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9,205,930 | 1. An inclination detection device for an aircraft, comprising: an inclination angle detection means that detects an inclination angle in a pitch direction at a parking time of a fuselage; an alarm; and a control means that causes the alarm to issue an alarm when the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle detection means approaches an allowable limit inclination angle in a forward inclination direction or when the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle detection means approaches an allowable limit inclination angle in a backward inclination direction of the fuselage, wherein the control means has gravity center management information peculiar to the fuselage inputted therein, and corrects a movable range in the forward inclination direction and the backward inclination direction until the inclination angle reaches the limit inclination angles based on the gravity center management information, before a loading and unloading operation of cargo into and from the fuselage. | 34,179 |
8,597,553 | 1. A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament, said method comprising: (A) providing a multi-screw extruder that comprises: (B) using said pressure regulation system to reduce a pressure within said first and second satellite screw extruders to between about 0 millibars and about 1.8 millibars; (C) while maintaining said pressure within said first and second satellite screw extruders between about 0 millibars and about 1.8 millibars, passing a melt comprising recycled polymer through said multi-screw extruder so that: (1) a first portion of said melt passes through said first satellite screw extruder, and (2) a second portion of said melt passes through said second satellite screw extruder; and (D) after said step of passing said melt of recycled polymer through said multi-screw extruder, forming said recycled polymer into bulked continuous carpet filament. | 4,144 |
9,188,433 | 1. A method for generating codes for a code mask, comprising: arranging a plurality of symbols into an n1 by n2 symbol structure of a plurality of symbol structures, where n1 and n2 are integer values; defining a plurality of codewords from different overlapping k1 by k2 windows within the symbol structure, wherein co-linear and spatially overlapping windows define unique codewords, and the codewords are unique in a first direction of the symbol structure but are repeated in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; and rendering the plurality of the symbol structures as a code mask, wherein symbols in two adjacent k1 by k2 windows are selected so as to avoid codeword aliasing of codewords in the two adjacent k1 by k2 windows. | 30,480 |
9,732,409 | 1. A process for preparing an electrode comprising an iron active material, which comprises: i) fabricating an electrode comprising an iron active material, and ii) treating the electrode with a gaseous oxidant to thereby create an oxidized surface prior to any charge-discharge cycle. | 60 |
8,440,015 | 1. A method of passivating fly ash comprising heating fly ash in the presence of an inert gas at a temperature range of between about 400° C. to 800° C., wherein the carbon in the fly ash is retained because of the presence of the inert gas. | 28,906 |
9,677,088 | 1. An adeno associated virus plasmid comprising: a polynucleotide that encodes a protein with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence having at least about 60%, at least about 75%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, or at least about 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the protein further comprises a mutation at at least one of L380, T381, L382, N383, I440, D441, Y446, L447, I450, T451, V465, S469, N470, M471, Q474, G475, Y484, R485, E500, W503, P504, R514, N515, S516, and L517. | 46,587 |
9,609,544 | 1. A wireless end-user device, comprising: a wireless modem to communicate data for network service usage activities between the device and a wireless network; a processor that executes instructions to associate network service usage activity, on behalf of a first device application, and that occurs when the first device application is not in the foreground of user interaction, with a network service usage control policy, a memory coupled to the processor to provide the processor with the instructions. | 4,388 |
8,926,195 | 1. An optical module, comprising: a housing; a coupling unit configured to secure an optical fiber that has a primary optical axis, the coupling unit being fixed to the housing; an optical subassembly having an optical axis perpendicular to the primary optical axis; and an auxiliary including a knob and a flange each having a circular periphery concentric to each other, the flange being fixed to the optical subassembly, the knob protruding from the housing, the auxiliary installing an optical component to align the optical axis of the optical subassembly with the primary optical axis, wherein the housing has an asymmetry shape with respect to the optical axis of the optical subassembly. | 29,581 |
8,493,048 | 1. A control circuit for a switching regulator receiving an input voltage, the control circuit controlling a main switch and a low-side switch using a constant on-time control scheme to drive a switch output node for generating a switching output voltage, the switch output node being coupled to an LC filter circuit to generate a regulated output voltage having a substantially constant magnitude on an output node, the regulated output voltage being fed back to the control circuit as a feedback voltage, the control circuit comprising: a first one-shot timer configured to generate a control signal indicative of a fixed on-time duration of the main switch, the control signal being applied to turn on the main switch while turning off the low-side switch and to turn off the main switch after the fixed on-time duration has expired while turning on the low-side switch; a minimum off-time timer configured to generate a minimum off-time signal having a first state when the main switch has been turned off for a minimum off-time duration; a reference voltage selection circuit configured to select, based on a low-side current signal, a first reference voltage for standard load condition and a second reference voltage for light load condition as a selected reference voltage, the low-side current signal having a first state indicative of a light load condition at the output node and the second reference voltage being greater than the first reference voltage; and a control loop configured to control the first one-shot timer to generate the control signal to turn on the main switch when the feedback voltage is below the selected reference voltage and the minimum off-time signal has the first state, the selected reference voltage being selected from the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage, wherein the control loop regulates the regulated output voltage based on the selected reference voltage and the regulated output voltage during light load conditions is maintained at a voltage level greater than the regulated output voltage maintained during normal or heavy load conditions. | 4,051 |
9,723,003 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: detecting a first computing device connected to a network; determining the first computing device has not previously been associated with a beacon device connected to the network based at least in part on a set of records included in a database of paired devices; determining a second computing device previously paired with the beacon device, the beacon device storing one or more credentials used in provisioning devices; performing mutual authentication between the second computing device and the beacon device such that successful mutual authentication indicates to the second computing device that the network is in a secure environment; prompting the second computing device for approval requiring user input indicative of approval in order to provision the first computing device and indicative of one or more credentials to provision the first computing device to include; receiving an indication of approval from the second computing device, the indication authorizing the first computing device to access the one or more restricted computing resources; as a result of receiving the indication of approval from the second computing device, generating a token based at least in part on the one or more credentials indicated by the user, the token enabling access to one or more restricted computing resources requiring the one or more credentials indicated by the user for access; and enabling the first computing device to access the token such that the first computing device accesses the one or more restricted computing resources based at least in part on a request to access the one or more restricted computing resources including the token. | 32,075 |
9,056,527 | 1. A rubber composition for a tire, comprising: 100 parts by mass of a rubber component; 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of an alkylphenol resin; and 0.04 to 10 parts by mass of a methylene donor, wherein the alkylphenol resin is produced from formaldehyde and at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of a 2-alkylphenol, a 3-alkylphenol, and a 4-alkylphenol, the alkylphenol resin comprises 96 to 100% by mass of a novolac phenol resin, and a total amount of the free 2-alkylphenol, 3-alkylphenol, and 4-alkylphenol in the alkylphenol resin is not more than 3% by mass. | 42,426 |
8,986,892 | 1. A separator having a layered structure comprising; (a) a non-woven fabric substrate having pores formed among microfibers constituting the non-woven fabric substrate, (b) fine thermoplastic powder filling the pores of the non-woven fabric substrate and having an average diameter smaller than that of the pores of the non-woven fabric substrate and a melting point lower than the melting point or decomposition point of the non-woven fabric substrate, and (c) a porous coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the non-woven fabric substrate whose pores are filled with the fine thermoplastic powder and comprising a mixture of inorganic particles and at least one binder polymer whose melting point is higher than the melting point or decomposition point of the thermoplastic powder, the inorganic particles being fixedly connected to each other by the binder polymer and the pores of the coating layer being formed by interstitial volumes between the organic particles, wherein the fine thermoplastic powder has ml average diameter of 0.1 to 10 μm; and wherein the non-woven fabric substrate is composed of microfibers having an average diameter of 0.5 to 10 μm mad has a pore size distribution in which at least 50% of the pores have a longest diameter of 0.1 to 70 μm. | 10,143 |
9,818,830 | 1. A semiconductor nanowire device, comprising: a single semiconductor nanowire having a bottom surface and a top surface and a pn junction or a p-i-n junction located between the bottom surface and the top surface; an insulating material which surrounds the single semiconductor nanowire and extends above the top surface of the single semiconductor nanowire to create a recess between a sidewall of the insulating material and only the top surface of the single semiconductor nanowire; and an electrode completely filling the recess and ohmically contacting the top surface of the single semiconductor nanowire, wherein the electrode comprises a transparent conductive oxide. | 405 |
9,534,264 | 1. A system for energy optimization in a plant for producing direct-reduced metal ores, comprising: at least one reduction unit, a gas separation device for separation of gas mixtures, a gas heating device connected upstream of the reduction unit and downstream of the gas separation device in a direction of gas flow; a supply line for feeding process gas from at least one plant for pig iron production and toward the reduction unit; an expansion turbine fitted between the gas separation device and the gas heating device and connected upstream of the reduction unit, the turbine is configured such that a drop in pressure between the gas separation device and the reduction unit is able to be converted into forms of energy usable for operation of further components of the plant for producing direct-reduced metal ores; and the turbine is configured for regulating a volume of process gas flowing from the gas separation device to the reduction unit and/or for regulating pressure of the process gas exiting the gas separation device for separation of gas mixtures. | 16,753 |
