id int64 8.34M 9.85M | text stringlengths 30 13.9k | __index_level_0__ int64 0 50k |
|---|---|---|
8,447,300 | 1. A method for selecting a cell from a network when a wireless communications device is turned on, following a previous power down and saving of at least one set of parameters; comprising a process for obtaining a current country code corresponding to a current location where said device is situated when it is switched on; and, if a country code corresponding to said current location is different from a current country code corresponding to a place where said device was located during the previous power down; then performing a search for a possible presence of the at least one set of parameters stored in said device associated with the current country code and relating to a cellular environment having already allowed a network access; and, in an eventuality of such a presence, activating a selection of the cell using the at least one set of parameters as a first priority. | 32,365 |
9,550,939 | 1. A red emitting nitride fluorescent material comprising by being represented by Formula (1): wherein x is a numerical value of greater than 0 to less than 1. | 21,849 |
8,623,241 | 1. A method for producing a synthesis gas comprising the steps of: separating oxygen from an oxygen containing stream with a plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements each having a permeate side and a retentate side, the oxygen containing stream contacting the retentate side of the plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements and produce the separated oxygen on the permeate side of the tubular oxygen transport membrane elements; combusting the permeated oxygen with a hydrogen containing synthesis gas stream contacting the permeate side of the tubular oxygen transport membrane elements to generate radiant heat and a reaction product stream; combining the reaction product stream with a hydrocarbon containing reactant stream and adding steam to the hydrogen containing reactant gas stream, the reaction product stream, or the combined stream to form a steam containing combined stream; reacting the steam containing combined stream in at least one catalytic reactor in the presence of the radiant heat to produce a synthesis gas product stream; and recycling a portion of the synthesis gas product stream to form the hydrogen containing synthesis gas stream; wherein the at least one catalytic reactor is disposed proximate the plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements and wherein the view factor between the at least one catalytic reactor and the plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements radiating heat to the at least one catalytic reactor is greater than or equal to 0.5 and the area ratio is greater than about 0.60. | 22,197 |
9,676,495 | 1. A hydrant coupler comprising: a coupler body; an actuating collar movable relative to the coupler body; and a handle assembly connected to the actuating collar, the handle assembly including an upper arm component and a lower arm component separated by a handle articulating feature, the handle articulating feature including: a first slot sized to allow passage of a fastener, the fastener extending through the first slot and secured to the lower arm component in a manner that connects the upper and lower arm components, but permits relative motion therebetween; and a second slot sized to allow passage of a pin that is secured to the lower arm component so that at least a portion of the pin extends through the second slot and movement of the upper arm component is guided by the interaction between the pin and the second slot, wherein the second slot further comprises an upper locking portion and a lower locking portion, the upper locking portion and the lower locking portion configured to receive the pin such that when the actuating collar is in a lower position relative to the coupler body, the pin is received in the upper locking portion inhibiting relative motion between the upper and lower arm components and, when the actuating collar is lifted to an upper position relative to coupler body, the pin is received in the lower locking portion inhibiting relative motion between the upper and lower arm components. | 14,217 |
8,752,365 | 1. Method for dosing a urea-based reducing agent into a gas exhaust stream generated by a combustion engine and addressed to an after-treatment system ( 30 ), said method comprises the steps of: providing a dosing module having a dosing housing ( conveying said gas exhaust stream into said dosing housing ( dosing said urea-based reducing agent by generating, inside said dosing housing ( | 27,281 |
9,456,703 | 1. A system for determining an optimal mattress type for an individual, the system comprising: a body shape measurement assembly comprising a plurality of reference measurement lines which are arranged in parallel and are spaced apart from one another, and, a camera facing the plurality of reference measurement lines which is distanced from the reference measurement lines so as to form a receiving area for the individual; the body shape measurement assembly measuring the body shape of the individual in the receiving area by scanning a front image and side image of the individual, analysing the scanned images relative to the plurality of reference measurement lines so as to determine a front profile and a side profile of the individual, which profiles are subsequently used to construct a three dimensional model of the individual; an optimal mattress type determination means comprising an input device, a processor and an output screen; the optimal mattress type determination means comparing the three dimensional model against an anatomy model to determine if the three dimensional model meets predetermined anatomical criteria; the input device receiving information on the sleeping habits of the individual; the processor analysing the information on the sleeping habits of the individual in conjunction with the three dimensional model of the individual so as to categorise the individual as one of a predetermined set of different individual types; the processor selecting an optimal mattress type from a predetermined set of different mattress types based on the individual type; the output screen displaying the selected optimal mattress type for the individual. | 15,909 |
9,513,207 | 1. An emulsion for sorting droplets in a microfluidic device, the emulsion comprising: a discontinuous aqueous phase; and a continuous oil phase; wherein said aqueous phase comprises at least one analyte, said oil phase comprises a fluorous oil and a refractive index modifying compound comprising at least one aromatic ring, and the refractive index of said aqueous phase and the refractive index of said oil phase are substantially matched. | 23,204 |
8,916,455 | 1. A method of growing single crystal semiconductor film comprising the steps of: providing a substrate; placing a thin strip of single crystal semiconductor at one end of the substrate; depositing a eutectic alloy film in solid phase on a surface of the single crystal strip and the substrate; directing a heated line source on top of the single crystal strip; and scanning the heated line source away from the single crystal strip propagating its crystal orientation across the entire semiconductor thin film, said eutectic alloy thin film remains entirely in solid phase during the heated line scan. | 8,552 |
9,819,028 | 1. An electrode for a metal-oxygen battery, comprising: a porous carrier substrate on which a porous active material is situated, the carrier substrate is at least partially formed from carbonized polymer fibers; and a porous carbon layer that is situated between the carrier substrate and the active material; wherein the electrode has a gradient of medium pore sizes between the carrier substrate and the active material such that a medium pore size of the active material is larger than a medium pore size of the carrier substrate, and wherein pores of the porous carrier substrate have inner walls that are coated with a hydrophobic substance, the hydrophobic substance is polytetrafluoroethylene. | 17,181 |
9,689,397 | 1. A turbocharger assembly for pressurizing an airflow for delivery to an internal combustion engine that generates post-combustion gases, the turbocharger assembly comprising: a compressor cover; a turbine housing defining a turbine outlet cavity, a turbine housing inlet, and a turbine housing outlet; a rotating assembly having a turbine wheel disposed inside the turbine housing and a compressor wheel disposed inside the compressor cover, wherein the rotating assembly is rotated about an axis by the post-combustion gases, and wherein the turbine housing inlet is configured to channel the post-combustion gases to the turbine wheel and the turbine housing outlet is configured to exhaust the post-combustion gases aft of the turbine wheel; a waste-gate valve arranged in the turbine housing and configured to selectively redirect at least a portion of the post-combustion gases into the turbine outlet cavity in bypass of the turbine wheel; and a diffuser arranged inside the turbine outlet cavity, having an outer surface including a cylindrical upstream portion and a flared downstream portion, and configured to separately channel the post-combustion gases aft of the turbine wheel and the portion of post-combustion gases redirected by the waste-gate valve and out to the turbine housing outlet, without discharging into the turbine outlet cavity, to thereby limit disruption of flow of the post-combustion gases aft of the turbine wheel by the portion of post-combustion gases redirected by the waste-gate valve; wherein: | 30,832 |
9,413,230 | 1. A power converter comprising: a pair of low-voltage terminals including a first low-voltage terminal and a second low-voltage terminal; a pair of high-voltage terminals including a first high-voltage terminal and a second high-voltage terminal, the second high-voltage terminal being commonly connected to the second low-voltage terminal; N systems of main current paths disposed between the first low-voltage terminal and the second low-voltage terminal, wherein N is an integer being 2 or more, each of the main current paths includes a magnetic part storing magnetic energy and a main restriction element restricting a conduction current, the magnetic part and the main restriction element are connected in series to each other through a branch node; a plurality of storage circuits correspondingly provided for the main current paths, each of the storage circuits including one or more storage elements being stacked to one or more stages and being connected in series, each of the storage circuits having a lower end being connected to the branch node of a corresponding one of the main current paths; a plurality of sub restriction elements each being connected between a terminal of the storage element of one of the storage circuits and a terminal of the storage element of another one of the storage circuits; a smoothing storage element connected between the first high-voltage terminal and the second high-voltage terminal; an end sub-restriction element, one end of which being connected to the first high-voltage terminal; and a control circuit controlling at least one of the main restriction elements, the sub restriction elements, and the end sub-restriction element, wherein the N systems of the main current paths and the storage circuits correspondingly connected to the main current paths are assigned with a sequential order from a first to an N-th, a lower terminal of the storage element of each stage of the first storage circuit is connected to an upper terminal of the storage element of a corresponding stage of the second storage circuit through a corresponding one of the sub restriction elements, an upper terminal of the storage element of each stage of each of the second to N-th storage circuits, except for the storage element being connected to the end sub-restriction element, is connected to an upper terminal of the storage element of a corresponding stage of a subsequent storage circuit through a corresponding one of the sub restriction elements, the sub restriction elements are connected to one another through terminals thereof to define a series path of the sub restriction elements so that the sub restriction elements can be sequentially followed in a same polarity, the series path begins from the sub restriction element, one end of which is connected to the lower end of the first storage circuit, and ends by another one of the sub restriction elements, the end sub-restriction element is connected between an upper terminal of the another one of the sub restriction elements ending the series path and the first high-voltage terminal, through the series path, the upper terminals of all of the storage elements of the first to the N-th storage circuits are followed from the storage element on a lowest stage to the storage element on a highest stage in a predetermined order, the sub restriction elements defining the series path are connected to have a predetermined connection polarity so that electric power is transmitted in a predetermined direction between the pair of low-voltage terminals and the pair of high-voltage terminals by transferring electric charge between the storage elements of the adjacent storage circuits, all of the main restriction elements are provided by switches, the sub restriction elements and the end sub-restriction element are provided by either rectification elements or switches, the control circuit periodically switches on and off of the main restriction elements, and performs a switching operation to generate transfer of the electric charge in the series path according to the connection polarity, wherein in the switching operation, in a part of or an entirety of a period where one of the main restriction elements that is connected to the storage circuit to which one of the terminals of the sub restriction elements on a lower side in a connection of the sub restriction elements of the series path is connected is in an off state, the control circuit controls the corresponding sub restriction elements in an on state, and in an entirety of a period where the one of the main restriction elements is in an on state, the control circuit controls the sub restriction elements in an off state. | 33,204 |
