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9,571,164 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a processing device comprising: the processing device being configured to: wherein responsive to a successful completion of the challenge/response authentication protocol between the NFC tag and the authentication server, the processing device is authenticated to the authentication server; wherein the processing device is configured to bind a given one of the one or more messages, received from the NFC tag for forwarding to the authentication server, to an identity of the processing device utilizing a device key known to the processing device and the authentication server by: | 40,553 |
8,464,527 | 1. A wave energy converter (WEC) intended to be placed in a body of water subjected to wave motion of varying amplitude and frequency, said WEC including a first body tending to move generally in phase with the waves and out of phase with respect to a second body; and wherein said first body is a unitary structure which has a top surface extending rigidly and radially about a central opening along a horizontal plane generally parallel to the water plane and a rigid bottom, underside, portion appended to and depending from said top surface, said underside having a cross section shaped to form an inverted triangular structure for cutting through the underlying water and thereby reducing stresses imparted to said first body when subjected to water slamming; wherein said top surface and rigid bottom are symmetrical about the central opening; and wherein the second body extends along and through the central opening of the first body in a direction which is generally perpendicular to the surface of the water plane; and wherein the first and second body move relative to each other in response to the waves for generating energy. | 37,418 |
9,232,316 | 1. A device that converts a mechanical motion into acoustic energy, the device comprising: a multi-layer diaphragm, wherein at least one of the layers is a damping layer that is positioned between two other layers; drive electronics; at least one support; and at least one mechanical-to-acoustical transducer including a distal portion coupled to the diaphragm and a proximal portion coupled to the support, wherein movement of the transducer causes movement of the diaphragm in a direction that is generally transverse to the direction of the movement of the transducer. | 8,278 |
8,699,245 | 1. Method for inputting power into a multiphase alternating current grid by means of a transformer ( 18 ) which is electrically interconnected between the alternating current grid and a number of input phases (φ 1 , φ 2 , φ 3 ) corresponding to the number of grid phases (Φ 1 , Φ 2 , Φ 3 ) of the grid, wherein at least one voltage characteristic (Ueff 1 , Ueff 2 , Ueff 3 ) of one of the grid phases (Φ 1 , Φ 2 , Φ 3 ) is determined, and an input of reactive currents occurs as a function of a previously determined deviation (ΔU 1 , ΔU 2 , ΔU 3 ) of the voltage characteristic (Ueff 1 , Ueff 2 , Ueff 3 ) of the at least one grid phase relative to a corresponding target voltage characteristic (Usoll), wherein the input of the reactive currents occurs by means of an energy generating means ( 38 ) with a generator ( 40 ) and with a downstream inverter system ( 30 ), means ( 38 ) which is connected to the transformer ( 18 ) on the input side; wherein the deviation (ΔU after the detection of a deviation that exceeds the tolerance value, an exciting current of the generator ( | 34,314 |
8,891,752 | 1. A method comprising: retrieving, by a system, a called party number and a calling party number from an invite message of a communication session, wherein the invite message is associated with a scheduled event between a calling party and a called party; identifying, by the system, the calling party according to the calling party number; identifying, by the system, the called party according to the called party number, wherein the identity of the called party is retrieved from a contact book server; retrieving, by the system, calendar information of the called party, wherein the calendar information is retrieved from a calendar server; detecting, by the system in the calendar information, the scheduled event associated with the calling party; retrieving, by the system, presence information of the called party, wherein the presence information is retrieved from a presence server; detecting, by the system, a conflict with the scheduled event according to the presence information of the called party; informing, by the system, the calling party of the conflict; resolving, by the system, the conflict by adjusting a start time of scheduled events of the called party without regard for a preference established by the called party; and adjusting, by the system, a calendar associated with the calling party responsive to the adjusting of the start time of the scheduled events of the called party, wherein the detecting in the calendar information of the scheduled event associated with the calling party is based on recognition of a name of the calling party in a text portion of the calendar information that was entered by the called party to generate an entry for the scheduled event. | 41,249 |
8,598,637 | 1. A junction field effect transistor comprising: a substrate; a p-doped buried layer adjacent to the substrate; an n-doped region adjacent to the p-doped buried layer and the substrate, the n-doped region comprising a first n-doped region having a first doping concentration, and a last n-doped region adjacent to the p-doped buried layer and having a last doping concentration less than the first doping concentration; and a resistor electrically coupled to the first n-doped region and to the last n-doped region. | 36,823 |
9,547,330 | 1. A processor, comprising: a plurality of processing units; a plurality of first arbitration units which each arbitrate request signals output from at least two of the plurality of processing units to generate a first arbitration signal; a second arbitration unit which arbitrates first arbitration signals output from the plurality of first arbitration units to generate a second arbitration signal; a plurality of clock controllers which are arranged in correspondence with the plurality of first arbitration units and which each generate a clock signal supplied to a corresponding first arbitration unit and the processing units coupled to the corresponding first arbitration unit; and a control unit which determines whether or not to operate each of the processing units in accordance with an operation state of the processor and generates control information according to a determination result; wherein each of the plurality of clock controllers supplies or stops the clock signal or changes a frequency of the clock signal, for the corresponding first arbitration unit and the processing units coupled to the corresponding first arbitration unit, in accordance with the control information. | 24,780 |
9,711,562 | 1. A method for forming an image sensor device, the method comprising: forming a plurality of pixels on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate, each pixel being configured to sense light radiation; forming a first layer by forming an array of color filters over the plurality of pixels, each color filter being configured to allow a wavelength of light radiation to reach at least one of the plurality of pixels; forming a plurality of micro-lenses over the array of color filters, each micro-lens being configured to direct light radiation to at least one of the color filters in the array; and forming a second layer between the plurality of pixels and the color filters, the second layer comprising a transparent material; wherein the second layer further includes a structure that is configured to block light radiation that is traveling towards a region between adjacent micro-lenses, wherein the structure and the transparent material are coplanar at respective top surfaces and bottom surfaces thereof. | 40,319 |
9,447,143 | 1. A tetrapeptide capable of inducing production of extracellular matrix proteins, wherein the amino acid sequence of the tetrapeptide consists of SEQ ID NO: 1 having an acid or amidated carboxy-terminus. | 33,439 |
8,445,780 | 1. An electrical device concealing system, comprising: an electrical device; a wall or ceiling panel having a first opening, wherein said first opening leads to said electrical device; a mount plate having a second opening, mount plate is secured to said wall or ceiling panel such that said second opening aligns with said first opening; a frame having a face trim defining a third opening and a plurality of flanges, wherein said face trim is positioned flat against said mount plate such that said third opening aligns with said second opening and wherein said plurality of flanges extend inwardly from said face trim; a plurality of operative-latches attached to one or more of said plurality of flanges, wherein said plurality of flanges are adapted for inward and outward movement relative said frame; and a cover removably connected to said plurality of operative-latches, wherein said cover is adapted to conceal said first opening, said second opening, and said third opening such as for concealing said electrical device; wherein said cover moves inwardly and outwardly with said plurality of operative-latches such that said cover is substantially flush with said face trim of said frame in a first position such as to conceal said electrical device and such that said cover is positioned outwardly from said face trim of said frame in a second position such as to permit removal of said cover from said plurality of latches to expose said electrical device. | 13,565 |
9,090,744 | 1. A process for preparing polysulfone, comprising reacting bisphenol monomers with a salt forming agent to form bisphenolate, followed by subjecting the bisphenolate and 4,4′-dihalodiphenyl sulfone to polycondensation to give polysulfone, characterized in that the reaction for forming the bisphenolate and the polycondensation are performed in the presence of a composite ionic liquid as the solvent, the composite ionic liquid containing: A) at least one zwitterionic liquid selected from compounds of the following formulae I and II: wherein, n and m independently from each other are an integer of from 1 to 6; and R is a linear or branched C and B) at least one ionic liquid selected from compounds of the following formulae III and IV: wherein, A R R R | 36,394 |
8,856,570 | 1. An energy efficiency method in a physical layer device, comprising: transmitting data traffic using an active data transmission mode of the physical layer device; determining whether a level of link utilization drops below a first threshold; transitioning to an active idle transmission mode when it is determined that the level of link utilization drops below the first threshold, wherein the active idle transmission mode modifies one or more functions of a transmission subsystem to consume less power than the active data transmission mode when transmitting active idle signals, the physical layer device being configured to transition from the active idle transmission mode back to the active data transmission mode whenever there is data traffic to transmit by the physical layer device; determining whether the level of link utilization drops below a second threshold different from the first threshold; and transitioning to a low power idle mode when it is determined that the level of link utilization drops below the second threshold, the low power idle mode conserving energy through a deactivation of transmitter or receiver components in the physical layer device. | 9,407 |
