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8,853,150 | 1. An isolated protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:21. | 34,942 |
9,312,607 | 1. A package for active electronics, comprising: a housing structure configured to house the active electronics; a connector element; and an interposer element adhered to the housing structure by epoxy, mechanically fastened to the connector element and disposed to define a tie point between the housing structure and the connector element such that the tie point is remote from respective edges of the housing structure and the connector element. | 43,698 |
8,600,189 | 1. A method for stabilizing digital images comprising: partitioning a first image of a scene of interest into a plurality of blocks of pixels, wherein four non-overlapping blocks of the plurality of blocks each define a unique quadrant of the first image, each unique quadrant comprising substantially one quarter of the first image and wherein the first image is partitioned with a fifth block that overlaps only a portion of each of the four non-overlapping blocks; computing, for each of the plurality of blocks, a motion vector that represents an offset between each block of the plurality of blocks in the first image and corresponding blocks of pixels within a second image of the scene of interest, wherein computing a motion vector comprises: averaging pixel values for each of the pixels of the blocks of the first image with pixel values of corresponding pixels of corresponding blocks of the second image based on the motion vector of the respective block to which the pixels belong; storing the averaged pixel values; and calculating a stabilized digital image based on the stored average pixel values. | 6,276 |
8,461,503 | 1. A system comprising: a light sensor; an actuator having a range of motion; and a circuit adapted to establish a light level setpoint in response to the light sensor and the actuator; where the circuit is adapted to perform a first function when the actuator is in a first region of the range of motion and a second function when the actuator is in a second region of the range of motion. | 17,138 |
9,543,462 | 1. A photoconductive semiconductor switch comprising: a semi-insulating substrate, an anode formed on the upper surface of said semi-insulating substrate, a first n-type doped layer formed on the lower surface of said semi-insulating substrate, a p-type doped layer formed on said first n-type doped layer, a second n-type doped layer formed on said p-type doped layer, a cathode formed on said second n-type doped layer, several recesses extending from the surface of said second n-type doped layer towards said first n-type doped layer and vertically extending into a part of said first n-type doped layer, an insulating layer formed on said second n-type doped layer and on the walls and the bottoms of said recesses, a gate electrode consisting of two parts, one part of which formed on said insulating layer on the walls and the bottoms of recesses, and the other part of which formed on a part of the insulating layer on the second n-type doped layer for electrically connecting the part of the gate electrode on the recesses, wherein the cathode and the gate electrode are electrically isolated, wherein the concentration and the thickness parameters of said first n-type doped layer, said p-type doped layer and said second n-type doped layer are designed to ensure that the space-charge region of the reverse-biased p-n junction between said first n-type doped layer and said p-type doped layer will first expand to said semi-insulating substrate rather than to said second n-type doped layer, with the dc bias voltage increasing. | 33,764 |
8,419,503 | 1. A molded brassiere cup comprising: an outer layer of fabric including a first foam layer laminated thererto, an inner layer of fabric including a second foam layer laminated thererto, and an underwire sheathed in a wire casing, wherein the inner fabric layer and the outer fabric layer are molded to form the brassiere cup with the underwire sandwiched therebetween, wherein an insert of a cushioning substance is located between the inner fabric layer and the underwire for reducing pressure of the underwire against a wearer's body, the inner fabric layer, the second foam layer and the insert of cushioning configured to provide a substantially semicircular protrusion extending inward along a bottom of the brassiere cup. | 47,353 |
9,242,719 | 1. A wing of an aircraft or spacecraft, the wing comprising: at least a movable flow body, wherein: the wing comprises a movable support member, which is connected to the flow body, for rotating the flow body on the wing, wherein the support member is connected to the flow body and the wing, the wing comprising a flow body control element, wherein the flow body control element is connected to the flow body and the wing, the flow body control element being connected to the wing in a first point and the support member being connected to the wing in a second point, which is a bearing point defined on both the support member and the wing, the two points of the flow body control element and of the support member forming an axis, the flow body control element being formed at a predetermined angle to the axis and wherein the flow body control element guides the flow body in a predetermined plane about the axis, wherein at least one point of the flow body control element at which said flow body control element is connected to the flow body and a point of the support member at which said support member is connected to the flow body each form a separate connected point or a common connection on the flow body. | 18,260 |
8,993,164 | 1. A support for carrying a catalyst, comprising a carbonized material containing nitrogen atoms and a metal, wherein the support has a catalyst-supporting performance such that when the support is loaded with 10 wt % of a platinum catalyst with respect to the support, the platinum catalyst is retained on the support in a proportion of at least 6.7 wt % and not more than 10 wt % with respect to the support after subjecting the support to the refluxing, washing, filtering, drying and then reducing steps. | 8,340 |
8,476,440 | 1. A compound of formula 5: wherein P | 42,293 |
8,667,087 | 1. A method for data processing, the method comprising: determining by a reader device, presence of defects in a magnetic medium, an optical medium or a magneto-optical medium of a storage device, wherein said defects prevent reading of at least a portion of data from the magnetic medium, an optical medium or a magneto-optical medium of said storage device; communicating access information to a remote management server, wherein said communicated access information causes a user authentication operation and a copy verification operation to occur in said remote management server; retrieving corresponding replacement data corresponding to said at least said portion of said data from said remote management server, based on success of said user authentication operation, including retrieving a new copy of said data stored in said storage device for storage and subsequent use and playback of said replacement data if the copy verification operation determines that said portion of data from said storage device exceeds a threshold; identifying available and accessible portions the storage device; and writing the replacement data in one or more identified available and accessible portions of the storage device. | 26,634 |
9,265,101 | 1. An LED drive system which resides on a first integrated circuit (IC) and is arranged to control an external power supply that resides off chip from the IC and supplies a common line voltage for two or more LED strings that are connected in series with respective current sink circuits at respective junctions, each of said current sink circuits arranged to cause a desired current to be conducted by the LED string to which said current sink circuit is connected, said LED drive system comprising: a minimum circuit which receives voltages at each of said junctions at respective inputs and which outputs a minimum voltage which is proportional to the least of the received voltages; and an I/O pin on said first IC which receives a signal that varies with the output of said minimum circuit, wherein said I/O pin is a feedback I/O pin; said LED drive system arranged such that, when said I/O pin is coupled to a control input of the external power supply which produces an output voltage that varies with a signal applied to said control input, said LED drive system controls said external power supply's output voltage, the output voltage of said external power supply provided as said common line voltage, wherein said external power supply is an external transistor connected between an input voltage and an output node, with a control input of said external transistor coupled to said feedback I/O pin and the output voltage at said output node being said common line voltage, said LED drive system varies the signal at said feedback I/O pin as needed to produce the common line voltage which makes said minimum voltage equal to said desired junction voltage. | 45,602 |
8,890,466 | 1. A circuit arrangement for an electromagnetic holding brake forming an inductance, the circuit arrangement comprising: a first switching transistor configured to supply a regulated clocked holding voltage for free-wheeling operation of the holding brake; a suppressor diode connected directly in parallel with the holding brake, said suppressor diode having a rated breakdown voltage above which significant electrical conduction occurs; a switching unit connected in series with the first switching transistor and the holding brake between a DC voltage; a reverse-biased free-wheeling diode having a rated reverse breakdown voltage that is smaller than the rated breakdown voltage of the suppressor diode, said free-wheeling diode connected in parallel with the serially-connected switching unit and the holding brake; and a drive module configured to switch the switching unit and the first switching transistor on so as to supply the holding voltage to the holding brake over a free-wheeling current path for free-wheeling operation and to switch the switching unit and the first switching transistor off so as to disconnect the holding voltage from the holding brake for braking operation of the holding brake, wherein during the braking operation the free-wheeling current path is electrically open, and wherein only the suppressor diode and the inductance form a switch-off path which exclusively conducts current during the braking operation. | 25,796 |
8,686,667 | 1. A lighting power source comprising: a DC power source; a first switching element and a diode coupled in series across output ends of the DC power source; an output circuit comprising an inductor and forming a loop along with the diode; a driving capacitor having a first end coupled to a node between the first switching element and the diode; a charging power source coupled to a second end of the driving capacitor, the charging power source being supplied with power from the DC power source and charging the driving capacitor; a second switching element coupled across the diode; and a control circuit effective to turn on/off the first and second switching elements using the driving capacitor as a power source, wherein during a charging operation, the control circuit charges the driving capacitor by turning on the second switching element while maintaining the first switching element in an OFF state, and during a normal operation which follows the charging operation, the control circuit repeatedly turns on/off the first switching element while maintaining the second switching element in an OFF state. | 44,343 |
8,623,491 | 1. A nanostructure comprising a plurality of metal nanoblades comprising magnesium nanoblades each positioned with one edge on a substrate. | 33,424 |
