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8,349,503 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte battery, comprising: a case; a positive electrode housed in the case; a negative electrode housed in the case; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an ionic liquid and no lower than 1 mol/L to no higher than 3 mol/L of lithium ions, wherein the lithium ions are present in a molar amount which is no smaller than 2×10 the ionic liquid contains anion and cation, and the cation is at least one selected from the group consisting of imidazolium ion, alkyl pyridinium ion, and dialkyl piperidinium ion, and wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte consists of the ionic liquid and lithium salts. | 22,783 |
9,388,031 | 1. A closing tool for a closing machine for placing a closure on a container, the closing tool comprising: a gripping device comprising at least three gripping members grouped around a center line of the gripping device, each gripping member of the at least three gripping members being pivotably mounted about a pivot axis which subdivides the gripping member into a first arm and a second arm, the first arm being configured to grip the closure during a gripping operation; and a first magnet disposed on the second arm of at least one gripping member of the at least three gripping members such that the first magnet and the second arm pivot together about the pivot axis during the gripping operation; a second magnet disposed on the second arm of the at least one gripping member of the at least three gripping members such that the second magnet and the second arm pivot together about the pivot axis during the gripping operation, wherein the second magnet has a different polarity than the first magnet; and a third magnet linearly translatable along the center line between the at least three gripping members. | 42,360 |
9,458,072 | 1. A process for producing ethanol comprising contacting acetic acid and hydrogen in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst comprising a binder, and a mixed oxide comprising cobalt and tin, wherein the total cobalt loading of the catalyst is from 25 to 45 wt. %, based on the total metal content of the catalyst. | 46,130 |
8,810,417 | 1. A beverage immersate comprising: an immersate body defining at least one beverage immersate, wherein the immersate body defining the at least one beverage immersate includes, at least one signal transmitter positioned and configured to transmit the signal responsive to the at least one sensor. | 40,484 |
9,849,798 | 1. A system comprising: a vehicle-external induction charging unit comprising a primary coil and a low-frequency receiving antenna; and a vehicle comprising: wherein the access element is wirelessly coupled to the vehicle safety unit and is configured to permit user access to the vehicle when in the vicinity of the vehicle. | 43,490 |
9,724,096 | 1. An end effector for use by a surgeon to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a surgical procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the end effector comprising: an anvil that includes a first end, a second end, and a face that is positionable on the first side of the anatomical structure; and a cartridge that is configured to house a plurality of staples and that includes a first end, a second end, and a face that is positionable on the second side of the anatomical structure, the first end of the cartridge is movably coupled to the first end of the anvil and the second end of the cartridge is movably coupled to the second end of the anvil, the anvil being movable relative to the cartridge to define a first gap between the faces at the first ends that is less than a second gap between the faces at the second ends. | 11,969 |
9,166,071 | 1. A solar cell comprising: a substrate comprised of silicon of a first conductivity type; a layer of silicon of a second conductivity type disposed on said substrate; and a graded layer forming a direct interface with said layer of silicon, wherein said graded layer comprises SiO | 16,997 |
8,433,173 | 1. A content reproduction system, comprising: a content reproduction apparatus configured to reproduce a plurality of types of contents including a video content having audio information and image information, an audio content having only audio information, and an image content having only image information; a device connected to the content reproduction apparatus configured to output a content reproduced by the content reproduction apparatus to a user; and a controlling unit configured to (1) limit a type of content to be reproduced by the content reproduction apparatus according to an acknowledged driving condition, (2) restrict at least a part of operations of a part related to image reproduction of the content reproduction apparatus and a part related to image display of the device when display of the image by the device is ineffective, and (3) restrict an operation of a part related to image display of the device when display of the image by the device is ineffective and restricts an operation of an information displaying part when display of the image by the device is effective; wherein: the content reproduction apparatus is provided with (i) an acknowledging unit configured to acknowledge, as a driving condition of the device, whether an image included in the content can be displayed effectively by the device and whether an audio included in the content can be outputted effectively by the device, and (ii) the information displaying part, which is configured to display information related to reproduction of the image. | 18,098 |
9,589,678 | 1. A method for maintaining liquid lithium on a surface area of internal walls of a reactor chamber, the method comprising: installing at least one tile on the surface area of the internal walls of the reactor chamber, wherein the at least one tile is manufactured from a high-temperature resistant, porous open-cell material comprising an internal network; pumping the liquid lithium through the interior network of the at least one tile; circulating the liquid lithium throughout the interior network of the at least one tile via at least one open cell to allow for the liquid lithium to seep from the interior network through the porous open-cell material to reach an external surface of the at least one tile that faces the interior of the reactor chamber, wherein the porous open-cell material retains the liquid lithium in place on the internal walls of the reactor chamber against gravity and electromagnetic forces; and outputting the circulated liquid lithium from the at least one tile. | 19,302 |
8,343,660 | 1. A method for producing a hydrogen storage alloy containing two or more crystal phases having different crystal structures, wherein the two or more crystal phases are layered in the c-axis direction of the crystal structures the method comprising a melting step of heat melting alloy raw materials at prescribed mixing ratio in inert gas atmosphere; a cooling step of rapid solidification the melted alloy; and an annealing step of further annealing the alloy subjected to the cooling step at a temperature that ranges from 860 ° C. to 1000 °C. in inert gas atmosphere in pressurized state, wherein in the cooling step a cooling speed is 1000 ° C/s or higher. | 36,547 |
9,650,680 | 1. A nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid of 18-24 nucleotides comprising at least 18 contiguous nucleotides identical to SEQ ID NO: 18611; (b) a DNA encoding the nucleic acid of (a), wherein the DNA is identical in length to (a); (c) the complement of one of the nucleic acids of (a) and (b), wherein the complement is identical in length to the one of the nucleic acids of (a) and (b); wherein the nucleic acid comprises a non-naturally occurring nucleotide. | 46,829 |
9,081,373 | 1. An energy-management system that manages energy within a predominantly closed power system, comprising: a processor; a storage device coupled to the processor and storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising: | 47,110 |
9,382,221 | 1. A method for treating Alzheimer's Disease, comprising administering to a mammal suffering from such disease a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the structure: and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and hydrates, wherein: R R R at least one of R | 15,023 |
9,048,030 | 1. A wound electrochemical device comprising: a band-shaped first electrode; a band-shaped second electrode; and a band-shaped separator, the first and second electrodes being wound and overlaid such as to hold the separator therebetween; the band-shaped first electrode having: the band-shaped second electrode having: wherein: the first lead and the second lead abut against opposing surfaces of the separator through respective protective tapes; the first exposed part has: the second exposed part has: the first and second exposed parts oppose each other through the separator; the first lead opposes the second open area of the second exposed part through the separator; the second lead opposes the first open area of the first exposed part through the separator; the first and second leads are adjacent to each other in respect to the length direction of the first current collector, and are positioned between an outermost winding of the first current collector and an outermost winding of the second current collector; a current collector is not interposed between the first and second leads; and the number of separator layers interposed between the first and second leads is one. | 39,727 |
9,030,156 | 1. A power supply system using an assembled battery, the power supply system comprising: an assembled battery that is composed of a plurality of storage elements combined in series with one another; and an assembled battery supervisory device configured to supervise a state of charge of said assembled battery; wherein said assembled battery supervisory device comprises: wherein said arithmetic device is supplied with stabilized electric power from said voltage conversion circuit. | 10,986 |
9,697,440 | 1. A method for recognizing a client feature, comprising: obtaining a client feature and a pre-stored template image feature; projecting the obtained client feature and the obtained pre-stored template image feature according to a preset projection matrix, to generate a projection feature pair, the preset projection matrix being formed by training an energy function using first template image features of a same object and second template image features of different objects; performing similarity calculation on the projection feature pair according to a preset similarity calculation rule, to generate a similarity result; and prompting the generated similarity result; wherein the preset similarity calculation rule comprises a similarity probability function, and the similarity probability function is generated according to a preset similarity metric function; and the energy function comprises the preset projection matrix and the preset projection matrix is obtained by training the energy function until similarity between the first template image features of the same object is the greatest and similarity between the second template image features of the different objects is the smallest; wherein a formula of the similarity probability function is: wherein, (x | 22,928 |
