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9,319,369 | 1. A method comprising: responsive to receiving first notification data at a first particular time, initiating, by a computing device, a deferred output of a first alert, the first alert indicating that the computing device received the first notification data; responsive to receiving second notification data at a second particular time, initiating, by the computing device, a deferred output of a second alert, the second alert indicating that the computing device received the second notification data; and prior to elapsing of a first threshold amount of time since the first particular time and responsive to determining that a second threshold amount of time has elapsed since the second particular time, outputting, by the computing device, based on the deferred output of the second alert, a third alert, the third alert indicative of receipt of both the first notification data and the second notification data. | 9,559 |
9,040,808 | 1. A solar concentrator comprising: a light-insertion layer that is transmissive to sunlight, the light-insertion layer having a plurality of optical deflecting elements for redirecting light impinging thereon into an optical waveguide slab via total internal reflection; the optical waveguide slab being transmissive to sunlight and having: a secondary optical element that is transmissive to sunlight, the secondary optical element having: the solar concentrator having a substantially planar shape. | 1,312 |
8,840,361 | 1. A fan blade for a turbofan aero engine, the fan blade comprising a blade body including a root for engagement with a rotor, and a tip, wherein the tip is provided with a winglet, wherein the winglet is frangible. | 34,344 |
9,848,743 | 1. A lavatory accessory holding device, the device comprising: a storage container configured to be positioned proximate to a toilet; a vertical support pole with a lower end and an upper end, the lower end coupled to the storage container; a support platform coupled to the upper end of the vertical support pole, the support platform comprising a hanger recess; a hanger bracket pivotally coupled to the support platform, the hanger bracket comprising a distal accessory holder at a distal end configured to removably secure the lavatory accessory above the toilet and a proximal accessory holder configured to removably secure the lavatory accessory above the storage container; and wherein a proximal end of the hanger bracket is supported by the support platform while the hanger bracket is in an extended position generally perpendicular to the vertical support pole and the hanger recess is configured to receive the proximal end of the hanger bracket when the hanger bracket is in a retracted position. | 26,749 |
9,184,631 | 1. A photovoltaic (PV) power generation system comprising: a meter to determine power information in real time and perform bidirectional communication with a power supply grid, and the meter to perform bidirectional communication with a load module; a PV inverter to invert a direct current (DC) electric energy to an alternating current (AC) electric energy; a PV module to provide the DC electric energy to the PV inverter; a first communication module provided at the PV inverter to transmit information related to the PV inverter; a control device having a second communication module to receive the information related to the PV inverter from the first communication module and to receive the power information from the meter, and the control device to control an operation mode of the PV inverter based on the received information related to the PV inverter and the received power information from the meter; and a terminal to wirelessly communicate with the control device, and the terminal to display the information related to the PV inverter, wherein the operation modes of the PV inverter include a grid connect mode to connect power from the PV inverter with an external grid, an inverter block mode to block a transmission line between the PV inverter to the external grid when the PV inverter is in error, and a power failure mode to use power from the PV inverter as consumed power during a power failure, and wherein the control device selectively supplies or blocks the electric energy, among the load, the PV inverter and the external grid in accordance with an input signal of a user through at least one of the terminal and the control device and the operation mode of the PV inverter. | 30,980 |
9,386,793 | 1. A method for preventing weight gain in a mammal in need thereof comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a probiotic composition comprising at least one strain from the genus Dorea. | 8,704 |
9,271,161 | 1. A mobile station that communicates with a radio base station using equal to or greater than two carriers, wherein the equal to or greater than two carriers include a first carrier and a second carrier, the mobile station comprising: a first communicating unit configured to perform communication with the first carrier and the second carrier using a bandwidth; and a second carrier measuring unit configured to perform measurement of the second carrier, wherein, in a case where a measurement gap for measuring the second carrier is set in the first carrier, the first communicating unit is configured to perform, without changing the bandwidth, communication with the first carrier and the second carrier without considering the measurement gap when the second carrier is activated, and not to perform communication with the first carrier, by changing the bandwidth, in the measurement gap when the second carrier is not activated, and wherein the second carrier measuring unit is configured to perform measurement of received power of the second carrier in the measurement gap when the second carrier is not activated. | 9,562 |
9,501,127 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a first sensor configured to detect an approach of an object to the electronic device; a second sensor configured to detect an orientation of the electronic device; and a first processor configured to: | 1,642 |
9,698,876 | 1. A method, in a radio transceiver that supports two or more Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission and reception modes, the method comprising: evaluating channel conditions between the radio transceiver and a remote wireless device; comparing a throughput demand for the remote wireless device to a forward link capacity or reverse link capacity, or both; based on the channel conditions and the comparing of the throughput demand to the forward link capacity or reverse link capacity, or both, changing a forward link transmission mode or a reverse link transmission mode, or both, from a first multi-stream mode to a second multi-stream mode, the second multi-stream mode having fewer streams than the first multi-stream mode, despite that channel conditions for the corresponding link support the first multi-stream mode. | 17,855 |
8,608,011 | 1. A fuel tank for a motor vehicle, which is formed by blow molding, the fuel tank comprising: a built-in part mounted in the fuel tank; and an outer wall comprising a synthetic resin, wherein a plurality of mounting members are provided on the built-in part, said mounting members are fusion-bonded to an inner surface of the outer wall of the fuel tank to mount the built-in part to the fuel tank, each of said mounting members comprises an abutment portion for contacting said inner surface of the outer wall of the fuel tank, and said abutment portion comprises an abutment surface for facing said inner surface of the outer wall of the fuel tank, and a plurality of abutment pins, each projecting from said abutment surface towards said inner surface of the outer wall of the fuel tank, and wherein the abutment pins have either a circular or elliptical cross section; and wherein the abutment pins extend vertically with either a constant cross section resulting in a columnar shape or may extend vertically while tapering inward to form a frustum shape; and wherein the diameter of said circular cross sections or the major axis of the elliptical cross sections are each less than a thickness of the outer wall of the fuel tank; and wherein a height of said each abutment pin from said abutment surface ranges from 30% to 70% of said thickness of the outer wall of the fuel tank. | 29,585 |
9,832,012 | 1. A method, comprising: oversampling, using a digital oversampler, an input data stream; using a rate generator selecting a frequency that is not less than an expected frequency of the input data stream; using a rate generator clock of the rate generator outputting a clock signal that has the selected frequency; determining whether a sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler; responsive to a determination that the sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler, incrementing a sample counter by each received sample; using a sample rate converter accumulating samples from the sample receiver at the rate of a “toothless” clock signal; determining whether an output of the sample counter is greater than zero; and responsive to a determination that the output of the sample counter is greater than zero, passing the “toothless” clock signal, using an AND gate, to the sample rate converter. | 43,707 |
9,437,426 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: a process of transferring a substrate into a processing chamber; a first gas supplying process of supplying a boron-containing gas into the processing chamber to boron-terminate on the surface of the substrate; a first purging process of purging an inside of the processing chamber under an atmosphere of the boron-containing gas supplied in the first gas supplying process; a second gas supplying process of supplying a silicon-containing gas into the processing chamber to form a boron-inhibited Si film having a boron concentration of 3.0×10 a second purging process of purging the inside of the processing chamber under an atmosphere of the silicon-containing gas. | 43,402 |
8,914,589 | 1. A memory device, comprising: at least one memory array comprising a plurality of predefined sections of memory; at least one command/address (CA) port configured to receive command and address signals from a plurality of processing units for accessing the at least one memory array, the plurality of processing units being external to the memory device; and a plurality of data ports, each data port being associated with a different predefined section of the memory array and being configured to transfer data to and from the section of the memory array associated therewith, wherein each of the plurality of processing units is coupled to only one of the plurality of data ports, wherein each of the plurality of processing units is configured to transfer data to and from only the data port to which the processing unit is coupled. | 34,769 |
9,652,233 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an execution unit; a main memory device configured to store a first plurality of operands; a register file configured to store a second plurality of operands for instructions to be executed by the execution unit, wherein the second plurality of operands corresponds to a subset of the first plurality of operands; and an operand cache configured to store a third plurality of operands, wherein the third plurality of operands corresponds to a subset of the second plurality of operands; wherein the apparatus is configured to receive an instruction that specifies a first operand not currently stored in the operand cache, wherein the apparatus is configured to determine whether to store the first operand in the operand cache based on whether the instruction includes a cache hint value indicating that the first operand should be stored in the operand cache in addition to being stored in the register file, and wherein the apparatus is configured to determine whether to store the first operand in the operand cache based on whether the instruction includes a last-use value that indicates that the first operand will not be used again by a thread corresponding to the instruction. | 33,943 |
8,703,486 | 1. An in vitro method for producing a human polyclonal IgG preparation, said method comprising: a) obtaining an initial human polyclonal B-cell population; b) prior to culture, substantially depleting IgM-secreting cells and IgD-secreting cells from the initial human polyclonal B-cell population so as to obtain a human polyclonal B-cell population enriched in IgG-secreting cells; c) placing the human polyclonal B-cell population enriched in IgG secreting cells in a culture medium; and d) culturing the human polyclonal B cell population enriched in IgG-secreting cells under conditions enabling the production of the human polyclonal IgG preparation from the polyclonal B cell population; wherein the human polyclonal B cell population of step b) has a concentration of IgM-secreting cells of less than 5% and a concentration of IgD-secreting cells of less than 5%. | 11,351 |
9,520,741 | 1. A propulsion system comprising: a motor drive; a direct current (DC) link electrically coupled to the motor drive; a first leg coupled to the DC link and comprising a first power switch coupled in series with a second power switch via a first node; a first inductor coupled to the first node, wherein the first leg and inductor form a first bi-directional DC-DC voltage converter; a first energy storage device (ESD) electrically coupled to the first inductor; a second leg coupled to the DC link and comprising a third power switch coupled in series with a fourth power switch via a second node; a second inductor coupled to the second node, wherein the second leg and second inductor form a second bi-directional DC-DC voltage converter; a charging circuit comprising a transformer having a first terminal coupled to the first node and having a second terminal coupled to the second node; a second ESD coupled to receive charging energy from the transformer; and a controller coupled to the first and second legs and configured to cause a first variable voltage difference between the first and second nodes during an interleave duration of a frequency period to generate the charging energy, wherein the second ESD can be charged during operation of the motor drive. | 28,212 |