9,019,451 | 1. A liquid-crystal display device, in which a birefringent layer that satisfies the relationship nx>ny≧nz is defined as a first-class birefringent layer, a birefringent layer that satisfies the relationship nx<ny≦nz is defined as a second-class birefringent layer, and a birefringent layer that satisfies the relationship nx≅ny≧nz is defined as a third-class birefringent layer, the liquid-crystal display device comprising: a first polarizer; a first first-class birefringent layer whose in-plane phase difference is adjusted to a quarter wave; a liquid crystal cell provided with a pair of substrates facing each other; a second first-class birefringent layer whose Nz factor is substantially the same as the first first-class birefringent layer and whose in-plane phase difference is adjusted to a quarter wave; a second-class birefringent; layer; and a second polarizer, all of which are stacked in this order, wherein the liquid-crystal display device comprises no third-class birefringent layer either between the first first-class birefringent layer and the liquid crystal cell or between the liquid crystal cell and the second first-class birefringent layer, an in-plane slow axis of the first first-class birefringent layer is at an angle of substantially 45° to an absorption axis of the first polarizer, an in-plane slow axis of the second first-class birefringent layer is substantially orthogonal to the in-plane slow axis of the first first-class birefringent layer, an absorption axis of the second polarizer is substantially orthogonal to the absorption axis of the first polarizer, an in-plane fast axis of the second-class birefringent layer is substantially orthogonal to the absorption axis of the second polarizer, and the liquid crystal cell is a vertically aligned liquid crystal cell that has a liquid crystal layer and color filter layers between the pair of substrates, the color filter layers including at least blue, green, and red color filter layers adapted to separate any color of blue, green, and red, respectively, and the liquid crystal cell being configured to satisfy at least one of expressions (1) and (2) below: where Rth_all(B), Rth_all(G), and Rth_all(R) represent perpendicular phase difference of the liquid crystal cell at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm, and 650 nm, respectively; and Δn_LC(B), Δn_LC(G), and Δn_LC(R) represent birefringence values of a liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal layer at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm, and 650 nm, respectively. | 2,359 |
9,144,131 | 1. A lighting system, comprising: first and second light sources each comprising a light emitting diode; the first light source being operable to generate light having a first color; the second light source being operable to generate light having a second color; a signal generator operable to generate a timing signal having a period; a color control operable to generate a color control signal to adjust a color output of the lighting system; a controller coupled to the color control and the signal generator to receive the color control signal, and coupled to the first and second light sources; throughout a first range of the color control signal, the controller being operable to alternately pulse the first and second light sources at a rate imperceptible to the human eye to avoid any perceptible flicker such that when the first light source is in one of the on and off states, the second light source is in an opposite one of the on and off states, and being operable to vary the duty cycles of the first and second light sources in a smooth and continuous manner as a function of the color control signal from zero (0) percent to one-hundred (100) percent, where a change in the duty cycle of the first light source is opposite and equal in magnitude to a change in the duty cycle of the second light source; throughout a second range of the color control signal different than the first range, the controller being operable to illuminate the first light source at a duty cycle of one-hundred (100) percent and to not illuminate the second light source; and throughout a third range of the color control signal different than the first and second ranges, the controller being operable to illuminate the second light source at a duty cycle one-hundred (100) percent and to not illuminate the first light source. | 42,069 |
9,133,358 | 1. An inkjet ink, comprising: an aqueous ink vehicle; and a pigment incorporated into the aqueous ink vehicle, the pigment including: wherein the coating is present in an amount ranging from about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % with respect to a wt % of the any of the metal oxide particles or the mixed metal oxide particles; and wherein each of the any of the metal oxide particles or the mixed metal oxide particles has a particle size ranging from 0.15 μm (150 nm) to about 3 μm (3000 nm). | 45,777 |
9,272,144 | 1. An implantable stimulation system for generating and delivering therapy to a patient, said stimulation system comprising: a stimulator for generating the therapy; a conductive stimulation lead having a proximal end electrically coupled to said stimulator; a stimulation electrode positioned proximate a distal end of said stimulation lead; and impedance matching means electrically coupled to said lead for substantially matching the impedance of said stimulator to the characteristic impedance of said lead, the impedance matching means comprising a matching resistor, a variable impedance circuit, and components that monitor a voltage across the matching resistor and vary an impedance of the variable impedance circuit to maintain the voltage across the matching resistor at a maximum. | 41,319 |
8,661,274 | 1. An adaptive voltage scaler (AVS), comprising: at least one delay circuit configured to receive an input signal and delay the input signal by a delay amount relating to at least one delay path of a functional circuit to produce a delay output signal; and an AVS module responsive to the delay output signal and coupled to a database configured to store a plurality of voltage levels and corresponding combinations of an operating frequency for the functional circuit and a temperature level for the functional circuit; wherein the AVS module is configured to generate a voltage level setting signal based on delay information in the delay output signal, and further based on one of the plurality of voltage levels stored in the database corresponding to a target operating frequency for the functional circuit and a temperature level of the functional circuit, responsive to the delay output signal. | 7,071 |
9,179,280 | 1. A system for providing location information to a public-safety answering point during an emergency 911 call, the system comprising: a network access point configured to: | 20,746 |
8,416,063 | 1. An apparatus for stopping power supply to a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, the apparatus comprising: a power supplier configured to supply power to an RFID tag; an antenna configured to receive an input signal, wherein the input signal comprises a continuous portion and a base band portion in which the base band portion includes a command from an RFID reader; an input unit coupled to the antenna, wherein the input unit is configured to rectify and boost the continuous portion and to subsequently output a direct-current (DC) signal, wherein the input unit is configured to output the DC signal in a LOW voltage state when the rectified and boosted continuous portion is less than a threshold voltage and the input unit is configured to output the DC signal in a HIGH voltage state when the rectified and boosted continuous portion is greater than the threshold voltage; a wake-up determiner coupled to the input unit and to a controller, wherein the wake-up determiner is configured to compare the DC signal output from the input unit with a predetermined reference voltage from the controller and the wake-up determiner is configured to output a HIGH signal when either voltage states of the predetermined reference voltage or the DC signal are HIGH, and wherein the wake-up determiner is configured to output a LOW signal when voltage states of both the predetermined reference voltage and the DC voltage signal are LOW; a demodulator coupled to the input unit and to the controller, wherein the demodulator is configured to read the command in the base band portion of the input signal from the input unit and to transmit the command to the controller; the controller is configured to execute the command and the controller is configured to change voltage states of the predetermined reference voltage from HIGH to LOW after a clocked time period, and subsequent to when the controller is initially powered up then the controller is configured to change voltage states of the predetermined reference voltage from LOW to HIGH; a switch coupled to the wake-up determiner, to the power supplier, and to a low voltage output stabilizer, wherein the switch is configured to stop power supply to the RFID tag when the wake-up determiner outputs the LOW signal to the switch and the switch is configured to connect power from the power supplier to the low voltage output stabilizer when the wake-up determiner outputs the HIGH signal; and the low voltage output stabilizer is configured to subsequently power the controller and the demodulator with a predetermined voltage. | 5,357 |
8,628,513 | 1. A method of delivering at least one bioactive material to a vessel having a vessel wall and a vessel lumen, the method comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a target site within the vessel at the vessel wall in need of the at least one bioactive material; (b) providing a catheter comprising: an elongated tubular member having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end is attached to at least one delivery means; a first lumen longitudinally traversing through the elongated tubular member having the ability to receive at least one bioactive material, wherein the first lumen includes an exit port at the distal end; and a second lumen longitudinally traversing through the elongated tubular member having the ability to receive at least one polymer, wherein the second lumen includes at least one exit port proximal to the distal end; (c) positioning the distal end of the catheter within the vessel lumen so that the distal end of the catheter is distal to the target site; (d) delivering the at least one polymer through the at least one exit port in the second lumen creating a first plug member within the vessel lumen; (e) repositioning the catheter so that the distal end is proximal to the first plug member; (f) delivering the at least one bioactive material through the exit port in the first lumen proximal the first plug member; and (g) removing the catheter from the vessel thereby delivering the at least one bioactive material; wherein the steps (e) and (f) are performed concurrently, the method further comprising delivering the at least one polymer through the at least one exit port in the second lumen concurrently with the steps (e) and (f). | 17,871 |
9,416,205 | 1. A process for providing a polymer, said process comprising contacting ethylenically unsaturated compounds that comprise at least one conjugated diene and at least one α-olefin with a catalyst composition that comprises a complex of the general formula where M represents a Group 3 metal atom; L represents a neutral Lewis base; z is an integer of from 0 to 3 inclusive; y is 1 or 2; R R R the para position with a nitro group, a trifluoromethyl group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, a C one or both ortho positions with a C R thereby providing said polymer, said process optionally further comprising reacting said polymer with a functionalizing agent so as to provide terminal functionality to said polymer. | 46,886 |
