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9,161,512 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a milking box having a stall to accommodate a dairy livestock; a robotic attacher comprising a main arm that is suspended vertically from a rail of the milking box, and a supplemental arm that is coupled to and extends horizontally from the main arm along a longitudinal axis, wherein the supplemental arm comprises a fixed portion and a gripping portion; the fixed portion comprising: the gripping portion comprising: | 8,524 |
9,428,558 | 1. A nucleic acid construct comprising a first nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide operably linked to a second nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide, wherein the first nucleotide sequence is foreign to the second nucleotide sequence, and the 3′ end of the first nucleotide sequence is immediately upstream of the second nucleotide sequence, and the first nucleotide sequence is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide having an amino acid sequence which has at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO:1; and (b) a nucleotide sequence having at least 80% identity with the sequence shown in positions 575 to 661 of SEQ ID NO:10. | 45,012 |
9,121,627 | 1. A system comprising: a first circuit comprising a compressor having a motor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator connected in a closed refrigerant loop; a second circuit connected to the first circuit, the second circuit comprising a vessel in fluid communication with the condenser, the evaporator and the compressor, and a valve positioned to control flow of refrigerant through the second circuit; a sensor to measure an operating parameter of the system; a controller, the controller comprising a connection to receive the measured operating parameter from the sensor and a microprocessor to execute a computer program to generate a signal to control a position of the valve based on the measured operating parameter from the connection; and the controller generating a signal to incrementally close the valve in response to the measured operating parameter being greater than a predetermined value associated with an operating limit of the measured operating parameter, the predetermined value being less than a corresponding value of the measured operating parameter that initiates a system shutdown. | 12,057 |
8,748,214 | 1. A method of p-type doping cadmium telluride (CdTe), said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first component comprising cadmium telluride (CdTe) comprising an interfacial region; and (b) subjecting the CdTe to a functionalizing treatment to obtain p-type doped CdTe, said functionalizing treatment comprising a thermal treatment of at least a portion of the interfacial region in the presence of (1) a first material comprising a p-type dopant compromising bismuth, phosphorous, arsenic, or antimony, (2) second material comprising a halogen, and (3) at least one of EDA, a dilute solution of bromine in mthanol, or a mixture of nitric acid and phosphoric acid. | 15,268 |
9,721,412 | 1. A lock arrangement, which comprises a counterpart of the lock and a lock comprising a lock case, wherein the lock case can be fixed into a door and comprises a locking latch and a latch mechanism, which comprises an electrical device for opening and/or closing the locking latch, which counterpart of the lock can be installed in the door frame comprising: a transmitter for wirelessly sending electrical power to the lock case and/or into connection with the lock case, said transmitter being arranged in the counterpart of the lock, a receiver arranged in connection with the lock case for wirelessly receiving electrical power from the transmitter for sending electrical power that is arranged in connection with the counterpart of the lock, wherein electrical power is arranged to be transmitted from the transmitter of the counterpart of the lock for sending electrical power to the receiver of the lock case for receiving electrical power, when the lock case and the counterpart of the lock are at a certain distance from each other, wherein the transmitter and the receiver of the electrical power are also arranged to transfer encrypted information relating to the operation of the lock, and electronics of the lock being configured to activate as a consequence of a connection of power always after the door has closed and software controlling the lock is configured to start up and begin receiving electrical power, and when the connection transferring electrical power has been formed the lock and the counterpart of the lock are configured to create a data link between the lock and the counterpart of the lock to authenticate each other. | 5,229 |
8,500,406 | 1. A method of deploying a section of a wind turbine rotor blade, the method comprising: compressing a section of skin from an airfoil profile to a retracted profile, wherein the section of skin comprises a shape memory polymer composite, and wherein the section of skin comprises a tip of the wind turbine rotor blade; and, heating the section of skin to at least a transition temperature of the shape memory polymer composite so that the section of skin transitions from the retracted profile back to the airfoil profile. | 42,695 |
9,548,651 | 1. A circuit for controlling a switched-mode DC-DC converter operating in a discontinuous current mode, comprising: an LC circuit connected between a switching node and an output node, wherein an input voltage applied as a pulse to the switching node charges the LC circuit and develops an output voltage at the output node, and removing the input voltage from the switching node discharges the LC circuit; and an RC circuit connected in parallel to the LC circuit between the switching node and the output node to compensate for a ripple voltage, the RC circuit having an RC time constant, a first node proximate to the switching node for detecting a positive current sense signal, and a second node proximate to the output node for detecting a negative current sense signal; wherein a waveform that measures the positive current sense signal at the first node less the negative current sense signal at the second node has a falling edge after the pulse is removed, the RC time constant is selected such that falling edge of the waveform does not become negative, and wherein the RC time constant is increased during the falling edge of the waveform. | 17,729 |
9,208,874 | 1. A method of driving a nonvolatile memory device, comprising: selecting first write drivers based on a predetermined current; performing a first program operation on resistive memory cells corresponding to the first write drivers; verifying whether the resistive memory cells have passed or failed in the first program operation and sorting information regarding failed bit memory cells that failed in the first program operation; selecting second write drivers based on the sorted failed bit memory cell information; and performing a second program operation on resistive memory cells corresponding to the second write drivers. | 46,491 |
8,383,376 | 1. A method of producing one or more products by microbial fermentation of a gas stream, the method comprising: a) passing a gas stream comprising methane to a conversion unit selected from the group consisting of a steam reforming unit or a partial oxidation unit and converting at least a portion of the gas stream comprising methane to a gaseous substrate stream comprising CO, CO b) passing the substrate stream to a bioreactor containing a culture of one or more microorganisms; and c) anaerobically fermenting the substrate stream in the bioreactor, to produce a product selected from the group consisting of alcohols, acids and mixtures thereof. | 33,304 |
9,157,040 | 1. A method of synthesizing fuels, comprising: isolating 1-octene-3-ol from waste biomass or a renewable source by hydrodistillation of plant material, enzymatic cleavage of fatty acids, or direct biosynthesis with fungi or bacteria; dehydrating said 1-octene-3-ol with at least one acid catalyst to produce a mixture of isomers of 1,3-octadiene and internal octadienes; cyclodimerizing said mixture of isomers of 1,3-octadiene and internal octadienes under modest pressure having a range from about 1 atm to about 200 atm and heating with a range from about −20° C. to about 350° C. with at least one homogeneous or heterogenous Lewis acid catalyst to effect a Diels-Alder cycloaddition to produce a mixture of unsaturated cyclic olefins; catalytically hydrogenating said unsaturated cyclo-olefins with hydrogen to produce a mixture of saturated cyclic hydrocarbons; and purifying said saturated cyclic hydrocarbons by distillation to produce fuel mixtures with densities greater than 0.8 g/mL. | 25,259 |
9,391,333 | 1. A pulsating operation method for a fuel cell system, the method comprising: performing, by a controller, a pulsation control that controls a magnitude and a period of a pulsating operating pressure for fuel supplied to an anode of a fuel cell during an opening period of a hydrogen purge valve connected to an anode outlet to maintain water discharge in the anode and fuel utilization of the anode, wherein the pulsation control is performed by repeating an N number of pulsation periods and a non-pulsation period under a constant operating pressure between the N number of pulsation periods. | 15,045 |
9,609,117 | 1. A method employing a portable user system having a processor, a display, at least one microphone that captures audio, and at least one image sensor for capturing imagery, the method comprising the acts: capturing imagery with the image sensor of the portable user system, the captured imagery depicting plural physical subjects within a physical environment of a user, and presenting the captured imagery to the user on the display; the processor selecting a first of said depicted plural physical subjects as being of likely interest to the user, in accordance with stored rule data, and indicating said processor selection of the first depicted subject by a marking presented on the display; capturing user speech with the microphone; sending, to a speech recognition module, audio data corresponding to the user speech, and receiving recognized user speech data corresponding thereto; the processor employing information from the recognized user speech data as a verbal clue to help identify a second physical subject depicted within the captured imagery, different than the processor-selected first depicted subject, that is of actual interest to said user; the processor causing said marking to move from the depiction of the first subject to the depiction of the second subject; after receiving the recognized user speech data, performing an image processing operation concerning the second depicted subject; and presenting on said display, as a graphical overlay on the captured imagery, a graphical indicia output, different than said marking, that depends on a result of said image processing operation. | 31,103 |
9,725,662 | 1. A membrane module for the separation of oxygen from air, wherein the module comprises: an oxygen-permeable mixed conducting membrane and a housing for the mixed conducting membrane, and wherein the housing comprises an inlet for combustion gas or synthesis gas and an outlet for exhaust gas, and further comprises an open lower end which has an insulation and a connection plate arranged thereon; the mixed conducting membrane comprises a plurality of membrane tubes which are closed on one side and open on the other side, an open end of a membrane tube passing through the insulation to a joint gas discharge output located in the connection plate for withdrawing separated oxygen; a protective tube is arranged over a single membrane tube or over all or at least a part of the plurality of membrane tubes and has an open end which contacts the insulation to form an intermediate space for supplied fresh air between the membrane tube or membrane tubes and the protective tube and a combustion space for supplied combustion gas or synthesis gas between the protective tube and the housing; and the protective tube comprises one or more outlet orifices to the combustion space or comprises a porous ceramic tube with an open porosity of 8 percent by volume to 25 percent by volume. | 627 |
