildings, the system comprising: a plurality of objects, comprising: an object describing a building section, a field device associated with the building section; an object describing an automation function; a functional unit associated with the object describing the automation function, the functional unit comprising an open-loop and/or closed-loop control program; and an input/output module running on the processor and connecting the system to the field device, wherein the object describing the building section has a building section overview list in which semantic information units for the building section are stored, each identifying an automation function which is provided in the building section, wherein the object describing the automation function has an automation function overview list in which semantic information units are stored for the automation function, wherein each semantic information unit has an identifier to identify the semantic information unit and has a relation, wherein each relation defines a type of relation between the object having the semantic information unit stored therein, and another object, wherein each relation makes possible a bidirectional exchange of data between the object having the semantic information stored therein and the other object, wherein there are at least two different relation types and each relation corresponds to precisely one of the relation types, wherein the system is configured to allow installation or replacement of the field device without changing the open-loop or the closed-loop control program, and wherein the system is configured to control the field device using the functional unit in accordance with the automation function. | 34,432 |
9,190,214 | 1. A capacitor comprising: an anode; a dielectric on said anode; a cathode layer on said dielectric wherein said cathode layer comprises at least one conductive layer and an insulative adhesion enhancing layer forming an encasement between said conductive layer and a conductive adhesive layer wherein said adhesion enhancing layer comprises a polymer with a glass transition temperature wherein said insulative adhesion enhancing layer has a coating thickness of no more than 5 microns; and the conductive adhesive adhering a cathode lead to said cathode layer wherein said conductive adhesive has a cure temperature above said glass transition temperature. | 25,737 |
8,899,006 | 1. A walk behind garden tool chassis comprising: a first chassis part; and a second chassis part, wherein the first chassis part is arranged to receive an engine of the garden tool, and to receive a first wheel assembly of the garden tool, wherein the second chassis part is arranged to receive a handle assembly of the garden tool, and to receive a second wheel assembly of the garden tool, and wherein the first and second chassis parts are interconnected by front vibration damping means and rear vibration damping means, and the front vibration damping means are arranged between a front portion of the second chassis part and a front portion of the first chassis part. | 23,588 |
9,600,179 | 1. A memory device comprising: a plurality of storage units, wherein each of the plurality of storage units comprises a number of bitcells and wordline circuitry coupled to each of the bitcells; wordline suppression circuitry; and access control circuitry configured to receive an access request and in response to the access request to initiate an access procedure in each of the plurality of storage units, wherein the wordline circuitry is configured to activate a selected wordline in response to the access request as part of the access procedure, wherein the access control circuitry is configured to receive an access kill signal after the access procedure has been initiated and prior to outputting requested data, wherein the access control circuitry is configured, in response to the access kill signal, to initiate an access suppression to suppress the access procedure in at least one of the plurality of storage units, and wherein the wordline suppression circuitry is configured to suppress the selected wordline in response to the access kill signal. | 38,264 |
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