id int64 8.34M 9.85M | text stringlengths 30 13.9k | __index_level_0__ int64 0 50k |
|---|---|---|
8,769,519 | 1. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-storage media having thereon one or more computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to operate a task broker, wherein the task broker is configured to schedule update tasks for a plurality of virtual machines that run on a host machine, and for at least one update task of the scheduled update tasks performing the following: an act of determining that the at least one update task should be performed; an act of determining whether the virtual machine is asleep or awake once it is determined the at least one update task should be performed by the virtual machine; | 21,561 |
9,557,357 | 1. A method for detecting at least one photovoltaic electricity production apparatus in an electrical distribution network comprising at least one electrical installation and at least one current sensor, each installation comprising at least one electrical apparatus and being connected to a respective distribution node by at least one respective electrical conductor, each sensor being associated with a respective electrical conductor, the method comprising the following steps: i/ acquisition, by a current sensor, of a plurality of active power profiles of a corresponding installation, each active power profile comprising a plurality of active power measurements each associated with a respective time instant of a time range; ii/ computation, for at least one pair of active power profiles, of a differential profile comprising a plurality of values, each value of the differential profile being equal to the difference between two respective measurements of the active power profiles of said pair; iii/ computation of a coefficient of correlation between the differential profile or profiles computed and a reference profile corresponding to a photovoltaic electricity production; iv/ detection of the presence of a photovoltaic electricity production apparatus among the electrical apparatus or apparatuses of the installation considered when the coefficient of correlation is greater than a predefined value. | 14,598 |
9,442,117 | 1. A method of detecting an analyte of interest in a sample, comprising (a) forming a composition comprising: wherein A is an electrogenerated chemiluminescent (ECL) moiety which can be induced to repeatedly emit electromagnetic radiation by direct exposure to an electrochemical energy source; and the ECL moiety is soluble in organic solvent and insoluble in aqueous solvent; B is a synthetic organic polymer bead comprising a plurality of the ECL moieties entrapped within its interior; and B is either linked to the analyte of interest or linked to a first specific binding partner of the analyte of interest; C is the sample which may contain the analyte of interest; and D is a magnetizable bead which is either linked to the analyte of interest or linked to a second specific binding partner of the analyte of interest; wherein k, u, and x are each an integer equal to or greater than 1; (b) separating a complex comprising A, B, D and the analyte of interest from other components of the composition; (c) inducing the ECL moiety in the complex to repeatedly emit electromagnetic radiation by directly exposing the moiety to electrochemical energy; and (d) detecting the emitted electromagnetic radiation and thereby detecting the presence of the analyte of interest, provided that B and D are not both linked to the analyte of interest. | 13,276 |
8,900,379 | 1. A ferritic stainless steel for a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell separator, having a composition comprising 0.0083 mass % or less of C, 16-45 mass % of Cr, 0.03 mass % or less of N, 0.1-5.0 mass % of Mo, Al: 0.001-0.2 mass %, wherein a total of the C content and the N content satisfies 0.03 mass % or less and no B is present; a balance portion is comprised of Fe and unavoidable impurities with a contact resistance of 10 mΩ·cm 2 or lower, and having a passive film on a surface of the stainless steel with an atomic ratio of Cr/Fe which is 1 or greater and an atomic ratio of Al/(Cr+Fe) which is less than 0.10. | 13,681 |
9,368,817 | 1. A method for reconditioning a fuel cell stack, said method comprising: determining whether fuel cell stack reconditioning is needed; increasing the humidification level of a cathode side of the fuel cell stack over the relative humidity of the cathode side during normal operating conditions if stack reconditioning is needed; waiting for cell membranes in the fuel cell stack to saturate after the humidification level of the cathode side is increased; providing a hydrogen take-over of the cathode side during shut down of the fuel cell stack; and waiting for contaminants to be removed as a result of the increased humidification level and the hydrogen take-over. | 16,172 |
8,629,431 | 1. A material for a photoelectric conversion device, comprising phthalocyanine nanowires having a breadth of 50 nm or less and a ratio (length/breadth) of a length to the breadth, the ratio being 10 or more, wherein the phthalocyanine nanowires contain an unsubstituted phthalocyanine and a substituted phthalocyanine. | 19,473 |
8,414,597 | 1. A surgical apparatus comprising: | 43,645 |
8,737,274 | 1. A method for scheduling, by a mobile station (MS), data transmission and reception of neighbor base stations (BSs) adjacent to the MS in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, at the MS, number information through a specific downlink channel in first to Nth time units from each of the neighbor BSs, wherein the number information includes a number selected by the each of the neighbor BSs; determining, by the MS, among the neighbor BSs, a BS which is to transmit and receive data in first to 2Nth time units according to a predefined rule based on the number information, wherein the determining further comprises: transmitting, by the MS, a signal, indicating that data transmission and reception in the first to the Nth time units are not possible, to at least one other neighbor BS excluding the determined first BS among the neighbor BSs through a specific uplink channel; and transmitting, by the MS, a signal, indicating that data transmission and reception in the N+1th to the 2Nth time units are not possible, to at least one other neighbor BS excluding the determined second BS among the neighbor BSs through the specific uplink channel. | 38,993 |
8,397,584 | 1. A mechanical integrity testing apparatus, comprising: a testing fixture, for testing a binding strength between an insulating layer, one of a plurality of conductive posts, and a wall of a hole in which the conductive post is located of an object to be tested, the testing fixture comprising a force application mechanism, wherein the force application mechanism applies an external force to the object to be tested, for determining a mechanical integrity of the conductive post according to whether the conductive post is damaged; a driver, connected to and driving the testing fixture; and a data recorder, for recording a driving energy provided by the driver to the testing fixture. | 31,816 |
9,505,728 | 1. A compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof wherein: A1 is phenyl or a 6 membered heteroaromatic ring having 1, 2 or 3 N in the heteroaromatic ring; A2 is selected from A2a or A2b wherein A2a phenyl or a 6-membered heteroaromatic ring having 1, 2 or 3 N in the heteroaromatic ring, and A2b is a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring having 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently selected from O, S and N; X is —(CH Y is O; R wherein the alkyl portion of choices (e) and (f), and the cycloalkyl portion of choice (m) are optionally substituted with halogen, and wherein the aryl of choice (o) and the heteroaryl of choice (p) are optionally mono- or di-substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, C R wherein the alkyl portion of choices (e), (f), (u), (y) and (bb), and the cycloalkyl portion of choices (m), (v), (w), (z) and (cc), are optionally substituted with halogen, oxo or hydroxyl, and wherein the aryl of choice (o), heteroaryl of choice (p), and the heterocycle of choice (x) are optionally mono- or di-substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, C R wherein the alkyl portion of choices (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s); (t), (u), (v), (w), (x) and (qq), the alkenyl portion of choice (y), and the cycloalkyl portion of choices (z), (aa), (bb), (cc), (dd), (ee), (ff), (gg), (hh), (ii), (jj), (kk) and (rr), are optionally mono- or di-substituted with halogen, —C wherein the aryl of choice (mm), the heteroaryl of choice (nn), and the heterocycle of choice (vv) are optionally mono- or di-substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, C wherein R R wherein the alkyl portion of choices (b), (c), (d), and (e), the alkenyl of choice (l), and the cycloalkyl portion of choices (h), (i), (j) and (k), is optionally substituted with halogen or C wherein the aryl of choice (0 and the heteroaryl of choice (g), are optionally mono- or di-substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, C R wherein the alkyl portion of choices (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (l), and the cycloalkyl portion of choices (g), (j), and (k), are optionally substituted with halogen or C wherein the aryl of choices (c) and (h), and the heteroaryl of choices (d) and (i), are optionally mono- or di-substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, CF R wherein the alkyl portion of choices (b), (f), (g), (l) and (m), and the cycloalkyl portion of choice (c), are each optionally mono-, di- or tri-substituted with halogen, hydroxyl, C wherein the aryl portion of choices (d), (f), (i) and (j), and the heteroaryl portion of choices (e), (g) and (j), are each optionally mono- or di-substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, C R wherein the alkyl of choice (b) and the cycloalkyl of choice (c), are each optionally mono-, di- or tri-substituted with halogen; and o is 0, 1, or 2. | 13,215 |
9,464,590 | 1. A variable stroke direct injection fuel pump system for an engine, the system comprising: a direct injection (DI) fuel pump including a stroke member and configured to pump a quantity of fuel based on a stroke of the stroke member, wherein the stroke member is a plunger; a variable fuel pump actuator assembly associated with a cylinder head of the engine and configured to activate the DI fuel pump, the variable fuel pump actuator assembly comprising: an engine control unit (ECU) configured to control a variable stroke of the stroke member by controlling the control valve to deliver a controlled amount of hydraulic fluid pressure to the actuation member based on one or more operating parameters of the engine. | 26,028 |
8,684,978 | 1. An apparatus for delivering a quantity of medication to bone marrow of a bone comprising: a driver assembly; a plunger operating and cartridge drive mechanism rotatably engaged with the driver assembly; a removable cartridge assembly including a plunger and a drive connector attached to the cartridge assembly, the drive connector operable to be releasably engaged with one end of the plunger operating and cartridge drive mechanism and operable to be rotated by the plunger operating and cartridge drive mechanism; a bone penetrating needle engaged with the cartridge assembly opposite from the drive connector, wherein rotation of the cartridge assembly inserts the bone penetrating needle into the bone and bone marrow; a plunger operating assembly including a first retracted position and a second released position; a retractable sleeve operable to slide longitudinally relative to the plunger operating and cartridge drive mechanism, the retractable sleeve having a distal end through which the bone penetrating needle is configured to be inserted into the bone and bone marrow and through which the removable cartridge assembly can be inserted or removed; and a latch assembly operable to release the plunger operating assembly from the first retracted position to the second released position in response to rotation of the plunger operating and cartridge drive mechanism and longitudinal movement of the retractable sleeve. | 35,465 |