8,979,831 | 1. A thermochemical ablation system, comprising: a percutaneous fluid delivery cannula comprising a first lumen extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion, the distal portion comprising a first port in fluid communication with at least the first lumen; a first reservoir containing a highly reactive electrophilic reagent in fluid communication with the first lumen of the percutaneous fluid delivery cannula, at least a portion of the highly reactive electrophilic reagent being deliverable out of the first port to locally generate ablation heat at a targeted site and to provide a localized residual acidic environment at the targeted site for a period of time after generation of the ablation heat; and a real-time imaging system that monitors the distal portion of the percutaneous fluid delivery cannula and the delivery of the highly reactive electrophilic reagent. | 17,550 |
8,675,291 | 1. A device comprising: an aperture element positioned within a primary optical facility having a center axis, the aperture element including three apertures positioned collinearly, each one of the apertures selectively transmitting a portion of an optical wavefront of the primary optical facility, thereby providing three optical channels, and a center one of the apertures positioned on the center axis and selectively transmitting a center one of the three optical channels centered about the center axis of the primary optical facility to provide a reference image independent of object depth; three refocusing lenses, each one of the three refocusing lenses in close proximity to one of the three apertures along a corresponding one of the three optical paths to refocus a ray bundle from the optical wavefront for one of the three optical channels; and a single sensor having a plurality of regions, each one of the plurality of regions allocated to the ray bundle for one of the three optical channels. | 19,961 |
9,382,361 | 1. A copolymer prepared using two or more non-coordinating anion activators said copolymer comprising a first alpha olefin, a second alpha olefin and diene, where the copolymer has: a) first alpha olefin content of 35 to 90 mol %; b) second alpha olefin content of 9.8 to 64.8 mol %; c) diene content of 0.2 to 5 mol %; d) a branching index g′ e) complex viscosity ratio (eta*(0.01 rad/s)/eta*(100 rad/s), at 125° C.) greater than 1.1*Y f) an Mw/Mn of 5.0 or less; g) a melting point of 30° C. or less; and h) a Composition Distribution Breadth Index of 50% or more; wherein the NCA where R is a monoanionic ligand; M** is a Group 13 metal or metalloid; ArNHal is a halogenated, nitrogen-containing aromatic ring, polycyclic aromatic ring, or aromatic ring assembly in which two or more rings (or fused ring systems) are joined directly to one another or together; and n is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and the metallocene is represented by the formula: wherein: M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, a lanthanide metal atom, or an actinide metal atom; E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand; A is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand, provided that when E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand, then A is also a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand; Y is a Group 15 or 16 bridging heteroatom containing substituent that is bonded to E and A; and each X is, independently, a univalent anionic ligand, or both X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or both X join to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand. | 45,353 |
9,201,421 | 1. An autonomous vehicle comprising: a set of sensors configured to receive data, wherein the data represents objects of an environment of the autonomous vehicle; a control system, configured to operate the autonomous vehicle; and one or more processors configured to: | 40,556 |
8,704,674 | 1. A device for detecting a wrong position of a container in a container handling machine, the device comprising a movable contact element provided with a trigger coupled to an alarm sensor, said movable contact element having a rest position wherein the trigger blocks said alarm sensor, and a tilted position wherein the trigger actuates the alarm sensor to stop movement of the container; and wherein said moveable contact element comprises a gate having and aperture defining a passage for the container. | 36,488 |
9,266,130 | 1. A liquid control apparatus configured to control a spread of a liquid, comprising: a main body having a supply surface to which the liquid is supplied; a mesh body woven in a net-like shape and provided over the supply surface to be in contact with the supply surface; a first groove formed on the supply surface; and an introducing port formed on the supply surface, configured to introduce a gas from an inside of the main body to the first groove, wherein the first groove and the introducing port are covered with the mesh body. | 23,015 |
8,983,630 | 1. An automated event viewing method for a process control network including a plurality of distributed control systems (DCS) each including DCS servers that receive process event data from one or more industrial processes, wherein each of the DCS servers is connected to one or more operator consoles for monitoring the one or more industrial processes, comprising: designating one of the plurality of DCS servers as a global event server (GES), wherein the GES includes an associated non-transitory machine readable storage; storing received process event data in the non-transitory machine readable storage of the GES from the industrial processes in real time from each of the DCS, and transmitting in real time the process event data of the industrial processes from the non-transitory machine readable storage of the GES to one or more of the operator consoles that are not connected to the DCS from which the process event data originated. | 44,079 |
8,644,565 | 1. A method for segmenting an eye image to identify portions of the eye image containing iris pattern data comprising: receiving a frame of eye image data; convolving the eye image data with a predetermined matrix of coefficients to produce filtered eye image data, the predetermined matrix of coefficients being configured to produce peak points in the filtered eye image data at positions where glare is not present in the eye image data; comparing the filtered eye image data to a threshold; identifying a number of peak points in the filtered eye image data, the identified peak points in the filtered eye image data corresponding to positions of no glare in the eye image data; and segmenting the eye image data to identify portions of the frame containing iris pattern data only in response to at least one peak point being present in the filtered eye image data. | 37,829 |
9,222,268 | 1. A composite structural element having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein said composite structural element is symmetrically formed about an imaginary mid-plane that runs from said first end to said second end, said composite structural element comprising: a deck plank having a flat top surface; a plurality of ribs that extend downwardly from said deck plank opposite said flat top surface, wherein said ribs run parallel to said imaginary mid-plane and are symmetrically disposed about said imaginary mid-plane; reinforcement elements extending through said ribs, wherein said reinforcement elements run parallel with said imaginary mid-plane in an arrangement that is symmetrical about said imaginary mid-plane, and wherein said reinforcement elements are pre-stressed in tension; wherein said decking plank and said ribs are fabricated from a composition containing cementitious material, synthetic fibers, and particulate material, wherein said composition has a density no greater than 120 pounds per cubic foot. | 40,567 |
9,616,222 | 1. A system for providing non-invasive neuromodulation to a patient, the system comprising: a mouthpiece comprising: a controller comprising: | 13,794 |
9,793,218 | 1. A method for manufacturing a device embedded substrate in which an IC device including a first terminal on a first surface side and a second terminal on a second surface side, the second surface side being less resistant to crack generation than the first surface side, the method comprising: a preparation step of preparing a support plate where a metal film is formed on a surface; a mounting step of mounting the IC device by joining the first terminal onto a surface of the metal film via an adhesive layer, and arranging the second terminal on an opposite side to the adhesive layer side; a first insulating layer formation step of forming a first insulating layer in which the IC device is embedded by laminating an insulating resin material so as to cover the metal film and the IC device; an inner metal layer formation step of forming an inner metal layer on a surface of the first insulating layer; an interconnection pattern formation step of forming a first terminal interconnection pattern by electrically connecting the first terminal and the metal film; a second insulating layer formation step of forming a second insulating layer by laminating an insulating resin material so as to cover the inner metal layer; an outer metal layer formation step of forming an outer metal layer on a surface of the second insulating layer; and a conductive via formation step of forming a conductive via that electrically connects the outer metal layer and the second terminal by forming a via that penetrates the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer from the outer metal layer to reach the second terminal and filling a conductor into the via. | 4,294 |
8,884,421 | 1. A multi-chip package comprising: a package substrate; an interposer chip mounted on an upper surface of the package substrate; a first semiconductor chip mounted on an upper surface of the interposer chip, the first semiconductor chip having a size smaller than that of the interposer chip and first plugs formed through the first semiconductor chip; and a second semiconductor chip mounted on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip having a size smaller than that of the first semiconductor chip, wherein the interposer chip comprises: interposer plugs formed through the interposer chip, the interposer plugs having upper ends that electrically make contact with the first semiconductor chip; and interposer bumps mounted on lower ends of the interposer plugs, the interposer bumps electrically connected with the package substrate. | 4,521 |
8,737,558 | 1. A system for storing and releasing energy, the system comprising: a linkage structure including a cable having a longitudinal length dimension; a plurality of weighted bodies arranged for movement with gravity from a first elevation position to a second elevation position, holding structure attached to the cable to connect each weighted body to the cable of the linkage structure, to pull the cable in a first direction along its length dimension with movement of each weighted body from the first elevation position to the second elevation position; and an electrical energy generator operatively coupled with the cable of the linkage structure to drive the electrical energy generator to generate electricity upon movement of the cable in the first direction along the length dimension of the cable with movement of each weighted body with gravity from the first elevation position to the second elevation position; wherein the holding structure includes a grapple device that has a first state for operatively engaging one of the weighted bodies to move with that weighted body between the second elevation position and the first elevation position, wherein the grapple device has a second state for operatively disengaging that weighted body so as to be moveable independent of that weighted body, and wherein each weighted body of the plurality of weighted bodies is configured to be operatively engaged by the grapple device, independent of each other one of the weighted bodies in the plurality of weighted bodies. | 824 |
8,799,673 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a decoder to decode one of a memory read and a memory write transaction on a connection between a first hardware component and a second hardware component in the apparatus, the transaction from a processor to a first address, the first address in a memory-mapped input/output space; control logic to, in response to the decoder determining that the first address is within a protected region, redirect the transaction from the first address to second address, the second address in a system memory; and cryptographic logic to operate on data for the transaction. | 12,512 |