9,219,411 | 1. A DC/DC converter, comprising: a switch mode converter configured to provide an output voltage based on an input voltage; and a drive signal generator configured to provide a drive signal for the switch mode converter, wherein the drive signal generator is configured to switch between a non-pulse-skipping mode and a pulse-skipping mode, wherein the drive signal generator is configured to adapt a setting of a pulse generation such that a length of a first pulse following a pulse skipping in the pulse-skipping mode is larger than a minimum length of a pulse in the non-pulse-skipping mode, wherein upon occurrence of an immediately subsequent pulse in the next switching cycle after the first pulse, a length of the immediately subsequent pulse is less than the length of the first pulse, and wherein the drive signal generator is configured to selectively omit provision of a pulse of the drive signal if a desired duty cycle information is smaller than or equal to a first threshold duty cycle value represented by a first threshold duty cycle information, and increase in a step-wise fashion the desired duty cycle information from a value below the first threshold duty cycle value to a value above a second threshold duty cycle value in response to an omission of provision of a pulse of the drive signal, such that a length of the first pulse following the pulse skipping is larger than the minimum length of the pulse in the non-pulse-skipping mode. | 5,768 |
8,758,656 | 1. A process for producing a graphite film comprising the steps of: graphitizing a raw material film made of a polymer film and/or a carbonized polymer film; and conducting a post-planar pressurization step after the step of graphitizing, so that a planar pressure is uniformly and simultaneously applied to the graphitized raw material film, wherein the graphitized raw material film is pressurized together with a film-like medium other than the graphitized raw material film in the post-planar pressurization step, thereby reducing wrinkles on the graphitized raw material, the graphitization step includes thermal treatment at a temperature of 2,400° C. or higher, and the raw material film is retained in and in contact with a container that is directly electrified by application of voltage and graphitized while electrifying the container by application of voltage in the graphitization step. | 12,756 |
9,835,412 | 1. A holographic sporting/combat optic suitable for use with a particular weapon, comprising: a housing defining an optical viewing window and configured to mount to the particular weapon; a laser diode supported in the housing and operable to emit a beam of light; a holographic recording element projects a composite reticle image in the optical viewing window and along a line of sight axis in response to a light beam incident thereon, the holographic recording element having two or more reticle elements recorded thereon and forming the composite reticle image, such that the two or more reticle elements are captured during different exposures of the holographic recording element and at different distances from the particular weapon; and one or more optical components arranged in the housing to direct the beam of light from the laser diode onto the holographic recording element. | 13,383 |
9,586,943 | 1. A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutical salt, ester, solvate, or hydrate thereof wherein A, B and C are benzene, R R R R | 26,998 |
9,573,637 | 1. An apparatus for improving aerodynamic characteristics of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first vane configured to be rotatable on a wheel guard; an actuator configured to provide the first vane with rotational force so as to rotate the first vane; and a controller configured to receive vehicle speed information and steering angle information of a steering wheel, and to control the operation of the actuator. | 9,015 |
9,548,240 | 1. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a first semiconductor die including a first conductive layer; forming a first insulating layer over the first semiconductor die and first conductive layer; disposing an encapsulant over the first semiconductor die opposite the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer over the encapsulant and first insulating layer; removing a portion of the second insulating layer to leave a first compliant island over the first conductive layer and a second compliant island extending outside a footprint of the first semiconductor die; and forming an interconnect structure over the first compliant island. | 39,070 |
9,664,180 | 1. A system for generating electrical power from the expansion of a working liquid, comprising: a tank comprising the working liquid and defining an internal pressure, the working liquid defining a temperature; a heating device in thermal communication with the working liquid in the tank for heating the working liquid in the tank and increasing the internal pressure of the tank, wherein the heating device for heating the working liquid in the tank is a closed-loop heat collector system, wherein the heat collector system comprises a heat collector and a fluid line with a thermal transfer fluid included therein, wherein the fluid line of the heat collector system extends into or otherwise thermally contacts the heat collector, and wherein the fluid line of the heat collector system additionally extends into the tank, extends around an outer surface of the tank, or both; a fluid line in fluid communication with the tank for receiving a portion of the working liquid from the tank in a liquid phase when the internal pressure of the tank increases; and a hydraulic generator in communication with the fluid line of the system and configured to generate electricity when the fluid line of the system receives working liquid in a liquid phase from the tank. | 45,776 |
9,250,649 | 1. A system comprising: a plurality of slots each configured to receive a modular information handling system; a plurality of air movers each configured to cool at least one modular information handling system disposed in at least one of the plurality slots; and a chassis management controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots and the plurality of air movers and configured to display a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots based on an impedance ranking of information handling systems disposed in the slots. | 22,114 |
9,114,719 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a motor; an energy storage medium configured to power said motor to move said vehicle; an interface configured to transfer energy, received from a system separate from said vehicle, to said energy storage medium; a first component configured to perform an authentication; a second component configured to receive a wireless communication from said system; a third component configured to regulate access to said interface; and a fourth component configured to control said third component, responsive to said wireless communication, to allow an energy transfer over said interface if said authentication is successful. | 18,468 |
8,376,671 | 1. A spindle device comprising: a spindle having a front side and a rear side; a tool holder having a hollow taper shank with an inner surface, the tool holder rotatably attached to the front side of the spindle; a split collet inside the spindle; and a collet driver configured to be moved within the spindle toward a front side and a rear side along a front-rear axis, the collet driver being moved toward the rear side of the spindle to an attachment position so that the split collet is expanded so as to contact an inner surface of a hollow portion of the taper shank when the tool holder is attached to the spindle, and the collet driver being configured to be moved toward the front side of the spindle to a detachment position so that the split collet does not press the inner surface of the hollow portion of the taper shank when the tool holder is detached from the spindle; wherein the hollow portion of the taper shank has a rearwardly facing bottom surface and is opened at a rear end of the tool holder so that the collet driver contacts the rearwardly facing bottom surface when the collet driver is at the detachment position where the tool holder is detached from the spindle, the rearwardly facing bottom surface having a rearwardly opening recess formed at a center of the rearwardly facing bottom surface; and wherein an ID tag, adapted to identify a tool and/or the tool holder, is attached in the rearwardly opening recess so that a rearward-most surface of the ID tag, facing toward the rear side of the spindle, is recessed, in the direction of the front-rear axis toward a front side of the tool holder and away from the front side of the spindle, relative to the bottom rearwardly facing surface, and wherein the collet driver and tool holder are configured such that when the collet driver is in the attachment and detachment positions, the collet driver is not capable of contacting the ID tag. | 18,861 |
8,930,399 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: accessing stored queries, each query being one or more characters in a first sequence constituting one or more words in a second sequence; for each query: | 19,712 |
9,105,112 | 1. A method, comprising: operating a display unit in a first mode of operation, including: a display buffer receiving sets of image data, each set having a first size, through a data transfer interconnect; scaling circuitry scaling image data from the display buffer in at least two dimensions; and operating the display unit in a second mode of operation, including: the display buffer receiving sets of image data, each set having a second size that is greater than the first size, through the data transfer interconnect; the scaling circuitry scaling image data from the display buffer in at most one dimension; and powering down the data transfer interconnect during one or more time intervals between the display buffer receiving the sets of image data. | 20,055 |
9,378,432 | 1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising: assigning at least one category in a hierarchy of categories to each of at least two objects; and computing a similarity score for the at least two objects based on an effect that each category in the hierarchy has on other categories in the hierarchy, the similarity score computed based, at least in part, on: | 42,886 |
8,872,213 | 1. A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a package which is made of a resin and includes a recess; a lead frame exposed to a bottom of the recess; a semiconductor light emitting element connected to the lead frame in the recess; a first resin layer over the bottom of the recess; and a second resin layer above the first resin layer and the semiconductor light emitting element, wherein the first resin layer contains a semiconductor fine particle having an excitation fluorescence spectrum which changes according to a particle size, and the first resin layer comprises a water-soluble or water-dispersible material. | 1,604 |
8,486,845 | 1. A method for depositing a metallic film on a substrate using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) process, comprising: disposing said substrate in a process chamber configured to facilitate said PEALD process; introducing a first process material within said process chamber; introducing a second process material within said process chamber after the introduction of the first process material within said process chamber; coupling electromagnetic power to said process chamber during introduction of the second process material in order to generate a plasma that facilitates a reduction reaction between the first and second process materials at a surface of said substrate, the reduction reaction depositing the metallic film on the substrate in a solid state; and performing a cleaning step, after the completion of the reduction reaction between the first and second process materials which deposited the metallic film on the substrate in a solid state, by introducing within the process chamber a third material which is a reactive gas that chemically reacts with contaminants in said process chamber to release the contaminants from at least one of a process chamber component or said substrate, the cleaning step being performed between cycles of the PEALD process. | 21,906 |