9,739,278 | 1. A multi-stage vacuum pump comprising: first and second shell stator components arranged to be assembled together along respective axially extending surfaces to define a plurality of pumping chambers along an axis of the pump; first and second end stator components arranged to be assembled at respective axial ends of the shell stator components; axial seals for sealing between respective axially extending surfaces of the shell stator components; and end seals having annular portions for sealing between respective first and second end stator components and the shell stator components and axial portions which extend in an axial dimension from the annular portions between the shell stator components for sealing between respective axially extending surfaces of the shell stator components, wherein the end seals are separate from the axial seals. | 47,872 |
8,777,796 | 1. A transmission and differential gearing comprising: a housing; an input shaft; two output shafts disposed coaxially to said input shaft; a transmission section having two planetary stages, namely an input stage and a load stage, said input stage having a carrier, a ring gear and a sun gear, said sun gear of said input stage being connected or coupleable to said input shaft, said load stage having a carrier, a ring gear and a sun gear, said ring gear of said load stage being fixed relative to said housing, said sun gear of said load stage being connected to said carrier of said input stage, said carrier of said load stage being connected to said ring gear of said input stage; a differential section configured as a spur gear differential, said spur gear differential being configured as a planetary gear set having a positive stationary gear ratio and having a carrier, a ring gear and a sun gear, said ring gear of said planetary gear set being connected to said carrier of said load stage, said carrier of said planetary gear set and said sun gear of said planetary gear set being connected to a respective one of said two output shafts; and a through-going coupling shaft mounted on both sides of an entirety of said transmission section and said differential section at said housing, said through-going coupling shaft carrying said ring gear of said input stage, said carrier of said load stage and said ring gear of said spur gear differential. | 40,639 |
8,924,642 | 1. A monitoring record management method, wherein multiple monitoring records are stored in a memory, each monitoring record is used to monitor one or more chunks in a storage, and the monitoring record is a set of at least one monitoring parameter, and the method comprises: reading at least one monitoring parameter from monitoring records in the memory; for the read monitoring parameter, calculating a difference of monitoring parameters of a same type between different monitoring records; reading, from the memory, monitoring records between which each monitoring parameter difference meets a corresponding preset threshold, combining the read monitoring records and generating a combined monitoring record, wherein identities of monitored chunks are recorded in the combined monitoring record, and deleting, from the memory, the monitoring records that are combined, wherein a value of at least one monitoring parameter in the combined monitoring record is equal to a value of each monitoring parameter when all monitored chunks are viewed as one chunk; and writing the combined monitoring record into the memory, wherein the combined monitoring record is used to monitor chunks monitored by each monitoring record before the combination. | 12,221 |
8,777,789 | 1. A transmission comprising: a first planetary gear set providing at least part of a first torque path from an input shaft to an output shaft; a second planetary gear set connected in parallel with the first planetary gear set and providing at least part of a second torque path from the input shaft to the output shaft; a plurality of gears configured to transmit torque selectively from the first torque path to the output shaft, and to transmit torque selectively from the second torque path to the output shaft; and a secondary input shaft coupling with the input shaft configurable to couple a secondary power source to the input shaft. | 5,040 |
9,096,135 | 1. An electric vehicle, comprising: an electric motor configured to provide traction; a control system configured to receive a signal indicative of a requested torque and determine (i) a first acceleration, the first acceleration being indicative of an acceleration of the electric motor that provides the requested torque, and (ii) a second acceleration, the second acceleration being a threshold acceleration of the electric motor; and an inverter operatively coupled to the control system and the electric motor, the inverter being configured to control the electric motor to provide a lower value of (a) first acceleration and (b) the second acceleration. | 190 |
9,150,455 | 1. A heavy oil ash self-compacting concrete, consisting essentially of: a pozzolanic aggregate; heavy oil ash fines, the heavy oil ash fines comprising at least 90% carbon and at least 80% of the heavy oil ash fines being finer than 45 micrometer (#325 sieve), where the heavy oil ash fines do not have cementitious or pozzolanic properties and do not react with lime; water; and Portland cement; wherein the heavy oil ash cement concrete is produced by the mixing of the water and the Portland cement in the presence of the heavy oil ash fines and aggregate; and wherein the heavy oil ash self-compacting concrete is capable of flowing under its own weight. | 35,082 |
9,500,182 | 1. A method for compensating an inductance imbalance in a three-phase alternating current (AC) electrical system of a wind turbine generator, the wind turbine generator comprising an electrical generator providing electrical power to a plurality of parallel-operated back-to-back power converters, the plurality of parallel-operated back-to-back power converters delivering conditioned electrical power to a load, wherein current of each phase of the three-phase AC electrical system is carried through separate power cables, the method comprising: | 41,350 |
8,430,652 | 1. A blood pump apparatus comprising: a housing having a blood inlet port and a blood outlet port; a pump section including an impeller having a magnetic material and rotating in said housing to feed blood; and an impeller rotational torque generation section for attracting thereto said impeller of said pump section and rotating said impeller, wherein said pump section further comprises a first groove for hydrodynamic bearing provided on an inner surface of said housing at a side of said impeller rotational torque generation section, wherein said impeller includes both a ring-shaped permanent magnet and said magnetic material and said impeller is rotated without contacting said housing, wherein said housing includes a permanent magnet attracting said ring-shaped permanent magnet of said impeller in a direction opposite to a direction in which said impeller is attracted by said impeller rotational torque generation section, wherein a second groove for hydrodynamic bearing is provided on a permanent magnet-side inner surface of said housing, and said impeller is devoid of any grooves for hydrodynamic bearing, and wherein said impeller rotational torque generation section has a plurality of stator coils, disposed circumferentially, for attracting thereto said magnetic material of said impeller and rotating said impeller. | 11,325 |
8,854,104 | 1. A circuit comprising: a first capacitive device; a first latch; a second capacitive device; a second latch; and a first circuit, wherein | 31,913 |
9,628,065 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first switch to control power to a field device; a second switch comprising a first gate and a second gate, the second gate electrically coupled in parallel to the first gate, wherein the second switch is to provide parallel current paths through the second switch, the first and second switches defining a current path between a source of the power and the field device; a first diagnostic controller to control the first and second gates independently of one another to verify a first redundant control of the field device; a first processor to control the first switch; a third switch to control power to the field device; a fourth switch comprising a third gate and a fourth gate, the fourth gate being electrically coupled in parallel to the third gate, wherein the fourth switch is to provide parallel current paths through the fourth switch, the third and fourth switches defining a current path between the source of the power and the field device; a second processor to control the third switch; and a second diagnostic controller to control the third and fourth gates independently of one another to verify a second redundant control of the field device. | 48,294 |
8,985,410 | 1. A magnetic golf ball marker bracelet, comprising: a flexible molded band having an indentation formed on an outer surface of the molded band, said indentation being sized to accommodate a golf ball marker; and a magnet disposed within the molded band and positioned between the indentation and an inner surface of the molded band; and a metallic golf ball marker sized to fit within said indentation, wherein the metallic golf ball marker, when positioned in the indentation of the molded band, is magnetically and removably held to the molded band. | 26,140 |
9,073,546 | 1. A hybrid vehicle driving system adapted to be used in a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine that can be switched to an all cylinder activated operation where all cylinders are activated for operation and a cylinder deactivated operation where at least part of the cylinders is deactivated for rest, an electric motor and a transmission, as drive sources, the hybrid vehicle driving system comprising: a battery that supplies electric power to the electric motor; a first change-speed mechanism where mechanical power from an output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is borne by a first input shaft that engages with the electric motor and any of a plurality of change-speed gears is engaged so that the first input shaft is engaged with driven wheels; a second change-speed mechanism where mechanical power from the output shaft of the internal combustion engine is borne by a second input shaft and any of a plurality of change-speed gears is engaged so that the second input shaft is engaged with the driven wheels; a first engaging and disengaging portion that can engage the output shaft of the internal combustion engine with the first input shaft; and a second engaging and disengaging portion that can engage the output shaft of the internal combustion engine with the second input shaft, wherein: the hybrid vehicle can be driven in an EV mode only by a driving force of the electric motor via the first input shaft, the hybrid vehicle driving system characterized by further comprising a cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit for determining on the necessity of the internal combustion engine running in the cylinder deactivated operation when a required driving force required on the vehicle is smaller than a driving force resulting when the internal combustion engine runs in the cylinder deactivated operation; when a quick response is required, and when the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be unnecessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the vehicle is configured to operate in the EV mode by disengaging the first engaging and disengaging portion and the second engaging and disengaging portion; and when the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be necessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the internal combustion engine runs in the cylinder deactivated operation and at least one of the first engaging and disengaging portion and the second engaging and disengaging portion is engaged. | 24,716 |