9,583,083 | 1. An adaptable drum practice device, comprising: a) an attachment mechanism, configured to attach to a plurality of surfaces and objects, wherein the attachment mechanism further comprises an upper jaw and a lower jaw; b) a shaft, such that a first end of the shaft is connected to the upper jaw of the attachment mechanism; and c) a device practice pad, wherein the device practice pad is connected to a second end of the shaft; wherein the shaft is configured as a one-piece shaft; wherein the attachment mechanism is selected from the group consisting of a clip and a clamp; wherein the attachment mechanism is configured to attach on to a side of a main drum practice pad, such that the shaft is configured to be substantially perpendicular to a plane of a drum surface of the main drum practice pad, when the attachment mechanism is attached onto the main drum practice pad; whereby the adaptable drum practice device attaches to the main drum practice pad with a preferred angulation for use during drum practice. | 30,423 |
8,871,402 | 1. A fuel cell system, comprising: at least one fluid drive device disposed in a fluid passage connected to a fuel cell main body that forcibly circulates fluid; an operation state judgment unit that judges whether or not the fuel cell main body is operating for power generation; a temperature detecting unit that detects a temperature of the fuel cell main body; an impedance detecting unit that detects the impedances of fuel battery cells in the fuel cell main body; and a forcible drive unit that counts a trip number, wherein a trip is defined as a time period between starting and stopping operation of the fuel cell main body for power generation, and wherein the forcible drive unit is programmed to forcibly drive the at least one fluid drive device regardless of whether the at least one fluid drive device is to be operated during an operation of the fuel cell main body if at least the following conditions are all true: (a) the counted number of trips is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of trips, which is equal to or greater than one; and (b) the fuel cell main body is operating for power generation; and (c) the temperature of the fuel cell main body does not exceed a predetermined temperature range; and (d) the impedances of the fuel battery cells do not exceed a predetermined impedance range. | 37,596 |
8,557,112 | 1. A fine bubble diffusing device comprising: at least fine bubble diffusing tubes and gas supply pipes, wherein each one of the fine bubble diffusing tubes comprises: at least a cylindrical supporting tube, and an elastic sheet with fine slits formed therein, with the elastic sheet being placed so as to cover the outer circumference of the supporting tube, so that, upon supplying a gas to a space between the elastic sheet and the supporting tube, the fine slits of the elastic sheet are opened to generate fine bubbles outside the diffusing tube, wherein the supporting tube has a length of 1000 mm or more in the longitudinal direction, with gas supply units serving as flow inlets of the gas, and one of the gas supply units being attached to each of the two ends of the supporting tube, and the space between the elastic sheet and the supporting tube is divided into at least two portions in the longitudinal direction by a space dividing means, with the length of each of the divided spaces in the longitudinal direction being set to 1000 mm or less, and a plurality of the fine bubble diffusing tubes are disposed virtually in parallel with one another, with the gas supply units attached to the fine bubble diffusing tubes being connected to the gas supply pipes, wherein a plurality of the gas supply units, located on one end side of each of the fine bubble diffusing tubes, are all connected to one of the gas supply pipes, and a plurality of the gas supply units, located on the other end side of the fine bubbles diffusing tubes, are all connected to another one of the gas supply pipes. | 14,246 |
8,453,754 | 1. A system for correcting skewing in an agricultural implement where the implement includes a plurality of ground engaging tools laterally spaced substantially evenly across a width of the implement and operative to selectively engage the ground to perform a desired operation on a field surface, the system comprising: a skew detecting device operative to sense when the implement is travelling in a skewed orientation and send a correction signal indicating the skewed orientation to a correction mechanism; wherein the correction mechanism is operative to vary a depth of ground penetration of at least some ground engaging tools on one side of the implement to to correct the skewed orientation. | 41,760 |
8,570,776 | 1. A method for determining a control scheme for a neutral point clamped (NPC) voltage source converter (VSC) with at least 3 levels and a topology of three bridge legs between each of three phases of a grid and a neutral point, each leg including at least four active switches, wherein a clamping carrier modulator is synchronized with the grid for the control of no-switching intervals, and performs the method, which comprises: i) analyzing the waveform of at least one of the grid and a load voltage (I ii) operating and/or simulating an operation of the voltage source converter with a clamping carrier modulator frequency equal to the third harmonic frequency of the grid/load, wherein, if within the window, as a function of the clamping carrier modulator the switching of the corresponding bridge leg is interrupted and clamped, and then analyzing the balance in the operating junction temperatures and/or power losses across the active switches and also analyzing the total losses of the voltage source converter; iii) operating and/or simulating the operation of the voltage source converter with a clamping carrier modulator frequency equal to the ninth harmonic frequency of the grid/load, wherein, if within the window, as a function of the clamping carrier modulator, the switching of the corresponding bridge leg is interrupted and clamped, and then analyzing the balance in the operating junction temperatures and/or power losses across the active switches and the total losses of the voltage source converter; iv) comparing the balance and the total losses of steps ii) and iii) and selecting either the clamping carrier modulator frequency according to step ii) or step iii) showing, as primary criterion, the better balance and, as secondary criterion, the lower total losses; v) operating or simulating the operation of the voltage source converter with the selected clamping carrier modulator frequency, wherein as a function of the clamping carrier modulator the switching of the corresponding bridge leg is interrupted and clamped in as far as within the window, while iteratively changing at least one of the following operating parameters of the voltage source converter: switching frequency, DC-link voltage reference, duty cycle of clamping carrier modulator, phase shift of the clamping carrier modulator relative to the grid, and optimising the balance in the operating junction temperatures and/or power losses across the active switches and the total losses of the voltage source converter as a function of the adjustment of these operating parameters until reaching optimum operation parameters for the control scheme. | 15,629 |
9,768,086 | 1. A wafer of printable light emitting diodes, the wafer comprising: a substrate native to a plurality of printable light emitting diodes; and the plurality of printable light emitting diodes, each light emitting diode of the plurality of printable light emitting diodes disposed on the native substrate and partially released from the substrate such that each light emitting diode is connected to the substrate via a partially etched sacrificial layer, wherein the plurality of printable light emitting diodes are in contact with a transfer device, and wherein a remaining portion of the partially etched sacrificial layer connecting each light emitting diode to the substrate provides an alignment maintaining element that is breakable when the transfer device moves away from the substrate. | 35,159 |
8,670,910 | 1. A method for controlling a speed difference between a speed of wheels of a front axle and a speed of wheels of a rear axle of a four-wheel drive motor vehicle, the method comprising: determining an initial speed difference setpoint as a function of speed of the vehicle; determining a first intermediate speed difference setpoint as a function of a clutch temperature of a clutch of the vehicle; determining a second intermediate speed difference setpoint as a function of a turning radius of the vehicle; determining a third intermediate speed difference setpoint as a function of a difference in radius of the wheels between the front axle and the rear axle of the vehicle; successively modulating the initial speed difference setpoint as a function of the first, second, and third intermediate speed difference setpoints, so as to obtain a final speed difference setpoint; measuring the speed of wheels of the front axle and the speed of wheels of the rear axle to determine a measured speed difference between the wheels of the front axle and the wheels of the rear axle; comparing the measured speed difference with the final speed difference setpoint to determine a mismatch between the measured speed difference with the final speed difference setpoint; and regulating the speed of wheels of the front axle with respect to the speed of wheels of the rear axle to correct the mismatch between the measured speed difference with the final speed difference setpoint such that the measured speed difference reaches the final speed difference setpoint value. | 49,498 |
9,035,173 | 1. A back electrode type solar cell, comprising: a substrate; and a plurality of electrodes provided on a back surface which is one surface of said substrate, in a part of a peripheral portion of said back surface of said back electrode type solar cell, a no-electrode-formed region where no said electrode is placed being provided such that a line connecting end portions of said plurality of electrodes to one another includes a partially inwardly recessed region, said plurality of electrodes including an electrode for n-type and an electrode for p-type adjacent to each other, and said no-electrode-formed region being located adjacent to each of said electrode for n-type and said electrode for p-type. | 39,189 |
8,917,733 | 1. A modem device operable in an access terminal, comprising: a wireless communication interface; a memory device adapted to implement a wireless wide area network (WWAN) protocol stack for the wireless communication interface; and a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the wireless communication interface and the memory device, the processing circuit adapted to: | 19,347 |
8,661,550 | 1. A method of automatically publishing, to one or more social network services, information about user activities regarding media content items, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing system, user configuration information for a user, the user configuration information indicating a duration of time for which the computing system is to capture user activity information associated with activities taken by the user; receiving, by the computing system, the user activity information regarding a media content item, wherein: receiving, by the computing system, user association information that includes an indication of one or more users of the one or more social network services to whom the user activity information is to be made accessible; and automatically publishing, by the computing system, the user activity information to the one or more social network services based on the user association information, such that the user activity information is accessible to the one or more users. | 49,921 |
9,314,813 | 1. A flexible pouch for use in a dispensing gun for dispensing metered amounts of a flowable material disposed within said pouch, said pouch comprising a hollow body formed of a pair of panels of a flexible sheet material, said panels being secured together along a pair of side edges by respective side edge seals and along a front edge by a front edge seal, one of said side edge seals and said front edge seal forming a first corner of said pouch, the other of said side edge seals and said front edge seal forming a second corner of said pouch, said panels at said first corner being secured together by a first corner seal, said first corner seal forming one side edge of a first dispensing nozzle, said panels at said second corner being secured together by a second corner seal, said second corner seal forming one side edge of a second dispensing nozzle, said panels also being secured together at an intermediate portion of said front edge seal by an intermediate seal, said intermediate seal forming another side edge of said first nozzle and another side edge of said second nozzle, said panels being cut along first cut lines adjacent to said first corner seal between said first corner seal and said front edge seal to form a first finger grip portion, a portion of each of said panels contiguous with said front edge seal at said nozzles forming a respective tear line along which said panels are adapted to be torn by pulling on said first finger grip portion to open said nozzles, and with the portion of said package which is torn along said tear lines remaining secured to other portions of said pouch. | 46,644 |