9,304,773 | 1. A data processor comprising: a prefetch buffer comprising a plurality of lines, the prefetch buffer to store instructions in a first-in, first-out (FIFO) fashion and the prefetch buffer having a variable maximum depth that defines a number of lines of the plurality of lines that are capable of storing instructions; and a fetch control unit coupled to the prefetch buffer to adjust, during operation of the data processor, the variable maximum depth of the prefetch buffer in response to an instruction type, wherein the fetch control unit is further configured to adjust the variable maximum depth in response to a starvation condition of the prefetch buffer. | 36,611 |
9,494,992 | 1. A device comprising: a central processing unit including a first core and a second core; a power consumption management circuit for the central processing unit, the power consumption management circuit comprising: | 45,497 |
8,415,307 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibacterial compound of the Formula (Ia): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 7,152 |
8,454,180 | 1. A measuring instrument, comprising a light source; a dial plate which has a scale design; and a light guide member which is provided between the light source and the dial plate, and guides a light received from the light source to the dial plate, wherein the light guide member having a first face that faces to the dial plate and a second face that is opposite to the first face, wherein the light guide member includes a light receiving portion for receiving the light from the light source, and a flat plate portion for irradiating the light transmitted from the light receiving portion to the dial plate; wherein the scale design is arranged in a circular shape around the light source in view from an opposite side of the light source with respect to the dial plate; wherein the flat plate portion includes a thick wall section that is positioned at a vicinity of the scale design, and a thin wall section that is provided so as to be extended from the thick wall section in a direction away from the light source, the thick wall section is greater in thickness than the thin wall section in a direction perpendicular to the dial plate; and wherein a boundary end face, which is connected to a region of the thick wall section and a region of the thin wall section forming a stepped-shape in the second face of the light guide member, reflects the light transmitted in the light guide member from the light receiving portion to irradiate the scale design. | 11,674 |
9,435,623 | 1. A method for actuating an inertial igniter, the method comprising: moving a mass contained within an interior of a body towards one of a pyrotechnic material or primer when an all-fire acceleration profile is experienced; hermetically sealing an entirety of the interior of the body from an outside environment with a housing element; restraining the movable mass from contacting the one of the pyrotechnic material or primer when an acceleration profile less than the all-fire acceleration profile is experienced; providing a blocking to at least indirectly block the movable mass from movement towards the one of the pyrotechnic material or primer when an acceleration profile equal to or greater than the all-fire acceleration profile is experienced, a first portion of the blocking being internal to the housing element and a second portion of the blocking being external to the housing element such that the first portion is movable relative to the second portion; and manually removing the second portion of the blocking external to the housing element relative to the first portion internal to the housing element such that the movable mass can move towards and contact the one of the pyrotechnic material or primer when the all-fire acceleration profile is experienced to actuate the inertial igniter. | 37,662 |
9,496,429 | 1. A method for fabricating a photovoltaic structure by forming a first grid on a first surface of a multilayer body of the photovoltaic structure, the method comprising: forming a patterned mask on the first surface of the multilayer body, wherein openings of the patterned mask correspond to grid line locations of the first grid; depositing, using a plating technique, a core layer of the first grid in the openings of the patterned mask; depositing, using a plating technique, a protective layer on an exposed surface of the core layer while the patterned mask is covering sidewalls of the core layer; removing the patterned mask to expose the sidewalls of the core layer; and applying heat to the protective layer such that the protective layer reflows to cover both the exposed surface and sidewalls of the core layer. | 496 |
8,754,270 | 1. A process for hydrogenating alkanoic acids comprising passing a gaseous stream comprising hydrogen and an alkanoic acid in the vapor phase over a hydrogenation catalyst comprising: a main metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhenium and mixtures thereof on a support selected from the group consisting of iron oxide, alumina, titania, zirconia, magnesium oxide, carbon, graphite and mixtures thereof; and a metallic promoter selected the group consisting of tin, rhenium and mixtures thereof, the support being promoted with a redox promoter selected from the group consisting of: WO | 19,934 |
9,835,433 | 1. A touch probe for dimensional measurements of coordinates of points on the surface of an object, comprising: a fixed member with a connection element for mounting the fixed member on a positioning platform of a coordinate-measuring machine; a stylus holder, elastically connected to the fixed member and comprising a reference element; a stylus on the stylus holder, physical properties of the stylus being different in an axial direction compared to a lateral direction; one sensor, arranged to generate a plurality of directional displacement signals in response to a motion of the reference element relative to the fixed member caused by a contact between the stylus and the object, the directional displacement signals representing the motion of the stylus holder in different directions; and a digital processor receiving the directional displacement signals, the processor being programmed to generate an axial displacement signal, representing the motion of the stylus holder along a general longitudinal axis of the probe, and a lateral displacement signal, representing the motion of the stylus holder in a direction orthogonal to said general longitudinal axis and to generate a trigger signal when an amplitude of either the axial displacement signal exceeds an axial threshold or the lateral displacement signal exceeds a lateral threshold different from the axial threshold. | 1,126 |
8,443,089 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a user, a request to initiate access to a network, the network including: granting the user access to the network; selecting a channel to establish a communication link between the network and the user, wherein the selecting further comprises: exchanging data with the user via the selected channel; and terminating the communication link according to at least one of a demand from the user or a technical demand of the communication link. | 4,584 |
9,235,421 | 1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a first controller configured to receive image data, wherein the first controller comprises a first memory; a second controller configured to communicate with the first controller, wherein the second controller comprises a second memory; and a recording device configured to communicate with the first controller and the second controller, wherein the recording device is further configured to record on a recording medium an image defined by the image data, wherein the first controller is further configured to transmit the image data to the second controller, wherein the second controller is configured to: wherein the recording device is configured to transmit a driving data transmission request to the first controller, wherein the driving data transmission request comprises a request for the second controller to transmit the driving data to the recording device, wherein the first controller is configured to: wherein the second controller is configured to: | 11,250 |
8,606,548 | 1. An energy facility control system comprising: a database configured to maintain documents that support an energy facility as collections of data objects, each of the data objects having one or more attributes that classify a type of data stored in the data object and the documents that support the energy facility including at least: one or more server systems that are configured to access data stored in the database and to perform operations comprising: | 38,111 |
9,033,282 | 1. A wing tip device for fixing to the outboard end of a wing, the wing defining a wing plane, the wing tip device comprising: an upper wing-like element projecting upwardly with respect to the wing plane and having a trailing edge; and a lower wing-like element fixed with respect to the upper wing-like element and having a root chord and a trailing edge, the lower wing-like element root chord intersecting with the upper wing-like element, and the lower wing-like element projecting downwardly from the intersection, wherein the upper wing-like element includes a substantially planar portion and a transition portion adapted to smoothly blend the outboard end of the wing into the substantially planar portion, wherein the upper wing-like element is larger than the lower wing-like element and the trailing edge of the lower wing-like element is adjacent the trailing edge of the upper wing-like element at the intersection, wherein an included angle between the upper and lower wing-like elements at the intersection is less than, or equal to, 160 degrees, and wherein the lower wing-like element has an element planform area less than approximately 25% of an upper wing-like element planform area. | 7,378 |
9,588,477 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body including a drive source; and a cartridge including an image carrier configured to carry a developer image thereon and a first coupling configured to rotate the image carrier, and configured to be mounted to and removed from the main body, wherein the main body includes: wherein the rotator, which is configured to rotate about the rotation axis coaxially with the first coupling configured to rotate the image carrier, overlaps with the receiving member when viewed from an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis, wherein the receiving member has a pivot shaft and is configured to pivotally move about the pivot shaft, and wherein the pivot shaft of the receiving member overlaps with the rotator when viewed, from the axial direction. | 37,022 |
9,737,586 | 1. A composition for reducing collagen production in mammalian cells comprising the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:5 for in vivo expression of a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8. | 24,724 |