9,075,750 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: for each particular request of a plurality of requests that are associated with a particular session, (a) receiving the particular request at a server, (b) generating particular undo instructions for reversing effects of performance of the particular request, (c) storing the particular undo instructions in association with metadata that identify the particular session, and (d) committing, into a database, independently of other transactions that execute other requests of the plurality of requests, a particular transaction that executes the particular request; after committing, into the database, transactions that execute the requests of the plurality of requests, receiving, at the server, an undo request to undo operations associated with the particular session; and in response to receiving the undo request, executing all undo instructions that are associated with metadata that identify the particular session. | 23,764 |
9,236,510 | 1. A method for making an ablated electrically insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, said method comprising: depositing a first relatively thin layer of at least an undoped glass or undoped oxide on a surface of a semiconductor substrate having n-type doping; depositing a first relatively thin semiconductor layer having at least one substance chosen from amorphous semiconductor, nanocrystalline semiconductor, microcrystalline semiconductor, or polycrystalline semiconductor on said relatively thin layer of at least an undoped glass or undoped oxide; depositing at least a layer of borosilicate glass or borosilicate/undoped glass stack on said relatively thin semiconductor layer; and selectively ablating said layer of at least borosilicate glass or borosilicate/undoped glass stack with a pulsed laser, said relatively thin semiconductor layer substantially protecting said semiconductor substrate from said pulsed laser. | 6,479 |
8,350,766 | 1. An antenna-embedded laminated glass comprising a plurality of glass sheets affixed together through an intermediate film to embed an antenna element between adjacent glass sheets of the plurality of glass sheets, the intermediate film comprising: a resin; and an antenna element comprising a conductor strip stamped in a shape from a sheet-like conductor, the shape including an intersection portion where a plurality of antenna-forming strips of the conductor strip intersect each other, and a non-intersection portion where at least one of said plurality of antenna forming strips does not intersect another of said plurality of antenna-forming strips, wherein a cross-sectional thickness of the intersection portion is substantially the same as a cross-sectional thickness of the non-intersection portion. | 23,112 |
9,043,062 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a variable voltage controller (VVC); an electric motor configured to provide an assistive torque to an engine; and a single controller configured to read a plurality of analog waveform signals from the motor, the VVC and at least one analog signal from another device, perform, during each of a repeating sequence of time periods, analog to digital (ATD) conversions on each of the analog signals of the motor, the VVC, and another device at a cadence determined by a timing of peaks of the waveform signals, and provide command signals to the electric motor and the VVC based on the ATD conversions and readings, wherein each of the time periods includes a series of tick periods and, in response to each tick period, the signal controller performs two ATD conversions on the analog waveform signal of the motor, performs an ATD conversion on each of the analog signals of the motor and the another device, or performs an ATD conversion on each of the analog signals of the VVC and the another device. | 28,359 |
9,059,830 | 1. An apparatus comprising: one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more computer-readable media and configured to execute the instructions to cause an evolved NodeB (eNB) to: | 41,883 |
9,013,663 | 1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate including: a second substrate including: a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate having liquid crystal molecules, the liquid crystal molecule being initially aligned in parallel with the first substrate and the second substrate in a state where electric field is not formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. | 23,408 |
9,294,059 | 1. An acoustic device configured to reproduce an acoustic signal of one acoustic source which is selected from a plurality of acoustic sources, the acoustic device comprising: a first averaging unit configured to average signal levels of the acoustic signal for a first calculation time period; a second averaging unit configured to average the signal levels of the acoustic signal for a second calculation time period which is shorter than the first calculation time period; a selecting unit configured to select one signal from among signals output from the first averaging unit and the second averaging unit, the one signal having a signal level higher than the other; a determining unit configured to determine whether the signal level of the selected one signal is higher than a threshold value which is determined according to the one acoustic source; a gain decreasing unit configured to decrease a gain of the acoustic signal according to the signal level of the one signal, in a case where the signal level of the selected one signal is higher than the threshold value; a correcting unit configured to correct a signal level of the acoustic signal according to the gain; and a threshold value updating unit configured to update the threshold value so as to be the same value as the signal level of the selected one signal, in a case where the signal level of the selected one signal is higher than the threshold value. | 48,674 |
9,562,697 | 1. A water heating system connected to a building hot water distribution network, said water heating system comprising: a system water inlet; a water delivery outlet connected to the building hot water distribution network; a hot water return inlet connected to the building hot water distribution network; one or more water heaters, each water heater having a heater inlet that is connected to the system water inlet to receive water from a water supply and to the hot water return inlet to receive water from the building hot water distribution network and a heater outlet that is connected to the delivery outlet to deliver water from the water heater to the building hot water distribution network; an unheated supplemental water flow path connecting the system water inlet to the delivery outlet, the supplemental water flow path bridging the one or more water heaters and including a flow control device adapted to permit flow from the system water inlet to the delivery outlet when a pressure differential across the one or more water heaters exceeds a predetermined pressure differential; and a storage tank in the supplemental water flow path, whereby water from the storage tank is delivered to the water delivery outlet when the pressure differential across the flow control device opens the flow control device. | 44,485 |
8,800,184 | 1. A mouth guard system ( 100 ) for displaying a message using interchangeable tiles resembling teeth, wherein the system ( 100 ) comprises: (a) an upper mouth guard ( wherein a plurality of upper tile channels ( 120 ) is sequentially disposed in the upper mouth guard ( 110 ), wherein a plurality of upper tile openings ( 130 ), each fluidly connected to a corresponding upper tile channel ( 120 ), is disposed on the upper mouth guard front surface ( 116 ) thereon, wherein the upper tile opening ( 130 ) comprises a smaller opening than the upper tile channel ( 120 ), wherein a plurality of upper tile insertion apertures ( 140 ), each fluidly connected to a corresponding upper tile channel ( 120 ), is disposed on the upper mouth guard top surface ( 112 ) thereon adjacent to the upper mouth guard front surface ( 116 ), wherein the tile upper opening ( 130 ) comprises a shape resembling a tooth; (b) a lower mouth guard ( wherein a plurality of lower tile channels ( 120 ) is sequentially disposed in the lower mouth guard ( 150 ), wherein a plurality of lower tile openings ( 130 ), each fluidly connected to a corresponding lower tile channel ( 120 ), is disposed on the lower mouth guard front surface ( 156 ) thereon, wherein the lower tile opening ( 130 ) comprises a smaller opening than the lower tile channel ( 120 ), wherein a plurality of lower tile insertion apertures ( 140 ), each fluidly connected to a corresponding lower tile channel ( 120 ), is disposed on the lower mouth guard bottom surface ( 154 ) thereon adjacent to the lower mouth guard front surface ( 156 ), wherein the lower tile opening ( 130 ) comprises a shape resembling a tooth, wherein the upper mouth guard ( 110 ) and the lower mouth guard ( 150 ) are collectively hereinafter known as a mouth guard ( 105 ); and (c) a plurality of tiles ( wherein each tile ( 160 ) comprises rounded edges, wherein each tile ( 160 ) comprises rounded corners, wherein a plurality of tiles is inserted into the mouth guards ( 105 ) via the tile insertion apertures ( 140 ) for displaying a message. | 29,086 |
9,491,811 | 1. A cooking appliance employing microwaves, comprising: a first microwave generating device to sequentially generate and output a plurality of microwaves having a plurality of frequencies; a first waveguide to transmit the plurality of microwaves from the first microwave generating device to a cavity; a magnetron to generate and output a single microwave different from each of the plurality of microwaves generated in the first microwave generating device; a second waveguide to transmit the single microwave from the magnetron to the cavity; and a controller to control the first microwave generating device and the magnetron, wherein the controller calculates a heating efficiency based on the plurality of microwaves to be output from the first microwave generating device to the cavity and microwaves reflected in the cavity, and wherein the controller controls the first microwave generating device to output a portion of the plurality of microwaves in a heating section based on the calculated heating efficiency, wherein the first microwave generating device includes: | 24,043 |
8,917,056 | 1. An electric vehicle charging apparatus to recharge an electric vehicle having a vehicle coil connected to a charging circuit connected to a storage battery, the electric vehicle charging apparatus comprising: a parking stop arranged on a parking lot surface to receive contact from a tire of the vehicle while enabling the tire to continuously maintain contact with the parking lot surface, and to obstruct movement of the vehicle; a stop coil arranged within the parking stop to generate an induced current in the vehicle coil when the vehicle coil is arranged in a vicinity of the stop coil; and an operation unit connected to the stop coil to move the stop coil away from the parking stop and toward the vehicle coil, the operation unit comprising: a first rack gear arranged within the parking stop to raise the stop coil above the parking stop and to lower the stop coil back within the parking stop; a first pinion gear that engages with the first rack gear; a second pinion gear that rotates together with the first pinion gear; and a second rack gear adapted to move horizontally upon application of force, adapted to protrude from a side of the parking stop and capable of being forced within the parking stop, the second rack gear being engaged with the second pinion gear. | 3,514 |
9,011,218 | 1. A ventilation system for ventilating a region of an aircraft, comprising: a ram-air channel comprising: a ventilation line comprising: an accumulator disposed between the ram-air channel and the air inlet of the ventilation line and also located to extend through the ram-air channel wall so as to divert the partial portion of the air into the accumulator from a remainder of air flow conveyed through the ram-air channel wherein the accumulator comprises an air scoop that is incorporated into and extends from the ram-air channel wall, wherein the accumulator is configured to convert a dynamic pressure of the diverted air at least partially into static pressure. | 21,571 |
