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9,730,519 | 1. A lift adjuster for adjusting seating furniture and/or reclining furniture, comprising: a housing, an adjustment bracket, and a clamping slide slidably supported on the adjustment bracket by a first connection in an open state, wherein in the open state the clamping slide is released from fixed connection by a separate second connection to the bracket, and wherein in a closed state the clamping slide is releasably fixed to the adjustment bracket by the separate second connection, wherein the adjustment bracket is maintained in the housing and can be partially pulled out of the housing, wherein at least one clamping element is provided displaceable with respect to the adjustment bracket between a clamping position and at least one adjustment position and wherein the at least one clamping element is received in a clamping manner in the clamping position in a clamping gap between the adjustment bracket and the housing such that the adjustment bracket is prevented from sliding into the housing, and wherein the separate second connection is a releasable connection between the adjustment bracket and the clamping slide which is provided such that the adjustment bracket can be slid into the housing from an end position in the closed state connected via the separate second connection with the clamping slide into an initial position and in that the housing is provided an end stop for the clamping slide such that the separate second connection between the adjustment bracket and the clamping slide is forcibly moved to the closed state in the end position when the adjustment bracket is further pulled out while the clamping slide is stopped by the end stop. | 43,287 |
9,215,560 | 1. A method for determining when a user enters a predetermined region, where the user's present location is represented by a first circle having a first center and a first radius, where said first radius is indicative of the accuracy of said present location and the predetermined region is represented by a second circle having a second center and a second radius, comprising: using a device in communication with a plurality of location sensors; categorizing said plurality of location sensors into two or more groups based on one or more characteristics; utilizing location sensors of a first group to determine said user's present location; utilizing location sensors of a second group to determine said user's present location, only if said first group does not meet predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria comprises required accuracy, wherein the required accuracy is determined based on a distance from said user's present location to said predetermined region and the radius of the predetermined region; determining when said user may have entered said predetermined region based on a distance from said user's present location to said predetermined region, and a relationship between accuracy of said user's present location and size of said second circle, wherein said determining calculates when said first circle intersects said second circle; ascertaining, after said determining, when said first center is within said second circle; and determining, after said ascertaining, when a ratio of a portion of said first circle that overlaps said second circle divided by a portion of said first circle that does not overlap said second circle, exceeds a predetermined threshold, referred to as an entry ratio; where the entry ratio is at least 1.0. | 438 |
8,968,920 | 1. An organic electrolyte solution comprising: a lithium salt; an organic solvent; and a silane compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula 1 and 2: wherein: | 42,792 |
9,279,391 | 1. A dual fuel system for an internal combustion engine comprising: a gaseous fuel subsystem including a gaseous fuel supply, a gaseous fuel manifold fluidly connected to the gaseous fuel supply, and a gaseous fuel pressure control mechanism configured to supply gaseous fuel from the gaseous fuel supply to the gaseous fuel manifold at a medium fuel pressure; a liquid fuel subsystem including a liquid fuel supply, a liquid fuel manifold fluidly connected to the liquid fuel supply, and a liquid fuel pressure control mechanism configured to supply liquid fuel from the liquid fuel supply to the liquid fuel manifold at a range of higher fuel pressures; a plurality of fuel injectors each defining a gaseous fuel passage fluidly connected to the gaseous fuel manifold, a liquid fuel passage fluidly connected to the liquid fuel manifold, and a liquid fuel leak path from the liquid fuel passage to the gaseous fuel passage; and a liquid fuel purging mechanism coupled with the gaseous fuel subsystem located upstream of the gaseous fuel manifold, and including a drain conduit having a low pressure outlet, and at least one valve positioned fluidly between the drain conduit and the gaseous fuel manifold, the valve having a first port fluidly connected to the gaseous fuel supply, a second port fluidly connected to the gaseous fuel manifold, and a third port fluidly connected to the drain conduit and being adjustable from a first configuration at which the drain conduit is fluidly blocked from the gaseous fuel manifold to a second configuration at which the drain conduit is fluidly connected to the gaseous fuel manifold, to drain leaked liquid fuel from the gaseous fuel manifold to the low pressure outlet. | 43,961 |
9,231,397 | 1. A cable gland assembly, comprising: a mounting member being a tubular member, said mounting member comprising a first outer thread; at least one connection member, each said connection comprising a second outer thread, a first axial hole, a second axial hole in communication and axial alignment with said first axial hole, a first tapered surface defined therein around one end of said first axial hole and one end of said second axial hole, and a first inner thread defined in said first axial hole and threaded onto said first outer thread of said mounting member; an outer cap comprising an axial through hole extending through two opposite ends thereof, a second tapered surface defined in said axial through hole, and a second inner thread defined in said axial through hole at one side relative to said second tapered surface and threaded onto said second outer thread of one said connection member; a first packing device comprising a first packing sleeve mounted in said mounting member and the first axial hole of one said connection member and defining therein an axially extended first through hole, and a first clamping member mounted in said mounting member and the first axial hole of the respective said connection member and sleeved onto said first packing sleeve; and at least one second packing device, each said second packing device comprising a second packing sleeve mounted in the axial through hole of said outer cap and the second axial hole of one said connection member and defining therein an axially extended second through hole, and a second clamping member mounted in the axial through hole of said outer cap and the second axial hole of the respective said connection member and sleeved onto said second packing sleeve, each said second packing device being identical to and exchangeable with said first packing device. | 36,974 |
9,756,649 | 1. An apparatus of an evolved Node B (eNB) operable to reconfigure a time division duplex (TDD) uplink and downlink (UL/DL) configuration for a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising one or more processors and memory configured to: determine a set of configuration indication fields numbered 1 to N, included in a downlink control information (DCI) format Y carried on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), where L map the DCI format Y onto the PDCCH for transmission to the UE; encode the PDCCH with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by an enhanced interference mitigation and traffic adaptation (eIMTA) Radio-Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for the UE; and signal a transceiver of the eNB to transmit the encoded PDCCH to the UE. | 31,669 |
9,475,402 | 1. An electric vehicle management device, comprising: a communication unit configured to a vehicle state information database configured to store a reference value for determining whether or not to create the vehicle management message according to the vehicle state information; an electric vehicle information database configured to store the ID, the vehicle state information, the destination information and the current position information of the electric vehicle; a vehicle state determination unit configured to determine whether or not to create the vehicle management message by comparing the vehicle state information received through the communication unit with the reference value of the vehicle state information stored in the vehicle state information database; an electric vehicle matching unit configured to match an electric vehicle configured to supply power and an electric vehicle configured to be supplied with the power according to power information, a current position and a destination of each electric vehicle; and a vehicle management message creation unit configured to wherein the vehicle management message includes charging history of the electric vehicle which has supplied the power, and a reward for the electric vehicle according to the charging history, and wherein the reward is discounted price when a price is charged for power at a charging station. | 33,536 |
9,652,557 | 1. A method of presenting advertising content to a user at a social networking site with recommender system running on a computing system comprising: (a) collecting and processing ratings data provided explicitly by a first member of a social network with the computing system within an electronic interface at the social network site including: (b) processing member friend designations made by said first member; (c) generating and storing first member profile data with the computing system based on said ratings data and said friend designations; (d) measuring an adoption or endorsement score for content made by said one or more second designated member friends of said first member with the computing system, said adoption or endorsement score further being modified by a weighting factor based on how frequently said first member adopts or endorses content from said one or more second designated member friends; (e) with the recommender system running on the computing system, selecting from a stock of advertisements and presenting: | 4,168 |
8,715,374 | 1. A jet aviation fuel composition comprising C8 NON-FAME ALKANE, C9 FAME, C9 NON-FAME ALKANE, C10 FAME, C10 NON-FAME ALKANE, C11 FAME, C11 NON-FAME ALKANE, and C12 FAME wherein the jet aviation fuel composition has a freeze point of −54° C. and a flash point of 51° C. | 3,520 |
8,997,416 | 1. A composite material in a structural window, comprising: an optically transparent polymeric matrix; a plurality of optically clear elements defining at least one transparent region positioned in a center of the window, the plurality of optically clear elements embedded in and surrounded by said polymeric matrix, the plurality of optically clear elements substantially aligned adjacent each other in a plane, each of said optically clear elements comprising optically transparent material; a plurality of opaque reinforcing elements defining at least one opaque region, the plurality of opaque reinforcing elements embedded in and surrounded by said polymeric matrix, a first section of the plurality of opaque reinforcing elements aligned substantially parallel and adjacent each other in the plane and substantially parallel and adjacent to the plurality of optically clear elements in a first side region and a second side region framing the center of the window, a second section of the plurality of opaque reinforcing elements in the first side region and positioned at an angle with respect to the first section, and a third section of the plurality of opaque reinforcing elements in the second side region and positioned at an angle with respect to the first section, said opaque reinforcing elements reinforcing a structural or ballistic performance of the window, and the plurality of optically clear elements and the plurality of opaque reinforcing elements positioned such that the transparent region substantially excludes the opaque reinforcing elements in the center of the window and the opaque region substantially excludes the optically clear elements in the first side region and the second side region and the plurality of optically clear elements and the plurality of opaque reinforcing elements further configured in a nonsuperimposed configuration with respect to each other in the center of the window, the first side region, and the second side region, and wherein the plurality of optically clear elements and the plurality of opaque elements are configured so as to provide reinforcement in a structural window. | 38,105 |