8,832,574 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first display configured to be able to display user content and to have an active display state in which said user content can be stably displayed via active powering of the display; a second display configured to be able to display user content and to have a passive display state in which said user content can be stably displayed without active powering of the second display, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the first display is positioned to at least partially overlie and cover the second display to provide a covered region of the second display and is also configured such that the content on the second display in the covered region can be viewed through the first display; and a processor connected to the first and second displays, where, when there has been an absence of user input to the apparatus for a period of time, the processor is configured to provide a mode of operation to cease providing the user content to the first display and to leave the user content displayed on the second display, and the processor is configured to restore a different mode of operation when the processor determines that a user input has occurred, where the apparatus comprises a first closed configuration defined by the positioning of the first display to at least partially overlie and cover the second display, and wherein the apparatus also comprises a second open configuration, the apparatus being configured such that, when in the second open configuration, the first display is positioned to be moved away from the second display to provide a revealed region of the second display to allow the content of the second display in the revealed region to be directly viewable. | 40,212 |
8,714,211 | 1. An apparatus for filling portable storage containers with aggregate material, comprising: a supply hopper having an inlet and an outlet; a first bag filling hopper and a second bag filling hopper, each having an inlet and an outlet; and a carriage located between the supply hopper and the first and second bag filling hoppers, the carriage being movable about an rotational axis between a first position and a second position, said carriage including: | 10,133 |
9,675,922 | 1. An energy producing device receiving a dilute gaseous NMVOC stream, comprising: adsorbing and desorbing chambers configured to respectively adsorb and desorb NMVOC from the stream to concentrate the stream into concentrated NMVOC fuel (CNF); a gas injector configured to inject sweep gas into the desorbing chamber to remove the CNF; a reformer configured to convert the sweep gas and CNF into reformate; and an energy conversion device configured to consume the reformate to produce energy. | 32,325 |
9,627,176 | 1. A method of tomographic analysis of a pillar-shaped sample, comprising: (a) directing one or more charged particle beams at a sample to shape the sample into a pillar shape for tomography; (b) positioning the sample in a first position and directing one of the charged particle beams in a dwell operating mode at the sample to create a first fiducial hole in the sample; (c) after creating the first fiducial hole, positioning the sample for a series of tomographic data scans; (d) conducting a series of tomographic data scans of the sample; and (e) based on the position of first fiducial hole in the tomographic data scans, improving the accuracy of tomographic data in the tomographic data scans. | 27,102 |
9,240,694 | 1. A method for charging a battery, the method being used for charging a solid secondary battery including a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, the method comprising: a process for obtaining or estimating temperature of the solid secondary battery; and an over-discharge process for lowering voltage of the solid secondary battery to not higher than a rated voltage by performing over-discharge and/or making an external short circuit with respect to the solid secondary battery prior to a process for charging the solid secondary battery, provided that the temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, wherein in the over-discharge process, the voltage of the solid secondary battery is held at a voltage not higher than the rated voltage for a time determined in accordance with the temperature of the solid secondary battery such that, the higher the temperature of the solid secondary battery, the shorter the time of holding the voltage of the solid secondary battery at not higher than the rated voltage. | 4,057 |
8,910,395 | 1. Sludge treatment installation, comprising: an elongated floor having a work surface for accommodating a mass of sludge spread out thereon, substantially parallel guide rails ( a chain drive system ( a movable carriage ( wherein the turning tool ( fans ( a conveying duct ( | 18,604 |
9,340,197 | 1. A method of controlling a mild hybrid vehicle with an electric motor arranged to selectively output torque and to selectively operate as a generator to harvest electrical power during operation of an internal combustion engine of the mild hybrid vehicle, the method comprising: providing an interface accessible from a location outside of the vehicle and configured to control non-driving mode movement of the mild hybrid vehicle; receiving an input from a human operator via the interface; and in response to the input, moving the mild hybrid vehicle in the non-driving mode solely under power of the electric motor. | 7,414 |
8,358,513 | 1. A mobile device comprising: a main body having a display unit; a first magnetic member coupled to the main body; and an expansion module detachably coupled to the main body, the expansion module being configured to expand capabilities of the mobile device, the expansion module including: | 14,116 |
8,399,122 | 1. A sealed battery comprising: a flat electrode assembly having multiple positive electrode substrates exposed at one end and multiple negative electrode substrates exposed at the other end; and a collector and at least one collector receiving part that are resistance-welded on both sides of at least one of the multiple positive electrode substrates and the multiple negative electrode substrates, a through-hole or hollow being formed in the collector and/or at least one of the collector receiving parts, and the resistance welding being performed at a rim of the through-hole or hollow, wherein the collector is placed to one outermost surface parallel with the multiple positive electrode substrates or the multiple negative electrode substrates of the positive electrode substrate exposed portions or the negative electrode substrate exposed portions, and the collector receiving parts are placed to an opposite outermost surface parallel with the multiple positive electrode substrates or the multiple negative electrode substrates of the positive electrode substrate exposed portions or the negative electrode substrate exposed portions. | 25,151 |
8,687,637 | 1. A communication control method controlling communication between a first node and a second node via a relay device, comprising: transmitting a control packet from the first node to the second node before transmitting a first packet having a higher priority than another packet to be relayed; stopping a packet from being output from a packet storage device for the another packet by the relay device, for a period indicated by the control packet, the packet storage device being included in one of a plurality of output ports of the relay device from which the first packet is to be output; transmitting the first packet from the first node to the second node or from the second node to the first node during the period; transmitting a second control packet from the first node to the second node, the second control packet being configured to collect a predicted delay time from the first node to the second node; and setting in the second control packet a sum of a first predicted delay time included in the second control packet and a predicted delay time to be incurred in the relay device located along the path from the first node to the second node, as a new first predicted delay time, in accordance with the second control packet, the predicted delay time being held in the relay device in association with one of the plurality of output ports that is specified from the address of the second node, before transmitting the second control packet. | 43,306 |
9,401,657 | 1. A power converter controller, comprising: a switch driver circuit coupled to generate a drive signal to control switching of a power switch to control a transfer of energy from an input of the power converter to an output of the power converter; an input sense circuit to receive an input sense signal representative of the input of a power converter; and a sense enable circuit coupled to receive the drive signal to generate a sense enable signal to control the input sense circuit in response to the drive signal, wherein the sense enable signal is coupled to control the input sense circuit to sense the input sense signal continuously in response to a first load condition at the output of the power converter, and wherein the sense enable signal is coupled to control the input sense circuit to sense the input sense signal only during a fraction of a switching period of the power switch in response to a second load condition at the output of the power converter. | 38,796 |
9,497,703 | 1. A radio communication device, comprising: a memory circuit configured to store data to be broadcasted; a communication circuit configured to establish a wireless connection with a first further radio communication device; and a transmitter configured to at least one of broadcast signals based on the stored data or transmit a signal based on the stored data to the first further radio communication device using the communication circuit; wherein the communication circuit is configured to receive information from the first further radio communication device based on a signal broadcasted by a second further radio communication device, free from the communication circuit receiving the signal from the second further radio communication device; wherein the transmitter is configured to broadcast signals according to a pre-determined timing scheme, the pre-determined timing scheme comprising a pre-determined number of transmission in a pre-determined period of time; the radio communication device further comprising: a device determination circuit configured to determine whether another radio communication device is in a communication range of the radio communication device; and a controller configured to change the pre-determined timing scheme to increase the number of transmissions in the pre-determined period of time if the device determination circuit determines that another radio communication device is in the communication range of the radio communication device. | 37,671 |
9,222,140 | 1. A primer set for detecting Plasmodium malariae , comprising the oligonucleotides of SEQ ID NOs: 19 to 24, the primer set being capable of amplifying a particular region of the Plasmodium malariae 18S rRNA gene. | 22,758 |
8,532,494 | 1. An optical bidirectional communication module comprising: a light-emitting element; a light-receiving element; an optical waveguide that includes an input port optically connected to the light-emitting element, and an output port that includes a grating at an end portion close to the light-receiving element, that performs wavelength division on light received from an optical fiber and guides the received light to the light-receiving element, and that performs wavelength division on light emitted from the light-emitting element and guides the emitted light to the optical fiber; and an optical substrate that incorporates the light-emitting element, the light-receiving element and the optical waveguide thereon, wherein the light-receiving element is arranged above the output port so that an underface of the light-receiving element receives light output from the output port, and a first face of the optical substrate, on which the light-emitting element is mounted, and a second face of the optical substrate, on which the light-receiving element is mounted, are in respective planes that are nonoverlapping in a thickness direction of the optical substrate. | 7,672 |
9,604,858 | 1. A fluid vapor distillation system comprising: a source fluid input; an evaporator condenser apparatus comprising: whereby said source fluid input is fluidly connected to said evaporator condenser and said evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid; a heat exchanger fluidly connected to said source fluid input and a product fluid output, said heat exchanger comprising: wherein said heat exchanger further comprising two ends, and at each end a connector is attached, whereby said connectors form a connection to the evaporator condenser; a regenerative blower fluidly connected to said evaporator condenser, whereby said regenerative blower compresses steam, and whereby the compressed steam flows to the evaporative condenser where compressed steam is transformed into product fluid; and a control system for controlling said fluid vapor distillation apparatus comprising: | 31,982 |