9,267,573 | 1. A manual transmission (M/T) having no torque converter, which is applied to a vehicle including an internal combustion engine (E/G) and a motor generator (M/G) as power sources, the manual transmission comprising: an input shaft (Ai) to which power is input from the internal combustion engine; an output shaft (Am) of the motor generator which is selectively coupled to an output shaft (Ao) of the manual transmission (M/T) to which power is selectively input from at least one of the motor generator (M/G) and the internal combustion engine (E/G) and from which power is output to a drive wheel of the vehicle; a transmission speed change mechanism (M the manual transmission being characterized by comprising a connection changeover mechanism (M when the gear stage for low speed travel (EV) is established, the connection changeover mechanism realizes a first state in which a power transmission system is established between the output shaft (Ao) of the manual transmission (M/T) and the output shaft (Am) of the motor generator (M/G) and a motor speed reduction ratio, which is the ratio of rotational speed of the output shaft of the motor generator (M/G) to that of the output shaft of the manual transmission (M/T), is set to a first speed reduction ratio; when one of the plurality of gear stages for intermediate speed travel which is used for traveling at higher speed as compared with the gear stage for low speed travel is established, the connection changeover mechanism realizes a second state in which a power transmission system is established between the output shaft (Ao) of the manual transmission (M/T) and the output shaft (Am) of the motor generator (M/G) and the motor speed reduction ratio is set to a second speed reduction ratio smaller than the first speed reduction ratio; and when the gear stage for high speed travel which is used for traveling at higher speed as compared with the gear stages for intermediate speed travel is established, the connection changeover mechanism realizes a third state in which the power transmission system between the output shaft (Ao) of the manual transmission (MT) and the output shaft (Am) of the motor generator (M/G) is interrupted and no power transmission system can be established between the output shaft (Ao) of the manual transmission (M/T) and the output shaft (Am) of the motor generator (M/G), wherein the transmission speed change mechanism has, as the gear stage for low speed travel, a single gear stage for motor travel, which is used for traveling by using a drive force of the motor generator (M/G) only and in which no power transmission system is established between the input shaft (Ai) of the manual transmission (M/T) and the output shaft (Ao) of the manual transmission (M/T); the transmission speed change mechanism has, as the plurality of gear stages for intermediate speed travel, a plurality of gear stages for hybrid travel, which are used for traveling in a state in which both of a drive force of the internal combustion engine and the drive force of the motor generator (M/G) can be used, and in which a power transmission system is established between the input shaft (Ai) of the manual transmission (M/T) and the output shall (Ao) of the manual transmission (M/T); and the transmission speed change mechanism has, as the gear stage for high speed travel a single gear stage for internal combustion engine travel, which is used for traveling in a state in which only the drive force of the internal combustion engine can be used, and in which a power transmission system is established between the input shaft (Ai) of the manual transmission (M/T) and the output shaft (Ao) of the manual transmission (M/T) and a transmission speed reduction ratio, which is the ratio of rotational speed of the input shall (Ai) of the manual transmission (M/T) to that of the output shalt (Ao) of the manual transmission (M/T), is smaller as compared with the gear stages for intermediate speed travel, and wherein the transmission speed change mechanism comprises: a plurality of fixed gears (G a plurality of idle gears (G a plurality of sleeves (S a plurality of fork shafts (ES a shift and selection shalt which is one of moved in an axial direction thereof and rotated about its axis as a result of a selection operation of the shift operation member, which is an operation on the shift pattern in a left-right direction of the vehicle, and is one of rotated about its axis and moved in the axial direction as a result of a shift operation of the shift operation member, which is an operation on the shift pattern in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, wherein a corresponding fork shaft is selected from the plurality of fork shafts by the selection operation of the shift operation member, and a first inner lever (IL the connection changeover mechanism includes a changeover shaft (FSm) which is pushed and moved in the axial direction by the first inner lever (IL the changeover shaft is maintained at the first axial position when the shift operation member is located, on the shift pattern, at a neutral position which differs from the shift completion position of the gear stage for low speed travel and in which no power transmission system is established between the input and output shafts of the manual transmission (M/T), and when the shift operation member is located, on the shift pattern, at the shift completion position of the gear stage for intermediate speed travel; when the shift operation member moves from the neutral position to the shift completion position of the gear stage for low speed travel as a result of the shill operation, the changeover shaft moves from the first axial position to the second axial position as a result of being pushed by the first inner lever (IL when the shift operation member moves from the neutral position to the shift completion position of the gear stage for high speed travel as a result of the shift operation, the changeover shaft moves from the first axial position to the third axial position as a result of being pushed by the second inner lever (IL | 25,575 |
9,827,134 | 1. An implantable electroacupuncture device (IEAD) for treating an erectile dysfunction condition of a patient through application of electroacupuncture (EA) stimulation pulses applied at a target tissue location that is substantially at or near at least one of acupoints BL52, BL23 or GV4, comprising: an IEAD housing having an electrode configuration thereon that includes at least two electrodes, wherein at least one of the at least two electrodes comprises a central electrode located substantially in a center of a first surface of the IEAD housing, and wherein at least another of the at least two electrodes comprises a circumferential electrode located substantially around and at least 5 mm distant from a center of the central electrode, wherein the first surface of the IEAD housing when implanted is adapted to face inwardly into the patient's tissue at or near the target tissue location, and wherein a second surface of the IEAD housing, on an opposite side of the IEAD housing from the first surface, when implanted, is adapted to be closest to the patient's skin; a memory located within the IEAD housing and that stores a set of parameters that defines a stimulation regimen configured to treat the erectile dysfunction condition; and pulse generation circuitry located within the IEAD housing and electrically coupled to the at least two electrodes, wherein the pulse generation circuitry delivers EA stimulation pulses configured to treat the erectile dysfunction condition to the patient's body tissue at or near the target tissue location in accordance with the stimulation regimen defined by the set of parameters stored in the memory, the stimulation regimen defining a duration and a rate at which a stimulation session is applied to the patient to treat the erectile dysfunction condition, the stimulation regimen requiring that the stimulation session have a duration of T | 23,448 |
8,405,291 | 1. A light source comprising: a lucent waveguide of solid dielectric material having: a bulb having a microwave excitable fill, the bulb being received in the bulb cavity. | 35,641 |
9,253,034 | 1. A method comprising: generating, with a management device, a bulk configlet executable by a plurality of network devices to be managed by the management device, wherein the bulk configlet specifies a bulk identifier associated with the plurality of network devices, wherein the bulk identifier is associated with information on the management device indicating that specific configuration information is to be sent to the plurality of network devices in response to receiving network session requests from the plurality of network devices specifying the bulk identifier as an identifier for the plurality of network devices, and wherein the bulk configlet is configured to cause, during execution, each of the plurality of network devices to initialize a respective network stack and connect to the management device over a network using the network stack; receiving, with the management device, a network session request from one of the plurality of network devices via the network, wherein the network session request specifies the bulk identifier as an identifier for the one of the plurality of network devices; and based on the network session request specifying the bulk identifier, sending, with the management device, specific configuration data, to replace the bulk configlet, to the one of the plurality of network devices in response to receiving the network session request that specifies the bulk identifier, wherein the specific configuration data includes a specific identifier to replace the bulk identifier, and wherein the specific configuration data is configured to cause, during execution, the one of the plurality of network devices to reconnect to the management device using the specific identifier and to become fully enabled. | 29,174 |
8,377,764 | 1. A manufacturing method for a light emitting device comprising steps of: forming a first electrode over a substrate; forming a film containing an organic compound over the first electrode in a film formation chamber by relatively moving an evaporation source holder provided with the organic compound in a longitudinal direction of the evaporation source holder; and forming a second electrode over the film containing the organic compound, wherein the evaporation source holder contains a plurality of containers being arranged in the longitudinal direction of the evaporation source holder, and wherein in the evaporation source holder, evaporation centers of the containers are tilted. | 29,852 |
9,846,184 | 1. A method for mask triggering on a test and measurement instrument, the method comprising: receiving and digitizing an electrical signal under test such that digital data is produced; determining, in real-time, that first components of the digital data bear a first predefined relationship to a first trigger mask; determining that second components of the digital data bear a second predefined relationship to a second trigger mask within a predefined period of time after the first components are determined to bear the predefined relationship with the first trigger mask; generating a trigger signal in response to determining that the second components bear the second predefined relationship to the second trigger mask within the predefined period of time; and storing the digital data in a memory in response to the trigger signal. | 38,769 |
9,684,503 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a central process unit (CPU); and a storage device coupled to the CPU storing one or more programs which, when executed by the CPU, cause the CPU to: establish a relationship between operational states of the electronic device and operations of the electronic device; acquire current operational states of the electronic device periodically; execute an operation according to the current operational states and the relationship; and refresh the operational states of the electronic device after executing the operation, wherein the operational states comprise a CPU usage rate; wherein the operations of the electronic device comprise adjusting an initial running frequency of the CPU according to the CPU usage rate, wherein when an application runs in the electronic device for the n | 6,114 |
9,546,641 | 1. A device for facilitating handling of a wind turbine blade, the device comprising: an inflatable member arranged at the wind turbine blade such that the inflatable member covers at least a part of the wind turbine blade, wherein, when the inflatable member is arranged at the wind turbine blade, and inflated, an outer surface of the inflatable member has a rounded shape such that a first aerodynamic drag coefficient of the wind turbine blade with the arranged inflatable member is less than a second aerodynamic drag coefficient of the wind turbine blade without the arranged inflatable member, and wherein a cross section of the inflatable member is variable along its length in order to accommodate a characteristic shape of a wind turbine blade; and wherein the inflatable member comprises a passage defined by the inflatable member and extending through the inflatable member to allow lifting equipment to engage with the wind turbine blade, wherein the inflatable member comprises an inner wall and an outer wall which together form an inflatable volume of the inflatable member, and wherein the inner wall comprises a membrane configured to separate the inflatable volume from the wind turbine blade, and wherein the membrane comprises a friction inducing surface and a lesser degree of resiliency or elasticity relative to the outer wall. | 24,898 |
9,517,677 | 1. A vehicle air conditioning system comprising: a duct configured to provide air to a vehicle cabin interior; a refrigerant evaporator disposed in the duct; an air conditioning cooling flow passage configured to provide cooled refrigerant to the refrigerant evaporator; a heater core disposed in the duct at a position downstream of the refrigerant evaporator; a heater hot fluid flow passage configured to provide hot fluid to the heater core; a heat exchanger disposed upstream of the heater core and configured to exchange heat between a refrigerant flowing in the air conditioning cooling flow passage and hot fluid flowing in the heater hot fluid flow passage; an electric heater disposed along the heater hot fluid flow passage in a position downstream of the heat exchanger and upstream of the heater core, the electric heater being configured to further warm hot fluid that has undergone a heat exchange in the heat exchanger; an electrical component cooling flow passage configured to cool an electrical component installed in the vehicle by passing heat from the electrical component through a cabin exterior heat exchanger; a communication flow passage configured to connect the heater hot fluid flow passage and the electrical component cooling flow passage together such that the heater hot fluid flow passage and the electrical component are arranged in parallel, the communication flow passage including a first flow passage into which the hot fluid from the heater hot fluid flow passage flows and a second flow passage through which the hot fluid returns to the heater hot fluid flow passage; a fluid temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the hot fluid flowing in the heater hot fluid flow passage; and a flow passage selector valve that is disposed upstream of the heat exchanger with respect to the heater core at a connecting portion between the heater hot fluid flow passage and the first flow passage, the first flow passage being fluidly connected between the selector valve and a first end of the electrical component cooling flow passage, the second flow passage being fluidly connected to a second end of the electrical component cooling flow passage and the heater hot fluid flow passage at a location upstream of the heat exchanger, the electrical component being located in the electrical component cooling flow passage between the first and second ends, and the selector valve being configured to allow hot fluid flowing in the heater hot fluid flow passage to flow into the electrical component cooling flow passage to the electrical component via the first flow passage when a temperature of the hot fluid detected by the fluid temperature sensor is higher than a first prescribed temperature, the selector valve being further configured to prevent hot fluid flowing from the heater hot fluid flow passage to the electrical component via the first flow passage when the temperature of the hot fluid detected by the fluid temperature sensor is lower than a second prescribed temperature. | 23,669 |