9,158,322 | 1. An apparatus for controlling peak demand of a resource within a facility, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of devices, disposed within the facility, each consuming a portion of the resource when turned on, and said each capable of performing a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off; a network operations center (NOC), disposed external to the facility, configured to generate a plurality of run time schedules and selection criteria based on network latency, wherein said plurality of run time schedules coordinates run times for said each of said plurality of devices to control the peak demand of the resource, and wherein one or more of said run times start prior to when otherwise required to maintain corresponding local environments while operating within corresponding acceptable operating margins; and a plurality of control nodes, disposed within the facility, each coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of devices, wherein said plurality of control nodes is coupled together via a demand coordination network that is operatively coupled to said NOC, and wherein said plurality of control nodes transmits sensor data and device status to said NOC via said demand coordination network for generation of said plurality of run time schedules, and wherein said plurality of control nodes executes selected ones of said run time schedules based on latencies of last communications with said NOC to cycle said plurality of devices on and off. | 33,023 |
8,470,485 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell; a fuel supply flow path for supplying a fuel gas, which is supplied from a fuel supply source, to the fuel cell; an on-off valve which adjusts the condition of a gas on an upstream side of the fuel supply flow path and supplies the gas to a downstream side; a pressure sensor which detects the pressure value of a fuel gas on a downstream side of the on-off valve of the fuel supply flow path, and a control device programmed to control the drive of the on-off valve at a predetermined drive cycle, wherein the control device is further programmed to set an upper limit value of a duty ratio at each drive cycle of the on-off valve on the basis of pressure recover time required from the point of a valve close command of the on-off valve to the point at which a detected pressure value on the pressure sensor recovers. | 125 |
8,475,776 | 1. A composition comprising a compound according to Formula I: wherein, R1 is H or alkyl; R2 is H, OH, O-alkyl, amino, O-heterocyc, O-aryl, O—Ac, O—PO3, O—SO3, OSO2NH2 or O-substituted alkyl wherein said substitution is halo, aryl, or heteroaryl; R3 is OH, O—CH2Aryl, O—CH2heteroaryl, O-alkylaryl, or O-acyl; R4 is H, Alkyl, CH2Aryl, substituted alkyl, OH, O-alkyl, O-aryl, OCH2Aryl, OCH2Heteroaryl, O-Acyl, OPO3, OSO3, or OSO2NH2; R5 is H, Oxo, aryl, hydroxyl, alkyl, or O-alkyl; R6 is H; R7 is H, Acyl, alkyl, O-alkyl, substituted alkyl wherein said substitution is hydroxyl or sulfamoyl, or O-substituted alkyl wherein said substitution is O—PO3 or OSO3; R8 is H; and X is O, N, or S; and wherein if R3 is OH or O-acyl then R7 is Acyl, alkyl, or substituted alkyl wherein said substitution is hydroxyl. | 34,288 |
9,256,589 | 1. A method comprising: providing, by a data server system to a spreadsheet server system, access to data stored in a data store; populating, at the spreadsheet server system, a spreadsheet document based on the data; providing, by the data server system to a browser on a client computing system, a time stamp associated with a time of populating the spreadsheet document and a document key identifying the spreadsheet document; receiving, at the spreadsheet server system from the browser, changes to the spreadsheet document; obtaining, by the data server system from the spreadsheet server system the changes based on comparing the time stamp with a second time stamp corresponding to an initiation of a save command; and mapping changes in cells on the spreadsheet document to data structures in the central data store, the changes made in the spreadsheet document by a user of the client computing system; and updating information in the central data store to reflect the changes. | 49,047 |
9,148,059 | 1. A current imbalance determination device of a second side of a DC-DC converter that determines a second side current imbalance of the DC-DC converter, wherein the second side is a center tap, comprising: a voltage measuring portion that measures a voltage drop of each connecting portion of the DC-DC converter by supplying DC power to an output side of the DC-DC converter; an average resistance (ΔR′) calculating portion that calculates an average resistance from the measured voltage drop of each connecting portion; a saturation reference value calculating portion that determines a saturation reference value; and a saturation determination portion that compares the saturation reference value and the average resistance to determine a saturation condition of the second side current of the DC-DC converter. | 5,360 |
9,314,768 | 1. An agglomerate comprising a first phase change material (PCM) and a constituent having a density greater than 800 kg/m 3 and forming the core of said agglomerate, wherein the core comprises only the constituent. | 48,133 |
9,598,699 | 1. A method for crossing a plant having at least one polymorphism or mutation in the coding region of a plant glycoalkaloid gene selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4, 19 and 21, comprising: (i) isolating a nucleic acid from a tomato or potato plant, wherein said nucleic acid is a genomic DNA containing said plant gene, or an RNA expressed from said plant gene; (ii) amplifying a polynucleotide sequence containing said plant gene from said nucleic acid, when said nucleic acid is genomic DNA; or when said nucleic acid is RNA, synthesizing cDNA via reverse transcription from said RNA, and amplifying a polynucleotide sequence corresponding to said plant gene from said cDNA; (iii) determining whether said amplified sequence contains any mutations and/or polymorphisms in the coding sequence as compared to a corresponding reference coding sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4, 19 and 21, to determine the existence of a mutation and/or polymorphism in said plant gene; (iv) selecting a tomato or potato plant comprising the at least one polymorphism or mutation and also having altered expression of said plant glycoalkaloid gene or altered activity of the enzyme encoded by said plant glycoalkaloid gene; and (v) crossing said tomato or potato plant with a different tomato or potato plant, wherein the ability to express a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme gene or the glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity has been modified in a tomato or potato plant made by said cross when compared to a plant not having said at least on polymorphism or mutation. | 25,696 |
9,582,098 | 1. A touch sensor detector system comprising: (a) touch sensor array (TSA); (b) array column driver (ACD); (c) column switching register (CSR); (d) column driving source (CDS); (e) array row sensor (ARS); (f) row switching register (RSR); (g) analog to digital converter (ADC); and (h) computing control device (CCD); wherein: said TSA comprises a variable impedance array (VIA) comprising VIA columns and VIA rows; said VIA is configured to electrically couple a plurality of interlinked impedance columns (IIC) within said TSA with a plurality of interlinked impedance rows (IIR) within said TSA; said IIC further comprises a plurality of individual column impedance elements (ICIE) electrically connected in series between said VIA columns; said IIR further comprises a plurality of individual row impedance elements (IRIE) electrically connected in series between said VIA rows; said ACD is configured to select said IIC within said TSA based on said CSR; said ACD is configured to electrically drive said selected IIC using said CDS; said ARS is configured to select said IIR within said TSA based on said RSR; said ADC is configured to sense the electrical state of said selected IIR and convert said electrical state to a sensed digital value (SDV); said electrical state is determined by the sum of current contributions of variable impedance elements within said VIA, where the current contribution of each of said variable impedance elements is determined by a voltage divider formed between the columns of said VIA, a current divider formed between the rows of said VIA, and the state of said each of said variable impedance elements, to produce a sensed current for a given row-column intersection with said VIA; and said CCD is configured to sample said SDV from said ADC at a plurality of positions within said TSA to form a touch sensor matrix (TSM) data structure. | 29,019 |
8,440,162 | 1. A micrometer-scale spherical aggregate comprising: a plurality of one-dimensional nanostructures comprising titanium and oxygen, wherein the one-dimensional nanostructures radiate from a hollow central core thereby forming a spherical aggregate. | 2,809 |
9,380,423 | 1. A computer-readable storage medium that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to perform operations comprising: presenting, on a display of the mobile device, a graphical user interface of a message content filtering application, wherein the graphical user interface of the message content filtering application comprises a filtering rule setting comprising a banned location and a filtering condition for when the mobile device is located within the banned location; receiving, via the graphical user interface of the message content filtering application, input to apply the filtering rule setting; receiving a message comprising message content; determining a current location of the mobile device; comparing the current location of the mobile device to the banned location; in response to the current location matching the banned location, filtering the message content in accordance with the filtering condition thereby creating a filtered message; and presenting, on the display of the mobile device, the filtered message. | 17,916 |
9,699,965 | 1. A riding lawn mower comprising: a front frame portion; a rear frame portion; an articulated joint operably coupling the front frame portion to the rear frame portion, wherein the rear frame portion is pivotable relative to the front frame portion about a vertical axis defined by the articulated joint; a front wheel axle disposed on the front frame portion; a rear wheel axle disposed on the rear frame portion; an electric drive motor disposed on the rear frame portion and operably coupled to a first rear wheel and second rear wheel disposed on the rear wheel axle in order to drive the first rear wheel and second rear wheel; and a battery system comprising a first battery and a second battery, the first and second batteries being electrically connected in series and collectively electrically coupled to a load comprising at least the electric drive motor, wherein the first battery is disposed on the front frame portion between the front wheel axle and the articulated joint; wherein the second battery is disposed on the rear frame portion completely rearward of the rear wheel axle and the electric drive motor; and wherein a longitudinal axis of the second battery is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the riding lawn mower, wherein the electric drive motor is disposed within a drive motor compartment, the drive motor compartment being disposed on the rear frame portion higher than a first horizontal plane defined by the rear wheel axle. | 35,867 |
9,450,821 | 1. A method, comprising: providing, by a broadband gateway enabling communication with a plurality of devices, at least a first content from a first source and a second content from a second source for selection via a user interface to produce a combined content, the first content and the second content received through one or more network access service providers; receiving, via the user interface, a selection of the first content and the second content; combining, via synchronization circuitry of the broadband gateway responsive to the received selection, the first content and the second content to produce the combined content by aligning timing of the first content and the second content using a slowest of a clock signal associated with a first of the first and second contents, and a clock signal associated with a second of the first and second contents; and sending, by the broadband gateway, the combined content to a device of a plurality of devices. | 29,296 |