8,519,407 | 1. An organic light-emitting display comprising: a substrate comprising a pixel region and a transistor region; a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode formed over the pixel region and the transistor region of the substrate, respectively; a gate electrode formed over the second transparent electrode; a gate insulating film formed over the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer formed over the gate insulating film; a source and drain electrode comprising an end connected to the semiconductor layer and the other end connected to the first transparent electrode; a pixel defining layer disposed over the source and drain electrode to cover the source and drain electrode and comprising an opening disposed over the first transparent electrode; a light-blocking layer formed over the pixel defining layer; and an organic light-emitting layer formed over the first transparent electrode. | 46,152 |
9,134,032 | 1. Artificial fireplace for giving the impression of a burning fire, comprising a box having an open or translucent port providing a viewer with a line of sight into the box, the box comprising: fuel bed elements provided in first and second portions, the first and second portions being substantially perpendicular to one another; imaging means for displaying an image of flames; a background image; and a dichroic mirror for merging the image of the flames with at least one of (i) the background image and (ii) at least one of the fuel bed elements, so as to provide a user with an impression of a burning fire. | 40,867 |
9,520,617 | 1. A mixture consisting of 85 wt % to 99 wt % of sulfolane and 1 wt %-15 wt % of at least one dialkyl sulfone, wherein the at least one dialkyl sulfone has the formula R—(SO 2 )—R′, where R and R′ can be the same as or different from one another and can be any C 1 -C 6 alkyl group. | 32,055 |
9,374,732 | 1. A method implemented by a multi-antenna base station configured to transmit a plurality of common pilot channels, the method comprising: obtaining, at the base station, information that indicates when the base station is to gate the transmission of a subset of the common pilot channels; receiving, from a wireless device, a channel state information (CSI) report for a current reporting period that was generated by the wireless device based on one or more measurements of one or more of the common pilot channels; determining, based on the obtained information and for each of the measurements, whether the base station gated the transmission of the subset when that measurement was performed; and depending on the determination whether the base station gated the transmission of the subset, selectively performing data transmission scheduling at the base station based either on: | 28,231 |
9,620,749 | 1. An electric storage apparatus, comprising: an electric storage device; a circuit module that, in a plan view, includes a side; and an enclosure that includes an enclosure body for housing the electric storage device and an inner cover attached to an open surface of the enclosure body, wherein one of the inner cover and the circuit module includes an engaging portion formed thereon, wherein another of the inner cover and the circuit module includes an engaged portion, wherein the engaging portion is for engagement with the engaged portion, wherein a number of the engaging portion is different from a number of the engaged portion, and wherein, in a stacking direction of the circuit module and the inner cover over the electric storage device, the inner cover is located between the electric storage device and the circuit module such that the electric storage device and the circuit module contact opposing surfaces of the inner cover. | 37,731 |
8,934,144 | 1. A computer generated method comprising: analyzing, by a processor, color planes of a compressed sheetside image by analyzing a segment list to determine if a first segment in the list is a solid segment; and generating an overcoat plane based on the color planes. | 15,622 |
8,648,221 | 1. An integrated process to co-produce trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233zd(E)), trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234ze(E)), and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (245fa) comprising the steps of: (1) reacting 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane (240fa) with HF in a liquid-phase catalyzed reactor wherein the catalyst comprises TiCl (2) further reacting the 244fa product stream as follows: (3a) the 244fa stream is dehydrochlorinated to produce 1234ze(E); and (3b) the 244fa stream is dehydrofluorinated to produce 1233zd(E); and (3c) the 244fa stream is further fluorinated to produce 245fa. | 47,943 |
8,412,444 | 1. An engine control apparatus for controlling a multi-cylinder engine, comprising a main fuel injection control means that sequentially injects fuel of a quantity that makes a predetermined air-fuel ratio into respective cylinders at a predetermined crank angle timing; a fuel injection information storage means that stores an injection cylinder into which the main fuel injection control means actually injects fuel and an injection fuel amount on that occasion; a microcomputer resetting means that resets and then restarts a microcomputer including the main fuel injection control means, when any abnormality in the microcomputer is detected; a post-resetting injection cylinder determining means that determines at least a missed cylinder into which fuel has not been injected by the main fuel injection control means during a reset period, based on an injection cylinder stored by the fuel injection information storage means; and an asynchronous fuel injection control means that injects fuel into a cylinder determined by the post-resetting injection cylinder determining means as being a missed cylinder, at an injection fuel amount stored by the fuel injection information storage means, in the case where it is determined that the microcomputer has been restarted by the microcomputer resetting means. | 26,009 |
9,071,280 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a first decoder configured to a second decoder configured to a sensor configured to sense a temperature of the integrated circuit; and a controller configured to, based on the temperature of the integrated circuit sensed by the sensor, control at least one of the first number of decoding iterations or the second number of decoding iterations. | 43,518 |
8,587,520 | 1. A method comprising: receiving image information from a video camera; identifying at least one reference field of a user-manipulated device based on colors and shapes the comprise the at least one reference field, the at least one passive reference field reflecting light; determining identified reference information based on the at least one passive reference field; receiving supplemental positioning information from an inertial sensor, the supplemental positioning information used to compensate for blind spots in the image information received from the video camera; generating position information based at least in part on the identified reference information and the supplemental positioning information, the position information expressing a position of the user-manipulated device relative to the video camera, the position information generated at least in part by mapping the position of the at least one passive reference field to one or more fixed reference points; and controlling an application based on the generated position information. | 6,637 |
8,843,730 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores an instruction packet, the instruction packet including a first predicate independent instruction having a destination and a second predicate independent instruction having the same destination; wherein processing of the instruction packet at the processor includes performing a logical operation on a first result of the first predicate independent instruction with respect to a second result of the second predicate independent instruction, and wherein a value written to the destination corresponds to a result of the logical operation. | 27,642 |
8,343,442 | 1. A microfluidic device comprising (i) an unbranched serpentine flow channel having a plurality of parallel channel portions in fluid communication with a first fluid inlet and a second fluid inlet, wherein a solution can be introduced into said flow channel via the first fluid inlet and can be withdrawn from said flow channel via the second fluid inlet; and (ii) a plurality of valves that, when closed, partition said parallel portions of said flow channel into a series of more than two equally sized isolated reaction sites, said reaction sites being present at a density of at least 50 sites/cm | 353 |
9,409,824 | 1. A ceramic material comprising magnesium, zirconium, lithium, and oxygen as main components, wherein a crystal phase of a solid solution obtained by dissolving zirconium oxide and lithium oxide in magnesium oxide is a main phase. | 31,922 |
9,045,346 | 1. A method for producing stable colloidal graphene dispersions or stable multi-graphene dispersions, the method comprising the steps of: (i) stirring graphite oxide in an aqueous dispersion medium to form a dispersion; (ii) determining if the dispersion is optically clear in a light microscope at 1000 fold magnification after 1 to 5 hours of stirring, and, if not clear, removing any undissolved impurities in the dispersion, in order to form a colloidal graphene oxide dispersion, or a multi-graphene oxide dispersion, that is optically clear in a light microscope at 1000 fold magnification; and (iii) forming a stable colloidal graphene dispersion or a stable multi-graphene dispersion by thermally reducing the graphene oxide, or the multi-graphene oxide, in dispersion in the aqueous dispersion medium at a temperature between 120° C. and 170° C. under pressure in order to ensure that the dispersion medium is not evaporated. | 39,980 |
8,961,421 | 1. A transducer array for use in ultrasound imaging, the transducer array comprising: a plurality of transducers; a plurality of transceivers, wherein each of the plurality of transducers is coupled to an associated transceiver, each of the plurality of transceivers comprising: | 2,361 |
9,573,519 | 1. An illumination apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a photoluminescent portion disposed on a component configured to move during operation; and a light source located in a vehicle engine compartment, the light source configured to emit an excitation emission configured to illuminate the photoluminescent portion at a frequency corresponding to the motion of the component, wherein the frequency is configured to emphasize the motion of the component. | 45,076 |
8,987,738 | 1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a crystalline silicon substrate; a first silicon semiconductor layer provided on one surface of the crystalline silicon substrate, the first silicon semiconductor layer having a p-type conductivity; a first light-transmitting conductive film having a first opening and provided on the first silicon semiconductor layer; a second silicon semiconductor layer provided in the first opening and being in contact with the first silicon semiconductor layer, the second silicon semiconductor layer having a p-type conductivity; a first electrode over the second silicon semiconductor layer; and a second light-transmitting conductive film over the first electrode, wherein the first electrode partially overlaps with the second silicon semiconductor layer so that the first light-transmitting conductive film is not covered by the first electrode. | 10,537 |
