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9,153,831 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell comprising: A cathode comprising a porous cathode support, the porous cathode support comprising samaria doped ceria (SDC) with an impregnated cobaltite active material deposited thereon, the cobaltite active material comprising La an electrolyte comprising samaria doped ceria (SDC); and an anode comprising an anode support, the anode support comprising nickel-samaria doped ceria (Ni-SDC) with samaria doped ceria (SDC) nanoparticles deposited thereon, the SDC nanoparticles catalyzing oxidation of a hydrocarbon fuel, wherein the cathode support, electrolyte, and anode support are joined together and form an integral component and wherein the solid oxide fuel cell operates a temperature of between 400° C. and 600° C. | 37,736 |
9,482,165 | 1. An engine comprising: an engine housing that defines a plurality of cylinders; a piston positioned to reciprocate in each cylinder of the plurality of cylinders to define a compression ratio greater than 14:1; a plurality of fuel injectors, each fuel injector of the plurality of fuel injectors including a gaseous nozzle outlet set and a liquid nozzle outlet set positioned for direct injection into a corresponding cylinder of the plurality of cylinders; a gaseous fuel common rail and a liquid fuel common rail fluidly connected to a first fuel inlet and a second fuel inlet, respectively, of each fuel injector; and an electronic controller operatively coupled to each fuel injector, the electronic controller being configured to receive a signal indicative of a gaseous fuel pressure within the gaseous fuel common rail, receive an engine shutdown command signal, and close a gaseous fuel shutdown valve in response to the engine shutdown command signal, the gaseous fuel shutdown valve being disposed upstream of the plurality of fuel injectors, and continue running the engine after the engine shutdown command signal according to an engine shutdown algorithm, the engine shutdown algorithm including | 45,494 |
9,473,038 | 1. A power conditioning unit for delivering power from a dc power source to an ac mains utility supply, the power conditioning unit comprising: a plurality of input terminals for connecting to the dc power source; a plurality of output terminals for connecting to the ac mains utility supply; a voltage increasing converter connected to the plurality of input terminals; a voltage reducing converter connected to the voltage increasing converter; a dc-to-ac converter connected to the voltage reducing converter and to the plurality of output terminals; a voltage sensor for sensing a voltage on the plurality of output terminals; a reference current generator for generating a reference current responsive to said sensing; a current sensor for sensing a supply current in the dc to ac converter; and a comparator for controlling the voltage reducing means responsive to a difference between the reference current and the supply current. | 35,069 |
9,783,395 | 1. A method for positioning a counterweight of a crane, comprising: determining a boom orientation; determining a first counterweight position corresponding to a first rearward stability associated with the boom orientation; determining a first crane capacity at the first counterweight position; determining a second counterweight position corresponding to a second rearward stability associated with the boom orientation; determining a second crane capacity at the second counterweight position; establishing a target capacity percentage; determining a load of the crane; positioning, with a crane counterweight movement system, the counterweight at a third position between the first counterweight position and the second counterweight position such that the crane load is the target capacity percentage of a third capacity at the third position; determining the crane load changing to a new load; and positioning, with the crane counterweight movement system, the counterweight to a fourth position between the first counterweight position and the second counterweight position such that the new load is the target capacity percentage of a fourth capacity at the fourth position. | 30,162 |
9,789,651 | 1. A method for structure preserving topology optimization of lattice structures for additive manufacturing, the method performed by a data processing system and comprising: receiving an initial lattice model, a physical objective of the initial lattice model to be optimized, forces to be applied to the initial lattice model and their respective locations, and an optimal volume ratio for an optimized lattice model; computing a bounding box of the initial lattice model and an axis-aligned voxel grid; computing an implicit scalar field representation of an initial volume ratio of the initial lattice model; mapping the forces to their respective locations in the axis-aligned voxel grid; performing an additive topology optimization on the initial lattice model to create the optimized lattice model until the initial volume ratio satisfies the optimized volume ratio, wherein the additive topology optimization comprises: storing the optimized lattice model. | 12,348 |
8,973,845 | 1. An air-conditioning apparatus comprising: a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a heat exchanger or a temperature of inlet air; a main controller that is configured to perform variable control of a direction of an air blow vane, an air flow speed, or air volume of a blower fan in an indoor unit; and a remote controller that remote-controls operation of the indoor unit, wherein temperatures set via the remote controller are classified into two set temperature ranges including a lower set temperature range and a higher set temperature range that is a range higher than the lower set temperature range; and the main controller is configured to set at least the air blow vane to a horizontal or downward direction on the basis of which of the two set temperature ranges a temperature set by the remote controller falls within and a temperature of either the heat exchanger or inlet air at the time of heating operation; the main controller is configured to set the air blow vane to a horizontal direction when the temperature of the heat exchanger is lower than a predetermined temperature and the temperature that is inputted by the remote controller falls within the higher set temperature range; the main controller is configured to set the air blow vane to a downward direction when the temperature of the heat exchanger is greater than or equal to the predetermined temperature and the temperature that is inputted by the remote controller falls within the higher set temperature range; the main controller is configured to set the air blow vane to a downward direction or set an air flow speed of the blower fan to a high level, regardless of the temperature of the heat exchanger when the temperature that is inputted by the remote controller falls within the lower set temperature range. | 24,284 |
9,584,986 | 1. A method, comprising: responsive to receiving, by a cellular communications network, an upload content from a first device, determining, by a controller of the cellular communications network, use conditions associated with a plurality of devices to receive the upload content, wherein the use conditions include channel qualities of the plurality of devices; forming, by the controller, a group of more than one of the plurality of devices based on devices' respective use conditions; transmitting a group identifier to the devices that are admitted to the group; and transmitting, by the cellular communications network, the upload content to the group of devices in a multicast transmission addressed using the group identifier. | 23,648 |
8,605,241 | 1. A method for manufacturing a biaxial birefringent component by oblique deposition of an inorganic material on a base plate, comprising a step of: performing said oblique deposition while periodically changing an azimuth angle of an evaporation path of said inorganic material to said base plate within a predetermined angular range. | 14,971 |
8,910,458 | 1. A method for mowing around an obstacle, the method comprising: holding a mower arm in a first position, the mower arm pivotally connected to a supporting arm supportively connecting to a supporting vehicle, the first position being forward of a perpendicular line extending horizontally relative to a direction of travel of the supporting vehicle moving in a forward direction during a mowing operation; holding a pivotal arm pivotally connected to the mower arm in a second position such that a first rotary cutter rotatably connected to a first portion of the pivotal arm is in a leading position relative to a second rotary cutter rotatably connected to a second portion of the pivotal arm in the direction of travel, by engaging an engagement member of a tension device located on the mower arm in at least one hole in a holding plate located on the pivotal arm, the tension device facing the holding plate, such that the first rotary cutter is in the leading position relative to the second rotary cutter, rotating the first and second rotary cutters to cut a swath in the direction of travel, releasing the pivotal arm when the first rotary cutter makes contact with an obstacle, the pivotal arm being free to pivot about a vertical axis, releasing the mower arm when the mower arm makes contact with the obstacle, the mower arm being free to pivot about a vertical axis, pivoting the pivotal arm about a vertical axis such that the first rotary cutter moves from the leading position to the trailing position with respect to the second rotary cutter, as the mower arm moves from a relatively forward position to a relatively rearward position with respect to the direction of travel by disengaging the engagement member from the holding plate such that the pivotal arm rotates from the second position to a third position where the engagement member engages another one of the at least one hole in the holding plate to hold the pivotal arm in the third position such that the first rotary cutter is in the trailing position relative to the second rotary cutter, and moving the mower arm from a relatively rearward position to a relatively forward position with respect to the direction of travel, as the pivotal arm moves into a relatively parallel position with the direction of travel, the second rotary cutter leading the first rotary cutter. | 45,698 |
8,987,589 | 1. An organic photovoltaic cell comprising: an anode and a cathode, at least one of the anode and the cathode being transparent; and a plurality of organic semiconductor layers between the anode and the cathode, each two adjacent layers of the plurality of organic semiconductor layers being in direct contact, the plurality of organic semiconductor layers comprising: | 2,872 |
9,533,750 | 1. A slat that is to be provided along a leading edge of a main wing of an aircraft, the slat comprising: | 41,356 |
8,814,540 | 1. A system, comprising: a reciprocating compressor frame, comprising: | 7,302 |
9,326,771 | 1. A stapling assembly, comprising: a staple cartridge body, comprising: a plurality of staples, wherein said staples are positioned in said staple cavities; an attachment portion configured to be attached to a surgical instrument; an incisable portion, wherein said incisable portion extends above said tissue-supporting surface; and a cutting member positioned within said staple cartridge body prior to said staple cartridge body being assembled to the surgical instrument, wherein said cutting member comprises a distal tissue cutting surface, wherein said cutting member comprises an engagement portion configured to be engaged with a firing member of the surgical instrument, wherein said cutting member is configured to be slid between a first position and a second position, wherein when said cutting member is in said first position said housing extends overtop said distal tissue cutting surface, and wherein said distal tissue cutting surface is configured to incise said incisable portion to permit completion of a firing stroke. | 857 |