9,634,749 | 1. A method for transmitting channel status information (CSI) via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a first PUCCH report including a rank indicator (RI); and transmitting a second PUCCH report including a channel quality indicator (CQI), a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a second PMI, wherein when the RI corresponds to one of Rank-1 to Rank-4, a sub set of a codebook corresponding to the RI is available for selecting the first PMI and the second PMI, and a sum of the first PMI and the second PMI is comprised of 4 bits, and wherein when the RI corresponds to one of Rank-5 to Rank-7, a full set of a codebook corresponding to the RI is available for selecting the first PMI and the second PMI, and a sum of the first PMI and the second PMI is comprised of 2 bits. | 37,590 |
9,056,265 | 1. A method of isolating bioactive compounds comprising: apportioning an amount of a fermentation extract solution; removing biological matter resulting in a clarified liquid; mixing the clarified liquid with an ammonium sulfate solution resulting in a precipitate; isolating the precipitate by centrifugation; redissolving the precipitate in a phosphate buffer; fractionizing the redissolved precipitate into seven fractions, each fraction sequentially decreasing in compound size; removing a set of one or more chosen fractions of the seven fractions; and, applying the set of one or more chosen fractions to a portion of soil media adjacent a plant. | 25,807 |
9,627,014 | 1. A system comprising: a shared memory unit; and an arbiter configured to | 15,379 |
9,511,720 | 1. A portable electronic device docking unit comprising: a vehicular storage box having a lid hingedly connected thereto; a depending arm coupled to a cross shaft and engageable with a locking rod, wherein the locking rod is biased by a spring to maintain the lid in a plurality of positions as opposing ends of the spring act against a first flange on the locking rod and a second flange on the storage box to hold an electronic device between the lid and storage box; and a button disposed proximately to an opposing side of the box from the cross shaft and configured to operate a link rod connected to a bell crank that is pivotally connected to the storage box via a bracket. | 13,977 |
9,595,450 | 1. An integrated circuit device, comprising: a semiconductor body; a plurality of transistors over the semiconductor body, the transistors having metal gate electrodes of a height and spaced apart over the semiconductor body, and having a first set of sidewall spacers disposed along outer sidewalls of a metal gate electrode and a second set of sidewall spacers having vertical sections disposed along outer sidewalls of the first set of sidewall spacers, wherein the first set of sidewall spacers has a distinct composition from the second set of sidewall spacers; a first dielectric structure comprising one or more dielectric layers and spanning a bulk of a width of the spaces between adjacent metal gate electrodes and having a thickness substantially equal to at least half the height of the metal gate electrodes, but rising to substantially less than the height of the metal gate electrodes; and a second dielectric structure comprising one or more dielectric layers and formed over the first dielectric structure, rising to approximately the height of the metal gate electrodes, wherein substantially flat upper surfaces of the vertical sections are substantially coplanar with a lower surface of the second dielectric structure; wherein an uppermost portion of the first dielectric structure has a distinct composition from a lowermost portion of the second dielectric structure; and wherein the second dielectric structure extends over an upper surface of the second set of sidewall spacers to directly contact an outer sidewall of the first set of sidewall spacers. | 24,189 |
8,996,241 | 1. A vehicle battery diagnosis system connectable to a vehicle that diagnoses the state of degradation of a battery of the vehicle equipped with the battery as a motive power source, comprising: an information accumulation portion adapted to accumulate degradation information regarding the battery, the battery including a plurality of battery units, wherein the degradation information includes a plurality of pieces of unit degradation information for the plurality of battery units and the information accumulation portion is accessible for a plurality of information recipients; an information processing portion adapted to read the degradation information from the information accumulation portion, and adapted to create a plurality of types of screen information on a basis of the degradation information that are different from each other in display format and that are specific for different types of information recipients out of the plurality of information recipients; and a display portion adapted to display at least one of a plurality of screens that corresponds to at least one of the plurality of types of screen information created by the information processing portion, wherein the plurality of screens that correspond to the plurality of types of screen information include a first screen and a second screen, the second screen including a first type of screen information which is included in the first screen and a second type of screen information which is not included in the first screen, the first and second screens being switchable according to the type of information for the information recipient, the first screen is adapted to display a number of and a position of at least one battery unit having a degree of degradation greater than a predetermined threshold value, in a recognizable manner, and the second screen is adapted to display a number of and a position of at least one battery unit having a degree of degradation greater than the predetermined threshold value, in a recognizable manner, and is adapted to display numerical data that shows the degree of degradation for each one of the plurality of battery units. | 47,070 |
9,532,745 | 1. A system configured to prompt a subject to consciously alter one or more physiological parameters during childbirth-related contractions, the system comprising: an imaging subsystem configured to capture image information related to visual images of the subject during childbirth-related contractions; a contraction sensor configured to generate contraction signals conveying information related to contractions of the subject; a user interface; and one or more hardware processors configured by non-transitory machine-readable instructions to: | 12,865 |
9,150,843 | 1. A recombinant β-glucosidase protein variant that comprises a first segment with at least 90% sequence identity to the GH3 Domain Consensus Sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:53 and comprises a second segment with at least 90% sequence identity to the GH3-C Domain Consensus Sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:54, wherein the segments are in the order N-first segment-second segment-C; wherein the β-glucosidase comprises no more than one of the following residues: a) alanine at a position corresponding to position 104 of SEQ ID NO: 1; b) leucine at a position corresponding to position 157 of SEQ ID NO: 1; c) isoleucine at a position corresponding to position 210 of SEQ ID NO: 1; d) alanine at a position corresponding to position 485 of SEQ ID NO: 1; e) alanine at a position corresponding to position 572 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and f) tyrosine at a position corresponding to position 649 of SEQ ID NO: 1; wherein the β-glucosidase protein variant is catalytically active. | 21,552 |
8,575,016 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a silicon dioxide pedestal on a surface of a substrate; forming a high-k dielectric film on the silicon dioxide pedestal; forming a metal film on the high-k dielectric film; forming a polysilicon film on the metal film; wherein the silicon dioxide pedestal, high-k dielectric film, metal film, and the polysilicon films collectively form a gate stack; preparing a solution of a wet etchant and an oxidizer; undercutting the gate stack by contacting the gate stack with the solution for a period of time, wherein each layer of the gate stack is contemporaneously exposed to the solution to etch side surfaces of each layer of the gate stack; and wherein the silicon dioxide pedestal, high-k dielectric film, metal film, and the polysilicon film have varying widths. | 42,128 |
9,457,324 | 1. A proton conducting membrane for use in electrochemical devices wherein the proton conducting membrane comprises a proton-conducting polymer; a porous membrane comprising a plurality of pores and consisting essentially of a polymer selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), polyolefin, expanded PTFE; at least one active ingredient comprising silica gel that is suitable for electro-osmotic flow; wherein the proton-conducting polymer is imbibed into and substantially fills the pores of the porous membrane; and wherein at least a portion of the silica gel is dispersed within the proton conducting polymer of the proton conducting membrane such that the concentration of silica gel dispersed is at least about 0.5% to no more than 5% by weight of the proton conducting membrane. | 15,254 |
9,644,068 | 1. A polymer comprising a unit of formula wherein R o is 2 or 3 and n is an integer from 2 to 10,000. | 6,145 |
9,188,045 | 1. A method of monitoring an exhaust gas sensor coupled in an engine exhaust in an engine, comprising: adjusting engine operation responsive to exhaust gas sensor degradation, the degradation identified during deceleration fuel shut-off (DFSO) and compensated based on whether vapor purge operation occurs during DFSO. | 6,365 |
9,853,109 | 1. A method for forming a field effect transistor with an implanted source, the method comprising the steps of: forming a gate stack on a channel layer of the field effect transistor; forming a first spacer on a sidewall of the gate stack, the implanted source being self-aligned with the gate stack and the first spacer; forming a raised source at least partially on the implanted source after formation of the implanted source, the raised source comprising III-V material; forming an interfacial layer at least partially on the raised source, the interfacial layer comprising at least one of silicon and germanium; forming a metal layer at least partially on the interfacial layer, the metal layer comprising transition metal; and forming a diffusion barrier at least partially on the raised source, the diffusion barrier comprising transition metal from the metal layer bonded to the at least one of silicon and germanium from the interfacial layer. | 19,462 |
9,853,454 | 1. A redox battery energy storage system comprising: a plurality of redox battery energy storage stacks, each stack comprising a plurality of reactor cells; an electronic control and monitoring system coupled to the plurality of redox battery energy storage stacks; and a plurality of integrated DC/DC converters, wherein each DC/DC converter of the plurality of DC/DC converters is integrated with one of the stacks of the plurality of stacks and is configured to convert the output voltage of the one of the stacks to a higher output voltage at a converter output terminal, wherein the converter output terminals of each of the DC/DC converters are coupled in parallel to an output bus, wherein the electronic control and monitoring system receives at least one control signal, wherein the at least one control signal is indicative of a load demand; and wherein the electronic control and monitoring system adjusts the operation of the plurality of redox battery energy storage stacks based on the at least one control signal. | 4,439 |
9,675,990 | 1. A method for making a prepreg comprising the steps of: combining resin with fibres to form said prepreg having a first side and a second side; applying an ultrasound signal to the first side of said prepreg such that a modified ultrasound signal is emitted from the second side of said prepreg; measuring said modified ultrasound signal to obtain a detected ultrasound signal; comparing said detected ultrasound signal to a calibrated ultrasound signal wherein said calibrated ultrasound signal has been obtained previously by the steps of: | 22,054 |