9,292,107 | 1. A method of controlling a computer cursor with a mobile telephone, said method comprising: establishing communication between a mobile telephone and a computer in close proximity; positioning said mobile telephone horizontally on a flat surface such that an active-pixel sensor and an associated light source of said mobile telephone are oriented downward toward said flat surface; detecting by said mobile telephone that said mobile telephone has been raised from said flat surface; detecting, by said mobile telephone, that said mobile telephone has undergone a first non-linear three-dimensional movement after said raising that matches a predefined non-linear three-dimensional movement wherein said first three-dimensional movement is distinct from said raising and wherein said mobile telephone does not interpret said raising as part of said first three-dimensional movement; after said mobile telephone detects that said mobile telephone has been raised from said flat surface, enabling said mobile telephone to detect said first three-dimensional movement and to match said first three-dimensional movement with said predefined non-linear three dimensional movement wherein said enabling is caused by said raising without requiring any additional input from a user of said mobile telephone; translating, by said mobile telephone, said matched first three-dimensional movement into a click of a first computer mouse button wherein said first computer mouse button is one of a left mouse button and a right mouse button and wherein said first three-dimensional movement is a sharp movement in a horizontal direction; sending said first computer mouse button click to said computer in close proximity; and implementing said first computer mouse button click in conjunction with a cursor of said computer; while said mobile telephone is raised above said flat surface, detecting by said mobile telephone that said mobile telephone has undergone a second non-linear three dimensional movement wherein said second three dimensional movement is different from said first three dimensional movement; and translating, by said mobile telephone, said second three dimensional movement into a click of a second computer mouse button, said second computer mouse button being one of said left mouse button and said right mouse button, said second computer mouse button being different from said first computer mouse button wherein said second three dimensional movement is a sharp movement in a vertical direction. | 37,634 |
8,883,333 | 1. A flow battery system comprising: a reactor; a first pump operably connected to a first electrolyte tank and to the reactor; a second pump operably connected to a second electrolyte tank and to the reactor; a memory including program instructions stored therein; and a controller operably connected to the first pump, the second pump, and the memory and configured to execute the program instructions to | 380 |
9,189,232 | 1. A reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processor, comprising: a physical register stack, an operating component connected to the physical register stack, and a decoder connected to the operating component, wherein | 19,986 |
8,646,375 | 1. A fluid pressure cylinder comprising: a piston slidingly moving along the inside of a cylinder bore in the direction of a central axis by the action of fluid pressure; a piston rod connected to the piston; a magnet mounted on the piston; and a position detecting device mounted on an outer surface of a cylinder body with a single attachment bolt so that positioning thereof is possible, wherein the fluid pressure cylinder is configured in such a manner that the position detecting device detects the position of the piston by detecting the magnet, wherein the position detecting device has: a magnetic sensor that senses the magnetism of the magnet; a housing containing the magnetic sensor; an elongated attachment hole formed on the housing with a major axis thereof being parallel to the central axis; a hole cover disposed on an outer surface of the housing in such a manner as to cover the elongated attachment hole; and the single attachment bolt going through the hole cover and the elongated attachment hole, wherein fixation of the housing on the cylinder body and fixation of the hole cover on the housing are simultaneously performed by screwing the single attachment bolt into a screw hole formed on a side surface of the cylinder body. | 16,430 |
9,281,085 | 1. A method of repairing a connection between a first nozzle and a closed vessel, comprising: cutting through an entire thickness of the first nozzle at a location adjacent to a mid-wall of the vessel; completely removing from the mid-wall of the vessel a portion of the first nozzle; disposing a replacement nozzle in an opening that remains after removal of the portion of the first nozzle, wherein the replacement nozzle and the removed portion of the first nozzle are different pieces; welding at least a portion of the replacement nozzle to at least a portion of a surface of the mid-wall of the vessel; and positioning the replacement nozzle vertically and horizontally in the opening, wherein positioning comprises: disposing a positioning tool in the opening prior to disposing the replacement nozzle in the opening; disposing the replacement nozzle on the positioning tool to axially and radially position the replacement nozzle; fixing the axial and radial positions of the replacement nozzle; and removing the positioning tool prior to welding at least the portion of the replacement nozzle, wherein fixing comprises fixing the axial and radial positions of the replacement nozzle with at least one clamping tool, wherein the clamping tool has an end portion clamped to the replacement nozzle at a location on the replacement nozzle that is disposed external to the mid wall and an opposite end portion clamped to another vessel nozzle at a location on the vessel nozzle that is also disposed external to the mid wall. | 9,460 |
9,754,437 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a dispensing device; a user input device; and a processor in operative communication with a memory storing a plurality of beverage formulation recipes having a caloric sweetener, wherein the processor comprises a controller that is configured to: wherein the automatic adjustment of the concentration of carbon dioxide was not requested by the user. | 20,269 |
8,417,025 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a local skin color level calculating section for calculating, as a local skin color level, a skin color level at a predetermined local region in an image; a local brightness deviation calculating section for calculating, as a local brightness deviation, a brightness dynamic range at the predetermined local region; and a skin region detecting section for detecting whether the predetermined local region is a skin region or not by using the local skin color level and the local brightness deviation. | 30,003 |
9,416,876 | 1. A system for applying a counter torque to at least one axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle includes an electronic parking brake (EPB) subsystem, to enhance a braking action of the vehicle while the EPB subsystem is engaged, the system comprising: an all wheel drive (AWD) system configured to: | 14,542 |
8,347,492 | 1. A method of making an arrangement for collecting or emitting light, comprising: a) providing a flexible sheet of material as a substrate for a plurality of light collecting or emitting devices and for formation of a respective light coupler for each of the plurality of light collecting or emitting devices; b) mounting the plurality of light collecting or emitting devices being spaced apart on the sheet, wherein the light collecting or emitting devices convert light into electricity or electricity into light respectively; c) the sheet having thereon electrical leads for interconnection to each of the plurality of light collecting or emitting devices; and d) for each light collecting or emitting device, forming a respective light coupler by forming a plurality of reflectors on the sheet around the intended periphery of the respective light collecting or emitting device, by— | 5,664 |
9,705,132 | 1. A positive active material incorporated into a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising a composite oxide comprising two or more metals; and | 26,379 |
9,049,640 | 1. An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal, comprising: a terminal module including a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and an encoded information reading (EIR) device selected from the group consisting of a bar code reading device, an RFID reading device, and a card reading device, the EIR device configured to output raw message data; a wireless interface module communicatively coupled to the terminal module via a wired interface, the wireless interface module including a microcontroller, a memory, and at least one wireless communication interface; wherein the wireless interface module is configured to establish one or more wireless links with one or more peer EIR terminals to join a wireless network of peer EIR terminals; and wherein the wireless interface module is configured, responsive to receiving a portal announcement, to cache one or more network addresses of devices having originated the portal announcement. | 32,437 |
9,325,173 | 1. A system for improving stability of a power grid system, said system comprising: a power generating source having an output being injected on to said power grid system; a damping controller receiving as input a signal indicative of oscillations in said power grid system and outputting a damping control signal; a control system receiving said damping control signal; wherein said control system outputs a control signal proportional to a transient signal on said power grid system; wherein said control signal controls said power generating source such that said output is based on said control signal wherein said control system operates a voltage inverter of said power generating source as a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) to supply reactive power to improve said stability of said power grid system; and wherein said control system operates said voltage inverter as a STATCOM only when said voltage inverter is operating at a capacity less than a rated capacity of said voltage inverter; said control system operating said voltage inverter as a STATCOM using an unutilized capacity of said voltage inverter wherein said damping controller comprises a washout filter and a compensator for compensating for said oscillations, said washout filter filtering steady state signals from said signal received as input by said damping controller. | 1,266 |
9,576,073 | 1. A method of determining a distance between two vertices, comprising: receiving as input, at a computing device, a graph comprising a plurality of vertices; generating a plurality of labels for each vertex of the graph wherein for each vertex, each label comprises both a set of vertices referred to as hubs and the distances between the hubs in the label and the vertex; performing hierarchical hub labeling on the labels, wherein performing hierarchical hub labeling comprises: storing data corresponding to the vertices and labels as preprocessed graph data in storage associated with the computing device. | 4,319 |
9,839,100 | 1. A system for powering and controlling a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting network, the system comprising: at least one router operably connected to a local network; at least one line card including: at least one power distribution unit having a lighting system controller and the at least one line card; at least one Power-over- Ethernet switch configured to: an LED fixture that is connected to a homerun cable that is connected to the output port of the at least one line card. | 23,535 |