8,709,673 | 1. A fuel cell assembly comprising a porous anode electrode, a dense non-porous electrolyte and a porous cathode electrode, the anode electrode including a plurality of parallel plate members, the cathode electrode including a plurality of parallel plate members, the parallel plate members of the cathode electrode inter-digitating with the parallel plate members of the anode electrode, the electrolyte including at least one electrolyte member filling at least one space between the parallel plate members of the anode electrode and the parallel plate members of the cathode electrode, at least one non-ionically conducting member filling at least one space between the parallel plate members of the anode electrode and the parallel plate members of the cathode electrode, the at least one electrolyte member and the at least one non-ionically conducting member being arranged alternately and the at least one non-ionically conducting member having at least one interconnector to electrically interconnect at least one parallel plate member of the anode electrode and at least one parallel plate member of the cathode electrode, each interconnector extending through an aperture provided in the at least one non-ionically conducting member, wherein the parallel plate members of the anode electrode, the parallel plate members of the cathode electrode, the at least one electrolyte member and the at least one non-ionically conducting member are provided with aligned apertures, which define a conduit for a flow of fuel or oxidant and a first end of the conduit is sealed by an end cap or electrolyte. | 39,237 |
8,583,075 | 1. A power supply control apparatus, adapted to a communication device, comprising: a power switch, coupled to a power supply, for controlling the flow of power from the power supply to the communication device; and a signal detecting unit, for detecting a wireless signal via electromagnetic induction to generate a detection signal for controlling the switch to determine whether to provide power to the communication device from the power supply, comprising: wherein the filter capacitor and the discharge capacitor are coupled to the ground switch; wherein an indicating signal activates the ground switch to connect to ground when power stored in the discharge capacitor is completely discharged by the discharge unit, causing the filter capacitor to discharge; wherein the power switch is controlled by a logical OR gate receiving input signals from a controlling unit controlled by a user operating a user interface, and the signal detecting unit. | 27,694 |
9,185,581 | 1. A method of operation of a node in a cellular communications network, comprising: receiving a failure report associated with a connection failure for a mobile user equipment, wherein the failure report comprises a first timer value that defines an amount of time that has expired between a time at which the connection failure occurred and a time at which the mobile user equipment transmitted the failure report; determining when the connection failure occurred with respect to a most recent mobility adjustment made by the node based on the first timer value from the failure report and a second timer value that defines an amount of time that has expired since the most recent mobility adjustment was made by the node; and if the connection failure occurred before the most recent mobility adjustment made by the node, classifying the failure report as a stale failure report and considering the stale failure report with a weighting factor in a next iteration of the mobility adjustment, wherein the weighting factor is in a range between zero and one but excluding one. | 34,065 |
9,673,127 | 1. A silicone-based thermal interface material comprising: a thermally conductive material; and a silicone-based polymeric material having a solubility parameter that is not less than 9.09 cal | 22,011 |
8,541,118 | 1. A lithium-ion battery, comprising: electrode bodies and an electrolyte accommodated in a battery container; and a means of adding a coating film forming agent for adding a coating film forming agent that forms a coating film on the surface of each electrode body to the electrolyte in the battery container, the means of adding a coating film forming agent comprising a housing means for housing the coating film forming agent isolated from the electrolyte in the battery container and a releasing means for releasing the coating film forming agent from the housing means into the electrolyte, the releasing means comprising an actuator for applying external force to the housing means, thereby allowing the coating film forming agent to be released from the housing means and a controlling means for determining whether or not conditions predetermined based on the lithium-ion battery status are satisfied, controlling the actuator if it is determined that the conditions are satisfied, and thereby releasing the coating film forming agent from the housing means. | 19,619 |
8,379,313 | 1. An optical scanning apparatus comprising: two light source units configured to emit a plurality of light beams; a deflecting unit having a deflection surface and configured to deflect and scan the plurality of light beams with the same deflection surface; two imaging optical systems configured to form images of the light beams emitted from the two light source units and deflected by the same deflection surface of the deflecting unit, the images being formed on two surfaces to be scanned each corresponding to one of the two light source units; and a beam splitter disposed between the deflection surface and the two surfaces to be scanned so as to straddle the light beams emitted from the two light source units and deflected by the same deflection surface of the deflecting unit; wherein the beam splitter serves as a composite element including first and second reflective surfaces and including first, second, third and fourth transmissive surfaces integrated therein, wherein a light beam that reaches a surface to be scanned located at a position physically far from the deflection surface of the deflecting unit passes through the first transmissive surface and the second transmissive surface of the beam splitter in this order, and a light beam that reaches a surface to be scanned located at a position physically close to the deflection surface of the deflecting unit passes through the third transmissive surface, the first reflective surface, the second reflective surface, and the fourth transmissive surface of the beam splitter in this order, and wherein an optical path between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface for the light beam reaching the surface to be scanned located at the position physically close to the deflection surface of the deflecting unit intersects with an optical path between the first transmissive surface and the second transmissive surface for the light beam reaching the surface to be scanned located at the position physically far from the deflection surface of the deflecting unit in a sub-scanning cross section in the beam splitter. | 16,853 |
8,575,375 | 1. A compound of structure 4, wherein: R R and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions salts thereof. | 39,994 |
9,677,035 | 1. A device for heating a fermentable starting material for beverage production, the device comprising: a heat transporting medium circuit configured to transport a heat transporting medium in a first flow direction and a second flow direction, the heat transporting medium circuit including a bypass line; a heat storage device configured to store heat from the heat transporting medium; a heating medium configured to heat the heat transporting medium; and a heat emission chamber configured to transfer heat from the heat transporting medium to the fermentable starting material flowing through the heat emission chamber; wherein the heat storage device is formed as a latent heat storage device in which a transfer of heat takes place from the heat transporting medium to a phase change material in the latent heat storage device or from the phase change material to the heat transporting medium, and wherein the bypass line is configured to transport the heat transporting medium from the heating medium to the heat storage device in the second flow direction to bypass the heat emission chamber and transfer heat to the heat storage device. | 47,571 |
9,237,713 | 1. A seed of hybrid corn variety CH076044, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV368215 with a second plant of variety CV132428, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV368215 and CV132428 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-12249 and PTA-121108, respectively. | 38,284 |
9,082,913 | 1. A housing for a solar panel comprising: a glazed element; and a tray; said tray including: | 6,919 |
9,127,640 | 1. A wave energy converting device comprising: at least one elongated float having a wave impacting forward face and a base wherein the face is oriented substantially parallel to oncoming wave fronts, and wherein the horizontal width of the face, alone or in combination with adjacent float faces, is greater than the float front-to-back depth measured excluding any float aftachments, extensions or appendages; a controllable submerged-depth, buoyant frame movably secured to the at least one float, wherein the frame's submerged depth or force applied through the frames attachment to the at least one float can partially or fully submerge the at least one float, and wherein the frame's motion is at least partially stabilized against wave-induced heave, surge, and pitching motions by its mass, including the mass of any entrained seawater ballast, attached high density ballasts, frame attached drag plates or planes, other frame appendages entrapping additional seawater mass, or by the frame's direct or indirect attachment to the seabed or shore; at least one mechanical linkage movably securing and defining the orientation and path of wave-induced relative motion of the at least one float to the frame wherein the linkage is selected from the group consisting of lever or swing arms, roller tracks, slides, linear or hydrostatic bearings, and combinations thereof; a device anchor attached to the frame at one or snore points, directly or indirectly, wherein the device anchor is selected from the group consisting of gravity weights, sea bed, anchor or mooring lines, buoys, pilings, towers, off-shore platforms, seawalls, breakwaters, shorelines, and combinations thereof, wherein the anchor may supplement stabilization of the frame against heave, surge, or pitch; and, at least one power take-off apparatus secured to, or within, the frame or float and driven by at least one force generated by the relative motion between the at least one float and the frame. | 49,815 |
8,403,257 | 1. A ground propulsion system for an aircraft comprising: at least one wheel axel; at least one wheel rotatably coupled to said at least one wheel axel; an aircraft power interface device which interfaces an aircraft power source; an electric motor coupled to the aircraft power interface device that receives power from said aircraft power source through the aircraft power interface device; a hydraulic system driven by the electric motor, said hydraulic system comprising a charge pump having a first and a second end, the first end being attached to a fluid reservoir and the second end being attached to a variable displacement hydraulic pump, said charge pump pumping hydraulic fluid from the fluid reservoir to the variable displacement hydraulic pump, said charge pump being driven by said electric motor; a drive assembly mechanically coupled to said at least one wheel axel and mechanically coupled to said hydraulic system, said drive assembly being mechanically driven by said hydraulic system, said drive assembly transferring energy from said hydraulic system to said at least one wheel axel; and a controller for controlling said electric motor and said hydraulic system based upon a pilot torque command. | 23,260 |