9,579,722 | 1. A method of generating an oxidized porous alloy layer on a substrate comprising: obtaining a powder mixture, where the powder mixture comprises alloy powder particles and a binder, where the alloy powder particles comprise an oxidizing element, where the oxidizing element is aluminum, chromium, silicon or mixtures thereof, and where an individual alloy powder is at least 5 wt. % of the oxidizing element, and where the alloy powder particles have an equivalent spherical diameter of greater than 50 micron and less than about 400 micron and a span equal to less than 0.8, and where the alloy powder particles have a solidus temperature T applying the powder mixture to a surface of the substrate and generating a powder mixture layer having a layer thickness of greater than at least 10 times the equivalent spherical diameter on the surface of the substrate, thereby generating a covered substrate, where the covered substrate comprises the substrate and the powder mixture layer; exposing the covered substrate to a debinding temperature and debinding the powder mixture layer generating a debinded layer, thereby generating a debinded covered substrate, where the debinded covered substrate comprises the substrate and the debinded layer; partially sintering the debinded covered substrate by subjecting the debinded covered substrate to a first temperature in a first atmosphere, where the first temperature is from about 0.6 to about 0.95 of the solidus temperature T forming an oxidation layer on some portion of the pore surfaces by exposing the porous alloy layered substrate to a second temperature in a second atmosphere, where the second temperature is less than the first temperature, and where the second atmosphere comprises greater than 1 and less than 10000 ppm O | 950 |
8,447,147 | 1. A signal interconnect comprising: a metal oxide transmission medium which is configured to transmit a plurality of information signals between a first spatial location and a second spatial location which is spaced from the first spatial location, wherein the plurality of information signals comprise respective ones of different classes of data carriers to communicate information of the respective information signals, and wherein one of the classes of data carriers comprises plasmons. | 42,039 |
9,048,031 | 1. A method of fabricating a capacitor, the method comprising: depositing a plurality of carbon nanotube-magnetic catalyst nanoparticle structures dispersed in an ionic liquid over a first conductor, the ionic liquid comprising a nonvolatile liquid salt, each carbon nanotube-magnetic catalyst nanoparticle structure comprising a carbon nanotube coupled to a magnetic catalyst nanoparticle, each carbon nanotube of the plurality of carbon nanotube-magnetic catalyst nanoparticle structures substantially coated only by a plurality of ions of the ionic liquid; using an applied magnetic field, moving the plurality of CNT-magnetic catalyst nanoparticle structures toward the first conductor and aligning the carbon nanotubes substantially perpendicular to the first conductor; coupling the magnetic catalyst nanoparticles to the first conductor to form a first plurality of fixed carbon nanotubes; and depositing a first plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed and moveable in the ionic liquid over the first plurality of fixed carbon nanotubes to form a first plurality of free carbon nanotubes, each carbon nanotube of the first plurality of free carbon nanotubes substantially coated only by a plurality of ions of the ionic liquid. | 12,013 |
9,114,062 | 1. A baby feeding apparatus comprising: a bottle assembly comprising: a body having a base portion, further comprising: an adjustable platform located within said body; a plurality of locking buttons engaged with said body and said adjustable platform in such a manner that said adjustable platform is selectively locked within said body; and, a collapsible insert supported on said adjustable platform and positioned within said body in such a manner that said collapsible insert is compressed within said body when said adjustable platform is incrementally raised above said base portion; wherein said locking buttons are spring-biased outwardly through said slots; and, wherein inward displacement of said locking buttons freely moves said adjustable platform along a vertical path within said body and thereby expels air from said collapsible insert. | 29,868 |
8,663,255 | 1. An apparatus comprising: (a) a bladder comprising: (b) an insertable component operable to fluidly seal the opening in the bladder body, wherein the insertable component comprises a plug and a suture loop at least partially disposed within the plug; and (c) a band having a main portion and a first end, the first end having a notched region comprising: wherein the band is overmolded onto the outer surface of the bladder body and onto a portion of the insertable component, and wherein the opening of the bladder is in substantial alignment with the plug aperture of the band, and wherein the plug is configured to pass completely through the plug aperture and partially into the opening of the bladder. | 3,644 |
9,380,754 | 1. A seed, plant, plant part, or cell of inbred maize variety PH2F3V, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-123024. | 21,052 |
9,578,710 | 1. A lighting system comprising: a light source included in an array to emit illuminating light, the array including a plurality of light sources; a sensor included in the array configured to sense environmental light from an environment; and a controller operatively connected to each of the sensor and the light source and configured to analyze the environmental light sensed by the sensor to at least one of detect and generate data relating to a condition of the environment, the data being transmittable in a transmitted data light; wherein the controller is configured to receive data included in a received data light using the sensor; and wherein the controller is configured to analyze the data included in the received data light and to control the transmission of the data light from the light source; wherein the controller is configured to analyze the environmental light by measuring a drive voltage of the light source, determining a difference between a measured voltage across the light source and the drive voltage, and performing time-domain matching of the measured voltage and the environmental light using cross-correlation. | 25,536 |
9,844,759 | 1. A porous membrane formed from a resin composition containing: a membrane forming polymer (A); and a polymer (B) obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition containing a methacrylic acid macromonomer or methacrylate macromonomer (b1) represented by the following Formula (1) and other monomer (b2) which is a (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylate, wherein Formula (1), R and R 1 to R n each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, Z is a terminal group, and n is an integer from 2 to 10,000. | 8,439 |
9,194,016 | 1. An annealing separator for a grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising: Cl: 0.01 mass % to 0.05 mass %; B: 0.05 mass % to 0.15 mass %; CaO: 0.1 mass % to 2 mass %; and P 2 O 3 : 0.03 mass % to 1.0 mass %, the annealing separator mainly composed of magnesia having: a degree of activity of citric acid of 30 seconds to 120 seconds as measured at 40% CAA; a specific surface area of 8 m 2 /g to 50 m 2 /g as measured by a BET method; an amount of hydration of 0.5 mass % to 5.2 mass % as measured in terms of ignition loss; and a content of magnesia particles each having a particle diameter of 45 μm or more of 0.1 mass % or less, the annealing separator further containing a water-insoluble compound having a particle diameter of 45 μm or more to 150 μm or less in an amount of 0.05 mass % or more to 20 mass % or less. | 42,263 |
9,716,435 | 1. A DC/DC converter configured to operate in switching cycles, comprising: an input node operable to receive the supply voltage (VN); an output node operable to provide an output voltage (VOUT); a high-side switch having a first terminal coupled to the input node; a low-side switch having a current path coupled to a second terminal of the high-side switch; an inductor coupled between the high-side switch and the output node and operable to conduct a current from the high-side switch during every cycle of the DC/DC converter; a comparator coupled to receive a reference voltage and the output voltage and operable to generate a comparison signal; a one-shot generator arranged to produce a minimum on-time (MOT) pulse in response to the comparison signal; a switch driver operable to turn on the high-side switch in response to a first level of the comparison signal, and operable to turn off the high-side switch and turn on the low-side switch in response to one of a second level of the comparison signal and an end of the MOT pulse; and a current detecting circuit operable to turn off the low-side switch when the current through the inductor falls to zero during every cycle of the DC/DC converter; and wherein a maximum value of the current through the inductor is twice a load current produced by the DC/DC converter when a transition of the comparison signal to the second is after the end of the MOT pulse. | 18,939 |
9,425,475 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell system for generating electrical power using reformed fuel reformed by adding steam to supplied fuel, comprising: a fuel cell module including a plurality of fuel cell units; a fuel supply device configured to supply fuel; a reforming chamber configured to react the fuel supplied from the fuel supply device with steam to reform the supplied fuel and supply the reformed fuel to the fuel cell module; a vaporization chamber disposed on the upstream side of the reforming chamber and configured to generate the steam therein and supply the generated steam to the reforming chamber; a water supply device configured to supply water to the vaporization chamber for vaporization of the water to generate the steam; a controller programmed to control the fuel supply device and the water supply device, and to control extraction of electric power from the fuel cell module, wherein the controller includes a bumping determination circuit and an extracted power limiting circuit, wherein the bumping determination circuit is programmed to determine an occurrence of excessive and sudden vaporization of water in the vaporization chamber, and wherein the extracted power limiting circuit is programmed to reduce extraction of the electrical power from the fuel cell module when the bumping determination circuit determines an occurrence of excessive and sudden vaporization of water in the vaporization chamber. | 18,927 |
8,731,764 | 1. A diagnostic tool for diagnosing a vehicle, comprising: an audio input interface configured to receive a verbal instruction to perform a function on the diagnostic tool; a connector interface configured to allow the diagnostic tool to communicate with the vehicle; a signal translator configured to condition data received through the connector interface by converting the data from an input format to a predetermined format; a processor configured to process the conditioned data in the predetermined format and provide information to a user in a voice simulated format; and a video output interface configured to display the processed conditioned data on a display of the vehicle. | 21,077 |
8,455,667 | 1. A solid, pharmaceutical composition in the form of a powder for suspension in a liquid, the composition comprising: between 2 mg and 200 mg of duloxetine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt; and a stabilizing amount of at least one buffering agent present in an amount to reduce degradation of the duloxetine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt to 1-naphthol upon oral administration of the pharmaceutical composition, wherein upon suspension of the powder in a liquid and oral administration of the resulting suspension, the duloxetine is more rapidly absorbed as compared to the absorption of duloxetine from an enteric coated dosage form of duloxetine such that a measurable amount of duloxetine is absorbed in the stomach at least within sixty minutes of oral administration of the suspension. | 4,698 |