9,129,360 | 1. A visualization apparatus, comprising: a differential property determination unit, implemented through a computer processor, that determines local differential properties for different regions of an image data set, including several local differential properties for a same region of the different regions of the image data set, a property weight setting unit, implemented through the computer processor, that allows a user to set property weights for the weighted combination of the several local differential properties of the same region of the image data set; an assigning unit, implemented through the computer processor, that assigns visualization properties to the different regions of the image data set depending on the determined local differential properties, including assigning a visualization property to a weighted combination of the several local differential properties of the same region, wherein a visualization property defines the visualization of a region, to which the visualization property is assigned, a hardware storing unit for storing the determined several local differential properties of the same region of the different regions of the image data set, wherein, if property weights are set by using the property weight setting unit, the assigning unit is adapted to retrieve from the hardware storing unit the local differential properties of the same region and to assign a visualization property to a weighted combination of the several retrieved local differential properties in accordance with the property weights set by using the property weight setting unit; and a display unit that displays the visualization properties assigned to the different regions of the image data set. | 42,292 |
9,314,775 | 1. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst, comprising a ceria-based support, and a composite oxide of cobalt Co and an additive metal element M, supported on said ceria-based support, wherein said additive metal element comprises copper, wherein said composite oxide has a spinel structure, and wherein, when said composite oxide is analyzed by Rietveld analysis, compared with cobalt oxide not containing said additive metal element, the M | 33,397 |
9,413,255 | 1. A switching power supply device, comprising: an isolation transformer having a primary winding, an auxiliary winding, a tertiary winding and a plurality of secondary windings, the primary winding being connected to a direct current voltage source via a capacitor, leakage inductance of the isolation transformer and the capacitor forming a series resonant circuit; a first switching element connected in series to the primary winding of the isolation transformer, the first switching element being configured to be driven by a drive control circuit that performs a separately excited oscillation operation, to thereby apply a direct current input voltage from the direct current voltage source to the series resonant circuit; a second switching element connected in parallel to the series resonant circuit, the second switching element being configured to be driven by a voltage generated in the auxiliary winding of the isolation transformer upon turning-off of the first switching element, to thereby form a current path of the series resonant circuit; an output circuit configured to rectify, smooth, and output power generated on the secondary windings of the isolation transformer; and the drive control circuit, including | 21,979 |
9,518,556 | 1. An oscillating water column type wave energy converting apparatus that is suspended underwater by a mooring device, the apparatus comprising: an damping plate connected to the mooring device; a post with a hollow of which both ends are open, the post extending vertically upwards from the mooring device; a turbine disposed inside the hollow of the post; and a housing of which a lower end is open, the housing disposed at an upper portion of the post, wherein the turbine is rotated by air that flows according to changes in water level inside the hollow of the post, and wherein the damping plate comprises an insertion hole where the post is inserted and combined. | 45,367 |
8,673,208 | 1. An apparatus for refining iron from high-phosphorus content iron ores comprising: a rotary reactor for mixing a high-phosphorus iron ore and an alkaline solution of between about pH 12.5 and 13.5; a grid settler for gravity separation of low phosphorus iron ore solid and an alkaline-high-phosphorus solution; a diluting station, wherein water is added to the alkaline-high phosphorus solution for precipitating a high-phosphorus solid from a first diluted alkaline solution; a filter for separating the high-phosphorus solid from the first diluted alkaline solution; a screening station for washing the low-phosphorus iron ore solid with water, wherein a low-phosphorus iron ore solid is separated from a second diluted alkaline solution containing fine particles of low-phosphorus iron ore solid; a filter for separating the fine particles of low phosphorus iron ore solid from the second diluted alkaline solution; an evaporator for reducing the water content in the first and second diluted alkaline solutions to create an evaporated alkaline solution; a mixing station for concentrating the evaporated alkaline solution to a pH of between about 12.5 and 13; and, a recycle feed for recycling the alkaline solution of pH between about 12.5 and 13 to the rotary reactor, the apparatus further comprising: a conveyor belt; a prereduction reactor comprising a drying station and a heating station, wherein the conveyor belt feeds the low-phosphorus iron ore to the prereduction reactor; a reduction reactor comprising a natural gas feeder and a heater; and a magnetic field downstream of the reduction reactor, wherein the magnetic field is about 100 to 200 gauss. | 43,546 |
9,431,406 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of stacked structures, located on the substrate, wherein the substrate has therein a trench between adjacent stacked structures, and each stacked structure comprises a floating gate, an inter-gate dielectric layer and a control gate sequentially located on the substrate; and a doped region, located in the substrate around the trench, wherein a volume ratio of a first portion to a second portion of the control gate is less than about 12%, an electrical conductivity of the first portion is lower than an electrical conductivity of the second portion, and the first portion is closer to a top corner of the trench than the second portion. | 37,325 |
9,056,017 | 1. A method of designing, presenting, generating, and fabricating custom implants, including the steps of: obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) image of a site to receive an implant; simulating volumetric changes of the site by aligning the 3D image with an image chosen from the group consisting of a 3D CT image and an MRI Image; generating a virtual 3D implant; and fabricating a real 3D implant. | 47,086 |
8,598,393 | 1. A process for reducing the oxygen content of a high-oxygen feedstock, said process comprising the step of contacting the high-oxygen feedstock with carbon monoxide and/or coke at a temperature in the range of 250-550° C., wherein said high-oxygen feedstock comprises ligno-cellulosic biomass and/or bio-oils derived therefrom. | 3,690 |
9,112,592 | 1. An electromagnetic transmission system, comprising: M first chirp generators, each operating at a first frequency, each of the M first chirp generators being configured to generate P first digital chirp sample points comprising (1/M) M second chirp generators, each operating at the first frequency, each of the M second chirp generators being configured to generate P second digital chirp sample points comprising (1/M) M adders, each configured to add the P first digital chirp sample points to the P second digital chirp sample points, respectively, to generate P combined digital chirp sample points; a parallel-in serial-out register configured to receive the P combined digital chirp sample points in parallel at the first frequency, and configured to output the P combined digital chirp sample points in series as (1/M) a digital-to-analog converter operating at the second frequency and configured to convert the digital chirp signal into an analog chirp signal, wherein M and P are integers greater than 1, wherein the second frequency is at least M times the first frequency, and wherein the second ramp rate is different from the first ramp rate. | 22,408 |
9,690,185 | 1. A substrate processing method comprising: a resist pattern forming process of forming a resist pattern on a substrate by performing a photolithography processing on the substrate; a side chain cutting process of cutting side chains of the resist pattern by irradiating energy ray on the resist pattern; and a metal processing process of causing a processing agent to enter the resist pattern whose side chains have been cut, and causing a metal to be infiltrated into the resist pattern through the processing agent. | 49,741 |
8,866,899 | 1. An apparatus for identifying a defect in an electronic circuit having periodic features, the apparatus comprising: a. a camera for obtaining an image of the electronic circuit; and b. an image processing system comprising a processing unit and a memory, the image processing system being configured to: i. receive the image of the electronic circuit from the camera; ii. perform a diagonal shift of the received image of the electronic circuit by at least a diagonal size of the periodic features of the electronic circuit to produce a shifted image of the electronic circuit; iii. identify a candidate defect using the image of the electronic circuit and the shifted image of the electronic circuit; iv. compute one or more local defect-free reference images of an area of the electronic circuit using at least one selected image area containing no defects in the proximity of the identified candidate defect; and v. determine the defect in the electronic circuit using the computed defect-free reference image of the electronic circuit and the image of the electronic circuit. | 16,996 |
9,725,401 | 1. A process for production of C 4 to C 15 esters by an esterification reaction of an aromatic carboxylic acid with a C 4 to C 15 alcohol, the process comprising: (a) forming a reaction mixture of the aromatic carboxylic acid, a stoichiometric excess of the C (b) mixing the aromatic carboxylic acid and the alcohol at a temperature in the range from 100° C. to 160° C. and above the initial temperature of the reaction mixture; (c) adding an esterification catalyst to the reaction mixture and then heating the reaction mixture to a temperature in the range of from 180° C. to 200° C.; and (d) heating the reaction mixture containing the esterification catalyst to the esterification reaction temperature in the range of from 200° C. to 250° C., wherein the energy supply to the reaction mixture is reduced once the esterification reaction temperature is reached to reduce foaming. | 46,785 |
8,986,889 | 1. A positive active material for lithium secondary battery comprising: a core comprising a compound capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and a compound attached to a surface of the core and represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein the core comprises an amount of about 97.5 wt % to about 98.5 wt % of the positive active material, and the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 comprises an amount of about 1.5 wt % to about 2.5 wt % of the positive active material. | 22,987 |
8,917,126 | 1. A system comprising: a differential charge pump including: | 17,885 |
8,445,641 | 1. A nanocomposite comprising a repeat sequence protein polymer and a phyllosilicate, wherein the repeat sequence protein polymer is a silk elastin like protein (SELP). | 12,410 |
9,706,726 | 1. A method for introgressing stenospermocarpic seedlessness from Vitis subgenus Euvitis into subgenus Muscadinia , said method comprising: (a) crossing, using pollen of a SSC hermaphroditic plant of (b) crossing, using pollen of said hermaphroditic SSC backcross to (c) backcrossing, using pollen of said SSC quasi-F | 25,315 |
9,620,823 | 1. A battery system, comprising: an electrochemical cell; a flexible sensor assembly attached to the cell, the flexible sensor assembly including an array of spin valve magnetic field sensors exhibiting an organic magneto resistance effect; and a battery management system operably connected to the flexible array, the battery management system including a memory with program instructions stored therein, and a processor operably connected to the memory and to the array, the processor configured to execute the program instructions to identify local changes in magnetic flux using input from the array of magnetic field sensors, wherein each of the magnetic field sensors comprises an organic p-n junction. | 13,255 |