8,764,265 | 1. A backlight unit, comprising: a light guide panel; a printed circuit board disposed on one side of the light guide panel; a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the printed circuit board only in a low, wherein the light emitting diodes include an odd numbered light emitting diodes connected in a first series and an even light emitting diodes connected in a second series, wherein the odd numbered light emitting diodes and the even numbered light emitting diodes are connected in parallel, and alternatively disposed in only one row on the side of the light guide panel, wherein each of the odd numbered light emitting diodes is disposed between the even numbered light emitting diodes; a housing installed to encompass the light emitting diodes and the printed circuit board; a reflection plate located in a lower part of the light guide panel for reflecting the light traveling to lower and side surfaces of the light guide panel to an upper surface of the light guide panel; optical sheets for controlling a diffusion and a direction of travel of the light passing through the light guide panel; and a supporting member for supporting the housing, the light guide panel, the reflection plate and the optical sheets, wherein the light emitting diodes are disposed in the housing in only one row, wherein the housing includes a first part facing the printed circuit board, a second part extending from the first part and a third part extending from the first part, wherein the second part directly faces one side of the one row of the light emitting diodes, wherein the third part directly faces other side of the one row of the light emitting diodes, wherein the housing includes a reflective surface reflecting a light from the light emitting diodes. | 36,133 |
8,440,100 | 1. A method of generating a hydrogen storage composition, comprising the steps of: creating a quaternary LiBNH composition mixture or composition premix, placing the quaternary LiBNH composition mixture or composition premix into a high energy ball mill; purging the ambient air from the ball mill using a argon/hydrogen gas, wherein the argon/hydrogen gas is 95% argon and 5% hydrogen; ball milling the quaternary LiBNH composition mixture or composition premix for 5 hours with argon/hydrogen gas purging to form nanoparticles consisting essentially of MgH | 38,485 |
8,815,570 | 1. A biphasic microalgal extract comprising 15-95 wt. % of an aqueous phase and 5-85 wt. % of an oil phase, said extract comprising at least 1% by total fatty acid weight of an ω3-fatty acid selected from the group consisting of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and a combination thereof, said extract further being characterized in that it comprises: (a) 40-100% lipids by weight of the oil phase, the lipids selected from the group consisting of triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides, phosphatides, free fatty acids and combinations thereof; (b) 0.01-10% carotenoids by weight of the oil phase; (c) 0.5-10% sodium chloride by weight of the aqueous phase; (d) 0-3 wt. % non-dissolved material other than dispersed droplets of aqueous phase or oil phase; and (e) 0-10% C | 23,882 |
9,736,990 | 1. A gardening shears, comprising: two handles; a linking rod having a bottom end thereof connected to a top end of one of said handles; a first shear blade comprising a first cutting blade portion, a connection portion and a suspension arm portion, said first cutting blade portion having a bottom end thereof pivotally connected to an opposing top end of said linking rod, said connection portion being extended from the bottom end of said first cutting blade portion and connected to a top end of the other of said handles, said suspension arm portion being extended from an inner peripheral edge of said connection portion in direction toward said linking rod; a second shear blade comprising a second cutting blade portion and a bearing portion, said second cutting blade portion having a bottom end thereof pivotally connected to the top end of said linking rod and the bottom end of said first cutting blade portion of said first shear blade, said bearing portion being extended from the bottom end of said second cutting blade portion in direction toward said suspension arm portion of said first shear blade, said bearing portion defining therein an elongated slot; and a control unit comprising an arched guide member and a guide wheel, said arched guide member having one end thereof fixedly connected to said linking rod, said guide wheel being pivotally connected to a distal end of said suspension arm portion of said first shear blade and rotatably supported on said arched guide member, said guide wheel comprising a guiding protrusion facing toward said second shear blade and slidably inserted into said elongated slot of said bearing portion of said second shear blade. | 17,984 |
8,498,555 | 1. A rotary driving device comprising: a rotary shaft supported rotatably about an axis thereof on a predetermined supporting member; a rotary load body mounted on the rotary shaft to project radially outward from the rotary shaft in such a manner that the rotary load body can rotate integrally with the rotary shaft about the axis thereof; a driver for rotating the rotary shaft about the axis thereof; a disk mounted on the rotary shaft coaxially therewith for integral rotation with the rotary shaft, the disk having a mounting hole formed therein, the mounting hole being aligned along a central axis set parallel to the axis of the rotary shaft; a pendulum loosely fitted in the mounting hole, the pendulum being caused to move radially outward within the mounting hole due to a centrifugal force produced by rotary motion of the disk on the rotary shaft; and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a relative position relationship between a central axis position of the mounting hole and a center of gravity position of the pendulum under conditions where the pendulum is moved radially most outward in the mounting holes; wherein the disk has first and second surfaces facing in opposite directions, wherein the mounting hole is a conical hole having a diameter gradually increasing from the first surface toward the second surface, wherein the pendulum is a spherical body having a diameter larger than both a minimum diameter of the conical hole and the thickness of the disk, and wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a positioning disk arranged in face to face relation with the second surface and slidably and coaxially fitted on the rotary shaft and a locking member keeping the positioning disk from moving. | 39,749 |
9,195,574 | 1. An apparatus for testing software applications for a plurality of devices, comprising: a housing; a hub maintained within the housing and operatively connected to a management server, the hub comprising a plurality of mobile device connections for operatively connecting to a plurality of devices; and the management server maintained within the housing for performing and managing testing functionality corresponding to the plurality of devices and comprising a processor operatively configured to: | 4,812 |
8,768,584 | 1. A drive force system for facilitating a more efficient operation of a vehicle using pulsing and gliding of the vehicle, the drive force system comprising: an engine configured to provide power to move the vehicle; a transmission operatively coupled to the engine; an accelerator sensor configured to detect an accelerator input; and a controller connected to the accelerator sensor and the engine, wherein the controller is configured to accept the accelerator input and control the engine to provide limited or no power to the transmission in a glide state when the accelerator input is within a first range of values and automatically control the engine to provide a substantially constant power to the transmission in a pulse state or a constant power state when the accelerator input is within a second range of values that is greater than the first range of values, and wherein the controller is configured to transition between the glide state and the pulse state or the constant power state based on the accelerator input for improving energy efficiency of the vehicle. | 46,523 |
9,583,263 | 1. A method for manufacturing a capacitive storage element having a layer system on one side of a porous substrate, which is designed as a conductive substrate, the layer system having a layer sequence of a dielectric titanate layer and an electrically conductive layer, the method comprising: supplying the porous substrate; forming a closed titanate layer having an adjustable minimal layer thickness on the one side of the substrate and directly in contact with the one side of the substrate by applying an external electrical field in a direction of the layer sequence transversely to the plane of the layer system, and when the field is applied, applying a fluid containing titanate particles to the substrate; and applying the electrically conductive layer to the closed titanate layer. | 35,437 |
8,647,489 | 1. A handheld measuring device, for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample, where the device is adapted to receive a sensor strip and the device comprises: | 25,234 |
8,727,736 | 1. A compressor drive system comprising: a gas powered turbine connected to at least one drive shaft; at least one compressor connected to the at least one drive shaft and fluidly coupled to a natural gas liquefaction plant; a first electric motor and a second electric motor each connected to the at least one drive shaft; a first adjustable speed drive controller and a second adjustable speed drive controller coupled to the first and second electric motors, respectively, wherein the first and second adjustable speed drive controllers control the first and second electric motors by varying an input frequency to the first and second electric motors; and a torque controller coupled to the first and second adjustable speed drive controllers, wherein the torque controller sends control signals to at least one of the first and second adjustable speed drive controllers, and wherein the torque controller controls at least one of the first and second adjustable speed drive controllers and distributes load requirements of the at least one compressor between the first and second electric motors. | 24,923 |
9,166,247 | 1. A lithium-ion secondary cell comprising a wound electrode assembly including a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and a liquid electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode includes an elongated negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode mixture layer that is formed on the surface of the negative electrode current collector and contains at least a graphite material, and the graphite material in the negative electrode mixture layer is arranged such that a (002) plane of 80 mass % or more of the graphite material is perpendicular to the surface of the negative electrode current collector and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the elongated negative electrode current collector. | 20,005 |
8,986,395 | 1. A hand prosthesis comprising: a hand chassis; a thumb chassis mounted on the hand chassis for rotation of the thumb chassis in relation to the hand chassis about an axis extending generally along the length of the thumb chassis; a thumb chassis motor disposed on the hand chassis, the thumb chassis motor being operable to drive a worm; a worm gear wheel disposed on the thumb chassis, the worm being in engagement with the worm gear wheel such that, upon operation of the thumb chassis motor, the thumb chassis rotates in relation to the hand chassis; and a thumb assembly, wherein the thumb assembly attaches to the thumb chassis, the thumb assembly having a thumb motor positioned within the thumb assembly such that the thumb assembly moves at an angle to the hand chassis independently of the movement of the thumb chassis. | 26,149 |
9,760,823 | 1. A display having an active area surrounded at least partly by an inactive border area, comprising: a thin-film transistor layer having a thin-film transistor substrate layer and a layer of thin-film transistor circuitry; a color filter layer; a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between the thin-film transistor layer and the color filter layer; an upper polarizer having a polarized region overlapping the active area and having an unpolarized region in the inactive border area; a lower polarizer, wherein the thin-film transistor layer, the layer of liquid crystal material, and the color filter layer are interposed between the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer; and opaque border structures on a surface of the thin-film transistor substrate layer in the inactive border area, wherein the opaque border structures are interposed between the thin-film transistor substrate layer and the layer of thin-film transistor circuitry. | 46,733 |