8,674,034 | 1. A PIB-based polymer composition comprising: (a) from about 55 weight percent to about 75 weight percent, based upon the total composition, of one or more soft segments, wherein at least 55 weight of the total composition is polyisobutylene (PIB); (b) from about 15 weight percent to about 40 weight percent of one or more hard segments; and (c) from about 2 weight percent to about 7.5 weight percent of one or more hydrogen bond acceptor chain extender (HACE) segments, wherein each hydrogen bond acceptor chain extender segment has a molecular weight of from about 125 g/mol to about 900 g/mol and is selected from the group consisting of the hydroxyl-terminated compounds of the following formula: Where n is equal to an integer in the range of 1 to 6, m is equal to an integer in the range of 1 to 10, and where X is selected from: and and wherein the above PIB-based polymer composition is made by the method comprising the steps of: (I) combining one or more amine telechelic PIBs, one or more hydroxyl telechelic PIBs, or a combination thereof with one or more diisocyanates to yield a mixture, wherein the amount of the one or more amine telechelic PIBs, one or more hydroxyl telechelic PIBs, or a combination thereof is selected so as to yield a PIB-based polymer having from about 55 weight percent to about 75 weight percent PIB-based segment in the polymer composition, wherein at least 55 weight of the total composition is polyisobutylene (PIB); (II) adding at least one catalyst to the mixture formed in Step (I) and reacting the mixture with the catalyst to yield a prepolymer; (III) adding one or more chain extenders and from about 2 weight percent to about 7.5 weight percent of one or more hydrogen bond acceptor chain extender (HACE) compounds to the prepolymer, wherein each hydrogen bond acceptor chain extender compound has a molecular weight of from about 125 g/mol to about 900 g/mol; (IV) reacting the mixture of the prepolymer, the one or more chain extenders and the one or more hydrogen bond acceptor chain extender (HACE) compounds to yield a PIB-based polymer; and (V) collecting the PIB-based polymer. | 42,331 |
9,292,352 | 1. A method comprising: receiving access information for a cloud service provider; receiving configuration information for a cloud instance; receiving a command to create the cloud instance; requesting and receiving a plurality of nodes from the cloud service provider; causing the plurality of nodes to be configured as cloud nodes, comprising causing software packages to be installed and configured on the plurality of cloud nodes; causing the plurality of nodes to be configured as a dispatcher node, a plurality of author nodes, and a plurality of publisher nodes, and wherein: configuring the cloud nodes as a cloud instance and incorporating the plurality of cloud nodes into the cloud instance; coupling the plurality of cloud nodes to enable communications between the plurality of cloud nodes; installing a replication agent and a reverse replication agent on the author node, wherein the replication agent is configured to transmit one or more updates to the web content produced at one of the author nodes to the publisher node from the respective author node and to replicate the changes to the other author nodes, and wherein the reverse replication agent is configured to identify one or more user-provided content updates to the web content made at the publisher node and to retrieve the one or more user-provided content updates to the web content from the publisher node to the author nodes and to store the one or more user-provided content updates at the author nodes; and providing access to the cloud instance. | 33,875 |
8,924,601 | 1. A mass storage system, comprising: a mass storage device having a plurality of memory channels; a controller coupled to the mass storage device, wherein the controller is configured to control access to the mass storage device, and wherein the controller includes code to: perform an evaluation of current defects from the plurality of memory channels to determine a first vertical redirect budget based on an average number of defects per memory channel; automatically set the first vertical redirect budget using the evaluation, wherein the first vertical redirect budget is to indicate a maximum amount of vertical revectors that are allowed for a first memory channel of the plurality of memory channels; revector defective blocks in the first memory channel vertically within the first memory channel until the automatically set first vertical redirect budget is exceeded; and revector defective blocks in the first memory channel horizontally outside of the first memory channel within another memory channel of the plurality of memory channels after the automatically set first vertical redirect budget is exceeded, wherein defective blocks of at least one memory channel of the plurality of memory channels are revectored vertically within the at least one memory channel based on the average, and wherein defective blocks of at least one other memory channel of the plurality of memory channels are revectored horizontally outside of the at least one other memory channel based on the average. | 29,800 |
9,535,418 | 1. A method, using instructions executable on a processor of a computer device, of generating a computer-implemented sequence of assembly operations to assist an assembler when creating a manufactured product, the method comprising: identifying, using instructions executable on the processor, a sequence of assembly operations for combining materials into a component of the manufactured product and creating a corresponding sequence of assembly instructions for an assembler to follow; specifying, using instructions executable on the processor, a predetermined pocket in a matrix tray for holding a material to be used when an assembler performs the sequence of assembly instructions, wherein the matrix tray may further include a combination of one or more interchangeable shim inserts with each interchangeable shim insert having one or more pockets arranged in rows and columns for holding different size materials and wherein the material in the predetermined pocket corresponds directly to a quantity of materials listed in a Bill of Materials and is consumed by at least one assembly instruction performed from the sequence of assembly instructions; generating, using instructions executable on the processor, multimedia assembly data and related assembly instructions to be presented through a user interface of a computer device that guide the assembler to combine the material from the predetermined pocket of the matrix tray with the component in accordance with the sequence of assembly instructions; and specifying, using instructions executable on the processor, a verification operation that records multimedia verification data associated with the material as the material is combined with the component of the manufactured product, wherein the multimedia verification data may be compared with a predetermined multimedia verification data associated with a previously assembled component. | 38,989 |
9,074,347 | 1. A hydraulic system for a working machine, comprising at least one work function and a control valve unit for controlling hydraulic fluid to and from the work function, and a recovery unit connected to a return port of the control valve unit for recovering energy from the work function, and a means for limiting the pressure of the hydraulic fluid at the return port, wherein the pressure limiting means comprises a pilot-operated valve arranged to set a maximum allowable pressure at the return port of the control valve unit, which pressure is variable by controlling the pilot-operated valve by means of a control unit, wherein the maximum allowable pressure at the return port of the control valve unit is continuously variable by means of the pilot-operated valve. | 44,685 |
8,561,392 | 1. An apparatus for heating a reductant delivery line using coolant from an internal combustion engine, the reductant delivery line receiving reductant from a reductant tank containing reductant and a portion of a coolant line being positioned within the reductant tank, comprising: a coolant temperature module configured to determine a reductant tank outlet coolant temperature target; and a coolant flow rate module configured to generate a coolant valve flow rate command and transmit the coolant valve flow rate command to a coolant valve controllable to regulate a flow rate of coolant through the coolant line, the coolant valve flow rate command being based on the reductant tank outlet coolant temperature target, a reductant tank inlet coolant temperature, and a reductant tank reductant temperature. | 39,673 |
9,812,723 | 1. A power producing system configured to utilize a flue gas output from a flue gas generating assembly, wherein the flue gas comprises carbon dioxide and oxygen and the power producing system comprises: a first heat exchanger configured to receive the flue gas output from the flue gas generating assembly, and adjust a temperature of the flue gas to be in a range of 500-650° C.; a fuel cell comprising an anode section and a cathode section, the cathode section of the fuel cell being configured to receive inlet oxidant gas that contains the flue gas output from the first heat exchanger; and a gas separation assembly configured to receive anode exhaust output from the anode section of the fuel cell and comprising: an oxidizer configured to receive residual fuel gas separated by the gas separation device, receive temperature-adjusted flue gas directly from the first heat exchanger, oxidize the residual fuel gas to heat the flue gas, and output heated flue gas directly to the cathode section of the fuel cell. | 42,602 |
9,376,694 | 1. A method for preparing an optically active amino acid by a cascade reaction, comprising: (A) converting a keto acid to an amino acid substrate and an amino acid cosubstrate by alpha transaminase wherein the amino acid cosubstrate is converted into a keto acid of the amino acid substrate; and (B) transferring an amino group of an amine substrate to the keto acid of the amino acid cosubstrate by ω-transaminase (ω-TA), and generating the amino acid cosubstrate, wherein the amine substrate is isopropylamine and the cascade reaction produces an optically active amino acid. | 5,976 |
9,382,522 | 1. An isolated derivative nucleic acid polymerase comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:14, wherein said amino acid sequence comprises an Asp in place of Gly at a position corresponding to amino acid position 46 of SEQ ID NO:13, wherein said amino acid sequence further comprises an Arg at a position corresponding to amino acid position 250 of SEQ ID NO:13, and wherein said derivative nucleic acid polymerase has decreased 5′-3′ exonuclease activity compared to a wild type nucleic acid polymerase comprising SEQ ID NO:14. | 23,723 |
9,623,864 | 1. A system for managing torque in a vehicle driveline coupled to an internal combustion engine and to a hybrid motor/generator, the system comprising: a transmission defining at least part of the vehicle driveline, an accelerator pedal responsive to driver control to produce an accelerator pedal position signal relative to a reference accelerator pedal position, a transmission control circuit configured to control operation of the transmission, an engine control circuit configured to control operation of the engine and including an input receiving the accelerator pedal position signal, and a hybrid control circuit configured to control operation of the hybrid motor/generator, wherein the engine control circuit includes a memory having instructions stored therein that are executable by the engine control circuit to process the accelerator pedal position signal and to provide a corresponding accelerator pedal position value to the transmission control circuit, and wherein the transmission control circuit includes a memory having instructions stored therein that are executable by the transmission control circuit to process the accelerator pedal position value and provide to the hybrid control circuit a signal corresponding to the torque demanded by the driver at a point in the vehicle driveline to which the hybrid motor/generator is coupled. | 36,732 |