8,690,972 | 1. A hydrogen production system comprising: a main container; a vaporizer disposed in the main container for heating a mixed material containing a hydrocarbon-based material, water and oxygen for vaporizing the mixed material; a reforming reactor disposed in the main container for causing both a steam reforming reaction of the hydrocarbon-based material and a partial oxidation reaction of the hydrocarbon-based material at a time, thereby generating reformed gas containing hydrogen out of the vaporized mixed material; a heat exchanger disposed outside the main container for heating the hydrocarbon-based material and the water before supplying to the vaporizer, by utilizing the reformed gas as a heat source; and a pressure-swing adsorption gas separation apparatus disposed outside the main container for executing a pressure-swing adsorption gas separation process in an adsorption tower loaded with an adsorbing agent, in which process the reformed gas is introduced into the adsorption tower to cause the adsorbing agent to adsorb to an unnecessary component in the reformed gas, hydrogen-rich gas is let out from the adsorption tower, the unnecessary component is desorbed from the adsorbing agent, and hydrogen-containing desorbed gas that contains hydrogen remaining in the adsorption tower and the unnecessary component is discharged from the adsorption tower; wherein the vaporizer includes a combustion unit provided separately from the reforming reactor for burning the hydrogen-containing desorbed gas to heat the mixed material utilizing combustion gas, as a heat source, that is generated through the burning of the hydrogen-containing desorbed gas; wherein the vaporizer also includes a supply tube mounted in the main container for accommodating the combustion unit inside the supply tube and for supplying the hydrogen-containing desorbed gas to the combustion unit, and a flow tube surrounding the supply tube within the main container for passing the mixed material; wherein the flow tube includes a material inlet terminal that is led out of the main container; wherein the reforming reactor includes a reformed gas outlet that is led out of the main container; wherein the heat exchanger includes a first inlet for introducing the hydrocarbon-based material and the water into the heat exchanger, a first outlet connected to the material inlet terminal of the flow tube for delivering the hydrocarbon-based material and the water to the vaporizer, a second inlet connected to the reformed gas outlet of the reforming reactor for introducing the reformed gas directly from the reforming reactor into the heat exchanger, and a second outlet for delivering the reformed gas to the pressure-swing adsorption gas separation apparatus; wherein the reforming reactor includes a first region loaded with a reforming catalyst on an upstream side for performing the partial oxidation reaction of the hydrocarbon-based material and a second region loaded with the reforming catalyst on a downstream side for performing the steam reforming reaction of the hydrocarbon-based material, the first region and the second region being located adjacent to each other via a heat conductive partition wall; and wherein the supply tube has a double-tube structure including an inner tube for introducing the hydrogen-containing desorbed gas and an outer tube for introducing oxygen-containing gas, the outer tube including a first portion accommodating the inner tube and a second portion extending beyond the inner tube for internally holding the combustion unit downstream from the inner tube, the flow tube including a spiral portion surrounding the first and second portions of the outer tube within the main container. | 28,536 |
8,594,267 | 1. A method for selecting a loading map for a nuclear reactor core from a plurality of envisaged loading maps, the core comprising nuclear fuel assemblies, each assembly comprising nuclear fuel rods where nuclear fuel is enclosed in a cladding, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing production data relating to the nuclear fuel assemblies, b) providing neutron data which are representative of a past operation of the core of the nuclear reactor and a future operation, the future operation being at least during a next operating cycle, c) calculating a three-dimensional distribution of a local power in the core during the future operation for each of the plurality of envisaged loading maps by using a neutron calculation software, the production data and the neutron data, d) calculating an extreme value reached by at least one thermomechanical parameter within the nuclear fuel assemblies for each of the plurality of envisaged loading maps by using a thermomechanical calculation software and the calculated distribution of the local power, and e) selecting a loading map from the plurality of envisaged loading maps in accordance with the extreme values calculated. | 44,277 |
8,680,202 | 1. A method of making a water soluble linear polymer camptothecin conjugate comprising: providing a water soluble linear polymer comprising cyclodextrin moieties and comonomers which do not contain cyclodextrin moieties (comonomers), wherein the cyclodextrin moieties and comonomers alternate in the water soluble linear polymer and wherein the water soluble linear polymer comprises at least four cyclodextrin moieties and at least four comonomers; and covalently attaching camptothecin moieties to the water soluble linear polymer, thereby making a water soluble linear polymer camptothecin conjugate, wherein the camptothecin moieties can be cleaved from the water soluble linear polymer conjugate under biological conditions to release the camptothecin moieties. | 23,609 |
9,830,924 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: outputting a first audio via at least one speaker; capturing a second audio via at least one microphone; generating audio data corresponding to a representation of the first audio removed from the second audio; performing speech recognition processing on the audio data; determining, based on the speech recognition processing, that the audio data corresponds to an utterance of a volume change command to match a volume of output audio to an estimated volume of the utterance; determining the estimated volume of the utterance, wherein the estimated volume is calculated based on an estimated loss of intensity of the utterance from a first location where the utterance was spoken to a second location of the at least one microphone; and outputting, via the at least one speaker, a third audio at the estimated volume. | 48,287 |
9,088,392 | 1. A mobile user terminal, which transmits downlink channel quality information indicating downlink channel quality and an uplink pilot signal to a base station, where a carrier frequency used for transmitting the downlink quality information and a carrier frequency used for transmitting the uplink pilot signal are selectable respectively from among a plurality of carrier frequencies assigned to the mobile user terminal, the mobile user terminal comprising: a radio transmitter, which transmits the downlink quality information and the uplink pilot signal in an intermittent fashion to the base station; and the radio transmitter transmits the downlink quality information and the uplink pilot signal by using a same carrier frequency among the plurality of carrier frequencies or by using adjacent carrier frequencies among the plurality of carrier frequencies, in a period corresponding to a state of intermittent communicate, wherein the downlink quality information and the uplink pilot signal are shifted in time with each other without overlapping with each other when using the same carrier frequency among the plurality of carrier frequencies. | 24,726 |
8,388,376 | 1. An electronic endoscope comprising a flexible insert section for introducing into a human body cavity, said insert section comprising a solid-state image sensor at its tip for capturing an image of an internal body site, said electronic endoscope comprising: a printed circuit board to which said solid-state image sensor is bonded, said printed circuit board comprising a plurality of input/output terminals, and a plurality of ground terminals or a ground land; and a plurality of coaxial cables extending in said insert section, each of said coaxial cables comprising a signal line joined to one of said input/output terminals and a ground line joined to one of said ground terminals or ground land, said signal line being exposed from said coaxial cable and being joined to said input/output terminal with a larger sag than said ground line, wherein only the signal line of one of the coaxial cables crosses with the signal line and the ground line of another one of the coaxial cables. | 32,927 |
9,415,097 | 1. A composition comprising: the compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and, a citrate or succinate buffer, or mixture thereof, from about 10 mM to about 50 mM, wherein the composition is substantially free of saline and stable when exposed to room temperature for 60 or more days. | 11,225 |
9,729,103 | 1. A solar module comprising: a. a plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells; b. a forward protective layer; c. a rearward protective layer; and d. an encapsulating layer disposed below the forward protective layer and above the plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells, above the rearward protective layer and below the plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells, or both; wherein the solar module includes a reinforcement including: ii. an inner frame that is surrounded by and directly connected to the outer frame; wherein the inner frame includes a top surface and a bottom surface and one or more channels extend through a central portion of the inner frame between the top surface and the bottom surface; wherein the plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells are electrically connected together and one or more interconnect elements extend through the one or more channels to connect two or more of the plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells electrically together; wherein the plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells are incorporated within the reinforcement, the reinforcement is integrally located within the solar module, the outer frame and the inner frame are sandwiched between the forward protective layer and the rearward protective layer, and the inner frame of the reinforcement is incorporated between each of the plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells so that any load applied to the solar module is distributed throughout the reinforcement; wherein the reinforcement is made of a material that has an elastic modulus of about 10 GPa or more so that the cells are substantially free of deflection when a load is applied; and wherein the solar module has a thickness of about 50 mm or less. | 21,460 |
8,346,491 | 1. An apparatus for identifying one or more fluid products flowing within a pipe, comprising: a flow meter having a plurality of sensors operable to detect vortical disturbances flowing with the fluid products and acoustic waves propagating through the fluid products and create signals indicative of the vortical disturbances and acoustic waves, which flow meter is mounted on the pipe; and a processing unit operable to determine the speed of sound and volumetric flow rate of the one or more fluid products using the signals from the flow meter, wherein the processing unit includes a database having speed of sound data for a predetermined group of products, and further wherein the processing unit is operable to identify the type of each product flowing within the pipe given a temperature and pressure value of the products within the pipe. | 46,532 |
8,902,659 | 1. A non-volatile storage system, comprising: a first NAND string in communication with a shared bit line, the first NAND string includes a first channel; a second NAND string in communication with the shared bit line, the second NAND string includes a second channel; and one or more managing circuits in communication with the first NAND string and the second NAND string, the one or more managing circuits precharge the first channel to a first voltage at a first point in time, the precharging of the first channel boosts the second channel to a first boosted voltage less than the first voltage, the one or more managing circuits precharge the second channel to the first voltage at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, the precharging of the second channel boosts the first channel to a second voltage greater than the first voltage, the one or more managing circuits set the shared bit line to a programming voltage at a third point in time subsequent to the second point in time. | 44,416 |