8,445,258 | 1. A process for treating domestic cellulose waste material that includes biomass and plastics, characterized in that it comprises the steps of shredding the material prior to being treated, and separating the biomass and plastics and subjecting the shredded plastics material to steam treatment at a pressure above atmospheric pressure but less than 1 bar above atmospheric pressure and at a temperature of between 150° C. and 200° C. by continuously moving material from one end of a steam treatment unit to the other while agitating the material, and wherein the plastics is converted to diesel fuel by being dissolved in a solvent, the resultant liquid being held in an evaporation container prior to its vapor being passed through a catalyst and distilled to produce diesel fuel. | 30,885 |
9,612,604 | 1. A DC-DC converter for converting a DC input voltage into a desired DC output voltage to output the DC output voltage, comprising: a high-side switching device connected to the DC input voltage and operable in synchronism with a clock signal; a first driver fed with a first drive signal stepped-up to or over the DC input voltage so as to be operable to drive the high-side switching device; a bootstrap circuit having a bootstrap capacitor so as to be operable to generate the first drive signal; a low-side switching device connected in series with the high-side switching device between the DC input voltage and a ground voltage, the low-side switching device being operable to be on during a period in which the high-side switching device is off; a second driver operable to drive the low-side switching device, the second driver being fed with a second drive signal which is complementary with the first drive signal; and a drive logic circuit operable to drive the first and second drivers, wherein the drive logic circuit includes a selector operable to select one of the second drive signal and a third drive signal, the third signal being for turning on the low-side switching device during a period which corresponds, not to entirety of, but to a part of the period in which the high-side switching device is off, wherein the one of the second drive signal and the third drive signal selected by the selector is fed to the second driver. | 22,558 |
8,582,288 | 1. A retaining mechanism for retaining an electronic component in a casing, the electronic component including a support bracket having an end part formed with an engaging hole, the casing including a bottom wall, and two spaced-apart guide elements projecting from the bottom wall to define therebetween a receiving space for receiving the electronic component, said retaining mechanism comprising: a mounting block adapted to project from an inner surface of the bottom wall, and having a mounting hole for receiving the end part of the support bracket when the electronic component is guided by the guide elements to move into the receiving space, and a through hole that communicates with said mounting hole and that is adapted to align with the engaging hole; a seat body seated on and covering said mounting block, and having a bolt hole communicating with and disposed above said through hole, and a limiting slot communicating with one side of said bolt hole; and a locking bolt including a shank disposed slidably in said bolt hole and having a top portion extending through a top surface of said seat body, and a bottom portion extending into said through hole, said locking bolt further including a stopper block connected transversely to said bottom portion and abutting against said mounting block, said stopper block being extendable into said limiting slot and being slidable upward and downward along said limiting slot, said bottom portion of said shank being adapted to engage releasably the engaging hole when said through hole is aligned with the engaging hole. | 7,861 |
9,752,445 | 1. A method for producing coupled vanes of a turbine having an axis, comprising: arranging a plurality of first fabrics of ceramic fibers in radial directions relative to the axis to form a plurality of vane sections; arranging a second fabric of the ceramic fibers in a circumferential direction relative to the axis; connecting the first fabrics with the second fabric by bending and laying first ends of the first fabrics on the second fabric in parallel; laying third fabrics of the ceramic fibers, each of the third fabrics having a flange section, on the first fabrics; bending the flange sections to make ends of the flange sections overlap with each other and to make the flange sections form a platform section; incorporating the first fabrics connected with the second fabric into a mold to mold the first and second fabrics into a unitary body; and impregnating the plurality of first fabrics and the second fabric molded into the unitary body with a matrix. | 16,318 |
9,680,406 | 1. A drive system comprising: an inverter for driving a motor having a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet, wherein magnetic characteristic of the second permanent magnet is varied based on a specific magnetic field; a magnetization coil for generating the specific magnetic field; and a magnetization unit for generating a magnetization current when a magnetizing current command is received, wherein the magnetization unit includes, a second inverter for generating the magnetization current; a power source for supplying an electric power to the second inverter; and a control unit for generating a gate signal so as to control the second inverter to generate the magnetization current. | 49,062 |
8,507,736 | 1. A method for converting glycerol to monohydric alcohol, the method comprising: reacting a gaseous mixture comprising glycerol, water and hydrogen in a first reaction bed comprising a heterogeneous catalyst system comprising a dehydration catalyst and a hydrogenation catalyst, whereby a first reacted mixture is produced, the first reaction mixture comprising propionaldehyde; separating at least a portion of the first reacted mixture into a more volatile fraction and a less volatile fraction in a first condenser; reacting a mixture of hydrogen and at least a portion of the more volatile fraction from the first reacted mixture in a second reactor bed comprising a hydrogenation catalyst, whereby a second reacted mixture comprising a monohydric alcohol is produced; separating at least a portion of the second reacted mixture into a less volatile fraction comprising a monohydric alcohol and a more volatile fraction in a second condenser. | 43,238 |
8,473,759 | 1. A data processing system, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive a timestamp at which execution of a computing task can start on a computing resource and a duration that the execution would take, wherein the computing resource has an associated power consumption profile and wherein the power consumption profile comprises a portion of electric power consumed by the computing resource generated using renewable energy and a portion of electric power consumed by the computing resource generated using other non-renewable energy; estimate a power efficiency factor as a function of the power consumption profile for the computing resource, the timestamp and the duration thereby forming an estimated power efficiency factor for the computing resource at the time identified by the timestamp and for the duration; determine whether the computing resource can execute the computing task as a function of the estimated power efficiency factor at the time identified by the timestamp and for the duration; and responsive to determining that the computing resource can execute the computing task at the time identified by the timestamp and for the duration, send the computing task to the computing resource. | 24,588 |
9,212,347 | 1. A method for preparing isolated progenitor cells from epithelial cells comprising the steps of a. obtaining a population of primary epithelial cells; b. inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in the population of epithelial cells, whereby CD44 c. isolating the CD44 i. exposing the population of epithelial cells to an agent that induces epithelial-esenchymal transition; ii. introducing into the population of epithelial cells at least one gene encoding a protein that induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition; and iii. the steps of | 21,733 |
8,790,916 | 1. A microfluidic system for isolating particles from biological fluid of a patient, comprising: a sampling module including a cannula coupled to the patient that obtains a sample of biological fluid from the patient, wherein the sample contains particles of multiple sample particle types; a microfluidic tagging conduit, fluidly coupled to the sampling module at a point-of-care of the patient, having: a microfluidic magnetic conduit, fluidly coupled to the microfluidic tagging conduit and having at least one magnet providing a magnetic field that interacts with the set of tagged particles, such that the particles in the sample are sorted into at least two groups based on an interaction between the set of tagged particles and the magnetic field, wherein the microfluidic magnetic conduit includes a serpentine-shaped sorting region including a first surface configured to immobilize a first portion of the set of tagged sample particles by the magnetic field and allow passage of a set of untagged sample particles, and a second surface configured to immobilize a second portion of the set of tagged sample particles by the magnetic field and allow passage of the set of untagged sample particles, wherein the first surface and the second surface are coupled by a channel not within the magnetic field, that angularly displaces flow passing the first surface toward the second surface. | 29,391 |
8,691,800 | 1. A method for treatment of a bacterial infection in a mammal, said method comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a compound of Formula (Ia) and (Ib) a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salt thereof or a quaternary amine thereof, a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, wherein R p is an integer equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4; R wherein Y is CH 2 , O, S, NH or N-alkyl; R R R two vicinal R r is an integer equal to 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and R R R R Z is CH alkyl is a straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; or is a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms; or is a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms attached to a straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; wherein each carbon atom can be optionally substituted with hydroxy, alkyloxy or oxo; Ar is a homocycle selected from the group of phenyl, naphthyl, acenaphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, each optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents, each substituent independently selected from the group of hydroxy, halo, cyano, nitro, amino, mono- or dialkylamino, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkyloxy, haloalkyloxy, carboxyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, morpholinyl and mono- or dialkylaminocarbonyl; Het is a monocyclic heterocycle selected from the group of N-phenoxypiperidinyl, piperidinyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, furanyl, thienyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl and pyridazinyl; or a bicyclic heterocycle selected from the group of quinolinyl, quinoxalinyl, indolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzoxazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzisothiazolyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, 2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxinyl or benzo[1,3]dioxolyl; each monocyclic and bicyclic heterocycle may optionally be substituted on a carbon atom with 1, 2 or 3 substituents, each substituent independently selected from the group of halo, hydroxy, alkyl or alkyloxy; halo is a substituent selected from the group of fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo and haloalkyl is a straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms or a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms attached to a straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; wherein one or more carbon atoms are substituted with one or more halo atoms; provided that the bacterial infection is other than a Mycobacterial infection. | 34,229 |