9,487,457 | 1. A method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having 6 to 8 carbon atoms from oil feedstock having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 140° C. or higher and a 90 vol % distillation temperature of 380° C. or lower, comprising: a cracking and reforming reaction step of bringing the oil feedstock into contact with a catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons containing a crystalline aluminosilicate and partially hydrogenating a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon by a reaction in which hydrogen is transferred from a saturated hydrocarbon contained in the oil feedstock and used as a hydrogen-donating source to cause a reaction and obtain a product containing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having 6 to 8 carbon atoms and a heavy fraction having 9 or more carbon atoms; a purification and recovery step of purifying and recovering the monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having 6 to 8 carbon atoms separated from the product formed by the cracking and reforming reaction step; and a first returning step of returning at least a portion of toluene obtained by the purification and recovery step to the cracking and reforming reaction step. | 5,344 |
9,656,824 | 1. A reel handling system for a winder ( 50 ) which is impingeable with tubes ( 1 ) having in each case one material web ( 2 ), such that a plurality of reels ( 3 ) of tubes ( 1 ) having in each case one material web ( 2 ) wound thereon are created, the reel handling system having an infeed unit ( 10 ) for transferring a plurality of tubes ( 1 ) to a receptacle unit ( 20 ), wherein the receptacle unit ( wherein for applying an adhesive medium to the tubes ( | 49,022 |
9,535,736 | 1. A method for allocating computing resources in a virtualized environment, the method comprising: | 42,973 |
9,203,305 | 1. A pulse width modulation power converter, comprising: an output stage generating an output voltage according to a pulse width modulation signal and an input voltage by a switching element, a source of an output voltage reference, an analog digital converter connected to the output stage and to the source of the output voltage reference, sampling and amplifying a difference between the output voltage and the output voltage reference to generate an error signal, a PID controller connected to the analog digital converter and to the switching element wherein the PID controller is configured by a set of PID coefficients, for determining a duty ratio, a pulse width modulator that generates the pulse width modulation signal according to the duty ratio, a detector for detecting a steady state and a load transient, wherein the pulse width modulation converter further comprises: a memory for storing a first set of PID coefficients and a second set of PID coefficients, a mode selector for selecting one of the first set of PID coefficients or the second set of PID coefficients for configuring the PID controller, the first set of PID coefficients being selected in case the steady state is detected, and the second set of PID coefficients being selected in case the load transient is detected, wherein the detector for detecting the steady state and the load transient monitors the error signal and compares each value of the error signal to its predecessor by generating an error signal difference; and wherein a duty ratio difference of the duty ratio and its predecessor is computed, and, in case during an off-time of the pulse width modulation signal, the duty ratio difference exceeds a threshold, the pulse width modulator is triggered to start a new pulse width modulation period. | 30,580 |
8,878,563 | 1. A system for detecting and locating arc faults in a solar power array, comprising: a solar power array having at least one string for converting light into electricity, each string comprising one or more segments connected in series, and each segment consisting of a plurality of photovoltaic (PV) cells connected in series; a plurality of capacitors, each connected in parallel with a segment of PV cells to form a magnetic loop for producing a time-varying magnetic field in response to an arc fault within the magnetic loop; at least three magnetic field sensors for detecting the time-varying magnetic field produced by the magnetic loop; a computer having data defining the location of each magnetic field sensor in relation to the solar power array, for determining the location of the arc fault by analyzing data from the magnetic field sensors; and a communication network for linking the magnetic field sensors to the computer. | 42,910 |
8,587,814 | 1. A printing system, comprising: a first memory; a second memory; a Raster Image Processor (RIP) coupled with the first and second memories and operable to rasterize print data; a control unit coupled with the RIP, the control unit operable to acquire a print job and instructions for printing multiple copies of the print job, to initiate processing of a first copy of the print job, to instruct the RIP to rasterize a data segment of the print job, to determine a transfer time to transfer the rasterized data segment to a marking engine if it were stored at the first memory, to determine a threshold value, and to facilitate storage of the rasterized data segment at the second memory if the transfer time is greater than the threshold value. | 909 |
9,347,761 | 1. A two way roundness device operable in two different configurations comprising: a two-axis stage, movable in two perpendicular directions and having a first side with a planar portion sufficient to support the two-way roundness device when the first side is resting on a flat surface, the planar portion being parallel to the two directions of movement; a spindle assembly attached to the two-axis stage in the center of a second side opposite the first side, the spindle assembly being rotatable about longitudinal axis of rotation perpendicular to the two directions of movement of the two axis stage; and an arm having a tool receiving portion and being attachable to the spindle assembly, whereby, in a first configuration, the two way roundness device is operable with the spindle oriented above the first side, with the arm attached to the spindle and the spindle assembly being rotatable; and | 111 |
8,595,933 | 1. A method for producing an injection valve for liquids which has a valve body with a valve seat embodied therein and a valve needle that cooperates with the valve seat for opening and closing at least one injection opening, comprising the following method steps: producing the valve body from steel; hardening the valve body; first annealing of the entire valve body at a first annealing temperature; second annealing of a partial region of the valve body at a second annealing temperature, wherein the first annealing temperature being lower than the second annealing temperature; wherein the valve body is filled with a liquid during the second annealing. | 35,316 |
8,887,367 | 1. A fabrication cell comprising: a clean section dedicated to laying up reinforcing fibers on a mandrel tool; an adjacent dirty section dedicated to machining the layup after curing; a plurality of interchangeable end effectors at the clean and dirty sections; and a common end effector positioning system, movable between the clean and dirty sections, for using the plurality of interchangeable end effectors to perform the fiber layup and the machining at the clean and dirty sections. | 38,717 |
8,969,066 | 1. A method of flocculating a photosynthetic microalga, comprising: a. expressing an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a first flocculation moiety as an external cell surface component of a first photosynthetic microalga, wherein said first flocculation moiety is a carbohydrate binding protein comprising a cell surface targeting signal; and b. contacting said microalga with a second flocculation moiety, wherein said second flocculation moiety interacts with said first flocculation moiety thereby flocculating said microalga. | 38,687 |
9,218,899 | 1. A superconducting cable cooling system which forms a circulation path by pumping a coolant used for cooling a superconducting cable to a heat exchange section by using a circulation pump, and cooling the coolant by a refrigerator, then supplying the coolant to the superconducting cable, thereby cooling the superconducting cable, the superconducting cable cooling system comprising: a heat exchange unit which has a cooling space charged with a liquefied gas for causing the heat exchange section and the refrigerator to perform heat exchange; a flow rate detection unit which detects a flow rate of the coolant in the circulation path; a temperature detection unit which detects a temperature of the liquefied gas charged in the heat exchange unit; and a control section which controls the refrigerator based on the flow rate detected by the flow rate detection unit and the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit such that the temperature of the liquefied gas charged in the heat exchange unit has a specific value. | 35,543 |
9,188,382 | 1. A refrigerator, comprising: a body; a storage compartment having an opening; a first door configured to open/close a portion of the opening; a second door configured to open/close a remaining portion of the opening; a first gasket installed at a rear surface of the first door; a second gasket installed at a rear surface of the second door; a rotating bar coupled to the first door to seal a gap formed between the first door and the second door in a state that the first door and the second door are closed; and a guide part provided within the storage compartment, and configured to guide rotation of the rotating bar, wherein the rotating bar comprises | 11,141 |
9,239,507 | 1. An optical apparatus, comprising: a waveguide region configured to guide light propagating along a first direction; a reflector region configured to reflect incident light; an interference region formed between the waveguide region and the reflector region, the interference region configured to confine at least a portion of interference light formed by the incident light and the reflected incident light; and a grating region comprising a grating formed on a region confining at least a portion of the interference light, the grating configured to couple at least a portion of the light along a second direction that is different from the first direction, wherein a grating periodicity of the grating region substantially matches an interference periodicity of the light inside the interference region. | 36,373 |
8,853,945 | 1. A method for operating an arrangement of equipment that comprises a pulse generator for generating electrical pulses, a microwave generator with a break-through voltage, and a transmission element, wherein the pulse generator is connected to the microwave generator for transmission of the electrical pulses via the transmission element, the transmission element acting in the arrangement of equipment as an impedance varying over time, the method comprising: setting each of the electrical pulses with a voltage characteristic that changes over time or a current intensity characteristic that changes over time such that the impedance of the transmission element is matched in operating mode to an impedance of the microwave generator when the break-through voltage is reached. | 3,310 |