9,670,868 | 1. An automatic stopping device for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle comprising a battery that is charged by an operation of the internal combustion engine and an electrical load that is operated by power stored in the battery, comprising a programmable controller programmed to: stop, during a vehicle stoppage, the internal combustion engine automatically when a first automatic stopping condition is established; and stop, during vehicle travel, the internal combustion engine automatically when a second automatic stopping condition is established; wherein the first automatic stopping condition is established when a battery voltage or a battery state of charge of the battery equals or exceeds a first threshold, and the second automatic stopping condition is established when the battery voltage or the battery state of charge of the battery equals or exceeds a second threshold that is set to be greater than the first threshold, and wherein the controller is further programmed to prevent automatic stoppage of the internal combustion engine, during vehicle travel, when the battery voltage or the battery state of charge of the battery is lower than the second threshold. | 4,479 |
9,524,643 | 1. An advanced driver assistant system for an ego vehicle, the system comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect one or more traffic participants; a computing unit configured to receive a sensor signal from the at least one sensor, to determine from the sensor signal an orientation of each of the detected traffic participants in respect to the ego vehicle, wherein the computing unit is configured to determine whether the traffic participant is a vehicle or pedestrian, based on extracted visual features of the traffic participant, and if it determines that the traffic participant is a vehicle, to distinguish between front side and back side of the vehicle and to determine as the orientation a direction pointing from said back side to said front side; the computing unit is configured to calculate a distance between the traffic participant and a driving area, in which the ego vehicle is expected to drive and which the ego vehicle will reach in the future, and to consider the traffic participant as relevant, if the determined distance is below a predetermined threshold and the determined orientation of the traffic participant is relevant to the driving area; and the computing unit is configured to determine information concerning the driving area, and to predict the potential risks for the ego vehicle by taking only said relevant traffic participants into account. | 6,592 |
9,022,744 | 1. A turbine engine blade comprising: a plurality of blade sections stacked along a radial axis between a root and a tip, each blade section extending along a longitudinal axis between a leading edge and a trailing edge and along a tangential axis between a pressure-side face and a suction-side face, each section presenting a camber line formed by a midline between the pressure-side face and the suction-side face, a deviation being defined for each section as being the difference between an angle β the blade presenting a height H measured from its root to its tip, and the angles β wherein the deviation is at a minimum at the root of the blade, presents a maximum value for sections of the blade situated between 0.3 H and 0.8 H, and decreases continuously from said maximum value to the tip of the blade, and wherein the value of the deviation at the tip of the blade is at least 5° greater than the value of the deviation at the root of the blade. | 7,608 |
9,249,742 | 1. A method for controlling a stop/start vehicle comprising: selectively preventing an auto stop of an engine in response to a detected stop/start vehicle location, stop/start vehicle proximity to a target vehicle having a flashing light, and direction of travel relative to the target vehicle such that the target vehicle is traveling in a same direction as the stop/start vehicle and the stop/start vehicle is in the path of the target vehicle. | 15,505 |
8,440,725 | 1. A concentrate comprising: (a) 1-(2-ethylhexyl) glycerol ether; and (b) one or more aromatic alcohols, (a) and (b) having a weight ratio of (a)/(b) is less than or equal to 0.15, wherein the concentrate is in anhydrous form. | 30,331 |
8,500,107 | 1. An aeration device configured for the introduction of gas into a liquid medium, the device comprising: an elongated primary distribution member having a proximal end configured to be connected to a gas source and a distal end configured to be immersed into the medium; at least one aeration member connected to the primary distribution member at a location on the distribution member spaced from the proximal end thereof, being in fluid communication with the distribution member and being configured for bringing the gas into a state entrappable within the liquid medium; and a floatation member mounted onto the primary distribution member in a free manner allowing it to, assume various positions along the distribution member between the proximal end and the location at which the aeration member is connected to the distribution member, by virtue of the level of the liquid medium. | 18,152 |
9,831,784 | 1. An electronic half-bridge ZETA converter for providing a power signal through an output, said electronic half-bridge ZETA converter comprising: a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein each winding comprises at least a first and a second terminal, a half-bridge comprising a first and a second electronic switch for selectively connecting said first terminal of said primary winding to a supply signal or a ground, wherein a respective capacitance and a respective diode are associated with said first and said second electronic switch, at least one capacitor connected between said second terminal of said primary winding and said supply signal or said ground, an electronic ZETA converter connected to said secondary winding, wherein said ZETA converter comprises three branches which are connected in parallel, wherein: a) the first branch comprises a first capacitor connected in series with the secondary winding of said transformer, so that said first branch comprises a first inductance which includes the magnetization inductance of said transformer, b) the second branch comprises a diode, and c) the third branch comprises a second capacitor connected in series with a second, wherein said output is connected in parallel with said second capacitor; and a control unit configured for driving said first and said second electronic switch with the following time intervals which are repeated periodically: a) a first time interval, wherein said first switch is closed and said second switch is opened, so that a current flow from said supply signal through said primary winding of said transformer increases; b) a subsequent second time interval, wherein said first switch is opened and said second switch is opened; c) a subsequent third time interval, wherein said first switch is opened and said second switch is closed; and d) a subsequent fourth time interval, wherein said first switch is opened and said second switch is opened, so that the capacitance associated with said second switch is charged and the capacitance associated with said first switch is discharged, wherein said first and said second inductance are dimensioned such that said first and said second inductance provide during said fourth time interval a current which charges the capacitance associated with said second switch and discharges the capacitance associated with said first switch. | 11,306 |
9,158,598 | 1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a multi-platform capable of managing a plurality of applications; and an operating system which operates on the multi-platform, and is capable of being activated by a command of the multi-platform. | 49,662 |
8,634,814 | 1. A computer-implemented method for passing content to a plurality of communicator devices, the method comprising: receiving at least one service provider preference information corresponding to at least one user regarding different types of content to be transmitted to at least one of the plurality of communicator devices, the preference information comprising priority information, wherein the priority information is assigned to two or more of the plurality of communicator devices and is different between the two or more communicator devices; assigning a priority to at least one of the types of content based on the preference information or the communicator device; storing the priority information on a non-transitory computer readable medium; receiving a spatial location dynamic code corresponding to the at least one user or to the at least one of the plurality of communicator devices; and transmitting the different types of content to at least one of the plurality of communicator devices based on the priority information. | 26,406 |
8,543,977 | 1. A computer system having instructions stored thereon for providing a graphical user interface to a software application, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by the computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising: recording a first screen of the software application; receiving an indication of one or more portions of the first screen as corresponding to desired graphical user interface controls; and generating code based on the first screen, wherein the code is executable to cause display of a second screen, and wherein said generating includes assigning functionality to one or more graphical user interface controls of the second screen based on the indication of the one or more portions of the first screen; wherein said receiving the indication of the one or more portions includes: | 5,321 |
9,077,391 | 1. A transmitter front-end device for generating output signals, which constitute a digital stream, wherein the device has: at least one first input for a first input signal and at least one second input for a second input signal, with the first input signal and the second input signal representing a complex data signal of the digital stream and being intended to influence an output signal of the transmitter front-end device, at least one phase generation device which generates at least one additional phase signal on the basis of the first input signal and of the second input signal, with at least 3 phase signals being outputted from the phase generation device with different phases with respect to each other, at least one modulator that is set up such that it generates a complementary phase signal pair from a received phase signal, with each of the at least 3 phase signals being processed into a corresponding complementary phase signal pair by an associated modulator, at least one frequency converter that is set up such that it converts the frequency of phase signals of a complementary phase signal pair in order to form an output signal. | 35,276 |
8,518,254 | 1. A coolant demineralizer for a fuel cell vehicle, the coolant demineralizer comprising: a housing including an inlet port and an outlet port; and a hollow filter member, in which an ion resin is filled, including a first flow chamber mounted in the housing and connected to the inlet port of the housing; wherein a second flow chamber is formed on the outside of the filter member in the housing and connected to the outlet port such that coolant introduced into the first flow chamber through the inlet port passes through the filter member in a radial direction to be filtered and is then discharged through the second flow chamber and the outlet port, and wherein the filter member comprises a plurality of coolant through holes formed on an inner surface of the filter member, through which the coolant in the first flow chamber is introduced into the ion resin, each of the coolant through holes having a different size in each position in a longitudinal direction of the first flow chamber such that the flow of coolant is uniformly distributed over the entire region of the filter member, wherein the coolant through hole, which is located adjacent to the inlet port, has a large size to increase an area through which the coolant passes, and the coolant through hole, which is located far away from the inlet port, has a small size to reduce the area through which the coolant passes. | 44,269 |