9,005,383 | 1. A method for manufacturing a ceramic member comprising: a step of forming a stacked compact from a plurality of metallic paste layers containing Ag that are stacked one on another via ceramic green sheets, and a step of firing the stacked compact, wherein, when a mass percentage X is a proportion of Ag to a total metal content in the metallic paste layers, at least one of said plurality of metallic paste layers is formed as a second metallic paste layer that contains Ag so that the mass percentage X is higher than that of a first metallic paste layer which is a metallic paste layer that contains Pd or Pt in addition to a main component Ag and that adjoins the second metallic paste layer in a stacking direction in the step of forming the stacked compact, and wherein a void ratio of a second metal layer formed by firing the second metallic paste layer is larger than a void ratio of a first metal layer formed by firing the first metallic paste layer. | 34,806 |
8,421,498 | 1. A semiconductor device having a bus connection circuit adapted to make communication with an external device through a bus line, the bus connection circuit including: an internal pull-up resistor and an internal pull-down resistor; an external pull-up determination unit for applying a pull-down voltage through the internal pull-down resistor to the bus line, and determining whether an external pull-up resistor external to the semiconductor device is connected on the bus line, the determination being made based on a voltage level of the bus line upon application of the pull-down voltage to the bus line; and an internal pull-up setting unit for stopping application of the pull-down voltage, and applying a pull-up voltage through the internal pull-up resistor to the bus line if the external pull-up determination unit determines that no external pull-up resistor is connected on the bus line, and for stopping application of the pull-down voltage if the external pull-up determination unit determines that the external pull-up resistor is connected on the bus line. | 46,834 |
9,108,526 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: a power storage device; an internal combustion engine; a power generation apparatus configured to generate charging power of the power storage device by using output of the internal combustion engine; an input apparatus configured to request, by a user input, an increase in a power storage amount of the power storage device; and an electronic control unit configured to: (a) control charging of the power storage device by the power generation apparatus and accelerate the charging of the power storage device, when the increase in the power storage amount is requested, and (b) suppress charging of the power storage device at the time when a travel load of the internal combustion engine is small in comparison with charging of the power storage device at the time when the travel load of the internal combustion engine is large, when the increase in the power storage amount is requested. | 36,006 |
9,259,208 | 1. An ultrasound probe, comprising: an elongated member with a longitudinal axis and first and second opposing ends, wherein one of the opposing ends includes a circular arc with a depression between the circular arc and the other one of the opposing ends and the depression is contiguous with at least one end of the circular arc, and the depression extends along an axis which is transverse to a direction of the longitudinal axis; a first transducer array disposed along at least a sub-portion of the circular arc in the direction of the longitudinal axis, where the first transducer array has a first field of view established by acquiring a first image along radial lines in a first image plane, wherein the first image plane extends in a direction along the longitudinal axis projected from the one of the opposing ends, and wherein the first image plane extends from a first side of the circular arc and towards a second side of the circular arc opposing the first side of the circular arc; a second transducer array disposed in the depression in a direction of the transverse axis, where the second transducer has a second field of view established by acquiring a second image along radial lines in a second image plane, which extends in a transverse direction along the transverse axis relative to the first image plane and the longitudinal axis of the elongated member, and the second transducer array is a separate array relative to the first transducer array; and wherein the second transducer array is mechanically disposed in an inclined position in the depression at an angle less than 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis and towards the circular arc; a first needle guide configured to guide a first needle along a path which intersects with the first field of view and the transverse axis; and a second needle guide configured to guide a second needle along a path which intersects with the first field of view, wherein the first needle guide is arranged to guide the first needle in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, and where the second needle guide is arranged to guide the second needle in a direction along the elongated member, and wherein the elongated member has a shape that is configured for mechanical interconnection with the probe and to match a recess of the probe so as to provide a combination of the assembly and probe, when interconnected, that can be circumscribed by a cylinder that covers at least a portion of the length of the elongated member and has a diameter that is within the range of 12 to 30 millimeters. | 7,078 |
9,185,631 | 1. A method comprising: establishing communication between a hot spot and a mobile device, wherein the hot spot comprises at least one of a fixed device hot spot or a mobile device hot spot; determining a first level of communication directly between the mobile device and a cellular network, wherein the first level of communication is based on at least one of a level of performance or a level of quality of communication directly between the mobile device and the cellular network; determining a second level of communication between the mobile device and the cellular network through the hot spot, wherein the second level of communication is based on at least one of a level of performance or a level of quality of communication between the mobile device and the cellular network through the hot spot; identifying a fraction of other mobile devices having a level of communication directly with the cellular network that is either better or worse than the first level of communication, wherein the level of communication is greater than a minimal threshold; and determining whether to admit the mobile device to the hot spot based on: a comparison of the first level of communication with the second level of communication; and the fraction of other mobile devices having a level of communication directly with the cellular network that is either better or worse than the first level of communication. | 4,564 |
8,574,732 | 1. A battery pack with an integrated hazard mitigation system, comprising: a battery pack enclosure; a plurality of metal-air cells contained within said battery pack enclosure; a plurality of non-metal-air cells contained within said battery pack enclosure; a first air inlet providing a first air flow pathway into and out of said battery pack enclosure, wherein air entering said first air inlet flows through said plurality of non-metal air cells prior to flowing through said plurality of metal-air cells; a second air inlet providing a second air flow pathway into and out of said battery pack enclosure, wherein air entering said second air inlet flows through said plurality of metal-air cells without first flowing through said plurality of non-metal air cells; a first valve coupled to said first air inlet, wherein said first valve controls air flow through said first air inlet; at least one pressure sensor within said battery pack enclosure; a system controller coupled to said first valve and to said at least one pressure sensor, wherein said system controller is programmed to determine if a pressure monitored by said at least one pressure sensor is indicative of at least one of said plurality of non-metal-air cells entering into thermal runaway, and wherein if said pressure monitored by said at least one pressure sensor is indicative of at least one of said plurality of non-metal-air cells entering into thermal runaway said system controller is further programmed to close said first valve, wherein closing said first valve closes said first air inlet and forces effluent generated during said thermal runaway of at least one of said plurality of non-metal-air cells to pass through said plurality of metal-air cells before being expelled through said second air inlet. | 12,625 |
8,433,317 | 1. A method for saving power corresponding to a closed subscriber group, hereafter called CSG, cell selection for a user equipment of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: permanently stopping CSG cell search when the user equipment roams to a visited network, wherein the user equipment comprises a whitelist comprising identities of accessible CSG cells and the whitelist further provides at least one identity of accessible network corresponding to the CSG cells, and permanently stopping the CSG cell search comprises: | 26,468 |
8,718,996 | 1. A method for guiding treatment of a cancer patient, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a blood-based sample from the patient; b) obtaining a mass-spectrum of the blood-based sample with the aid of a mass spectrometer; c) in a programmed computer, performing predefined pre-processing steps on the mass spectrum, obtaining integrated intensity values of selected features at one or more predefined m/z ranges in the spectrum after the pre-processing steps are performed and comparing the integrated intensity values with a training set comprising class-labeled spectra from blood-based samples of other cancer patients and classifying the mass spectrum with a class label, and d) if the class label is Poor or the equivalent, the patient is predicted, in advance, to not benefit from treatment in the form of administration of a platinum-based chemotherapy agent and is thereby guided towards a treatment regimen not containing platinum agents; wherein the predefined m/z ranges are contained within m/z ranges selected from the group of m/z ranges consisting of: 5811 to 5875 6398 to 6469 11376 to 11515 11459 to 11599 11614 to 11756 11687 to 11831 11830 to 11976 12375 to 12529 12502 to 12656 23183 to 23525 23279 to 23622 65902 to 67502. | 1,829 |
9,278,467 | 1. A mold for molding golf balls, comprising a mold body configured as a plurality of mold parts which have at least a parting surface defining a parting line along a golf ball equator and removably mate to form a cavity having an inner wall with a plurality of dimple-forming protrusions thereon, and a support pin which is extendable into and retractable from the cavity, the support pin extending into the cavity to support a center sphere and an end face of the support pin defining a portion of the cavity inner wall when the support pin is in a retracted state, wherein the support pin comprises a pin body which extends into the cavity to support the center sphere and has an end face that defines a portion of the cavity inner wall when the support pin is in a retracted state, and a guide body which is of larger cross-section than the pin body and has an end face from which the pin body projects; the mold body has formed therein a pin insertion hole comprising a pin insertion portion into which the pin body fits and a guide portion into which the guide body fits; and the guide body and the guide portion have a gap therebetween and the pin body and the pin insertion portion have a gap therebetween, such that the gap between the guide body and the guide portion is smaller than the gap between the pin body and the pin insertion portion, wherein the end face of the pin body includes a pole of the cavity and has a peripheral edge which intersects a parallel of latitude at 10 degrees from the pole. | 26,558 |
8,932,177 | 1. A planetary gear train, comprising: a carrier; a planetary gear; a planetary pin inserted into an insert hole provided through said planetary gear and coupled to said carrier to rotatably support said planetary gear; a thrust collar attached to a surface opposed to said planetary gear of said carrier so as to surround said planetary pin; and a pin for coupling said thrust collar to said carrier, wherein said thrust collar has a first surface opposed to said carrier and a second surface opposed to said planetary gear, and has a first pin hole provided on said first surface so as not to reach said second surface, wherein said carrier has a second pin hole on a surface opposed to the planetary gear, wherein said thrust collar is attached to said carrier by inserting said pin into said first pin hole of said thrust collar and into said second pin hole of said carrier wherein said second pin hole is formed through said carrier, wherein an internal thread is formed on only a portion of the second pin hole, wherein an external thread is formed on only a portion of the pin, and wherein said pin and the carrier are coupled with the internal thread and the external thread. | 46,908 |