8,686,694 | 1. A discharge circuit for a DC power supply smoothing capacitor that is used in a power conversion device that is supplied with electrical power from a DC power supply via a contactor, the discharge circuit comprising: a resistor that discharges charge in the capacitor; a switch connected in series with the resistor, that either passes or intercepts discharge current flowing from the capacitor to the resistor; a measurement circuit that measures a terminal voltage of the capacitor; and a control circuit that controls continuity and discontinuity of the switch; wherein: the control circuit, after having made the switch continuous and starting discharge of the capacitor by the resistor, in predetermined time intervals repeatedly executes comparisons between the terminal voltage of the capacitor as measured by the measurement circuit and a predetermined voltage decrease characteristic, and when the terminal voltage of the capacitor becomes less than or equal to the predetermined voltage decrease characteristic: | 46,907 |
9,115,162 | 1. A method for identifying and treating a patient having a tumor or cancer cell with enhanced sensitivity to triciribine (TCN) comprising: (a) determining whether a patient has a tumor or cancer cell with enhanced sensitivity to triciribine comprising: (b) administering to the patient having a tumor or cancer cell with enhanced sensitivity to triciribine at least one compound of the formula: | 23,617 |
9,583,349 | 1. A method of depositing a tungsten film layer, comprising: forming a conductive film layer on a substrate; forming a titanium nitride film layer on the conductive film layer; forming a plasma in a processing region of a first chamber using an RF power supply coupled to a titanium silicon alloy target in the first chamber, the titanium silicon alloy target having a first surface that is in contact with the processing region of the first chamber and a second surface that is opposite the first surface; rotating a first magnetron about the center point of the titanium silicon alloy target; biasing a substrate support positioned in the first chamber with an RF power supply coupled to the substrate support; flowing a nitrogen-containing gas into the processing region of the first chamber; depositing a titanium silicon nitride film layer on the titanium nitride film layer while the substrate is positioned on the substrate support in the first chamber; and forming the tungsten film layer on the titanium silicon nitride film layer, wherein forming the tungsten film layer comprises: | 38,674 |
9,325,314 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a logic circuit configured to be driven by a first power supply voltage having a first power supply voltage level; and a memory circuit configured to be driven by a second power supply voltage having a second power supply voltage level different from the first power supply voltage level, the memory circuit comprising a circuit configured to interface with the logic circuit, wherein the circuit is configured to be supplied with power at the second power supply voltage level in response to an output signal, and configured to shift a level of a signal having the first power supply voltage level received from the logic circuit to the second power supply voltage level, wherein the circuit comprises a clocked gate configured to be driven by the second power supply voltage level and configured to generate the output signal of the circuit in response to the signal and a clock signal, wherein the circuit further comprises an interface circuit configured to receive the signal having the first power supply voltage level, and wherein the interface circuit comprises: | 39,303 |
8,872,964 | 1. An illumination system, comprising: a two-dimensional non-Passive Infrared (non-PIR) imager that images an area and produces image data representative of images across at least part of a visible portion of an electromagnetic spectrum; a light source that provides at least two levels of illumination in addition to a zero level of illumination in the area, wherein a first level of illumination corresponds to a non-zero level of illumination and a second level of illumination corresponds to a higher level of illumination than the first level of illumination; and | 3,046 |
9,566,162 | 1. An adjustable humeral implant comprising: a humeral tray having a humeral coupler receiving portion and first and second apertures in communication with the humeral coupler receiving portion; a humeral coupler having a humeral tray mating portion and a stem portion extending from the humeral tray mating portion along a first axis, the humeral tray mating portion translatable within the humeral coupler receiving portion in a direction transverse to the first axis; an adjustment member slidably received by an inferior edge of the humeral tray mating portion and within the first aperture; and a lock member slidably received by a superior edge of the humeral tray mating portion and within the second aperture. | 14,298 |
9,648,016 | 1. A system comprising: a user device associated with a user and comprising: a ground moving target indicator (GMTI) tracker module positioned remote from the user device, the GMTI tracker module adapted to receive a current position estimate from the user device, and to generate future position and velocity estimates for the user device; and a database system remote from the GMTI tracker module and in communication with the GMTI tracker module and the user device and comprising a mission/role database and user information database, wherein the database system is adapted to: | 9,121 |
8,648,075 | 1. A compound represented by formula [I], or an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof: wherein X 1 represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; X m represents 0 or 1; R R n represents 0, 1, 2, or 3; R R R R or R R R R R R R A A A R | 13,458 |
8,397,963 | 1. An auto caddy comprising: a main housing having a first end, a second end opposite said first end, a first side extending between said first and second ends, and a second side opposite said first side and extending between said first and second ends; and wherein said main housing further includes a top surface, said top surface defining at least one receptacle integrally formed in said housing, the receptacle being generally cylindrical in shape and having an open top, wherein said main housing includes a bottom surface; a pair of attachment members, each of said attachment members having a first end, a second end, and generally cylindrical sides walls, open on an interior and extending between said first and second ends, and further comprising a first side opening adjacent said second end and a second side opening adjacent said second end and approximately opposite and spaced apart from said first opening, and wherein said first end is attached to said main housing and said second end is attachable to a headrest seat post of a vehicle by sliding said first and second side openings of each of said attachment members successively over a vertical or close to vertical headrest seat post; and a third side opening, adjacent said second end of said attachment member, adjacent to and offset from said second side opening, and wherein said attachment member is attachable to a headrest seat post by sliding said first and third side openings successively over an angled headrest seat post; wherein the generally cylindrical side walls are configured to rotate or slide to switch between use of the first and second side openings of each of said attachment members successively over a vertical or close to vertical headrest seat post and, alternatively, use of the first and third side openings successively over an angled headrest seat post. | 45,276 |
8,610,956 | 1. An image processing method for generating a halftone image by forming a halftone dot represented by a set of one or plural output dots corresponding to an intensity of an input image signal while making a part of the dots constituting the halftone dot to be an actual non-output dot so as to reduce an amount of a coloring material of a halftone-dot portion, the image processing method comprising: holding (1) halftone-dot profile data representing a threshold-value set for forming the halftone dot corresponding to the intensity of the image signal and (2) gap-size profile data representing a gap size, which is a size of a set of one or plural non-output dots representing the actual non-output dot; correcting threshold values, which are other than a threshold value corresponding to the intensity of the image signal to be processed and are in the halftone-dot profile data, by referring to the gap size of the gap-size profile data, the gap size corresponding non-linearly to the intensity of the image signal to be processed; comparing the corrected threshold values and the intensity of the image signal to be processed; and supplementing the halftone dot with the output dots to an outside of the halftone dot on the basis of the number of the non-output dots so as to compensate the gap represented by the non-output dots. | 33,241 |
9,666,745 | 1. An apparatus for forming a compound film layer that comprises a CIGS material, comprising: a deposition chamber comprising a deposition zone; a flexible substrate having a deposition surface and a non-deposition surface, wherein the flexible substrate comprises a metal-containing layer that has a surface that forms at least part of the deposition surface; a substrate transport device that is configured to transfer the flexible substrate in a first direction through the deposition zone of the deposition chamber when forming the compound film layer; a deposition source block disposed in the deposition zone, comprising: a measurement device having an x-ray detector and either an x-ray source or an electron source that are positioned over the non-deposition surface of the flexible substrate and directly over the deposition source block within the deposition zone, wherein the non-deposition surface is opposed to the deposition surface of the flexible substrate, and the flexible substrate is disposed between the measurement device and the deposition source block; and a controller that is configured to: | 12,133 |
8,430,579 | 1. A camera module comprising: a flexible circuit substrate including a first surface, an opposite second surface, and an opening, said first surface of said flexible circuit substrate including a first set of electrical contacts; an image capture device having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, said top surface of said image capture device including an image capture surface and a first set of electrical contacts, said top surface of said image capture device being coupled to said first surface of said flexible circuit substrate, said first set of electrical contacts of said image capture device being electrically connected to said first set of electrical contacts of said flexible circuit substrate, said image capture surface being aligned with said opening of said flexible circuit substrate; a housing mounted over said second surface of said flexible circuit substrate; a first stiffener, said first stiffener being formed on said second surface of said flexible circuit substrate to sandwich the flexible circuit substrate between the image capture device and the first stiffener; and a lens unit coupled to said housing, said lens unit being aligned with said opening of said flexible circuit substrate and said image capture surface of said image capture device. | 34,140 |