9,456,462 | 1. A method of on-channel tunneling (OCT) in a peer to peer direct wireless communication comprising: generating by a local tunneled MAC layer management entity (TN-MLME) a request primitive to a transport MAC layer management entity (TP-MLME) that is enabled to transmit, wherein the request primitive carries contents of a management frame and replaces transmission on-the-air of the management frame; responding by a peer station management entity (PSME) to the indication primitive from a local MLME by generating a corresponding response primitive, wherein the corresponding response primitive includes a peer Multi-band element and a local Multi-band element; generating by a third MLME an indication primitive to a local MLME entity identified in an On-channel Tunnel Request frame, wherein the third MLME is a TP-MLME at a multi-band capable station (STA) that receives the request primitive; generating by a MAC layer management entity (MLME) that is not currently enabled to transmit an OCT MLME confirm primitive after receiving parameters passed with an OCT MLME response primitive; and processing at a station management entity (SME) of a multi-band capable STA that generated an initial OCT MLME request primitive an OCT MLME confirm primitive. | 3,322 |
8,571,440 | 1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said image forming apparatus comprising: a cartridge supporting member including a plurality of mounting portions in which a plurality of cartridges is detachably mountable, each of said plurality of cartridges including a developer accommodating portion for accommodating developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive member, said cartridge supporting member being movable between an inside position inside a main assembly of said image forming apparatus and an outside position outside the main assembly; a preventing member provided movably in the main assembly, wherein said preventing member is movable, when said cartridge supporting member is moved from the outside position to the inside position, between (i) a first position in which said preventing member prevents movement of said cartridge supporting member from the outside position to the inside position by contacting said cartridge supporting member and (ii) a second position, retracted from the first position, in which said preventing member permits the movement of said cartridge supporting member; and a plurality of releasing means provided movably in said cartridge supporting member, wherein said plurality of releasing means is movable between (i) a releasing position in which one of said releasing means positions said preventing member at the second position, with said one of said releasing means in contact with said preventing member, only when an associated cartridge is mounted in an associated mounting portion and (ii) a non-releasing position in which said one of said releasing means positions said preventing member at the first position, with said one of said releasing means not in contact with said preventing member, when the associated cartridge is not mounted in said associated mounting portion. | 35,356 |
9,190,119 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first channel region suitable for including a first pad region, a first core region and receiving a first power signal through a first power line; a second channel region suitable for including a second pad region, a second core region and receiving the first power signal through a second power line; and a switch unit suitable for electrically disconnecting the second power line from a first power stabilization unit if a predetermined operation of the first channel region is performed and electrically disconnecting the first power line from the first power stabilization unit if the predetermined operation of the second channel region is performed, wherein the first pad region includes pads to which a first command signal and a first address signal are applied and pads through which first data are inputted or outputted, and wherein the second pad region includes pads to which a second command signal and a second address signal are applied and pads through which second data are inputted or outputted. | 2,725 |
9,220,157 | 1. A load control device for controlling power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load, the load control device comprising: a thyristor adapted to be electrically coupled between the AC power source and the electrical load, the thyristor having first and second main terminals through which current can be conducted to energize the electrical load and a gate terminal through which current can be conducted to render the thyristor conductive between the first and second main terminals; a gate coupling circuit electrically coupled to the gate terminal of the thyristor to conduct current through the gate terminal; a control circuit configured to control the thyristor to turn the electrical load on and off, the control circuit further configured, when the electrical load is on, to control the gate coupling circuit to conduct a pulse of current through the gate terminal of the thyristor at a first time during a present half-cycle of the AC power source to render the thyristor conductive, and to control the gate coupling circuit to allow the gate coupling circuit to conduct at least one other pulse of current through the gate terminal of the thyristor after the first time during the present half-cycle; and a power supply configured to conduct current through the electrical load when the thyristor is non-conductive to produce a supply voltage across an energy storage capacitor to power the control circuit; wherein, when the electrical load is on, the control circuit is configured to prevent the gate coupling circuit from conducting pulses of current through the gate terminal of the thyristor before the first time of the present half-cycle to maintain the thyristor non-conductive until the magnitude of the supply voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 7,929 |
8,390,903 | 1. An image reading apparatus that reads an image of a sheet under one of a plurality of reading conditions, the image reading apparatus comprising: a reference member; a light source unit that emits light to the sheet or the reference member; a reading unit that outputs an output value based on reflection light from the sheet or the reference member; a light intensity adjusting unit that adjusts at least one of luminosity and lighting time of the light source unit such that the output value from the reading unit reaches a predetermined value; a white reference value generating unit that generates a group of white reference values based on the output value from the reading unit under one of the plurality of reading conditions in a state where the light source unit is turned on with the luminosity and lighting time adjusted by the light intensity adjusting unit; a white reference value storing unit that stores the group of white reference values generated by the white reference value generating unit and the luminosity and lighting time adjusted by the light intensity adjusting unit; a white reference value converting unit that converts the group of white reference values stored in the white reference value storing unit into a group of white reference values of a different reading condition based on a correlation between the reading condition under which the group of white reference values is generated by the white reference value generating unit and the different reading condition; a sheet reading control unit that controls the reading unit to read the sheet while turning the light source unit on with the luminosity and lighting time stored in the white reference value storing unit when the image of the sheet is read under the one of the plurality of reading conditions; and a shading correcting unit that performs a shading correction for the output value output from the reading unit, wherein, if the one reading condition is the reading condition with which the group of white reference values is generated, the shading correcting unit performs the shading correction by using the group of white reference values that are stored in the white reference value storing unit, and wherein, if the one reading condition is a reading condition other than the reading condition with which the group of white reference values is generated, the shading correcting unit performs the shading correction by using the group of white reference values that are converted by the white reference value converting unit. | 8,451 |
9,343,412 | 1. A method of forming a MOSFET structure, comprising: forming an epitaxial layer; forming a cap layer above the epitaxial layer; forming a first trench above the epitaxial layer, wherein the forming the first trench above the epitaxial layer comprises patterning an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer of the MOSFET structure to form the first trench; depositing a protection layer within the first trench; and forming a bottom photoresist layer above the protection layer and the ILD layer; forming a first photoresist layer above the bottom photoresist layer; and forming a second photoresist layer above the first photoresist layer, wherein the protection layer is a material selected from the group consisting of germanium and silicon-germanium. | 29,409 |
8,845,712 | 1. A medical device delivery system comprising a tubular constraining sheath, having a length, mounted about and containing a medical device; wherein said tubular constraining sheath includes at least one pleat oriented along at least a portion of the length, wherein said pleat is stable when constraining a medical device; wherein at least a portion of said tubular constraining sheath is everted over itself prior to deployment of said medical device to form an everted portion having a length; and wherein when tension is applied to the everted portion, the length of the everted portion increases, the everted portion slides along the length of the device, and the pleat progressively opens to provide an enlarged diameter to the everted portion. | 49,974 |
9,653,616 | 1. A display panel, comprising: a TFT (thin-film transistor) substrate, comprising: an opposite substrate; and a display medium disposed between the TFT substrate and the opposite substrate. | 7,261 |
8,781,017 | 1. A wireless device, comprising: circuitry to calculate a beamforming feedback matrix for a beamformer, the circuitry to determine a time delay between a feedback request sent to a beamformee and a feedback response received from the beamformee over a multi-carrier communications channel of a wireless local area network (WLAN), the feedback response to include information to calculate the beamforming feedback matrix for transmit beamforming, the circuitry to determine whether to use the information in the feedback response to calculate the beamforming feedback matrix based on the time delay. | 5,542 |
9,086,362 | 1. A method of testing a layered composite component, the method comprising: providing an acoustic filter in at least two layers of the composite component, each acoustic filter operable to filter a different predetermined frequency band out of an acoustic test signal; applying an acoustic test signal to the composite component; detecting the acoustic test signal after it has passed through the composite component; and analyzing differences between the applied signal and the detected signal to determine which layers the applied signal has passed through. | 29,795 |
9,540,210 | 1. A belt core system comprising: a first belt core member; and a second belt core member; each belt core member having a body with an exterior surface, a first end, and a second end, the first end having one positioned shoulder, and the second end having a one positioned lip; wherein the one positioned lip on the second end of the second belt core member is aligned with and disposed at least partially around and abutting the one positioned shoulder on the first end of the first belt core member to form an expandable belt core system, to receive a belt for storing on the exterior surface of the first and second belt core members; and wherein one or more of the first belt core member and the second belt core member comprises at least one extension extending from at least one of the first end or the second end. | 14,424 |
9,075,555 | 1. A print system comprising an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus, wherein said information processing apparatus includes a first processor configured to: generate application data by executing an application program; transmit to said image forming apparatus a print command including application identification information for identifying said application data and print data converted from said application data in order to cause said image forming apparatus to form an image of said application data generated, by executing a driver program for controlling said image forming apparatus; store related information related to said application data in association with said application data at a stage where said print data is transmitted by said first processor; and be operated by remote control by said image forming apparatus that has received said print command, and wherein said image forming apparatus includes a second processor configured to: receive said print command from said information processing apparatus; store a set of application identification information temporarily and print data included in said received print command; accept an operation by a user; extract print data to be an object of processing from said print data stored temporarily based on said accepted operation; form an image of said extracted print data; operate by remote control said information processing apparatus that has transmitted said print data in response to the forming of the image of said print data; transmit to said information processing apparatus a first remote control operation command including application identification information which forms a set with said print data; and display a remote control operation screen received from said information processing apparatus in response to the transmission of said first remote control operation command, and wherein said first processor of said information processing apparatus is further configured to: generate said remote control operation screen based on said related information associated with the application identification information included in said first remote control operation command, in response to said first remote control operation command being received from said image forming apparatus; and transmit said remote control operation screen to said image forming apparatus. | 3,592 |