9,547,157 | 1. An optical imaging lens set, from an object side toward an image side in order along an optical axis comprising: an aperture stop, a first lens element with positive refractive power, a second lens element with negative refractive power, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element, said first lens element to said sixth lens element each having an object-side surface facing toward the object side as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein: said first lens element has positive refractive power, an object-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of said optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery, and an image-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery; said second lens element has negative refractive power and an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery; said third lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery; said fourth lens element has an image-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; said fifth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery; and said sixth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery, and the sum of all five air gaps AAG between each lens elements from said first lens element to said sixth lens element along the optical axis and a second lens element thickness T | 5,954 |
8,738,867 | 1. A memory system comprising: a volatile memory; a nonvolatile memory configured to store management information including a storage position of data and pointing information indicating a storage position of the management information; and a controller configured to read out at least one part of the management information from the nonvolatile memory into the volatile memory and to perform data management while updating the management information, wherein the pointing information includes a second pointer indicating the storage position of the management information and a first pointer indicating a storage position of the second pointer, and the nonvolatile memory includes: the controller is configured to save, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the snapshot or the logs in the snapshot storage area or the log storage area, and to update the first pointer when the second pointer is updated multiple times. | 18,869 |
9,274,736 | 1. An information processing system, comprising: means for instructing generation of output data having an intermediate data format based on data in response to an output processing request for performing output processing on the data; means for determining a destination to which the output data is transferred for output based on the output processing request, the means for determining being associated with the destination; a converter configured to convert the output data from the intermediate data format to an output data format, the converter including a print driver and an electronic file driver, the print driver configured to generate print data and the electronic file driver configured to generate an electronic file having the output data format which is compatible with the destination to which the output data is transferred for output, the intermediate data format being an Enhanced Metafile (EMF), the output data format being a RAW format, and the electronic file having a Portable Document Format (PDF); means for sending output data identification information to an upper-level program after the means for determining determines the destination, the output data identification information identifying one of a plurality of the destinations that the output data has been transferred to by the print driver or the electronic file driver; means for controlling transfer of the output data having the output data format to the destination; and means for controlling interaction between the upper-level program and a lower-level program, the interaction including relaying the output data having the output data format to the means for controlling transfer of the output data, wherein the means for controlling interaction includes: | 3,769 |
9,205,714 | 1. A self-inflating tire assembly comprising: a. a tire having a tire cavity, a first and second sidewall extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region; b. said tire having a pump passageway, said pump passageway having an inlet end and an outlet end and being operative to allow a portion of the pump passageway the second chamber to substantially close the pump passageway, c. a valve device connected to the inlet end and outlet end of the pump passageway, wherein the valve device has a valve body having a first, second and third chamber, said first chamber having a first hole in fluid communication with the inlet end of the first pump passageway, said second chamber having a second hole in fluid communication with the outlet end of the pump passageway and a third chamber having a channel in fluid communication with the ambient air; d. wherein a first outlet passageway is in fluid communication with the tire cavity and the first chamber, and a second outlet passageway is in fluid communication with a second chamber, wherein a first check valve is positioned in the first outlet passageway to prevent flow from the cavity into the valve device; wherein a second check valve is positioned in the second outlet passageway to prevent flow from the cavity into the valve device; wherein a pressure membrane is received within the valve body, and positioned to open and close the channel. | 12,491 |
9,056,279 | 1. A method for controlling emissions in an engine, the method comprising: establishing a desired first temperature at an inlet of an ammonia slip catalyst assembly; determining a second temperature associated with a temperature at the inlet of the ammonia slip catalyst assembly; determining whether the second temperature is higher than the desired first temperature; and if the second temperature is higher than the desired first temperature, then directing an air injector to add air to the inlet of the ammonia slip catalyst assembly. | 21,645 |
9,212,468 | 1. An excavator comprising: an arm including an attachment; a boom to which the arm is attached; an upper turning body to which the boom is attached; an engine arranged at the upper turning body; an electrical energy storage unit including an electrical energy storage device that accumulates electric power generated by a generator and an electric circuit that controls a charge/discharge operation of the electrical energy storage device; a voltage detection part that is arranged between the electrical energy storage device and the generator and is configured to measure a voltage of the electrical energy storage device; a current detection part that measures a current flowing through the electrical energy storage device; an abnormality detection part that detects an abnormality of the electrical energy storage unit; a switching element that controls the charge/discharge operation of the electrical energy storage device; and a breaker that interrupts a power supply line between the switching element and the electrical energy storage device; wherein the abnormality detection part includes an electrical energy storage state estimation part that obtains an estimation value of an electrical energy storage state of the electrical energy storage device based on a voltage detection value obtained by the voltage detection part and a current detection value obtained by the current detection part; and an abnormality determination part that makes an abnormality determination based on the estimation value obtained by the electrical energy storage state estimation part; wherein the abnormality detection part controls the switching element and the breaker based on an abnormality determination result of the abnormality determination part; and wherein when an amount of change in a charge state of the electrical energy storage device is less than a first threshold value, the abnormality determination part stops operation of the switching element and controls the breaker to interrupt the power supply line. | 40,701 |
9,546,550 | 1. A system comprising: a foil including a leading inlet for fluid to enter, a forward chamber within the foil downstream of the leading inlet, a rearward chamber within the foil downstream of the forward chamber, and a constriction formed by the foil between the forward and rearward chambers; at least one rotor within the forward chamber of the foil; a leading flow separator having a dual concave leading edge; a trailing flow separator at least partially within the trailing chamber of the foil; wherein fluid flowing through the foil experiences decreased pressure and increased velocity at the rearward chamber relative to the forward chamber. | 31,700 |
9,196,528 | 1. An integrated circuit (IC) chip comprising: a substrate having a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and a n-type field effect transistor (NFET) thereon, the PFET and NFET each including a sourcedrain region; a PFET contact to a source/drain region of the PFET; an NFET contact to a source/drain region of the NFET; and a silicide layer disposed over the PFET and the NFET, wherein the silicide layer is absent from a portion of the upper surface of each of the PFET and the NFET immediately adjacent a gate in each of the PFET and the NFET; wherein only one of: wherein in the case that the PFET contact extends into the source/drain region of the PFET, the PFET contact includes a silicon germanium layer between the PFET contact and the source/drain region of the PFET. | 46,884 |
8,644,638 | 1. One or more computer-readable memory comprising computer-executable instructions for automatically adjusting a digital image in a localized manner, the computer-executable instructions performing steps comprising: generating a mask delineating a highlights region of the digital image from a shadows region of the digital image; generating one or more histograms of the digital image; generating one or more moments from the one or more histograms of the digital image; generating one or more target moments from the one or more moments; applying an adjustment to a region, as delineated by the mask, of the digital image to obtain an adjusted image; generating one or more adjusted histograms of the adjusted image corresponding to at least some of the one or more histograms generated of the digital image; generating one or more adjusted moments from the one or more adjusted histograms, the one or more adjusted moments corresponding to at least some of the moments generated from the one or more histograms; and repeating, with the adjustment greater than a previously applied adjustment, the applying the adjustment, the generating the one or more adjusted histograms, and the generating the one or more adjusted moments, if none of the adjusted moments are equal to corresponding target moments. | 619 |
9,093,273 | 1. A method comprising: growing a channel layer over a substrate, wherein the channel layer comprises: depositing a hard mask layer over the channel layer; patterning the hard mask layer; applying a first delta doping process to the first channel region to form a first delta doping layer over the first channel region, wherein a top surface of the first delta doping layer is exposed and a bottom surface of the first delta doping layer is in direct contact with a top surface of the first channel region; applying a second delta doping process to the second channel region to form a second delta doping layer over the second channel region, wherein the second delta doping layer is of a different doping density from the first delta doping layer, and wherein a top surface of the second delta doping layer is exposed and a bottom surface of the second delta doping layer is in direct contact with a top surface of the second channel region; and after the step of applying the first delta doping process and prior to the step of applying the second delta doping, applying a first diffusion process to the first delta doping layer and after the step of applying the first delta doping process, applying a second diffusion process to the second delta doping layer. | 16,367 |
8,603,900 | 1. A method of improving an efficiency of a solar cell, comprising: introducing a first species into a surface of a solar cell to create an emitter having a first conductivity; applying a surface passivation layer to said surface; and introducing a second species into said surface passivation layer to a depth in said surface passivation layer above said emitter using at least one of ion implantation or deposition so as to create an electric field from within said surface passivation layer to repel a minority carriers in said emitter away from said surface. | 47,090 |
8,685,823 | 1. A method for forming a field effect transistor device, the method comprising: forming a nanowire suspended above a substrate; forming a dummy gate stack on a portion of the substrate and around a portion of the nanowire; removing exposed portions of the nanowire; epitaxially growing nanowire extension portions from exposed portions of the nanowire; depositing a layer of semiconductor material over exposed portions of the substrate, the dummy gate stack and the nanowire extension portions; removing portions of the semiconductor material to form sidewall contact regions arranged adjacent to the dummy gate stack and contacting the nanowire extension portions; forming a silicide on exposed portions of the sidewall contact regions; depositing a capping layer over the silicide, and exposed portions of the dummy gate stack and the substrate; removing portions of the capping layer to expose a portion of the dummy gate; removing a portion of the dummy gate to expose the nanowire; depositing a dielectric layer over exposed portions of the nanowire; depositing conductive layer over the dielectric layer; and forming a capping layer over exposed portions of the conductive layer. | 35,165 |