9,002,390 | 1. A method of transmitting data between a first communication device associated with an analyte sensor and a second communication device associated with an analyte value display device, the method comprising: sending messages between the first communication device and the second communication device on a first schedule; requesting an analyte value calibration data point; sending messages between the first communication device and the second communication device on a second schedule more frequent than the first schedule; receiving the analyte value calibration point; calibrating analyte sensor data using the received analyte value calibration point; sending the calibrated analyte sensor data from the first communication device to the second communication device; and resuming sending messages between the first communication device and the second communication device on the first schedule. | 19,405 |
9,187,330 | 1. An isolated tubular nanostructure comprising: a hydrophobic surface region flanked by two hydrophilic surface regions configured to form a pore in a lipid bilayer membrane of a cellular organelle, and a fourth surface region comprising one or more acetoxymethyl esters and configured to pass through a lipid bilayer membrane of a cell and configured to be degraded by a cytoplasmic component in the cell, wherein the fourth surface region is covalently bound to at least the two hydrophilic surface regions, and the fourth surface region is configured to mask hydrophilicity of the two hydrophilic surface regions. | 19,349 |
8,869,945 | 1. A method for ensuring safety in an elevator system, the method comprising: setting a first speed limit; measuring a speed of an elevator car; entering a first operating mode when the measured speed is greater than the first speed limit, wherein the first operating mode comprises: determining if the elevator car is within a door zone when the measured speed is less than the first speed limit; entering a second operating mode when the elevator car is not within a door zone and entering a third operating mode when the elevator car is within a door zone, wherein the second operating mode comprises: wherein the third operating mode comprises: | 49,479 |
8,903,580 | 1. A vehicle having a transmission, the vehicle comprising: a high-voltage battery pack, wherein the voltage output of the battery pack is at least 48 volts; at least one electric traction motor; an additional high-voltage system, wherein the at least one electric traction motor and the additional high-voltage system are both electrically connected to and powered via the high-voltage battery pack; a plurality of sensors collectively generating input signals, including a throttle request; and a controller in communication with the plurality of sensors, and having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for dynamically allocating power from the high-voltage battery pack between the electric traction motor and the additional high-voltage system; wherein the controller receives and processes the input signals, via the processor, and dynamically allocates the power from the high-voltage battery pack, in real-time while the vehicle is in operation, as a function of the values of the input signals during at least one of a shift of the transmission and a calibrated amount of the throttle request. | 25,045 |
8,792,754 | 1. A modalmetric fibre sensor comprising a multimode sensor fibre; a light source for launching light into the multimode sensor fibre to produce a multimode speckle pattern of light at an end of said multimode sensor fibre; a single mode fibre to receive light from the multimode speckle pattern; a detector connected to the single mode fibre to detect the received light from the speckle pattern; and a further multimode fibre disposed between said end of the sensor fibre and the single mode fibre such that the single mode fibre receives light from the speckle pattern by transmission through the further multimode fibre and the received light includes higher order modes regenerated in the further multimode fibre, wherein the further multimode fibre is overfilled with received light from the speckle pattern. | 1,807 |
8,915,954 | 1. An endoprosthesis for delivery in a body lumen comprising: a first annular element defined by a set of interconnected strut members, each strut member of the first annular element including a first end and a second end, the first annular element being expandable between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration and defining a longitudinal axis; and the first end of selected pairs of circumferentially-adjacent strut members of the first annular element being interconnected to define apices proximate a first longitudinal side of the first annular element and the second end of selected pairs of circumferentially-adjacent strut members being interconnected to define apices proximate a second longitudinal side of the first annular element; at least one of the selected pairs of circumferentially-adjacent strut members having a modulator segment disposed between each circumferentially-adjacent strut members of the at least one of the selected pairs of circumferentially-adjacent strut members, each modulator segment spaced apart from the apex defined between the at least one selected pair of circumferentially-adjacent strut members, each modulator segment having a first mode with each modulator segment having a generally arcuate shape extending in a first direction along the longitudinal axis of the first annular element and a second mode with each modulator segment having an everted arcuate shape extending in an opposite direction along the longitudinal axis of the first annular element. | 7,046 |
9,351,892 | 1. A sonic percussion therapy assembly, comprising: a first inflatable cell; a second inflatable cell beneath the first inflatable cell; and a sonic percussion structure comprised of a plurality of speakers, attached between the first and second inflatable cells via an attachment mechanism and positioned above the second inflatable cell. | 25,014 |
8,764,205 | 1. A vehicle outside mirror device in which a mirror assembly is rotatably mounted on a vehicle body via an electrically driven storage unit and a base, the electrically driven storage unit comprising: a shaft holder fixed to the base; a shaft provided at the shaft holder, an arc-shaped portion being integrally provided on the shaft holder; a casing rotatably mounted on the shaft and in which the mirror assembly is mounted and having a bottom face, an arc-shaped guide groove around a rotational center of the shaft being provided on the bottom face of the casing; a motor and a rotation force transmission mechanism that are housed in the casing, and adapted to electrically drive the mirror assembly to rotate relative to the shaft; an electrically driven rotation range restraining mechanism adapted to restrain a range of an electrically driven rotation of the mirror assembly; a clutch mechanism provided for the rotation force transmission mechanism and configured to: a holding mechanism that locks the mirror assembly when the mirror assembly is positioned in a use location and the clutch mechanism is disengaged, wherein a first end face of the arc-shaped portion and a first end face of the guide groove abut against each other when the mirror assembly is in the use location, and a second end face of the arc-shaped portion and a second end face of the guide groove abut against each other when the mirror assembly is in a storage location. | 12,417 |
8,894,323 | 1. Method for laying down a pavement at a construction site with at least one road paver having a controller, a longitudinal conveyor, a lateral distribution auger on a chassis of the road paver, a distribution auger height position setting actuating system, a screed including compacting units, screed drawbars coupled to pivot points on the chassis, and levelling cylinders for adjusting the height of the pivot points on the chassis with a levelling cylinder actuating system, the method comprising creating and storing at least one machine parameter set in advance based on known or supplied construction site specifications or paving requirements for a pre-adjustment of the road paver to provide a predetermined paving specification that is determined before the paving is deposited, acquiring actual machine parameters with a sensor system on the road paver and coordinating the acquired actual machine parameters with the machine parameters of the machine parameter set created in advance, pre-adjusting the road paver before paving is deposited with the pre-adjustment on the basis of the machine parameter set created in advance with implementation of the parameter set created in advance; reading out the parameters of the machine parameter set created in advance in the road paver, automatically implementing the machine parameter set created in advance using an actuating system correlated with the acquired actual machine parameters, storing the implemented machine parameters of the machine parameter set created in advance in the road paver, and laying down the pavement after pre-adjusting the road paver. | 16,449 |
9,331,330 | 1. A battery electrode, comprising: a conductive substrate; a first conductive compressible layer disposed directly on the conductive substrate, wherein the first conductive compressible layer is parallel to a major plane of the conductive substrate, and comprises a plurality of conductive threads; a first active material layer disposed over the first conductive compressible layer, wherein the first active material layer is parallel to the major plane of the conductive substrate; and a second conductive compressible layer comprising a plurality of conductive threads disposed on the first active material layer, wherein the first active material layer is between the first and second compressible layers to form an alternating horizontal layer pattern over and parallel to the major plane of the conductive substrate, wherein the active material layer includes a volumetrically expanding material, and the first and second compressible layers provide support for the active material and compensate for volumetric expansion of the active material such that damage to the active material is prevented. | 5,501 |
9,142,432 | 1. A package of device dies, comprising: a first die comprising a first substrate and a first metal pad overlying the first substrate; a second die comprising a second substrate; and a molding compound molding the first die and the second die therein, wherein the molding compound comprises: | 36,052 |
9,836,173 | 1. A method of performing capacitive sensing and display updating in an integrated capacitive sensing device and display device, the method comprising: driving a plurality of sensor electrodes of the capacitive sensing device for input sensing during a blanking period; driving a plurality of source lines using a plurality of source drivers during the blanking period to update a first display line of the display device; driving the plurality of source lines using the plurality of source drivers during a display update period to update one or more additional display lines of the display device; and adjusting an operational mode of the plurality of source drivers during the blanking period to equalize display pixel settling between the blanking period and the display update period. | 38,533 |
9,364,845 | 1. A painting installation for painting workpieces, comprising: a painting booth, in which the workpieces are paintable with paint and conveyable in a conveying direction through the painting booth; a filter system for cleaning a raw gas flow, which is leaving the painting booth and has absorbed paint overspray in the painting booth, wherein the filter system comprises at least two filters for separating the paint overspray from the raw gas flow and at least two clean gas lines, each clean gas line positioned to receive a clean gas flow exiting at least one filter wherein the filter system comprises at least one clean gas collecting channel positioned to receive clean gas flow from the at least two clean gas lines, wherein the entire at least one clean gas collecting channel, on the one hand, and the entire at least two filters, on the other hand, being arranged on mutually opposing sides of the filter system with respect to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the painting booth. | 36,331 |
9,215,681 | 1. A method for establishing time alignment by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving information for identifying a preamble on a downlink control channel from a base station; transmitting the preamble based on the information for identifying the preamble; receiving a response message including timing adjustment information, information for a channel quality indicator (CQI) request, and an identifier of the terminal on a downlink shared channel from the base station; establishing the time alignment based on the timing adjustment information included in the response message; and transmitting a CQI based on the information for the CQI request. | 48,139 |