9,369,079 | 1. A method ( 40 ) for monitoring a torque of an electric motor ( 10 ), wherein the electric motor ( 10 ) is supplied with electric current (IS 1 , IS 2 , IS 3 ) in multiple phases, wherein a first torque value (M 2 ) of the torque which is output by the electric motor ( 10 ) is determined ( 58 ) on the basis of electric power used by the electric motor ( 10 ) and a detected rotational speed (n) of a rotor of the electric motor ( 10 ), characterized in that a second torque value (M 1 ) is determined on the basis of at least one measured phase current (IS 1 , IS 2 , IS 3 ) and a rotational position of the rotor, and the two determined torque values (M 1 , M 2 ) are compared ( 60 ) with one another for the purpose of plausibility checking, and wherein a torque result is determined ( 60 ) by forming mean values of the two determined torque values if a difference between the two torque values (M 1 , M 2 ) does not exceed a predefined value. | 23,213 |
9,824,936 | 1. A method for altering a work function material of a first isolation transistor and a second isolation transistor within an integrated circuit (IC) device, the method comprising: doping, with a first-type channel dopant concentration, a sub-fin portion of a first-type active transistor and a sub-fin portion of the first isolation transistor adjacent to the first-type active transistor within a first-type region; doping, with a second-type channel dopant concentration, a sub-fin portion of a second-type active transistor and a sub-fin portion of the second isolation transistor adjacent to the second-type active transistor within a second-type region; depositing a first-type work function material on the first-type active transistor within the first-type region and on the second-type active transistor within the second-type region adjacent to the first-type active transistor; depositing the first-type work function material on the first isolation transistor within the first-type region and on the second isolation transistor within the second-type region adjacent to the first isolation transistor; exposing the first-type work function material of the first isolation transistor within the first-type region and the first-type work function material of the second-type active transistor within the second-type region; etching the first-type work function material of the first isolation transistor and the second-type active transistor to concurrently form a second-type work function material for the first isolation transistor within the first-type region and the second-type active transistor within the second-type region; and depositing a conductive fill material on the second-type work function material of the first isolation transistor and the second-type active transistor. | 5,803 |
8,949,645 | 1. A microprocessor, comprising: a power supply; and a plurality of power gate zones configured to receive power from the power supply, each power gate zone including a plurality of power gates, where the power gates within any given one of the power gate zones are controlled by the microprocessor independently of its control of power gates within any other of the power gate zones, and where the control by the microprocessor is operative to cause: | 11,464 |
9,439,830 | 1. A sexual stimulation device comprising: an elastic body comprising a distal end, a proximal end, a body length along a longitudinal axis, and a hollow bore extending from said proximal end along said longitudinal axis of said elastic body for at least a projection distance of less than 50% of said body length, said elastic body exhibiting mechanical resonance at a resonant frequency below 400 Hz that corresponds to a transverse mode of vibration of said elastic body; a rotary voice-coil actuator abutting said elastic body at said proximal end so as to facilitate said elastic body to resonate in said transverse mode of vibration in response to an input current, said rotary voice-coil actuator comprising: a controller configured to obtain, generate, and/or process an input signal; and a power amplifier that is electrically coupled to said rotary voice-coil actuator, operationally coupled to said controller, and configured to generate said input current according to said input signal. | 34,872 |
8,871,720 | 1. A compound having the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: R R R R R R each R and the moiety —NR wherein: R R Z | 2,118 |
9,119,014 | 1. A system for controlling an operation of a vehicle, the system comprising: a first wireless client station configured to be implemented in the vehicle, wherein the first client station is compliant with an 802.11 standard set forth by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), wherein the first wireless client station is configured to transmit a first packet, wherein the first packet includes a first command to control the operation of the vehicle; a controller configured to be implemented in the vehicle; and a wireless access point configured to be implemented in the vehicle, wherein the wireless access point is compliant with an 802.11 standard set forth by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and wherein the wireless access point is configured to wherein in response to the controller receiving the first packet transmitted from the wireless access point, the controller is configured to control the operation of the vehicle in accordance with the first command included within the first packet, wherein the wireless access point is configured to (i) receive a second packet from a second wireless client station external to the vehicle, wherein the second client station is compliant with an 802.11 standard set forth by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and wherein the second packet includes a second command to control the operation of the vehicle, and (ii) transmit the second packet; and wherein the controller is configured to: | 806 |
8,698,671 | 1. A method comprising: processing, by one or more processors, first radio frequency (RF) measurements obtained from one or more wireless devices at one or more predetermined locations in a plurality of venues, wherein individual venues of the plurality of venues comprise a physical place or locale; identifying, by said one or more processors, a plurality of venue types for said plurality of venues based at least in part on structural features of said plurality of venues, wherein a first venue type of said plurality of venue types is identified based on a first subset of said plurality of venues and a second venue type of said plurality of venue types is identified based on a second subset of said plurality of venues; and determining, by said one or more processors, for at least said first venue type, a signal parameter model based, at least in part, on said first RF measurements obtained within said first subset of said plurality of venues. | 12,004 |
9,213,314 | 1. A date mechanism of a timepiece including a two-directional date corrector mechanism controlled by an actuating pull-out piece pivotally mounted about a first pivot axis, for a date mechanism of a timepiece, said date mechanism comprising: a twenty-four hour wheel driven by a movement of said timepiece; a date updating finger mounted to pivot integrally with said twenty-four hour wheel about a second pivot axis; a date driving star-wheel; a corrector star-wheel pivotally moveable about a third pivot axis and located between said finger and said date driving star-wheel, wherein said corrector star-wheel is permanently meshed with said date driving star-wheel, and wherein said corrector star-wheel is arranged to be uncoupleable from said finger under an action of an uncoupling mechanism controlled by said pull-out piece; and said uncoupling mechanism having at least two positions including at least a first coupling position in which said corrector star-wheel is arranged to mesh with said finger, and at least a second uncoupling position in which said corrector star-wheel is released from said finger to enable a date to be corrected by pivoting of said corrector star-wheel causing said date star-wheel to pivot, wherein said uncoupling mechanism includes a mechanism of relative movement of said third pivot axis of said corrector star-wheel relative to said second pivot axis of said finger, to move at least one of said second or third axes, wherein said mechanism of relative movement includes a mechanism to transform a one-directional motion applied to said actuating pull-out piece into two pivoting movements in opposite directions of a first lever pivotally mounted relative to a fourth pivot axis, said first lever including a first abutment structure arranged to directly or indirectly control the relative movement of said third pivot axis of said corrector star-wheel relative to said second pivot axis of said finger, and wherein the date mechanism includes only two layers: | 39,527 |
8,987,530 | 1. A process for producing at least one alcohol having at least four carbon atoms, from a carbonaceous material, comprising: (a) gasifying said carbonaceous material to provide a crude synthesis gas; (b) purifying said crude synthesis gas to provide a purified synthesis gas; (c) reacting at least a portion of the carbon monoxide with a portion of the hydrogen from said purified synthesis gas to provide methanol; wherein, said carbon monoxide and said hydrogen are reacted in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst suspended in an inert oil having a high boiling point; (d) reacting said methanol to produce a product comprising dimethyl ether; (e) purifying the product of step (d) to provide purified dimethyl ether; (f) reacting said dimethyl ether in the presence of a catalyst in a fixed bed catalytic reactor to provide at least one olefin comprising propylene; (g) reacting said propylene with synthesis gas in a hydroformylation reactor containing a fixed bed of catalyst to provide a product comprising n-butanol, isobutanol, and butyraldehyde; (h) separating said n-butanol and said isobutanol as separate streams from said butyraldehyde; (i) hydrogenating said butyraldehyde in a hydrogenation reactor to provide a product comprising n-butanol and unreacted butyraldehyde; (j) separating said unreacted butyraldehyde from said n-butanol produced in step (i) to provide a product comprising n-butanol; and (k) recycling said unreacted butyraldehyde to step (i). | 45,255 |
9,447,801 | 1. A photovoltaic module and coupling assembly, comprising: (a) a photovoltaic module, comprising: (b) a coupling received into the outwardly facing groove in the frame, wherein the coupling is dimensioned such that rotation of the coupling to a locked position causes the coupling to simultaneously bear against top and bottom surfaces of the inner slot, and wherein the coupling is capable of sliding along the groove while within the groove when in an unlocked position. | 21,910 |
9,695,942 | 1. A rotary joint for a refrigerant configured to connect fluid passages between a refrigerant supplying apparatus on a stationary side and a cooling portion on a rotary side, comprising: a vacuum use cylindrical shaft supported by a main body in rotatable condition, and having a vacuum passage penetrating into the vacuum use cylindrical shaft in an axial direction, a coupling portion at one end of said vacuum passage for communicating said vacuum passage with said cooling portion, an opening at another end of said vacuum passage for vacuum suction, and a connecting portion at a middle of said coupling portion and said opening; a first set of seal rings and resilient bellows including a rotary seal ring rotating with said vacuum use cylindrical shaft, a pair of stationary seal rings and a pair of resilient bellows; said rotary seal ring hermetically fitted to said connecting portion of said vacuum use cylindrical shaft, and having seal faces which are circumferential surfaces provided at both end portions of said rotary seal ring in the axial direction; said pair of stationary seal rings provided on both sides in an axial direction of said rotary seal ring, and having counter seal faces respectively contacting hermetically with said seal faces facing thereto; and said pair of resilient bellows for pressing said stationary seal rings resiliently to said seal faces, and respectively having a joint portion and a fixed portion, said joint portion being provided at one end of said resilient bellows and being connected hermetically with an opposite face from said counter seal face of said stationary ring, said fixed portion being provided at another end of said resilient bellows, enclosing said vacuum use cylindrical shaft, and being fixed to said main body; a first spaced fluid passage formed between said pair of resilient bellows and on an outer side of said rotary seal ring and said pair of stationary seal rings and communicated with a first fluid passage to introduce a supplying refrigerant; a second fluid passage penetrating through said rotary seal ring in a radial direction and communicated with said first spaced fluid passage; a connecting fluid passage provided in said connecting portion, communicated with said second fluid passage at one end of said connecting fluid passage, and having a connecting bore at another end of said connecting fluid passage; a first pipe arranged in said vacuum passage of said vacuum use cylindrical shaft, and having a fluid passage connected with said connecting bore at one end of said fluid passage to be communicated with said connecting fluid passage and communicated with said cooling portion at another end of said fluid passage; a coupling cover having a suction bore for exerting vacuum suction on an inside of said vacuum passage through said opening of said vacuum use cylindrical shaft, and a magnetic fluid seal device | 4,247 |