9,640,582 | 1. A method of manufacturing a backside illuminated image sensor, the method comprising: receiving a substrate with a pixel region and a logic region, the substrate comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side; forming a first active device in the pixel region, wherein the first active device is at least partially located on the first side of the substrate and wherein the first active device comprises a photosensitive element; forming a second active device in the logic region at least partially located on the first side of the substrate; depositing a first protective layer over the first side of the substrate; removing the first protective layer from the logic region without removing the first protective layer over the pixel region; depositing a second protective layer over the logic region and the first protective layer in the pixel region; forming a dielectric reflector by depositing a contact etch stop layer over the second protective layer, wherein the dielectric reflector is located to reflect light to the photosensitive element; forming a first silicide contact on a top surface of the first active device, wherein a major surface of the substrate located in the pixel region is free from silicide; and forming a second silicide contact on the major surface of the substrate in the logic region. | 16,884 |
9,825,303 | 1. A storage battery grid comprising: a frame bone that includes a substantially rectangular shape, the frame bone comprising a first side portion, a second side portion which is opposed to the first side portion, a third side portion which connects one end of the first side portion and one end of the second side portion; a lug portion that is connected to the first side portion of the frame bone and projects outwardly from the frame bone; a main bone that extends from the first side portion to the second side portion; and a plurality of first sub-bones that branch from the main bone and extend obliquely toward the second side portion, wherein all of the plurality of first sub-bones that reach the third side portion are bent and include a plurality of split bones that are split at a bending point as a boundary at which the first sub-bone is bent, with respect to each of the plurality of first sub-bones that reach the third side portion, an inclination angle, relative to the main bone, of the split bone remotest from the main bone and connected to the third side portion is greater than an inclination angle of the split bone connected to the main bone, and all of the inclination angles of all of the split bones remotest from the main bone and connected to the third side portion and the inclination angles of all of the split bones connected to the main bone are 90° or less with respect to the main bone. | 37,767 |
8,937,219 | 1. A method of producing a tree having an increased growth and/or biomass compared to its wild type, said method comprising transforming said tree with a nucleic acid comprising a promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a functional gene product comprising a polypeptide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 24, wherein said increased level of the functional gene product results in an increase in growth and/or biomass in said tree. | 37,211 |
8,651,802 | 1. A cover plate for mounting to a mounting area on a turbine vane, the mounting structure having a plurality of tiers including an upper tier and a lower tier, said cover plate comprising: a base level defining a base area having a lower attachment surface proximate a first mounting surface on the lower tier of the mounting structure; an intermediary portion coupled to the base level; a flange level formed in peripheral relation to the intermediary portion, the flange level including a flange area including a first flexible wing and a second flexible wing, each of the first flexible wing and the second flexible wing having a lower flange surface proximate a second mounting surface on the upper tier of the mounting structure; a joint extending from the base area to the flange are through the intermediary portion, the joint forming a gap that separates the first flexible wing and the second flexible wing; and a weld disposed in the gap with a first end proximate the base area and a second end located a relative distance from an outer edge of the flange area, the relative distance permitting relative movement between the first flexible wing and the second flexible wing. | 32,019 |
9,341,108 | 1. A vortex generator device comprising: a butterfly valve in a plate shape, the butterfly valve configured to rotate to throttle an intake airflow, which is to be drawn into an internal combustion engine, toward a specific periphery in a passage cross section of a passage of intake air; and a passage wall step formed in a passage wall, which defines the passage, wherein the passage wall step is located on a downstream side from a rotation locus of the butterfly valve relative to intake airflow, and the passage wall step has a raised side and a depressed side, which are located on a downstream side and on an upstream side, respectively, relative to intake airflow, the passage cross section is in a rectangular shape and has a bottom periphery and two side peripheries other than the specific periphery, the bottom periphery is located on an opposite side of a passage axis of the passage from the specific periphery, the two side peripheries are other than the specific periphery and the bottom periphery, and the passage wall step extends continually through the bottom periphery and the two side peripheries. | 26,846 |
8,883,958 | 1. A polymer comprising a repeating unit (M 1a ) having a formula selected from: or a repeating unit (M wherein: Ar Ar L, at each occurrence, independently is selected from —O—, —S—, —Se—, —OC(O)—, —C(O)O—, a divalent C L U and U′ independently are selected from O, S, and Se; V and V′ independently are CR or N; W, at each occurrence, independently is selected from O, S, and Se; W′, at each occurrence, independently is CR or N; R, at each occurrence, independently is selected from H, F, Cl, —CN, and L′R′, wherein L′, at each occurrence, is selected from —O—, —S—, —Se—, —C(O)—, —OC(O)—, —C(O)O—, and a covalent bond; and R′, at each occurrence, independently is selected from a C the polymer has a degree of polymerization in the range of 3 to 10,000. | 12,918 |
9,841,453 | 1. A self-resetting mechanical short circuit fault indicator comprising a magnetically sensitive core assembly, a rotatable dial block, a locking piece, an indicating rod, and a housing enclosing such; wherein the magnetically sensitive core assembly further comprises a clip-on core, a fixed core, a connection core and a movable core carrying the rotatable dial block, the fixed core and the connection core affixed in the housing; wherein the locking piece is rotatably installed in the housing around a lock axis of rotation, and the indicating rod is rotatably installed in the housing around a pointer axis; and wherein a tension spring is placed between the movable core and the housing, and a compression spring is placed at the fixed core. | 30,473 |
8,921,487 | 1. A terpolymer having carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds susceptible to reaction with oxygen molecules, comprising: a polymerization product of macrocyclic poly(alkylene dicarboxylate) oligomer, unsaturated functional polymer, and epoxy-functional styrene-acrylate oligomer wherein the unsaturated functional polymer is hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene having a number average molecular weight greater than 1400. | 29,289 |
9,455,471 | 1. An electrode for an all solid-state secondary battery comprising a current collector, a conductive adhesive agent layer and an electrode material mixture layer, wherein said electrode material mixture layer includes a binder, an inorganic solid electrolyte having sulfur atom, and an electrode active material, said conductive adhesive agent layer includes a conductive particle, and an adhesive agent binder comprising a diene based polymer, said diene based polymer has 10 to 75 wt % of diene based monomer units and an iodine value is 5 to 350 mg/100 mg; and the sulfur atom included in said inorganic solid electrolyte and a carbon-carbon double bond of said diene based polymer are crosslinked. | 47,749 |
9,145,389 | 1. A solid amorphous compound of (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or salt thereof, having an optical purity of at least 98.3%. | 23,414 |
9,241,063 | 1. A method of electronic communication, comprising: in a first application executing on a client device: receiving an e-mail message and corresponding metadata; displaying the e-mail message or information associated with the e-mail message in the first application; retrieving a phone number corresponding to the sender of the email from nonviewable metadata associated with the email or a contact entry matching the sender in an external source of contact information, wherein the phone number is not viewable in the displayed email; while displaying the e-mail message or the information associated with the e-mail message in the first application, providing a plurality of options for responding to the e-mail message in the first application, including an option to call the sender of the e-mail message using the phone number; while displaying the e-mail message or the information associated with the e-mail message in the first application, enabling user selection of the option to call the sender of the e-mail message; and in response to user selection of the option to call the sender of the e-mail message, initiating a call to the sender of the e-mail message using the phone number. | 28,879 |
8,644,405 | 1. A method of two-directional communication of data over a transmission medium, the communication employing a bandwidth partitioned into a number of bands and including at least one band associated with each of the two directions, the method including encoding the data carried in each direction by modulation of a plurality of tones defined within the at least one band associated with that direction, the tones being associated into a plurality of groups of tones, each group of tones including a plurality of the tones, the method including: obtaining data transmitted between a single encoder and a single decoder, respective portions of the data being associated with respective groups of tones; separately encoding together each portion of data; and modulating the tones of the group using the respective portion of encoded data. | 17,417 |
9,085,691 | 1. A binder composition for a rechargeable battery, comprising a main binder comprising a poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) having at least one substituent selected from sulfonic acid groups (—SO 3 H) or sulfonate groups (—SO 3 − M + ) in a polymer main chain, a total amount of the at least one substituent being less than 10 wt % of the main binder. | 26,715 |
8,760,537 | 1. A mobile device that captures images, the device comprising: a camera for capturing at least three images at different image exposure durations; and an image processing module for compositing the three captured images to generate a first composite image and modifying the first composite image to produce a second composite image, wherein modifying the first composite image to produce the second composite image comprises increasing a range of pixel values in a first set of regions of the first composite image and decreasing a range of pixel values in a second set of regions of the first composite image. | 25,570 |
9,244,474 | 1. A battery powered hazard detection system, the system operative to function according to any one of a plurality of different modes, the system comprising: a DC power source; and a plurality of power-consuming components operative to consume power supplied by the DC power source, the power-consuming components comprising at least one processor, at least one sensor for detecting at least one of smoke, heat, and carbon-monoxide, first wireless communications circuitry characterized by relatively low power consumption and configured to wirelessly communicate according to a first protocol characterized by relatively low data rates, and second wireless communications circuitry characterized by relatively high power consumption and configured to wirelessly communicate according to a second protocol characterized by relatively high data rates; wherein at least one of the power consuming components is operative to enforce a power budgeting scheme so that the DC power source can power the system for a minimum operational lifetime, wherein the power budgeting scheme enables the system to operate according to any one of a plurality of different modes for a mode-specified run-time constraint during the minimum operational lifetime. | 17,730 |