9,534,358 | 1. A rain barrel system comprising: a barrel portion configured to retain water; a diverter to divert water from a gutter downspout into the barrel portion; a lid configured to releasably lock upon the barrel portion; and a diverter attachment cutout configured to receive the diverter, the diverter comprising: | 34,167 |
9,231,266 | 1. A method for regenerating a fuel cell, the method comprising flowing an anolyte flow stream to an anode, flowing a catholyte flow stream to a cathode, switching between multiple oxygen-containing flow streams to regenerate the catholyte effluent flow stream. | 10,387 |
9,101,711 | 1. An intravascular nano-bubbling oxygenator, comprising: a catheter comprising a tube and a separating wall extended inside said tube to divide said tube into a first tube wall and a second tube wall and to form a first lumen within said first tube wall and said separating wall, and a second lumen within said second tube wall and said separating wall, wherein said first tube wall has a hydrophobic outer surface and comprises a plurality of nano-sized first pores extending therealong, which are provided with sizes ranging from 0.3 nanometer to 500 micrometer; wherein said first lumen comprises a closed end, and a first opening end connecting to a source of gaseous oxygen, said second lumen comprises a second opening end and a third opening end, said first lumen capable of transporting gaseous oxygen, and second lumen capable of transporting liquid from said second opening end to said third opening end; wherein said catheter is capable of being inserted into a blood vessel and has a cross-section area less than three fourths of the cross-section area of said blood vessel, wherein said first lumen is arranged for guiding said gaseous oxygen to longitudinally flow from said opening end toward said closed end in order to transversely distribute said gaseous oxygen to produce oxygen bubbles through said nano-sized pores directly inside said blood vessel. | 11,920 |
9,181,841 | 1. A method for monitoring a light-off temperature of a diesel oxidation catalyst of a combustion engine, comprising the steps of: measuring a temperature of an exhaust gas upstream and downstream of the diesel oxidation catalyst during a post injection phase or after injection phase of the combustion engine; determining whether a catalyst light-off occurred by using the temperature of the exhaust gas; calculating a surface temperature of the diesel oxidation catalyst by using the temperature of the exhaust gas; and defining the calculated surface temperature as the light-off temperature of the diesel oxidation catalyst if the catalyst light-off is determined; storing the light-off temperature in an engine control unit such that the engine control unit may utilize the light-off temperature in operating the combustion engine; comparing the surface temperature with the previously stored light-off temperature; replacing the previously stored light-off temperature with the surface temperature if greater than a negligible difference between the surface temperature and the stored light-off temperature is determined; defining the previously stored light-off temperature as the tight-off temperature if at least one of no light-off is determined and only a negligible difference between the calculated surface temperature and the previously stored light-off temperature is determined; and utilizing the light-off temperature to control post-injection of fuel into the cylinders of the combustion engine. | 28,730 |
9,499,162 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; a power storage device; an electric motor that receives electric power from said power storage device to generate vehicle driving force; and a control device configured to cause the vehicle to travel while selecting one of a CD (Charge Depleting) mode and a CS (Charge Sustaining) mode, and selecting one of EV traveling and HV traveling in accordance with a traveling condition in each of said CD mode and said CS mode, said EV traveling allowing the vehicle to travel by said electric motor while stopping said internal combustion engine, and said HV traveling allowing the vehicle to travel while operating said internal combustion engine, during acceleration in accordance with an operation of an accelerator pedal in said HV traveling, said control device performing rotation speed control for increasing a rotation speed of said internal combustion engine in accordance with acceleration of the vehicle, by increasing discharge power of said power storage device to increase driving force of said electric motor and suppressing an output of said internal combustion engine, and said discharge power at a time when performing said rotation speed control in said CD mode being greater than said discharge power at a time when performing said rotation speed control in said CS mode. | 25,285 |
9,721,755 | 1. A method for calibrating an electron beam, said method comprising the steps of: positioning a patterned aperture resolver having at least one opening in front of at least one X-ray detector, such that said at least one opening is facing towards said at least one X-ray detector; positioning a patterned aperture modulator between said patterned aperture resolver and a substrate and at a predetermined distance from said patterned aperture resolver and said substrate, where said patterned aperture modulator has a plurality of openings oriented in at least a first direction; scanning an electron beam in at least a first direction on said substrate for generating X-rays to be received by said at least one X-ray detector; detecting said X-rays emanating from said surface produced by said scanning electron beam with said patterned aperture modulator and said patterned aperture resolver, wherein a map of position, size and shape of said electron beam is achieved by mapping an intensity modulation of said X-ray signal from said detector with settings for controlling the electron beam; adjusting said settings for controlling said electron beam if at least one of the shape or the size of the electron beam is deviating more than a predetermined value from at least one of a corresponding reference beam shape or a reference beam size; and repeating said scanning, detecting, and adjusting steps until at least one of the shape or the size of the electron beam is deviating less than a predetermined value from at least one of said reference beam shape or said reference beam size. | 30,987 |
8,781,058 | 1. A nuclear power plant steel detecting device, comprising: a gas mixing tube; a hydrogen filling barrel; an autoclave; an electrochemical corrosion potential (ECP) analyzer; and an electrochemical alternative-current (AC) impedance analyzer; said gas mixing tube having a plurality of gas cylinders and a plurality of fine-tuning control valves, said gas mixing tube having a gas inlet tube between said gas mixing tube and said hydrogen filling barrel to provide gas to said hydrogen filling barrel through said gas inlet tube, said plurality of gas cylinders comprising a hydrogen gas cylinder, an oxygen gas cylinder, and a nitrogen gas cylinder, each of said gas cylinders having a corresponding one of said fine-tuning control valves at an end to control gas amount flown through and connected with said gas inlet tube through the corresponding one of said fine-tuning control valves, said hydrogen filling barrel obtaining a hydrogen water solution, said hydrogen filling barrel having an enclosed space obtained therewithin, said hydrogen filling barrel having a depressurizing valve group on a top end of the barrel connected with said enclosed space, said depressurizing valve group comprising a first depressurizing valve, a second depressurizing valve, and a third depressurizing valve, said first depressurizing valve, said second depressurizing valve, and said third depressurizing valve being respectively connected with said gas inlet tube, a first air-releasing tube, and a second air-releasing tube, said hydrogen filling barrel having a water level monitor meter, said water level monitor meter having an upper valve and a lower valve, said upper valve and said lower valve being separately connected with said enclosed space, said hydrogen filling barrel having an outlet valve at an end connected with said enclosed space, said outlet valve being connected with a gas-liquid inlet tube to drain said hydrogen water solution in said enclosed space through said outlet valve and to provide said hydrogen water solution to said autoclave through said gas-liquid inlet tube, said autoclave simulating an environment of nuclear power plant water chemistry, said autoclave being sealed by a top cover having an insulated joint, said autoclave having a containing space therewithin, said containing space being able to be enclosed, said containing space being connected with said gas-liquid inlet tube and said second air-releasing tube, said autoclave having wires therewithin spot-welded with to-be-detected steel materials, said wires penetrating through said insulated joint to reach out of said top cover of said autoclave and connected with said ECP analyzer and said electrochemical AC impedance analyzer, reactants in said autoclave being cycled and drained out to said hydrogen filling barrel through said second air-releasing tube, said ECP analyzer having said to-be-detected steel materials as working electrodes to obtain ECPs of said to-be-detected steel materials, said electrochemical AC impedance analyzer providing a plurality of AC signals having different frequencies to obtain characteristics of impedances of said to-be-detected steel materials to obtain coating conditions of said to-be-detected steel materials under said environment of nuclear power plant water chemistry to obtain safety of coated films of said to-be-detected steel materials, wherein said nuclear power plant steel detecting device obtains a detecting circuit with the above comprised components to simulate a boiling water reactor (BWR) under hydrogen water chemistry (HWC) to obtain effect of preventing intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) of said BWR by coating internal components of said BWR with precious metal film. | 45,478 |
9,419,776 | 1. A method of aggregating carriers, comprising: providing, at a base station, an aggregating cell comprising at least one of a primary cell and a secondary cell, the aggregating cell being configured for operation in a frequency division duplex (FDD) licensed spectrum; aggregating, at the base station, the aggregating cell with at least one licensed exempt (LE) supplementary cell operating in a timesharing mode to temporally allocate resource usage for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) operations; and determining an FDD timing of the aggregating cell, wherein the FDD timing is used to determine a timing for at least one of grants and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the LE supplementary cell. | 47,290 |
9,332,192 | 1. An image generating device, comprising: a light receiving sensor including a plurality of light receiving elements for receiving light that has passed through a lens; a shutter for blocking the light that reaches the light receiving sensor; an exposure start control unit for starting exposure by performing reset of the light receiving sensor at a designated exposure start timing; an image generating unit for generating image data according to the amount of light received by the light receiving sensor from when exposure starts until it ends; and an exposure start timing control unit for generating a plurality of the image data at a plurality of timings during movement of the shutter while the movement of the shutter is executed one or more times, and for determining the exposure start timing based on the plurality of the image data, each of the plurality of the image data including a plurality of pixels corresponding to the plurality of the light receiving elements, wherein the exposure start timing control unit generates each of the plurality of image data by simultaneously reading exposure amounts from the plurality of the light receiving elements including the light receiving element on which a shutter shadow is projected and the light receiving element on which the shutter shadow is not projected. | 42,019 |