9,045,572 | 1. A method for preparing a solid catalyst for propylene polymerization comprising the following steps: (1) reacting dialkoxy magnesium with silane compounds in the presence of an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of C6-C12 aliphatic hydrocarbons, C6-C12 aromatic hydrocarbons and C6-C12 halogenated hydrocarbons; (2) reacting titanium halide with the resulted product obtained from the step (1) (3) adding one or more internal electron donors to the product resulted from the above step (1) while increasing the temperature to the range of 60-150° C., and reacting them together, wherein the internal electron donors are selected from the bicycloalkane dicarboxylates or bicycloalkene dicarboxylates represented by the following formula (III), formula (IV), formula (V) or formula (VI): wherein R (4) reacting the product obtained from the above step (3) with titanium halide at the temperature of 60-150° C. and washing the resulted product. | 47,322 |
8,505,624 | 1. A centralizer system comprising: a centralizer comprising: a wellbore tubular disposed longitudinally within the first body portion, the second body portion, and the plurality of bow springs; and an upset disposed on the surface of the wellbore tubular and within the window, wherein the width of the window is greater than the width of the upset and is configured to allow rotational movement of the centralizer about the wellbore tubular with respect to the upset. | 27,222 |
8,498,636 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a processor, and a memory, said memory storing a program comprising program code, said program configured to cause said apparatus, when said program is executed on said processor, to operate, in dependence on at least one state of a state machine, at least one of a generating/updating process that comprises at least one of generating and updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node and at least one process associated with said generating/updating process wherein at least two different states of said state machine are associated with two different respective states of at least one of said at least one model for the coverage area of said communication node at least one of generated and updated by said generating/updating process, and wherein transitions between at least two states of said state machine are controlled by at least one of a monitoring process that monitors at least one of a stability and an actuality of at least one of said at least one model for said coverage area of said communication node, an outlier detection process that detects potential outliers with respect to said coverage area of said communication node and said generating/updating process. | 30,113 |
9,393,011 | 1. A surgical guide device to be placed through a tissue track, comprising: a barrel defining a first channel and a second channel, the first channel comprising a first exit for directing a first suture portion into a body cavity, the second channel comprising a second exit for directing a second suture portion into the body cavity; a distal tip comprising radially expandable arms; a first snare cord positioned adjacent to the first exit; a second snare cord positioned adjacent to the second exit; and an actuator coupled to the first and second snare cords, the actuator being configured to move the first and second snare cords in unison between a radially extended configuration and a retracted configuration, wherein the first snare cord in the radially extended configuration comprises a first self-supported snare loop extending generally perpendicular to a long axis of the guide, and wherein the second snare cord in the radially extended configuration comprises a second self-supported snare loop extending generally perpendicular to a long axis of the guide. | 10,198 |
8,435,330 | 1. A process for removing CO 2 from combustion gas, comprising: (a) cooling a CO (b) absorbing CO (c) heating the CO (d) heating the CO | 37,155 |
9,812,598 | 1. A photodetector, comprising: a substrate including a device layer on a surface thereof; a first doped semiconductor contact supported by the device layer; a second doped semiconductor contact on the device layer; a semiconductor body, in electrical contact with the first doped semiconductor contact and the second doped semiconductor contact, the semiconductor body capable of generating electrical signals by absorbing electromagnetic radiation; a first metal terminal, in electrical communication with said first doped semiconductor contact, but lacking direct contact with the semiconductor body; and a second metal terminal, in electrical communication with said second doped semiconductor contact, but lacking direct contact with the semiconductor body; wherein the first and second metal terminals are configured to provide the electrical signals to external circuitry; wherein said first doped semiconductor contact comprises a first portion underneath the semiconductor body, and a connecting slab between the semiconductor body and the first terminal; and wherein the connecting slab comprises a higher doping level than the first portion. | 27,792 |
8,632,892 | 1. An organic electronic material, comprising (a) a polymer or oligomer having at least one polymerizable substituent and a hole-transporting repeat unit, and (b) a polymerization initiator, wherein the polymer or oligomer has the structure represented by general formula (10a) below: (in the formula, Ar 55 to Ar 59 each independently represent substituted or unsubstituted arylene or heteroarylene; E 7 and E 8 each represent a group that has a polymerizable substituent, wherein said polymerizable substituent is introduced in a terminal position on the polymer or oligomer, and is an oxetane group; a numerical average of the repeat number n is at least 2 but not more than 100; and R 16 represents —R 1 , —OR 2 , —SR 3 , —OCOR 4 , —COOR 5 , —SiR 6 R 7 R 8 , or a general formula as follows: (where R 1 to R 11 represent the hydrogen atom, C 1-22 straight-chain, cyclic or branched alkyl, or C 2-30 aryl or heteroaryl, and a, b, and c each represent an integer with a value of at least 1)), and wherein the polymerization initiator is iodonium salt having (C | 32,984 |
8,962,981 | 1. A solar cell device including a front electrode formed by applying a conductive paste containing a conductive powder comprising silver as a main component, tellurium glass frit containing 30 to 90 mol % of tellurium oxide and an organic vehicle onto a semiconductor substrate having a silicon nitride layer provided on a surface thereof and firing the applied conductive paste, wherein the organic vehicle is removed during the firing and the front electrode has a structure comprising an electrode layer containing silver from the conductive powder as a main component, a glass layer containing tellurium glass formed from the glass frit as a main component and a silicon oxide layer containing silver particles precipitated by the firing from the conductive powder. | 42,542 |
9,250,058 | 1. A capacitive rotary encoder having a stator and a rotor as well as stator electrodes firmly arranged at a stator on an encoding path coaxial to the rotor axis, each of these stator electrodes being electrically separated from an adjacent stator electrode of the stator electrodes, and coupling electrodes which are arranged at the rotor and are electrically separated from each other, the coupling electrodes being guided over the stator electrodes at a small axial distance from the encoding path when the rotor is rotated and each coupling electrode covering stator electrodes adjacent in the peripheral direction and connecting the latter capacitively to each other, and having interrogation electronics which detects for each of the stator electrodes a capacitive coupling with an adjacent stator electrode of the stator electrodes caused by the coupling electrode of the rotor, wherein the encoding path forms a sector of a circle on which stator electrodes are arranged in angular positions in accordance with discrete switching positions. | 22,049 |
9,810,237 | 1. An exhaust-gas turbocharger ( 1 ) comprising a compressor ( a turbine ( a bearing housing ( a bearing cartridge ( | 2,356 |
8,973,387 | 1. A vehicular air conditioning system comprising: a refrigerating cycle circuit, the refrigerating cycle circuit comprising a compressor for compressing a cooling medium for air conditioning, an outside heat exchanger for heat exchange between the cooling medium for air conditioning and outside air, and an inside air conditioning heat exchanger for heat exchange with air to be blown off to the interior of a vehicle room, the compressor, the outside heat exchanger and the inside air conditioning heat exchanger being annularly connected in order; a device cooling circuit, the device cooling circuit comprising a heating unit, at least one inside cooling heat exchanger for heat exchange with air to be blown off to the interior of the vehicle room, an intermediate heat exchanger for heat exchange between a device cooling medium for cooling the heating unit and the cooling medium for air conditioning present in the refrigerating cycle circuit, and a pump for circulating the device cooling medium; a first flow path switch means for switchably connecting the outside heat exchanger and the intermediate heat exchanger to the discharge port or suction port of the compressor; and a second flow path switch means for switchably connecting the inside air conditioning heat exchanger to the discharge port or suction port of the compressor, wherein | 48,340 |
9,296,704 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: (a) providing one or more tissues, cell types, or a lysate thereof, obtained from a patient administered at least one dose of a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Ring A is selected from: Ring A is an optionally substituted group selected from phenyl, an 8-10 membered bicyclic partially unsaturated or aryl ring, a 5-6 membered monocyclic heteroaryl ring having 1-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, or an 8-10 membered bicyclic heteroaryl ring having 1-5 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; Ring B is phenyl, a 5-6 membered heteroaryl ring having 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O or S, a 5-6 membered saturated heterocyclic ring having 1-2 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O or S, or an 8-10 membered bicyclic partially unsaturated or aryl ring having 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O or S; R R L is a bivalent C L is a bivalent C L is a bivalent C L is a bivalent C L is a bivalent C Y is hydrogen, C L is a bivalent C Y is C L is a covalent bond and Y is selected from: L is —C(O)— and Y is selected from: L is —N(R)C(O)— and Y is selected from: L is a bivalent C L is —CH each R R W is a bivalent C R m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; each R (b) contacting said tissue, cell type, or a lysate thereof, with a compound of formula I, tethered to a detectable moiety to form a probe compound, wherein at least one protein kinase present in said tissue, cell type, or a lysate thereof, is covalently modified and the detectable moiety is selected from the group consisting of a fluorescent label, mass-tag, chemiluminescent group, chromophore, electron dense group, or an energy transfer agent; and (c) measuring the amount of said protein kinase covalently modified by the probe compound thereby to determine occupancy of said protein kinase by said compound of formula I as compared to occupancy of said protein kinase by said probe compound. | 34,929 |