8,439,468 | 1. A print apparatus for performing a print by a scan of a print head with heaters generating thermal energy for ejecting ink, comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect a temperature of the print head before the scan of the print head; a waiting unit configured to make the print head wait when the temperature detected by the detecting unit exceeds a threshold temperature; an acquiring unit configured to acquire usage history information relating to the cumulative number of drives of the heaters since the print head was initially used; and a setting unit configured to set the threshold temperature based upon the usage history information relating to the cumulative number of the drives. | 16,958 |
9,003,811 | 1. A device for supporting an electric machine in a gas turbine engine wherein the electric machine includes an interface for coupling to a shaft of the gas turbine engine, the device comprising: a first support configured to secure the electric machine to a structure of the engine, the first support being configured to support a first portion of the machine proximal to the interface and substantially maintain positioning of the interface relative to the shaft; and a second support including a plurality of substantially radially extending fingers configured to secure the electric machine to the structure of the engine, the second support being configured to support a second portion of the machine distal from the interface and to provide a lower resistance to relative displacement between the electric machine and the structure of the engine than does the first support. | 6,859 |
9,590,236 | 1. A method comprising: forming an electrically conductive layer comprising a dendrite seeding material in an electrolyte solution disposed between a metal-containing electrode and an electrolyte permeable separator membrane; growing metal dendrites from the dendrite seeding material toward the metal-containing electrode; and contacting metal dendrites extending from the metal-containing electrode with metal dendrites extending from the dendrite seeding material; wherein the electrolyte solution contains metal ions. | 44,990 |
8,477,930 | 1. A case assembly for electronic appliance, comprising: a first case having a plurality of engaging members and each engaging member having two clamping protrusions which are located apart from each other, each clamping protrusion including a supporting portion and a protruding portion which extends laterally from the supporting portion, a space defined between the two clamping protrusions, the protruding portions of the clamping protrusions defining an opening of the space; a second case connected to the first case and an interior space defined between the first and second cases, the second case including a plurality of ports defined therethrough which are located corresponding to the engaging members, each port having a shoulder defined in an inside thereof and the shoulder located corresponding to the protruding portions of the clamping protrusions, and a plurality of positioning members each having an insertion portion and a head opposite to the insertion portion, an transverse width of the opening of the space being smaller than a width of the insertion portion, the insertion portion of each of the positioning members being inserted into the space corresponding thereto and the clamping protrusions being expanded outward by the positioning member, the protruding portions being engaged on the shoulder of the second case. | 2,559 |
9,362,546 | 1. A method for making a material, the method comprising: providing a lithium-ion conducting ceramic powder material at a first quantity, the lithium-ion conducting ceramic powder material being characterized by a first density, the lithium-ion conducting ceramic powder material being characterized by a median particle size of about 100 nm to 10 μm; providing a first flux material at a second quantity, the second quantity being less than 51% of the first quantity, the first flux material comprising lithium-ion ceramic powder material, the first flux material being characterized by a melting temperature of about 500-1000° C.; providing a second flux material at a third quantity, the second flux material being characterized by a melting temperature of about 500-1000° C.; mixing at least the first flux material and the second flux material to form a eutectic mixture, the eutectic mixture being characterized by a melting point of less than 800° C.; subjecting the eutectic mixture to a temperature of about 100 to 1100° C.; mixing the eutectic mixture with the lithium-ion conducting ceramic powder material to form a fluxed ceramic powder material; shaping the fluxed ceramic powder material into a predetermine shape; heating the shaped fluxed ceramic powder material to a temperature of less than 1100° C.; and forming a dense lithium-ion conducting material, the dense lithium-ion conducting material being characterized by a second density, the second density is at least 20% higher than the first density; wherein the lithium-ion conducting ceramic powder material comprises electrolyte component powders selected from one or more of metal oxides, nitrates, carbonates, sulfates, borates, or hydroxides; and wherein the electrolyte component powders is characterized by a quantity less than the second quantity. | 26,849 |
9,632,497 | 1. A machining-program generating apparatus that generates a machining program to operate a wire electric discharge machining apparatus, the machining-program generating apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: receive designation of a part where core fixing machining is performed in a machining shape forming a core and divides, on the basis of content of the received designation, the machining shape into machining shape elements including a first machining shape element for which the core fixing machining is performed and, a second machining shape element for which the core fixing machining is not performed, the second machining shape element being connected to one end of the first machining shape element, and a third machining shape element for which the core fixing machining is not performed, the third machining shape element being connected to the other end of the first machining shape element, to allocate a first electric condition for the core fixing machining to the first machining shape element and a second electric condition different from the first electric condition to the second and third machining shape elements, and to generate a machining program to machine the second machining shape element under the second electric condition and continuously machine the first machining shape element under the first electric condition after the machining of the second machining shape element, and, thereafter, machine the third machining shape element under the second electric condition, or to generate the machining program to machine the second machining shape element under the second electric condition, thereafter, machine the third machining shape element under the second electric condition, and continuously machine the first machining shape element under the first electric condition after the machining of the third machining shape element. | 2,196 |
9,524,529 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable storage device encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor perform a method of determining a total energy consumption savings and implementing operational control instructions in a building comprising: receiving a schedule of occupancy, a set of operational ratings and a set of temperature setpoints for the building; determining a set of occupied days and a set of unoccupied days in a set of days from a historical energy usage for the building; determining a number of occupied days and a number of unoccupied days from the historical energy usage; determining an occupancy start time for each day of the set of occupied days; determining an occupancy stop time for each day of the set of occupied days; determining an average daily energy usage between the occupancy start time and the occupancy stop time for the set of occupied days; determining an average hourly energy usage between the occupancy start time and the occupancy stop time for the set of occupied days; comparing the number of occupied days to the schedule of occupancy to determine a saved number of occupied days; multiplying the saved number of occupied days by the average daily energy usage to determine a first energy savings; comparing the occupancy start time and the occupancy stop time to the schedule of occupancy to determine a saved number of start hours and a saved number of stop hours for the set of occupied days; multiplying the saved number of start hours and the saved number of stop hours by the average hourly energy usage to determine a second energy savings; determining a total occupied energy consumption for the set of occupied days and a total unoccupied energy consumption for the set of unoccupied days from the historical energy usage; computing a third energy savings from the set of operational ratings, the total unoccupied energy consumption and the total occupied energy consumption; computing a fourth energy savings from the set of temperature setpoints, the total occupied energy consumption and the total unoccupied energy consumption; determining a total energy savings as the sum of the first energy savings, the second energy savings, the third energy savings and the fourth energy savings; generating and displaying a set of operational control instructions based on one or more of the first energy savings, the second energy savings, the third energy savings, the fourth energy savings, and the total energy savings; and, adjusting one or more of a set of control items based on the set of operational control instructions to reduce total energy consumption of the building, the set of control items comprising computer equipment control, hallway lighting control, parking lot lighting control, unoccupied exhaust fan control and refrigeration control. | 45,418 |
9,457,673 | 1. A vehicle, comprising: a power storage device; a power receiving unit for receiving electric power for charging said power storage device from an external power supply; an illumination unit for emitting light to said power receiving unit in response to a first switch attaining a first conduction state, and for stopping the emission of said light in response to said first switch attaining a first non-conduction state; a controller for controlling said first switch such that said first switch attains the first non-conduction state in response to connection between said external power supply and said power receiving unit and such that said first switch attains the first conduction state in response to release of the connection between said external power supply and said power receiving unit; a lid for shielding said power receiving unit from outside of said vehicle; a second switch which attains a second conduction state when said lid is opened, and attains a second non-conduction state when said lid is closed; and a notifying unit for notifying a passenger of said vehicle about state of said lid, wherein when said second switch is in said second conduction state and a shift position other than a parking position is selected, said controller causes said notifying unit to notify that said lid is opened, when said second switch is in said second conduction state and the parking position is selected, said controller does not cause said notifying unit to notify that said lid is opened. | 2,029 |