8,578,704 | 1. A method of operating a catalytic system for reducing emissions from a rich burn spark-ignited engine, comprising: controlling intake air and fuel (AFR) to produce first exhaust gases substantially free of oxygen; passing said first exhaust gases into a first-stage catalyst chamber containing a three-way catalyst (TWC) operating above 800° F., which minimizes NOx content by reducing NOx (to N passing exhaust gases exiting from the first-stage catalyst chamber to an inter-stage cooling chamber having a) cooling means, and cooling by-pass means, which are used to adjust gas temperature to a controlled Tmix =390 -520° F., and b) secondary air injection means, which enriches the oxygen content to about 0.25- 1.0%; passing exhaust gases exiting from the inter-stage cooling chamber to a second-stage catalyst chamber containing a catalyst that minimizes CO content by oxidizing CO to CO | 30,198 |
9,428,766 | 1. A CHO cell secreting a heterologous immunoglobulin obtainable with the following method: a) providing a CHO cell, which is b) providing a nucleic acid comprising whereby a first transfection vector is provided which comprises said provided nucleic acid and an additional fourth nucleic acid sequence conferring resistance to a first eukaryotic selection agent, whereby a second transfection vector is provided which comprises said provided nucleic acid and an additional fourth nucleic acid sequence conferring resistance to a second eukaryotic selection agent, whereby said second eukaryotic selection agent is different to said first eukaryotic selection agent, b1) providing a nucleic acid comprising whereby a third transfection vector is provided which comprises said provided nucleic acid and an additional fourth nucleic acid sequence conferring resistance to a third eukaryotic selection agent, whereby said third eukaryotic selection agent is different to said first eukaryotic selection agent and is also different to said second eukaryotic selection agent, c) transfecting said CHO cell, wherein said transfecting comprises the following steps in the following order: d) cultivating said transfected CHO cell in a medium in the presence of said first and said second eukaryotic selection agent, under conditions suitable for the expression of said second, and/or third nucleic acid, wherein said transfected CHO cell secretes the heterologous immunoglobulin and e) recovering said secreted heterologous immunoglobulin from the cultivation medium and thereby producing a heterologous immunoglobulin in a CHO cell which is secreted to the cultivation medium, wherein said resultant CHO cell is stable in the absence of any or all selection agents, as used in the previous steps, for up to generation 60. | 11,550 |
9,217,878 | 1. A light switching module comprising: a polarizing element comprising a retardation element having a second optical axis configured to be variable in direction comprising a shifting means connected to the polarizing element or the retardation element for adjusting the relative position of the polarizing element and the retardation element to switch the light switching module to transparent state or scattering state. | 5,697 |
9,139,204 | 1. A method for determining a road surface condition for a vehicle driving on a road, the method comprising the steps of: determining, by a first probability module, probabilities associated with a plurality of road surface conditions based on an image of a capture scene of the road; determining, by a second probability module, probabilities associated with the plurality of road surface conditions based on vehicle operating data; inputting the probabilities determined by the first probability module and probabilities determined by the second probability module to a data fusion and decision making unit for fusing the probabilities determined by the first and second probability modules; determining a road surface condition based on fused results by the data fusion and decision making unit; outputting a refined probability associated with the identified road surface condition from the data fusion and decision making unit that is a function of the fused first and second probabilities; and providing the refined probability from the data fusion and decision making unit to an adaptive learning unit, the adaptive learning unit generating output commands that refine tunable parameters of at least the first probability module and the second probability module for determining the respective probabilities. | 33,470 |
9,050,786 | 1. A method of manufacturing an elongated composite structure having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least a first and a second, separate longitudinal composite structure section, the first and the second separate longitudinal composite structure sections being different from each other, the first and second longitudinal composite structure sections arranged in longitudinal extension of each other, and being formed of reinforced polymer material including a polymer matrix and fibre material embedded in the polymer matrix, wherein the method comprises the followings steps: a) providing a first rigid mould part having a first forming surface with a contour defining an outer surface of the elongated composite structure, b) arranging a first fibre lay-up in a first longitudinal section of the first mould part, the first fibre lay-up defining a first crosswise edge area, c) arranging at least one first flexible and resilient foil, over at least the first crosswise edge area of the first fibre lay-up, d) arranging a second fibre lay-up in a second longitudinal section of first rigid mould part so that the second fibre lay-up overlaps the first crosswise edge area of the first fiber lay-up and thereby the first flexible foil in an overlap area forming an interface between the first fibre lay-up and second fibre lay-up, e) providing polymer to the first and second longitudinal sections simultaneously with steps b) and d), respectively, and/or after step d), f) curing or allowing the polymer to cure so as to form the first longitudinal composite structure section and the second longitudinal composite structure section, and g) separating the first longitudinal composite structure section and the second longitudinal composite structure section from each other at the overlap area forming an interface, and | 16,474 |
9,246,182 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell; a DC/DC converter being disposed between the fuel cell and an electrical load device and configured to control taking a power out of the fuel cell; a current sensor being disposed between the fuel cell and the electrical load device and configured to detect a generated current of the fuel cell; and a power generation control device configured to control the DC/DC converter; wherein the power generation control device comprises: a target generated power calculating unit configured to calculate a target generated power of the fuel cell, based on a load condition of the electrical load device connected to the fuel cell; a target generated current calculating unit configured to calculate a target generated current to be taken out of the fuel cell, based on the target generated power; a current change rate limit value calculating unit configured to calculate a limit value for a rate of upward change in the target generated current, based on a detection value of a temperature correlated with an operating temperature of the fuel cell; and a current limiting unit configured to limit the DC/DC converter based on the target generated current and the generated current detected by the current sensor so that the rate of change in the target generated current does not exceed the limit value calculated by the current change rate limit value calculating unit, wherein the limit value for the rate of upward change in the target generated current calculated by the current change rate limit value calculating unit rises in accordance with an increase in the detection value of the temperature correlated with the operating temperature of the fuel cell. | 30,170 |
9,084,796 | 1. A method of treating estrogen deficiencies in a menopausal woman in need thereof, comprising administering to said menopausal woman a composition comprising from 0.3 mg to 3.0 mg of estradiol or an ester thereof and from 0.625 mg to 1.25 mg of nomegestrol acetate, wherein the composition is administered daily without interruption, so as to treat the estrogen deficiencies while preventing growth of uterine mucosa, inducing endometrial atrophy, and keeping the uterine mucosa in an atrophic condition. | 45,357 |
9,840,306 | 1. An electric vehicle comprising: a vehicle body including a wheel and an electric motor configured to drive rotation of the wheel; and a battery pack mounted to the vehicle body, wherein the vehicle body includes: the vehicle body is runnable when electric power is supplied to the electric motor from the vehicle-body-side power feeding connector, and the battery pack includes: | 46,550 |
9,756,524 | 1. A network element for throttling network traffic of a packet network system comprising: a network interface unit configured to send and receive communications from a plurality of mobile devices through a radio access network; a processor with a memory associated with the network interface unit and adapted to: monitor the network traffic load at the radio access network; start an early throttling decision process for the plurality of mobile devices when the network traffic load reaches a pre-defined network traffic load level; receive an attach request from at least one of the plurality of mobile devices and check characteristic information of the at least one mobile device; and if the characteristic information of the at least one mobile device is at the throttling level for the at least one mobile device, make a determination whether to proceed with the attach request or deny the attach request, wherein the characteristic information includes a plurality of priority levels; and the pre-defined throttling level is a changeable percentage throttle rate for each priority level depending on the ratio of low priority to high priority mobile devices requesting attachment. | 10,599 |
9,229,154 | 1. A backlight unit configured for a display device with a display surface that has a top side portion and a bottom side portion, the backlight unit comprising: light sources; a light guide member arranged at a prescribed gap from the light sources such that light from the light source enters from respective side faces of the light guide member and exits from a light exiting surface thereof; and heat dissipation plates, each comprising a first extending part that extends along the respective side face of the light guide member and a second extending part that extends along a surface of the light guide member that is opposite to the light exiting surface, the heat dissipation plates dissipating heat that is generated by the light sources, wherein each of the heat dissipation plates is configured to have a larger heat dissipation area at a top portion than a bottom portion thereof when the backlight unit is installed in the display device. | 38,999 |