8,770,428 | 1. Closure for a container, comprising: a lid for closing an opening of a container; and a sealing foil having a layer of plastic on one side of the sealing foil for fixation of the foil directly to an interior portion of the lid, and a layer of plastic on the other side of the foil for fixation of the foil to a fringe on an opening of a container, wherein the sealing foil is fixed directly to an interior portion of the lid by a detachable fixing connection between the plastic layer of the sealing foil and a portion of the lid, the fixing connection between the sealing foil and the lid being weaker than the intended sealing connection between the sealing foil and the fringe of the container opening. | 23,970 |
9,555,731 | 1. A product comprising: a truck body comprising: a center aisle, a first wheelhouse, a second wheelhouse, and at least one cargo pod lift system integrated into a passenger side or a driver side of a perimeter of the truck body; wherein the center aisle and the at least one cargo pod lift system is constructed and arranged to accommodate at least one cargo pod; and wherein the one or more cargo pod lift systems are constructed and arranged to lift and lower the at least one cargo pod. | 26,106 |
9,756,723 | 1. A stretchable display, comprising: a stretchable substrate including a flat part and a plurality of protrusions protruding above the flat part; a plurality of fixed light emitting devices, each fixed light emitting device being attached to an upper surface of a corresponding protrusion of the plurality of protrusions; a plurality of moving light emitting devices, the moving light emitting devices being positioned among the plurality of protrusions; and a plurality of connection wirings connecting among the plurality of fixed light emitting devices and the plurality of moving light emitting devices. | 48,761 |
9,808,329 | 1. A device that is configured to wrap around a stomach of a patient and preventing overexpansion thereof in a radial direction as well as limiting axial lengthening thereof in an axial direction, the device comprising; a body comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, and a compressible pliant material being located between the inner surface and the outer surface of the body; the inner surface of the body defining a passage that is adapted to accommodate the stomach of the patient, and the passage extending through the device from an inlet to an outlet of the device and having opposed first and second end surfaces; the stomach, following surgical implantation of the device, is configured to be accommodated within the passage of the device and is configured to be completely circumferentially wrapped and surrounded by the device both in the radial direction as well as in the axial direction, between the opposed first and second end surfaces, such that an esophagus of the patient is configured to pass through the inlet of the device while a small intestine of the patient is configured to pass through the outlet of the device; the inner surface of the device, in an uncompressed/slightly compressed state of the device, defining a normal state due which is configured to provide circumferential support to an outer wall of the stomach and prevent overexpansion thereof in both the radial and axial directions while continuously permitting flow of bodily material into and through the stomach; as the stomach attempts to expand radially from the normal state due to the bodily material flowing into and through the bodily organ stomach, the stomach is configured to abut against the inner surface of the device and the stomach is configured to radially bias the inner surface of the device radially outwardly into the compressible pliant material thereby compressing the compressible pliant material toward the outer surface of the device, and such compression of the inner surface and the compressible pliant material, as the outer wall of the stomach attempts to expand, correspondingly exerting a resisting force, against the outer wall of the stomach, which limits and opposes the expansion of the stomach and forces the outer wall of the stomach back toward and into its normal state of the outer wall of the stomach which permits the flow of the bodily material into and through the stomach; and as the stomach attempts to expand axially from the normal state due to the bodily material flowing into and through the stomach, the stomach is configured to abut against an inner surface of opposed first and second end walls of the device and the stomach is configured to axially bias the inner surfaces of the opposed first and second end walls of the device axially outwardly into the compressible pliant material thereby compressing the compressible pliant material toward the outer surface of the device, and such compression of the inner surface and the compressible pliant material, as the outer wall of the stomach attempts to expand axially, correspondingly exerting a resisting force against the outer wall of the stomach, which limits and opposes the expansion of the stomach in the axial direction and forces the outer wall of the stomach back toward and into its normal state of the outer wall of the stomach which permits the flow of the bodily material into and through the stomach. | 35,411 |
8,815,357 | 1. A metallocene-catalyzed polymer comprising (i) a higher molecular weight component and (ii) a lower molecular weight component wherein the polymer has a polydispersity index of from about 10 to about 26; a zero shear viscosity of from about 5×10 5 Pa·s to about 2×10 14 Pa·s and a smooth-to-matte transition critical stress of from about 20 kPa to about 85 kPa at a shear rate of from about 1.5 s −1 to about 17 s −1 . | 22,867 |
9,558,999 | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a conformal liner layer within an opening provided within a dielectric material and on a horizontal upper surface of the dielectric material; removing the conformal liner layer from a bottom of the opening and from the horizontal upper surface to form a liner region along each sidewall of the opening; forming a pair of metal wires in said opening formed in said dielectric material by a selective deposition technique that includes laterally growing each of said pair of metal wires from a sidewall surface of each of the liner regions in said opening, wherein a first metal wire of the pair of metal wires directly contacts a sidewall surface of one of the liner regions and a second metal wire of the pair of metal wires directly contacts a sidewall surface of another of the liner regions; and forming a center region in the opening and on each sidewall surface of said pair of metal wires, wherein a bottommost surface of each metal wire is coplanar with bottommost surfaces of each liner region, the center region and the dielectric material. | 33,041 |
8,864,484 | 1. Label transfer device ( 10 ) for an IML process for transporting and inserting a label ( 8 ) into an annular gap-shaped mold cavity ( 9 ) of a multi-part injection mold ( 1 ) for manufacturing of parallel-walled objects, in particular containers comprising a shell region, having a substantially constant, i.e. with a uniform and circular, oval, square or other shaped cross-section, characterized in that said device is provided with at least one transfer tube ( | 30,852 |
9,458,525 | 1. A method of recovering a rare earth element from an oxidized scrap of a permanent magnet, the method comprising: leaching the oxidized scrap of the permanent magnet containing neodymium and dysprosium from a sulfuric acid solution; adjusting a weight ratio (Dy/Dy+Nd) of the leached neodymium and dysprosium existing in the sulfuric acid solution to 0.16; and recovering the neodymium and the dysprosium after precipitating the neodymium and the dysprosium by adding sodium sulfate into the sulfuric acid solution, wherein a reaction temperature in a range of 50° C. to 60° C. and a reaction time of three hours are maintained when the sodium sulfate is added, and wherein an amount of the sodium sulfate added into the sulfuric acid solution is 3.5 equivalent weights. | 32,330 |
8,455,606 | 1. An article, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a photoactive material between the first and second electrodes, the photoactive material comprising a polymer including first, second, and third comonomer repeat units, the first comonomer repeat unit comprising a silacyclopentadithiophene moiety, the second comonomer repeat unit comprising a cyclopentadithiophene moiety, and the third comonomer repeat unit comprising a benzothiadiazole moiety; wherein the article is configured as a photovoltaic cell. | 1,155 |
9,757,715 | 1. A composite photocatalyst, comprising: platinum nanocrystals; and photocatalyst nanocrystals, wherein the photocatalyst nanocrystal includes a compound of chemical formula (1): wherein A | 18,279 |
8,743,721 | 1. A method in a first communication device for receiving control information and data over a radio channel from a second communication device the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least part of a subframe over the radio channel; detecting that the subframe is a subframe having at least one downlink assignment intended for the first communication device; receiving an indicator over the radio channel, the indicator being associated with the subframe and including information about at least one previously transmitted subframe having another at least one downlink assignment intended for the first communication device; and analyzing the indicator associated with the subframe for determining whether the another at least one downlink assignment intended for the first communication device has been missed. | 11,600 |
8,535,715 | 1. A bilayer tablet comprising: (1) a first layer wherein the first layer is a metformin extended release formulation comprising about 50-87% metformin hydrochloride (HCl) in an amount of 1000 mg, about 1-10% sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, about 10-40% hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, about 0.1-75% magnesium stearate, and about 0-2% silicon dioxide or about 0-1.5% colloidal silicon dioxide, in which weight percents are calculated relative to the total weight of the first layer; (2) a second layer wherein the second layer is a sodium-dependent glucose transporter (SGLT2) inhibitor formulation having a total weight in the range of about 300 mg to about 400 mg and comprising about 0.1-10% of an SGLT2 inhibitor selected from dapagliflozin, dapagliflozin (S) propylene glycol hydrate and dapagliflozin (R) propylene glycol hydrate, about 5-30% lactose anhydrous, about 40-90% microcrystalline cellulose, about 0-25% pregelatinized starch, about 0-20% hydroxypropyl cellulose, about 0-25% mannitol, about 1-10% crospovidone, about 0.1-5% silicon dioxide, and about 0.1-5% magnesium stearate, in which weight percents are calculated relative to the total weight of the second layer; and (3) optionally a film coating that covers the first layer and the second layer, wherein the weight ratio between the first layer and the second layer is about 4.4:1. | 4,025 |
9,586,712 | 1. A method of producing a label for a prescription pharmaceutical storage container for holding and dispensing a pharmaceutical for a patient, the method including the steps of: providing a supply of prescription pharmaceutical storage containers, the supply including a first container and a second container, the first container having a circumference greater than a circumference of the second container; providing a label system having a first distinct label section and a second distinct label section, the first distinct label section and second distinct label section together having a length greater than the circumference of the second container; determining whether a length of prescription information fits entirely on the first label section; upon determining that the length of the prescription information does not fit entirely on the first label section, printing indicia providing the prescription information on both the first label section and the second label section and applying the first and second label sections to the first container; and upon determining that the length of the prescription information fits entirely on the first label section, printing indicia providing the prescription information on the first label section and applying the first label section to the second container. | 35,146 |