9,151,180 | 1. A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine comprising: an actuator system; a variable output lubricant pump operable to supply lubricant to said actuator system, said variable output lubricant pump is operable to supply lubricant to a lubricant distribution system and gas turbine engine bearing components of the lubricant distribution system; and a scavenge system in fluid communication with said lubricant distribution system, said scavenge system includes a centrifugal air/lubricant separator selectively driven by a motor, said motor is operated to minimize a residence time within a lubricant tank downstream of said centrifugal air/lubricant separator. | 18,242 |
9,106,426 | 1. A method comprising: generating a server identifier for a server prior to communicating with the server; calculating an encrypted password based on the server identifier, a username, and an unencrypted password, wherein the encrypted password comprises a hash value of the server identifier, the username, and the unencrypted password; sending, by a processing device, a communication request to the server, the communication request comprising a username, a client random string, a client timestamp, and a client message authentication code (MAC) value, the client MAC value computed over the username, the client random string, and the client timestamp, using the encrypted password as a key for the client MAC value; receiving a response to the communication request from the server, the response comprising the client random string, a server random string, a server timestamp, and a server MAC value over the client random string, the server random string, and the server timestamp using the encrypted password as a key for the server MAC value; and generating a shared secret by calculating a shared secret MAC value of the client random string and the server random string using the encrypted password as a key for the shared secret MAC value. | 41,638 |
8,994,345 | 1. A voltage generation apparatus comprising: a voltage source; an inductor, wherein a first terminal of the inductor is switchably connected to the voltage source; and a plurality of capacitors switchably connected to a second terminal of the inductor, wherein a respective plurality of output voltages are formed across the plurality of capacitors, further comprising: an error determination block which determines an error in each of the plurality of voltages, a mean error in dependence thereon, and an error deviation from the mean error for each of the plurality of output voltages; and a controller for switchably connecting one of the plurality of capacitors to the second terminal of the inductor in dependence on the plurality of error deviations. | 4,298 |
8,640,985 | 1. A rotor hub for a rotorcraft, comprising: an upper rotor disk assembly having a plurality of upper rotor blades; a lower rotor disk assembly having a plurality of lower rotor blades; wherein the upper rotor disk assembly and the lower rotor disk assembly are configured to rotate in a same direction and about a same axis of rotation; wherein the upper rotor disk assembly and the lower rotor disk assembly are spaced apart a distance to permit the lower rotor disk assembly to take air in that is outside of a contracted wake caused by the upper rotor disk assembly, so as to increase the effective diameter or area of lower rotor disk assembly. | 16,771 |
9,511,382 | 1. A nozzle for distribution of a liquid having a speed into a substantially stagnant liquid volume, the nozzle having a first end and a second end, the nozzle comprising: a first outer flow passage having an inlet arranged to receive the liquid from a pipe at the first end of the nozzle and an outlet at the second end of the nozzle, the first outer flow passage being defined by an area between an outer cylindrical wall and an outer partition wall; a central flow passage having an inlet arranged to receive the liquid from the pipe at the first end of the nozzle and an outlet at the second end of the nozzle, the central flow passage being defined by an area between the outer partition wall and an inner partition wall; and a second outer flow passage having an inlet arranged to receive the liquid from the pipe at the first end of the nozzle and an outlet at the second end of the nozzle, the second outer flow passage being defined by an area enclosed by the inner partition wall; and the inlet and outlet of the first outer flow passage each has an area, the inlet and outlet of the central flow passage each has an area, and the inlet and outlet of the second outer flow passage each has an area; wherein the area of the inlet of the second outer flow passage is smaller than the area of the outlet of the second outer flow passage; and wherein the inlets and outlets of the first outer flow passage, central flow passage, and second outer flow passage are configured so that, when fluid passes through the nozzle from the inlet to the outlet, the outlets of the first outer flow passage, central flow passage, and second outer flow passage each direct fluid flow radially such that the direction of fluid flow out from the nozzle is substantially perpendicular to the direction of fluid flowing through the first outer flow passage, central flow passage, and second outer flow passage of the nozzle. | 37,553 |
9,439,403 | 1. An aquaponic system, comprising: fish rearing tanks, a clarifier for removing solids, a water sump, hydroponic channels for raising plants, a first fluid flow path connecting the fish rearing tanks and sump to the clarifier, a second fluid flow path connecting the sump to the clarifier in bypassing relationship to the fish rearing tanks, a third fluid flow path from the clarifier to the hydroponic channels, wherein the third fluid flow path is devoid of the water sump, a fourth fluid flow path connecting the hydroponic channels with the water sump, and a valve arrangement, wherein said valve arrangement has a first operating mode which creates a first water circulation path in which water is repeatedly cycled from the sump to the clarifier via the second fluid flow path, then from the clarifier to the hydroponic channels and back from the hydroponic channels to the sump via the third and fourth fluid flow paths, respectively; and wherein said valve arrangement has a second operating mode which creates a second water circulation path in which water is repeatedly cycled from the sump to the fish rearing tanks and to the clarifier via said first fluid flow path, then from the clarifier to the hydroponic channels and then back from the hydroponic channels to the sump via the third and fourth fluid flow paths, respectively, and further comprising a device structured to maintain a pH of the water in the first operating mode at a lower level than the pH of the water in the second operating mode, wherein the device is structured to add phosphoric acid to the water only during operation of said valve arrangement in the first operating mode in an amount for maintaining the pH of the water in a range of 5.5-6.5, and for stopping the addition of the phosphoric acid to the water prior to the end of the first operating mode such that, by the beginning of the second operating mode, the water reverts to a pH of at least 7.0from the pH in the range of 5.5-6.5. | 9,147 |
9,099,647 | 1. A method of making a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell, the method comprising: forming a transistor on a semiconductor substrate; depositing a bottom electrode layer; depositing a resistive material layer; depositing a capping layer; depositing a top electrode layer; depositing a top electrode protective layer; forming a top electrode by patterning and etching the top electrode protective layer, the top electrode layer and the capping layer; forming a first spacer around the top electrode protective layer, the top electrode and the capping layer; forming a bottom electrode by patterning and etching the bottom electrode layer using the first spacer and the top electrode protective layer as an etch mask; and forming a second spacer around the bottom electrode and the first spacer. | 36,105 |
9,301,375 | 1. A multi-strike ballast to ignite an electrodless lamp, the multi-strike ballast comprising: an inverter circuit configured to send an ignition pulse to the electrodeless lamp following activation of the inverter circuit, to shut down upon receiving a deactivation signal, and to activate upon receiving an activation signal; a protection circuit configured to sense a change in voltage associated with the electrodeless lamp; a controller, wherein the controller is configured to receive the sensed change in voltage associated with the electrodeless lamp from the protection circuit and in response to send a deactivation signal to the inverter circuit, to wait a predetermined time, following the predetermined time to send an activation signal to the inverter circuit, and to repeat until the protection circuit does not sense a change in voltage associated with the electrodeless lamp or until a predefined number of repeats occur; and a buck converter, wherein the buck converter is configured to receive the activation signal and the deactivation signal from the controller, such that the buck converter controls activation and shut down of the inverter circuit based on the signal received from the controller. | 5,458 |
9,466,742 | 1. A method for fabricating a photoelectric conversion material at last comprising the following steps: providing a precursor, wherein the precursor comprises at least a cone material the cone material is a multilayer structured material formed by stacking first materials and second materials; and annealing the precursor to let the cone material become the photoelectric conversion material with a plurality of grains and composed of an isomer, wherein the sizes of the grains are arranged from smaller ones to larger ones along a direction. | 10,655 |
8,770,438 | 1. A container for carrying and dispensing at least one zip tie having a strap and a head connected to one end of said strap, said container comprising: a substantially cylindrical housing having an axis of symmetry therethrough and having a continuous, rounded outer wall and opposing upper and lower disk-shaped walls, the upper and lower disk-shaped walls having a diameter, wherein said housing defines a substantially hollow interior; an inner wall formed inside said housing to divide said housing interior into an inner cavity and an outer cavity, said inner wall having at least one slot formed therein to define a passage between said inner cavity and said outer cavity; a first flexible orifice provided in said upper wall; a second flexible orifice provided in said lower wall; a dispensing slot formed in said outer wall, said dispensing slot being substantially linear and coaxial with the axis of symmetry of substantially cylindrical housing; and a friction fit passage formed on said outer wall adjacent to said dispensing slot, wherein said outer wall defines a height that is substantially less than the diameter of the upper and lower walls, and wherein said friction fit passage and said dispensing slot are configured to retain a first portion of said zip tie strap within said container and extending through said dispensing slot and a second portion of said zip tie strap within said friction fit passage, said second portion of said zip tie strap connected to said zip tie head proximate said friction fit passage, opposite said dispensing slot. | 4,123 |
9,210,753 | 1. A method of generating a supply voltage for a first plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) strings comprising: detecting a highest forward-voltage of the first plurality of LED strings; generating a first digital word representing a value of the highest forward-voltage of the first plurality of LED strings; loading a first address representing a storage location of the first digital word into a first prefix register; copying the first digital word from the storage location to a first data register serially connected to the first prefix register in a serial lighting interface (SLI) bus; and generating the supply voltage for each LED string of the first plurality of LED strings based on the first digital word. | 14,607 |
9,622,350 | 1. A method of forming a circuit board upon which to mount an integrated circuit chip, the method comprising: forming a first interconnect zone on a surface of the circuit board, the first interconnect zone having a first area on the surface of the circuit board, the first interconnect zone including a first plurality of contacts having a first pitch at the surface of the circuit board; and forming a second interconnect zone on the surface of the circuit board, the second interconnect zone having a second area on the surface of the circuit board, the second area having an inner perimeter surrounding all sides of an outer perimeter of the first area on the surface, the second interconnect zone including a second plurality of contacts or traces having a second pitch at the surface of the circuit board, wherein the first pitch is a distance from a center of one contact of the first plurality of contacts to a center of an adjacent contact of the first plurality of contacts; and the second pitch is a distance from a center of a first contact or trace of one of the second plurality of contacts or traces to a center of an adjacent contact or trace of the second plurality of contacts or traces, and wherein the first pitch is smaller than the second pitch. | 9,166 |