9,671,664 | 1. An electrochromic device fabricated by a process comprising: (a) forming either an electrochromic layer comprising an electrochromic material or a counter electrode layer comprising a counter electrode material; (b) forming an intermediate layer over the electrochromic layer or the counter electrode layer, where the intermediate layer includes a material that is an oxygen rich form of at least one of the electrochromic material and the counter electrode material, and wherein the intermediate layer is not electronically-insulating; and (c) converting at least part of the intermediate layer to a region comprising an electronically-insulating and ionically-conductive material and the material of the intermediate layer, wherein the region is coextensive with an area of the intermediate layer. | 25,760 |
9,263,381 | 1. A semiconductor module comprising: a semiconductor chip; a wiring substrate, the semiconductor chip being mounted on the wiring substrate and being electrically connected to a wiring pattern formed on a main surface of the wiring substrate; a mounting plate, the wiring substrate being mounted on the mounting plate; a frame body defining a case for accommodating the wiring substrate, together with the mounting plate, wherein an opening passing through the frame body is formed in the frame body in a thickness direction of the wiring substrate; and a bus bar electrically connected to the wiring pattern, extending from the case, and being inserted into a side wall of the frame body, the side wall comprising a projection projecting into the opening from the frame body, the bus bar comprising: wherein the third region is bent based on the shape of the projection being close to the wiring substrate when viewed from the position of the second end, and the mounting plate provided with the wiring substrate thereon is attached to the frame body such that the third region is in press-contact with the wiring pattern. | 40,635 |
8,890,364 | 1. A power plant coupled to, and configured to provide power to, an electrical grid, said power plant comprising: a plurality of power converters electrically coupled to, and configured to receive power from, at least one power source; a voltage regulation device electrically coupled between said power converters and the electrical grid and comprising a series transformer and a bi-directional converter configured to regulate a voltage at an output of said power converters. | 11,113 |
8,629,056 | 1. A method for forming an integrated circuit, the method comprising: forming a dielectric layer comprising porogen material; removing the porogen material to create pores in the dielectric layer; after removing the porogen material, forming a recess in the dielectric layer; forming a thin sealant layer in the recess on a sidewall of the dielectric layer by reacting the dielectric layer with an organic gas to modify a portion of the dielectric layer; and forming a conductive material in the recess. | 26,169 |
8,722,462 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, the method comprising: attaching a semiconductor piece to a carrier, the semiconductor piece comprising a signal input/output area; forming an encapsulated semiconductor arrangement by depositing an encapsulant onto the semiconductor piece; and cutting the encapsulated semiconductor arrangement through the signal input/output area such that each of at least two semiconductor packages comprises a sidewall including a portion of the signal input output area. | 8,727 |
9,617,980 | 1. A wind power generating system comprising: a wind mill, an induction rotating machine coupled to a rotating shaft of the wind mill; a power converting device configured to supply exciting current to the induction rotating machine; a heat medium circulating structure configured to circulate a heat medium to receive heat generated by the induction rotating machine; a heat accumulator configured to accumulate heat of the heat medium circulating in the heat medium circulating structure; a thermal power generator configured to convert, into electric power, the heat of the heat medium accumulated in the heat accumulator; and an armature control unit configured to control the exciting current in accordance with electric power demand of an electric power system, the armature control unit configured to perform both of: | 37,281 |
8,811,509 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a low density parity check (LDPC) encoder configured to encode at least one information bit, of a plurality of information bits, to generate a plurality of LDPC coded bits; a symbol mapper configured to map a plurality of symbols to a constellation having a mapping of a plurality of constellation points mapped based on a maximum minimum intra-Euclidean distance there between to generate a sequence of discrete-valued modulation symbols; and a modulator configured to process the sequence of discrete-valued modulation symbols to generate a continuous time signal for transmission via a communication channel, wherein: the constellation including a plurality of areas such that each of the plurality of areas including a respective, corresponding subset of the plurality of constellation points; a first of the plurality of symbols including a first at least one uncoded bit, selected from the plurality of information bits, and a first at least one of the plurality of LDPC coded bits cooperatively corresponding to a first of the plurality of constellation points; the first at least one uncoded bit corresponding to a first of the plurality of areas; the first at least one coded bit corresponding to a respective one constellation point within a first corresponding subset of the plurality of constellation points; a second of the plurality of symbols including a second at least one uncoded bit, selected from the plurality of information bits, and a second at least one of the plurality of LDPC coded bits cooperatively corresponding to a second of the plurality of constellation points; the second at least one uncoded bit corresponding to a second of the plurality of areas; and the second at least one coded bit corresponding to a respective one constellation point within a second corresponding subset of the plurality of constellation points. | 218 |
8,448,873 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, using a processing device, scanned information from a prescription label of a vial presented by a user at a pharmacy; extracting, using the processing device, an identifier from the scanned information; sending, using the processing device, a request to a prescription database storing a plurality of prescriptions for a prescription message corresponding to the identifier; receiving, using the processing device, the prescription message, wherein the prescription message includes a SIG code and a free text portion; parsing, using the processing device, the SIG code from the prescription message; obtaining a translation, using the processing device, of the SIG code into a language; concatenating, using the processing device, the translated SIG code with the free text portion to produce prescription timing information; and initiating, using the processing device, a transfer of the prescription timing information to a prescription bottle cap. | 19,540 |
8,546,861 | 1. A resistance change memory device array, comprising: a pair of first directional data lines arranged parallel to each other on a substrate; a conductive pillar positioned between sidewalls facing each other of the first data lines; a resistance change material layer positioned between a sidewall of the conductive pillar and sidewall of the data line adjacent to the sidewall of the conductive pillar; and second directional data lines crossing the first directional data lines and arranged parallel to each other on the first directional data lines, wherein the conductive pillar is positioned in a space surrounded by the sidewalls facing each other of the first directional data lines and sidewalls of facing each other the second directional data lines. | 17,924 |
8,538,732 | 1. An appendable device, comprising: an antenna; a transceiver communicatively coupled to the antenna; a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is programmed to perform one of a periodic data monitoring activity and a process control activity; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor; an input/output interface adapted to operatively couple the processor to one of a sensor and a control output; and a housing that holds the transceiver, the processor, the memory, the sensor, the control output, and the input/output interface, wherein the housing is adapted to be attached to a surface of an entity in a process control system. | 34,897 |
9,173,138 | 1. A method for handover of a multimode mobile station, the method comprising: performing, by the multimode mobile station, a handover from a legacy base station to a legacy zone of an advanced base station (ABS); and performing, by the multimode mobile station, a zone switch for switching from the legacy zone of the ABS to an advanced zone of the ABS, wherein performing the zone switch comprises: | 34,386 |
8,707,684 | 1. An exhaust gas particulate filter system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an internal combustion engine; an exhaust gas conduit in fluid communication with and configured to receive exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine; an oxidation catalyst in fluid communication with and configured to receive exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine to induce oxidation of the exhaust gas and heat the exhaust gas; a reductant injector downstream of the oxidation catalyst and connected to and in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit; a particulate filter assembly downstream of the reductant injector and in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit and configured to receive exhaust gas flowing therethrough, the particulate filter assembly comprising: a temperature sensor downstream of the particulate filter and configured to generate a signal indicative of a temperature of the exhaust gas in the particulate filter; and a controller configured to: control the particulate filter assembly to activate the air pump, to regenerate the particulate filter and to deactivate the air pump after completion of regeneration of the particulate filter. | 48,651 |
9,567,451 | 1. A rubber composition for use in tire treads comprising a diene rubber including not less than 40% by weight of a modified conjugated diene polymer rubber and, per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, from 66 to 110 parts by weight of a filler; the filler comprising not less than 50% by weight of silica; the modified conjugated diene polymer rubber being obtained by copolymerizing a conjugated diene monomer unit and an aromatic vinyl monomer unit in a hydrocarbon solvent using an organic active metal compound as an initiator; a resulting active conjugated diene polymer chain thereof having a terminal modified group, obtained by reacting at least one type of compound having a functional group that is reactable with the active terminal of the polymer chain; the terminal modified group having a functional group that interacts with the silica; and, in the modified conjugated diene polymer rubber, aromatic vinyl unit content being from 40% to 45% by weight, vinyl unit content being from 26% to 34%, and weight-average molecular weight being from 650,000 to 850,000; wherein the silica has a DBP absorption number of 190 to 250 ml/100 g, a nitrogen specific surface area (N 2 SA) of 194 to 225 m 2 /g, and a CTAB specific surface area (CTAB) of 185 to 215 m 2 /g, with a ratio of the N 2 SA to the CTAB (N 2 SA/CTAB) from 0.9 to 1.4. | 14,809 |
8,366,038 | 1. A front attachment device for fastening a turbojet engine to an aircraft fixing strut, the attachment device being adapted to absorb turbojet engine thrust loads, wherein the attachment device comprises: a top bracket; a lower bracket; primary attachments operably coupling the top bracket to the lower bracket, each of the primary attachments presenting a primary attachment axis; and secondary attachments adapted to connect the lower bracket to the turbojet engine, each of the secondary attachments presenting a secondary attachment axis, wherein an absorbing thrust load vector extends along a longitudinal axis of the turbojet engine resulting from a first convergence point of primary vectors passing through the primary attachments coincident with the primary attachment axis, and a second convergence point of secondary vectors passing through the secondary attachments coincident with the secondary attachment axis, such that the absorbing thrust load vector is adapted to transmit the turbojet engine thrust loads to the aircraft fixing strut. | 31,267 |