9,142,419 | 1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising: forming on a film to be processed a mask material film which has first openings each including a constriction; forming a sidewall film on the sidewall of the first openings in the mask material film, wherein the diameter of the first openings are narrowed to form a plurality of second openings in the mask material film, and the constriction of the first openings are filled with the sidewall film to separate adjacent second openings; and making a plurality of holes by selectively etching the film to be processed with the mask material film and sidewall film as a mask, and wherein the plurality of second openings are surrounded by the sidewall film, and wherein the thickness of the sidewall film is set at S or more, if the minimum width of the first opening is 2S. | 25,475 |
9,639,751 | 1. A system comprising: one or more processors; one or more non-transitory computer-readable mediums operatively coupled to the one or more processors, and having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the one or more processors cause a computing device to: | 47,890 |
8,373,290 | 1. A system for generation of power using an apparatus in deep water, said system comprising: a ballast buoy configured to achieve a desired depth in the deep water; a substantially vertical hollow tube attached to said ballast buoy that is submerged under water when said ballast buoy achieves the desired depth in the deep water; and a generator configured to generate electricity based on the pressure head differences in the physical environment created in between the vertical ends of said substantially vertical hollow tube by placement of said ballast buoy at said desired depth in the deep water to energy; wherein the hollow tube is submerged below the direct influence of surface wave action of the water. | 11,363 |
8,900,749 | 1. A negative electrode material powder for a lithium ion secondary battery having a conductive carbon film on the surface of a lower-silicon-oxide powder; wherein a specific surface area determined by the BET method ranges from more than 0.3 m a SiC peak is immune from appearing at 2θ=35.6°±0.1° or the half-value width of the appeared peak is 2° or more, in measurement with an X-ray diffractometer using CuK in measurement with an XRD using Cuk | 3,929 |
8,839,750 | 1. A control system for an engine, comprising: a first electronic circuit configured to increase lift of M valves of the engine to a predetermined valve lift during a first period before disabling N valves of the engine in response to a request to disable the N valves of the engine; and a second electronic circuit configured to decrease the lift of the M valves to a desired valve lift during a second period after disabling the N valves of the engine and before re-enabling the N valves, wherein: | 44,967 |
9,710,301 | 1. A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program read and executed by a computer including an operating system, wherein the computer causes the computer program to function as an application running on the operating system, while the application is running, the operating system controls and shifts an execution state of the application among a foreground state in which the application is executed in a foreground and can communicate with an external device using a communication connection, a background state in which the application is executed in a background and can communicate with an external device using a communication connection, and a suspended state in which the application is inexecutable, and the application includes | 23,988 |
9,102,317 | 1. Electronic system ( 50 ) to drive an electric device of a bicycle ( 1 ) assisted electrically by means of a rechargeable battery ( 6 ), said electric device being configured for operating as an electric motor supplied from the battery or as an electric generator for charging the battery, the system comprising: a measurement module ( a sensor configured for measuring the angular velocity (S a circuit ( a processor ( calculating a bicycle speed as a function of the angular velocity of the electric motor; calculating ( estimating ( v is the velocity of the bicycle F comparing ( in case of detecting that the calculated human power is greater than or equal to the estimated bicycle friction power and in case of detecting that the battery state of charge is greater than or equal to a first threshold (S in case of detecting that the calculated human power is smaller than the estimated bicycle friction power, operating the electric device as an electric generator, and converting at least part of the human power into electric power by means of the electric device operating as an electric generator, and generating ( | 24,882 |
9,361,488 | 1. A method for subcarrier downconversion and data detection, the method comprising: determining whether to use an upper sideband frequency section of a complex downconverter output, a lower sideband frequency section of the complex downconverter output, or both sideband frequency sections of the complex downconverter output; and processing, in a circuit, the output corresponding to the selected sideband frequency section or sections based on the determination, wherein the processing includes correlation and data detection, wherein the circuit includes correlator blocks corresponding to each of the sideband frequency sections; wherein the correlator blocks include a series of windowed integrators that are configurable for different lengths; wherein when the determination is to use outputs of both sideband sections, outputs of correlator blocks of the circuit are combined after magnitude detection and before data slicing; and wherein outputs of the windowed integrators of each correlator block are added in a first path of the correlator block and subtracted in a second path of the correlator block, and wherein the magnitude detection is performed by complex-to-magnitude modules. | 30,701 |
8,961,344 | 1. A transmission comprising: an input member; a stationary member; first and second planetary gearsets each having respective first, second, and third members; an output member operatively connected to one of the members of the planetary gearsets for unitary rotation therewith; a first motor/generator having a first rotor operatively connected to one of the members of the planetary gearsets for unitary rotation therewith; a second motor/generator having a second rotor operatively connected to one of the members of the planetary gearsets for unitary rotation therewith; and first, second, and third torque transmitting devices operative to selectively connect members of said planetary gearsets with said input member or said stationary member to provide two electric vehicle modes, two electrically variable modes, and a fixed gear ratio mode of transmission operation. | 34,107 |
9,232,482 | 1. A method of improving wireless connection in a voice and data communication, comprising: receiving, at a mobile station, information selection criteria associated with a power limited condition; detecting the power limited condition; and selecting information for transmission on a data channel, independent of the received information selection criteria, wherein selecting information for transmission comprises one or a combination of: | 42,897 |
8,573,935 | 1. A rotor for a helicopter, comprising: a hub rotating about an axis and in turn comprising a number of blades; and an at least partly hollow drive shaft connectable to a drive of said helicopter and connected functionally to said hub to rotate the hub about said axis; and characterized by comprising vibration damping means in turn comprising a mass, and an elastically deformable member connected to said mass and supported by said shaft; said member extending at least partly inside said shaft, and being elongated parallel to said axis; and said mass vibrating, in use, at such a frequency as to oppose transmission to said shaft of the vibration produced by rotation of said hub and said blades and further comprising a supporting body interposed between said shaft and said member, and angularly integral with said shaft and said member. | 4,746 |
9,368,836 | 1. A lithium ion rechargeable battery cell comprising: an anode comprising electroactive material-containing particles wherein the electroactive material is selected from one or more of silicon, germanium and tin; a cathode comprising an active material adapted to incorporate lithium and also to liberate lithium electrochemically, wherein the anode is adapted to incorporate lithium during lithiation; and an electrolyte; wherein the electrolyte comprises both a cyclic carbonate including a vinyl group and a fluorinated cyclic carbonate, wherein the total amount of the cyclic carbonate including a vinyl group and the fluorinated cyclic carbonate together is in the range 3.5 wt % to 70 wt % based on the total weight of the electrolyte solution. | 22,742 |
9,102,333 | 1. A method of crosswind estimation in a vehicle, comprising: identifying, via a vehicle processor, first and second forgetting factors accounting for rates of change of vehicle uncertainty and crosswind estimation, respectively; and utilizing a recursive-least-squares heuristic executed by a crosswind-and-vehicle-uncertainty estimator specialized with the forgetting factors to determine vehicle uncertainty and crosswind estimation from driver steering and crosswind disturbance inputs, the forgetting factors accounting for relatively slower-changing vehicle uncertainty and relatively faster-changing crosswinds. | 24,873 |
9,512,301 | 1. A polyamide resin composition reinforced with glass fiber, comprising a polyamide resin (A) constituted from an aliphatic polyamide (a1) and an aromatic component-containing polyamide (a2), and glass fibers (B) having a cross-sectional area of 1.5 to 5.0 ×10 -6 cm 2 , wherein a ratio by weight of the polyamide resin (A) to the glass fibers (B) [(A) : (B)] is from 20:80 to 35:65 and a ratio by weight of the aliphatic polyamide (a1) to the aromatic component-containing polyamide (a2) [(a1) : (a2)] is from 5:95 to 95:5, and wherein a part of or all of the glass fibers (B) is/are glass fibers having a flat cross section, wherein the glass fibers having a flat cross section consist of glass fibers (B-1) having a flat cross section and having a ratio of short diameter to long diameter of from 0.3 to 0.5, and glass fibers (B-2) having a flat cross section and having a ratio of short diameter to long diameter of from 0.2 to 0.3, wherein a ratio by weight thereof [(B-1) : (B-2)] is from 10:90 to 90:10. | 14,851 |
8,578,946 | 1. A method of fabricating hair extensions comprising the steps of: integrating a person's natural hair strands with a sheet of mesh for the purpose of fabricating a foundation upon which hair extensions may be affixed; fabricating a plurality of connection anchors between the person's natural hair and the sheet of mesh to anchor the sheet of mesh onto the person's scalp; stitching a plurality of hair panels to the sheet of mesh for the purpose of covering bald regions on the person's scalp; and stitching a plurality of custom lace panels to the sheet of mesh near an upper region of the person's scalp; whereby the hair panels and lace panels are secured and anchored firmly to the scalp hair to form a pull-resistant hair extension network. | 2,079 |
9,804,658 | 1. A communication system for an automotive, comprising a plurality of electronic controller units which includes a first electronic controller unit, a second electronic controller unit, and a third electronic controller unit; and a communication bus which transmits messages among the plurality of electronic controller units, wherein the first electric controller unit has an active mode and a low consumption mode, when the first electronic controller unit is in the low consumption mode, when the first electronic controller unit receives the second message, it is determined whether an ID included in the second message identifies the first electronic controller unit or not, and the first electronic controller unit shifts from the low consumption mode to the active mode when the ID identifies the first electronic controller unit, when the third electronic controller unit receives the first message, the third electronic controller stops output of messages to the communication bus for a predetermined time, and the first electronic controller unit shifts from the active mode to the low consumption mode after elapse of another predetermined time from a completion of a power on sequence. | 31,363 |