8,848,608 | 1. A method performed by at least one processor, the method comprising: detecting a trigger on an electronic device; identifying, by the at least one processor, a predefined interface usage policy for an agent and a corresponding application on the electronic device; selecting a first wireless interface of a plurality of wireless interfaces on the electronic device for a network session between an application process of the corresponding application and a remote node, wherein the first wireless interface is selected based, at least in part, on one or more criteria in the predefined interface usage policy; and selecting a second wireless interface of the plurality of wireless interfaces for the network session, the second wireless interface selected based, at least in part, on the one or more criteria of the predefined interface usage policy, wherein traffic flow of the network session is to be divided between the first and second wireless interfaces according to a predetermined allocation. | 42,427 |
9,155,945 | 1. A golf club, comprising: an iron clubhead comprising a body having a front and a rear, the front including a strike face, the rear including a weight-receiving cavity, and the body having a center of gravity (CG) having respective X-, Y-, and Z-coordinates; a shaft connected to the clubhead, thereby forming the golf club having a nominal swing-weight; and a weight-assembly removably attached as a unit to the weight-receiving cavity, the weight-assembly having a corresponding assembled total mass providing a corresponding swing-weight (SW) contribution to the club, the weight-assembly comprising at least a first piece, a second piece, and a third piece each contributing a respective mass portion to the assembled total mass of the weight-assembly and thus to the SW contribution made by the weight-assembly to the club, wherein the total mass of the weight-assembly linearly displaces the CG location no more than 1.0 mm in any direction along the X-, Y-, and Z-coordinates with the weight-assembly attached to the body compared to a CG location of the clubhead when the weight-assembly is not attached to the body, the weight-assembly having a total mass in a range of about 5-10 g. | 40,727 |
8,644,476 | 1. A method for providing a value added service, which is available in a first network, to a subscriber in and subscribed to a second network, in which the first network comprises a first network node for executing the value added service, the method comprising: detecting in a terminating call to the subscriber that the subscriber desires to use the value added service; forwarding control of the terminating call towards the first network node associated with a forwarding number in the first network; executing the value added service by the first network node, and, when necessary, further directing the terminating call towards the subscriber in the second network associated with the terminating call, wherein the subscriber is subscribed to the second network and is not subscribed to the first network. | 12,270 |
8,432,097 | 1. A light emitting device comprising: a pixel portion comprising a plurality of light emitting elements over one of a pair of substrates, each of the plurality of light emitting elements comprising: a columnar structure over at least one of the pair of substrates to maintain a gap between the pair of substrates, wherein the pair of substrates is attached to each other by a sealing material with a closed pattern, wherein an airtight space surrounded by the pair of substrates and the sealing material is kept under negative pressure, wherein the columnar structure is provided on an outer side of a region surrounded by the sealing material, and wherein the columnar structure is not overlapped with the sealing material. | 36,433 |
8,491,630 | 1. A method for mapping a lymphatic system following a cavity generating procedure, comprising: providing a post-biopsy cavity treatment implant, the implant including a collagenous matrix having a non-uniform cross-linking density that is configured to cause the implant to swell non-uniformly when placed within an aqueous environment, the implant including a dye or a pigment contained therein; implanting the provided post-biopsy cavity treatment implant into the cavity; closing the cavity with the post-biopsy cavity treatment implant implanted therein; causing the dye/pigment to be released from the implant and to propagate through the lymphatic system, and visualizing the propagated dye/pigment in the lymphatic system using a selected visualization mode. | 27,805 |
9,474,214 | 1. A composting garden container, comprising: a hollow, vertical, outer cylindrical barrel having a bottom from which a cylindrical sidewall extends vertically upward to an open top, said barrel being generally cylindrical in shape, said barrel having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the bottom of said barrel, said barrel top, bottom and sidewall defining a barrel interior, said barrel sidewall having a plurality of generally circumferential openings formed therein, extending from the barrel interior through said barrel sidewall, said barrel bottom having a plurality of drainage holes and a central circular aperture; an inner, vertical, cylindrical compost tube concentrically positioned within said barrel interior, said compost tube having an open bottom from which a cylindrical sidewall extends vertically upward to an open top, said compost tube being generally cylindrical in shape, said compost tube having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the bottom of said compost tube and coincident with the longitudinal axis of the barrel, said compost tube top, bottom and sidewall defining a compost tube interior, said compost tube sidewall having a plurality of perforations formed therein, extending from the compost tube interior through said compost tube sidewall, wherein an internal space adapted to receive a growing medium is formed between the compost tube and the barrel side wall, said compost tube being suspended within the barrel interior by a ring attached to the barrel top, said ring having an inner opening gripping a compost tube side wall exterior near to the compost tube top, wherein the compost tube bottom fits onto the barrel bottom central circular aperture; and a gate slidably sealing said compost tube bottom. | 10,870 |
9,673,626 | 1. A switchgear module for a power distribution network, comprising: a disconnect switching device provided for each phase of a multi-phase AC power signal; a power line carrier receiver for each phase and adapted to receive a power line carrier, “PLC”, control signal from a remote substation for controlling the disconnect switching device; a master module adapted to communicate with the disconnect switching devices and the power line carrier receivers and to control the disconnect switching devices using the received PLC control signals; and a low voltage panel breaker configured to connect and disconnect the AC power signal to a load, the low voltage panel breaker including an overcurrent protection device configured to disconnect the AC power signal from the load when a fault current condition occurs at a current value that is above a predetermined threshold value; wherein if a PLC control signal is not received by a power line carrier receiver, the master module is adapted to control the respective disconnect switching device using a PLC control signal received by another power line carrier receiver. | 42,052 |
8,499,931 | 1. A packaging system for packaging different-sized wheels comprising: a first wheel having a diameter; a second wheel having a diameter smaller than said diameter of said first wheel, wherein the second wheel comprises a first side that generally opposes a second side, and wherein the first side is nested inside the first wheel; a first frame to hold said first wheel, said first frame including wheel-holding area for substantially restraining said first wheel, said wheel holding area having a width; a second frame to hold said second wheel, said second frame including a recessed area for substantially restraining said second wheel, said recessed area having a diameter that is smaller than said width of said wheel-holding area of said first frame; an attachment feature for securing one of the first or second wheels to the other of the first or second wheels by nesting and for further securing the wheels to said first and second frames; and a partition fitted between the first and second wheels, said partition including a central body and a plurality of semi-flexible wings extending radially from said body, the central body having a width substantially similar to a width of the first side of the second wheel that is nested inside the first wheel. | 30,905 |
8,819,386 | 1. A method of using a dynamic data structure for managing sparsely accessed data stored in memory of a digital computer, said method comprising a data processor of the digital computer executing computer instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to perform the steps of: (a) dynamically allocating and de-allocating pages of the memory to respective portions of the dynamic data structure so that allocated pages of the memory and de-allocated pages of the memory become distributed over the portions of the dynamic data structure, and the de-allocated pages of the memory include free pages that are mapped in the dynamic data structure and free pages that are not mapped in the dynamic data structure; (b) upon de-allocating an allocated page of the memory from one of the portions of the dynamic data structure, determining whether a probability of un-mapping the de-allocated page from said one of the portions of the dynamic data structure is the inverse of a superlinear function of the number of allocated pages in said one of the portions of the dynamic data structure; (c) based on the determination of the probability, determining whether or not to un-map the de-allocated page from said one of the portions of the dynamic data structure; and (d) in response to step (c) determining to un-map the de-allocated page from said one of the portions of the dynamic data structure, un-mapping the de-allocated page from said one of the portions of the dynamic data structure. | 43,137 |
8,587,394 | 1. A reed switch assembly of a magnetic latching relay, comprising a movable reed, an immovable reed, a movable contact and an immovable contact, the movable contact and the immovable contact being disposed at respective ends of the movable reed and the immovable reed, the end with the movable contact of the movable reed being bent twice to form a reverse U-shaped end, the end with the immovable contact of the immovable reed being bent twice to form a U-shaped end, the reverse U-shaped end of the movable reed and the U-shaped end of the immovable reed are bent twice at 90 degrees, the reverse U-shaped end of the movable reed and the U-shaped end of the immovable reed being interlaced, the currents of adjacent movable and immovable reeds flowing in opposite directions, a first repulsion generated between a bent part of the movable reed and its adjacent part on the immovable reed, and a second repulsion generated between a bent part of the immovable reed and its adjacent part on the movable reed. | 24,858 |
9,152,208 | 1. A method comprising: determining, with a processor, that a current context of a first content item is active, while a current context of a second content item is inactive, the current context of the first content item being based on one or more criteria; identifying an occurrence of a triggering event; and causing the first content item to be updated in response to the triggering event and the current context of the first content item being active, and not causing updating the second content item in response to the triggering event in an instance in which the current context of the second content item is inactive. | 48,343 |