9,362,348 | 1. A method of fabricating an electronic device, the method comprising: depositing at least one first conductor; and depositing a plurality of diodes suspended in a liquid or gel, each diode of the plurality of diodes comprising: a light emitting or absorbing region having a lateral dimension between 10 microns to 40 microns and a height between 2 to 7 microns; a first terminal coupled to the light emitting or absorbing region on a first side, the first terminal having a height less than 6 microns; and a second terminal coupled to the light emitting or absorbing region on a second side opposite the first side, the second terminal having a height less than 6 microns; wherein each diode of the plurality of diodes is substantially hexagonal laterally, has a lateral dimension between 10 to 50 microns measured opposing face-to-face, and a height between 5 to 25 microns. | 16,774 |
8,901,882 | 1. A recharging system of hybrid vehicle, comprising: a battery in which DC voltage is stored or for outputting the DC voltage; first and second motors configured to function as an electric motor or a generator; first and second inverters for operating the first and second motors respectively; a voltage converter for raising or lowering a DC voltage of the battery such that the raised or lowered DC voltage is supplied to the first and second inverters, and for raising and lowering the DC voltage supplied from the first and second inverters such that the raised or lowered DC voltage is supplied to the battery, and provided with a DC link; first and second diodes each provided with an anode terminal directly connected to a negative terminal of both the first and second inverters, and a cathode terminal directly connected to a source of commercial electricity, wherein a circulation path is formed when the commercial electricity supplied to the first inverter or the second inverter through the first neutral point or the second neutral point of the first motor or the second motor has a voltage less than zero, wherein the cathode terminal of the first diode is directly connected to the neutral point of the first motor, and the cathode terminal of the second diode is directly connected to the second neutral point of the second motor; and a recharging controller for carrying out a recharging mode by detecting at least one of a phase of the commercial electricity supplied to the first and second neutral points of the first and second motors, a voltage of a DC link capacitor connecting the voltage converter and the first and second inverters, a battery voltage, a voltage of a smoothing capacitor connected at both terminals of the battery, a battery current, and a current flowing from the voltage converter to the battery, and controlling the voltage converter through a PWM duty according to the recharging mode of the battery such that the voltage of the DC link capacitor is raised or lowered, and is supplied to the battery, wherein the recharging controller is configured to determine whether the recharging mode of the battery is a current control mode, and perform recharging control in at least two different controls according to results of the determination. | 13,377 |
9,566,851 | 1. A mounting structure of a high voltage unit for an electric vehicle, comprising: an electric motor having vehicle body fixing parts at each end of a bottom thereof in a width direction of the vehicle, the vehicle body fixing parts fixing the electric motor to a vehicle body; and an inverter arranged on an upper side of the electric motor in the vertical direction of the vehicle, wherein: in a cross section parallel to the vertical direction and the width direction of the vehicle, the electric motor comprises, a concave part on an upper surface thereof in the vertical direction of the vehicle and the inverter comprises a convex part on a lower surface thereof in the vertical direction of the vehicle, the inverter is provided with a high voltage heavy component arranged in such a manner that at least a part of the high voltage heavy component is housed inside the convex part of the inverter, the electric motor and the inverter are integrally formed when the convex part of the inverter is received in the concave part of the electric motor, and the inverter is fixed to the vehicle body in such a manner that an inertial force toward a front of the vehicle at a time of collision causes a rotational force around an axis connecting the vehicle body fixing parts, the rotational force being applied to the electric motor and the inverter which are integrally formed. | 47,865 |
8,374,374 | 1. A headset, comprising: a body having an axis defined by a first surface and a second surface; a pivot coupling housed by the body, wherein the pivot coupling includes a first spring, a washer, a lock, and a second spring; a speaker capsule operably coupled to an end of the body opposite to the pivot coupling and at the second surface; and an arm operably coupled to the body, the arm capable of pivoting open and closed about the pivot coupling for accessing a microphone at a free end of the arm, wherein the arm pivots about the axis. | 23,222 |
9,666,389 | 1. A switch of a device having a longitudinal device axis, the switch comprising: a switching element; a hollow body defining an interior cavity in which the switching element is movably disposed along the longitudinal device axis to define: a biasing element imparting an adjustable biasing force to the switching element to place the switching element in one of the first position and the second position until an external force imparted to the switching element along the longitudinal device axis exceeds the biasing force thereby causing the switching element to move to the other one of the first position and the second position; and an electrically-conductive contact coupled to the switching element and defining: | 40,090 |
9,067,969 | 1. A method of treating eczema, itch, pruritus, psoriasis, or dermatitis in a subject in need thereof, comprising topically administering to the skin of the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a dipeptide derivative having the following generic Formula (I): or an isomer or salt thereof, and optionally a pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable carrier, wherein R 1 is an acyl radical having up to 9 carbon atoms; AAB is tyrosine and AAC is tyrosine, or AAB is valine and AAC is alanine; R 2 is OR 3 , NHR 4 or NHNHR 5 ; R 3 is H, an alkyl, aralkyl or aryl radical having up to 19 carbon atoms; and R 4 or R 5 is independently H, OH, an alkyl, aralkyl, or aryl radical having up to 19 carbon atoms. | 38,152 |
9,246,438 | 1. A circuit for a compact and low power receiver, the circuit comprising: a low-power low-noise amplifier (LNA) configured to amplify radio-frequency (RF) signals received from an RF antenna; and a quadrature mixer coupled to a first and a second trans-impedance amplifiers (TIAs), wherein: | 9,348 |
8,830,890 | 1. A method of scheduling transmission of queued data packets of at least one terminal comprising: acquiring information indicating packet queue time and queue buffer size; scheduling transmission of queued data packets, for each queue of each terminal, such that all the data packets in a queue are to be transmitted as a single bundle of data, in response to determining at least one of: prioritizing transmission of the scheduled data packets of each terminal on the basis of a combination of the estimated packet delay for any queued data packet and the number of packets queued, wherein a terminal is given a higher order of priority the more the estimated packet delay and the number of queued packets exceed their respective threshold value. | 12,816 |
9,178,202 | 1. A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, the separator comprising: a polyolefin microporous membrane. wherein a degree of crystallinity is from 60 to 85%, and a tie molecular volume fraction is from 0.7 to 1.7%; and an adhesive porous layer containing vinylidene fluoride resin provided on one side or both sides of the polyolefin microporous membrane. | 26,531 |
9,643,258 | 1. A chuck assembly for use with a rotary power tool, the chuck assembly comprising: a chuck body rotatable about an axis; a plurality of jaws supported by the chuck body for relative movement therewith between a retracted position for permitting insertion of a tool bit within the chuck body and an extended position for clamping the tool bit; a plurality of clamping nuts surrounding the chuck body and having interior threads engageable with corresponding threads on the respective jaws; a tightening sleeve surrounding and threadably engaged with the chuck body for relative rotation therewith; and a wedge defined on the tightening sleeve for selective engagement with the clamping nuts for inwardly displacing the clamping nuts in a radial direction, causing the respective threads on the clamping nuts and jaws to engage, in response to rotation of the tightening sleeve relative to the chuck body in a tightening direction. | 41,906 |
8,443,926 | 1. An electric motorcycle having a power drive unit and a motive power generation motor secured to a swing arm configured to swing about a pivot shaft, and power from a battery being supplied through the power drive unit to the motive power generation motor, the electric motorcycle comprising: a hollow inside of the swing arm partitioned into an air introducing space and an equipment fixing space by a partition wall, wherein the power drive unit is located in the equipment fixing space and is secured to a fixing surface of the partition wall, and at least one fin extending from the partition wall into the air introducing space. | 35,847 |
8,815,104 | 1. A method of texturing a silicon surface to reduce reflectivity, comprising: positioning a substrate with a silicon surface in a vessel, wherein the silicon surface comprises a plurality of copper particles; filling the vessel with a volume of an etching solution that covers the silicon surface of the substrate, wherein the etching solution comprises an oxidant-etchant solution that comprises an etching agent and a silicon oxidizing agent; and etching the silicon surface by agitating the etching solution in the vessel, whereby the reflectivity of the silicon surface is reduced to less than about 10 percent. | 46,901 |
9,434,273 | 1. An electrical source control apparatus for controlling a vehicle which travels by using an electrical source system including both of first and second electrical sources, the first electrical source performing an input/output of a first electrical power, the second electrical source performing an input/output of a second electrical power, a capacity of the second electrical source being smaller than that of the first electrical source and an output of the second electrical source being larger than that of the first electrical source, the electrical source control apparatus comprising a controller, the controller being programmed to: select a first driving mode which prioritizes a fuel efficiency over a driving performance and a second driving mode which prioritizes the driving performance over the fuel efficiency on the basis of a characteristic which is required for the vehicle from a plurality of driving modes, each driving mode being associated with a ratio of the first electrical power with respect to a required electrical power which is required for the electrical source system, the ratios in the plurality of driving modes being different from each other; and control the first and second electrical sources such that the input/output of the first and second electrical powers are performed in accordance with the ratio of the selected first or second driving mode. | 15,920 |
9,152,472 | 1. A device for allocating a job, the device comprising: a memory, and circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to: | 26,960 |
9,023,755 | 1. A method of removing siloxanes from a contaminated gas stream, comprising flowing the gas stream comprising siloxanes through an adsorbent media to remove at least part of the siloxanes from the gas stream, wherein said adsorbent media comprises lignite-based activated carbon having an apparent density of from about 0.3 to about 0.6 g/mL. | 7,172 |
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