9,439,426 | 1. An active compound combination comprising (A) at least one derivative of formula (I) wherein T represents an oxygen atom and X is selected from the group consisting of 2-isopropyl, 2-cyclopropyl, 2-tert-butyl, 5-chloro-2-ethyl, 5-chloro-2-isopropyl, 2-ethyl-5-fluoro, 5-fluoro-2-isopropyl, 2-cyclopropyl-5-fluoro, 2-fluoro-6-isopropyl, 2-ethyl-5-methyl, 2-isopropyl-5-methyl, 2-cyclopropyl-5-methyl, 2-tert-butyl-5-methyl, 5-chloro-2-(trifluoromethyl), 5-methyl-2-(trifluoromethyl), 2-chloro-6-(trifluoromethyl), 3-chloro-2-fluoro-6-(trifluoromethyl) and 2-ethyl-4,5-dimethyl, or an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof, and (B) at least one biological control agent selected from the group consisting of | 22,749 |
8,903,261 | 1. A heating apparatus comprising: a heater; a switching circuit configured to switch on/off current-feeding from an AC power source to the heater; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the heater; and a current-feed controller configured to execute a first current-feed mode of changing a current-feed ratio of current-feeding time to unit time by controlling switching of the switching circuit so that the temperature detected by the temperature detector falls within a target range, wherein the current-feed controller executes a second current-feed mode of fixing the current-feed ratio to almost 100% or almost 0% during execution of the first current-feed mode in place of the first current-feed mode, and wherein, in the second current-feed mode, the current-feed controller extends a fixed period in which the current-feed ratio is fixed as power consumption of the heater is larger, wherein, in the second current-feed mode, the current-feed ratio is fixed to almost 100%, and wherein, before execution of the first current-feed mode after execution of the second current-feed mode, the current-feed controller executes a third mode of controlling the switching circuit at a current-feed ratio that is smaller than the current-feed ratio in the first current-feed mode. | 6,067 |
9,162,931 | 1. A process of synthesizing an isotropic nano-material having at least one property controlled by interfaces within the nano-material, the process comprising: selecting a first plurality of nanoparticles comprising yttria stabilized zirconia; selecting a second plurality of nanoparticles comprising strontium titanate such that nanoparticles of the second plurality have a composition that is different from a composition of nanoparticles of the first plurality; homogeneously mixing the first and second pluralities of nanoparticles to form a mixture having nanoparticles of the first plurality surrounded by nanoparticles of the second plurality and nanoparticles of the second plurality surrounded by nanoparticles of the first plurality; compacting the mixture; consolidating the compacted mixture to form a first interface between nanoparticles of the first and second pluralities by setting a temperature to less than about 0.5 of the melting temperatures of the compacted mixture and a pressure to greater than about 0.3 GPa so as to induce a plastic deformation process while limiting diffusion-assisted flow processes in forming the first interface; and annealing the compacted and consolidated mixture at a temperature ranging from 200° C. to 400° C. such that atoms on surfaces of nanoparticles of the first and second pluralities undergo rearrangement and the first interface is converted to a second interface, the second interface being continuous, coherent, and stable. | 4,920 |
9,833,844 | 1. A desktop milling machine, comprising: a bridge member having a front face and a rear face, an opening being formed through the bridge member through the front and rear faces, the opening having an ovate contour; a platform, the bridge member being supported on the platform; and a milling machine spindle mounted on the front face of the bridge member, the bridge member comprising two legs and a connecting portion, the two legs extending upwards from the platform, the two legs connected by and supporting the connecting portion, wherein the ovate contour is curved over an entire length thereof, extends upwards from the platform, and defines a respective curved side of each of the two legs. | 11,447 |
9,383,222 | 1. A utility meter comprising: an energy storage device configured to store energy to run the utility meter after a primary source of energy to the utility meter is unable to provide sufficient energy to run the utility meter; a processor configured to: at least one data storage device configured to store the complete set of the utility usage data, the reduced set of the utility usage data, or both, wherein the reduced set of utility usage data is combined with a previously saved complete set of utility usage data to substantially reconstruct the utility usage data, which occurs in response to determining the energy level of the energy storage device is above the first predetermined threshold during a next power-up sequence of the energy storage device. | 2,673 |
8,816,637 | 1. A vehicle guidance system comprising: a controller configured to receive input signals indicative of an instantaneous vehicle position relative to an external charging pad and a charging status, and transmit a vehicle status signal in response to the input signals; and an interface communicating with the controller and configured to display a vehicle position indicator and a charging status message in response to the vehicle status signal; wherein the vehicle position indicator comprises: | 27,630 |
9,690,947 | 1. A method of processing a guest event in a hypervisor-controlled system, the method comprising: triggering, based on the guest event, a first firmware service, the first firmware service being specific for the guest event in a firmware, the guest event being associated with a guest and with a guest state and a guest memory encrypted with a guest key; processing, by the firmware, information associated with the guest event, the information comprising information of the guest state and the guest memory, and presenting only a subset of the information of the guest state and the guest memory in decrypted form to a hypervisor, wherein the subset of the information is selected to suffice for the hypervisor to process the guest event; retaining, by the firmware, a part of the information of the guest state and the guest memory that is not being sent to the hypervisor; processing, by the hypervisor, the guest event based on the received subset of the information of the guest state and the guest memory and sending a process result to the firmware triggering a second firmware service, the second firmware service being specific for the guest event; processing, by the firmware, the received process result together with the part of the information of the guest state and the guest memory that was not sent to the hypervisor to generate a state or memory modification; and performing, by the firmware, the state or memory modification associated with the guest event at the guest memory in encrypted form. | 41,276 |
9,781,542 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to: receive device profile information determined by a mobile device; receive user profile information from a social networking system, the user profile information comprising user event information for a user having a user account in the social networking system and associated with the mobile device; determine analytics information based at least partially on the received device profile information and the user event information, the analytics information comprising an analytics location context, an analytics event context, and power utilization information for one or more applications; determine predicted information comprising: determine that the first time occurs after the second time; and provide the predicted information to the mobile device in response to determining that the first time occurs after the second time. | 37,508 |
8,404,198 | 1. An automated bioprocessing device comprising: a) one or more cartridge slots, each slot configured to receive a bioprocessing cartridge; b) a removable fluid container tray comprising at least one fluid container holder configured to hold containers for use during bioprocessing; and c) an automated control system, configured to control at least one parameter associated with bioprocessing in one or more bioprocessing cartridges, wherein, the bioprocess cartridge comprises: a) at least one bioprocessing chamber configured to contain a solid support; and b) a plurality of mesoscale and/or microscale process fluid channels in fluid communication with the bioprocessing chamber through at least one pump, wherein the at least one pump is included in or on the bioprocessing cartridge. | 47,762 |
9,845,652 | 1. A well control system having a reduced potential mechanical energy requirement, the system comprising: a. a body defining a pressure containment cavity, wherein the body comprises a blowout preventer; b. a mechanical device associated with the pressure containment cavity, wherein the mechanical device comprises a ram; c. a source of directed energy, wherein the source of directed energy is a high power laser, has a power greater than about 1 kW; and, has the capability to deliver a directed energy to a location within the pressure containment cavity, the directed energy having a first amount of energy having a power great than about 1 kW; and, d. a source of potential mechanical energy associated with the mechanical device, and capable of delivering mechanical energy to a location within the pressure containment cavity, the source of potential energy having a potential energy having a second amount of energy; e. wherein, the first amount of energy is at least as great as about 5% of the second amount of energy. | 49,004 |
8,773,102 | 1. A switching power converter comprising: a power source; a first switch coupled between a negative terminal of said power source and a first switching node; a second switch coupled between said first switching node and a positive terminal of said power source; a first capacitor coupled between said first switching node and a second switching node; a third switch coupled between said positive terminal of said power source and said second switching node; an inductor coupled between said second switching node and an output terminal of said switching power converter; a second capacitor coupled between said output terminal of said switching power converter and said negative terminal of said power source; a load coupled between said output terminal of said switching converter and said negative terminal of said power source; a feedback network for generating a synthetic ripple signal; a comparator providing hysteretic control of said switching power converter in response to said synthetic ripple signal and to a reference signal; a control logic circuit and a pre-driver circuit for generating signals to drive said first, second and third switches with a duty cycle in response to an output signal of said comparator and to operate said switching power converter at a switching frequency, | 8,519 |
9,792,479 | 1. A computer implemented method of motion capture, the method comprising: accessing a 3D model; associating the 3D model with a 2D representation of a subject in a plurality of frames, wherein the plurality of frames captures the subject in a real 3D space; identifying one or more motion vectors derived from a change to the position of the 2D representation of the subject between two or more of the plurality of frames; and deforming the 3D model in a virtual 3D space, wherein the deforming is based on: wherein the at least one constraint comprises the one or more motion vectors. | 44,044 |
9,700,751 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first retractor device, wherein the first retractor device comprises: a second retractor device, wherein the second retractor device comprises: a body gear unit for engaging a human, comprising a plurality of hooks to attach the first retractor device and the second retractor device to provide the first constant non-variable load and the first constant resistance via the first cable in the first direction and the second constant non-variable load and the second constant resistance via the second cable in the second direction that is opposite to the first direction throughout a range of motion of a movement, wherein the movement includes an eccentric contraction and a corresponding concentric contraction in a single arrangement. | 2,076 |
9,728,492 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: encapsulating a strip of semiconductor devices including interconnected leadframes with an encapsulation material such that a first side of each leadframe remains exposed; cutting a portion of the encapsulation material and a portion of each leadframe from a second side of each leadframe opposite to the first side to electrically isolate each leadframe such that encapsulation material coupling adjacent leadframes to each other remains; strip testing the strip of semiconductor devices; and singulating the strip of semiconductor devices. | 22,007 |