9,534,181 | 1. A method of dispensing fuel into an internal combustion engine through dispensing equipment having an elastomeric seal, the method comprising: (A) introducing into the engine a distillate fuel comprising a mixture of an aromatic-lean component and an aromatic-rich component wherein the distillate fuel is prepared by mixing: (B) swelling the elastomeric seal, wherein the amount of swelling of the elastomeric seal is greater than when a fuel dispensed into the internal combustion engine does not contain the mixture of the aromatic-lean component and the aromatic-rich component. | 32,291 |
9,208,758 | 1. An octave/register key for affixing to a musical wind instrument in which an air column is formed, the octave/register key comprising: a core having a core aperture therein, wherein the core is reversibly moveable from a first position in which the core aperture is in fluid communication with the air column toward a second position in which the core aperture is out of fluid communication with the air column; and an actuator coupled to the core and movable with the core to adjust a degree to which the core aperture is in fluid communication with the air column. | 47,515 |
9,075,260 | 1. A touch display apparatus, comprising: a display panel, comprising: a touch device layer, disposed on an outer surface of the active device array substrate; at least one first flexible circuit board, disposed on the outer surface and an edge of the active device array substrate, and electrically connected to the touch device layer; and at least one second flexible circuit board, disposed on an inner surface opposite to the outer surface and the edge of the active device array substrate. | 2,049 |
8,570,924 | 1. A method in a communication system comprising a plurality of interconnected communication units, including one or more radio base stations and one or more user equipments, the method comprising: introducing a set of rules commonly known to the radio base stations and user equipments in order to independently initiate or perform in one of said communication units a state transition to or from a reduced transmission activity mode when a predefined criterion has been fulfilled, wherein the predefined criterion relates to activity or inactivity of the one of said communication units; and applying the set of rules by the one of said communication units, wherein applying comprises: | 32,677 |
9,232,630 | 1. A method of making a printed circuit board, the method comprising: forming a plurality of dielectric core layers comprising at least a top dielectric core layer and a bottom dielectric core layer; embedding a thermally-conductive coin in at least one of the dielectric core layers; and forming a high frequency material inlay in at least one of the dielectric core layers comprising: a) routing the high frequency material inlay; b) measuring the actual size of the high frequency material inlay subsequent to its routing; and c) routing an inlay opening in the at least one of the dielectric layers in which the high frequency material inlay is to be inlaid, wherein the routing of the inlay opening is based on the measured actual size of the high frequency material inlay. | 39,724 |
9,295,108 | 1. A method of producing an electrical heating device for a motor vehicle, the electrical heating device including: a housing enclosing a circulation chamber through which a medium can flow, heating ribs protruding in the circulation chamber, the heating ribs being in thermally conducting contact with at least one Positive Temperature Coefficient (“PTC”) heating element, the housing enclosing the circulation chamber also providing a cooling element; a control device in a constructional unit with at least one assembled conductor board, and a control housing accommodating the control device, wherein the control device bears a control element that produces a power loss, the control element being arranged at an underside of the assembled conductor board; the method comprising: mounting the control housing on the housing enclosing the circulation chamber, so that the control element that produces the power loss arranged at the underside of the assembled conductor board is facing the housing enclosing the circulation chamber and so that the control element is laid against the cooling element under prestress. | 24,469 |
9,383,867 | 1. A display apparatus furnished with a touch sensor, comprising: a display module having a touch sensor comprising: a display panel; a plurality of sensor electrodes formed in a region where they overlap the display panel, and each having an electrostatic capacitance that changes according to a state of being touched by a user; and a proximity sensor electrode pair comprising an electric field generating electrode and an electric field detection electrode each formed as a transparent electrode in a region where they overlap the display panel; an electrostatic capacitance detection circuit configured to detect change in the electrostatic capacitance that occurs at each of the plurality of sensor electrodes according to being touched by the user so as to detect a position touched by the user; and a proximity detection circuit configured to detect change in the electric field generated between the proximity sensor electrode pair, which corresponds to the user being in proximity thereto, so as to detect the user being in proximity to the display panel, wherein the electrostatic capacitance detection circuit is configured to have at least a component that is switchable between an operating state and a non-operating state, wherein, when detecting the proximity of the user by means of the proximity detection circuit, said at least one component transits from the non-operating state to the operating state, wherein the plurality of sensor electrodes and the proximity sensor electrode pair are formed in the same wiring layer, wherein the electric field generating electrode is formed along a first edge of the display panel, and the electric field generating electrode is positioned between the first edge and one side of the region in which the plurality of sensor electrodes are formed, wherein the electric field detection electrode is formed along a second edge of the display panel that is opposite to the first edge, and the electric field detection electrode is positioned between the second edge and another side of the region in which the plurality of sensor electrodes are formed; wherein the electric field generating electrode comprises a first plurality of approximately triangular shapes; wherein the electric field detection electrode comprises a second plurality of approximately triangular shapes; wherein bases of the first plurality of approximately triangular shapes are proximate to the first edge of the display panel; vertices of the first plurality of approximately triangular shapes opposite to the bases are proximate to the plurality of sensor electrodes; bases of the second plurality of approximately triangular shapes are proximate to the second edge of the display panel; vertices of the second plurality of approximately triangular shapes opposite to the bases are proximate to the plurality of sensor electrodes; wherein the plurality of sensor electrodes are arranged in a plurality of rows and columns; each of the plurality of sensor electrodes are formed in an approximately rectangular shape; the plurality of sensor electrodes are arranged such that radii of sensor electrodes in a row of the plurality of rows are collinear with an imaginary line running through centers of the sensor electrodes in the row; the plurality of sensor electrodes are arranged such that radii of sensor electrodes in a column of the plurality of columns are collinear with an imaginary line running through centers of the sensor electrodes in the column; and wherein the electric field generating electrode and a first column of sensor electrodes adjacent to the electric field generating electrode are arranged such that the vertices of the first plurality of approximately triangular shapes opposite to the bases are interposed between sides of adjacent sensor electrodes of the first column of sensor electrodes. | 11,257 |
9,211,224 | 1. A pediatric headrest for skull stabilization during pediatric neurosurgical and orthopedic procedures, the pediatric headrest comprising: a body; a horseshoe shaped head support having first and second wings coupled to the body, the horseshoe shaped head support adapted to be positioned subjacent to and to provide support to a weight of the skull, the horseshoe shaped head support configured to accept the skull in a position selected from the group consisting of prone, supine, lateral and combinations thereof; the first and second wings being pivotally joined to adjust an angle therebetween; first and second arcuate base members coupled to the first and second wings, respectively, and at least partially circumscribing a perimeter thereof, each of the first and second arcuate base members having connection members; a plurality of placement subassemblies adjustably positioned and secured to the connection members of the first and second arcuate base members, each placement subassembly configured to receive a skull pin and provide adjustable horizontal, vertical, and angular positioning of the skull pin with respect to the arcuate base; and each of the skull pins adapted to provide lateral discrete pressure to the skull in order to stabilize the skull. | 10,365 |
9,054,237 | 1. A method of fabricating an interdigitated back contact solar cell, the method comprising: diffusing a first dopant into first and second substrate regions through a planar rear surface of a semiconductor substrate such that the first dopant forms first and second spaced-apart diffusion regions in said first and second substrate regions having a first doping concentration and extending a first depth into the substrate from the planar rear surface, and are separated by a third substrate region having a second doping concentration and extending a second depth into the substrate from the planar rear surface, wherein diffusing the first dopant includes: after forming said spaced-apart first and second borosilicate glass structures, diffusing a second dopant into said third substrate region through said planar rear surface of said semiconductor substrate such that said second dopant passes between said spaced-apart first and second borosilicate glass structures and forms a third diffusion region in said third substrate region, and such that said second dopant disposed in the third diffusion region forms a first interface with the first dopant disposed in the first diffusion region and a second interface with the first dopant disposed in the second diffusion region, wherein said first and second spaced-apart borosilicate glass structures form effective barriers that prevent diffusion of said second dopant into said first and second substrate regions during said diffusing of said second dopant. | 16,663 |
9,113,584 | 1. A printed circuit board assembly comprising: a substrate; and two or more electronic components which are categorized, wherein each electronic component is secured to the substrate by a securing means having a predetermined thermal-release temperature and/or adhesive properties, depending on which category said component belongs to; wherein the two or more electronic components are categorized into two or more categories, and each electronic components of one category is secured to the substrate by a securing means having a predetermined thermal-release temperature and/or adhesive properties different from the thermal-release temperature and/or adhesive properties of at least one securing means used to fasten electronic components of other categories on the substrate; wherein the electronic components on the substrate are categorized based on their composition to facilitate recycling of materials in the component and/or re-use the function of the component; and/or; wherein the most frequently used type of electronic components on the substrate are secured on the substrate by the securing means having the lowest thermal-release temperature or weakest adhesive strength at a certain temperature compared to that of other securing means used; and/or; wherein electronic components of similar composition are categorized in the same category while electronic components to different compositions are categorized in different categorys; and/or wherein those electronic components comprising similar environmentally hazardous materials are categorized within the same category while those electronic components comprising different environmentally hazardous materials are categorized within different categories; and/or wherein the categories comprising the electronic components that are more sensistive to high temperatures or have a higher possibility of re-use are secured by securing means having a comparatively low thermal-release temperature or a comparatively weak adhesive strength at a certain temperature. | 35,263 |