8,940,178 | 1. A method of texturizing a silicon substrate comprising a) contacting the substrate with an acidic etching solution consisting of hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, water, and about 4% to about 40% by weight of glycolic acid, b) etching a surface of the substrate thereby forming disruptions in said surface of the substrate, and c) removing the etching solution to yield a texturized substrate. | 8,735 |
9,456,046 | 1. A method, comprising: providing a communications system including an Open Process Control (OPC) client computer system having non-transitory machine readable storage, said client computer system including at least one processor communicatively coupled by a communications path including at least one (OPC) proxy connection having a plurality of communication channels to a first target OPC server, wherein an algorithm for dynamically generating said OPC proxy connections is stored in said machine readable storage, said algorithm implemented by said processor causing said OPC client computer system to execute: | 6,547 |
9,477,429 | 1. A block storage gateway module comprising: a receiver unit configured to intercept a system call to an operating system in order to generate a proximal access command, the system call indicating a local access to a storage volume; and an access unit configured to perform, based on the proximal access command, a proximal access to a storage array, the storage array corresponding to the storage volume, the proximal access corresponding to the local access; wherein the operating system is performed in a cloud server, the system call is generated according to a remote access command, and the remote access command is related to a remote access request sent from a client to the cloud server, and the remote access request is related to read or write an original datum corresponding to the cloud server; wherein the block storage gateway module further comprising: a codec unit coupled with the access unit and configured to generate a fault-tolerant datum corresponding to the original datum; wherein the proximal access signifies writing the fault-tolerant datum into the storage array when the local access signifies writing the original datum into the storage volume. | 10,471 |
9,787,660 | 1. A method, comprising: storing mappings between usernames and terminal identifiers; receiving a security verification request sent from a terminal; obtaining first verification element information based at least in part on the security verification request, the obtaining of the first verification element information comprising: saving relationships among the first terminal identifier, the first security verification code, and the first timestamp; generating a digital object unique identifier based at least in part on the first verification element information; sending the digital object unique identifier to the terminal; receiving second verification element information from the terminal, wherein the second verification element information is determined based at least in part on the digital object unique identifier, and the second verification element information comprises: a second terminal identifier, a second security verification code, and a second timestamp that are obtained by decomposing a second combination character string, wherein the second combination character string is obtained by the terminal scanning the digital object unique identifier, and wherein the second verification element information corresponds to information sent from the terminal in the event that the terminal has compared the second terminal identifier with the first terminal identifier of the terminal and determined the second terminal identifier and the first terminal identifier of the terminal to be the same; and in the event that the first verification element information and the second verification element information are consistent, sending security check pass information to the terminal, the sending of the security check pass information comprising: | 31,635 |
9,183,897 | 1. A SRAM memory, comprising: a plurality of SRAM cells having a bitlines (BL) and wordline (WL) that can be selected for access; at least one reference cell having a reference bitline in (BLin) and a reference bitline (RBL) that can be selected from one of a plurality of wordlines or from at least one reference wordline, the reference cell being selectable not earlier than any selected SRAM cells and the RBL being activatable not later than any selected SRAM cells to activate the selected BL; at least one sense amplifier to sense signals coupled to the selected BL from the at least one selected SRAM cell and convert the signals into digital data; and wherein the sense amplifier can be activated by the RBL signal to track the wordline and BL propagating delay, wherein the reference cell has at least one logic gate with an input coupled to BLin and an output NB coupled to RBL, and wherein the RBL is activated by setting BLin at a voltage near a supply voltage or ground once the wordline or reference wordline is selected. | 36,961 |
8,690,097 | 1. A system comprising: an aircraft engine compartment configured to house an engine including an intake portion; an engine inlet, oriented in a forward direction to the intake portion, the engine inlet defined by a peripheral cowling that directs airflow to the intake portion of the aircraft engine; and a spiral cone positioned proximate the engine inlet, the spiral cone including a variable compression surface area that directs airflow into the engine inlet, where an orientation of the spiral cone relative to the engine inlet being selectively controlled to change an amount of available area in front of the engine inlet for airflow to the intake portion, the orientation of the spiral cone being dependent on an airspeed at the engine inlet. | 48,119 |
9,118,088 | 1. An electrolyte solution comprising a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte, a compound represented by formula (1) and/or (2) shown below, and an additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule: wherein in the formula (1) and the formula (2), each of Rf each of R each of X each of L R R | 32,541 |
8,713,462 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of concurrent requests to generate previews of a plurality of files, wherein the previews include pre-determined content or dynamically generated content, and wherein the plurality of files each have an associated file type; determining an order of the plurality of concurrent requests to generate the previews; determining the associated file types for the plurality of files; determining that an associated file type for a first file in the plurality of files is associated with pre-determined content; generating a preview of the first file, wherein the preview of the first file includes the predetermined content; determining that an associated file type for a second file in the plurality of files is not associated with pre-determined content; matching the file type for the second file with a plug-in, wherein the plug-in is capable of processing content in the second file; using the plug-in for the second file to process the content in the second file and to dynamically generate content for a preview of the second file, wherein dynamically generating the content includes translating the second file, using the plug-in, from a native format to a format different than the native format, wherein the generated preview of the second file includes the dynamically generated content, and wherein the previews of the first and second files are generated in accordance with the determined order of the plurality of concurrent requests; and displaying the previews of the first and second files in an overlapping manner in a preview view area. | 10,249 |
9,520,627 | 1. A device, comprising: a membrane that is: (i) impermeable to oxygen, and (ii) insoluble in at least one polar solvent; and ion conducting particles in the membrane, wherein the ion conducting particles conduct Na, and wherein at least a portion of the particles extend from a first side of the membrane to an opposed second side of the membrane, and wherein the thickness of the membrane is 15 μm to 100 μm. | 18,439 |
9,246,188 | 1. A solid electrolyte composition, comprising: (a) the formula Li (b) the formula Li wherein 0<x≦3, wherein M comprises magnesium, calcium, barium, strontium, and mixtures thereof, and wherein A comprises fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, or a mixture thereof, (c) the formula Li wherein N is a trivalent metal, wherein 0≦x≦3, and wherein A comprises fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, or a mixture thereof, or (d) the formula Li wherein X and Y are different halides, and wherein 0≦z≦1. | 2,645 |
9,606,454 | 1. A substrate processing apparatus provided to be adjacent to a plurality of exposure devices, the plurality of exposure devices being arranged in one direction relative to one another, the substrate processing apparatus comprising: a processing section that performs processing on a substrate; and an exposure transport section for transporting the substrate between the processing section and the plurality of exposure devices, wherein the processing section and the exposure transport section are arranged in the one direction relative to each other, and the exposure transport section includes a first transport path provided vertically above the plurality of exposure devices to extend in the one direction along the plurality of exposure devices, a first transport mechanism configured to transport the substrate in the one direction in the first transport path such that the substrate can be received from and transferred to the plurality of exposure devices and the substrate can be received from and transferred to the processing section, a first interface section, for receiving the substrate from and transferring the substrate to the processing section, provided at one end of the first transport path, and a plurality of second interface sections, for receiving the substrate from and transferring the substrate to the plurality of exposure devices, arranged along the first transport path, a plurality of second transport mechanisms that are provided to be vertically movable so as to transport the substrate between the plurality of second interface sections and the plurality of exposure devices, respectively, and the first transport mechanism includes a mover configured to be movable in the one direction and transporting the substrate between the first interface section and the plurality of second interface sections. | 49,524 |
8,922,235 | 1. A method for testing a semiconductor device, comprising: testing the semiconductor device in a plurality of operation modes sequentially; and programming the semiconductor device to operate in at least one of the operation modes when the semiconductor device passes the testing. | 38,450 |
9,744,290 | 1. A connector interface system, comprising: a cap to connect to a reservoir to form a reservoir/cap unit for installation into an infusion pump device; and at least one magnetic detectable feature arranged on the cap for detection by at least one sensor element on the infusion pump device when the reservoir of the reservoir/cap unit is received in a reservoir receptacle of the infusion pump device, wherein the at least one magnetic detectable feature comprises a magnetic field angle of a magnet that is attached to a housing of the cap, the magnetic field angle being an angle of orientation of a magnetic field of the magnet relative to a predefined axis of the cap or the reservoir/cap unit, the magnetic field angle being non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the predefined axis; and wherein the at least one magnetic detectable feature is arranged at a location on the cap to be detected by the at least one sensor element when the reservoir or the cap of the reservoir/cap unit is in a fully installed and stationary position relative to the infusion pump device. | 14,606 |