9,042,919 | 1. A system, comprising: a server; a source client executable on a first electronic device in communication with the server, the source client configured to permit a user of the first electronic device to send a location sharing request to the server for generating a ticket; and a second electronic device in communication with the server, the second electronic device configured to permit a recipient to receive the ticket from the source client or from the server, wherein the ticket is configured as a customized, URL link generated by the server based on the location sharing request, wherein the server is configured to provide server access to location data viewable on the second electronic device, the location data providing a real time, dynamically updated geographic location of the first electronic device, wherein permission to access the location data viewable on the second electronic device is commanded and controlled by the user of the first electronic device through the request when the user: (a) chooses one or more recipients to share the location data with, (b) selects a time interval that defines how long the location data is viewable on the second electronic device, and (c) intentionally transmits the location sharing request from the source client, and wherein the customized URL link provided to the recipient is transmitted without requiring any security credentials or account creation, without requiring authentication of the recipient and without requiring authentication by the server, and wherein validation of the recipient is accomplished when the user selects the recipient's existing email or phone number using the first electronic device. | 4,663 |
9,766,238 | 1. A mixture of isolated peptides comprising three or more different isolated peptides, wherein each isolated peptide comprises a sequence of L-K-K-D-D-N-I-A-A-A-X 11 -V-L-R-G-X 16 -X 17 -K-D-G-X 21 -F-A-X 24 -X 25 (SEQ ID NO: 1) wherein X 11 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of V and L, X 16 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of L and I, X 17 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of A and V, X 21 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of R, D and N, X 24 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of I, W, and Y, and X 25 is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of K and R. | 15,603 |
8,445,730 | 1. A process for producing phenol or a substituted phenol, the process comprising contacting cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide with a first catalyst comprising an oxide of at least one metal from Groups 3 to 5 and Groups 7 to 14 of the Periodic Table of the Elements and an oxide of at least one metal from Group 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements. | 9,657 |
8,469,120 | 1. A drill bit, comprising: a plurality of blades having cutting elements disposed therealong; junk slots between the respective blades; a knife opening in at least two of the junk slots; and one or more ribbon cutters designed to rotate eccentrically with respect to a drill bit rotational axis and protrude through the respective knife openings in order to facilitate the fragmentation of cuttings ribbons moving upward through the junk slots during a drilling. | 23,804 |
9,399,474 | 1. A method for controlling a pneumatic spring assembly of a vehicle, comprising: deriving discrete state parameters based upon a state of a vehicle; combining the discrete state parameters into parameter sets; allocating a defined height regulation behavior to each parameter set; and electrically controlling a valve of the pneumatic spring assembly with an integrated control logic of the pneumatic spring assembly to set a specific height regulation behavior allocated to a specific state of the vehicle corresponding to a parameter set of the parameter sets, the integrated control logic deducing the specific state of the vehicle using electrical input signals. | 45,449 |
8,991,179 | 1. A drive unit, comprising a drive machine for generating driving power; a cooling system for the fluid cooling of the drive machine, wherein in the cooling system a coolant circulates; a lubricating circuit for the lubrication of at least one movable component of the drive unit with a lubricant, wherein the drive unit further comprises an accumulation reservoir, in which a comprehensive operating fluid, which comprises a mixture of at least one ionic fluid and at least one vaporizable fluid, is stockpiled, wherein the cooling system and the lubricating circuit are at least indirectly fluidically connected to the accumulation reservoir in order to extract a lubricant and a coolant from the comprehensive operating fluid. | 21,243 |
9,192,999 | 1. A method of manufacturing a component, said method comprising: forming a component on a conductive build plate, wherein the component defines at least one access port and the component includes an inner surface that defines at least one internal passage; forming at least one electrode within the at least one internal passage; electrically isolating the at least one electrode from the component; and applying an electromotive force to the at least one electrode to facilitate smoothing the inner surface. | 35,301 |
9,527,165 | 1. A process comprising: distributing a powdered material over a surface of a substrate; applying vibratory mechanical energy to the powdered material in contact with the substrate or to the substrate in a manner to preheat the powdered material; melting the powdered material with an energy beam; and allowing the melted material to solidify on the substrate. | 41,720 |
8,886,093 | 1. An image forming apparatus to which a toner cartridge is mounted comprising: a toner cartridge which includes a toner discharge port configured to discharge stored toner, and a shutter configured to open and dose the toner discharge port; a toner supply unit which includes an engagement unit configured to engage with the shutter of the toner cartridge, a toner supply port configured to communicate with the toner discharge port and to receive the toner supplied from the toner discharge port when the shutter is open, an opening member configured to open the shutter and an elastic member configured to cause the opening member to move following the shutter by being in contact with the shutter until at least the engagement between the engagement unit and shutter is released during dismounting of the toner cartridge from the image forming apparatus; and a developing device which develops an electrostatic latent image which is formed on an image carrier using the toner which is supplied to the toner supply unit. | 45,974 |
9,742,187 | 1. A power supply circuit comprising a primary power supply for providing an output voltage from an input voltage; a protection circuit interconnected with said input voltage, said protection circuit comprising | 29,462 |
8,842,050 | 1. A wireless communication device configured for beam steering, comprising: two or more one dimensional switched beam antennas stacked vertically; wherein each one dimensional switched beam antenna comprises: a processor; a memory in electronic communication with the processor, the memory having instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to: | 14,163 |
9,374,986 | 1. A shrimp culturing system, comprising: an elongated culture tank for housing shrimp being grown, the culture tank adapted to contain water and waste from the shrimp; a clarifier tank associated with the culture tank; a clarifier assembly associated with the culture tank, the clarifier assembly for assimilating the waste from the culture tank to produce clarified water, the clarifier assembly having an air uplift assembly to transfer clarified water back into the culture tank and a solids removal manifold for draining excess solids; the air uplift assembly includes: a water return line coupled to the culture tank and the clarifier assembly to facilitate transfer of water and wastes from the culture tank to the clarifier assembly; the water return line being coupled to a bottom of the clarifier tank to introduce the water and wastes from the culture tank; an air manifold disposed above at least the culture tank, the air manifold having an inlet adapted to be coupled to a source of compressed air, and a plurality of air pipes supplying air to the shrimp culturing system; at least one shrimp cube adapted to be suspended in at least the culture tank, each shrimp cube having a plurality of spaced layers each providing a habitable surface area for growing shrimp; and at least one air diffuser assembly extending below the at least one shrimp cube to aerate the at least one shrimp cube and maintain suspension of solids in the culture tank, the at least one air diffuser assembly comprising a plurality of air tubes extending at least into the culture tank to aerate and lift the water contained in at least the culture tank to oxygenate the water, induce opposing current flows in the water, and facilitate transfer of water in the shrimp culturing system. | 29,092 |
9,614,113 | 1. An assembly comprising an electronic device; and a multilayer film, the multilayer film comprising | 10,223 |
8,861,340 | 1. A method comprising: with a network device, identifying a first plurality of network devices in a network, wherein each of the first plurality of network devices supports a maximally redundant trees (MRT) fast reroute capability; constructing a network graph in which the network device and each of the first plurality of network devices are represented by a different node in the network graph; identifying a second plurality of network devices in the network, wherein each of the second plurality of network devices does not support the maximally redundant trees fast reroute capability; adding a proxy-node to the network graph, wherein the proxy-node represents all of the second plurality of network devices together as a single node in the network graph; computing a pair of maximally redundant trees on the network graph, wherein each of the pair of maximally redundant trees is rooted at the proxy-node; identifying a pair of MRT next-hops for reaching a destination network device, wherein each of the pair of MRT next-hops is positioned along one of the pair of maximally redundant trees, and wherein the destination network device is one of the second plurality of network devices that does not support the maximally redundant trees fast reroute capability; selecting, as an alternate next-hop for forwarding packets to the destination network device, one of the pair of MRT next-hops that would survive a failure of a network resource associated with a primary next-hop for forwarding packets to the destination network device; and installing the selected MRT next-hop in forwarding information of the network device as the alternate next-hop for forwarding packets to the destination network device. | 35,903 |
8,487,588 | 1. A battery pack comprising: a plurality of battery cells; a plurality of temperature sensors, each of the temperature sensors being for sensing a temperature of a corresponding one or more of the battery cells to generate a temperature signal, the temperature sensors being divided into groups of temperature sensors; a plurality of A/D converters, each of the A/D converters coupled to a corresponding one of the groups of temperature sensors to convert the temperature signal into a digital signal; an identification signal module coupled to the A/D converters for applying different identification signals to the plurality of A/D converters, respectively; and a controller coupled to the A/D converters for receiving the identification signals and the temperature signal, and for identifying a temperature of the battery cells through the identification signals. | 13,556 |
9,480,214 | 1. A seed of tomato plant of variety N 6416, a representative sample of seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 42577. | 4,642 |