8,748,500 | 1. A process for producing at least one transportation fuel boiling range stream from syngas, which syngas is comprised predominantly of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, up to about 20 volume percent of other moieties, substantially no sulfur, and has a hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio of about 1 to about 1.5, which process comprising: a) reacting said syngas in a first reaction zone in the presence of a bifunctional catalyst, at pressures from about 400 psi to about 1,000 psi and at a temperature from about 150° C. to 400° C. for an effective residence time, thereby resulting in product stream comprised of dimethyl ether, methanol, unreacted syngas at a higher hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio than the feed ratio, water, and carbon dioxide; b) conducting said product stream to a first separation zone wherein the stream is cooled and condensed, thereby resulting in a gaseous product stream comprised of unreacted syngas and a first separated liquid product stream comprised substantially of dimethyl ether, methanol, water and dissolved carbon dioxide; c) conducting said first separated liquid product stream to a second separation zone wherein at least a portion of said carbon dioxide is removed thereby resulting in a second separated liquid product stream comprised of dimethyl ether, methanol, and water; d) conducting said second separated liquid reaction product stream to a third separation zone wherein at least a fraction of the methanol and water are removed, thereby resulting in a third separated liquid product stream comprised of predominantly dimethyl ether; e) conducting at least a portion of said third liquid product stream to a second reaction zone wherein it is contacted with a catalyst selected from the group consisting of ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-21 and TEA mordenite, at a pressure from about sub-atmospheric to about 50 atmospheres and a temperature of about 260° C. to about 550° C. for an effective amount of time to produce a reaction product stream comprised of gasoline boiling range hydrocarbons, fuel gas, and water; f) conducting at least a fraction of said unreacted syngas from step b) above to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis zone wherein it is reacted under Fischer-Tropsch conditions and in the presence of hydrogen and a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst to produce a product stream comprised of an aqueous portion and a hydrocarbon portion; g) conducting said product stream from said Fischer-Tropsch synthesis zone to a fourth separation zone wherein at least a fraction of the aqueous portion is separated from the hydrocarbon portion; h) conducting said hydrocarbon portion to a hydroconversion zone operated at temperatures ranging from 250° C. to 400° C., pressures from about 15 kg/cm i) conducting said product stream of hydroconverted hydrocarbons to a fractionation zone wherein said stream is fractionated to result in at least one transportation fuel product. | 23,546 |
9,379,453 | 1. An antenna comprising: a plurality of notched radiators that are semi-elliptical or partly elliptical, each of the plurality of radiators having a first substantially planar surface and a curved edge with a notch, the plurality of radiators being arranged to provide phase-offset signal components of a received electromagnetic signal by relative orientation of each radiator with respect to an adjacent radiator in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction about a central axis of the antenna, and a rectilinear edge of each of the plurality of radiators being opposite the curved edge; a ground plane having a second substantially planar surface that is generally parallel to the first substantially planar surfaces of the radiators by a generally uniform spacing; at least one parasitic reflector above the notched radiators and spaced apart from the notched radiators, where the at least one parasitic reflector improves the axial ratio of the antenna by controlled electromagnetic coupling between the radiators; a plurality of feeding members for conveying an electromagnetic signal to or from a corresponding one of the plurality of radiators, each of the feeding members being below the parasitic reflector and spaced radially outward from the central axis of the antenna; and a plurality of grounded members, each grounded member coupled to a corresponding one of the radiators and spaced apart, radially outward from a corresponding one of the feeding members. | 17,384 |
9,343,711 | 1. A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the positive electrode active material having a formula Li(Li a Mn b Ni c Co d Fe e )O 2-x F x , wherein a, b, c, d, e, and x satisfy 0.2≦a≦0.33, 0<b≦0.67, 0≦c<1, 0≦d<1, 0≦e<1, and 0.2≦x≦1−b, and wherein formula (1) is satisfied: | 33,377 |
9,783,715 | 1. A curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), and a component (C), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:10 to 100:30, the component (A) being a silane compound copolymer (I) that is represented by a formula (a-1), wherein R the component (B) being a 1,3,5-N-tris[(trialkoxysilyl)alkyl] isocyanurate represented by a formula (b-3), or an N,N′-bis[(trialkoxysilyl)alkyl]urea represented by a formula (b-4), wherein R the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that has an acid anhydride structure. | 14,624 |
8,565,940 | 1. A method of transferring and processing flight data of an aircraft comprising: recording, in a recorder of an onboard avionics system of an aircraft in flight, flight data in a digital format so as to obtain digital data indicative of the flight data as recorded in the digital format; recording, in the recorder of the onboard avionics system, the flight data in an additional format dissimilar to the digital format so as to obtain additional data indicative of the flight data as recorded in the additional format; storing the digital data in a first removable storage medium and the additional data in a second removable storage medium; transferring the first removable storage medium having the digital data to a monitoring computer on the ground; processing the digital data with the monitoring computer to display on a screen an output in the form of display digital data representative of the flight data as recorded in the digital format; transferring the second removable storage medium having the additional data to a complementary interpretation unit on the ground and processing the additional data with the complementary interpretation unit so as to generate an output in the form of at least one of display data and print data representative of the flight data as recorded in the additional format; comparing on the ground the result of the display digital data representative of the flight data as recorded in the digital format with the at least one of the display data and the print data representative of the flight data as recorded in the additional format so as to detect any differences resulting from any of the flight data being corrupted; and directing or modifying maintenance operations in response to the comparison. | 155 |
8,428,513 | 1. A method of selecting applications, the method comprising: positioning a powered-off mobile device into a close proximity of a near field communication device; selecting an application from a plurality of applications stored on the powered-off mobile device; executing the selected application in the powered-off mobile device to interact with the near field communication device; providing for a plurality of selection sequences; and associating a selection sequence with one application from the plurality of applications, wherein the selection sequence is inputted on a dedicated key on the mobile device. | 42,143 |
9,347,225 | 1. A system for securing plank panels together comprising: a pair of plank panels positioned adjacent one another, each panel including a retention mechanism; at least one connector clip for securing the pair of plank panels with one another and to a framing structure, the at least one connector clip coupling with the retention mechanism of each plank panel, the at least one connector clip including a body with a pair of flanges and a first and second retaining pocket positioned between the flanges and the framing structure, the first and second retaining pockets receive the retention mechanisms of each plank panel such that the retention mechanisms are aligned with the body on the framing structure, a locator hump is coupled with one flange of the body, the locator hump including a member for receiving a portion of the retention mechanism of one of the pair of planks for preventing rotation and for positioning the connector clip onto one of the pair of plank panels such that the connector clip is maintained on the panel and securing the connector clip and the one of the pair of plank panels with the framing structure. | 7,285 |
8,940,270 | 1. A sulfur dioxide production process, comprising decomposing sulfur trioxide into sulfur dioxide and oxygen with a sulfur trioxide decomposition catalyst, wherein the sulfur trioxide decomposition catalyst comprises a composite oxide of vanadium and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of transition metal and rare earth elements. | 29,704 |
8,444,829 | 1. A process of separating a liquid component from a liquid mixture using a continuous contacting apparatus, the process consisting essentially of: providing a heat transfer wall having an evaporation side and a dew-formation side; wherein primary treatment components of the apparatus are fabricated from plastic; and, | 32,683 |
9,246,300 | 1. A spherical laser apparatus comprising: a first generally spherical body having a semi-reflective surface for optical feedback of a prescribed lasing wavelength thus establishing an optical cavity; a second generally spherical body having a reflective surface and a radius smaller than a radius of the first body, wherein the first and second bodies are generally concentrically positioned to form a generally spherical, concentric cavity there between; at least a first optical medium being disposed in the concentric cavity between the two reflecting surfaces for establishing resonant modes upon excitation; wherein the first generally spherical body has a plurality of regions, differing in at least one optical parameter from each other, that extend diametrically about the semi-reflective surface and/or radially within the first generally spherical body for tailoring modal constituency via gain and/or loss index tailoring and for offsetting the modal confinement factor to extinguish whispering gallery modes. | 8,613 |
8,732,655 | 1. A method implemented by a computing system in response to execution of program code by a processor of the computing system, the method comprising: determining a first metamodel conforming to a first meta-metamodel supporting metamodel class inheritance at the first metamodel level; identifying one or more segments of an aggregation-free tree of nodes of the first metamodel; identifying a lowest-level node of one of the one or more segments; identifying all higher-level nodes of the one of the one or more segments; and consolidating attributes of each of the identified nodes of the one of the one or more segments into a node of a second metamodel conforming to a second meta-metamodel. | 40,290 |
8,933,350 | 1. An electrical box assembly configurable for use with various size reveals comprising: a baseplate, wherein said baseplate is substantially quadrilateral in shape and has a front section and a rear section; a sidewall extending from a portion of said baseplate and defining an interior space, one end of said sidewall terminates in a planar face; an annular spacer for optionally extending the length of said sidewall; said spacer including a peripheral wall matching the shape and circumference of said sidewall; a mounting arrangement, including a boss, for mounting said spacer to said sidewall as needed for accommodating reveals; a fastening arrangement, including a boss, for securing an electrical component to said sidewall and optionally said annular spacer; and said annular spacer comprises: said first and second annular spacers include a flange extending around at least a portion of the circumference of said peripheral wall in order to assist in securing said first annular spacer or said second annular spacer to said base plate. | 37,100 |