9,453,483 | 1. A fuel injector comprising: an injector body defining a first nozzle outlet set, a first fuel inlet, a second nozzle outlet set, a second fuel inlet, and a drain outlet and having disposed therein a first nozzle chamber fluidly connected to the first fuel inlet, a second nozzle chamber fluidly connected to the second fuel inlet, a first control chamber fluidly connected to the first fuel inlet, and a second control chamber fluidly connected to the first fuel inlet; a first needle control valve positioned in the injector body and including a first control valve member movable between a first position in contact with a conical seat to close a first fluid connection between the first control chamber and the drain outlet, and a second position out of contact with the conical seat to open the first fluid connection; a second needle control valve positioned in the injector body and including a second control valve member movable between a first position in contact with a conical seat to close a second fluid connection between the second control chamber and the drain outlet, and a second position out of contact with the conical seat to open the second fluid connection; a first solenoid actuator with a first armature operably coupled to the first needle control valve; a second solenoid actuator with a second armature operably coupled to the second needle control valve; and the first control valve member, the second control valve member, the first armature and the second armature move along a common centerline. | 8,152 |
8,521,601 | 1. A method executed by a computer system, comprising: displaying, by the computer system and at an internet location, an advertisement to purchase a feature length movie (FLM) before the FLM is publicly available to view in movie theaters and before the FLM is publicly available to buy on digital video disks (DVDs); displaying, by the computer system and at the internet location, a movie trailer for the FLM; selling, by the computer system and at the internet location, the FLM to individuals that purchase the FLM with handheld portable electronic devices (HPEDs) before the FLM is publicly available to view in the movie theaters and before the FLM is publicly available to buy on the DVDs; and wirelessly transmitting and downloading, before the FLM is publicly available to view in the movie theaters and before the FLM is publicly available to buy on the DVDs, the FLM to the HPEDs of the individuals that purchased the FLM, wherein the FLM is downloaded to the HPEDs such that the FLM plays on the HPEDs at times decided by the individuals viewing the FLM with the times being before the FLM is publicly available to view in the movie theaters and before the FLM is publicly available to buy on the DVDs, wherein the FLM is subsequently distributed to the movie theaters for viewing by a general public after the FLM plays on the HPEDs of the individuals, and wherein the FLM is full length motion picture that is greater than sixty minutes in length. | 44,414 |
8,729,387 | 1. An organic photoelectric conversion element comprising a bulk hetero unction layer containing a mixture of an n-type semiconductor material and a p-type semiconductor material, wherein the n-type semiconductor material is a polymer represented by Formula (1) and the p-type semiconductor material is a tetrabenzoporphyrin derivative selected from the group consisting of BP-1, -2 and BP-3, wherein, R | 17,582 |
8,853,377 | 1. A composition for delivery of mRNA for protein expression in a target cell, comprising at least one mRNA molecule comprising a sequence encoding a protein of interest and a 5′ untranslated region (UTR) comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein SEQ ID NO: 1 enhances the expression of the protein of interest. | 37,935 |
8,505,273 | 1. A system for preventing at least one of ice and frost for positioning in an airflow tunnel having an air inlet, the system comprising: a plurality of waveguide passages positioned in the airflow tunnel; an air filter positioned in each waveguide passage; a microwave energy source coupled to each waveguide passage; a first screen positioned in the airflow tunnel upstream of the plurality of waveguide passages; and a second screen positioned in the airflow tunnel downstream of the plurality of waveguide passages, wherein the microwave energy sources and the first and second screens create a guided, standing wave, microwave energy that prevents at least one of ice and frost from forming on the air filters. | 45,023 |
8,569,026 | 1. A method of producing a compound, wherein the compound has one or more characteristics selected from the group consisting of (a) a Henry's law coefficient of less than 250 M/atm and (b) a solubility in water of less than 100 g/L, the method comprising: a) culturing cells comprising one or more nucleic acids encoding for an isoprene synthase polypeptide; b) adding an oxygen-containing gas to the culture at a gas sparging rate between about 0.01 vvm to about 2 vvm, thereby producing the compound; and c) recovering the compound made in step (b). | 3,917 |
9,538,861 | 1. A storage system comprising: a storage system having an inner rod, an outer body and a lower foot; said inner rod selectively attaches to said lower foot; said outer body comprising two or more storage segments; said inner rod comprising a substantially cylindrical shape, being aligned with a central vertical axis; said two or more storage segments selectively slide over said inner rod; said two or more storage segments are configured to rotate around said inner rod; said two or more storage segments comprise a first segment and a second segment; said two or more storage segments each comprise said top surface of said two or more storage segments releaseably mate with said bottom surface of another among said two or more storage segments; said storage system further comprises an upper foot; wherein, said upper foot is configured to press against a ceiling; said lower foot is configured to press against a ground surface; said inner rod comprises a tension rod having a variable length; said inner rod comprises a first rod and a second rod; said first rod comprises a outer threading; said second rod comprises an inner threading; said first rod selectively screws into said second rod so as to alter a length of said inner rod between said ground surface and said ceiling; segments comprise a substantially cubical shape; said plurality of side panels comprise at least a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel; said plurality of side panels comprise at least one side being open to expose a storage compartment between the others among said plurality of side panels, said bottom surface and said top surface; said two or more storage segments comprise at least one of plastic, wood, ceramic, glass, metal, and biological material; said socket portion comprising a female threading, said base portion comprising a male threading; and said top surface of said two or more storage segments is configured to releaseably mate with said bottom surface of another among said two or more storage segments by threading said male threading of said base into said female threading of said socket. | 5,179 |
9,315,277 | 1. A trailing boom system for aerial refueling, the system comprising: a parent pod capable of being connected to a wing or a body of a tanker aircraft; and a detachable pod releasable from the parent pod, the detachable pod comprising an extendible boom for refueling a receiver aircraft in flight, the extendible boom being pivotable about a first pivot for movement in a first direction and pivotable about a second pivot for movement in a second direction, wherein the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction, and wherein the detachable pod further comprises a backflow reservoir configured to receive at least a portion of fuel upstream of the boom to facilitate retraction of the boom. | 38,557 |
8,705,169 | 1. An anti-reflection glass by one or both faces, in partial or total form, of a smooth and smooth tact, with an aspect that does not reflect the light and pleasant at sight characterized by: a roughness Ra of 0.47 μm up to 0.77 μm and one roughness Rz of 2.6 μm up to 4.7 μm and —a (%) of Transmittance, (%) Absorbance and (%) Reflectance following: | 41,619 |
9,085,223 | 1. A vehicle ( 1 ) with electric propulsion, which presents a longitudinal direction (L), which is parallel to the direction of the rectilinear motion, and a transverse direction (T), which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (L), comprises: a motor propulsion system ( a system ( a support panel ( a support matrix ( wherein each chemical battery ( wherein the chemical batteries ( wherein each chemical battery ( | 22,770 |
8,658,850 | 1. A method of detoxifying a harmful compound in vitro, comprising: contacting a harmful compound with (1) at least one selected from the group consisting of a methyl radical and a carboxymethyl radical and (2) a cobalt complex so as to detoxify the harmful compound, wherein the harmful compound comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of arsenic, antimony and selenium, wherein the cobalt complex is an organometallic complex having a cobalt-carbon bond, and wherein the methyl radical or the carboxymethyl radical is generated from at least one selected from the group consisting of acetic acid, methanol, ethanol, acetic anhydride, propionic acid, butanoic acid and formic acid. | 11,581 |
9,726,943 | 1. A display panel, comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the first substrate, wherein the scan lines and the data lines are crossed to define pixel areas on the first substrate; a plurality of active devices located on the first substrate and electrically connected with the scan lines and the data lines; a plurality of color filter patterns disposed on the pixel areas and separated from each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the color filter patterns and electrically connected with the active devices; a light shielding pattern located between two adjacent color filter patterns to shield a gap between the two adjacent color filter patterns; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the second substrate and the pixel electrodes; and a common electrode disposed on the second substrate and located between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the common electrode has common electrode patterns and a main slit, the common electrode patterns are disposed correspondingly to the pixel electrodes, and the main slit is disposed correspondingly to the light shielding pattern, wherein the light shielding pattern comprises: a plurality of first light shielding portions disposed on the scan lines; and a plurality of second light shielding portions intersecting with the first light shielding portions, and disposed along an extending direction of the data lines; and the main slit of the common electrode comprises: a plurality of first main slits disposed correspondingly to the first light shielding portions, wherein the first main slits and the first light shielding portions at least partially overlap in a vertical projection direction; and a plurality of second main slits intersecting with the first main slits and disposed correspondingly to the second light shielding portions, wherein the second main slits and the second light shielding portions at least partially overlap in a vertical projection direction. | 2,624 |
8,889,402 | 1. A triglyceride oil produced by cultivating heterotrophically in the dark a genetically engineered Chlorella protothecoides cell comprising an exogenous gene encoding a sucrose invertase, wherein the exogenous gene is codon optimized for expression in the Chlorella protothecoides cell; wherein the cell is cultured on a fixed carbon source selected from the group consisting of glycerol, depolymerized cellulosic material, sucrose, molasses, glucose, galactose, fructose, mannose, acetate, and any combination thereof. | 28,650 |
8,437,421 | 1. A method for soft-decision sphere decoding for use in a MIMO OFDM receiver having two receive antennas, comprising the steps of: receiving a channel matrix H and a received signal vector y; decomposing the channel matrix H into an orthogonal rotation matrix Q and an upper triangular matrix R, such that H=Q·R; performing a tree search based on Euclidean distances d wherein the tree search step comprises determining a linear approximation of the square-root of the Euclidean distances which is expressed as wherein a 1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 are absolute values of real and imaginary parts of z 1 and z 2 , ordered in descending order, such that a 1 ≧{a 2 , a 3 }≧a 4 , with z 1 and z 2 being complex valued elements of the vector z. | 24,652 |