9,003,185 | 1. A mobile device comprising: a communication portion to communicate with a server via a wireless network; a display portion to display information; a storing portion to store authentication information in a flash memory, the authentication information comprising passwords; a controller configured to: after a lock instruction and a first password associated with the lock instruction is transmitted by the server while the mobile device is in a turned-off state in which the mobile device is connected to the server via the communication portion, transit into a turned-on state, determine if the lock instruction has been transmitted from the server while the mobile device is in the turned-off state, store the first password in the storing portion, cause the mobile device to transit into a locked state based on the lock instruction received from the server via the communication portion, and control the display portion to display a notification indicating that the mobile device is transitioned into the locked state, wherein the controller determines whether an unlock instruction includes a second password if the unlock instruction is entered by a user of the mobile device through a user input portion of the mobile device, compares the second password with the first password if the unlock instruction includes the second password, and causes the mobile device to be released from the locked state if the second password is identical to the first password. | 10,410 |
9,399,982 | 1. A flying electric generator for obtaining power from wind currents comprising a fuselage having fore and aft portions and an intermediate portion, a rotor assembly including at least two forward rotors each driven by a separate electric motor and each being mounted to separate outer end portions of a pair of forward extending support arms and wherein inner ends of the forward support arms are mounted to a central hub mounted at the intermediate portion of the fuselage, the rotor assembly also including at least two rear rotors each driven by a separate electric motor and each being mounted to an end of a pair of rearward extending support arms and wherein inner ends of the rearward support arms are mounted to the central hub, at least one first forward wing mounted to the forward portion of the fuselage and extending outwardly on opposite sides of the fuselage and at least one second rear wing mounted to the rear portion of the fuselage and extending outwardly on opposite side of the fuselage and wherein the central hub is mounted to an intermediate portion of the fuselage between the first and second wings, and utilizing said electric generator to generate electrical power from the wind. | 27,839 |
9,084,973 | 1. An apparatus for controlled ventilation and aeration of a liquid medium, the apparatus comprising: a) a dome supported by a flotation device; b) a lower housing supported by said flotation device, said lower housing connected to said dome, wherein a sealed space is defined under said dome and above the flotation liquid; c) an aeration apparatus positioned within said sealed space and partially submerged in the flotation liquid, wherein said aeration apparatus comprises one or more parallel shafts, at least one first disc positioned axially on one of said shafts, at least one second disc positioned axially on another of said shafts, wherein said second disc is interleaved relative to said first disc, and wherein a surface of said first disc rotates in a direction opposite a surface of said second disc relative to each other resulting in a mixing area therebetween; and d) a discharge chute configured to discharge the liquid medium. | 9,725 |
9,460,054 | 1. A method for detecting an electromagnetic property, B 8 , of an oriented silicon steel, the oriented silicon steel having a Si percentage content of 2.8˜4.0%, the oriented silicon steel comprising crystal grains, the method comprising: etching an etched pit into each of the crystal grains of the oriented silicon steel; measuring, using a metallographic microscope and the etched pits, Euler angles of each of the crystal grains in the oriented silicon steel; calculating an orientation deviation angle θ calculating the electromagnetic property, B where S | 47,820 |
9,396,042 | 1. A method comprising: retrieving a first plurality of metrics for each of a plurality of physical hosts available for executing a virtual machine, the first plurality of metrics including at least a first metric identifying a level of usage for each of the plurality of physical hosts as of a first predetermined time period; retrieving a second plurality of metrics associated with the virtual machine, the second plurality of metrics including at least one metric identifying a level of usage exerted on a physical host by the virtual machine as of a second predetermined time period; assigning a first power score to each of the plurality of physical hosts responsive to the retrieved first and second pluralities of metrics, wherein each first power score is based on the first plurality of metrics and the second plurality of metrics associated with a respective physical host of the plurality of physical hosts; identifying a particular physical host of the plurality of physical hosts having a highest first power score of the plurality of first power scores, wherein the assigning the plurality of first power scores assigned to the plurality of physical hosts other than the particular physical host is specified in proportion to the highest first power score; determining a second power score, for each of the plurality of physical hosts, based at least in part on a metric identifying an anticipated level of usage exerted on each of the plurality of physical hosts by the virtual machine as of a third predetermined time period, wherein the metric is from one of the first plurality of metrics or the second plurality of metrics; identifying a first physical host of the plurality of physical hosts on which to execute the virtual machine, wherein the second power score of said first physical host satisfies at least one predetermined criteria; responding to the identification of the first physical host on which to execute the virtual machine by: i. adjusting processor performance states for one or more of the plurality of physical hosts; and ii. adjusting processor operating states for one or more of the plurality of physical hosts. | 873 |
9,600,207 | 1. An integrated circuit with a patching function, the integrated circuit comprising: a one-time programmable memory (OTP); a random access memory (RAM); a control unit arranged for: copying data stored in a predetermined first address range of the OTP into the RAM to obtain a copied image mirroring said data; checking for presence of a patch instruction in a predetermined second address range of the OTP, wherein the predetermined first address range is different from the predetermined second address range, wherein the patch instruction specifies a change to be made to the data, and if a patch instruction is found in the predetermined second address range of the OTP, modifying a portion of the copied image based on the patch instruction, to obtain a patched image stored in the RAM, wherein the OTP has memory addresses in an OTP address range covering addresses from a lowest OTP address to a highest OTP address, and wherein the predetermined first address range is located at one end of the OTP address range, and wherein the predetermined second address range is located at or near the other end of the OTP address range. | 38,470 |
9,194,999 | 1. A display apparatus comprising: a display panel; and a backlight unit that emits light toward a back surface of the display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes: a light source that generates the light; a wiring substrate having the light source mounted thereon; a light guide plate including a side surface through which the light generated by the light source enters and a main surface through which the light entering through the side surface exits toward the back surface of the display panel; and a support component including a first support member that supports the light source to position an optical axis of the light source and a second support member that supports the light guide plate to position an optical axis of the light guide plate, and the support component is able to move between (i) a first position at which the first support member supports the light source and the second support member supports the light guide plate and (ii) a second position at which the first support member is apart from the light source and the second support member supports the light guide plate. | 12,099 |
8,665,309 | 1. A video teleconference system for providing virtual round table meetings, the system comprising: a curved display surface; and a computing system configured to receive a video image of an individual participant from each of a plurality of remote video teleconferencing systems and display each respective individual participant equally spaced about the curved display surface at a substantially similar size that is variable based on a quantity of participants of the respective plurality of remote video teleconferencing systems. | 15,496 |
8,574,664 | 1. A method of forming an electrolyte membrane comprising: forming a monomer mixture; the mixture comprising a polyhydroxy compound, an aromatic polyhalide compound and an alkali metal hydroxide; disposing the mixture on a porous substrate; reacting the mixture to form a crosslinked proton conductor; and sulfonating the proton conductor. | 31,377 |
9,010,303 | 1. A method of detecting hydraulic start-of-injection (SOI) timing of a fuel injector following a commanded SOI for each fuel injector fluidly connected to a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, comprising: measuring pressure in a combustion chamber of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine as a function of crankshaft angle; calculating, from the measured pressure, derivative values of the apparent heat release rate (AHRR) of the cylinder as a function of the crankshaft angle; comparing each calculated derivative value with a threshold value indicating heat loss in the cylinder; and determining hydraulic SOI timing of the fuel injector as the crankshaft timing when the derivative value satisfies the threshold value. | 24,781 |
9,544,677 | 1. An in-ear headphone, comprising: a housing defining an internal chamber, wherein a front portion of said housing defines a nozzle extending away from said housing having an internal audio channel; a driver positioned in said internal chamber such that a sound reproduction portion of said driver is aligned with said internal audio channel running through said nozzle; a damper positioned in an end of the nozzle having a damper aperture having a predetermined diameter; and wherein said nozzle extends from said front portion of said housing at a predetermined upward angle in relation to a horizontal axis of said oval shaped housing and a predetermined bend angle in relation to a vertical axis of said oval shaped housing. | 5,094 |