9,657,711 | 1. A waste-watermill for generating electrical energy from a flow of waste water running through an underground waste water conduit having a top and a bottom, said waste water conduit being connected to an underground passageway and having an inner diameter, said flow of waste water defining a free water surface below the top of said waste water conduit and having a flow direction through said waste water conduit, said waste-watermill comprising: a water wheel fixed to an axle defining a rotational axis for said water wheel, said rotational axis being defined above said free surface and transverse to said flow direction, whereby said water wheel is positioned relative to said waste water conduit so as to be rotated by said flow of waste water in an undershot configuration; a wheel support rotationally supporting said axle, whereby said rotational axis is located below the top of said waste water conduit and closer to the top of said waste water conduit than to the bottom of said waste water conduit; a watertight partition separating said waste water conduit from said underground passageway, said watertight partition defining a first side on which said water wheel is located, and an opposite second side, and an aperture having a seal through which a first end of said axle passes; and an electric generator in said passageway on said second side of said watertight partition and operatively connected to said first end of said axle so as to be driven by said water wheel to produce electrical energy; wherein said water wheel comprises a plurality of paddles connected to said axle by a paddle support disposed coaxially around said axle and having a cylindrical surface, each of said paddles extending radially from said cylindrical surface of said paddle support to a distal edge, said paddles being positioned and configured so as to be pushed by said flow of waste water to rotate said water wheel. | 20,795 |
9,844,036 | 1. A data transmission method for a terminal in a wireless communication system, the data transmission method comprising: receiving an uplink grant in a downlink subframe, wherein the uplink grant schedules a plurality of uplink subframes which are consecutive in a time domain; determining a number of information bits to be transmitted via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); determining a spreading factor based on the number of information bits; mapping data including the information bits and a reference signal to single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols in an uplink subframe based on the spreading factor, wherein a number of SC-FDMA symbols to which the data are mapped is dependent on the spreading factor; determining energy to be distributed to each of the data including the information bits and the reference signal; and transmitting the data and the reference signal with each of the determined energy in each of the plurality of uplink subframes based on the uplink grant, wherein the spreading factor is inversely proportional to the number of information bits, wherein, in the plurality of uplink subframes, the same data and reference signal are repeatedly transmitted, and wherein energy distributed to the reference signal is inversely proportional to a number of the plurality of uplink subframes. | 36,355 |
9,508,882 | 1. A solar cell module comprising: a solar cell panel comprising a plurality of solar cells and at least one bus bar electrically connected to the solar cells; a protective substrate on the solar cell panel; a spacer part placed between the solar cell panel and the protective substrate to keep the solar cell panel and the protective substrate spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval; and a connection member which is placed close to a portion of an, edge of the solar cell panel from an outside of a rim part of the spacer part, and which is electrically connected to the solar cell panel so that the solar cell panel can be electrically connected through the connection member to a cable for transferring electrical energy generated from the solar cell panel or for connecting, solar cell modules to each other, wherein the spacer part comprises an air layer and a spacer surrounding the air layer, wherein the spacer comprises a contact spacer placed at a corresponding position to the portion of the edge of the solar cell panel where the connection member is placed, wherein a conductive part is provided on a portion of the contact spacer so as to be brought into contact with the connection member, wherein the conductive part is formed to directly contact a lateral side of and a bottom surface of the contact spacer, wherein the conductive part simultaneously makes contact with the connection member and the bus bar, and wherein the conductive part is electrically connected to both of the bus bar and the connection member. | 5,797 |
9,443,117 | 1. A self-optimizing method of efficiently deploying radio frequency identification (RFID) tag readers in a controlled area containing RFID-tagged items to be monitored, comprising: integrating the RFID tag readers with individual RFID tags to form at least three integrated RFID units; initially deploying the at least three integrated RFID units in the controlled area in an initial deployment in which the at least three integrated RFID units cover the controlled area with radio frequency (RF) coverage; determining whether the RF coverage optimally covers the controlled area by controlling each one of the at least three integrated RFID units in the initial deployment to read the respective RFID tag integrated with at least another one of the integrated RFID units, and said determining includes ascertaining whether or not each one of the at least three integrated RFID units reads the respective RFID tag integrated in at least another one of the integrated RFID units; reporting when the RF coverage does not optimally cover the controlled area; and guiding, in response to the reporting, a redeployment of at least one of the initially deployed at least three integrated RFID units to a subsequent deployment in which the RF coverage provided by the at least three integrated RFID units optimally covers the controlled area. | 46,156 |
8,379,585 | 1. A method of receiving semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) data performed by a user equipment (UE) in a multi-carrier system, the method comprising: applying a first SPS configuration for first SPS data on a first carrier; receiving the first SPS data on the first carrier using the first SPS configuration; receiving, on the first carrier, information on a second carrier for second SPS data, the second carrier being different from the first carrier; and receiving the second SPS data on the second carrier. | 3,348 |
9,576,237 | 1. An RFID transponder device comprising antenna terminals for coupling an antenna system to the device; a transmitter coupled to the antenna terminals and configured to provide an oscillating signal to the antenna terminals; a receiver coupled to the antenna terminals and configured to receive an oscillating signal at the antenna terminals; and at least one damping resistance connected to at least one of the antenna terminals; wherein the at least one damping resistance is connected, depending on a voltage swing at the antenna terminals during a transmission burst period, either together with a serially connected switch in parallel to the antenna terminal that are coupled to the receiver, or together with a parallel connected switch between one of the antenna terminals and a terminal of the transmitter; and wherein the device further comprises a damping control being configured to activate the at least one damping resistance during a damping period after the transmission burst period by controlling the respective switch. | 42,896 |
9,637,110 | 1. A method for distributing torque between an engine and an electric motor for an energy efficiency improvement of hybrid electric vehicles, comprising: A. providing an offline Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC) map of the engine in all operating states, wherein the offline BSFC map illustrates contours of BSFC values of the engine with a horizontal axis thereof representing rotational speed of the engine and a vertical axis thereof representing torque of the engine, and the all operating states include operating states in which the rotational speed of the engine ranges from 0 to n B. enabling the engine and the electric motor to collaboratively respond to a demanding torque T C. acquiring a current State Of Charge (SOC) of a power battery mounted on the vehicles, and distributing a torque generated by the engine T | 33,177 |
9,377,591 | 1. A fiber-optic communication module with a de-latching mechanism, the fiber-optic communication module is inserted into a corresponding receptacle of a communication device, the fiber-optic communication module comprising: a main body comprising a first case and a second case, wherein the first case and the second case are combined together, the first case comprises two first protruding edges, the two first protruding edges are protruded from two lateral sides of the first case, respectively, the second case comprises two second protruding edges, and the two second protruding edges are protruded from two lateral sides of the second case, respectively, each of the first protruding edges is extended toward the second protruding edges on the same lateral side, and two tracks at two opposite sides of the main body are defined by the two first protruding edges and the two second protruding edges collaboratively; a handle pivotally coupled to the main body, and rotatable relative to the main body to be in a latched position or a de-latched position, wherein the handle has two first guiding parts located at two opposite sides thereof; and a sliding member comprising two extension arms and two second guiding parts, wherein the two second guiding parts are located at the corresponding extension arms, and the two second guiding parts are connected with the corresponding first guiding parts of the handle, wherein the two extension arms are disposed within the corresponding tracks of the main body, and an inner surface of each first protruding edge and an inner surface of each second protruding edge both face an outer surface of each corresponding extension arm, and positions of the two extension arms are limited by the two first protruding edges and the two second protruding edges, while the handle is rotated from the latched position to the de-latched position, the two second guiding parts of the sliding member are moved relative to the corresponding first guiding parts of the handle, so that the extension arms are slid linearly in a direction away from the receptacle and the fiber-optic communication module is de-latched from the receptacle. | 3,035 |
8,954,002 | 1. A wireless transmission system comprising: a first wireless transmission apparatus comprising a first coupling member for wireless transmission; and a second wireless transmission apparatus comprising: | 3,294 |
8,624,487 | 1. A display apparatus, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to and spaced apart from the first substrate; and a light-emitting device disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate comprises a barrier film composite, wherein the barrier film composite comprises: a film with an undulating surface and an opposite surface disposed opposite to the undulating surface, the undulating surface being closer to the light-emitting device than the opposite surface; and at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer disposed on the undulating surface of the film. | 16,980 |
8,629,435 | 1. A method comprising: providing a first test structure comprising: providing a second test structure comprising: measuring a first capacitance between the first gate electrode and the first contact plug; measuring a second capacitance between the second gate electrode and the second contact plug; and calculating the same fin height from a capacitance difference between the second capacitance and the first capacitance. | 14,788 |
8,609,039 | 1. A microfluidic system, comprising: a modular microfluidic chip having a given configuration of microfeatures including a plurality of diaphragm valves, each of which is actuated by a pneumatic signal disposed in relation to only a single surface of the chip, wherein the microfluidic chip comprises only a single polymeric substrate having the plurality of microfeatures disposed in a surface thereof and a single polymeric membrane attached to the surface of the substrate; a separate, modular replaceable chip manifold having a plurality of only pneumatic ports on an underside thereof and a plurality of only pneumatic channels disposed therein in fluid connection with both the plurality of valves and the plurality of pneumatic ports, wherein said plurality of pneumatic ports have a fixed configuration, and said plurality of pneumatic channels have a given configuration specifically corresponding to the given configuration of the plurality of valves, removably connected to the microfluidic chip; and a separate, modular pneumatic manifold having a plurality of apertures that provide a passage of the pneumatic signal therethrough, in fluid connection with said plurality of pneumatic ports, wherein said plurality of apertures have a fixed configuration specifically corresponding to the fixed configuration of the plurality of pneumatic ports of the chip manifold, removably connected to the chip manifold, wherein the modular replaceable chip manifold is disposed in between and in direct contact with the modular microfluidic chip and the modular pneumatic manifold, and the microfluidic system is a reconfigurable system due to the modular microfluidic chip, the separate, modular replaceable chip manifold, and the separate, modular pneumatic manifold. | 1,535 |