9,676,821 | 1. A compound described by formula (Ib): wherein, R R X X X X each X X a is an integer from 1 to 2; b is an integer from 0 to 3; c is an integer from 1 to 2; d is an integer from 0 to 3; n is an integer from 1 to 5; m is an integer from 1 to 5; p is an integer from 1 to 5; r is an integer from 1 to 5; q is an integer from 1 to 3; v is an integer from 1 to 3; Z and each of R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 3,561 |
9,250,774 | 1. A method comprising: instantiating, in an application server of a computer system, associating, in the computer system, the first and second UI connections with an application messaging channel (AMC), the AMC comprising an interface for communicating between the first UI session and the second UI session, wherein associating the first UI connection with the AMC comprises sending the notification of the event from the computer system to the first UI agent through the first UI connection. | 16,717 |
9,340,456 | 1. A process for using multiple waste streams to manufacture synthetic lightweight aggregate comprising: providing multiple waste streams consisting essentially of aggregate wash from sand washing plants and waste lube oil; mixing the aggregate wash and waste lube oil to form a mixture having at least about 50% aggregate wash by weight and 1.12% lube oil by weight; forming a plurality of pellets from the mixture; calcining the pellets; firing the plurality of calcined pellets at a temperature and time sufficient for bloating of the calcined pellets; and cooling the pellets to form a lightweight low density synthetic aggregates with a bulk density of 0.88 to 1.12 g/cm | 6,021 |
9,478,771 | 1. An organic light-emitting display (OLED) device comprising: a substrate of which a pixel region and a circuit region are defined; a buffer layer including a light-condensing means on the pixel region of the substrate and a first buffer film pattern on the circuit region of the substrate; an active layer on the first buffer film pattern; a gate insulation film on the light-condensing means and the active layer; a gate electrode on the active layer; a lower electrode on the light-condensing means; an organic layer, on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode on the organic layer, wherein the light-condensing means and the first buffer film pattern are formed of the same material and are disposed on the same plane, and the gate insulation film is interposed between the light-condensing means and the lower electrode in the pixel region and between the active layer and the gate electrode in the circuit region. | 7,013 |
9,141,835 | 1. A card reader, comprising: a body including a slot that is configured to receive a swipe of a card along a first axis with an edge of the card abutting a bottom surface of the slot, the slot including at least one region recessed relative to a bottom surface of the slot that is configured to increase frictional drag on the card in response to a longitudinal axis of the card varying from parallel to the bottom surface of the slot, wherein the recessed surface is a rounded corner located at an opening of the slot; and a reader interface positioned in the body and configured to read a magnetic stripe on the card as the card is swiped through the slot along the first axis. | 691 |
8,794,134 | 1. A method for forming bundles inside a bundle former having a holding space, comprising: depositing at least one layer, composed of at least one printed product of a bundle, onto a lift; subsequently compressing a respective one of the layers; determining a thickness of the respective layers, wherein the determining comprises determining the thickness of a first layer during the compressing of the first layer; and; moving the lift downward, as a function of the previously determined thickness of the compressed first layer plus a distance which corresponds to a height difference between a compressed layer and a non-compressed layer, for accommodating a following layer of the bundle or a layer of a following bundle. | 20,434 |
9,144,142 | 1. A method for reducing a time delay for an output of an occupancy sensor comprising the steps of: receiving a first setting for a reduction timer; detecting, with the occupancy sensor, each occupancy condition within a space; initiating the reduction timer and an internal timer for the occupancy sensor based on the detection of each occupancy condition, wherein the reduction timer measures a reduction time period, and wherein the internal timer measures an internal time period for the occupancy sensor; activating, during the reduction time period, a power pack output, wherein the power pack output activates a system timer of a power pack while activated; and deactivating, when the reduction time period expires, the power pack output, wherein the power pack output deactivates the system timer of the power pack while deactivated, wherein the pack controls at least one device based on the system timer. | 32,356 |
9,275,697 | 1. A host computing device comprising: a controller configured to be connected to a data storage device separate from the host computing device and to: | 23,861 |
9,613,760 | 1. An electrode in an energy storage device, comprising: at least one activated carbon, comprising: | 12,350 |
8,343,574 | 1. A method of transferring a dye to a composite material, the method comprising: applying the dye to a transfer media to create a colored transfer media; placing the colored transfer media into contact with the composite material; and applying, using an autoclave, at least one of heat, external pressure, vacuum pressure to infuse the dye to the composite material to create a colored composite material; wherein the composite material comprises one or more layers of unidirectional fiber and polymer matrix plies oriented in one or more directions. | 34,579 |
9,773,959 | 1. An optical-semiconductor device comprising: an optical-semiconductor element; a first electrically conductive member to which the optical-semiconductor element is electrically connected, said first electrically conductive member having a bottom surface that constitutes an external surface of the optical-semiconductor device; a second electrically conductive member to which the optical-semiconductor element is electrically connected, said second electrically conductive member being separated from the first electrically conductive member, and having a bottom surface that constitutes an external surface of the optical-semiconductor device; a base member having a light blocking resin and is disposed between the first electrically conductive member and the second electrically conductive member so as to block light through a space between the first electrically conductive member and the second electrically conductive member, said base member having a protruding portion that protrudes above the top surfaces of the first and second electrically conductive members and has substantially the same height as the height of said optical-semiconductor element, said protruding portion constituting an external side surface of the optical-semiconductor device; and a flat plate comprising a fluorescent material and formed on said optical-semiconductor element and said protruding portion of said base member, wherein side surfaces of said first electrically conductive member and said second electrically conductive member are covered by said base member at least two external side surfaces of said optical-semiconductor device. | 48,699 |
9,068,211 | 1. An isolated or purified sophorolipid-producing cell transformed with a nucleic acid encoding an E 5 polypeptide; wherein the E wherein said cell may optionally contain a nucleic acid encoding at least one E E E E E (i) 17-L-[(2′-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-Z-9-octadecenoic acid 1′,4″-lactone and acetyl-coenzyme A into 17-L-[(2′-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-Z-9-octadecenoic acid 1′,4″-lactone monoacetate; (ii) 17-L-[(2′-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-Z-9-octadecenoic acid 1′,4″-lactone monoacetate and acetyl-coenzyme A into 17-L-[(2′-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-Z-9-octadecenoic acid 1′,4″-lactone diacetate; or (iii) 17-L-[(2′-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-Z-9-octadecenoic acid 1′,4″-lactone and acetyl-coenzyme A into 17-L-[(2′-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-Z-9-octadecenoic acid 1′,4″-lactone diacetate. | 34,105 |
8,505,619 | 1. A heat exchanger comprising: at least two plates placed in a pack and brazed together so that separate channels for a first medium and a second medium are formed between alternate pairs of plates; two pairs of connections for inlet and outlet of the first medium and inlet and outlet for the second medium, respectively; and a temperature sensor connectable to a first valve to control the supply of the first medium through the heat exchanger, the first medium being intended to supply heat to the second medium; the temperature sensor distinct from the plates and connectable to the plates with placement of the temperature sensor within holes through a number of plates, said holes being provided in plates where ridges meet in the channels for at least one of the first medium and the second medium, such that heat-conducting contact is achieved between the temperature sensor and said plates, wherein the temperature sensor is arranged to control the first valve, wherein the first and second media are arranged to flow in opposite directions, wherein the temperature sensor is placed on that part of the heat exchanger where the inlet for the first medium and outlet for the second medium are located, and wherein the temperature sensor is located proximate, but outside, the inlet for the first medium, the temperature sensor being located closer to the inlet for the first medium than to the outlet for the second medium. | 42,666 |
9,374,717 | 1. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a receiver configured to receive, at a first access point, radio frequency signals transmitted by at least one other access point; a processing system configured to determine, based on the received signals at the first access point, an indication of loading at each of the at least one other access point; and a transmitter configured to transmit, from the first access point to each of the at least one other access point, the indication of the loading at each of the at least one other access point. | 13,509 |
9,090,376 | 1. A merchandise storage container comprising: a container body defining a merchandise storage area; the container body having a front wall, a rear wall, and first and second sidewalls; the first sidewall extending between the front wall and the rear wall at a first side of the container body; the second sidewall extending between the front wall and the rear wall at a second side of the container body; each of the sidewalls having a first end and a second end; a flap connected to each end of each sidewall; each flap being movable between first and second positions; a retaining tab connected to each flap; each retaining tab being substantially perpendicular to the sidewall to which its flap is connected when the flap is in the second position; and top and bottom walls; the flaps connected to the first ends of the sidewalls being disposed under the top wall when the flaps are in the second position and the flaps connected to the second ends of the sidewalls being disposed under the bottom wall when the flaps are in the second position; the retaining tabs extending out from under either one of the top and bottom walls when the flaps are in the second position. | 27,555 |
8,597,371 | 1. An agent for lightening keratinic fibers, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier: (i) at least one acyl pyridinium derivative of formula (I), in which R1 denotes a C R2, R3 and R4 each independently of one another denote hydrogen, a C X (ii) at least one cationic polysaccharide, and (iii) at least hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent. | 6,824 |
9,298,252 | 1. A method of operation of a storage control system comprising: initiating a hardening process beginning at a power-down signal, wherein host data and meta data are stored in a first portion of non-volatile memory of the storage control system during the hardening process; tracking time information beginning at the power-down signal; generating a work-complete entry in the non-volatile flash memory at a conclusion of the hardening process; calculating a power down margin corresponding to elapsed time between the conclusion of the hardening process and a complete power loss of a hold-up power; and in accordance with a determination that the power down margin is less than a buffer threshold, designating a second portion of the non-volatile memory of the storage control system, different from the first portion, to be used during a next hardening process. | 14,602 |