8,758,442 | 1. A composite interbody spinal implant comprising: a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, a substantially hollow center, and a single vertical aperture; a first integration plate affixed to the top surface of the body, the first integration plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, and a single vertical aperture extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the first integration plate and aligning with the single vertical aperture of the body, defining a transverse rim, wherein the top surface of the first integration plate has a first roughened surface topography organized in a regular repeating pattern including macro features, micro features, and nano features, without sharp teeth that risk damage to bone structures, wherein the macro features are adapted to grip bone through friction generated when the implant is placed between two vertebrae and to inhibit migration of the implant, and the micro features and nano features enhance osteointegration; and optionally, a second integration plate affixed to the bottom surface of the body, the second integration plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, and a single vertical aperture extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the optional second integration plate and aligning with the single vertical aperture of the body, defining a transverse rim, wherein the top surface of the optional second integration plate has a second roughened surface topography organized in a regular repeating pattern including macro features, micro features, and nano features, without sharp teeth that risk damage to bone structures, wherein the macro features are adapted to grip bone through friction generated when the implant is placed between two vertebrae and to inhibit migration of the implant, and the micro features and nano features enhance osteointegration. | 3,617 |
9,568,942 | 1. A memory controller comprising: a timing signal generation circuit to generate, for transmission to a memory device: a circuit to receive the information indicative of phase delay occurring on the second signal from the memory device; and a phase adjusting circuit to adjust a phase of the first timing signal based on the received information indicative of the phase delay occurring on the second signal. | 921 |
9,124,231 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a control logic block configured to generate a resistance adjustment signal for a high-side switch of a boost converter, the high-side switch coupling an inductor to a load during an OFF state of the boost converter, wherein the resistance adjustment signal is configured to decrease the resistance of the high-side switch during the OFF state, wherein at a first time, an output voltage is at a first voltage level, wherein following the first time, the output voltage level decreases to a second voltage level, wherein at a second time following the first time, the output voltage begins to increase from the second voltage level, wherein at a third time following the second time, the output voltage is at a third voltage level greater than the second voltage level and less than the first voltage level, and wherein the first time corresponds to the high-side switch entering the OFF state, and wherein the second time corresponds to the resistance adjustment signal decreasing the resistance of the high-side switch during the OFF state. | 34,495 |
9,734,142 | 1. A method for identifying a most likely source language of a snippet, comprising: receiving an indication of the snippet, wherein the snippet is a digital representation of words or character groups; determining two or more possible source languages for the snippet; generating, by one or more machine translation engines, two or more translations of the snippet each having a specified translation source language, computing, by one or more translation score models trained using or more neural networks, accuracy scores for at least two of the generated two or more translations of the snippet; producing a confidence factor for each of at least two selected possible source languages for the snippet, wherein the confidence factor for each selected possible source language is produced based on one or more of the computed accuracy scores that has a source language corresponding to the selected possible source language; and selecting, as the most likely source language, the possible source language for the snippet that is associated with a highest confidence factor. | 18,414 |
9,806,327 | 1. A method for producing a porous element, comprising: producing a powdered metal-ceramic composite material comprising a metal matrix and a ceramic portion; at least partially oxidizing the metal matrix to a metal oxide; grinding the metal-ceramic composite material; mixing the ground metal-ceramic composite material with powdered ceramic supporting particles into a metal-ceramic/ceramic mixture; and shaping the metal-ceramic/ceramic mixture into the porous element, wherein particles of the metal-ceramic composite material are supported by the ceramic supporting particles in such a way that the particles of the metal-ceramic composite material do not lie on one another, and wherein a uniform porosity of the porous element is maintained by the ceramic supporting particles to prevent sintering and melting of the particles of the metal-ceramic composite material. | 8,662 |
8,349,126 | 1. An apparatus for etching an edge of a wafer, comprising: a chamber; a chuck disposed inside the chamber upon which a wafer is disposed; a plate spaced apart from the wafer and disposed above the wafer; and an edge ring formed along an outer periphery of the plate, wherein the edge ring comprises a ring base extending downward from the plate and spaced a distance apart from the wafer to form a parallel plane with respect to the wafer, and a first ring protrusion protruding from the ring base to the wafer and tapering downward to form a tip to insulate the edge of the wafer from a central region of the wafer, wherein the first ring protrusion is formed at an edge portion of the edge ring so as to enclose the ring base, and wherein the first ring protrusion contacts a surface of the wafer. | 9,779 |
9,133,818 | 1. A method of assembling a wind turbine blade comprising: providing an elongate spar; attaching a first plurality of skin panels to the spar to form an external profile of only one surface of the blade; and thereafter, attaching a second plurality of skin panels to the spar to form an external profile of only an opposite surface of the blade; wherein each skin panel of at least one the first and second plurality of skin panels is provided with a bulkhead which supports the first and second plurality of skin panels on the spar. | 3,829 |
9,653,465 | 1. A method for forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a sacrificial gate over a channel region of a semiconductor fin, the sacrificial gate comprising a first material; converting the first material in a first portion of the sacrificial gate adjacent to the semiconductor fin to a second material, the first portion having a first depth; and removing the first portion of the sacrificial gate. | 40,724 |
8,382,614 | 1. A golf ball marker consisting of: a low profile base having: a flap hingedly connected to the base along the midsection, having: wherein the flap is pivotable along an alignment axis located at the midsection of the base wherein the flap is pivotable between a closed position in which the flap rests atop and parallel to the first major surface of the base, and wherein the flap and the hinged connection are interior to the outer periphery of the base, and an open position in which the flap extends above and rests perpendicular to the first major surface of the base. | 15,971 |
8,663,636 | 1. A method of treating a malignant tumor in an animal in need thereof, comprising: administering to said animal a therapeutically effective dose of an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to Delta-like ligand 4 (DLL4), wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises: (a) a heavy chain variable region (VH) comprising CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 30; and (b) a light chain variable region (VL) comprising CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 32 or a VL comprising CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 50. | 26,867 |
9,657,678 | 1. A control system, comprising: a controller comprising a processor configured to: receive a first signal from a first sensor indicative of a first exhaust measurement, wherein the first sensor is disposed at an inlet of a catalytic converter system; derive one or more of an estimated length, estimated volume, or estimated transport delay of an exhaust conduit based on the first signal, wherein a first end of the exhaust conduit is connected to an outlet of an engine, and a second end of the exhaust conduit is connected to the catalytic converter system inlet; apply the one or more of estimated length, estimated volume, or estimated transport delay of the exhaust conduit to control a fuel flow, an airflow, or a combination thereof, of the engine; and adjust a baseline gain rate to derive an adjusted gain rate by decreasing the baseline gain rate if the one or more of estimated length, estimated volume, or estimated transport delay is greater than a baseline length, a baseline volume, or a baseline transport delay; by increasing the baseline gain rate if the one or more of estimated length, estimated volume, or estimated transport delay is smaller than the baseline length, the baseline volume, or the baseline transport delay; or a combination thereof, and wherein the adjusted gain rate is applied to control the fuel flow, the airflow, or the combination thereof, of the engine. | 27,814 |
9,057,632 | 1. An apparatus for measuring a flow rate of a meter, comprising: a body that includes an inlet unit and an outlet unit; an impeller unit that is provided to rotate due to a fluid flowing in the body; a cover member that covers one side of the impeller unit and has a guide groove formed therein; and a plurality of sensors that are provided on one side and the other side of the cover member and are spaced apart from each other to face each other, wherein the impeller unit comprises: | 11,725 |
9,846,503 | 1. A touch driver circuit, comprising a photosensor module, a data writing module, a driver module, and a control module, wherein a first terminal of the photosensor module is connected to a first reference signal terminal, a second terminal of the photosensor module is connected to a signal output terminal of the data writing module and a first signal input terminal of the driver module; a first signal input terminal of the data writing module is connected to a scan signal terminal, a second signal input terminal of the data writing module is respectively connected to a second reference signal terminal and a second signal input terminal of the driver module, the data writing module is configured to transmit a scan signal to the driver module under control of the scan signal terminal; a signal output terminal of the driver module is connected to a first signal input terminal of the control module; the driver module is configured to output a touch sensing signal to the control module where the driver module is turned-ON under control of the scan signal, and the touch sensing signal decreases with increase of an intensity of light irradiated on the photosensor module; and a second signal input terminal of the control module is connected to a control signal terminal, a signal output terminal of the control module is connected to a touch signal sensing terminal; the control module is configured to output the touch sensing signal output by the driver module to the touch signal sensing terminal under control of the control signal terminal, and the data writing module comprises a first switch transistor and a capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the capacitor is connected to the second reference signal terminal, a second terminal of the capacitor is connected to a source electrode of the first switch transistor; and a drain electrode and a gate electrode of the first switch transistor are respectively connected to the same scan signal terminal, wherein the touch driver circuit further comprises a reset module, the reset module comprises a third switch transistor, a gate electrode of the third switch transistor is connected to a reset control signal terminal, a source electrode of the third switch transistor is connected to the first signal input terminal of the driver module, and a drain electrode of the third switch transistor is connected to a reset signal terminal that is different from the second reference signal terminal, wherein the reset module is configured to reset a voltage of the first signal input terminal of the driver module to an initial state under control of the reset control signal terminal. | 39,576 |