9,312,507 | 1. A light-emitting device comprising: an anode; a first electroluminescent layer over the anode; a layer over the first electroluminescent layer, the layer consisting of one of molybdenum oxide, vanadium oxide, and niobium oxide; a second electroluminescent layer over the layer; and a cathode over the second electroluminescent layer, wherein each of the first electroluminescent layer and the second electroluminescent layer comprises a hole transporting layer and an electron transporting layer over the hole transporting layer. | 44,064 |
8,343,019 | 1. A Tai Chi Yoga Breathing Bag comprising: a first elongated bag member forming a right end section adapted to receive a flowing weighted material within multiple compartments, each of said multiple compartments forming a substantially planar surface under which said flowing weighted material can flow in response to motion of a user, each of said compartments containing a pouch wherein the flowing weighted material is stored, said first elongated bag member adapted to cover and extend below a right shoulder blade of a user; a second elongated bag member forming a left end section adapted to receive a flowing weighted material within multiple compartments, each of said compartments containing a pouch wherein the flowing weighted material is stored, each of said multiple pockets forming a substantially planar surface under which said flowing weighted material can flow in response to motion of a user, said second elongated bag member adapted to cover and extend below a left shoulder blade of a user; and an expandable neck section neck section connected to the first elongated bag member and to the second elongated bag member, said neck section having a width that is less than the width of the multiple compartments of the first and second elongated bag members, said neck section contoured to fit around a neck of the user. | 18,109 |
9,849,786 | 1. A method, comprising: controlling an electrified vehicle by adjusting a deceleration rate based on a closing rate of the electrified vehicle to an oncoming object, wherein adjusting the deceleration rate includes modifying a negative portion of an accelerator pedal map. | 41,636 |
9,348,216 | 1. A lithographic mask set comprising, a first line level mask including a first opaque patterned structure located on a first transparent substrate and defining a first pattern, said first pattern including a first array of first pad shapes and first lateral extension portion shapes, wherein each of said first lateral extension portion shapes protrudes from one of said first pad shapes; a first via level mask including a second opaque patterned structure located on a second transparent substrate and defining a second pattern, said second pattern including first via shapes that, upon overlay of said second pattern with said first pattern, are located within areas of said first lateral extension portion shapes; and a second line level mask including a third opaque patterned structure located on a third transparent substrate and defining a third pattern, said third pattern including a second array of second pad shapes and second lateral extension shapes, wherein each of said second lateral extension shapes protrudes from one of said second pad shapes, and areas of second lateral extension shapes, upon overlay of said third pattern with said second pattern, include areas of said first via shapes and, upon overlay of said third pattern with said first pattern, overlap areas between said third pattern and said first pattern do not include any area of said first pad shapes or said second pad shapes. | 23,159 |
8,571,321 | 1. A character recognition device which recognizes an operation for writing a character performed while a housing with a three-axis acceleration sensor is moved in a plane based on a measurement result from the acceleration sensor, the character recognition device comprising: an acquisition unit which acquires the measurement result from the acceleration sensor corresponding to the operation for writing the character performed while the housing is moved as a time-series acceleration vector sequence for one character; a selection unit which selects a plurality of acceleration vectors whose vector sizes are large values and are substantially orthogonal to each other from among the acceleration vector sequence for one character acquired by the acquisition unit; a plane identification unit which identifies a plane using the plurality of acceleration vectors selected by the selection unit; a first conversion unit which converts the acceleration vector sequence for one character acquired by the acquisition unit into acceleration vector sequences of two components that are orthogonal in a plane based on the plane identified by the plane identification unit; and a character recognition unit which performs character recognition by using input character data based on the acceleration vector sequences of two components converted by the first conversion unit, and collating the input character data with basic character data prepared in advance for use in character recognition. | 32,642 |
8,464,685 | 1. A rotary device comprising: a rotary head having an expansion chamber defined in and extending along an inner side of a body of the rotary head between an intake slot in fluid communication with a source of combustion gas and an exhaust slot; a drum having a plurality of axial slots radially displaced over a circumference of the drum, an outer surface of the drum disposed in close noncontacting proximity to the inner side of the rotary head along substantially the entire outer surface of the drum, wherein the drum and the rotary head are substantially rotationally symmetric about a common axis, and wherein the rotary head is rotatable about the common axis; a plurality of radially moveable plates; and a mechanical control mechanism adapted to move each plate from a retracted position in which the each plate is located entirely within the outer surface of the drum and an extended position in which the each plate is in close proximity to an upper surface of the expansion chamber to substantially seal the expansion chamber, wherein at least one of the plates is substantially always present between the intake slot and the exhaust slot such that when the combustion gas is under pressure within the expansion chamber force is exerted on the at least one of the plates and the drum to produce rotational motion of the rotary head about the common axis. | 23,124 |
8,570,264 | 1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a pixel electrode comprising a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode; a first switching device connected to the first sub-pixel electrode; a second switching device connected to the second sub-pixel electrode; a plurality of gate lines including a first signal line and a second signal line, wherein the first signal line is connected to the first switching device and the second signal line is connected to the second switching device; and a data line intersecting the gate lines and transmitting data voltages, the data line connected to the first switching device and the second switching device, wherein a second voltage applied to the second sub-pixel electrode through the data line during a turn-on period of the second switching device is lower than a first voltage applied to the first sub-pixel electrode through the data line during a turn-on period of the first switching device, wherein the turn on period of the first switching device partially overlaps the turn on period of the second switching device, wherein a time duration of a gate-on voltage applied to the first signal line is longer than a time duration of a gate-on voltage applied to the second signal line, and wherein a time duration of the second voltage applied to the data line is longer than a time duration of the first voltage applied to the data line. | 300 |
9,679,703 | 1. An ultracapacitor, comprising: a first current collector and a second current collector; a positive electrode electrically coupled to the first current collector; a negative electrode electrically coupled to the second current collector, wherein at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode comprises a treated carbon material having about 10% to about 60% reduction in at least one functional group on a surface of the treated carbon material in comparison to an untreated carbon material; a separator positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an electrolyte in ionic contact with the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a housing component to retain the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator and the electrolyte, wherein the ultracapacitor is configured to operate at 3 volts or greater at 65° C. and maintain greater than 80% of its initial capacitance for over 1500 hours. | 34,084 |
9,790,712 | 1. A magnetic coding free pin type lock cylinder structure, comprising: a lock cylinder housing; a lock knob rotationally disposed within the lock cylinder housing; a lock cylinder front end cover and a lock cylinder rear end cover respectively located at two ends of the lock cylinder housing, wherein, at least one pin vertically moving groove and at least one pin horizontally rotary groove are provided on an inner wall of the lock cylinder housing, an unlocking hole for a magnetic coding key is provided axially at an end of the lock knob, opposite to the lock cylinder front end cover, a plurality of pin vertical sliding grooves are provided on an outer wall of the lock knob, free pins are provided in at least one of the plurality of pin vertical sliding grooves, and the free pins are big pins or/and small pins; wherein pin moving cavities are formed by the pin vertical sliding grooves and the corresponding pin vertically moving grooves, and each pin moving cavity intersects with the pin horizontally rotary grooves; wherein a depth of the pin vertically moving grooves is the same as a depth of the pin horizontally rotary grooves, and a sum of the depth of the pin vertically moving grooves and a depth of the pin vertical sliding grooves is not less than a dimension of the big pins, to ensure that the big pins are freely movable, the depth of the pin vertically moving grooves and the depth of the pin horizontally rotary grooves are less than a dimension of the small pins and the depth of the pin vertical sliding grooves is more than or equal to the dimension of the small pins; when the lock cylinder is in a locking state, at least one big pin is located within the pin moving cavities separate from the pin horizontally rotary grooves, or at least one small pin is not entirely located within the pin vertical sliding grooves, when the lock cylinder is in an unlocking state, the big pins are located within the pin moving cavities intersecting with the pin horizontally rotary grooves and the small pins are entirely located within the pin vertical sliding grooves. | 37,627 |