9,627,421 | 1. An array substrate, comprising a pixel electrode, including a first portion located in a non-display region of the array substrate and a second portion located in a display region of the array substrate; a first electrode formed on the first portion of the pixel electrode; a passivation layer formed on the pixel electrode and the first electrode, the passivation layer including a via hole located over the first electrode; and an active layer and a second electrode that are formed on the passivation layer, the active layer being connected to the first electrode through the via hole of the passivation layer. | 5,985 |
9,193,483 | 1. A method of forming cutouts in an aircraft fuselage, comprising the steps of: forming a first cutout and a second cutout in side-by-side relation to one another in a side region of a fuselage, the side region including a single skin formed as a laminate of composite material having a plurality of reinforcing fibers embedded within a matrix; configuring the first cutout and the second cutout such that a direct load path extends along the side region substantially continuously from a lower portion of the side region generally under the first cutout to an upper portion of the side region generally over the second cutout; and orienting the reinforcing fibers substantially parallel to the direct load path along a spiral direction from the lower portion to the upper portion. | 33,083 |
9,773,934 | 1. A hybrid trough solar power system using two-stage light concentration to drive concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) conversion in conjunction with a thermal collector, the system comprising: a reflective trough having a primary axis and a parabolic curved surface for concentrating light rays received in a plurality of transverse planes into a primary linear focus in an axial plane, orthogonal to the transverse planes; a dichroic spectrum splitter having a hyperbolically curved surface, an axis aligned in parallel to the primary linear focus, and a position between the reflective trough and the primary linear focus, the dichroic spectrum splitter transmitting T band wavelengths of light, and reflecting R band wavelengths of light to a secondary linear focus formed parallel to a vertex of the reflective trough in the axial plane; a thermal collection tube aligned along the primary linear focus for the T band wavelengths of light; a plurality of concentrating optics sections formed in series along the secondary linear focus, each concentrating optics section comprising an imaging optical element focusing the R band wavelengths of light reflected by the dichroic spectrum splitter along a tertiary linear focus orthogonal to the axial plane, a plurality of optical funnels aligned serially in a row along the tertiary linear focus of the imaging optical element, the plurality of optical funnels concentrating the R band wavelengths of light focused by the imaging optical element to a plurality of receiving areas and for each optical funnel, a PV device having an optical interface formed at a corresponding receiving area of the plurality of receiving areas; wherein each concentrating optics section is independently rotatable about a corresponding local axis, and each local axis is orthogonal to the axial plane; and, wherein the orthogonality of each imaging optical element to the reflected R band wavelengths of light is responsive to the rotation of a corresponding concentrating optics section about its local axis. | 21,267 |
9,439,954 | 1. A conjugate comprising a glucan covalently linked to a carrier molecule directly or via a linker, wherein the glucan has exclusively linear β-1,3-linked glucose residues and has from 6-50 glucose monosaccharide units, wherein the glucan comprises one or more sequences of at least five adjacent non-terminal glucose residues linked to other glucose residues only by β-1,3-linkages, and wherein the carrier molecule is a bacterial toxin, a toxoid of diphtheria toxin, a toxoid of tetanus toxin or CRM197, wherein the conjugate is capable of generating a protective antibody response specific for the glucan in a mammal, wherein the protective antibody response is capable of protecting against infections of Candida species in the mammal. | 4,135 |
9,470,490 | 1. A system for simulated explosives training, comprising: a simulated, mock, or inert explosive device without an initiator; at least one sensor connected to said simulated, mock, or inert explosive device, the sensor outputting a signal corresponding to a measurable parameter sensed by the sensor; a controller interfacing with said sensor; a feedback device interfacing with said controller, wherein the feedback device is actuated in response to the signal achieving a pre-determined threshold; and a display for displaying a representation of said signal, wherein the representation of said signal is displayed in real time; wherein the sensor comprises a simulated initiator. | 8,645 |
9,248,820 | 1. A method for shifting a transmission, comprising the steps of: providing the transmission capable of operating in a hydrostatic power transmission mode or a blended hydrostatic and mechanical power transmission mode; the transmission including a mechanical portion drivingly engaged with an output of the transmission, a hydraulic portion including a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement motor, a primary clutch, and a secondary clutch; the primary clutch disposed between the hydraulic portion and the output of the transmission and the secondary clutch disposed between the hydraulic portion and the mechanical portion; placing the transmission in the hydrostatic power transmission mode; reducing an amount of engagement of the primary clutch, thereby adjusting a torque applied to the output; adjusting a speed of an output of the variable displacement motor to stay between a speed of the mechanical portion and a speed of the output of the transmission, thereby adjusting a torque applied to the output of the transmission; increasing an amount of engagement of the secondary clutch, thereby adjusting a torque applied to the output of the transmission; and engaging the secondary clutch and disengaging the primary clutch. | 10,100 |
8,385,240 | 1. A method performed by a mobile device for selecting a wireless wide area network communicator, comprising: evaluating an energy consumption level for each of a plurality of nodes, wherein each of the plurality of nodes comprises a wireless wide area network modem; selecting a node from the plurality of nodes as the wireless wide area network communicator, wherein the selecting is a function of mitigation of the energy consumption level of the mobile device, and the selecting at least comprises: comparing the energy consumption level of the mobile device and an energy consumption level for each of the plurality of nodes, and selecting a direct link to a wireless wide area network if the energy consumption level of the mobile device is lower than the energy consumption level for each of the plurality of nodes, or selecting an indirect link to the wireless wide area network if the energy consumption level of at least one of the plurality of nodes is less than the energy consumption level of the mobile device; and utilizing a credential of the mobile device to communicate with the wireless wide area network through the node selected as the wireless wide area network communicator. | 44,230 |
8,776,969 | 1. An arrangement for overload restriction associated with a system for propelling an electrically propellable vehicle, by one or several batteries or a set of batteries along a roadway comprising a plurality of roadway sections or portions, said system comprising: “a” a plurality of roadway portions for subdividing the roadway into said roadway sections, wherein each one of these roadway sections comprises one or more elongated tracks or slits having conductors introduced therein adapted to be supplied with current and put under voltage and being connectable via a switch to one or more vehicle-external power sources, including vehicle external electric stations, for thereby enabling a charging of said set of batteries belonging to the vehicle, but primarily driving the vehicle along the roadway and its roadway sections, and “b” one or more driveable or propellable vehicles which may be driven by means of an electric motor or motors, with each of the respective vehicles comprising a control circuit adapted for necessary distribution of power, adapted for creating a required power and/or speed control, wherein said vehicle is provided on its underneath side with contact means comprising current collectors which are displaceable up and down and sideways, in relation to the direction of transportation of the vehicle, wherein said elongated track or tracks and its conductors extend along the roadway and the roadway sections, and wherein said contact means is coordinated with a vehicle-related control equipment for creating an adaptation of the contact means so as at least to offer a mechanical and electrical contact with said conductors, wherein coordination between the conductors put under voltage belonging to the roadway sections and the contact means of the vehicle occurs via coordinated current collectors in the form of contact springs, adapted for mechanical and electrical cooperation with respective ones of the conductors placed put under voltage, wherein the arrangement comprises a circuit for limiting the momentary power outlet connected to said vehicle-external power source, and being adapted to supply power to said conductor within the roadway section via said switch when the vehicle passes, wherein said vehicle comprises a transmitter adapted to transfer information to an electric station and its receiver in a forwardly located roadway section in front, informatory information of the vehicle corresponding to the requirement of power and/or energy of the vehicle while the vehicle passes over the forwardly located roadway section in front of the vehicle, and wherein the electric station is comprises a transmitter adapted to transfer information to a receiver belonging to the vehicle corresponding to a supply of power and/or energy which will be available when the vehicle passes over one or more of the forwardly located roadway sections. | 30,913 |
9,071,182 | 1. A motor drive device, comprising: a converter which converts AC power supplied from an AC power supply side into DC power to output to a DC side, and converts the DC power supplied from the DC side into AC power at the time of deceleration of a motor to output to the AC power supply side; an inverter which converts the DC power supplied from a DC side into AC power for driving the motor to output to an AC motor side, and converts regenerated AC power from the AC motor side into DC power to output to the DC side at the time of deceleration of the motor; a DC link unit which connects the DC side of the converter and the DC side of the inverter, and which has a DC link capacitor which is capable of accumulating DC power; a voltage detecting unit which detects a DC voltage value of the DC link capacitor; an alarm level setting unit which sets an overvoltage alarm level for the DC voltage value of the DC link capacitor; an alarm determining unit which determines whether or not the DC voltage value detected by the voltage detecting unit exceeds the overvoltage alarm level set by the alarm level setting unit; and an alarm reporting unit which, when the alarm determining unit determines that the DC voltage value detected by the voltage detecting unit exceeds the overvoltage alarm level set by the alarm level setting unit, instructs the inverter to stop conversion operation, wherein the alarm level setting unit comprises: | 43,261 |
9,617,458 | 1. A fluid for treating a subterranean formation comprising: a solvent; and a composition comprising a parylene-coated particle, wherein the particle comprises a chemical entity selected from the group consisting of a crosslinker, a breaker, an acid, and a base. | 3,124 |