9,192,261 | 1. A French press coffee maker assembly comprising: a plunger mechanism including a plunger and a lid, the plunger including a rod and a piston connected to the rod, the lid including an opening that receives the rod of the plunger and a notch extending inwardly from a peripheral edge of the lid, the piston being movable with respect to the lid in an axial direction; and a ladle including a base and an upwardly extending arm connected with the base, wherein the arm of the ladle is received in the notch in the lid when the base of the ladle is disposed beneath the piston and a center of the base is aligned with a center of the piston, wherein the base of the ladle includes a rigid section and a flexible section attached to the rigid section, wherein a periphery of the flexible section forms a peripheral rim of the base. | 47,721 |
9,678,494 | 1. A system for controlling lighting, comprising: a lighting system to provide light to an area, the lighting system including a light source and an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source; a first and a second presentation display; a monitoring system to monitor a status of the first and the second presentation displays; a storage device configured to store a plurality of different user profiles, each user profile of the plurality of different user profiles including different user preferences for operating the lighting system for a plurality of different users of the lighting system; and a controller to process the status of the first and the second presentation displays and to signal the lighting system to activate the adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, based on the status of the first and the second presentation displays, wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism based on a user preference corresponding to a user profile of a user using the lighting system for the status of the presentation display, the user profile defining a first adjustment to the light source when one of the displays is in use and a second adjustment to the light source when both of the displays are in use. | 48,642 |
9,143,096 | 1. An envelope tracking system for generating a power amplifier supply voltage, the envelope tracking system comprising: a DC-to-DC converter configured to generate a regulated voltage from a battery voltage, the DC-to-DC converter configured to control a voltage magnitude of the regulated voltage using a low frequency feedback signal that is based on a low frequency component of the power amplifier supply voltage; a high pass filter configured to generate a high pass filtered power amplifier supply voltage based on high pass filtering of the power amplifier supply voltage; a first comparator configured to generate a high frequency envelope signal based on comparing the high pass filtered power amplifier supply voltage to an envelope signal; and an error amplifier including an inverting input configured to receive a high frequency feedback signal that is based on a high frequency component of the power amplifier supply voltage, a non-inverting input configured to receive the high frequency envelope signal, and an output configured to generate an output current, the error amplifier configured to generate the power amplifier supply voltage by adjusting the magnitude of the regulated voltage using the output current. | 18,866 |
8,869,470 | 1. A protective covering for, and in combination with, a roof-mounted system that is attached with a mounting bracket attached to a sloping roof using fasteners, comprising: a fastening member penetrating a shingle and underlining structure of said roof for attaching said mounting bracket to said roof; said roof-mounted system supported and spaced from said roof by a mounting member connected to said mounting bracket and said roof-mounted system; a portion of at least one shingle being cut away to accommodate said mounting bracket mounted on said roof; a protective cover for enclosing said fastening member and at least a portion of said mounting bracket for preventing fastening leaks of water through said roof; said protective cover comprising malleable waterproof material molded to form a curved top surface extending from a flashing flange base of said protective cover to a distal end of said protective cover and having curved side walls, said curved top surface having an open end forming an open archway having a curved vertical edge extending from said flashing flange base and spanning over said open end, said curved top surface extending lengthwise in a horizontal axis away from said open archway and converging to an opposite curved tapered end; said flashing flange base of said protective cover extending under a distal end of another shingle, said curved top surface extending out from said flashing flange base in a slight rise, downwardly with respect to the roof to form said curved side walls, said distal end of said protective cover covering the fastener and said portion of said mounting bracket. | 19,202 |
8,456,294 | 1. A computer system comprising: one or more processors that are configured to: | 21,063 |
8,892,333 | 1. A vehicle rank distinction device comprising: a signal processing circuit configured to input: a distinction circuit configured to distinguish a vehicle rank of the vehicle equipped with the engine according to the control signal and the rotation speed: wherein the control signal is for controlling the fuel injection valve or a control signal for the igniter, the signal processing circuit includes a count circuit configured to: the distinction circuit includes a number-of-cylinder distinction circuit configured to distinguish a number of cylinders of the engine according to the frequency signal. | 19,104 |
8,857,111 | 1. A composite damper, comprising: a first connector having at least a first arm; a second connector having at least a second arm, wherein the first connector and the second connector are relative movable to each other; and at least a dampening device received between the first connector and the second connector, wherein the dampening device has at least a rigid member and a dampening member coupled to the rigid member, and the rigid member has at least a first end fixed to the first arm of the first connector and at least a second end fixed to the second arm of the second connector; the rigid member of the dampening device has a hollow portion; and the dampening member is received in the hollow portion of the rigid member. | 8,569 |
9,017,208 | 1. Infinitely variable motion control apparatus including a transgear assembly, the transgear assembly comprising an input, an output and a control, the input comprising an input shaft for receiving a mechanical rotational input for causing the input shaft of the transgear assembly to rotate at variable rotational velocity, the input further comprising an input gear one of attached to or integral with the input shaft, the input gear comprising a first sun gear; the output comprising an output gear for driving an output having a direction of rotational velocity opposite in direction to the rotational velocity of the input shaft, the output gear comprising a second sun gear, the second sun gear being one of attached to or integral with an output sleeve, the second sun gear and output sleeve surrounding the input shaft and having an output rotational velocity, and the control comprising a carrier assembly, the carrier assembly coupled between the input gear and the output near surrounding the input shaft, the carrier assembly comprising first and second carrier brackets attached together with first and second carrier pins and first and second planetary gears rotating freely around the first and second carrier pins and the first and second planetary gears being meshed with the input and output sun gears, the control for controlling the output rotational velocity based on the input variable rotational velocity. | 4,522 |
8,603,218 | 1. A manufacturing equipment assembly for making a cross-pleated membrane cartridge, the assembly comprising: a frame comprising a height-adjustable plate with an upper working surface; a pair of membrane spools from which two strips of membrane can be drawn edge-to-edge in substantially opposite directions across the upper working surface of the plate; a seam bonding mechanism for joining adjacent edge portions of the two strips of membrane on the upper working surface of the plate to form a membrane layer. | 25,769 |
9,433,056 | 1. A light string, comprising: at least one light series branch each comprising a plurality of lights connected in series; and a protecting circuit connected between the at least one light series branch and an AC power supply, the protecting circuit comprising: a diode bridge rectifier configured for converting an AC current from the AC power supply to a DC current; a switching circuit with an input terminal connected with a positive output of the diode bridge rectifier, the switching circuit comprising a first switching unit and a second switching unit and having a first output terminal and a second output terminal connected with ends of the at least one light series branch; a sample circuit configured for sampling a line current flowing in the at least one light series branch or a current relative to the line current and outputting a sampled voltage; and a control circuit configured for switching off the first and the second switching units and keeping the first and the second switching units at off-state when the sampled voltage is larger than or equal to a preset voltage, and controlling the first and the second switching units to turn on and turn off the at least one light series branch, such that each light series branch illuminates and goes off alternately like twinkling stars; wherein each light is such configured that when a lamp of the light is removed from the light or the lamp is burned out, the remainder lamps in the light string can still illuminate, and a voltage drop across each remainder lamp become higher than before. | 31,646 |
9,816,938 | 1. An apparatus configured for inspecting component surfaces including component sidewalls, the apparatus comprising: a set of sidewall illuminators configured to output sidewall illumination; a set of sidewall beam splitters configured for: a processing unit to selectively activate at least one or a combination of | 37,224 |
8,480,333 | 1. A frame rail assembly for a boat dock structure, the frame rail assembly comprising: a frame rail member including a first side configured for securing the frame rail member to a side of the boat dock structure; a second side opposing the first side; a first channel extending along a length of the frame rail member; and a second channel below the first channel, the second channel extending along the length of the frame rail member; and a first removable resilient rub-rail member projecting outward from the second side and extending along at least a portion of the length of the frame rail member, the first rub-rail member including a first coupling member having a cross-section shaped complementarily to a cross-section of the first channel and extending through the first channel in engagement therewith, and a second coupling member having a cross-section shaped complementarily to a cross-section of the second channel and extending through the second channel in engagement therewith, wherein the first rub-rail member includes an outer bumper shell projecting outward from the second side, and an inner rib disposed inside the outer bumper shell but not attached to the outer bumper shell, and configured for supporting the outer bumper shell upon heavy impact, the inner rib being oriented so as to be less deformable than the outer bumper shell; wherein the cross-sections of the first coupling member and the second coupling member are sized and shaped such that the first coupling member and the second coupling member are limited to longitudinal insertion into and removal from the first channel and the second channel, respectively. | 41,078 |