9,203,799 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving from a first unified communications server an incoming message that is addressed to a recipient's alias and from a source address hosted on the first unified communications server; determining a destination address hosted on a second unified communications server that is associated with the recipient's alias; determining a sender's alias that is associated with the source address; processing the incoming message by enforcing policies including a first policy that denies transmission of the incoming message based on an incoming message type, wherein the incoming message type is one of buddy invite, chat, presence, audio call, video call, and file transfer, and a second policy that denies transmission of the incoming message based on one or more of an address list, a domain list or a group list; generating an outgoing message addressed to the destination address and from the sender's alias, wherein the outgoing message contains digital content from the incoming message; and transmitting the outgoing message to the second unified communications server. | 3,155 |
8,840,651 | 1. A method for the fixation or fusion of a first bone segment to a second bone segment across a joint, the method comprising: providing an elongate implant having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis, and a lumen extending through the elongate implant along the longitudinal axis, wherein the elongate implant has a tapered distal end and a first fenestration positioned on a middle portion of elongate implant such that the first fenestration is offset from both the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the elongate implant is made from a metal or metal alloy, wherein the elongate implant comprises external screw threads; and inserting the elongate implant through the first bone segment and across the joint and into the second bone segment at a first location such that the first fenestration lies at least partly in the joint between the first bone segment and the second bone segment. | 8,991 |
8,774,983 | 1. A towbarless airplane tug configured for receiving a landing gear of an airplane and towing the airplane thereby at an actual speed, said towbarless airplane tug comprising: a chassis configured for receiving thereon at least a portion of said landing gear; a propulsion arrangement configured to move the towbarless airplane tug in a direction along a trajectory; and a controller configured to compare between the actual speed of the towbarless airplane tug, when towing the airplane, and a predetermined desired speed thereof, and to direct said propulsion arrangement to maintain the actual speed of the towbarless airplane tug if: | 24,064 |
9,501,043 | 1. A flexible portable electronic device capable of generating an item of information, the flexible portable electronic device comprises: a flexible body configured to be attached to a part of a user's body, wherein the flexible body includes a lower flexible band that gives the flexible portable electronic device thickness and mechanical resistance, and an upper flexible band fixed to the lower flexible band; and an electronic assembly to generate information, wherein the electronic assembly to generate information is housed between the lower flexible band and the upper flexible band of the flexible body, wherein at least two successive bellows each including at least one fold are separated from each other by a transverse reinforcing element at one location on a length of the lower flexible band, wherein the reinforcing element extends transversely to a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the flexible body and is secured to the lower flexible band, wherein the bellows are configured to compress and relax along the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the flexible body, and wherein at least a portion of an upper surface of the bellows contacts a lower surface of the upper flexible band. | 40,202 |
8,768,550 | 1. An electric vehicle comprising: a motor configured to be driven by electric power supplied from a battery; a battery voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage of the battery; a motor rotation number detection unit configured to detect a rotation number of the motor; a motor rotation number control unit configured to calculate a largest rotation number with which an induced voltage developed by the motor is equal to or lower than the voltage of the battery; a limit control unit configured to calculate a limit factor for limiting a requested torque requested for the electric vehicle so that the rotation number of the motor is equal to or lower than the largest rotation number; and a drive torque calculation unit configured to calculate a drive torque for traveling the electric vehicle based on the requested torque and the limit factor. | 45,467 |
8,769,700 | 1. A method executable in a computer for supporting a determination of a degree of confidentiality of a document data set, the method comprising the steps of: storing each block of a document data set in association with confidentiality information that indicates whether or not the block is confidential, the document data set being dividable into a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks being a unit including properties evaluated as having a certain characteristic; acquiring a document data set whose degree of confidentiality is to be determined; determining whether a document data set, including a block similar to each of blocks of the acquired document data set, is stored; in response to a determination that the document data set including the similar block is stored, determining whether the confidentiality information indicating that the block is confidential is assigned to the block in the acquired document data set corresponding to the similar block; in response to a determination that the confidentiality information indicating that the block is confidential has been assigned, determining that the acquired document data set is confidential; determining whether the confidentiality information is assigned to all the blocks; extracting document data subsets that are subsets of the acquired document data set if it is determined there is a block not assigned the confidentiality information; determining whether all the document data subsets of the acquired document data set are non-confidential; and assigning the confidentiality information assigned to the similar block if all the document data subsets of the acquired document data set are determined to be non-confidential. | 5,788 |
9,453,982 | 1. A pulling sleeve for pulling a cable through a conduit, the pulling sleeve being adapted to be monitored over a plurality of fiber optic connectors terminating optical fibers at an end of a fiber optic cable, the pulling sleeve comprising: an elongated body defining an interior cavity for receiving the fiber optic connector, the elongated body having a length that extends along a central axis between first and second ends, the first end of the elongated body defining a pulling eye, the elongated body defining a plurality of axially spaced-apart circumferential notches for enhancing flexibility along its length such that the elongated body can conform to a curved path, the elongated body being formed by two mating pieces; wherein a fan-out is mounted in a pocket within the elongated body at the second end of the elongated body, the fan-out being secured to the cable; wherein the optical fibers terminated by the fiber optic connectors form connectorized pigtails that extend from the fan out, the fiber optic connectors being mounted between the two mating pieces; and wherein each one of the two mating pieces is elongated and extends from the first end to the second end of the elongated body. | 19,185 |
9,180,897 | 1. A modular utility cart comprising: a body including a pair of opposed lateral portions, each lateral portion including an upper side and a bottom side thereof, the pair of opposed lateral portions being interconnected at the bottom side thereof with a bottom portion forming a structural cavity thereof, the body including a door opening thereof framed on three edges by the pair of opposed lateral portions and the bottom portion; wheels attached to the bottom portion of the body for supporting the body; and a door pivotably attached to one of the opposed lateral portions of the body and adapted to mate with the door opening, wherein the pair of opposed lateral portions are interconnected, on an upper side thereof, via a utility module selected from a plurality of utility modules having respective functions thereof, the pair of opposed lateral portions interconnected with two lateral sides of the utility module forming the structural cavity thereof, the utility module forming the upper surface of the body while using substantially no volume inside the cart between the lateral portions, the utility module providing a door abutment portion adapted to frame a fourth edge of the door opening of the utility cart, the body comprising a module receptacle adapted to secure the utility module to the cart with an edge for positioning the utility module, wherein the module receptacle does not increase the width of the cart when the utility module is secured to the module receptacle. | 21,516 |
9,001,860 | 1. A laser diode device comprising: a laminated structure in which a first compound semiconductor layer that has a first conductivity type and is composed of GaN compound semiconductor, a third compound semiconductor layer that has a light emitting region and a saturable absorption region composed of GaN compound semiconductor, and a second compound semiconductor layer that has a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type and is composed of GaN compound semiconductor are sequentially layered; a second electrode formed on the second compound semiconductor layer; and a first electrode electrically connected to the first compound semiconductor layer, wherein the laminated structure has ridge stripe structure, the second electrode is separated into a first section to obtain forward bias state by applying a direct current to the first electrode through the light emitting region and a second section to add electric field to the saturable absorption region by an isolation trench, and 1.5≦W wherein the width of the second section of the second electrode is constant in a direction from the first interface between the second section of the second electrode and the isolation trench towards an outer end of the second section opposite to said first interface, wherein the width of the first section of the second electrode is constant in a direction from a second interface between the first section of the second electrode and the isolation trench towards an outer end of the first section opposite to said second interface, wherein the width of the first section of the second electrode is less than the width of the second section of the second electrode, and wherein a width of the isolation trench decreases in a direction from the interface between the second section of the second electrode and the isolation trench to an interface between the first section of the second electrode and the isolation trench. | 45,509 |
8,378,562 | 1. A lamp assembly comprising: a lamp base having a mechanism for establishing an electrical connection to an external power source; a first light source having two or more legs positioned by a holder further supported by a collar; and a second light source having a pinch portion and mounted to a clamp fixed to the two or more legs of the first light source; wherein the clamp secures the first and second light sources in a fixed position relative to one another, and spaces the second light source from the holder and collar such that heat generated by the second light source does not adversely affect the integrity of the holder or collar, and the clamp includes a first portion that engages at least a portion of the pinch portion of the second light source, and the clamp includes a second portion that engages at least a portion of a surface of the legs. | 18,170 |