9,099,619 | 1. A method for manufacturing a multi-chip semiconductor light emitting device including a plurality of light emitting sections configured to emit light and the plurality of light emitting sections being close to each other, and a wavelength conversion section provided integrally on one major surface side of the plurality of light emitting sections and containing a phosphor at a predetermined ratio of amount of the phosphor, the method comprising: forming a stacked body including a substrate, the light emitting sections formed on the substrate, electrode sections formed on each of the light emitting sections and a sealing layer formed between the electrode sections; removing the substrate from the light emitting sections while the light emitting sections being supported by a supporting structure including the electrode sections and the sealing layer; measuring wavelength of the light emitted from each of the light emitting sections; determining a distribution of amount of the phosphor based on a distribution of the measured wavelength of the light emitted from the light emitting sections; forming an integral layer having a resin mixed with the phosphor on the one major surface side of each of the light emitting sections; and forming the wavelength conversion section by trimming a surface of the integral layer based on the determined distribution of the amount of the phosphor, the wavelength conversion section having the distribution of the amount of the phosphor by changing thickness dimension of the integral layer, thickness of the wavelength conversion section at the position of the light emitting section for emitting a short wavelength light being shorter than the thickness of the wavelength conversion section at the position of the light emitting section for emitting long wavelength light, the wavelength conversion section having at least one stepped portion, and surface of the stepped portion being flat, wherein the distribution of amount of the phosphor is determined so that a variation of chromaticity of the lights emitted through the wavelength conversion section is suppressed. | 45,572 |
9,358,030 | 1. An output means for use with an ultrasonic surgical tool vibratable in torsional mode, said output means comprising: a generally cylindrical first waveguide extending along a longitudinal axis and provided at a distal end with a generally cylindrical second waveguide extension member being curved in one plane from the longitudinal axis of the first waveguide, a diameter of the second waveguide extension member being less than a diameter of the first waveguide, and two blades extending radially from a distal end of the second waveguide extension member, wherein said two blades each comprise two pockets of part-cylindrical profile shaped so as to create, under torsional ultrasonic vibrational mode, a focussed compression wave into surrounding tissue, said two pockets are so disposed as to define a cutting edge of a respective blade where said two pockets meet, said cutting edge of each blade curves outwardly from a central longitudinal axis of the second waveguide extension member and is oriented away from the distal end of the second waveguide extension member so as to cut tissue when the output means is pulled backwardly, and the blades extend in a plane substantially orthogonal to the plane of curvature of the second waveguide extension member. | 32,162 |
9,003,047 | 1. A method comprising: selecting, using one or more computing devices, a first unified telephony session; selecting, using one or more computing devices, a first arbitrator associated with the first unified telephony session; selecting, using one or more computing devices, a first set of participants for the first unified telephony session; directing the first arbitrator to act as a proxy connection for a first channel associated with the first set of participants, wherein the first arbitrator is at least one participant of the first set of participants; and wherein selecting at least one of the first arbitrator, the first set of participants and the first channel is based upon, at least in part, a self-learning algorithm related to the first unified telephony session. | 15,595 |
8,599,128 | 1. A display device comprising: a row driver configured to provide a row voltage; a row electrode connected to the row driver; a column driver configured to provide a column voltage to a first terminal of a pixel; a column electrode connected to the column driver; a common driver configured to provide a positive common voltage level to a second terminal of the pixel for a first state of the pixel and a negative common voltage level for a second state of the pixel; a common electrode connected to the common driver; and a controller configured to switch the common electrode: (1) when all rows have a non-select level of the row voltage, (2) at the start of a row selection period or (3) during a row selection period. | 32,695 |
8,537,492 | 1. Securing apparatus comprising: receiving means with walls defining a recess for receiving an item therein; guide means located along at least a part of at least one wall of the receiving means; and at least one securing member associated with said guide means; characterised in that the securing member is selectively moveable relative to the guide means to secure the item in the recess. | 29,055 |
9,719,088 | 1. A medical device coated with a formulation comprising an antisense oligonucleotide comprising a sequence that is at least 75% complementary to a miR-29a, miR-29b, and/or miR-29c sequence, wherein the antisense oligonucleotide is about 15-50 nucleotides in length, and wherein the antisense oligonucleotide comprises at least one sugar modification or at least one backbone modification. | 30,990 |
8,469,860 | 1. A method for controlling a multi-mode transmission including a plurality of torque transfer clutches fluidly coupled to a hydraulic circuit fluidly coupled to an independently controllable hydraulic pump, the method comprising: upon detecting an un-commanded activation of one of said torque transfer clutches: | 36,453 |
9,847,929 | 1. A cluster comprising: a first node and a second node, wherein the first node and the second node are configured to cooperatively perform a forwarding service on a first packet, wherein the first node is configured to receive the first packet by using an inbound interface and determine the inbound interface, and wherein the second node is configured to determine an outbound interface and forward the first packet by using the outbound interface of the second node, the outbound interface being determined by the second node according to a forwarding table that is identified by an identifier of the inbound interface and that is corresponding to the forwarding service. | 39,028 |
8,723,301 | 1. A semiconductor package comprising: a package board; a pellet provided over the package board; and a protection member covering the package board and the pellet and including a hole penetrating the protection member. | 36,184 |
8,851,216 | 1. A hybrid module comprising at least one electric machine provided between a combustion engine and gearing of a drive train of a motor-vehicle, the hybrid module having a housing and at least one rotating component disposed in the housing, at least part of the rotating component being configured with a shape of an impeller of a centrifugal pump, so that rotation of the rotating component achieves pressurization in the housing and builds up a positive pressure on a radially outer region of the rotating component in proximity to the housing in the interior of the hybrid module for preventing an inflow of liquid into the housing from areas surrounding the housing. | 30,259 |
8,703,227 | 1. A method of stabilizing a scorpion for storage and distribution without refrigeration and for later consumption in novelty drink form, comprising the steps of: preparing a volume of non-alcoholic preservative syrup comprising flavoring, coloration and sodium benzoate preservative, pouring said non-alcoholic syrup within a container, removing innards and venom sac of said scorpion carcass; cooking said scorpion carcass; rinsing said cooked scorpion carcass in an alcohol solution to remove exoskeleton detritus, wherein said alcohol solution is subsequently drained; placing remaining meat and exo-skeleton of said scorpion carcass in said non-alcoholic syrup, wherein said scorpion carcass meat is ready for human consumption and wherein said non-alcoholic syrup preserves said scorpion carcass for at least twelve months; and sealing said container to prevent air leakage. | 7,007 |
8,493,966 | 1. A mobile communications device, comprising: a first processor of the mobile communications device configured to control an operation of a peripheral device; at least one second processor of the mobile communications device configured to transport data between the mobile communications device and at least one wireless network that is external to the mobile communications device, the at least one second processor being configured to maintain a network connection between the mobile communications device and the at least one wireless network based upon a periodically received command to maintain the network connection, the at least one second processor comprising a plurality of modems, each modem configured to transport data between the mobile communications device and a different wireless network; and a third processor of the mobile communications device connected between the first processor and the at least one second processor, the third processor being configured to direct the at least one second processor to execute a network operation to maintain the network connection independently of the first processor without awaking the first processor from a sleep mode, the network operation including the at least one second processor periodically sending a message to the at least one wireless network that is external to the mobile communications device to maintain the network connection between the mobile communications device and the at least one wireless network, the third processor being configured to direct the at least one second processor to maintain the network connection by periodically transmitting the command to maintain the network connection from the third processor to the at least one second processor at a predetermined time interval. | 32,475 |
9,745,068 | 1. A method for removing condensate from an air conditioning unit, the air conditioning unit having a housing, a blower, coils, an air intake duct, and an exhaust, the method comprising: determining a first location within the housing where during operation of the air conditioning unit air pressure is lower than at a second location, wherein the first location is adjacent a mouth of the blower and above a horizontal plane that passes through a center of the blower; determining the second location within the housing where pooling of condensate occurs, the second location being below the first location; locating a first conduit with a first internal diameter at the first location; locating a second conduit with a second internal diameter at the second location; connecting the first conduit and the second conduit to a third conduit with a third internal diameter that is substantially equal to the first internal diameter, the third conduit extending substantially vertically below the second location; and connecting a fourth conduit with a fourth internal diameter to the third conduit below the second location; wherein the fourth internal diameter is less than each of the first internal diameter and the second internal diameter; wherein the fourth conduit has an orifice for allowing condensate to exit the fourth conduit. | 7,926 |
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