8,594,985 | 1. A method for modeling regions in a domain affected by a flow of a quantity, comprising the steps of: providing a physical representation of the domain; creating a grid that contains a plurality of grid-points in the domain; identifying sources in the domain; given a vector field that defines a direction of flow of the quantity within the domain, defining a boundary value problem for each of one or more of the sources identified in the domain; setting a cutoff value for each of the boundary problems; solving each of the boundary value problems numerically to obtain a solution for the boundary value problems at each of the grid-points, wherein a given one of the grid-points is within one of the regions affected by the flow of the quantity when the solution for the boundary value problems at the given grid-point is greater than or equal to the cutoff value; and post-processing the boundary value problem solutions to model the regions affected by the flow of the quantity on the physical representation of the domain and thus whereby the boundary value problems are used to identify boundaries of the regions, and thereby the regions themselves in the domain, affected by the flow of the quantity. | 9,881 |
9,652,976 | 1. A system for displaying hazard events on a mobile device remote from a detection location, the system comprising: a first hazard detector configured to: the computer server system being communicatively coupled to the first hazard detector and configured to: a user interface executed on the mobile device that is communicatively coupled to the computer server system, the user interface being configured to: | 43,879 |
8,840,364 | 1. A system, comprising: a turbomachine platform having a first docking guide; and a turbomachine skid, comprising: | 48,740 |
9,708,975 | 1. An oscillating rotating engine device comprising of: a. an outer housing, b. an oscillating rotor mounted for rotation and oscillation between the front housing, back housing and within the outer housing, the oscillating rotor comprising c. a front housing and back housing enclosing each oscillating rotor within the outer housing; each front and back housing comprising; | 44,293 |
8,562,582 | 1. A reconstitution device comprising: a receptacle; a cap including a first end of the cap, a second end of the cap, and an inner bore of the cap, wherein the inner bore of the cap includes a central aperture, and the first end of the cap is secured to the receptacle; a stopper located between the receptacle and the cap, the stopper including a portion capable of being perforated; a plunger adapted for being positioned at the second end of the cap and for being slid, within the inner bore of the cap, downward from second end of the cap towards the first end of the cap, wherein the plunger comprises a plunger shaft adapted to perforate the stopper; a locking mechanism located in the cap and adapted to prevent return motion of the plunger after the plunger has been moved downward, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a first aperture, a second aperture, a tongue, and a tab connected to the tongue, wherein the second aperture is located within the tongue and is adapted for the plunger shaft to pass through while the plunger slides downward, and wherein the tongue is adapted to be flexed for positioning the tongue within or outside of the first aperture; and an actuating mechanism. | 47,311 |
9,313,059 | 1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving a plurality of symbols comprising a transmitted codeword, the plurality of symbols including a first group of symbols comprising data symbols with a first modulation and coding scheme and a second group of symbols comprising data modulated pilot symbols with a second modulation and coding scheme, wherein the second group of data modulated pilot symbols are used in lieu of pilot symbols; adaptively switching between applicable demodulation schemes for the first group of symbols and the second group of symbols; performing hard decision decoding for the plurality of symbols; generating phase errors for the plurality of symbols using results of the hard decision decoding; and generating phase corrections for the plurality of symbols based at least in part on the generated phase errors. | 734 |
8,853,970 | 1. An electromagnetic coupling multi-output control circuit, applied to a power driving device of an illumination device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a television or a light emitting diode (LED) lamp to allow the power driving device to have a multi output voltage function, and the power driving device using a transformer to sense an input voltage to produce a first driving voltage and then output the first driving voltage to a first driving load of the illumination device, characterized in that the electromagnetic coupling multi-output control circuit comprises a detection unit, a switching unit and a coupling unit, and the coupling unit is electromagnetically coupled to a side of the transformer to produce a second driving voltage, and the switching unit is electrically coupled to the coupling unit, a second driving load of the illumination device and the detection unit; and the switching unit receives and outputs the second driving voltage to the second driving load, and the detection unit detects the second driving voltage to produce a detection value, so that the switching unit can analyze the detection value to switch and output a frequency of the second driving voltage to achieve the effect of stabilizing a voltage value of the second driving voltage. | 32,611 |
9,465,992 | 1. A scene recognition apparatus, comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon; and a computer processor coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and configured to execute the instructions to: | 3,017 |
8,368,348 | 1. In a system including a recharging device having a connector configured to connect to a vehicle via a receptacle, a method for automatically recharging the vehicle, the method comprising: determining whether the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the recharging device by: automatically connecting the connector to the receptacle based on the determination; and automatically recharging the vehicle through the connection. | 4,539 |
8,533,596 | 1. A method for isolating a plurality of avatars belonging to a virtual space in a virtual universe, comprising: accessing a predefined grouping method associated with the virtual space; accessing grouping information associated with each of the plurality of avatars belonging to the virtual space based the predefined grouping method; dynamically grouping each of the plurality of avatars belonging to the virtual space according to the predefined grouping method and grouping information, said dynamic grouping defined as changing grouping information upon each avatar's entry into a new virtual space; and isolating each of the plurality of avatars belonging to the virtual space based on the grouping, said groups being isolated from one another so they may exist in the same virtual space without overcrowding or a need to duplicate the virtual environment, said isolating comprising applying visibility and transparency properties among avatars based on said avatars' grouping information to allow for any one group to be isolated from other groups while occupying a same said virtual space, and while members of said group remain joined with each other, said visibility and transparency properties comprising video, audio, chat and physical isolation among groups so that said groups do not interfere with one another in the same virtual space. | 35,210 |
9,840,844 | 1. An apparatus for aligning and joining construction elements including concrete columns, walls, beams or structural steel components, comprising: a first threaded stud or threaded reinforcement bar imbedded in and protruding from an end from a first element; a second threaded stud or threaded reinforcement bar imbedded in and protruding from a second element to be aligned and joined with the first element; a first tubular member fixedly attached to the first stud, the first tubular member having a threaded outer wall; a second tubular member having an internal thread adapted to be screwed onto the first tubular member, the second tubular member having an end wall with a hole to enable the second tubular member to slide over the second stud or bar wherein the dimensions of the hole determines the tolerance required to accommodate any misalignment of the studs; an adjustment nut screwable onto the second stud and in contact with a free end of the first tubular member wherein the first and the second elements are aligned by screw jacking the adjustment nut against the free end of the first tubular member or vice-versa and wherein the second tubular member when screwed onto the first tubular member encapsulates and locks in place the adjustment nut. | 9,201 |
9,658,185 | 1. A method for operating a linear lambda probe arranged in an exhaust section of an internal combustion engine, the linear lambda probe comprising a first electrode exposed to an exhaust gas side, a second electrode and a third electrode arranged adjacent to a measurement chamber, and a fourth electrode arranged adjacent to a reference air volume, wherein solid electrolytes are respectively situated between the first and second electrodes and between the third and fourth electrodes and a diffusion barrier is formed between a free volume of the measurement chamber and the exhaust section, wherein a potential difference between the first and second electrodes forms a pump voltage signal and a potential difference between the fourth and third electrodes forms a Nernst voltage signal, the method comprising: determining a measurement signal of the linear lambda probe based on a pump current applied between the first and second electrodes, the measurement signal representing an air/fuel ratio of gas flowing in the exhaust section, prior to combustion of said gas, generating a difference signal based on a difference between the pump voltage signal and the Nernst voltage signal, determining a setpoint value of the air/fuel ratio based on a raw setpoint value of the air/fuel ratio and a forced excitation signal, determining whether the raw setpoint value of the air/fuel ratio is approximately stoichiometrically predefined, and in response to determining that the raw setpoint value of the air/fuel ratio is approximately stoichiometrically predefined, determining an offset error of the measurement signal based on the difference signal. | 41,172 |
8,598,255 | 1. An early strengthening agent for hydraulic compositions, comprising a sulfate ester (A) selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid triesters of glycerol, glycerol-EO adducts or glycerol-PO adducts; sulfuric acid diesters of glycerol, glycerol-EO adducts or glycerol-PO adducts; and sulfuric acid monoester of glycerol, glycerol-EO adducts or glycerol-PO adducts. | 26,225 |
8,650,160 | 1. A computer-implemented method for restoring multi-tier applications, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a request to restore a multi-tier application from a backup of the multi-tier application, the multi-tier application comprising a plurality of individually relocatable components that are capable of being one or more of: in response to the request, retrieving a configuration data store from the backup, the configuration data store comprising a topology of the plurality of individually relocatable components; parsing the configuration data store to extract at least a portion of the topology from the configuration data store to facilitate granular restoration of the multi-tier application, wherein: the portion of the topology represents the first component on the first server and the second component on the second server; restoring, based on the portion of the topology, at least a portion of the multi-tier application by separately restoring the plurality of individually relocatable components, wherein restoring the portion of the multi-tier application based on the portion of the topology comprises restoring at least one component from the plurality of individually relocatable components instead of restoring every component from the plurality of individually relocatable components. | 27,984 |