8,937,586 | 1. A device for reducing flickers of a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel being divided into a plurality of blocks, the device comprising: a memory for storing a plurality of initial codes, wherein each initial code corresponds to a block of the plurality of blocks and a common voltage, a plurality of common voltages corresponding to the plurality of blocks being distinct; a common voltage generation unit; and a controller for generating a control signal to the common voltage generation unit when the controller starts to count scan start signals corresponding to the block; wherein the common voltage generation unit reads the initial code from the memory according to the control signal, and generates the common voltage to the block according to the initial code; and wherein each of the common voltages substantially equals to an average of a positive feed through voltage and a negative feed through voltage of a corresponding block. | 16,375 |
8,410,360 | 1. A sealing structure for wire lead-out hole, comprising: a wire lead-out hole formed in a case and having a substantially stepped configuration in which a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion are connected; a resilient seal mounted in the wire lead-out hole and including: a retainer fixed to the case and retaining the resilient seal in the wire lead-out hole. | 16,135 |
8,821,958 | 1. A method of manufacturing a drug coated stent, comprising: mounting a stent on a support structure, the stent being made from a polymeric material having insufficient conductivity for electrostatic coating; forming a treatment composition comprising a surfactant, and iodine, iodide, iodate, a complex or salt thereof; applying the treatment composition to a surface of the stent; applying a first charge to the stent or grounding the stent after the application of the treatment composition comprising the iodine, iodide, iodate, the complex or salt thereof to the surface of the stent; and applying a drug having a charge to the stent such that the drug is electrostatically deposited on the stent; wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of polysorbate 20, polysorbate 60, polysorbate 80, Vitamin E TPGS, Poloxamer 407, Ascorbyl palmitate, gelatin, lecithin, egg yolk phopholipid, phosphatidylcholine, polyethylene glycol-phosphatidyl ethanolamine conjugate (PEG-PE), and combinations thereof. | 25,498 |
8,770,071 | 1. An electronic torque wrench comprising: a wrench head adapted to engage and turn a fastener about a torque axis; a joint segment extending radially from said wrench head relative to the torque axis for mounting a strain gauge thereon; a tubular first wrench body which extends along a lengthwise axis and which includes a front tubular end fittingly engaged and secured with said joint segment, and a rear tubular end opposite to said front tubular end; a tubular second wrench body which is disposed rearwardly of and which is aligned with said rear tubular end along the lengthwise axis, and which includes front and rear tubular portions opposite to each other; a fitting member disposed to couple said rear tubular end of said first wrench body with said front tubular portion of said second wrench body to permit rotation of said second wrench body relative to said rear tubular end about the lengthwise axis, and to permit said first wrench body to transmit a torque applied on said rear tubular portion to said wrench head; a mounting shell which is sleeved on said front tubular portion; and a display unit disposed on said mounting shell to provide a display representing a torque measured by the strain gauge. | 42,081 |
9,141,293 | 1. A storage device that copies copy source data stored in a copy source volume to a copy destination volume and manages copied data in units of generations, the storage device comprising: a first storing unit that stores information representing presence/no-presence of a copy in association with a logical address of the copy destination volume; a second storing unit that stores a physical address of the copy destination volume that corresponds to the logical address; and a processor that is programmed to determine, when receiving an access request for a predetermined logical address of a generation in a copy destination volume, presence/non-presence of a copy for the logical address of the generation for which the access is requested by using information which is stored in the first storing unit, and to access a physical address of the copy destination volume acquired from the second storing unit for the generation in a case where the presence of the copy is determined. | 44,311 |
9,362,437 | 1. A concentrated photovoltaic module, comprising: a receiver die assembly including a receiver die and a first connector protruding generally perpendicular relative to a first surface of the receiver die assembly, wherein the first connector is configured to upwardly receive a first wire; an optical light guide including a first surface, an opposed second surface which is operatively coupled to the receiver die, and a side surface which extends between the first and second surfaces and comprises a plurality of side surface sections; and an upper holder member covering the receiver die assembly, the upper holder member including an external generally horizontal upper surface proximate to the first surface of the optical light guide, a side surface extending in a generally sloped vertical direction from the external upper surface to the receiver die assembly, an inner surface extending in a generally sloped vertical direction from the external upper surface towards the receiver die, and a generally horizontal interior surface extending between the inner surface and the side surface and facing the first connector, wherein the inner surface, the side surface, and the generally horizontal interior surface define a space within the concentrated photovoltaic module having a shape that accommodates the first connector within the space, and wherein the inner surface contacts at least a portion of each of the side surface sections of the optical light guide. | 46,865 |
8,731,002 | 1. A time-division multiplexed communication system comprising: a data line; a controller including a clock output for providing a clock signal, a frame sync output for providing a frame sync signal indicating the beginning of each of a number of successive frames, and a data pin coupled to the data line; and at least one slave-only device in communication with the controller, each slave-only device including a clock input coupled to the clock output of the controller for receiving the clock signal, a data pin coupled to the data line, a frame sync input, and a frame sync output, the controller and the at least one slave-only device interconnected in a chain configuration beginning with the controller, wherein the frame sync output of the controller is coupled to the frame sync input of one of the slave-only devices, further wherein the frame sync input of each slave-only device, except the one of the slave-only device, is coupled to the frame sync output of the previous slave-only device in the chain and the frame sync output of the one of slave-only device is coupled to the frame sync input of the next slave-only device in the chain, and wherein the controller provides the frame sync signal on its frame sync output, wherein each slave-only device is configured to perform an auto-initialization process including: monitoring the frame sync input for frame sync signals; and after receiving at least two frame sync signals on the frame sync input: | 8,418 |
9,707,029 | 1. A surgical device, comprising: a shaft having an end effector in contact with a distal end thereof, the end effector being configured to treat tissue, at least in part, by delivering energy thereto when the end effector is in contact with the distal end of the shaft, the end effector further comprising a cutting member configured to advance distally with respect to the end effector to transect tissue treated by the end effector; and an atraumatic shield member such that the shield member is not configured to cut tissue, the atraumatic shield member having a connector element at a proximal end thereof that is configured to detachably couple the shield member to the shaft and a shield body extending distally from the connector element, the shield body being configured, in an operative position, to be spaced apart from the end effector. | 174 |
9,559,196 | 1. A semiconductor wafer comprising: a base wafer; a first semiconductor portion that is formed on the base wafer and includes a first channel layer containing a majority carrier of a first conductivity type; a separation layer that is formed over the first semiconductor portion and has (i) an electron trap center to trap electrons, the electron trap center being lower than a boundary of a conduction band of the separation layer by 0.25 eV or more, and (ii) a hole trap center to trap holes, the hole trap center being higher than a boundary of a valence band of the separation layer by 0.25 eV or more; and a second semiconductor portion that is formed over the separation layer and includes a second channel layer containing a majority carrier of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, wherein the electron trap center and the hole trap center are formed by doping the separation layer with a butylether gas containing an oxygen atom. | 41,546 |
9,787,477 | 1. A computer-implemented method to validate a certificate chain, the method comprising: receiving, by a validation service, a request from a client to validate a certificate chain, wherein the request specifies a network server configured with one or more digital certificates presented to clients accessing the network server; upon determining the network server is accessible by the validation service: upon determining the network server is inaccessible by the validation service, sending an executable local validation component to the requesting client, wherein the local validation component, when executed by the requesting client, establishes a second network connection with the network server and validates the certificate chain associated with at least one digital certificate of the one or more of the digital certificates presented to the local validation component by the network server. | 33,365 |
8,484,669 | 1. A motor, comprising: a base plate including a protrusion supporting part protruded upwardly in an axial direction by pressing work, so as to form a receiving part as a recess in an inner side of the protrusion supporting part; and a sleeve holder including a cylindrical shaped body part to which a cylindrical shaped sleeve is fastened in an inside of the sleeve holder, a stator seating part extending outwardly from a lower end portion of the body part in the radial direction, an extension part extending downwardly from an end portion of the stator seating part in the axial direction and having an outer diameter greater than that of the body part, and a flange part horizontally protruded in an outer diameter direction from a lower end portion of the extension part so as to make a surface contact with an upper surface of the base plate; a shaft rotatably inserted into the sleeve; and a thrust plate supporting a lower end portion of the shaft, wherein the sleeve holder is fastened to the base plate in a state of being seated on the base plate, so as to be disposed on an outer side of the receiving part, the thrust plate is received in the receiving part formed as the recess in the protrusion supporting part of the base plate, and the receiving part includes | 9,049 |
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