8,753,204 | 1. A method of providing a computer-implemented game, the method comprising: rendering a display of a virtual in-game environment comprising an unlocked area and a locked area, an in-game player character controlled by a player of the game having access to the unlocked areas but being restricted from accessing the locked area; and using one or more processors, applying a visual effect to the locked area to distinguish the locked area from the unlocked area, applying the visual effect to the locked area including obscuring at least one property of one or more game objects located in the locked area, the visual effect revealing one or more aspects of the unlocked area and being applied to the locked area such that respective locations of the one or more game objects located in the locked area are revealed. | 4,127 |
8,946,484 | 1. A process for producing phenol and cyclohexanone, the process comprising: (a) contacting a feed comprising cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide and 1 ppm to 15,000 ppm of water, based upon total weight of the feed, with a cleavage catalyst comprising an aluminosilicate of the FAU type under cleavage conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide into phenol and cyclohexanone. | 36,232 |
8,791,673 | 1. A power supply apparatus that supplies direct current power to a load with a power supply unit, the power supply apparatus comprising: a capacitor module including a main body that includes a dielectric layer, a through electrode penetrating through the main body, and a ground electrode provided on an external surface of the main body, the through electrode being opposed to the ground electrode via the dielectric layer, and a capacitor is defined between the through electrode and the ground electrode; and a current detector arranged to detect a load power supply current; wherein the capacitor module is provided on a power feed line extending from the power supply unit to the load so that one end side of the through electrode is connected to the power supply unit side and the other end side of the through electrode is connected to a load side; both ends of the through electrode are connected to the current detector; and a resistor is defined between both ends of the through electrode and is configured to generate a voltage from which the current detector detects the load power supply current from the voltage between both ends of the through electrode. | 31,400 |
9,781,922 | 1. A method to reduce spray drift during the application of an aqueous herbicidal spray mixture containing glyphosate and an auxinic herbicide comprising incorporating into the aqueous herbicidal spray mixture from about 0.02 to about 2 weight percent of one or more tertiary amine surfactants of the formula: wherein R wherein R R wherein n is an integer from 1 to 20, or mixtures thereof. | 15,428 |
8,719,971 | 1. A lavatory dispensing device adapted to be installed in a toilet and used for the delivery of at least one treatment composition to a toilet bowl which device comprises: a non-pressurizable lavatory dispensing device comprising a hollow body having an inlet located along or at the top surface of the device which inlet is open to the ambient environment of the toilet, an outlet also open to the ambient environment of the toilet in which it is adapted to be installed, said hollow body defining an interior cavity having a headspace which is open to the ambient atmosphere within the interior of the cistern before, during, and after a flush cycle of the toilet, said interior cavity adapted to contain a quantity of a chemical treatment composition as well as a quantity of water which are to be provided to the interior of said hollow body via the inlet, wherein the outlet of the device is adapted to be inserted at least partially into the interior of an overflow tube present in the cistern of a toilet and whereby the said hollow body is suspended downwardly from the top open end of the overflow tube. | 29,634 |
8,526,369 | 1. A method, comprising: allocating, by a femtocell system, a session initiation protocol client for a user equipment; and transmitting, by the femtocell system, a first registration message for the client to a registrar service, wherein the first registration message includes a first contact comprising a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier assigned to the user equipment, wherein the first registration message includes a second contact comprising a telephone uniform resource identifier comprising a telephone number assigned to the user equipment. | 36,154 |
8,410,896 | 1. A system comprising: an occupancy sensor operative to sense occupancy in an area; and a hardware processor coupled to the occupancy sensor, the hardware processor programmed to calculate at least one of a loss of lamp life or an amount of energy used by a lamp based on occupancy sensed by the occupancy sensor. | 5,214 |
8,545,701 | 1. A method comprising: providing a power train comprising a plurality of cells comprising an initial end cell, one or more intermediate cells, and an opposed end cell, each cell in the plurality of cells forming a hydraulic loop configured of specified volumetric and flow capacity for a specified permeate flux, each cell in the plurality of cells also having a pumping system and a hydro-power generation turbine system, wherein adjacent cells in the plurality of cells share a semipermeable membrane; charging each cell in the plurality of cells with a given brine having a specified ionizable inorganic salt concentration and type, without permitting mixing of the given brines among the adjacent cells in the plurality of cells, creating a gradient of salt concentration and resulting osmotic potential that progressively increases stepwise from the initial end cell, across the one or more intermediate cells, to the opposed end cell; feeding to the power train an initial brine comprising low to no salt concentration water at the initial end cell, producing a concentration field across the plurality of cells comprising a progressively increasing concentration and osmotic pressure ratio bounded by water of low to no salt concentration at the initial end cell and by a concentrated brine at the opposed end cell, thereby producing a power train cycle comprising a controlled concentration-pressure loop wherein the concentration field: (a) osmotically induces a continuous and constant flow rate of substantially salt-free permeate flux throughout the power train; (b) maintains a salt concentration difference across the semipermeable membrane shared by the adjacent cells in the plurality of cells; (c) defines a salt concentration ratio within each cell that ensures a net positive power generation; and, (d) discharges the concentrated brine at the opposing end cell; and operating the power train under conditions effective to generate net positive power. | 31,138 |
9,819,012 | 1. A method of making a battery, comprising incorporating a cathode including as the cathode active material a lithium-deficient doped nickel(IV)-containing oxide having a formula A x Ni 1−y−z−w Co y M a z M b w O 2 wherein A comprises lithium, M a is selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mg, Al, Y, Mn, and any combination thereof; and M b is selected from the group consisting of B, Si, Ge, and any combination thereof; 0≦x≦0.08; 0≦w≦0.02; and 0.02≦y+z≦0.25. | 10,415 |
9,064,700 | 1. A method comprising: depositing a precursor layer onto a substrate, the precursor layer comprising chalcogenide material with one or more volatile species; and annealing the precursor layer in the presence of a gaseous phase comprising one or more of the volatile species, the partial pressure of each volatile species being approximately constant over substantially all of the surface of the precursor layer, the partial pressure of each species being between approximately 0.1 mTorr and 760 Torr, wherein the presence of the gaseous phase reduces decomposition of the volatile species from the precursor layer during annealing. | 27,450 |
8,608,041 | 1. An attachment system for load-bearing equipment, comprising: an area of base fabric; a first plurality of parallel webbing strips attached to the area of fabric, the first plurality of webbing strips having a substantially uniform width, the first plurality of webbing strips spaced apart at a distance of approximately at least their width; a second plurality of parallel webbing strips attached to the area of fabric, the second plurality of webbing strips having a substantially uniform width, the second plurality of webbing strips spaced apart a distance of approximately at least their width and oriented generally perpendicular to the first plurality of strips; wherein each of the second plurality of webbing strips overlaps at least one of the first plurality of webbing strips, forming a region of intersection at each overlap; wherein the first and second pluralities of webbing strips are attached to the area of fabric at locations within substantially all of the regions of intersection; the first and second plurality of webbing strips constitute substantially all of the webbing strips attached to the area of base fabric and wherein the attachment system provides a first plurality of parallel channels which are oriented oblique to the first and second pluralities of webbing strips, each of the first plurality of parallel channels defined by part of the area of fabric, part of at least one of the first and second pluralities of webbing strips, and by attachments at substantially all the areas of intersection, and a second plurality of parallel channels which are oriented substantially parallel to one of the first and second pluralities of webbing strips, substantially perpendicular to the other of the first and second pluralities of webbing strips, and oblique to the first plurality of webbing channels, each of the first and second pluralities of channels being substantially free of and defined between locations of attachment between the webbing strips and the fabric such that an accessory strap is placed directly between the webbing strips and the fabric within each channel. | 32,089 |
8,981,200 | 1. A thin film solar cell, comprising: a translucent substrate; a textured TCO layer on the substrate; an absorber layer on the textured TCO layer, the absorber layer having a pin structure; a resistive TCO layer on the absorber layer; and a second TCO layer on the resistive TCO layer, wherein the absorber layer extends between the second TCO layer and the textured TCO layer, wherein the resistive TCO layer is provided between the absorber layer and the second TCO layer such that a high resistance path is formed within the absorber layer, and wherein a material of the resistive TCO layer has a resistivity that is greater than a resistivity of a material of the textured TCO layer and a resistivity of a material of the second TCO layer. | 16,918 |
9,229,738 | 1. A method for improving software messages comprising: detecting a message occurrence when a software application runs in a run-time environment on a computing device for an end-user utilizing the software application, the message occurrence being responsive to one or more end-user interactions with an interface of the software application and being an occurrence selected from a group of occurrences consisting of an occurrence where a text containing message written by a developer or translator is presented upon a user interface of the software application to the end-user and an occurrence where a text containing message is written to a log associated with the software application, wherein the text containing message presented upon the user interface and the text containing message written to the log includes text content readable by the end-user, wherein the user interface permits the end user to edit the text containing message; determining a user context for the message occurrence, wherein said user context comprises a user sequence performed by the end-user using the software application in the run-time environment and an execution path performed by the software application executing for the end-user; and conveying message occurrence information for the determined user context over a network connecting the computing device to a message context catalog that is remotely located from the computing device, wherein the message context catalog comprises storage hardware for digitally encoded information, wherein the message occurrence information is indexed in the message context catalog against unique message identifiers, wherein the information in the message context catalog is accessible by developers or translators, via devices remotely located from the computing device, wherein the developers or translators construct future versions of the text content for future versions of the software application. | 24,069 |