9,487,034 | 1. A medium loading device comprising: a first medium holder; a second medium holder that has a hook section; and a restriction member that engages with the hook section; wherein the hook section is inclined in one direction so that the second medium holder is configured to move in a first direction toward the first medium holder and is restricted from moving in a second direction away from the first medium holder. | 26,654 |
8,427,608 | 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pair of polarization plates; a pair of substrates interposed between said polarization plates; a liquid crystal layer interposed between said substrates; a plurality of pixels; some of said pixels each including a light reflecting display section and a light transmitting display section, wherein the light transmitting display section is without the light reflecting display section; wherein at least one of said light transmitting display sections includes a portion that is without a color filter. | 13,863 |
8,698,420 | 1. An LED drive circuit receiving an alternating-current voltage and driving an LED, comprising: a current extractor extracting a current from a current supply line through which an LED drive current is supplied to the LED; and a timing adjuster adjusting a current extraction start timing and a current extraction duration in the current extractor without detecting the LED drive current. | 28,078 |
9,829,254 | 1. An installation for storing thermal energy, said installation comprising: a charging circuit for a working gas, wherein, in the charging circuit, the following are connected to one another in the stated sequence by a first circuit for the working gas: a first thermal fluid energy machine, a heat accumulator comprising a length, and a second thermal fluid energy machine, wherein, as viewed in a throughflow direction of the working gas from the first thermal fluid energy machine to the second thermal fluid energy machine, the first thermal fluid energy machine is a work machine and the second thermal fluid energy machine is a prime mover, wherein the heat accumulator is connected, via a second circuit, into a discharging circuit for steam as working medium, wherein, in the discharging circuit, the following units are connected to one another in the stated sequence by the second circuit: a pump, the heat accumulator, and a third thermal fluid energy machine as a prime mover, wherein the working medium passes through the heat accumulator for the whole length of the heat accumulator; and an auxiliary heat accumulator connected between a fifth thermal fluid energy machine and a sixth thermal fluid energy machine by an auxiliary circuit, wherein the auxiliary circuit from the fifth thermal fluid energy machine to the auxiliary heat accumulator and from the auxiliary heat accumulator to the sixth thermal fluid energy machine is discrete from the first circuit and the second circuit, and wherein the fifth thermal fluid energy machine is a work machine and the sixth thermal fluid energy machine is a prime mover. | 30,757 |
8,817,939 | 1. Method performed by a computer and associated measuring equipment to determine the effective masses of N deposits of fissile matter respectively placed in N measurement fission chambers, N being an integer of 1 or more, the method comprising: A) a first measuring step (E1) during which N count rates are measured of N respective deposits of fissile matter of known effective masses, respectively placed in N calibration fission chambers respectively identical in their outer dimensions to the N measurement fission chambers, to form a matrix [C] B) a second measuring step (E2) during which N count rates are measured of N respective deposits of fissile matter placed in the N measurement fission chambers, to form a matrix [C] of count rates of deposits of fissile matter, the second measuring step being conducted under identical measuring conditions to the measuring conditions under which the first measuring step is conducted, each different measured count rate of said N respective deposits of fissile matter placed in the N measurement fission chambers being a different coefficient of the matrix [C], and C) a computing step (E3) to calculate and store, by operations performed within the computer, a data structure representing a column matrix [m] such that: | 13,037 |
9,067,159 | 1. A gas filter assembly comprising a support frame and a number of filter pockets, said support frame comprising a first subframe and a second subframe, each are designed as one piece and connected to each other by means of at least one locking element, said first and second subframes constituting an inner wall, a front face and an outer wall of the support frame when connected together, each filter pocket having an air inlet opening at one end defined by opposing sides each having an edge, wherein the filter pockets are sealingly secured to each other by at least one connector having two opposite end portions, said at least one connector bridging between and extending along substantially the entire length of the edges of two adjacent filter pockets forming a pocket filter assembly, said pocket filter assembly with the at least one connector being mounted in the support frame such that each end portion is arranged between said first and second subframes by extending through cut-in portions in the inner wall of the first subframe and resting in V shaped slots arranged in the second subframe. | 46,881 |
8,874,277 | 1. A method of power factor correction in a power delivery system, comprising: determining a total current requirement of at least one load coupled to, and drawing current from, a power supply with a known power limit and current limit; determining an available excess current, wherein the available excess current is a current available beyond the total current requirement of the at least one load; determining whether a new non-critical load has been introduced; calculating a plurality of switching configurations that are each capable of switching current from the power supply to the at least one load and the non-critical load without exceeding the current limit of the power supply when a current requirement of the new non-critical load exceeds the available excess current, wherein each switching configuration of said plurality of switching configurations is associated with a power factor defined as the ratio of real power transferred to apparent power; identifying an optimal switching configuration from among said plurality of switching configurations that will realize a highest power factor of said power factors associated with each of said plurality of switching configurations, wherein the highest power factor provides for a highest efficiency of the system from among said plurality of switching configurations; and using said optimal switching configuration to switch current from the power supply to the at least one load and the non-critical load. | 161 |
9,214,427 | 1. A method of self-correcting a power grid of a semiconductor structure, the method comprising: providing the power grid of the semiconductor structure, the power grid including: isolating a defect included in the power grid of the semiconductor structure by performing a testing process on the semiconductor structure including the power grid, the testing process blowing at least one of the plurality of fuses positioned immediately adjacent to the defect and including: | 12,739 |
9,115,708 | 1. A cassette-based fluid balancing system, comprising: a first liquid flow path connecting a first inlet to a first outlet; a second liquid flow path connecting a second inlet to a second outlet; a control fluid path configured for controlling a diaphragm pump; said pump comprising a rigid vessel containing a diaphragm dividing the rigid vessel into a control compartment and a liquid pumping compartment, the control compartment of said pump being in fluidic communication with the control fluid path and the liquid pumping compartment being in fluidic communication with the second liquid flow path; a balancing chamber comprising a flexible diaphragm dividing the chamber into two liquid compartments, a first liquid compartment in fluidic communication with the first liquid flow path and a second liquid compartment in fluidic communication with the second liquid flow path; the balancing chamber configured to balance flow between the first liquid flow path and the second liquid flow path; and a first valve interposed between the liquid pumping compartment of the diaphragm pump and the second liquid compartment of the balancing chamber, said first valve under control of a controller; wherein the controller is configured to operate the first valve using pulse-width modulation. | 29,734 |
9,496,165 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a preformed spalled structure comprising a stressor layer stack on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial release layer on an exposed second surface of the semiconductor substrate; adhesively bonding the interfacial release layer to a rigid handle substrate using an epoxy; removing at least a portion of the stressor layer stack from the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; processing the semiconductor substrate; and removing the semiconductor substrate from the interfacial release layer to impart flexibility to the semiconductor substrate. | 23,019 |
9,654,664 | 1. A non-transitory storage medium comprising a computer readable program that, when executed by a processor, configures the processor to, receive facsimile data; determine if an identification image is included in the received facsimile data; display a list including at least one item of prior facsimile data stored in a storage device, if the processor determines that the identification image is not included in the facsimile data; receive an instruction to associate a selected one of the prior facsimile data from the list with the received facsimile data; generate generated identification image based on a first repository, the first repository being a location of the storage device storing the selected facsimile data; attach the generated identification image to the received facsimile data to generate identifiable facsimile data; and store the identifiable facsimile data in the first repository such that the identifiable facsimile data is associated with the selected facsimile data. | 32,413 |
9,482,359 | 1. An electrically operated valve actuator effective for shifting a valve between open and closed positions, the valve actuator comprising: a movable member comprising a valve stem connected to a valve body, a first end surface, a second end surface, and a side surface extending between the first end surface and the second end surface, the movable member being driven by an electric motor in a linear motion between valve closing and valve opening positions, wherein electrical power to the motor is supplied via a current control comprising a supplied current detection device; the movable member, at each end of travel, is designed for an idling length of travel in the opening and closing directions during which the valve is either fully open or fully closed; the movable member is associated with a buffer positioned so that, during the idling length of travel, the torque and current required to move the movable member further in the open and closed positions of the valve, respectively, gradually increases, wherein the movable member is contained between a first wall and an opposite second wall in a valve or actuator housing, and the buffer is supported in each end of the valve or actuator housing between the first and second end surfaces and first and second walls in the valve or actuator housing, respectively; and the current detection device monitors an increase in supplied current during the idling length and stops the motor within a time window of the idling length. | 25,686 |