9,793,795 | 1. A variable frequency charge pump circuit, including: (a) at least one charge pump having a clock signal input, a voltage supply input, and an output, each for providing a pumped output voltage at the corresponding output based on a regulated input voltage applied at the corresponding voltage supply input, with a current available at the corresponding output as a function of the frequency of a signal applied to the corresponding clock signal input; (b) at least one feedback circuit, each coupled to the output of a corresponding charge pump, each feedback circuit for providing a feedback signal indicative of the pumped output voltage at such output; and (c) at least one charge pump regulator and variable frequency clock circuit, each coupled to a voltage source, the voltage supply input and the clock signal input of a corresponding charge pump, and the feedback signal of the feedback circuit corresponding to such charge pump, each charge pump regulator and variable frequency clock circuit for generating an output control signal as a function of the feedback signal, and providing the output control signal to (1) charge pump regulator circuitry for generating and providing the regulated input voltage to the voltage supply input of the corresponding charge pump to regulate the pumped output voltage at the output of the corresponding charge pump, and (2) variable-frequency clock circuitry for generating and providing a continuously variable-frequency clock signal to the clock signal input of the corresponding charge pump to control the amount of current available at the output of the corresponding charge pump; wherein, for each one of the at least one charge pumps, as a load at the output of such one charge pump increases, the frequency of the provided continuously variable-frequency clock signal increases and the current available at the output of such one charge pump increases, and as the load decreases, the frequency of the provided continuously variable-frequency clock signal decreases and the current available from such one charge pump decreases. | 12,511 |
8,883,233 | 1. A method of treating low IGF-1 serum level in a non-human animal, the method comprising: identifying a non-human animal having low IGF-1 serum level; and treating the non-human animal having low IGF-1 serum level with free indole acetic acid (IAA) or a derivative thereof wherein the derivative is selected from the group consisting of 4-hydroxy-IAA, 4-methoxy-IAA, 5-hydroxy-IAA, 5-methoxy-IAA, 6-hydroxy-IAA, 6-methoxy-IAA, 7-hydroxy-IAA, and 7-methoxy-IAA, thereby increasing the serum levels of IGF-1 in the non-human animal. | 41,021 |
8,627,449 | 1. A method comprising: generating at a first device session identification data that is associated with a first virtual private network connection between the first device and a second device using a first secure communication protocol; sending the session identification data from the first device to the second device over the first virtual private network connection; receiving the session identification data at the first device from the second device over a second virtual private network connection using a second secure communication protocol; at the first device, associating the second virtual private network connection with the first virtual private network connection using the session identification data after the second device is authenticated for the second virtual private network connection; and authenticating the second device at the first device using the session identification information received from the second device over the second virtual private network connection. | 39,989 |
9,836,803 | 1. A network system comprising: one or more of an energy receiving component receiving energy and an energy management component controlling the energy receiving component, wherein the energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives information related to energy cost, and an energy usage amount or a usage cost of when the one or more of the energy receiving component receiving energy and the energy management component is controlled on basis of at least information related to energy cost is less than that of when the one or more of the energy receiving component receiving energy and the energy management component is controlled without basis of the at least information related to energy cost; and an energy storage component for storing energy to be supplied to one of the energy receiving component and the energy management component, wherein a ratio of an amount of the energy stored in the energy storage component to an amount of energy supplied from an energy supply component is determined based on a difference between an energy consumption amount and a reference energy amount and a difference between an energy consumption cost and a reference energy cost, and the energy is supplied to the energy receiving component according to the determined ratio. | 24,038 |
9,536,657 | 1. A grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a forsterite coating on a surface thereof, subjected to magnetic domain refinement by laser irradiation and having a magnetic flux density B 8 of at least 1.91T, wherein a nitrogen content in the forsterite coating is 3.0 mass % or less, and a standard deviation of forsterite grain size in the forsterite coating is equal to or less than 1.0 time as much as an average of the forsterite grain size. | 20,264 |
9,194,356 | 1. A stop control system for an internal combustion engine that is installed on a vehicle and is used as a drive source of a compressor for compressing refrigerant of an air conditioner and supplying the refrigerant to an evaporator, and as a heat source of the air conditioner, the stop control system stopping the engine when predetermined stop conditions are satisfied and restarting the engine when predetermined restart conditions are satisfied, wherein blowout of air from the air conditioner into a vehicle compartment is executed by operation of a fan of the air conditioner when the engine is stopped, comprising; target blowout temperature-setting means for setting a target blowout temperature which is a target value of a temperature of air blown out from the air conditioner into the vehicle compartment when the engine is stopped; air volume parameter acquisition means for acquiring an air volume parameter indicative of an air volume blown by a fan of the air conditioner when the engine is stopped; and restart means for calculating a stop allowable time period based on the set target blowout temperature and the acquired air volume parameter, and restarting the engine when a stoppage time period during which the engine remains stopped has reached the stop allowable time period, wherein the stop allowable time period is set to a smaller value as the target blowout temperature is lower than a predetermined reference temperature corresponding to a temperature for which the air conditioner is normally used, and to a smaller value as the target blowout temperature is higher than the predetermined reference temperature. | 24,721 |
9,757,034 | 1. A system for tracking a functional part of an instrument during an interventional procedure and displaying dynamic imaging corresponding to a functional part of the instrument, comprising: at least one instrument; a system for acquiring anatomical images relevant to guiding the instrument: a tether connected to the imaging system at a fixed end and connected to the instrument at a distal end, the tether comprising optical shape sensors; an optical console that interrogates the optical shape sensors; and a processor that calculates local curvature at different positions along the tether, determines the three-dimensional shape of the tether using the determined local curvatures, determines the location and orientation of the instrument relative to the images using the determined shape of the tether and the location of the fixed end of the tether and displays an appropriate view of the image space for the instrument, showing the functional part of the instrument in the image space. | 34,053 |
8,796,936 | 1. A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) comprising: a compact fluorescent radiation source; a infrared radiation sensor; and a controller coupled to said infrared radiation sensor and configured to switch said compact fluorescent radiation source on and off based upon said infrared radiation sensor; said infrared radiation sensor comprising | 39,504 |
9,508,129 | 1. In a digital medium environment for enhancing or otherwise editing digital images, a method of reducing error enhancement while dehazing an image, comprising: identifying, by at least one processor, an input image; estimating, by the at least one processor, an amount of unscattered light reflected from objects in the input image; determining, by the at least one processor, a radiance gradient for the input image; and generating, by the at least one processor, an output image, wherein generating comprises: removing haze from the input image based on the estimated amount of unscattered light; and preventing error enhancement in the output image based on the determined radiance gradient. | 25,048 |
9,250,599 | 1. A method for ensuring completion of an initial print job of multiple print jobs when a misfeed occurs in feeding from a tray, including: providing multiple trays with similar media therein; selecting one of said multiple trays for a print job; providing a feed head and initiating feeding of media from said selected one of said multiple trays into a predetermined paper path; providing a marking unit for marking on said media; automatically switching from said selected tray to another of said multiple trays when a misfeed occurs in feeding from said selected one of said multiple trays to thereby continue marking on said media and completing said initial print job; allowing other different print jobs of said multiple print jobs to continue marking after said initial job has been completed without interruption after said misfeed has occurred and before said misfeed has been cleared; and printing new jobs while said misfeed remains in place, and providing a controller having a paper jam screen, and wherein said paper jam screen in raised only if a user attempts a new job that requires use of said selected tray. | 30,531 |
9,236,513 | 1. A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic module, comprising: preparing photovoltaic web material including a photoactive top layer formed of semiconductor material and a metal back sheet; cutting entirely through the web material to form a plurality of discrete cell regions; scribing the web material by removing semiconductor material down to the back sheet, to define a plurality of discrete interconnection pad areas disposed on a long edge of each cell region; applying a conductive grid pattern to a transparent front sheet, the grid pattern including multiple sub-patterns corresponding to the discrete cell regions and a plurality of discrete interconnection tabs corresponding to the pad areas of each cell region; and attaching the cell regions to the transparent front sheet so that each interconnection tab of the grid pattern is registered with a corresponding interconnection pad area of one of the cell regions, thereby connecting adjacent cell regions in electrical series. | 13,542 |