8,902,617 | 1. A switching delay controller configured to control a switching delay between switching a first switching element and a second switching element in a switched mode power supply, the switched mode power supply comprising a feedback signal generator operable to generate a feedback signal indicative of a difference between an output of the switched mode power supply and a reference for the output, and a drive circuit operable to switch the first and second switching elements so as to convert an input voltage to the switched mode power supply into an output voltage thereof based on the feedback signal, the switching delay controller comprising: a switching delay calculator operable to cause a change of the switching delay for at least one switching cycle of the switched mode power supply; and a feedback signal monitor operable to monitor the feedback signal and determine a change in the feedback signal in response to the change of the switching delay by the switching delay calculator, wherein the switching delay calculator is further operable to calculate a calculated switching delay to increase an efficiency of the switched mode power supply based on the determined change in the feedback signal, and cause a change of the switching delay in the switched mode power supply to the calculated switching delay, and wherein the switching delay controller is configured such that, in operation, the switching delay calculator causes a first change of the switching delay from a first value to a second value for at least one switching cycle of the switched mode power supply and then a second change from the second value back to the first value, said first and second changes occurring before the feedback signal monitor begins monitoring the feedback signal or before the feedback signal monitor finishes monitoring the feedback signal. | 17,846 |
8,643,808 | 1. A light-scattering substrate having an irregular shape on one surface thereof, the light-scattering substrate comprising: a thermoplastic resin; and at least one kind of transparent particles having a mean primary particle size of 3 μm or more and not more than 12 μm, wherein the light-scattering substrate contains a first region having a thickness of ½ or more times and not more than 4 times the mean primary particle size of the transparent particles from the surface having an irregular shape; and a second region having a thickness of 3/2 or more times the mean primary particle size of the transparent particles from a surface on back side of the surface having an irregular shape, wherein the first region and the second region have a region not substantially containing the transparent particles, and wherein a tilt angle of irregularities of the surface of the light-scattering substrate having an irregular shape has the following distribution: (a) an integrated value of the frequency of 0° or more and less than 0.5° is less than 25%; (b) an integrated value of the frequency of 0.5° or more and less than 10° is 65% or more and less than 100%; and (c) an integrated value of the frequency of 10° or more is 0% or more and less than 20%. | 22,204 |
9,747,394 | 1. A system for assessing three dimensional (3D) printability of a 3D model, said system comprising: at least one processor configured to: | 17,126 |
8,351,540 | 1. A codebook creating method, comprising: determining a codebook size N and a symbol set Ψ, by a network equipment, according to at least one of the following elements: wherein α,β,γεΨ, |α|=1,|β|=1,|γ|=1, and contains M elements; traversing C for each codebook C selecting a maximum codebook C | 27,476 |
8,507,096 | 1. A flake pigment, comprising: a flake particle; a single-layer or multiple-layer coat covering a surface of the flake particle; and a fine particle having an average particle size in a range from 5 nm to 1 μm, an outermost layer of said coat including a copolymer including one or more type of first bond unit originating from a fluoric polymerizable monomer having fluorine and one or more type of second bond unit originating from a polymerizable monomer having phosphate group, and said fine particle being fixed to the surface of said flake pigment with said outermost layer being interposed between said flake particle and said fine particle and having a characteristic to provide, to said flake pigment, stable triboelectrification characteristics, with color unevenness being suppressed. | 1,855 |
8,721,934 | 1. A method of removing excess lens forming material from a molded ophthalmic lens, comprising the steps of dosing a lens forming material into a mold cavity of a mold comprising female and male mold halves, applying energy to polymerize and/or crosslink the lens forming material and form the lens, opening the mold by moving said female and male mold halves apart from each other, supporting the formed lens on a carrier such, that a front surface of said lens is exposed, and then mechanically removing excess lens forming material consisting essentially of residues of non-polymerized and/or non-cross-linked lens forming material by contacting said exposed front surface of said formed lens for about 0.5 seconds to about 4 seconds with a cleaner having a hardness which is smaller than that of the polymerized and/or cross-linked lens forming material, and wherein said cleaner is rotated relative to said exposed front surface of the lens, and wherein said formed lens is mechanically cleaned with said formed lens being supported on said male mold half. | 30,221 |
9,303,523 | 1. A turbine engine comprising: a first fluid passageway having an inlet and an outlet; at least one combustion chamber positioned along said first fluid passageway between said inlet and said outlet, wherein a primary fluid stream passes through said first fluid passageway and said at least one combustion chamber for generating power; a second fluid passageway at least partially distinct from said first fluid passageway, wherein a secondary fluid stream passes through said second fluid passageway to support the generation of power, and the second fluid passageway is further defined as being one of a lubricant passageway and a fuel passageway; a sensor assembly having a sensor operable to sense at least one condition and a transmitter associated with said sensor and operable to emit a signal corresponding to the at least one condition wirelessly, wherein at least part of said transmitter is positioned in said second fluid passageway to transmit the signal through said second fluid passageway; and a receiver operable to receive the signal and positioned in the second fluid passageway, wherein the sensor assembly and receiver are separate components separated by a portion of the second fluid passageway that includes at least one turn; wherein said sensor assembly is further defined as being operable to emit the signal at a substantially optimized frequency relative to a cross-section of said second fluid passageway such that said second fluid passageway functions as a waveguide. | 1,592 |
8,344,254 | 1. An electrical cable of the type that is of the type to have a connector member coupled thereto, comprising: a conductive outer sheath; a label disposed on the conductive outer sheath, the label having information about the cable and having at least one conductive region to facilitate electrical conductivity between the conductive outer sheath and the connector member. | 23,922 |
9,835,912 | 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a substrate; a layer having a convex top surface; a transistor on the substrate; a pixel electrode electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor; a common electrode, the common electrode and the pixel electrode overlapping; and a liquid crystal layer overlapping the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the common electrode comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on and in direct contact with the first conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer is light-transmitting, wherein the second conductive layer only partially covers the first conductive layer, and wherein a region where the second conductive layer is on and in direct contact with the first conductive layer overlaps with the layer having a convex top surface so that, in the region, the common electrode has a convex top surface. | 38,963 |
8,440,107 | 1. A catalytic reforming method, comprising: determining a C/H/O atomic composition for each of a plurality of feedstocks by: sequentially supplying a plurality of feedstocks of variable compositions to a reformer; and adding a respective predetermined co-reactant to each of the plurality of feedstocks to obtain a substantially constant output from the reformer for the plurality of feedstocks, the respective predetermined co-reactant being based on the C/H/O atomic composition for a respective one of the plurality of feedstocks and a predetermined C/H/O atomic composition for the substantially constant output. | 4,429 |
9,153,394 | 1. A method for fabricating, on a planar substrate, a microswitch actuatable by an external magnetic field, said method comprising etching, in an upper face of said planar substrate, cavities forming a hollow model of two strips, said cavities having vertical flanks extending perpendicularly to a plane of said planar substrate, filling said cavities with a magnetic material to form said two strips having vertical faces, said filling step including providing a conductive material on the vertical faces of said two strips, isotropically etching, in said planar substrate, a well that extends between said vertical faces of said two strips and beneath and around a distal end of at least one of said two strips to open an air gap between said two strips, whereby said distal end is made capable of being shifted between a closed position, in which said vertical faces of said two strips are in direct mechanical contact with each other to enable the passage of a current, and an open position, in which said vertical faces of said two strips are separated from each other by said air gap to electrically insulate one strip from the other, wherein the magnetic material is comprised of an alloy of iron and nickel. | 38,764 |
9,245,313 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a data bus; an image input unit that receives first image data from an image-taking device and outputs second image data to a storage unit through the data bus; and an image output unit that receives the second image data stored in the storage unit through the data bus and outputs third image data to an image display device, wherein the output third image data is the result of performing an affine-conversion in at least one of the image input unit and the image output unit on data therein, and magnification processing in the affine-conversion is performed in the image output unit, but is not performed in the image input unit. | 36,830 |