8,772,457 | 1. An isolated antibody, or fragment thereof, that binds to β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) comprising (a) an HVR-H1 comprising the amino acid sequence GFTFX (b) an HVR-H2 comprising the amino acid sequence of GWISPAGGSTDYADSVKG (SEQ ID NO:24), (c) an HVR-H3 comprising the amino acid sequence of GPFSPWVMDY (SEQ ID NO:25), (d) an HVR-L1 comprising the amino acid sequence of RASQX (e) an HVR-L2 comprising the amino acid sequence of X (f) an HVR-L3 comprising the amino acid sequence of QQX | 12,563 |
8,535,919 | 1. A process for converting a feed gas stream comprising feed gas components of CO, CO 2 , and H 2 into a liquid product by contact with an aqueous fermentation liquid wherein the liquid product reduces the surface tension of the fermentation liquid, said process comprising: a) retaining a portion of the aqueous fermentation liquid in a fermentation vessel; b) producing said liquid product by contact of the feed gas stream with microorganisms suspended in the aqueous fermentation liquid and retained in the fermentation vessel; c) withdrawing aqueous fermentation liquid containing the liquid product from said fermentation vessel at a withdrawal point on said fermentation vessel to provide a withdrawn aqueous liquid; d) recovering the liquid product from the withdrawn aqueous fermentation liquid of step c) in a separation zone to recover the liquid product and to recover aqueous fermentation liquid; e) returning a first portion of the recovered aqueous fermentation liquid from step d) to the fermentation vessel and passing a second portion of the recovered aqueous fermentation liquid from step d) to a recycle loop that continuously circulates a recycle liquid therein; f) recovering an off-gas stream from a gas phase located at an upper portion of the fermentation vessel; g) passing the off-gas stream and the recycle liquid of step e) to a first gas-liquid injector located at a first elevation and discharging a first gas and liquid mixture from the first gas-liquid injector into the recycle liquid of step (e); h) pumping the recycle liquid from the first gas liquid injector downward for a distance of at least 10 meters to a gas separation tank located at a second elevation, recovering a diluent gas from the gas separation tank and passing the recycle liquid from the gas separation tank back into the recycle loop; i) pumping the recycle liquid from the gas separation tank upward in the recycle loop to a stripping vessel, recovering a CO j) pumping at least one of the first portion of aqueous fermentation liquid from step (e) and a stream of aqueous fermentation liquid withdrawn from the fermentation vessel together with the diluent gas of step h) to a second gas-liquid injector and discharging a second gas and liquid mixture into a lower portion of the fermentation vessel at discharge point located on the fermentation vessel at a third elevation that is below the first elevation of step g) and above the second elevation of step h); and, k) adding at least a portion of the feed gas stream by at least one of: direct addition to the fermentation vessel; addition to the off-gas stream of step f); and, addition to the diluent gas for injection into the fermentation vessel with the diluent gas as described in step h). | 14,911 |
8,412,450 | 1. A method of navigating to a target comprising: providing a location of a target to an object being navigated; creating at least three marks by deploying a plurality of markers from at least one aerial vehicle, wherein each of said plurality of markers comprises: a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a bright day-glow color detectable by an electro-optic seeker, and an exothermic material detectable in the infrared (IR) electromagnetic frequency; providing a priori a location of said at least three marks to said object being navigated; causing each said RFID tag of each of said plurality of markers to activate and start sending data by emitting an activation signal from transceiver and antenna associated with said object being navigated to said target; receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal at said object being navigated from each of said RFID tag of each of said plurality of markers; receiving an IR signal at said object being navigated from each of said exothermic material of each of said plurality of markers; calculating an angle to said markers using information from said RF signal and information from said IR signal; and determining a location of said object in relation to said target using said angle, said location of said at least three marks, and said location of said target. | 28,537 |
9,164,004 | 1. A load cell arrangement comprising: a longitudinal body that extends along a longitudinal axis and that comprises a force input element, a force output element, and a bending beam, wherein said bending beam is arranged axially between and connected to said force input element and said force output element, wherein said bending beam includes strainable measuring parts, and wherein said bending beam is arranged and configured so that a force to be measured, which is applied perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis onto said force input element, will cause bending of the bending beam and therewith a measurable strain in said strainable measuring parts; strain gages applied on said strainable measuring parts of said bending beam so as to measure said measurable strain; a hermetically sealed enclosure that comprises a pipe sleeve arranged coaxially along said longitudinal axis, and that is arranged outwardly around and encloses said strainable measuring parts and said strain gages on said strainable measuring parts; a first O-ring; and at least two centering pins; wherein an end face of said force input element or of said force output element is to be connected to a weighing scale part in a hermetically-sealed and force-transmitting manner with limited play therebetween, said end face has at least one threaded hole and at least two centering holes therein with said holes respectively extending axially parallel to said longitudinal axis, said end face has a first circular groove therein concentrically around said longitudinal axis and outwardly around said holes, said first O-ring is received in said first circular groove, and said centering pins are received in said centering holes, and wherein said end face, said holes, said centering pins and said first O-ring are configured and arranged so that said end face is to be connected to the weighing scale part by at least one threaded bolt engaged into said at least one threaded hole, whereby said first O-ring provides a seal between said end face and the weighing scale part, and said centering pins provide a centered alignment with limited play between said end face and the weighing scale part. | 8,406 |
9,085,349 | 1. An aircraft window comprising: a first glass layer extending across the aircraft window, the first glass layer being water white glass; a second glass layer extending across the aircraft window, the second glass layer overlapping the first glass layer, the second glass layer being a glass that is different from water white glass; the aircraft window having a peripheral edge around the aircraft window; a layer of electromagnetic shielding material extending across the aircraft window between the first and second glass layers, the layer of electromagnetic shielding material extending to the aircraft window peripheral edge and completely around the aircraft window peripheral edge; and, an electrical conductor on the aircraft window peripheral edge, the electrical conductor extending completely around the aircraft window peripheral edge, the electrical conductor being connected in electric communication with the layer of electromagnetic shielding material completely around the aircraft window peripheral edge. | 46,044 |
9,218,163 | 1. A method for generating complex event processing rules in a controlled natural language, wherein the method comprises steps of: obtaining one or more controlled natural language vocabularies that encompass a set of one or more noun and verb concepts, wherein the one or more noun concepts comprise one or more sub-types, wherein each sub-type of a noun concept is identified as an example noun categorized under the noun concept; dynamically building an inheritance hierarchy of one or more named vocabulary concepts from the one or more controlled natural language vocabularies; parsing a controlled natural language input textual statement, wherein said parsing comprises matching one or more roles in the one or more verb concepts against the controlled natural language input textual statement and using one or more names and the inheritance hierarchy to identify one or more temporal concepts and one or more complex event processing concepts, and wherein said parsing is carried out via a parser component, executing on a hardware processor, that comprises (i) a specified built-in vocabulary and (ii) specified instructions to distinguish defined terms from undefined terms in the controlled natural language input textual statement using the built-in vocabulary; converting the controlled natural language input textual statement to a complex event processing language statement by generating a representation of a lexical structure of the controlled natural language input textual statement that contains a reference to each identified temporal and complex event processing concept, wherein said converting comprises incorporating one or more synonyms for each identified temporal concept and complex event processing concept; and outputting the complex event processing language statement to an automated complex event processing system for use in event processing; wherein each of the steps is carried out by the hardware processor. | 15,515 |
9,714,638 | 1. An ignition timing control device comprising: a knocking detection device that detects knocking of an internal combustion engine; and an ignition timing adjustment device that adjusts an ignition timing of the internal combustion engine on the basis of a knocking signal indicating a knocking state which is obtained from the knocking detection device and a signal concerning the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine which is externally obtained, and the knocking detection device and the ignition timing adjustment device being electrically connected and formed integrally with each other, and the ignition timing adjustment device being provided with a first connecting portion which inputs the signal concerning the ignition timing; and a second connecting portion which is connected to a capacity discharge circuit section for igniting the internal combustion engine, the capacity discharge circuit section having a capacitor and a switching element for use in discharging electric charge stored in the capacitor, and which outputs the signal concerning the ignition timing that undergoes adjustment to the switching element, wherein the ignition timing control device comprises the knocking detection device and the ignition timing adjustment device as an integral unit that is configured for attachment and detachment through a lead wire to an engine control unit (ECU) of a vehicle that has no function of ignition timing control for suppressing the occurrence of knocking. | 38,144 |
9,017,182 | 1. A golf training apparatus comprising: a wrist strap having a first end and a second end removably coupled to each other when the wrist strap is wrapped around the wrist of a golfer; a club attachment strap having a first end joined to a section of the wrist strap and a second end; a club securing strap joined to the second end of the club attachment strap and having a first end and a second end removably coupled to each other when the club securing strap is wrapped around the shaft of a golf club; and a backswing control loop joined to a section of the wrist strap and removably wrapped around an upper portion of the golf club. | 6,007 |