9,740,273 | 1. A computer, comprising: a computer host, comprising: a first storage device; a first system control chip; a control unit; and a power integrated circuit; and a file sharing circuit, comprising: a second system control chip; and a first bus switch, wherein when the second system control chip performs a file sharing procedure, the power integrated circuit powers the first storage device, the second system control chip, and the first bus switch, and the control unit controls the first bus switch to switch to a first state so that the second system control chip accesses the first storage device; and when the second system control chip does not perform the file sharing procedure, the control unit controls the first bus switch to switch to a second state so that the first system control chip accesses the first storage device; wherein the computer host is externally connected to a second storage device, the file sharing circuit further comprises a second bus switch, wherein when the second system control chip performs the file sharing procedure, the control unit controls the second bus switch to switch to the first state so that the second system control chip accesses the second storage device; and when the second system control chip does not perform the file sharing procedure, the control unit controls the second bus switch to switch to the second state so that the first system control chip accesses the second storage device; wherein the file sharing circuit further comprises a hub connected to the second system control chip, an interface conversion chip, through which the hub is coupled to the first bus switch, and a power switch, wherein when the second system control chip performs the file sharing procedure, the control unit turns on the power switch to power the second system control chip, the hub, and the interface conversion chip, and the first storage device; and when the second system control chip does not perform the file sharing procedure, the control unit turns off the power switch to stop powering the second system control chip, the hub, and the interface conversion chip, and the first storage device. | 15,262 |
8,918,446 | 1. A processor comprising: a first logic circuit to execute a first multiplication operation and a second multiplication operation, wherein the first multiplication operation and the second multiplication operation are to correspond to a same data size and data type; and a second logic circuit to cause further disabling of at least a portion of the first logic circuit enabled to execute the first multiplication operation to execute said second multiplication operation, in response to the second multiplication operation following the first multiplication operation with no other multiplication operation being performed by said first logic circuit between the first and the second multiplication operations, wherein the first multiplication operation and the second multiplication operation are to operate on the data size having a first precision level and wherein sign generation is to be performed based on a partial product not required in partial product generation for the first precision level but is required for a second precision level having a higher precision level than the first precision level. | 22,042 |
8,564,127 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor chip in the form of a rectangle having a pair of short sides and a pair of long sides: wherein the semiconductor chip includes: a first part of the first electrostatic protection circuits are arranged at a position that overlaps the first bump electrodes to which said first part of the first electrostatic protection circuits are electrically coupled, in a planar view; a remaining part of the first electrostatic protection circuits are arranged at a position different from a position that overlaps the first bump electrodes to which said remaining part of the first electrostatic protection circuits are electrically coupled, in a planar view; the remaining part of the first electrostatic protection circuits are all entirely inward of the first part of the first electrostatic protection circuits, in a direction towards the second long side. | 13,216 |
9,791,537 | 1. A time delay estimation device comprising: a sound signal detection unit configured to detect sound signals through a plurality of microphones; a frequency domain conversion unit configured to convert the detected sound signals into signals of a frequency domain; and a time delay estimation unit configured to estimate a time delay on the basis of a slope of a phase difference between the sound signals converted into the frequency domain, wherein the time delay estimation unit comprises: a phase difference calculation unit configured to calculate phase differences among the plurality of microphones and estimate the time delay on the basis of slopes of the calculated phase differences; a direction vector estimation unit configured to estimate a direction vector on the basis of the time delay; and a center position correction unit configured to generate, on the basis of the estimated direction vector, average signal data through correction of a center position according to a reference time applied to a signal of each of the plurality of microphones. | 48,485 |
9,765,334 | 1. A method for determining a prognosis of gastric cancer in a human subject with gastric cancer, comprising: (a) obtaining a biological sample from the subject; (b) determining the expression level of SEQ ID NO: 1 in said sample by a nucleic acid hybridization method comprising contacting said sample with a probe, wherein the sequence of the probe consists of the complement of SEQ ID NO: 1, optionally attached to a linker sequence of 10-60 nucleotides, wherein the probe is attached to a solid substrate; (c) comparing said expression level to a reference threshold expression level; and (d) determining the prognosis of the gastric cancer based on the altered expression of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sample relative to the reference threshold value, wherein increased expression of SEQ ID NO: 1 relative to the reference threshold is indicative of poor prognosis of gastric cancer in the subject. | 12,198 |
8,753,444 | 1. A reinforced sulphur concrete, comprising: one or more metal reinforcing members in contact with sulphur concrete, wherein the sulphur concrete comprises sulphur, filler, and aggregate, and wherein the reinforced sulphur concrete further comprises an adhesion promoter that enhances the interaction between the sulphur and the one or more metal reinforcing members, wherein the adhesion promoter is an organosilane of general molecular formula (I): wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently C 1-6 alkyl and A is a divalent functional group comprising one or more groups chosen from thiol, sulphide, amine or alkenyl groups, and wherein the one or more metal reinforcing members are bars, grids or plates. | 34,132 |
8,748,029 | 1. A battery pack comprising: at least three battery modules stacked in a vertical direction; an attachment member that covers at least a portion of side surfaces of the at least three battery modules; and a battery controller attached to the attachment member, wherein a first open gap is formed between a first battery module and a second battery module of the at least three battery modules such that air is flowable through the first open gap, wherein a second open gap is formed between the second battery module and a third battery module of the at least three battery modules such that air is flowable through the second open gap, wherein the first open gap is larger than the second open gap, and wherein the battery controller is attached to the attachment member in a location horizontally adjacent to the first open gap. | 27,486 |
8,810,864 | 1. A copier for scanning a document to obtain a document image, comprising: a unit configured to enable setting of any of a normal mode and a secure mode in a case that a first mode to search the document image for a partial code is set; and enable setting of the normal mode and disable setting of the secure mode in a case that a second mode to search the document image for a whole code is set, wherein the normal mode is a mode in which the document image with no code is printed, and the secure mode is a mode in which the document image with no code is not printed. | 1,180 |
9,789,881 | 1. A train comprising a plurality of railway vehicles, each of which comprises: a respective traction system, which includes a respective electric motor operable by a respective electronic drive system; wherein the respective electric motor of each traction system is an asynchronous motor and the respective electronic drive system is an inverter system, or the respective electric motor of each traction system is a synchronous DC motor and the respective electronic drive system is a chopper-type system; a respective electronic control unit coupled to the respective traction system; wherein the train comprises a central control unit connected to the electronic control units of the railway vehicles, and being configured to: send coasting commands to the respective electronic control units of the non-selected traction systems; wherein, for each railway vehicle, the respective electronic control unit is configured to: | 884 |
8,782,400 | 1. A method of generating a digital signature performed by one or more processors, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of messages; generating a plurality of elliptic curve points by applying a hash function to each of the plurality of messages and converting each hash to a respective one of the plurality of elliptic curve points; generating a summed elliptic curve point by adding together the plurality of elliptic curve points; and generating the digital signature by applying an inverse of an endomorphism to the summed elliptic curve point, the endomorphism corresponding to a quadratic algebraic integer z that satisfies z | 7,250 |
9,639,317 | 1. An image output apparatus comprising: an image output unit which outputs, in a predetermined format, an image of a content of a document file; a determination unit which determines, based on the content of the document file, a first region/language setting of a document file created environment where the document file is created; a comparison unit which compares the first region/language setting with a second region/language setting obtained from the image output apparatus; and an output control unit which selects among outputting the image by using the first region/language setting and outputting the image by using the second region/language setting from the first and second region/language settings, which are compared with each other by the comparison unit, on the basis of a result of the comparison by the comparison unit in accordance with a predetermined selection condition, and makes the image output unit output the image of the content of the document file by using the selected region/language setting. | 46,538 |
9,083,012 | 1. A membrane electrode assembly comprising: an ion-conducting membrane having first and second surfaces; a first electrocatalyst layer having first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface of the first electrocatalyst layer faces the first surface of the membrane, and wherein the first surface of the first electrocatalyst layer has an edge region and a central region; a first electronically-conducting porous gas diffusion substrate having first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface of the first substrate faces the second surface of the first electrocatalyst layer; and a first film member interposed between the first surface of the membrane and the first surface of the first electrocatalyst layer, such that the first film member contacts the edge region and not the central region of the first surface of the first electrocatalyst layer, a first adhesive layer present on a surface of the first film member facing the first electrocatalyst layer, wherein: (1) the first adhesive layer adheres the first film member to the first electrocatalyst layer, impregnates through the first electrocatalyst layer and impregnates into the first gas diffusion substrates; (2) the first electrocatalyst layer overlaps the first film member such that the first film member is interposed between the ion conducting membrane and the edge region of the first electrocatalyst layer; and (3) the first adhesive layer impregnates through the first electrocatalyst layer at the edge region and in a direction extending perpendicular to the first and second surfaces of the first electrocatalyst layer and impregnates into the first gas diffusion substrate at the edge region and in a direction extending perpendicular to the first and second surfaces of the first gas diffusion substrate. | 10,972 |
8,908,489 | 1. A method for data processing in a communication network via at least one channel connecting a central office with at least one transmitter and at least one customer premises equipment (CPE) with a receiver, comprising the steps of: with all the transmitters: in each of the receiver: | 23,746 |
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