8,667,336 | 1. A method, comprising: determining whether one or more manageability conditions are present in a computer system; attempting to load, in response to one or more manageability conditions being present, an out-of-service manageability remediation environment, the out-of-service manageability remediation environment comprising one of: determining whether the out-of-service manageability remediation environment has failed to load; in response to determining that the out-of-service manageability remediation environment has failed to load, attempting to load (i) the local out-of-service manageability remediation environment in response to determining that the remote out-of-service manageability remediation environment has failed to load or (ii) the remote out-of-service manageability remediation environment in response to determining that the local out-of-service manageability remediation environment has failed to load; and rebooting the computer system under the control of the host operating system in response to the one or more diagnosed host operating system problems being repaired by the local out-of-service manageability remediation environment or the remote out-of-service manageability remediation environment. | 9,673 |
8,414,636 | 1. A stent graft introducer comprising a deployment catheter and a handle assembly; the deployment catheter comprising a pusher, a stent graft releasably retained onto the pusher, a temporary stent graft retention arrangement, a sheath coaxially around the pusher and enclosing the stent graft and a sheath hub to which the sheath is mounted; the handle assembly comprising, a handle, a first slide and a second slide, the first slide able to slide to retract within the second slide and the second slide able to slide to retract within the handle, the first slide including a releasable engagement arrangement to engage and retain the sheath hub thereon, and an actuation arrangement to enable retraction of the second slide within the handle and the first slide within the second slide; the handle being engaged with the pusher; the actuation arrangement comprising a first longitudinal gear rack on the first slide, a second longitudinal gear rack on the second slide and a ratchet and pawl assembly on the handle, the ratchet and pawl assembly comprising a hand actuatable ratchet lever and an arm extending from the ratchet lever and engaging the second gear rack; whereby actuation of the hand actuatable ratchet lever causes the arm to engage gear teeth on the second gear rack to cause retraction of the second slide, the second slide comprising an aperture in the second gear rack whereby when the second slide is fully retracted into the handle, the arm extends through the aperture and engages the first gear rack and continued actuation of the hand actuatable ratchet lever causes the arm to engage gear teeth on the first gear rack to cause retraction of the first slide thereby retracting the sheath from the pusher to expose the stent graft retained on the pusher. | 20,841 |
9,835,484 | 1. A nuclear magnetic flowmeter for determining the flow of a medium flowing through a measuring tube, having a magnetic field generator comprised of permanent magnets for generating a magnetic field interfusing the medium over a magnetic field section L M , having a pre-magnetization section L VM located within the magnetic field section L M and having a measuring device also located in the magnetic field section L M , the measuring device having at least one coil-shaped antenna with the length L 1 serving as a measuring antenna, wherein at least one additional coil-shaped antenna is provided in the pre-magnetization section L | 10,966 |
9,777,798 | 1. A dual clutch transmission coupled to an off-axis electric motor in a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, comprising: a motor-driven modified reverse gear that replaces an engine-driven reverse gear, the motor-driven modified reverse gear being hard-splined to an output shaft of the transmission in a same position as the engine-driven reverse gear; and an off-axis electric motor coupled to the output shaft of the transmission via the motor-driven modified reverse gear, the electric motor including an electric motor driven gear directly coupled to the motor-driven modified reverse gear; wherein the electric motor is configured to provide forward and reverse torque and an electric only reverse mode via its coupling to the motor-driven modified reverse gear. | 40,432 |
9,800,077 | 1. A DC power-supply device that converts an alternating current into a direct current and supplies the direct current to a load while having a reactor on a conversion path thereof, the DC power-supply device comprising: a first capacitor and a second capacitor serially connected between output terminals to the load; a charging unit to selectively charge one or both of the first capacitor and the second capacitor; and a control unit to control the charging unit to change, based on a ratio of a non-charging period to a period obtained by combining a charging period and the non-charging period when a pair of the first capacitor and the second capacitor is charged, a charging frequency that is an inverse number of the period obtained by combining the charging period and the non-charging period, and thereby to control an output voltage of the load, wherein the control unit controls the charging unit such that the charging frequency becomes n times a frequency multiplied by the number of phases of the alternating current (n is a natural number). | 40,653 |
8,548,475 | 1. A method of operating a wireless electronic device that supports multiple radio access technologies, comprising: determining a data rate efficiency value associated with a currently active radio access technology in the wireless electronic device, wherein the data rate efficiency value associated with the currently active radio access technology is based on a ratio of a data rate for the currently active radio access technology to a power consumption value for the currently active radio access technology; determining a data rate efficiency value associated with an alternative radio access technology in the wireless electronic device, wherein the data rate efficiency value associated with the alternative active radio access technology is based on a ratio of a data rate for the alternative active radio access technology to a power consumption value for the alternative active radio access technology; and in response to determining that the data rate efficiency value for the alternative radio access technology is greater than the data rate efficiency value for the current radio access technology, switching the alternate radio access technology into use in conveying wireless data for the wireless electronic device in place of the currently active radio access technology. | 7,825 |
8,830,482 | 1. A device for measuring at least one of an interferometric path and rotation, comprising: a fiber-optic light conductor unit; a transducer unit having a grating element and a light pickup unit; and a modulation interferometer unit positioned upstream from the light conductor unit, wherein the modulation interferometer unit includes a beam splitter for splitting a beam into two partial beams and a first delay element for providing optical delay of one of the two partial beams, the first delay element providing an optical delay route longer than an optical coherence length of the two partial beams; wherein the modulation interferometer unit is connected by the fiber-optic light conductor unit to the transducer unit, and wherein the two partial beams are jointly applied to the fiber-optic light conductor unit, the fiber-optic light conductor unit guiding the two partial beams to the grating element; wherein the two partial beams guided through the grating element produce a superposition signal which is a function of at least one of a linear movement of the grating element, a rotational movement of the grating element, and a position of the grating element, and wherein the light pickup unit detects the superposition signal to determine at least one of the linear movement and rotational movement of the grating element. | 42,095 |
8,985,989 | 1. A three-dimensional printing apparatus, comprising: a container, containing a photosensitive material; a display, having a plurality of display units, each of the display units being capable of emitting a light beam; a control unit, connected to the display and controlling the display units of the display; and an optical film, disposed between the display and the container, the optical film comprising a plurality of optical structures folined thereon and arranged in a direction perpendicular to a transmission direction of the light beams, and the optical structures respectively projecting the light beams emitted from the corresponding display units onto the photosensitive material to a plurality of projected patterns, wherein an arranging sequence and an arranging direction of the projected patterns are substantially the same as an arranging sequence and an arranging direction of the display units, and a dimension of each of the projected patterns is substantially equal to a dimension of each of the display units, so that the projected patterns are formed as not overlapping, and a distance between the display and the upper surface of the container is less than or equal to 3 cm. | 12,999 |
8,541,140 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel tank to store fuel; a water tank to store water, receive the fuel from the fuel tank, and to discharge the water by a pressure of the fuel; a pressure control unit connected to the fuel tank and the water tank to control the pressure of the fuel supplied to the water tank; a reformer connected to the fuel tank and the water tank to reform the fuel and the water and to generate reformed gas; and a fuel cell stack connected to said reformer to generate electrical energy through a reaction between the reformed gas and an oxidant gas; and a connection line having a valve directly connecting the reformer to the water tank, wherein in the absence or reduction of pressure from the fuel tank the valve opens conveying water from the reformer to the water tank. | 18,102 |
9,493,084 | 1. A source device configured to control a magnetic field, the source device comprising: a plurality of source resonators configured to form the magnetic field to transmit power to one or more target devices; a processor configured to a phase changing unit configured to change a phase of at least one of the plurality of source resonators to form the magnetic field in the determined shape. | 19,335 |
8,836,368 | 1. A logic block implemented in an integrated circuit, comprising: a plurality of cells formed in said integrated circuit, each of said cells consisting of data inputs, a select input, a logic gate, and a programmably selectable inverter coupled to said logic gate, each of said data inputs to said cell consisting only of an input to said logic gate, said logic gate including a logic gate output, said programmably selectable inverter coupled to said logic gate output, and said select input configured for enabling or disabling said programmably selectable inverter; a tree structure arrangement comprising a number of levels formed by said cells; a plurality of inputs to said tree structure in a first level of said tree structure comprising said data inputs to said cells in said first level; and an output from said tree structure in a last level of said tree structure. | 25,728 |
9,569,564 | 1. A computer implemented method for converting a design model part to a manufacturing model part in a solid modeling application, comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional design model part and selecting a reference face therefrom; obtaining a retrieved face and identifying a base face that corresponds to the reference face; providing a set of potential mechanical features, each potential mechanical feature of the set of potential mechanical features corresponding to a predetermined topological configuration; recognizing a geometric pattern of the design model part that matches at least one of the predetermined topological configurations relating to the set of potential mechanical features, the geometric pattern relating to the identified base face; identifying new structural machined features for a manufacturing model part, wherein the new structural machined features are defined by the potential mechanical features relating to the matching topological configurations recognized in relation to the geometric pattern, wherein the identified new structural machined features are free of definition within the recognized geometric pattern; generating a manufacturing model part by adding the new structural machined features to the design model part based upon the geometric pattern of the design model part; and forming a printed sand casting of the manufacturing model part. | 4,326 |
9,232,757 | 1. A plant of soybean variety 01046242, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-122385. | 17,562 |
8,400,642 | 1. A position detection device adapted to detect a position of a target object, comprising: a light source section adapted to form a light intensity distribution of a detection light beam; a first light detector adapted to receive a reflected light beam of the detection light beam reflected by the target object in a detection area where the light intensity distribution is formed; a transmissive member disposed between the detection area and the light source section, and between the detection area and the first light detector, and having a first surface directed toward the detection area and a second surface directed toward the light source section; a second light detector adapted to receive a light beam reflected by the second surface of the transmissive member out of the detection light beam emitted from the light source section; a position detection section adapted to detect the target object in the detection area based on the detection result in the first light detector; and a light blocking member disposed between the second light detector and the detection area, and adapted to block the reflected light beam. | 4,684 |