9,088,948 | 1. A method for reducing power consumption in a device, said device comprising circuitry for transmitting and receiving packets, and a processing unit, said method comprising: receiving a packet from a second device; parsing said packet, using said processing unit, as said packet is received; disabling said circuitry upon receipt of data of interest before receipt of entire packet; and using said processing unit to construct an artificial packet in memory, said artificial packet appearing to be a successfully received packet; wherein software is executed by said device and said software comprises a low level layer which communicates with hardware, and a higher level layer, wherein said low level layer disables said circuitry. | 46,786 |
8,692,504 | 1. A stage apparatus, comprising: a motor comprising a planar stator and a moving-coil mover, the stator being a checkerboard magnet array that extends in an x-y plane and produces a periodic magnetic field having a magnetic-field period of 2π in a u-v coordinate system that is rotated 45° from an x-y coordinate system of the plane; a stage coupled to the mover so as to move with corresponding motions of the mover relative to the stator; and a position-measurement device, comprising at least a first group of four magnetic-field sensors coupled to the stage so as to be movable with the stage, the sensors being situated at integer multiples of π/2 from each other in u- and v-directions of the u-v coordinate system, the sensors producing respective data regarding a respective component of the magnetic field at, and hence the position of, the respective sensor within the period of the magnetic field. | 33,607 |
8,699,174 | 1. A tape drive that receives a tape cartridge having a tape, the tape drive comprising: a tape head that transfers data between the tape drive and the tape; and a control system that utilizes linear parameterization to control the position of the tape head relative to the tape, the control system including a compensator and a filter, wherein the compensator is a combination of the information contained in a nominal control system and the information contained in a model of a servo system. | 19,733 |
8,354,869 | 1. A control system comprising: a clock gating module configured to generate a gating signal based on an enable signal, a given period, and a base clock signal having a given frequency; and a clock comparison module configured to generate a gated clock signal based on the base clock signal and the gating signal. | 39,112 |
8,476,974 | 1. A differential amplifier comprising: a first amplifier with a signal input and a signal output that is fed back to a first feedback input of the first amplifier and is connected to a first output of the differential amplifier; a buffer circuit that is connected to the first output; and a nonlinear resistor circuit that is coupled via a first output node to the first output and via a second output node to the buffer circuit, wherein the nonlinear resistor circuit comprises a first component that comprises a first resistor and a first transistor that are connected to each other in parallel and are coupled, on one hand, to the first output node and, on the other hand, via a second resistor to the second output node and a bias current can be fed to the control side of the first transistor for controlling the component. | 36,872 |
9,399,965 | 1. A system, comprising: an exhaust aftertreatment system configured to treat emissions from a combustion engine, wherein the exhaust aftertreatment system comprises: | 13,541 |
9,405,526 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: ascertaining that a restart timer for initiating an update and restart operation for a device is expired; responsive to said ascertaining, determining whether state information for the computing device may be lost if the update and restart operation is initiated; responsive to the computing device detecting that state information will not be lost if the update and restart operation is initiated: initiating a countdown timer for the update and restart operation; presenting a notification that the update and restart operation is imminent; and initiating the update and restart operation when the countdown timer expires; responsive to the computing device detecting that state information will be lost if the update and restart operation is initiated, ascertaining, by the computing device, whether the state information is preserved; and responsive to detecting preservation of the state information, proceeding with initiating the countdown timer. | 18,000 |
8,392,382 | 1. A method implemented in a computer for compression of data in a database, the method comprising: checking whether at least one predetermined condition is satisfied; in an event that said at least one predetermined condition is satisfied, decompressing first compressed data from a block comprising said first compressed data and first uncompressed data, to obtain second uncompressed data from the first compressed data, said block being comprised among multiple blocks in said database; in the event that said at least one predetermined condition is satisfied, compressing at least the first uncompressed data and the second uncompressed data together, to generate second compressed data; writing new uncompressed data to the block if at least another predetermined condition is satisfied, else writing the new uncompressed data to another block; storing the block in a mass storage device of the computer; and repeating said checking, said decompressing and said compressing. | 45,289 |
9,496,795 | 1. A switching power supply apparatus comprising: a second switching element to which an input voltage is supplied; an output terminal connected to a load device; an input/output conversion circuit that converts the input voltage switched by the second switching element into an output voltage, and outputs the converted output voltage to the output terminal; a switching control circuit that controls switching operation of the second switching element, and has an off mode for stopping the switching operation in accordance with a signal input to an OFF terminal; a first rectifier circuit connected between the input/output conversion circuit and the output terminal; a transformer having a secondary winding wire whose first end is connected to a first terminal of the output terminal through a second rectifier circuit; a first switching element connected to a primary winding wire of the transformer; a pulse generator that supplies a pulse signal to a gate terminal of the first switching element; and a waveform detection circuit that detects a voltage or a current generated in the primary winding wire or the secondary winding wire of the transformer in accordance with operation of the pulse signal, compares the detected voltage or current with a preset reference value, and outputs an output signal in accordance with a comparison result to the OFF terminal. | 34,878 |
9,781,305 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing computer-executable code executable by a replaceable item to perform a method comprising: in response to receiving a request for an identity of the replaceable item from a host device to which the replaceable item has been connected, selecting the identity from a plurality of replaceable item identities stored within the replaceable item, the replaceable item storing a plurality of authentication values for each replaceable item identity; sending the selected identity to the host device; after sending the selected identity, and in response to receiving a request for an authentication value from the host device, determining whether the replaceable item stores the requested authentication value for the selected identity; and in response to determining that the replaceable item stores the requested authentication value for the selected identity, sending the requested authentication value for the selected identity to the host device. | 4,640 |
8,877,170 | 1. A medical device comprising: a substrate comprising a graft polymer, wherein the main chain of the graft polymer is non-bioabsorbable and is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, a nylon, a polyurethane, a silicone, an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, a polybutester, a polyaryletherketone, and copolymers and combinations thereof; and an amphiphilic polymer comprising both: wherein the hydrophobic domain is covalently bonded to a side chain of the graft polymer via a triazole linkage. | 45,362 |
8,645,236 | 1. A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code configured to be executed by the processor via the memory to implement a method for determining earned values (EVs) of progress of a project, said method comprising: defining, via said processor, at least one EV calculation rule for calculating EVs in terms of components to be combined into the EVs, locations in which the components are located, and formulae required to combine the components; and said processor using the defined at least one EV calculation rule to calculate the Evs; and said processor storing the at least one EV calculation rule comprising the components, the locations, and the formulae, wherein said defining at least one EV calculation rule comprises: | 12,031 |
8,875,428 | 1. A tab status indicator system including: a generally planar body portion; a tab coupled to said body portion and protruding generally outwardly therefrom; and an indicator movable between a deployed position, in which the indicator generally overlaps with said tab in a direction generally perpendicular to a plane of said body portion, and a retracted position, in which the indicator does not overlap with said tab or overlaps with said tab less than when said indicator is in said deployed position. | 15,949 |
9,604,204 | 1. A process for preparing a catalyst support which process comprises a) mixing pentasil zeolite having a bulk silica to alumina molar ratio in the range of from 20 to 150 with water, a silica source and an alkali metal salt, b) extruding the mixture obtained in step (a), c) drying and calcining the extrudates obtained in step (b), d) treating the extrudates obtained in step (c) with an aqueous solution of fluorosilicate salt to provide fluorosilicate-treated extrudates; e) subjecting the fluorosilicate-treated extrudates obtained in step (d) to ion exchange with an aqueous ammonium containing solution to reduce the alkali metal content, and f) drying the extrudates obtained in step (e). | 6,591 |
9,108,269 | 1. A method for manufacturing a light-absorbing substrate having a surface with depressions and projections, the method comprising: a first step of irradiating a substrate with a laser light so as to form a plurality of modified regions arranged two-dimensionally along a surface of the substrate within the substrate and cause the surface of the substrate to be reached at each modified region by at least one of: (i) a modified region itself reaching the surface, or (ii) a fracture that originates from the modified region reaching the surface; in the first step, the substrate is irradiated with the laser light a plurality of times while changing the distance between the surface of the substrate and a converging point of the laser light so as to form, in an area corresponding to a depression, a plurality of the modified regions aligned along a thickness direction of the substrate; and a second step of etching the surface of the substrate after the first step so as to form depressions and projections on the surface of the substrate, wherein the depressions are each independently formed by etching progressing from the modified region or the fracture as a start point, and wherein the plurality of modified regions are formed in matrix form. | 42,090 |
9,424,219 | 1. A system, comprising: a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express controller coupled to a device through a nontransparent bridge and operable to direct input/output operations to the device on behalf of a host system, wherein the device comprises a solid state drive or a hard disk drive; and a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express driver operable within the host system to generate an input/output descriptor to directly transfer data between a memory address of the device and a memory address of the host system, wherein the input/output descriptor includes routing information for the device, wherein the controller is further operable to process the input/output descriptor from the driver, to generate a input/output command for the memory address of the device that includes the routing information for the device, to process a Transaction Layer Packet processing hint from the device that includes a steering tag to route the data, and to route the data between the memory address of the host system and the memory address of the device through the nontransparent bridge based on the routing information and the steering tag of the processing hint while bypassing a memory of the controller. | 13,617 |
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