9,333,864 | 1. An on-board battery charging system for a vehicle comprising: a charging unit including a power converter operable to convert energy supplied by an external power supply into a usable form for charging a high-voltage battery during a battery charging operation; a controller in communication with the charging unit for monitoring and controlling the battery charging operation, the controller being further operable to detect a connection to the external power supply; and a wake-by-control pilot circuit powered by a low-voltage power source and connected to an input side of the controller, the wake-by-control pilot circuit having an input for receiving a control pilot signal and outputting a wake-up signal pulse to wake the controller from a sleep mode at least when the external power supply exits a delayed charge mode; wherein the wake-by-control pilot circuit includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) detector that outputs signal pulses when the control pilot signal is pulse width modulated. | 18,643 |
9,516,116 | 1. A mobile device to manage a plurality of notification service connections, comprising: a processor; a network connectivity element coupled with the processor, the network connectivity element to connect the mobile device with the plurality of notification service connections; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: | 40,124 |
8,753,349 | 1. A device for early stabilizing of distracted tissue, comprising: a first implant that is capable of being attached to a first tissue region; a second implant that is capable of being attached to a second tissue region; a sliding expansion mechanism that engages the first implant and the second implant for distracting the first implant away from the second implant to create a distraction space for formation of the distracted tissue; and a stabilizer that rigidly fixes the first implant and the second implant after disengagement of the sliding expansion mechanism to rigidly stabilize the distracted tissue, wherein the stabilizer comprises in whole or in part a biodegradable, bioerodible or bioresorbable material. | 41,401 |
8,893,053 | 1. A method for changing an operational characteristic of a mobile device, the method comprising: the mobile device detecting a trigger condition for testing an ability of a user to engage in tactile interaction with the mobile device; responsive to detecting the trigger condition, the mobile device presenting a graphical display comprising a plurality of objects, the objects having a sequential relationship among each other that is revealed by the graphical display, the sequential relationship defining a sequence of the objects, wherein the mobile device comprises a touch-sensitive display screen, and wherein presenting the graphical display comprising the plurality of objects comprises presenting the objects at various positions on the display screen; the mobile device determining whether, within a predefined period of time while the sequential relationship among the objects is revealed by the graphical display, the user tactilely manipulates the mobile device in accordance with the sequential relationship among the objects, wherein determining whether the user tactilely manipulates the mobile device in accordance with the sequential relationship among the objects within the predefined period of time while the sequential relationship among the objects is revealed by the graphical display comprises a function selected from the group consisting of (i) determining whether, within the predefined period of time, the user touches the presented objects with the touching being done in order of the sequence as defined by the revealed sequential relationship among the objects and (ii) determining whether, within the predefined period of time, the user moves the presented objects on the display screen into the sequence defined by the revealed sequential relationship among the objects; and responsive to determining that the user does not tactilely manipulate the mobile device in accordance with the sequential relationship among the objects within the predefined period of time, the mobile device changing the operational characteristic of the mobile device. | 38,497 |
8,380,421 | 1. A computer-implemented method, of conserving fuel used by an engine, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving by a computer system as an input a first function comprising a user-specified power output of an engine over a time duration; processing by the computer system the first function into a second function comprising a directive power output of the engine over the time duration; wherein the second function has a plurality of regions of equal or increased engine power output relative to the user-specified engine power output; wherein the second function has a plurality of regions of decreased engine power output relative to the user-specified engine power output; wherein the second function comprises cyclical oscillations between the plurality of regions of equal or increased engine power output and the plurality of regions of decreased engine power output that are equal in frequency and amplitude; wherein, when the engine outputs power equal to the directive power output of the engine over the time duration, the engine consumes less fuel than the engine would have consumed if the engine outputted power equal to the user-specified power output of the engine over the time duration; wherein the engine performs substantially the same amount of work under the directive power output over the time duration as the engine would perform under the user-specified power output over the time duration; and outputting by the computer system, to an engine control module, the second function, such that the engine outputs power according to the directive power output of the engine over the time duration; wherein the computer system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium. | 7,975 |
8,702,547 | 1. A flywheel module comprising: a flywheel; and a speed transforming device having a first in/output which is connected to the flywheel and a second in/output which is adapted to be coupled to a drive line of a vehicle positioned between a drive source and driven wheels, and/or to one or more of the driven wheels or further wheels of the vehicle and/or to the drive source of the vehicle, which speed transforming device can provide a continuously variable control of the torque between the first and the second in/output, wherein the speed transforming device comprises at least a single motor and/or generator, as well as a bypass speed transforming device having at least three rotational members, a first rotational member of which being connected to the first in/output, a second rotational member of which being connected to the second in/output and the third rotational member of which being connected to the motor and/or generator, where the flywheel module comprises energizing means for the motor and/or generator, as well as a control unit which can control the energizing means, the control unit being in a position to brake or drive the drive line and/or one or more of the driven wheels or further wheels by controlling the energizing means of the motor and/or generator; and a clutch which is positioned between one of the in/outputs and the rotational member connected thereto or between two of the rotational members. | 25,386 |
9,731,282 | 1. A ligand compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein X is phosphorus, arsenic or antimony; W is ethylene or propylene; R Z is nitrogen; R n is 2. | 49,336 |
8,895,026 | 1. An immunogenic composition comprising an attenuated pestivirus, wherein the attenuated pestivirus does not produce a dimeric E rns glycoprotein, wherein at least the last cysteine residue of the E rns glycoprotein of the attenuated pestivirus is deleted or substituted by a non-cysteine amino acid residue. | 19,452 |
8,814,529 | 1. A blade of a turbo device, comprising: a profile having a pressure side and an inlet side, wherein an inlet-side profile surface has a geometric surface property; wherein the geometric surface property is an edgeless surface undulation which is superimposed locally on the profile such that a wave peak forms an elevation on the profile and a wave trough forms a depression in the profile and wherein the elevation extends above the profile surface; wherein the surface undulation merges into the profile continuously on an upstream end and a downstream end and the wave peak and the wave trough are in a blade vertical direction; wherein a ratio of a wavelength to an inlet-side arc length is 0.005 to 0.25 and/or the ratio of an amplitude to the inlet-side arc length is 0.0002 to 0.0040; and wherein the inlet-side profile surface includes a plurality of geometric surface properties and wherein, as viewed in a flow direction, alternately wave troughs and wave peaks or wave peaks and wave troughs follow one another. | 14,123 |
8,983,372 | 1. A wireless communications system comprising: a first electronic device comprising a first media content playback device, a first wireless transceiver, and a first controller coupled with said first media content playback device and said first wireless transceiver; and a second electronic device comprising a second media content playback device, a second wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with said first wireless transceiver, and a second controller coupled with said second media content playback device and said second wireless transceiver; said first controller being configured to generate a playback pointer associated with playback of given media content being played by said first media content playback device from a first media content source, and wirelessly communicate the playback pointer to said second controller; said second controller being configured to continue play back the given media content from a second media content source different than the first media content source based upon the playback pointer and without receiving the given media content from said first electronic device; wherein said first and second wireless transceivers are configured to communicate with one another when in proximity with one another. | 49,406 |
9,322,357 | 1. A method controlling operation of an engine utilizing a number of present operation parameters, the method comprising: determining an operation mode of the engine; determining an operation state of the engine; retrieving a first plurality of engine parameter setting from a memory in response to the determined operating mode and the determined operating state of the engine; applying the first plurality of engine parameter settings to at least one control algorithm of the engine; monitoring a rate of soot accumulation from the engine; comparing the rate of soot accumulation to a predetermined soot accumulation rate threshold; retrieving a second plurality of engine parameter settings from a memory in response to the monitored rate of soot accumulation exceeding the predetermined soot accumulation rate threshold; comparing anticipated NOx output of the engine operating at the second plurality of engine parameters to a predefined maximum NOx output; and applying the first plurality of engine parameter settings to at least one control algorithm of the engine when the anticipated NOx output is more than the predefined maximum NOx output. | 22,171 |
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