9,194,598 | 1. A thermostat configured to be wall mounted, comprising: a frustum-shaped shell body having a circular cross-section and a central axis generally perpendicular to a wall when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the frustum-shaped shell body including a sidewall that extends along a length the central axis between first and second ends of the frustum-shaped shell body, the first end of the frustum-shaped shell body being wall-facing when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body being user-facing when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the first end of the frustum-shaped shell body having a first diameter and the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body having a second, larger diameter; a circular rotatable ring mounted proximate the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body, the circular rotatable ring having an axis of rotation generally perpendicular to the wall when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the circular rotatable ring being user rotatable about the axis of rotation, wherein the circular rotatable ring slides about a frame of the thermostat that dampens rotational movement of the circular rotatable ring and the circular rotatable ring receives user input; a circular cover mounted proximate the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body, the circular cover having a central axis generally perpendicular to the wall when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the circular cover comprising a clear circular center portion surrounded by a colored outer portion, wherein the clear circular center portion permits light emitted from a dot-matrix color display element to pass through the circular cover; at least one temperature sensor for use in sensing an ambient air temperature; a passive infrared (PIR) sensor that senses infrared radiation to detect a proximal user presence, the PIR sensor being located between the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body and the circular cover, and the PIR sensor being user-facing when the thermostat is wall-mounted, wherein the PIR sensor is located within the thermostat on a plane that intersects the central axis, extends vertically, and is perpendicular to the wall when the thermostat is wall-mounted; a lens, aligned on the plane that intersects the central axis and extends vertically such that the lens is vertically aligned with a center of the circular cover and a center of the dot-matrix color display element, wherein the PIR sensor senses infrared radiation through the lens to detect the proximal user presence; a plurality of HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) wire terminals configured to receive a respective plurality of HVAC wires; the dot-matrix color display element mounted at a location between the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body and the circular cover, the dot-matrix color display element and the circular cover do not rotate when the circular rotatable ring is rotated and the thermostat is wall-mounted; and a processing system provided in operative communication with the plurality of HVAC wire terminals, the circular rotatable ring, the dot-matrix color display element, the PIR sensor, and the at least one temperature sensor, the processing system configured to: | 19,716 |
9,618,539 | 1. A current sensor for a DC (‘Direct Current’)-DC converter, the DC-DC converter comprising: a directly coupled inductor comprising a plurality of coil elements; and a plurality of power-switching phases, each power-switching phase coupled to a different one of the plurality of coil elements, each phase comprising: a high-side switch and a low-side switch, wherein the high-side switch is configured, when activated, to couple a voltage source to one of the coil elements and the low-side switch is configured, when activated, to couple the coil element to a ground voltage, wherein each switch of the DC-DC converter is configured to be alternately activated and no two switches are activated at the same time; the current sensor comprising: | 9,753 |
8,686,171 | 1. A process for producing alkyl esters comprising: mixing a lipid feed stock with an alcohol to form a reaction mixture, the alcohol comprising a C1-C6 alcohol; contacting the reaction mixture with a catalyst under supercritical conditions for the alcohol, the catalyst comprising an unmodified metal oxide, and removing residual free fatty acids from the reaction mixture, wherein removing residual free fatty acids from the reaction mixture comprises adding dimethyl carbonate to the reaction mixture. | 14,675 |
8,984,204 | 1. A communication network for a low-voltage switchboard, said switchboard comprising at least one electrical switching device and at least one or more electronic protection device operatively connected to said electrical switching device, each said electronic protection device comprising a single protection and control unit, wherein the communications network comprises: a first communication bus, designed to provide a first communication channel with said electronic protection device, and having a first user access level; and a second communication bus, designed to provide a second communication channel with said electronic protection device, said second communication bus being adapted to put in communication the protection and control unit of different ones of the electronic protection devices to perform automation and coordination functions, and having a second user access level, said second user access level being higher than said first user access level; and a third communication bus, designed to provide a third communication channel between said one protection and control unit and one or more additional electronic modules, said third communication bus forming the only communication bus which the protection and control unit of each electronic protection can reach the first or second communications buses; wherein the first and second buses can only communicate through the third bus. | 31,288 |
9,637,420 | 1. A composition comprising one or more nitrification inhibitors and one or more urease inhibitors in an organic liquid solvating system comprising a mixture of aprotic solvents wherein a first aprotic solvent is dimethyl sulfoxide, dialkyl sulfoxide, diaryl sulfoxide, or an alkylaryl sulfoxide having the formula wherein R and a second aprotic solvent is one or more members selected from the group consisting of: 1) a C wherein the organic liquid solvating system meets the following criteria: | 260 |
8,395,272 | 1. A control apparatus for a wind power station having a plurality of wind turbine generators, the control apparatus comprising: an output-power-reduction value calculating unit configured to calculate an output-power reduction value when a reduction of electrical power supplied from the wind power station to a utility grid is requested, the output-power reduction value being a value for decreasing an output power of a wind turbine generator and for increasing a rotational speed of a rotor of the wind turbine generator, wherein the output-power-reduction value calculating unit is configured to transmit the calculated output-power reduction value to, among the plurality of wind turbine generators, the wind turbine generator which has an actual output electrical power relatively small with respect to the maximum electrical power outputable by the wind turbine generator. | 32,732 |
9,264,881 | 1. A method of wireless communication by a wireless device, comprising: generating, by the wireless device, an information block comprising an expression, wherein the expression is an application identifier; and broadcasting, by the wireless device, the information block over a peer discovery channel, and wherein the information block is encoded for security with a system key and an input, the input comprising a peer discovery resource identifier, an area identifier, a time information, and a system-wide known data used to pad the input, and wherein the peer discovery resource identifier indicates a subchannel of the peer discovery channel. | 30,284 |
8,643,202 | 1. An air conditioning system comprising: an air conditioning unit including an expansion valve, an evaporator coupled to said expansion valve, a compressor coupled to said evaporator, and a condenser coupled between said compressor and said expansion valve, wherein said expansion valve, said evaporator, said compressor and said condenser cooperate to form a first coolant circulating loop for circulation of a first coolant; and an electricity generating unit including a heat radiator disposed adjacent to said evaporator, a heat absorber coupled to said heat radiator and disposed adjacent to said condenser, a turbine coupled between said heat radiator and said heat absorber, and an electricity generator coupled to said turbine, wherein said heat radiator, said heat absorber and said turbine cooperate to form a second coolant circulating loop for circulation of a second coolant, said turbine generating mechanical energy from flow of the second coolant through said turbine, said electricity generator converting the mechanical energy from said turbine into electricity. | 49,253 |
9,108,622 | 1. A drive control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an engine driving wheels; an electric motor arranged between the engine and the wheels in series; a clutch mechanism arranged between the engine and the electric motor and brought into an engagement state to connect the engine and the electric motor to each other and into a disengagement state to disconnect the engine and the electric motor from each other; an engine rotation sensor detecting a rotation speed of the engine; a motor rotation sensor detecting a rotation speed of the electric motor; an acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detecting whether the vehicle is in an acceleration intention mode or a deceleration intention mode; and a controller controlling an operation of the clutch mechanism so that the vehicle is driven by one of or both of the engine and the electric motor based on a detection value of each of the engine rotation sensor, the motor rotation sensor, and the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion, wherein in a case of operating the clutch mechanism from the disengagement state to the engagement state, the controller controls the rotation speed of the engine to be an acceleration intention target value greater than the rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in the acceleration intention mode, and controls the rotation speed of the engine to be a deceleration intention target value smaller than the rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in the deceleration intention mode. | 28,709 |
8,611,825 | 1. A method for providing a dynamic inactivity timer in a network, comprising: monitoring, by a processor, a timer for a time threshold associated with a burst of a plurality of bursts of packets; determining, by the processor, if the timer for the time threshold associated with the burst has expired; predicting, by the processor, an inter-burst time for the burst, when the timer for the time threshold associated with the burst has expired; and setting, by the processor, the dynamic inactivity timer in accordance with the inter-burst time for the burst, wherein the setting the dynamic inactivity timer comprises determining if the inter-burst time is greater than an inactivity timer for transitioning from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is associated with a first level of radio resource, wherein the second state is associated with a second level of radio resource, wherein the first level of radio resource is larger than the second level of radio resource. | 10,438 |
8,345,645 | 1. Apparatus for providing network access to mobile units via wireless access points, the apparatus comprising: a first port in communication with a network; a second port in communication with the access points; a memory operable to buffer data units from the network bound for ones of the mobile units which are known to be in sleep mode, the memory being shared between a plurality of the wireless access points; and a switch, coupled to the first port and the second port and the memory, operable to forward a first one of the buffered data units, which is bound for a first mobile unit, to the wireless access point with which the first mobile unit is associated. | 29,144 |
8,844,226 | 1. A solar heat pump building, comprising: two side structural walls and two end structural walls extending upward from a floor, each of the structural walls include at least one of a plurality of thermally conductive girts and thermally conductive joists, a thermally conductive sheet is attached to at least one of the plurality of thermally conductive girts and the thermally conductive joists with a plurality of thermally conductive fasteners; a roof is disposed on top of the two side structural walls and two end structural walls, the roof includes at least one of a plurality of thermally conductive roof purlins and thermally conductive joist members, a thermally conductive roof sheeting is attached to at least one of the plurality of thermally conductive roof purlins and thermally conductive joist members; a wall insulation layer is disposed along an interior plane of at least one of the four structural walls to create a substantially uniform thickness wall air gap substantially a depth of the plurality of thermally conductive girts, said wall air gap is isolated from both outside air and from air inside a conditioned space in the building, wherein air is capable of circulating through said wall air gaps from substantially the floor to the roof; a heat collection coil and dehumidifier is located inside the roof; and a roof insulation layer is located supported below an interior plane of the roof to create a roof air gap substantially a depth of the plurality of thermally conductive roof purlins, wherein heated air is capable of circulating through said roof air gap from at least one of the four structural walls up a slope of an underside of the thermally conductive roof sheeting to a higher point of the roof where heat is removed from the air by said heat collection coil and dehumidifier, said heat collection coil and dehumidifier causing dense cooled air to flow downward along a lower slope of the roof air gap toward an eave to complete circulation. | 30,923 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.