8,490,642 | 1. A fuel-outflow check valve, comprising: a casing, at least one portion of which is located in a fuel tank, the casing having a side ventilation hole formed in a side portion of the casing such that an interior of the casing and an interior of the fuel tank communicate with each other via the side ventilation hole; a float that is disposed in the interior of the casing and is vertically movable; a valve element that is provided on the float and can contact a valve seat formed at the casing, wherein when the valve element is at a valve-open position, a sidewall of the float and the side ventilation hole face each other; and a distance from the sidewall of the float to the side ventilation hole that face each other when the valve element is at the valve-open position is smaller than a distance from an uppermost surface of a slanted face of the float to the side ventilation hole when the valve element is at a valve-close position, wherein the uppermost surface of the slanted face faces the side ventilation hole when the valve element is at the valve-close position, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the float. | 27,081 |
9,365,023 | 1. A particle supplying apparatus for supplying particles of absorbent material or deodorant material onto a sheet member, comprising: a cylinder part which is a generally cylindrical member around a rotation axis along a horizontal direction, a portion of an internal space of said cylinder part being a particle storage space which stores particles of absorbent material or deodorant material, said cylinder part having a plurality of through-holes arranged in a circumferential direction and being rotated around said rotation axis so that particles are filled into a through-hole out of said plurality of through-holes which faces particles stored in said particle storage space, to eject particles filled in said through-hole outward at a particle supply region provided in a lower portion thereof; a sheet conveying part for conveying a sheet member in a direction under said particle supply region, said direction being same as a moving direction of an outer side surface of said cylinder part; a cover part which spreads from said particle supply region along an opposite direction of a rotation direction of said cylinder part to cover a portion of said outer side surface of said cylinder part and close an outer end of said through-hole filled with particles; and an isolation part which covers a portion of an inner side surface of said cylinder part to isolate a through-hole in said particle supply region from said particle storage space. | 3,314 |
8,445,749 | 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or a full-length complement thereof; (b) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; and (c) a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein comprising an amino acid sequence characterized by at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of (b) wherein the amino acid sequence has pesticidal activity against a lepidopteran pest. | 34,152 |
9,232,875 | 1. A fryer pot contained in a cabinet of a deep fryer, comprising: a pair of opposed sidewalls, comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposed to the first sidewall, each of said first and second sidewalls having successive vertical portions including a first vertical portion, a second vertical portion and a third vertical portion, in which the first vertical portion of the first sidewall is opposed to the first vertical portion of the second sidewall, the second vertical portion of the first sidewall is opposed to the second vertical portion of the second sidewall and the third vertical portion of the first sidewall is opposed to the third vertical portion of the second sidewall, said first vertical portion of the first sidewall is connected to the second vertical portion of the first sidewall by a first inwardly angled offset portion, the second vertical portion of the first sidewall is connected to the third vertical portion of the first sidewall by a second straight inwardly angled offset portion, said first vertical portion of the second sidewall is connected to the second vertical portion of the second sidewall by a third inwardly angled offset portion, and the second vertical portion of the second sidewall is connected to the third vertical portion of the second sidewall by a fourth straight inwardly angled offset portion, and each of the first vertical portions of the first and second sidewalls having a top end; a pair of opposed endwalls comprising a rear endwall and a front endwall, each of the endwalls having a top end and the front endwall having a first vertical portion that is inboard of the cabinet, and the rear endwall having a first vertical portion and a second vertical portion, the first vertical portion of the rear endwall being adjacent the top end of the rear endwall and the first vertical portion and the second vertical portion of the rear endwall being connected by a fifth inwardly angled offset portion; a bottom wall, each of the third vertical portions of the sidewalls being adjacent the bottom wall, and the second vertical portion of the rear endwall and the first vertical portion of the front endwall being adjacent to the bottom wall; a top opening to the fryer pot adjacent the top ends of the endwalls and the sidewalls, the top opening providing an area for receiving a fryer basket therethrough for placement of the fryer basket into an interior volume of the fryer pot; a cooking region in the interior volume of the fryer pot wherein the fryer basket is placeable through the top opening of the fryer pot for cooking food contained in the fryer basket in the cooking region with heated cooking oil contained in the fryer pot, the cooking region being contained within the first vertical portion of the front endwall, the second vertical portion of the rear endwall and the second vertical portions of the first and second sidewalls, the cooking region being spaced downwardly from the top ends of the sidewalls and endwalls, and the first, third and fifth inwardly angled offset portions reduce the volume of the cooking region; and a cold zone in the interior volume of the fryer pot positioned downwardly from the cooking region, the cold zone defined by the first vertical portion of the front endwall, the second vertical portion of the rear endwall, and the third vertical portions of the first and second sidewalls, and the second straight inwardly angled offset portion of the first sidewall and the fourth straight inwardly angled offset portion of the second sidewall for reducing the volume of the cold zone, the cold zone extending from the first vertical portion of the front endwall to the second vertical portion of the rear endwall, the cold zone dimension between the first sidewall and the second sidewall being smaller than the cold zone dimension between the front endwall and the rear endwall. | 32,584 |
8,523,018 | 1. A diesel exhaust fluid system comprising: a fluid reservoir having an inner surface and an opening defined through a wall of the fluid reservoir; a fluid reservoir heating device positioned within the fluid reservoir; a fluid reservoir spacer positioned wholly within the fluid reservoir adjacent to the wall and between the inner surface of the fluid reservoir and the fluid reservoir heating device, the fluid reservoir spacer comprising first and second portions on opposing sides of the opening through the fluid reservoir; a fluid filter disposed in a housing separate from the fluid reservoir, the housing coupled to the fluid reservoir adjacent to the opening; and a fluid pump including a reservoir tube in fluid communication with the opening through the fluid reservoir such that activation of the fluid pump causes diesel exhaust fluid in the fluid reservoir to be drawn through the opening, through the fluid filter, through the reservoir tube and into the fluid pump. | 7,718 |
9,470,112 | 1. A system, comprising: a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), comprising: a flash system comprising: | 408 |
9,815,381 | 1. An apparatus for wirelessly receiving charging power, the apparatus comprising: a first enclosure including at least: | 5,055 |
8,680,590 | 1. A multi-trench termination structure for a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate and consisting of an active structure region and a termination structure region, the multi-trench termination structure comprising: a multi-trench structure comprising a plurality of trenches defined on an exposed face of the semiconductor substrate; a mask layer formed on a portion of the exposed face at the termination structure region only; a gate insulation layer formed in the trenches; an electrically conductive layer formed on the gate insulation layer and protruding out of the exposed surface of the semiconductor substrate; a metal layer including a titanium layer formed over the electrically conductive layer at the active structure region, and formed over the mask layer and the electrically conductive layer at the termination structure region; and a passivation layer covering the metal layer at the termination structure region only, wherein the mask layer is higher than the electrically conductive layer and in direct contact with the metal layer, and the electrically conductive layer is above the gate insulation layer and in contact with the mask layer at edge of the trench, and wherein the passivation layer is in direct contact with the mask layer and the electrically conductive layer at a peripheral of the termination structure region. | 6,923 |
9,429,901 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body having an opening in an upper portion of the main body; at least one photosensitive drum detachably attached to the main body through the opening of the main body; at least one LED unit disposed above the at least one photosensitive drum, the at least one LED unit including a LED array configured to expose the at least one photosensitive drum to light, a frame supporting the LED array at a lower surface, and at least one spring attached to an upper surface of the frame; at least one developer container disposed above the at least one photosensitive drum and configured to store a developer to be supplied to the at least one photosensitive drum; and a supporting member disposed in the main body and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the supporting member supporting the at least one LED unit at the lower surface and being configured to hold the at least one developer container detachably at the upper surface, the supporting member being configured to, while holding the at least one developer container at the upper surface, pivot about an axis between a light exposure position where the LED array of the at least one LED unit is located proximate to the at least one photosensitive drum and a separation position where the LED array of the at least one LED unit is separated from the at least one photosensitive drum while the supporting member holds the at least one developer container at the upper surface. | 3,509 |
8,740,873 | 1. An elongated catheter device for irradiating tissue surrounding a body cavity within a patient, comprising: a. a treatment location on a distal portion of the catheter device; b. an elongated flexible shaft which has a longitudinal axis, which is formed at least in part of a low durometer polymeric material and which has a plurality of radiation delivery lumens extending about the longitudinal axis having surfaces formed of the low durometer polymeric material and configured to receive a radiation source; and c. each of said radiation delivery lumens having a coating that includes a polymeric solute material with a durometer substantially higher than the low durometer polymeric material of the flexible shaft that is deposited from a solution thereof onto the surfaces of said lumens so as to line said radiation delivery lumens and to provide improved frictional characteristics thereto. | 955 |
8,836,236 | 1. An LED driver comprising: a. a power supply configured to receive power from a power input; b. a primary controller configured to receive power from the power supply and output power to a power output; c. a dimmer providing a dimming signal; d. a an offset voltage added to a ground path on an adjustable voltage circuit. | 37,896 |