8,791,834 | 1. A method of communicating data for a utility meter reading system, comprising: measuring the actual usage of a metered commodity with a utility meter over a first time period; dividing the first time period into a plurality of intervals; defining data representative of said measured actual usage as a fractional or percentage value of said measured actual usage over each of said plurality of intervals; and transmitting said actual usage and said defined data over a communications network. | 39,161 |
9,398,425 | 1. A method for group communications over evolved multimedia broadcast/multicast services (E-MBMS) comprising: identifying a schedule for an indicator on a broadcast/multicast medium of a first multicast media on a multicast flow, wherein the indicator is configured to identify a location of data on the broadcast/multicast medium and to identify a presence of the data on the multicast flow; binding application layer paging, an application layer wake up mechanism, or a power saving mechanism to the schedule for the indicator on the multicast flow; waking from a sleep mode to monitor the indicator to determine availability of the first multicast media based on the indicator, while maintaining an application layer sleep cycle; notifying the application layer and tuning to the first multicast media if the first multicast media is available; and returning to the sleep mode without notifying the application layer to maintain the application layer sleep cycle if the first multicast media is not available. | 35,515 |
9,066,899 | 1. A method for inducing an immune response against Plasmodium falciparum in an infant comprising a) selecting an infant from about 1 week old to about 50 weeks old and is at risk of malaria disease or infection; and b) administering an immunogenic composition comprising wherein the CS antigen is expressed at the pre-erythrocytic stage of malarial infection. | 14,933 |
9,219,277 | 1. A secondary battery mounted to a hybrid automobile, the secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode comprising nickel hydroxide as a positive-electrode active material; an electrolyte comprising an aqueous solution of an alkali; a separator; and a negative electrode comprising a low Co hydrogen storage alloy as a negative-electrode active material, the low Co hydrogen storage alloy having a CaCu wherein, in a composition of 5.30≦a+b+c+d<5.35, the a-axis length of the crystal lattice is not less than 500.0 pm and not more than 502.4 pm, and the c-axis length is not less than 405.9 pm and not more than 407.2 pm, wherein the pulverization residual rate obtained by the following equation is 50% or more: pulverization residual rate (%)=(post-cycling particle size/pre-cycling particle size)×100, when a hydrogen storage alloy is ground and screened to select particles with a particle size in the range of 20 μm and 53 μm to provide hydrogen storage alloy powder, and after measuring with a particle size distribution measuring device the average particle size (pre-cycling particle size, D | 44,061 |
8,910,739 | 1. A pressure control device for a vehicle, the vehicle having at least one engine for generating vehicle drive power, a compressed air supply and storage installation, and a compressed air compressor coupleable to the vehicle engine, the pressure control device comprising: at least one electronic control apparatus; and at least one valve assembly, separate from and coupleable to the compressed air compressor, for controllably connecting a compression space of the compressed air compressor and the compressed air supply and storage installation, the pressure control device being configured to: (a) connect the compression space to the compressed air supply and storage installation in a compressed air generation mode to convey compressed air from the compression space into the compressed air supply and storage installation, (b) connect the compression space to the compressed air supply and storage installation in a compressed air expansion mode to convey compressed air from the compressed air supply and storage installation into the compression space, and (c) change over between the compressed air generation mode and the compressed air expansion mode based on electrical actuation of at least one electrically actuatable valve of the at least one valve assembly using the at least one electronic control apparatus. | 26,640 |
9,447,983 | 1. A system for HVAC analysis comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a setting of a pressure independent valve, wherein the setting of the pressure independent valve corresponds to a flow rate through the pressure independent valve; a pre-processor configured to: a measurement predictor configured to predict one or more expected HVAC values, wherein the one or more expected HVAC values are at least partially dependent on an expected operation of the pressure independent valve; a comparator configured to compare the one or more of the HVAC actual energy density values with one or more of the expected HVAC values such that a different value is determined; an inference component configured to determine a probable cause based on a match between the difference value and one or more known difference values; and an optimization component configured to determine one or more changes to a building component or process based on the difference value or probable cause; wherein the transceiver is further configured to send one or more signals based on the determined one or more changes. | 4,363 |
8,836,284 | 1. A value calculation device for a rechargeable battery used with a plurality of battery cells restrained by a restraint member, comprising: a detector for detecting battery data obtained as said rechargeable battery is electrically charged and discharged; a first measurement unit for measuring a battery parameter of said rechargeable battery after said rechargeable battery has said restraint member removed therefrom and the plurality of battery cells has a portion thereof replaced and is thus disassembled when said rechargeable battery is subsequently re-restrained by said restraint member and thus reused, said measuring being based on said battery data detected after said rechargeable battery is re-restrained; and an evaluation unit for evaluating from said battery parameter a value of said rechargeable battery reused, said battery parameter at least including an internal resistance of said rechargeable battery. | 43,804 |
8,809,184 | 1. A method of forming a local interconnect structure between first and second active regions that are separated by an isolation region, wherein each of said active regions has at least one transistor device formed therein and thereon, the method comprising: forming a plurality of source/drain contacts that are each conductively coupled to a source/drain region of one of said at least one transistor device, wherein at least one of said source/drain contacts is a local interconnect structure that spans the isolation region and is conductively coupled to a first source/drain region in said first active region and to a second source/drain region in said second active region; after forming said plurality of source/drain contacts, forming a patterned mask layer that covers an entirety of said first and second active regions and exposes at least a portion of said local interconnect structure positioned above said isolation region; performing an etching process through said patterned mask layer to remove a portion of said local interconnect structure, said etching process defining a recess positioned above a remaining portion of said local interconnect structure; and forming an insulating material in said recess. | 39,488 |
8,986,879 | 1. A pouch case, comprising: a case body comprising a space formed thereon for receiving an electrode assembly therein and a sealing part formed around the space; and a case cover attached to the case body through the sealing part, wherein the sealing part comprises side sealing sections that are folded towards the space, wherein a width of each side sealing section is less than a depth of the space, wherein one side of the case cover is integrally formed to one side of the case body such that the one side of the case cover extends from but does not overlap with the one side of the case body, and wherein end corners of the side sealing sections are one of curved and multilateral, the end corners being adjacent to an edge where the side of the case cover is integrally formed with the one side of the case body. | 1,916 |
9,139,451 | 1. A washing device for a water treatment apparatus, the washing device comprising: circulation members connected to passages of the water treatment apparatus to circulate wash water through the passages of the water treatment apparatus; and a circulation module connected to the circulation members for circulating the wash water through the passages of the water treatment apparatus, with the circulation members thereby washing the passages of the water treatment apparatus, wherein the circulation members comprise: wherein the circulation module comprises: | 1,291 |
8,842,957 | 1. A multimode optical fiber comprising: a graded index glass core comprising refractive index delta Δ1, a maximum refractive index delta Δ1 | 28,679 |
8,656,685 | 1. A reinforced structural flexural member made of reinforced concrete comprising a concrete beam or column having a plastic hinge portion at or near the maximum moment region defined by a tension zone and a compression zone existing simultaneously when subject to a bending moment under loading on the member, wherein; a) at least a portion of material within the compression zone of the plastic hinge portion comprises a ductile compressive material which is elasto-plastically or nearly elastoplastically deformable, the ductile compressive material being selected from the group consisting of metallic materials, cementitious materials, rubber cement materials, composite materials, elastomeric materials, or a combination thereof, wherein voids or bubbles are provided in the ductile compressive material to increase ductility; b) concrete material adjacent to the compression zone having a compressive strength higher than a compressive strength of the ductile compressive material, said ductile compressive material having greater ductility than said adjacent concrete material, and said ductile compressive material is limited to the compression zone in the plastic hinge portion; c) a total compressive strength of the flexural member is not greater than a total tensile strength of the flexural member for preventing tensile rupture; and d) the ductile compressive material assumes a substantially block-shaped configuration and plastic deformation is mainly concentrated in the ductile compressive material of the plastic hinge to maintain an adequate load carrying capacity before structural failure. | 19,435 |
9,080,964 | 1. A gas sensor element comprising: a laminate of a detection element and a heater; and a porous protection layer which entirely covers a forward end portion of the laminate, wherein the detection element has at least one cell composed of a solid electrolyte body and a pair of electrodes disposed on the solid electrolyte body; the heater has an insulating ceramic body and a heat-generating element provided in the insulating ceramic body and adapted to generate heat by passing electric current therethrough; and the laminate has at least one measuring chamber which is formed in its forward end portion, into which a gas-to-be-measured is introduced from an ambient atmosphere via a diffusion resistor, and which one of the pair of electrodes faces, the gas sensor element being characterized in that the porous protection layer comprises an inner porous layer disposed externally of the diffusion resistor and covering at least the diffusion resistor, and an outer porous layer formed externally of the inner porous layer and entirely covering the forward end portion of the laminate; the inner porous layer has a higher porosity than the outer porous layer; the porosity of the inner porous layer is 50% to 75% and the porosity of the outer porous layer is 30% to 50%; the inner porous layer has a higher porosity than that of the diffusion resistor; and as viewed in a plurality of 100 μm×100 μm regions on a scanning electron micrograph of sections of the inner porous layer and the diffusion resistor, a pore diameter greater than a greatest pore diameter C | 31,629 |
8,669,421 | 1. Lactuca sativa seed designated as ‘Dover’ having ATCC Accession Number PTA-12097. | 46,843 |
8,472,441 | 1. A multicast communication apparatus for receiving and forwarding data via a network among a plurality of nodes, comprising: a receiver that receives the data from a source node; a memory that stores a routing table that includes route information of the data including the source node and a destination node of the data; a forwarder that forwards the data to a next destination node according to the route information of the routing table; a second memory that stores a hop length table that includes a hopping number of the data forwarded from the source node to the next destination node; and a mixing processor that performs mixing processing of data received from another node, wherein the mixing processor performs the mixing processing according to the hopping number in the hop length table. | 31,109 |
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