8,688,891 | 1. A computing apparatus, comprising: a processor; a memory; and a memory controller comprising a data buffer located between the memory and the processor, wherein the data buffer is configured to read and temporarily store word data output by accessing the memory in an aligned word unit, and wherein the memory controller is configured to | 10,165 |
8,409,216 | 1. A surgical instrument for removal of material from a patient, the surgical instrument comprising: a. a retrieval bag configured to open and close; b. a first arm having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the first arm is associated with the retrieval bag; c. a second arm having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the second arm is associated with the retrieval bag, wherein the distal end of the second arm is in communication with the distal end of the first arm, and wherein the second arm is operable to move away from the first arm to open the retrieval bag; d. a plug, wherein the plug is associated with the first and second arms, wherein the plug is fixedly secured to the first arm and wherein the plug is slidable relative to the second arm; and e. an actuator in communication with at least one of the first arm or the second arm, wherein the actuator is operable to translate longitudinally to urge the second arm away from the first arm to open the retrieval bag; wherein the retrieval bag is opened upon distal movement of the actuator; wherein the actuator comprises an actuating rod having a recess and a spring near a distal end of the actuating rod, wherein the spring extends longitudinally within the recess; wherein the spring is configured to maintain spatial separation between the plug and a distal end of the actuating rod. | 29,940 |
8,939,225 | 1. A fire suppression apparatus, comprising: a housing comprising apertures adjacent an end thereof; a plurality of longitudinally extending, mutually laterally spaced gas generant containers within the housing, each gas generant container comprising apertures between an interior and an exterior thereof and containing a quantity of gas generant; ignition material within the housing adjacent a common end of the plurality of gas generant containers; an initiator operatively associated with the ignition material adjacent an opposing end of the housing; another housing longitudinally adjacent to the housing and in communication with the apertures adjacent the end of the housing, the other housing comprising a chamber defining a reservoir at an end thereof and a plurality of apertures through a sidewall thereof adjacent an opposing end thereof, the reservoir containing a quantity of a coolant material; and a piston having a face in peripheral sealing contact with a mouth of the reservoir, wherein responsive to pressure of gas generated by combustion of the gas generant and in communication with the piston through the apertures of the housing, the piston is movable into the reservoir to expel at least a portion of the quantity of coolant material from the reservoir to contact and cool the pressurized gas. | 28,794 |
9,502,726 | 1. An apparatus for maintaining performance of a cathode humidification unit (CHU) within a fuel cell system, the fuel cell system comprising the CHU fluidly coupled to at least one valve and a fuel cell stack, the apparatus comprising: a sensor coupled to the CHU; and a controller electrically coupled to the sensor and the at least one valve, the controller comprising a processor and a computer readable medium containing computer readable and executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to automatically: | 34,441 |
9,823,622 | 1. A drive force transmission device comprising: a frame that supports therein a plurality of gears transmitting a rotational drive force and that has a flat portion extending in a direction intersecting a direction in which the rotational drive force is transmitted, wherein the drive force transmission device has an air channel that allows air sucked from an outside of the frame to pass therethrough so as to exhaust the air to the outside of the frame, wherein a cap member having an outer surface is provided, wherein the flat portion has a rear surface, and wherein the plurality of gears are disposed and supported at a position or positions further towards a rear side than the rear surface of the flat portion where the air channel is formed and at a position or positions further towards an outer side of the outer surface of the cap member for the air channel. | 4,502 |
8,520,411 | 1. A control method for controlling an asymmetric DC-DC converter that generates an output signal, and that includes first and second power switches and a voltage-converting circuit cooperating with the first and second power switches for generating the output signal, the first and second power switches being driven respectively by first and second control signals, the voltage-converting circuit including a primary coil unit and a secondary coil unit that is operatively associated with the primary coil unit for voltage conversion, and that includes first and second coils having a turn ratio not equal to one, said control method comprising the steps of: a) sampling the output signal to obtain a sample signal corresponding thereto; and b) generating the first and second control signals based on a comparison between the sample signal and a reference signal such that the first and second power switches are driven in an alternating manner, each of the first and second control signals corresponding to a respective one of first and second duty cycles that have a sum of one. | 45,860 |
8,726,145 | 1. A method of communicating content to a special needs person, said method comprising the steps of: accepting content input; using a processor to convert said content input into a converted content, providing a computerized output configuration toolbar to the special needs person; modifying output to the special needs person based upon a selected configuration, wherein the toolbar is configured to modify an existing third-party software application; loading a test onto a portable system; providing a plurality of communication channels on the portable system by which the person may interact with the portable system; recording responses from said individual communicated via at least one of said channels; and using the processor to prevent the person from returning to a portion of the test. | 21,065 |
8,592,953 | 1. A semiconductor device structure, comprising: a substrate having, at least formed on its top surface, a germanium material and an amorphous germanium carbide material having the composition Ge a source region formed in the germanium material; a drain region formed in the germanium material; wherein the source and drain regions are separated by a channel region; and a gate region formed over the amorphous germanium carbide material over which is formed a conductive layer. | 5,910 |
9,150,387 | 1. An apparatus for positive retention of wood, said apparatus comprising: (a) a drive handle comprising a wheel connected to a support member, wherein said support member comprises at least one of a bar bisecting said drive handle and a rod bisecting said drive handle, and wherein said support member is generally U-shaped; (b) a support member connected to a threaded, generally conically shaped main shank adapted to positively penetrate wood through one or more of impact and rotation, wherein the mum shank forms a connection to the wood after such positive penetration is achieved and comprises a wide end adjacent to said support member and a narrow end opposite said support member; (c) wherein the center of said main shank wide end and the center of said main shank narrow end define a longitudinal axis, and said longitudinal axis is substantially perpendicular to said drive handle; and a connection member connected at a connection member first end to a first location on said support member and connected at a connection member second end to a second location on said drive handle. | 38,463 |
8,956,671 | 1. A process for the recovery of volatile organic compounds present in the headspace of a batch-type fermentation vessel as a distilled alcoholic liquid condensate in which a starting material in the fermentation vessel is subject to a yeast-based metabolic processing cycle to yield a fermented beverage where quantities of CO 2 and EtOH vapor are produced therein during which increasing quantities of CO 2 and EtOH vapor are produced during an initial part of the processing cycle and decreasing quantities of CO 2 and EtOH vapor are produced during a latter part of the processing cycle, any pressure increase or decrease within the headspace of the fermentation vessel substantially related to the increase or decrease in the quantities of the CO 2 and the EtOH vapor produced therein during the yeast-based metabolic processing cycle, comprising the steps of: connecting a flow pathway between the headspace of the fermentation vessel and a controllable variable-capacity condensation device for flowing at least a portion of the CO supplying heat sufficient to raise the temperature of the major portion of the surfaces of the flow pathway in contact with the CO condensing at least a portion the EtOH vapor into an alcoholic liquid condensate, increasing the condensing capacity of the condensation device in incremental steps as a function of an increasing quantity of the CO decreasing the condensing capacity of the condensation device in decremental steps as a function of a decreasing quantity of the CO recovering the alcoholic liquid condensate in a condensate recovery vessel. | 10,982 |
8,684,626 | 1. A permeable paver formed into a predetermined size and shape utilizing a hydraulic-type compacting block forming machine, the permeable paver comprising (i) a base of 3 parts by weight of blast-furnace slag and 1 part by weight of sand, (ii) between about one fifth and one half part by weight of ¼″ gravel, (iii) between 15 and 21 parts by weight portland cement of which up to 40% comprises SCMs formed by mineralization of CO 2 , the paver having a water permeability in excess of 1 inch per hour and having an average compressive strength in excess of about 8000 psi. | 38,413 |
9,784,030 | 1. A louver, comprising: a) a generally rectangular planar support member having; b) an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, c) an elongated front side on a side orthogonal to the plane of the upper surface, and an elongated back side opposed to and parallel with the front side, d) a right side on another side that is orthogonal to both the upper surface and the front side, and a left side opposite the right side that is parallel to the right side, e) a light redirecting structure that is at least one of attached to and disposed within the planar support member, the light redirecting structure comprising an array of spaced apart light reflective surfaces that terminate at corners, wherein the array extends across the planar support member from the front side to the back side in which each light reflective surface faces the front or back side, f) wherein the light reflective surfaces have a periodic pitch of more than about 0.5 mm and the corners have a radius of curvature of less than 1% of pitch. | 35,076 |
9,014,996 | 1. A method to collect and communicate energy data for analysis, the method comprising: receiving with a first analog input/output (I/O) module first energy data associated with a first electrical circuit, the first energy data having a first protocol; sampling the first energy data at a first sampling rate to generate first digital energy data, wherein the first sampling rate is substantially continuous; receiving with a second analog I/O module second energy data associated with a second electrical circuit, the second energy data having a second protocol different from the first protocol; sampling the second energy data at a second sampling rate to generate second digital energy data, wherein the second sampling rate is substantially continuous; and transmitting reporting digital data over a network having a network protocol different from the first protocol and the second protocol, wherein the reporting digital data comprises at least one of the first digital energy data and the second digital energy data, wherein the reporting digital data is transmitted at a reporting rate that is decoupled from the first sampling rate and the second sampling rate, and further wherein the reporting digital data enables monitoring of current energy parameters. | 32,198 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.