8,386,365 | 1. An interactive online funding method, comprising: (A) a management server receiving a bid price placed by a user; (B) the management server determining a threshold price according to at least one of a funding supply, needs of funding, and a difference between a long-term interest rate and a short-term interest rate; (C) the management server determining whether to allow the bid price according to the threshold price and a credit amount of the user; (D) the management server determining the user to be a lender when the bid price is not larger than the threshold price and when the credit amount is successfully verified; (E) the management server determining a deposit amount of the user according to the bid price; and determining a total amount obtained by a winner winning a bid at the current term according to the contribution amount, a value of the number of total terms, a bid price given by the winner at the current term, wherein determining the total amount obtained by the winner at the current term comprises: | 14,386 |
8,467,272 | 1. A timepiece with an internal antenna, comprising: a case that is made from a conductive material; a movement that is housed in the case and has a plurality of motors that drive plural staffs disposed at a plurality of locations; a dial that is made from a nonconductive material, the dial being transparent; a patch antenna that is disposed inside the case on the back side of the dial, receives radio signals transmitted from an external source, and includes a dielectric and an electrode formed on the dielectric; and a solar panel that receives light and generates power is disposed on the back side of the dial; wherein an opening is formed in the solar panel at a position overlapping the patch antenna in plan view; wherein the patch antenna is disposed separated at least a specific distance from the inside surface of the case, and wherein the plural staffs are disposed between the case and the patch antenna. | 31,865 |
9,035,002 | 1. A process of free-radical polymerization or cross-linking comprising the steps of contacting: a) at least one polymerizable monomer or at least one compound to be cross-linked and b) at least one organic peroxide selected from the group consisting of di(n-propyl) peroxydicarbonate, di(sec-butyl) peroxydicarbonate, di(2-ethylhexyl) peroxydicarbonate, 1,1-dimethyl-3-hydroxybutyl peroxyneodecanoate, α-cumyl peroxyneodecanoate, α-cumyl peroxyneoheptanoate, tert-amyl peroxyneodecanoate, tert-butyl peroxyneodecanoate, tert-amyl peroxypivalate, tert-butyl peroxypivalate, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di(2-ethylhexanoylperoxy)hexane, tert-amyl peroxy-2-ethylhexanoate, tert-butyl peroxy-2-ethyl hexanoate, tert-amyl peroxyacetate, tert-butyl peroxyacetate, tert-amyl perbenzoate, tert-butyl perbenzoate, OO-tert-amyl-O(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate, OO-tert-butyl-O-isopropyl monoperoxycarbonate, OO-tert-butyl 1-(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate, poly(tert-butyl peroxycarbonate) polyether, decanoyl peroxide, lauroyl peroxide, succinic acid peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, 1,1-di(tert-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-di(tert-butylperoxy)cyclohexane, 1,1-di(tert-amylperoxy)cyclohexane, n-butyl 4,4-di(tert-butylperoxy)valerate, ethyl 3,3-di(tert-amylperoxy)butyrate, tert-butyl peroctoate, ethyl 3,3-di(tert-butylperoxy)butyrate, cumene hydroperoxide, and tert-butyl hydroperoxide, and mixtures thereof; wherein the organic peroxide is prepared continuously by an ex situ process with the aid of a closed plate exchanger and reagents for forming the organic peroxide are introduced into the closed plate exchanger at a rate ranging from 1 liter/hour to 2000 liters/hour, the closed plate exchanger comprising plates and a plate separation device allowing the plates to move apart, wherein said plate separation device is selected from the group consisting of i) a system of nuts and bolts which are mounted with springs that undergo compression if the pressure in the reactor exceeds a predetermined value or ii) a system of nuts and bolts which are mounted with elastic washers of Belleville type such that the plates separate by a predetermined distance if the pressure exceeds a defined value. | 43,210 |
9,845,057 | 1. An assembly for securing a bicycle having first and second fork prongs to a vehicle, the assembly comprising: an elongated skewer for mounting the first and second fork prongs of the bicycle thereon and having an end portion; a lever rotatably coupled to the end portion of the elongated skewer and having a cam portion; a cam follower movably coupled to the elongated skewer, wherein the cam follower engages the cam portion of the lever such that the cam follower moves along the elongated skewer as the lever rotates; and a lock assembly, separate from the lever and the cam follower, that locks the lever at a closed position, wherein the lock assembly is coupled to the end portion of the elongated skewer such that the lock assembly is disposed around the end portion of the elongated skewer. | 18,409 |
9,443,661 | 1. A secondary electrochemical cell comprising a cathode and an anode, wherein: the cathode comprises a cathode layer comprising nitroxyl polymer, and a cathode collector; the nitroxyl polymer has a nitroxyl cation partial structure represented by the following chemical formula (I) in oxidation state and has a nitroxyl radical partial structure represented by the following chemical formula (II) in reduction state, employing a reaction for transferring an electron between the two states represented by the following equation (B) as an electrode reaction of the cathode: wherein the anode comprises a lithium or lithium alloy as an anode active material; the cathode layer is impregnated with an electrolyte having an electrolyte solution comprising a solvent and an electrolyte salt dissolved in the solvent the cathode layer being in direct contact with a surface of the anode; and the nitroxyl polymer is applied onto the cathode collector and is in direct contact with the surface of the anode. | 27,482 |
9,640,133 | 1. A power supply circuit for supplying power to a display device, the display device comprising a standby module and a plurality of functional modules, the power supply circuit comprising: a power supply module; a plurality of transformer modules, receiving a power voltage provided by the power supply module, and converting the power voltage into working voltages provided to the plurality of functional modules; and a switch module, connected between the power supply module and the plurality of transformer modules, for controlling the power supply module to provide the power voltage to the plurality of transformer modules, wherein the power supply module supplies power to the standby module directly, and supplies power to the plurality of functional modules through the plurality of transformer modules, and wherein each of the plurality of transformer modules comprises a boosting unit and at least one transformer output unit; wherein: the boosting unit connects with the power supply module via the switch module, for boosting the received power voltage and providing the boosted power voltage to each of the at least one the transformer output units; the transformer output unit receives a driving voltage from the power supply module via the switch module, and converts the received boosted power voltage into the working voltages, which are provided to the plurality of functional modules, and one functional module only receives the working voltage provided by one of the at least one transformer output units. | 48,352 |
9,784,508 | 1. A method of monitoring a heat exchanger arrangement comprising: detecting a rotational speed of a ram air fan configured to draw air through the heat exchanger arrangement; detecting a power input to a motor driving the ram air fan to maintain a commanded rotational speed of the ram air fan; and comparing the power input detected to a predetermined power limit for the commanded rotational speed with a controller programmed with a plurality of predetermined power limits corresponding to a plurality of rotational speeds of the ram air fan, each of the plurality of rotational speeds having a plurality of predetermined power limits at a plurality of ambient conditions, wherein the plurality of ambient conditions comprises different combinations of pressure and temperature, the controller programmed to account for different predetermined power limits at various rotational speeds at the plurality of ambient conditions. | 42,995 |
8,534,252 | 1. A camshaft comprising: a first shaft formed as a one-piece tubular member and including an annular wall defining a first bore, the wall including a first portion having a first radial outermost surface and a second portion having a second radial outermost surface that is radially offset relative to the first radial outermost surface; a first lobe member defining a second bore having the first portion of the first shaft located therein and frictionally engaged with the first shaft for rotation with the first shaft; and a second lobe member defining a third bore having the second portion of the first shaft located therein, the second lobe member being rotatably disposed on the second portion of the first shaft. | 27,114 |
8,964,547 | 1. An Infiniband port, comprising: a receiver device that includes an input buffer for storing received data, a flow control manager for detecting an available space in the input buffer, and a packet generator for generating a flow control packet to advertise available space in the input buffer to a transmitter device transmitting data for storage in the input buffer, wherein the flow control manager determines a correct time to trigger the packet generator to generate a flow control packet on the basis of at least one of a received quantity trigger for the input buffer and a buffer change quantity trigger for the input buffer; wherein when the flow control manager of the receiver device is operating on the basis of the received quantity trigger, the flow control manager determines a correct time to trigger the packet generator to generate a flow control packet that advertises available credit to the transmitter device to balance a rate at which the receiver is receiving data and a rate at which data is being removed from the input buffer; and wherein when the flow control manager of the receiver device is operating on the basis of the buffer change quantity trigger mechanism, the flow control manager determines a correct time to trigger the packet generator to generate a flow control packet that advertises available credit to the transmitter device when a predetermined available space threshold of the input buffer is reached. | 41,587 |
9,283,623 | 1. A method comprising: providing a composition comprising at least one first compound comprising at least one silver ion, the at least one first compound being a salt; at least one second compound comprising at least one second metal or metal ion comprising at least one of an aluminum ion or a gallium ion; and at least one solvent; and reducing the at least one silver ion to at least one silver nanowire, wherein the at least one second metal or metal ion and the at least one silver ion differ in atomic number, and further wherein the ratio of the total moles of the at least one second metal or metal ion to the total moles of the at least one silver ion is from 0.0001 to 0.1. | 14,089 |
9,429,344 | 1. A system comprising: a first electrocaloric capacitor; and a second electrocaloric capacitor proximate the first electrocaloric capacitor wherein the proximity enables heat transfer between the first and second electrocaloric capacitors, wherein a first electric field is applied to the first electrocaloric capacitor and a second electric field is applied to the second electrocaloric capacitor, and wherein the first and second electric fields are complementary such that when the first and second electric fields are applied to their respective electrocaloric capacitors the temperature of the first electrocaloric capacitor rises in accordance with a rising first electric field and the temperature of the second electrocaloric capacitor decreases in accordance with a decreasing second electric field or the temperature of the first electrocaloric capacitor decreases in accordance with a decreasing first electric field and the temperature of the second electrocaloric capacitor increases in accordance with a rising second electric field. | 34,815 |
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